Football Clubs
ARSENAL
HISTORY
Arsenal Football Club(also known as Arsenal,The Arsenal or
The Gunners)are an English professional 15115j918p football club based in
Holloway,north London.They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in England Football.Arsenal have won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles,ten FA Cups and in 2005-06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final.
Arsenal were founded as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich,but were renamed Royal Arsenal shortly afterwards.They renamed themselves again to Woolwich after turning professional in 1891.The club joined the Football League in 1893,starting out in the Second League,and won promotion to the First Division in 1904.
CREST
Royal Arsenal's first crest,unveiled in 1888,featured three cannon viewed from above,pointing northwords,similar to the crest of the Borough of Woolwich.
In 1949,the club unveiled a modernised crest featuring the same style of cannon.
COLOURS
For much of Arsenal's history,their home colours have been bright red shirts with white
sleeves and white shorts,though this has not always been the case.The choise of
red is in recognition of a charitable donation from
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