It celebrated the player's contribution to Arsenal ; fans were given commemorative orange ' DB10't-shirts – the colour of his national team, his initials and his squad number.

Liverpool players and fans later said that they were shocked at the abject conditions of the ground, despite reports from Arsenal fans that the stadium was a " dump " when the Gunners played there a few years earlier.

They only remained at this ground for a year as in April 1899, 14, 000 fans turned up to watch Spurs play Woolwich Arsenal.

When Thomson was chosen as kit sponsor in 2002 some Tottenham fans were unhappy as the logo on the front was red, the colour of their closest rivals, Arsenal FC.

He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends.

JVC is a well-known brand among English football fans due to the firm's sponsorship of Arsenal Football Club from 1981 to 1999, when Sega took over as Arsenal's sponsors.

Despite his departure, Vieira has remained a favourite among Arsenal fans.

Lukic, who was highly popular amongst Arsenal fans, left to rejoin Leeds.

Though Fowler had been on a contract extension from 1999 ( unlike Steve McManaman – who exercised his Bosman entitlement the very same year ), Fowler was linked to Lazio, Arsenal and Leeds, and Liverpool's management as well as fans and the media constantly reported that what happened with McManaman ( regarded as a huge financial loss ) would never be repeated and thus the club never rejected those bids without consideration.

It was also used the tune for a Tottenham song abusing Sol Campbell after his move to Arsenal in 2001 and for a popular chant sung by Manchester United fans, to the tune of " Lord of the Dance ", in honour of Park Ji-Sung, which has been described as " the greatest football chant of all time as it manages to be simultaneously endearing and offensive on a number of levels ".

Arsenal fans and players alike were saddened by Pirès's departure.

On 11 July 2008, Arsenal fans voted Pirès as the club's sixth greatest player of all time.

fans that Chelsea Bridge had been painted in Arsenal colours.

The Arsenal fans came up with a song, " We'll be there when Jensen scores!

" and by 1994, Jensen's search for a goal was such a cult cause that whenever he got the ball, no matter whether he was inside his own penalty area or bearing down on goal, the Arsenal fans would implore him to " Shooooot!

", and Jensen complied, curling a shot into the net, prompting wild celebration from the Arsenal fans.

To combat the financial difficulties, Arsenal throughout the summer of 2003 gave fans the opportunity to register their interest in a relaunched bond scheme via the club website.

In the 2005 – 06 season, Juventus fans often got frustrated with him due to his anonymous presence in certain important games such as the Champions League defeat to Arsenal.

His popularity led to fans shouting the first syllable of his name, elongating the sound in a similar way to Arsenal fans chanting Nwankwo Kanu's name.

His start to the season also earned him the O < sub > 2 </ sub > Player of the Month award from Arsenal fans for August, September and October, as well as the Premier League Player of the Month for September.

The fans of Braga are known as Arsenalistas due to their team home kit that resembles that of English club Arsenal.

Arsenal fans bemoaned the deal as manager George Graham had no obvious replacement, spending most of the next season with the inexperienced ( and midfield specialist ) Michael Thomas in the No. 2 shirt, followed by the impossibly left-footed Nigel Winterburn.

He also finished second in the Arsenal fans ' poll for the club's Player of the Season.

The current club ownership have stated that a larger stadium is necessary in order for Chelsea to stay competitive with rival clubs who have significantly larger stadia, such as Arsenal and Manchester United.

Henry Maudslay, who trained a school of machine tool makers early in the 19th century, was employed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, as a young man where he would have seen the large horse-driven wooden machines for cannon boring made and worked by the Verbruggans.

The rivalry with Arsenal amasses from the countless number of times the two teams as well as the two current managers ( Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger ) have battled for the Premier League title.

An alternative plan was devised in the 1970s to extend the Jubilee line parallel to the River Thames: this would have taken the line from Fenchurch Street to Thamesmead via St Katharine Docks, Wapping, Surrey Docks North, Millwall ( near to South Quay DLR station ), North Greenwich, Custom House, Silvertown, Woolwich Arsenal, and thence to Thamesmead.

Arsenal Football Club have moved, after 93 years at Highbury, to a new stadium at Ashburton Grove in Holloway.

Many of the top English sides, Arsenal and Manchester United in particular, have used the competition to give young players valuable big-game experience.

In 1926, they became the first English team to win three successive league titles – a feat which only three other clubs – namely Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United – have matched, and no team has bettered.

The company recently opened up an office in Hunstville, Alabama to allow them to further focus on their aviation business, with the Army Materiel Command, Army Contracting Command and the U. S. Army Security Assistance Command, all have or soon will have their headquarters on Redstone Arsenal.

Blackburn are currently one of only five clubs to have won the Premier League, along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Manchester City.

For the first time since winning the competition in 1965, Liverpool reached the FA Cup Final but, as in the Fairs Cup, experience was the key factor and the young team did not quite have what was needed to win, this time losing to league champions Arsenal although Steve Heighway had given Liverpool the lead in extra time.

Currently managed by Andy Morrell, the club has a rich 130-year history ( though this is currently being reviewed, as recent research has indicated the club may have been formed in 1866, making it the 3rd oldest club in Britain ) and is perhaps most notable for an FA Cup upset over Arsenal F. C.

Despite destroying the Arsenal Gear in Sons of Liberty, the Patriots have continued in their plans to influence the course of human history, installing artificial intelligence systems around the world.

In 1771, the second vehicle is said to have gone out of control and knocked down part of the Arsenal wall, ( reported to be the first known automobile accident ); however according to Georges Ageon, the earliest mention of this occurrence dates from 1801 and it does not feature in contemporary accounts.

Darwen lost by 11 ( eleven ) goals to 1 but Arsenal were so impressed with Lancashire sportsmanship that they presented their visitors with a set of their own red strip, which Darwen have worn more or less ever since

It appears likely that up to the end of World War I, the Royal Arsenal would have been guarded by the Metropolitan Police Force, as they also guarded the Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, in Dorset and the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Priddy's Hard, Gosport up to that time.

Since then the Royal Arsenal would have been guarded, until its closure, by the War Office Police Force, who became in 1971 the Ministry of Defence Police Force.

Two of the roads on this estate Nathan Way and Kellner Road appear to have links with people connected with the Royal Arsenal: a Col. Nathan, at the Royal Gunpowder Factory ; and, W. Kellner being the second War Office Chemist.

Parts of the Royal Arsenal have been used to build residential and commercial buildings.

Approximately 8, 500 Shanxi. 45 caliber Broomhandle pistols are believed to have been produced by the Taiyuan Arsenal, but there is some debate as to how many of the Shanxi. 45 calibre Broomhandle pistols currently on the commercial market were actually produced for Yen's troops, and how many are more recent productions for the US collectors ' market.

He had been playing reserve games for Wolves as an amateur and made his debut for Arsenal as an amateur, and was the first amateur to have a transfer fee paid ( around £ 6, 500 ).

He retired at the end of the 2002-03 season, having helped Arsenal win two more doubles in 1997-98 and 2001-02, one of only two people to have been involved with all three ( the other being Pat Rice ).

Other Lochore players who have stepped up include Tommy Callaghan with Celtic ; Cammy Fraser, Willie Gibson, Arthur Mann, Peter Oliver and Willie Benvie at Hearts ; Alec Edwards with Dunfermline and Hibernian ; Ian Campbell with Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline and Brechin ; Jimmy Logie with Arsenal ; Chris Anderson at Blackburn Rovers ; Garry Patterson with Dundee.

Manchester United have won the shield three times via a shoot-out, beating Arsenal in 2003, Chelsea in 2007, and Portsmouth in 2008.