ARSENAL FC: HIGHBURY - THE HISTORY
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- HIGHBURY, THE HOME OF ARSENAL FC FROM 1913 TO 2006
A BRIEF HISTORY
Highbury, officially called Arsenal Stadium, was the home of Arsenal FC between 1913 and 2006. In its final years it had a capacity of 38,500 seats.
In the early years of the 20th century Arsenal played its matches at Manor Ground, which lay in the south of London near Greenwich, when then-chairman Henry Norris decided to move the club to the north of London. A plot of land was leased in the borough of Highbury, and a stadium got designed by Archibald Leitch.
The first match at the stadium was played on the 6th of September 1913. The tie between Arsenal and Leicester Fosse was won by the home team 6-3. At that time the stadium consisted of one main stand and a series of terraces.
In 1925 the ground got bought by Arsenal and seven years later a new grandstand consisting of two tiers was constructed. The stand could seat 4,000 people and had standing capacity for 17,000 more.
Highbury’s record attendance was achieved in 1935 when 73,295 fans witnessed Arsenal drawing Sunderland (0-0).
One year later, in 1936, the art-deco style East Stand opened. In 1948 the stadium hosted a few games during the Olympic football tournament.
Only incremental changes were made to the stadium in the following decades and it took until 1989, when the Clock End got renovated, for any further major redevelopments to take place.
A few years later works started to turn Highbury into an all-seater stadium. Part of this conversion consisted of the demolition of the North Bank terraces and construction of a new North Bank stand.
However, due to the ground’s limited capacity and lack of expansion possibilities (being enclosed by residential housing), the club started looking into moving away from Highbury, and in 2004 construction of the Emirates Stadium started.
The last league match at Highbury was played on the 7th of May 2006. Highlight of the 4-2 victory over Wigan was a hattrick scored by Thierry Henry.
Arsenal Stadium got subsequently demolished and the site was redeveloped into residential flats. Just the exterior of the art-deco East Stand and West Stand have remained and were incorporated into the new developments. The pitch has been turned into a communal garden.
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The photo 'Late 1960s Matchday' is one of the best I can remember of any ground. So good to see the mass of people attending and the elegant stands
How proud to be a gooner 😊 I'm 64 and bin a gooner for 54 years and wen I been low they bin there and if I'm up I'm higher walking down the hill seeing the East stand every time was a buzz . Thank you Arsenal for being there for me 😢😢 😊😊😊😊😊😊
this stadium is classic
Greatest club in the world !! Up the Gunners !!!!
Highbury, the true home of the Arsenal. Where memoreis, history, and legends were made. The Emirates, or Ashburton Grove as it should have been named, still doesn't feel like home to this day. It's just not, Arsenal enough. The current name doesn't help, but the feeling of the place is, false. The clock end needs to be distinctive from the rest of the stadium, and more historical Arsenal references need to be paced around the ground. The original Woolwich Arsenal badge of the early 1900's should be emblazoned on the seating as it was at Highbury.
Never been a fan of the Woolwich Wanderers but Highbury was a great old ground.
Love Highbury, shame it’s been demolished, UTG
Super cool video bro !!!!
Once a club moves , it’s not the same , I miss Highbury 😂😂😂
Very good, congratulations from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil! Please make a São Januário Stadium evolution!!! C.R Vasco da Gama
It's amazing how times have changed
Thank you for answering my request .Good job👍👍
Pure class.
Ce stade dans sa configurations final était magnifique. Pour moi le plus beau des stade anglais. Comment ont peu prendre la décision d abattre ça. Maintenant ont se retrouve avec des stades fermés sans âme et sans style type emirate.
Estadios como estos deben perdurar por siempre creo que se equivocaron en hacerlo desaparecer
not a arsenal fan buy always thought they should of put roof on clock it would of been great
Please make Wembley stadium evolution
That stunning Art Deco Architecture...It would have been better if they had demolished it, than converting it into the hideous mess it is now .
Name of song please 👍🏼
was never actually called 'Highbury' ..thats where it was...the real name of the Stadium was in full view on the main stand...'The Arsenal stadium'..just as West Ham never played at 'Upton park'....that was the area...their ground was 'The Boleyn' ground
tony coatsworth
Most people will know that but how often would you hear commentators say ‘now we are going over to The Arsenal Stadium’ it was always Highbury.
tony coatsworth no shit most stadiums are named after the area they are in that’s how it should be! It sounds stupid saying where at “Liverpool FC stadium” instead of “Anfield”! Naming a stadium after area or club legend will always beat naming a stadium after a club sponsor like “The Emirates” or “Bet 365 Stadium”
Please make a Camp Nou evolution
Good video, come on you Spurs!
Russell Cooper hearing the background music was probably the loudest the library has ever been! COYS
marty Murphy, in English please.
@@russellcooper5826 up the RA
1913, unfinished Highbury opens. Sums Arsenal up really even back then, never finishing the job.
Ben Mapp Spurs would like to have a word...
That would be more the case with Spurs number of appearances they’ve had ín semi finals and finals and never winning anything, mug
Just the 13 titles you mug.
Wdym finish the job ? We’ve got 13 league titles and 14 FA cups 😂
And know, standard Stadium and crapy team.