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Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cups.
Arsenal were founded in 1886, though they won their first major trophies in the 1930s, with five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years they became only the second club of the 20th century to win the Double in 1970–71, and during the past twenty years they have been one of the most successful clubs in English football — in this time Arsenal won two further Doubles, the Premier League in 2003–04 unbeaten, and in 2005–06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final.
The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history. Similarly, the club have changed location over time; the team were initially founded in Woolwich, south-east London, but in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. In 2006 they made a less drastic move to their current home, the Emirates Stadium in nearby Holloway.
Arsenal have a large and diverse fanbase, who hold a string of long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom they regularly contest the North London derby. Arsenal are one of the richest clubs in English football (worth over £600m as of 2007), and thanks to their stature, have regularly featured in portrayals of football in British culture. There is also a highly successful ladies team, Arsenal LFC, affiliated with the club.
here is a full list of all the current players:
1 GK Jens Lehmann
2 MF Abou Diaby
3 DF Bacary Sagna
4 MF Cesc Fàbregas
5 DF Kolo Touré (vice-captain)
6 DF Philippe Senderos
7 MF Tomáš Rosický
8 MF Lassana Diarra
9 FW Eduardo da Silva
10 DF William Gallas (captain)
11 FW Robin van Persie
13 MF Aliaksandr Hleb
15 MF Denílson
16 MF Mathieu Flamini
17 MF Alexandre Song
19 MF Gilberto Silva (vice-captain)
21 GK Łukasz Fabiański
22 DF Gaël Clichy
24 GK Manuel Almunia
25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor
26 FW Nicklas Bendtner
27 DF Emmanuel Eboué
30 DF Armand Traoré
31 DF Justin Hoyte
32 FW Theo Walcott
34 MF Kieran Gibbs
36 MF Mark Randall
37 DF Paul Rodgers
39 MF Henri Lansbury
40 GK Vito Mannone
41 DF Gavin Hoyte
42 MF Fran Mérida
43 MF Nacer Barazite
so any talk about the players, the manager or the games can go in here. if anyone thinks there is the need for a special thread... go right in for it!
