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GROUND CAPACITY: 38,500
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 73,295 v Sunderland Div 1, 9 March 1935
YEAR FORMED: 1886, (Turned Professional 1891)
CLUB NICKNAME: The Gunners
PREVIOUS NAMES: 1886, Dial Square; 1886-91, Royal Arsenal; 1891-1914, Woolwich Arsenal
PREVIOUS GROUNDS: 1886-87, Plumstead Common; 1887-88, Sportsman Ground; 1888-90, Manor Ground; 1890-93, Invicta Ground; 1893-1913, Manor Ground; 1913, Highbury
RECORD LEAGUE VICTORY: 12-0 v Loughborough Town, Division 2, 12 March 1900
RECORD CUP VICTORY: 11-1 v Darwen, FA Cup, 3rd Round, 9 January 1932
RECORD DEFEAT: 0-8 v Loughborough Town, Division 2, 12 December 1896
MOST LEAGUE POINTS: (2 for a win) 66, Division 1, 1930-31 MOST LEAGUE POINTS: (3 for a win) 83, Division 1, 1990-91
MOST LEAGUE GOALS: 127, Division 1, 1930-31
HIGHEST LEAGUE SCORER IN SEASON: Ted Drake, 42, 1934-35
MOST LEAGUE GOALS IN TOTAL: Ian Wright, 185, 1991-98
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: David O'Leary, 558, 1975-93
LEAGUE RECORD: 1893 Elected to Division 2; 1904-13 Division 1; 1913-19 Division 2; 1919-92 Division 1; 1992 - FA Premier League
LEAGUE DIV 1 CHAMPIONS: 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1997-98
LEAGUE DIV 1 RUNNERS-UP: 1925-26, 1931-32, 1972-73 LEAGUE DIV 2
LEAGUE DIV 2 RUNNERS-UP: 1903-04 FA CUP WINNERS: 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998
FA CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980
LEAGUE CUP WINNERS: 1987, 1993
LEAGUE CUP RUNNERS-UP: 1968, 1969, 1988
EUROPEAN FAIRS CUP WINNERS: 1970
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP WINNERS: 1994
