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Hill wrote "Good Old Arsenal" to the tune of "Rule, Britannia!" [5] and it was performed by Arsenal's first team squad for their 1971 FA Cup Final song. [4] This was the first record ever released to be performed by a football team's squad to commemorate them reaching the FA Cup Final .
Arsenal's first ever silverware was won as the Royal Arsenal in 1890. The Kent Junior Cup, won by Royal Arsenal's reserves, was the club's first trophy, while the first team's first trophy came three weeks later when they won the Kent Senior Cup. [7] [8] Their first national major honour came in 1930, when they won the FA Cup. [9]
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
The list contains every single recorded by a professional football team or individual player which spent at least one week in the UK top 75.It does not contain singles recorded in tribute to football teams by existing bands or groups of fans such as the 1975 hit "Viva El Fulham" by Tony Rees and the Cottagers, or other hits with a general football theme such as the four-time number one hit ...
Sir Keir Starmer has praised Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta for building the “best squad” he has seen in a “very long time”. The Labour leader spoke to Arsenal Fan TV about his passion for ...
Arsenal had seemingly thrown away the title, but the final game of the season, on 26 May, was against Liverpool at Anfield; Arsenal needed to win by two goals to take the title; Liverpool had already won the FA Cup and were favourites to complete the Double. Alan Smith scored for Arsenal early in the second half to make it 1–0, but as time ...
The display was instead much closer to the best Arsenal of the last three seasons, where they attack the opposition from all angles. For all the doom-mongering and criticism, the project is on course.
Arsenal retained their best players and successfully negotiated new contracts for captain Patrick Vieira and midfielder Robert Pires. The stability of the squad meant Arsenal were considered front-runners for the Premier League title, along with Manchester United, and Chelsea who were taken over by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich .