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The Premier League commissioned a unique gold trophy to commemorate Arsenal's unbeaten season of 2003–04. 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 ...
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. [ 269 ] [ 270 ] Their first national senior honour came in 1930, when they won the FA Cup . [ 271 ]
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]
Arsenal: 2 — 2 13 17 [c] 17 47 13 19 17 49 Manchester City: 3 1 4 10 15 7 32 10 18 8 36 Chelsea: 7 2 9 6 15 4 25 6 22 6 34 Tottenham Hotspur: 3 — 3 2 12 9 [d] 23 2 15 9 26 Aston Villa: 2 1 3 7 12 3 [e] 22 7 14 4 25 Everton: 1 — 1 9 5 9 23 9 6 9 24 Newcastle United: 2 — 2 4 6 2 [f] 12 4 8 2 14 Nottingham Forest: 2 1 3 1 8 1 10 1 10 2 13 ...
Arsenal's form in the cups was much better than in the league, and in 1992–93 they became the first side to win the FA Cup and League Cup double. In the League Cup final, Arsenal faced Sheffield Wednesday; a Merson-inspired Arsenal side came from 1–0 down to win 2–1 thanks to a Steve Morrow goal. In the FA Cup, Arsenal beat Spurs 1–0 in ...
The result ended Arsenal's 17-year wait for a trophy and ensured the club became the third successive English club to win the honour. [ 24 ] Arsenal entered the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup the following season as holders of the competition, but did not progress further than the semi-finals, losing on away goals to 1.
In 1992, when lower division clubs became full members of the Football League, the Associate Members Cup took the name Football League Trophy, before being renamed again in 2016 as the EFL Trophy. Since the 2016–17 season , sixteen Clubs with Category One academies from Championship and Premier League have taken part in the competition. [ 19 ]
[6] [7] For the first season in 1992–93, players received a miniature version of the trophy rather than a medal. [ 8 ] As of the end of the 2023–24 season , seven clubs have won the title – Manchester United , Blackburn Rovers , Arsenal , Chelsea , Manchester City , Leicester City and Liverpool – [ 9 ] with 636 medals awarded to 305 ...