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Captain Cesc Fàbregas rejoined Barcelona after eight years at Arsenal.. Arsenal's pre-season transfer activity was once again dominated by media speculation regarding the future of club captain Cesc Fàbregas, whose return to boyhood club Barcelona was widely expected, although not officially confirmed until the middle of August when an initial fee in the region of £30 million [5] was agreed ...
The club's name, which shortly changed to Woolwich Arsenal, was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after the club moved to Highbury. [4] Despite finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1914–15 , Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War. [ 5 ]
The 2011–12 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012 with Manchester City sealing their third league title – their first since 1968 – with a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on the final day.
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 recovered from a poor start to the season to take third place, while striker Robin van Persie won the Players' Player of the Year Award by scoring 30 goals. Newcastle finished fifth to qualify for the Europa League , recording their first top-six finish in eight years under Alan Pardew, who won the Manager of the Year award.
The 2011 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 24th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the first edition of the FA WSL , England's new top flight for women's football. In April, Arsenal played in the first ever WSL match, defeating Chelsea 1–0 at Imperial Fields , thanks to a goal from Gilly Flaherty , the first goal ...
The 2010–11 season was Arsenal Football Club's 19th season in the Premier League and their 85th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] The team were within one point of league leaders Manchester United at the end of February, [3] but a run of just one league win throughout the entirety of March and April ended their challenge. [4]
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Islington, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before being renamed as Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. [1] In 1914, the club's name was shortened to Arsenal F.C. after moving to Highbury a year earlier. [2]