Premier League Table

Premier League Fixtures & Results

This is the table from Premier League Table , Arsenal are in 5th place.
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Return of Henry

This week Thierry Henry one of Arsenal's greatest players returned to the club on a 2 month loan.He had been playing in the US with the New York Red Bulls ,but has returned because the season over there is on a break.

Here is a video of Thierry Henry:

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Arsenal 125 Years

This week Arsenal celebrated the 125th year of when the club started.This was marked with the game against Everton on the 10th December 2011.Arsenal won 1-0 with captain Robin Van Persie scoring the only goal.Before the game past players and managers were welcomed back to the stadium.


Outside the stadium ,statues where reveiled of 3 of arsenals greatest players and manager.

• The statues where of: 

Thierry Henry - Player.

Tony Adams - Player.

Herbert Chapman - Manager.

The unveiling  of the statues on the Friday, brought Theirry Henry to tears.

The club also made new jerseys this year with a new crest,the crest has the first moto of the club 'forward' and shows the year arsenal started.










http://www.arsenal.com/news/news/         http://thescore.thejournal.ie/

Map

This is a map of where the stadium is in London.


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A = Emirates Stadium.

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Where The Players Come From

Arsenal football club is based in England but there players come from all around the world.New signings have brought in German,Japanese and Spanish players just this year.Arsenal only have 5 English players in there whole first team squad which is surprising because they are an English team.

Robin Van Persie is the captain of the arsenal team he only became captain this season after the departure of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona.He is a striker and so far has been a key player for the team this season, scoring over 50% of the goals for the whole team.

 The Team

• Goalkeepers:

Manuel Almunia - Spanish

Wojciech Szczesny - Polish

Lukasz Fabianski - Polish

Vito Mannone - Italian

• Defenders:

Bacary Sanga - French

Per Mertesacker - German

Thomas Vermaelen - Belgian

Laurent Koscielny - French

Andre Santos - Brazilian

Sebastien Squillaci - French

Johan Djourou - Swiss

Carl Jenkinson - English

Kieran Gibbs - English

• Midfielders:

Abou Daiby - French

Tomas Rosicky - Czech

Mikel Areta - Spanish

Aaron Ramsey - Welsh

Alex Song - Cameroon

Jack Wilshere - English

Andrey Arshavin - Russian

Emmanuel Frimpong - Ghana

Yossi Benayoun - Israeli

Francis Coquelin - French

• Strikers:

Robin Van Persie - Dutch

Theo Walcott - English

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - English

Marouane Chamakh - French

Ju Young Park - South Korea

Gervinho - Ivory Coast

http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players

Where The Club Is Based

Arsenal football club is based in London. The stadium is on the Queensland Rd, Islington, Greater London.The club moved to the stadium in 2006 from there old stadium in Highbury only a 5 minute walk from the new Emirates stadium.

Key Facts:

• The stadium holds just over 60,000 people.
• The whole project cost 390 million.
• 1,800 jobs were created.
• 2,000 new houses were built.
• The stadium site is 17 acres.

The Arsenal training ground is in Hertfordshire, 45 minutes from the Emirates stadium.The ground has 10 full grass pitches, an indoor astro pitch,6 changing rooms, a gym,swimming pool,ice bath and a restaurant.

http://www.arsenal.com/

Squad Photo

Arsenal Squad Photo 2011/1012. http://www.arsenal.com/