Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are a football club based in north London. They play in the FA Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football. Arsenal have won 13 First Division and Premier League titles (only Liverpool and Manchester United have won more), and 10 FA Cups (second only to Manchester United), although the team has yet to achieve similar success in the UEFA Champions League.

Crest

Royal Arsenal's first crest, unveiled in 1888, featured three cannons viewed from above, pointing northwards, similar to the crest of the Borough of Woolwich. These can be mistaken for chimneys, but the presence of a carved lion's head and a cascabel on each are clear indicators that they are cannons. In 1922, the club adopted the first single-cannon crest, which featured an eastward-pointing cannon. This crest was only used

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1888 - Cannon - Borough of Woolwich - Chimney - Cascabel - 1922

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until 1925, when the cannon was reversed to point westward, its barrel was slimmed down, and the club's nickname, The Gunners, was inscribed to the left of the cannon. In 1949, the club unveiled a modernized crest featuring the same style of cannon, the club's name set in blackletter above the cannon, and a scroll inscribed with the club's newly adopted Latin motto Victoria Concordia Crescit ("victory comes from harmony"). For the first time, the crest was rendered in colour – red, green, and gold – which varied slightly over the crest's lifespan.

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1925 - 1949 - Blackletter - Latin - Motto

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Because of the crest's natural evolution, Arsenal was unable to copyright it. Thus, at the beginning of the 2001-2002 season, Arsenal introduced a new crest, which features more modern, curved lines, and a simplified style. The cannon once again faces east, and the club's name is written in a sans-serif typeface above the cannon. Green was replaced by dark blue. The new crest received a mixed response from fans, some claiming that it had ignored much of Arsenal's history by removing the blackletter text, motto, and coat of arms.

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Copyright - 2001-2002 - Sans-serif - Typeface - Coat of arms

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