Arsenal Stadium

Arsenal Stadium has been the home ground of Arsenal Football Club since 1913. It is located in Highbury, London giving rise to its popular name Highbury.

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Arsenal Football Club - 1913 - Highbury - London

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Arsenal Stadium is well known for its very small (110×73 yards / 101×67 metres) but immaculately-kept pitch, which also has under-soil heating. Arsenal's groundsman, Steve Braddock, has won the FA Premier League's Groundsman of the Year award several times for his work on the pitch.

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Yard - Metre - Pitch - Under-soil heating - FA Premier League

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The stadium has a capacity of 38,500 (12,500 in the North Bank, 11,000 in the West Stand, 9,000 in the East Stand and 6,000 in the Clock End), all seated, and has two Jumbotron screens in the South-East and North-West corners. The stadium's main entrances are on Gillespie Road, Avenell Road and Highbury Hill. Before the all-seater era, Arsenal Stadium saw its largest attendance ever of 73,295 in 1935 when Arsenal played Sunderland.

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Jumbotron - Gillespie Road - 1935 - Sunderland

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The 2005-06 season will be Arsenal's last at Highbury. The club will relocate in the summer of 2006 to the new Emirates Stadium nearby.

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2005-06 - 2006 - Emirates Stadium

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