How does Arsenal Football Club operate?

As we all know, modern football originated in England. After the English people created modern football, they spread it to every corner of European football. By the19th century, football has become the most popular sport in European football, and many national football associations, including the FA, have been established one after another.

England Football Association and England National Team Emblem

The establishment of the English Football Association has effectively guaranteed the basic interests of domestic players. Because players have a clear and unified leadership, many local British businessmen accurately realize that under the leadership of the Football Association, football clubs all over the country will hold more professional competitions. However, at that time, the world football had not yet formed a stable and effective system: there was no clear standard for players' salaries, the schedule was too chaotic, and the club owners were rich in funds but could not effectively take advantage of the popularity of the ball market. .............................................................................................................

The establishment of the English Football League

There is no doubt that British businessmen were the first to realize the importance of the above problems. In order to make further use of the hot ball market at that time to expand the capital chain of major clubs, William, a member of Aston Villa's board of directors, first sent an invitation to several famous clubs in England at that time to establish an English football league.

Aston Villa has greatly promoted the establishment of English football league.

After William's guidance, the bosses of the major clubs in England also realized the chaos of the football club system at that time. At William's suggestion, they decided to hold a meeting on the establishment of the English Football League in April. 1in April, 888, this press conference, which played an important role in promoting the history of football, was held at the Royal Hotel in Manchester, England. At that time, there were 12 clubs with great weight in English football, namely Clinton, Everton, Preston, Bolton, Derbyshire, Aston Villa, Naudts and Stoke City. We can find that in this 12 club, there is no Arsenal, our protagonist today.

Logo of English Football League (Old League I)

The meeting clearly put forward the proposal of establishing the English Football League, which was also unanimously agreed by the 12 club, so the English Football League was formally established on this day. For a long time to come, the Football Association of England and the major clubs will send special personnel to the headquarters of the Football Association of England to work out the schedule of the first season of the English Football League. The establishment of the English Football League marks a new chapter in the competition of world football clubs. Since then, the club competition is no longer a "small fight" by non-governmental organizations, but a high-standard and high-tech football competition organized by the state.

What is Arsenal doing at the same time when the English Football League is established? Why didn't they take part in the first English Football League?

The birth of arsenal

Compared with the founding club of the English Football League mentioned above, Arsenal was actually established much later than them. This important club, which plays an important role in English football, was not formally established until 1886 (two years before the establishment of the English Football League). Arsenal Football Club was founded for a simple reason. At that time, workers in a London weapons factory called Royal Arsenal enjoyed watching football matches very much. In the age when societies are springing up like mushrooms after rain, they also have the courage to set up societies. Because the weapon manufacturing factory named Royal Arsenal is located in Dell Square in London, the workers also named the club "Dell Square".

Dell plaza

At that time, the voice of English football about establishing a special football league was very high, but all the famous clubs were desperate to become the first members of the English football league. However, Arsenal was only a very humble existence in English football at that time, and they didn't even qualify for the London professional league.

The early development of Arsenal Club

On the Christmas day when Arsenal was founded, the workers at the Royal Arsenal Arsenal thought that the name "Dell Plaza" could not fully reflect the background of their club. In order to further show the great significance of the Royal Arsenal weapons manufacturers to this club, they decided to simply change the name of the club to "Royal Arsenal".

However, because Arsenal Club was only funded by a group of workers in the early days, the club's economic situation has been unsatisfactory, and they have no ability to attract some high-level players to join. Therefore, in the first five years of the establishment of Arsenal Club, they kept the club running by playing some friendship games and participating in low-level cups in some places.

First reform

189 1, Royal Arsenal Football Club ushered in the first investment in the team's history. A small boss from London brought the first investment fund to the club, and Arsenal officially registered as a professional club with this investment fund. However, the boss had a basic requirement for investment, that is, the club must be renamed as a neutral name, so the Royal Arsenal Club was quickly renamed as "woolwich Arsenal" (Arsenal is located in woolwich, London).

Compared with changing the name, this reform has brought more important significance to Arsenal, that is, successfully getting the club into the professional league for the first time. 1893, after great efforts, Arsenal successfully joined the English Football League II, and they officially became a professional team with a clear record in the FA.

An unremarkable early development

Arsenal Football Club operated on a shoestring for a long time in the early days. However, due to the worker status of the founder of this club, Arsenal also inherited the excellent style of perseverance and tenacious struggle of workers in the subsequent games. They will never give up easily on the court, and this tenacious style of play has won the sincere love of many fans.

Arsenal have gained a group of loyal fans.

After the establishment of Arsenal Club 18 years, it finally made it to League One (the highest league in England). However, due to lack of funds, Arsenal has been in the middle and lower reaches in the early stage of League One. Arsenal was a very humble existence in English football at that time.

The only demotion

Many fans say that Arsenal is the only club in English football that has never been relegated since it was promoted to the top league. Bian Xiao must correct this statement here. Arsenal is indeed the club that has maintained the qualification of the top English football league for the longest time, but they did encounter an embarrassing relegation event in history (Arsenal was also called Arsenal Club in woolwich at the time of this relegation, so Arsenal Club never relegated again).

Arsenal players are training.

After 1904 was promoted to the first division of English football, Arsenal Club did not have a well-funded boss at that time, so the operation of the club was mostly supported by a few minority shareholders and fans. The weak transfer budget also makes Arsenal far less competitive in the transfer market than other teams in the league. Since the last century 10, they have been completely degraded to a team. 19 13 season, Arsenal tried their best to avoid relegation. However, due to the thickness of the team lineup and the paper strength of the team lineup, it was indeed far weaker than other clubs in the top leagues in England, and it was a pity that it eventually became the first club in history.

Norris' entry

After being relegated to the second division, the then Arsenal management began to seriously think about the future of the team. For a long time, they were struggling whether to settle in the second division or return to the top division. After detailed discussions by several high-level officials, they finally decided to look for new investors behind them to fight back against the top leagues.

The reality is cruel. Arsenal, a team that had just experienced relegation, was not liked by the bosses at that time. In addition, Arsenal's management has higher requirements for the boss's investment, so Arsenal Club has been in a state of no interest for several months. However, just when Arsenal's management was disheartened, Sir Norris, owner of Fulham Club, was interested in Arsenal's investment acquisition.

The arrival of Norris has made great contributions to the development of Arsenal Football Club.

Sir Norris enjoyed a high reputation in England at that time. He is one of the best real estate owners in Britain. Norris' strong interest in Arsenal made Arsenal's management ecstatic, but at that time, the English Football Association did not allow the same boss to have two teams in the same league, so it also meant that Norris had to give up Fulham to get Arsenal. Fortunately, Fulham was also in the second division. Sir Norris finally chose to give up Fulham and buy Arsenal, considering that Arsenal can drive economic benefits more effectively in the capital London.

Arsenal's relocation plan

After Norris joined the team, Arsenal's financial expenditure increased to a certain extent, and they began to buy some high-level players from all over the country in an attempt to return to the top league. However, for a long time, Arsenal management found that they were far behind some teams at the same level in terms of fan attraction and player attraction. At the initial stage, the club began to consider whether it was geographical reasons that made the team lag behind other teams.

At that time, Arsenal was located in Princeton, a suburb of London, which was sparsely populated and economically backward. Owner Norris is keenly aware that the remoteness of geographical location has brought great obstacles to the development of Arsenal Club. In order to increase the team's income, Norris decided to move the team to a more prosperous area in London.

Fall into Highbury

After some investigation, Norris decided to move the team to Highbury in the north of London, but this decision was strongly opposed by Arsenal fans and residents of Highbury at that time. However, Norris is, after all, a real estate tycoon who has ruled British shopping malls for many years. Despite many objections, he finally succeeded in helping Arsenal move from backward and remote Princeton to Highbury, and the club officially removed "woolwich" from its name, thus the wonderful story of 1993 began.

Highbury Stadium is under construction.

Norris chose a new home for Arsenal as the stadium of St. John's Theological Seminary at that time. In order to get this venue, Norris spent a lot of money to negotiate with the other party, and finally signed an agreement with the management of St. John's Theological Seminary at the beginning of 19 13. Subsequently, with the help of designer Reggie, the reconstruction of Arsenal Highbury Stadium was in full swing. It is said that the construction of Highbury Stadium cost125,000 pounds, which is equivalent to 8.2 million pounds in 2005 according to the inflation rate of RPI.

A century-old feud with Tottenham Hotspur

In fact, when Arsenal moved to Highbury, it was strongly opposed by a top league, namely North London overlord Tottenham Hotspur. From the management of Tottenham Hotspur to the fans of Tottenham Hotspur, they all expressed great resistance to Arsenal as an outsider. However, because Norris completed all the formalities early, the angry Tottenham Club can't be too difficult. Although this incident didn't break out in the end, it was widely regarded by people from all walks of life in English football as the starting point of a century-long feud between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

1914-1915 season, considering the increasingly hot English football market, the English Football Association decided to expand the English Football League from 20 clubs to 22 clubs. According to the normal regulations, the last two clubs in League One were downgraded and the top four in League Two were upgraded this season.

The feud between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur began at this time.

At that time, Tottenham and Chelsea were the top two teams in the English Football League, while Arsenal ranked fifth in the second league. Originally, it had nothing to do with Arsenal anyway, but the FA finally decided that Tottenham, the last team in League One, was relegated, while Arsenal, the top two and fifth in League Two, advanced (because Arsenal boss Norris has made outstanding contributions to the football league for a long time). The news completely ignited the anger of Tottenham Hotspur Club. They accused the FA of being "intimidated" by the powerful Norris and doing something against their conscience. Since then, the contradiction between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal has become more and more irreconcilable, and the "century-old feud" in North London has begun.

Ten years is tepid.

After Arsenal returned to the first division, the attendance rate has been greatly improved due to the influence of the new stadium. The attendance of the first League One match held at Highbury Stadium exceeded 23,000, and Arsenal also had huge economic benefits under such a considerable attendance.

Crowded Highbury Stadium

However, the outbreak of Arsenal's economic benefits has not objectively promoted the development of their achievements. In the ten years since returning to League One, Arsenal have never been in the top nine, and in the 1923- 1924 season, they were only relegated to the 20th place. At that time, Arsenal coach Leiden seemed unable to lead this team to make a bigger breakthrough, and Norris was also miserable in May of 1925.

Chapman era

Chapman, the former leader of Huddersfield, was very famous in English football at that time. His pioneering modern training and dietotherapy won unanimous praise in the football field at that time. It is said that he spent an unimaginable sum of money to get the famous British leader Norris. However, it turns out that this huge sum is not a loss at all. Under Chapman's leadership, Arsenal finally ushered in the first glorious period in the history of the club at the age of nearly 40.

Arsenal Meritorious Coach-Chapman

Arsenal were not short of money at that time. Compared with before, relying on the huge attendance of Highbury Stadium, they have a considerable transfer budget. Norris, who has always been careful in using the transfer budget, also trusts this famous new coach. He made it clear many times that he would do his best to help the team introduce reasonable players.

Under Chapman's leadership, great changes have taken place in Arsenal.

Judging from the tactical style of the team, Chapman's arrival helped the team effectively absorb the advantages and disadvantages of the new offside rules at that time. Chapman changed the team formation from the previous defensive counterattack to the popular "WM formation" at that time, which made the personal ability of the players on the team more strict. For this reason, Chapman, with the full support of Norris, has brought in a number of England international players, such as veteran Boucha, and their joining has made Arsenal have a more stable performance in both offense and defense.

Arsenal new aid

Chapman's first season at Arsenal helped Arsenal achieve the best result in the history at that time-runner-up in the top league, but Chapman's team failed to maintain this good momentum, and in the next few seasons they swam up and down in the league. In order to further strengthen his own strength, Chapman successively introduced strikers Limbert and Hou Mei, which promoted the development of Arsenal's offensive line to a certain extent, and they also successfully helped Arsenal win the runner-up in the FA Cup in 1926- 1927 season, which also refreshed the best record of Arsenal clubs in the history of the FA Cup at that time.

The first champion in team history.

Arsenal won the first championship trophy in the team's history.

A large number of key signings led by Chapman greatly enhanced Arsenal's paper strength, and finally Arsenal reached the FA Cup final again three years after the last time. This time, Arsenal did not have the embarrassing situation of falling in front of the champion last time. With the goals of James and Limbert (both newcomers), Arsenal finally won the first professional championship in the team's history.

The first glorious period in team history

Arsenal players ushered in their first glorious period.

With 1929- 1930 successfully winning the FA Cup, Arsenal began its first glorious period in the history of its club. They all made great progress in the league and the cup: they won the first English football championship in the team's history in 1930- 193 1 season, and in the FA Cup final in193/-1932 season because of a dispute. In those years, Arsenal brought a championship to the club almost every season, and this period led by Chapman was also recognized by countless Arsenal fans as the team's first glorious period.

Chapman died of illness, and Arsenal still won the championship.

1934 65438+ 10, Arsenal meritorious coach Chapman died of pneumonia in London, which quickly pushed the then Arsenal management to the brink of chaos. At this time, however, Shure, an assistant professor at Arsenal, bravely took over the important task of leading the team to the new season. With a good squad thickness and the football experience Schur has gained with Chapman for many years, Arsenal are still tenacious in the 1933- 1934 season.

Arsenal players pose with the trophy.

Club director Allison replaces interim head coach Shure. Under his leadership, the team gradually embarked on the road of upgrading. To be sure, allison's Arsenal have not been affected by the massive upgrade. In 1930s, Arsenal always firmly occupied the top position in English football, and the record of the largest number of players represented by a single club on the English national team is still held by Arsenal in that era (7 players, 1934).

Arsenal successfully updated.

1936 Arsenal won the second FA Cup title in team history.

I have to say that Allison is also a very successful head coach. He effectively inherited the rapid attack system developed in Chapman's time. 1934- 1935 season, the team won the top league championship of English football again under the leadership of Allison, and only one season later, the team won the FA Cup again. Such excellent results have also made allison's position in Arsenal rise. Under his leadership, the team still maintains its position as the leader of English football at the updated node. At that time, their North London arch-rival Tottenham Hotspur was pinned down by Arsenal. In order to commemorate the great influence of Arsenal in English football during that period, fans also called this period a "glorious decade".

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By the end of the "10 glory" period, Arsenal had spent 50 years in English football. During these 50 years, the club has changed from an obscure workers' club to a top team in English football. Many senior members of Arsenal Club, including Norris and Chapman, made great contributions to the development of the team in the 1920s and 1930s.