History of Arsenal F.C. (1886–1966) – The club were
founded in 1886 as a workers' team from Woolwich and joined the Football
League in 1893. The team moved to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
in 1913 and had their first period of success under Herbert
Chapman and George Allison in the 1930s,
followed by that of Tom Whittaker in the 1940s and early 1950s. However
after Whittaker's death the club gradually descended and were in
mid-table obscurity by the mid-1960s.
History of Arsenal F.C. (1966–present) – Bertie
Mee was appointed manager in 1966, and guided the club to a
Fairs Cup win in 1970 and the Double after that. Arsenal
won another FA Cup in 1979 under Terry Neill, and then
under George Graham won two more League titles, a Cup
Double and the Cup Winners' Cup. Under current manager Arsène
Wenger, Arsenal have won two more Doubles and
the league unbeaten, and reached the UEFA Champions League final for the
first time in their history, as well as moving to the new
Emirates Stadium in 2006.
