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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Arsenal/
The Arsenal/
Woolwich Arsenal
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Arsenal FC
Profile |
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Club name
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Arsenal Football Club, since 1927 |
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Previous names |
The Arsenal 1914-1927; Woolwich Arsenal 1891-1914;
Royal Arsenal 1886-91; |
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Ground (s)
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Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove, London from 2006; Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London 1914-2006; |
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Founded
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1886 as Dial Square; turned professional 1891. |
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Colours |
Red shirts with white sleeves, white shorts, red stockings. |
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Domestic
honours |
Football League Champions 1930-31,
1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71,
1988-89, 1990-91, as FA Premiership 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04;
FA Cup winners 1929-30, 1935-36, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1978-79, 1992-93,
1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05;
Football League Cup (Littlewoods) winners 1986-87, runners-up 1987-88,
(Coca-Cola) winners 1992-93;
FA Charity Shield winners 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953,
1998, 1999, joint-winners 1991, runners-up 1935, 1936, 1979, 1989,
1993, as FA Community Shield winners 2002, 2004, runners-up 2003, 2005; |
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European honours |
UEFA Fairs Cup winners 1969-70, as UEFA Cup
runners-up 1999-2000;
European Cup-Winners' Cup winners 1993-94, runners-up 1979-80,
1994-95;
UEFA Champions League runners-up 2005-06; |
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International honours |
None |
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Most capped player |
Patrick Vieira 79, France, 1997-2005 |
"I remember that as a boy, there was only one
club for me - Arsenal"
Ferenc Puskas - Hungary captain
Chronologically
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Most Capped |
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
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937 |
Sansom,
Kenneth Graham |
1980-88 |
77 |
0 |
77 |
0 |
1 |
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1007 |
Seaman,
David Andrew |
1990-2002 |
71 |
1 |
72 |
1 |
0 |
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* Match No. 709, 15 February 1995,
was abandoned because of crowd violence after 27 minutes with
the Republic of Ireland leading 1-0, although caps were
awarded,
no official result was reached. |
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998 |
Adams,
Tony
Alexander |
1987-2000 |
66 |
0 |
66 |
15 |
5 |
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* Match No. 709, 15 February 1995,
was abandoned because of crowd violence after 27 minutes with
the Republic of Ireland leading 1-0, although caps were
awarded,
no official result was reached. |
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1106 |
Cole, Ashley |
2001-06 |
51 |
0 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
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1039 |
Keown, Martin Raymond |
1993-2002 |
30 |
4 |
34 |
1 |
1 |
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582 |
Hapgood, Edris Albert |
1933-39 |
30 |
0 |
30 |
21 |
0 |
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1074 |
Campbell,
Sulzeer Jeremiah |
2001-06 |
26 |
3 |
29 |
1 |
1 |
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1022 |
Wright,
Ian Edward |
1992-98 |
13 |
14 |
27 |
0 |
9 |
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1021 |
Dixon,
Lee Michael |
1990-99 |
21 |
1 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
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567 |
Bastin, Clifford Sydney |
1931-38 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
12 |
|
606 |
Male,
George Charles |
1934-39 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
0 |
|
820 |
Eastham,
George Edward |
1963-66 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
2 |
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872 |
Storey,
Peter Edwin |
1971-73 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
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837 |
Ball, Alan James |
1972-75 |
18 |
1 |
19 |
6 |
1 |
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935 |
Woodcock,
Anthony Stewart |
1982-86 |
12 |
6 |
18 |
0 |
9 |
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656 |
Scott,
Lawrence |
1946-48 |
17 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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950 |
Rix,
Graham |
1980-84 |
12 |
5 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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936 |
Anderson, Vivian Alexander |
1984-87 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
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1034 |
Merson,
Paul Charles |
1991-97 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
|
584 |
Copping,
Wilfred |
1934-39 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
1004 |
Rocastle,
David Carlyle |
1988-92 |
10 |
4 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
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1010 |
Smith,
Alan Martin |
1988-92 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
2 |
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1089 |
Parlour,
Raymond |
1999-2000 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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519 |
Hulme, Joseph Harold Anthony |
1927-33 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
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618 |
Crayston,
John William |
1935-37 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
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1019 |
Platt,
David Andrew |
1995-96 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
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604 |
Bowden, Edwin Raymond |
1934-36 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
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699 |
Smith,
Lionel |
1950-53 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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470 |
Jack,
David Bone Nightingale |
1930-32 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
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594 |
Moss,
Frank |
1934 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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607 |
Drake,
Edward Joseph |
1934-38 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
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854 |
McNab,
Robert |
1968-69 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
312 |
Ashcroft,
James |
1906 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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346 |
Ducat,
Andrew |
1910 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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633 |
Kirchen, Alfred John |
1937 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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788 |
Baker, Joseph Henry |
1965 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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451 |
Williamson, Ernest Clarke |
1923 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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700 |
Compton,
Leslie Harry |
1950 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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858 |
Radford,
John |
1969-71 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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928 |
Mariner,
Paul |
1984-85 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
1009 |
Thomas,
Michael Lauriston |
1988-89 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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1018 |
Winterburn, Nigel |
1989-93 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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1055 |
Bould, Stephen Andrew |
1994 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
324 |
Coleman,
John George |
1907 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
482 |
Butler, John Dennis |
1924 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
526 |
Baker, Alfred |
1927 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
558 |
Roberts,
Herbert |
1931 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
713 |
Milton,
Clement Arthur |
1951 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
775 |
Clapton,
Daniel Robert |
1958 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
884 |
Blockley, Jeffrey Paul |
1972 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
921 |
Rimmer,
John James |
1976 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
929 |
Talbot,
Brian Ernest |
1980 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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946 |
Sunderland, Alan |
1980 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1011 |
Marwood,
Brian |
1988 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1101 |
Wright,
Richard Ian |
2001 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1124 |
Jeffers,
Francis |
2003 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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1142 |
Walcott, Theo |
2006 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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57 |
Total |
1906-2006 |
662 |
72 |
734 |
57 |
67 |
Notes
The record is still held by Arsenal, the
club side of seven players who lined up for England in the 3-2 friendly match
win against reigning World Cup champions Italy at, fittingly enough, Arsenal
Stadium in Highbury, London on 14 November 1934. So
unfriendly was the match that it became infamous as "the Battle of
Highbury."
Five Arsenal players were
originally selected: Frank Moss in
goal, captain Eddie Hapgood at left back, Wilf
Copping at left halfback, Ray Bowden at inside right and Cliff "Boy" Bastin at inside left.
When original choices Tom "Snowy" Cooper, the Derby County right back,
and Fred Tilson, the Manchester City centre-forward, were injured the Saturday
before the Wednesday Italy encounter, a sixth Arsenal player, right back
George Male, and Tottenham Hotspur forward George Hunt were selected to
replace them. Hunt, too, then had to withdraw, and the selectors then
turned to a seventh Arsenal player, centre-forward Ted Drake, to replace him.
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