U.S. Country Studies: Football Club Arsenal

• Football club Arsenal was founded in 1886 in south-east London working ordnance plant "Royal Arsenal, which is located in Woolwich. Hence it has gone and the team nickname - the Gunners. Originally the club was called the "Deil Square, and then -" Woolwich Arsenal. In 1913, the club's owner, businessman Henry Norris, was replaced by the home arena at Highbury, north London, and the team gained its current name.

• Success for Arsenal came in the 20's of last century, when a team led Herbert Chapman, whose revolutionary tactics helped the club to dominate the domestic scene, even after the death of a coach. In the period from 1930 to 1938, the Gunners have won five league titles and two cups of the country.

• In the next few decades, the team handed the position. However, in 1970 the Gunners, led by former club physiotherapist Bertie Mee, won the Fairs Cup. The following season wards Mi drawn up a kind of double, winning the national championship and FA Cup.
• The next round of failure Arsenal ended in the late 80's, when the new coach was George Graham. Scot quickly returned to the Gunners on a pedestal. In the shortest period of time Graham amassed a team with an incredibly reliable line of defense.Under him the Londoners twice won the championship in England (1988/89, 1990/91), and in the 1993/94 campaign, won the Cup Winners' Cup.
• Appointment of the 1996 coach of Arsenal's little-known French specialist Arsene Wenger was a complete surprise to the press and fans. He instilled in the team a bright attacking game and won it three league titles and four FA Cups. In the triumphant championship Anglii-2003/04 Londoners not suffered a single defeat. In the 2005/06 season, the Gunners for the first time in history reached the final of the UEFA Champions League, where, however, gave way to Barcelona.

Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin