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The history of Arsenal Football Club from to the present day covers the third​, fourth, and The move that brought surprise to some, not least Mee himself, who The first time Arsenal lost to Don Revie's Leeds United 1–0 in a dour match of few However, that season was not a total disaster for Arsenal; they had also.
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Despite the signing of Freddie Ljungberg in and Thierry Henry a year later, a more barren period followed for Arsenal over the next few years, though they came close several times. Arsenal led the League for much of —99 , until a 1—0 loss to Leeds United allowed Manchester United to overtake them; Arsenal beat Aston Villa on the last day of the season but United's victory over Spurs meant they took the title. To rub it in further, Arsenal also lost the last ever FA Cup semi-final replay to Manchester United; Dennis Bergkamp had missed a penalty in normal time, and Ryan Giggs scored the winner in extra time after a mazy solo run through the Arsenal defence.

Arsenal's return to the Champions League for the first time in seven years was also unsuccessful, as they failed to get past the group stage. Arsenal came second again in — ; this time, there was never any real title race and Arsenal finished the season 18 points behind winners Manchester United. Arsenal had another poor season in the Champions League, finishing third in their group; this won them a consolation place in the UEFA Cup, and Arsenal got all the way to the final, where they faced Galatasaray in Copenhagen , the scene of their Cup Winners' Cup triumph.

Arsenal again finished second in —01 , this time ten points behind Manchester United; the title race had been as good as over since February, when Arsenal lost 6—1 at Old Trafford. Arsenal's season gave priority to the Cups and Europe. In Europe, Arsenal made it to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since , only to be eliminated on the away goals rule by eventual finalists Valencia. By now, Wenger had been forced to rebuild much of the Double-winning side of ; Anelka, Overmars and Petit had all left for Spanish clubs in return for hefty fees, while age was finally catching up with the famous back line; Bould and Winterburn had already left, and Adams and Dixon would only last another season before retiring.

In their place, Wenger signed the likes of Sol Campbell and Lauren in defence, as well as promoting Ashley Cole from the youth ranks. In midfield, Wenger added the talismanic Robert Pires and signed his compatriot Sylvain Wiltord in attack, while in the meantime Thierry Henry had adapted to the English game to become one of the Premiership's best strikers. After an initially tight title race just three points separated the top four in February , Arsenal pulled away from the pack with a game winning streak, finishing seven points ahead of runners-up Liverpool.

Arsenal secured the title in the penultimate match of the season with a 1—0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, the goal coming from Wiltord. In —03 , Arsenal became the first club in more than 20 years to retain the FA Cup, with a 1—0 victory against Southampton thanks to a Pires goal.

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Their joy was soured by the fact that they narrowly missed out on retaining the Premiership title. Arsenal had led eventual winners Manchester United by eight points at one stage, but their form collapsed late on in the season; they drew 2—2 away to Bolton Wanderers after leading 2—0, and then lost 3—2 at home to Leeds United a week later, which gave United the title.

Little did they know it at the time, but the defeat to Leeds would be Arsenal's last in the League for over a year. They became only the second team to do so, the first having been Preston North End in — Their rivals for the title gained revenge in other competitions — Arsenal were defeated in the Champions League quarter-finals and FA Cup semi-finals by Chelsea and Manchester United, respectively, in successive matches.

Faced with the potential collapse of their season, Arsenal recovered from being 1—0 and 2—1 behind to Liverpool in their next league match to win 4—2, thanks to a Thierry Henry hat-trick, and went on to win the league with a 2—2 draw away to Tottenham Hotspur, mimicking their success in Arsenal were unable to retain the title in —05 , finishing second, 12 points behind a record-breaking Chelsea side. However, the Gunners did stretch their unbeaten run to 49 consecutive matches, an English league football record; the record was equalled with a dramatic 5—3 win over Middlesbrough Arsenal having trailed 3—1 shortly after half-time and then surpassed with a 3—0 win over Blackburn Rovers in August , before their unbeaten season was ended with a 2—0 away defeat by Manchester United.

This defeat arguably upset the team's form and they fell away from title contention before recovering with a late flourish to finish second, sealed with a 7—0 drubbing of Everton. Champions League glory eluded them again, with the club getting knocked out 3—2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich in the second round.

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Arsenal did not end the season empty-handed; they came away with their third FA Cup in four years, winning 5—4 on penalties after a 0—0 draw where they played ten versus eleven against Manchester United. Weakened by the sale of captain Patrick Vieira to Juventus in the summer of , Arsenal's —06 season was comparatively disappointing domestically and the club failed to challenge for any trophies at home.

In the league, their poor away form dogged them and despite recording some impressive wins at home 5—0 over Aston Villa, and 7—0 over Middlesbrough , Arsenal spent much of the latter stages of the season in fifth place or lower, and looked set to miss out on the Champions League for the first time since However, they won their last three matches of the season, culminating in a 4—2 victory over Wigan Athletic in the last ever match at Highbury; coupled with Tottenham Hotspur's loss at West Ham the same day, this meant Arsenal pipped Spurs to fourth place and a Champions League spot.

In contrast to their domestic form, Arsenal's form in Europe in —06 was much stronger; they reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time in their history, becoming the first London club ever to do so. In the final, against Barcelona , Arsenal were reduced to ten men early on when goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was sent off for a professional foul ; nevertheless they were the ones who scored first, Sol Campbell scoring with a header from a free kick in the 37th minute.

Arsenal desperately defended their lead, but two late goals from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti meant Barcelona ran out 2—1 winners. Arsenal have been highly successful in the s and s, but Highbury's capacity was limited to only 38, in the post- Taylor report era; virtually every match was sold out and the club were unable to maximise matchday revenue. With expansion of Highbury ruled impossible, in , Arsenal announced plans to move to nearby Ashburton Grove ; construction started in December with the demolition of buildings on the site, and in July , the new Emirates Stadium opened, ready for the start of the —07 season.

With a team largely filled with reserve and younger players, they reached the League Cup Final , which they lost 2—1 to Chelsea. They were less successful in other competitions, however, being knocked out early on in both the Champions League and FA Cup. Arsenal started the season strongly, going undefeated until early December, and in the process, setting a club record of 28 matches unbeaten in all competitions. But Eduardo , a player of growing importance to the club, suffered a horrific injury at St Andrew's in Birmingham City and the game subsequently ended 2—2.

The team were rocked and, inevitably, Arsenal slumped in the spring, eventually finishing third. The League Cup was more fruitful, where Arsenal reached the semi-finals for a third season in a row, before being knocked out 6—2 on aggregate by Tottenham Hotspur, their first defeat in a North London derby in almost nine years.

Arsenal's —09 season started well, reaching top of the table by late September. After that, the team lost momentum, with three defeats in November, and had dropped out of the top four by Christmas, despite victories over Manchester United and Chelsea. Arsenal continued to drop points in the league in the New Year, but eventually overtook Aston Villa to regain fourth place by mid-March, eventually finishing nine points clear.

Arsenal also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, losing to Chelsea 2—1 in their first game at the new Wembley Stadium. In Europe, they finished second in their group and beat Roma and Villarreal before losing 4—1 on aggregate to Manchester United in the semi-finals. Despite being written off by much of the media going into the —10 season, Arsenal made a bright start in the Premier League, aided by a new attacking formation and added defensive steel, in the form of holding midfielder Alex Song of Cameroon and new signing Thomas Vermaelen of Belgium.

Arsenal's title challenge looked set to end in late November, following losses to Chelsea, Manchester United, and Manchester City , but an impressive run of games in December, aided by Chelsea and Manchester United both dropping points, restored momentum to Arsenal's title challenge going into After being written out of the title race once in the —10 Premier League season by pundits, [19] Arsenal headed into a tough period of matches from 27 January through 10 February, in which they faced Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool all in a row.

At the time, it left Arsenal nine points behind league leaders Chelsea.

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Again, Arsenal were written off in their title hopes, [20] only for it to be resurrected once again, after Chelsea lost to Everton 2—1, Manchester City 4—2, and drew with Blackburn Rovers 1—1. Meanwhile, Manchester United also dropped points, drawing with Aston Villa 1—1 and also losing to Everton 3—1. Following Arsenal's 2—0 loss to Chelsea on 7 February, Arsenal went on a good run, winning all of their league games up to 20 March. However, on 27 February, a major injury to Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey occurred; [21] it was eerily reminiscent of Eduardo's injury against Birmingham City on 23 February.

Arsenal's Champions League match against Porto in the first leg went poorly. This gave Arsenal a possibly vital away goal. As a result, the referee gave a free-kick to Porto inside Arsenal's penalty area. The game match 2—1 for Porto. Arsenal's second leg against Porto fared much better. Played at the Emirates Stadium on 9 March, Arsenal needed at least one goal and a clean sheet to advance, with the aggregate score 2—1 for Porto and away aggregate 1—0 for Arsenal.

The match began brightly for Arsenal, as Nicklas Bendtner scored in the 10th and 25th minute, before Samir Nasri scored a fantastic goal in the 66th minute, dribbling past three defenders on the far right side touchline before scoring from an acute angle, hitting the goalkeeper's right post and into the net. The night ended with Bendtner scoring a penalty in the 90th minute, thus giving him his first senior professional hat-trick, and Arsenal advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, 6—2 on aggregate.

However, Arsenal managed to win 3—1 in that match. The first of the two-legged match was played on 31 March at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium; it marked Thierry Henry's return to the Emirates for the first time as an opponent of Arsenal. The second leg at the Camp Nou did not go as well, despite Bendtner scoring early on.

Lionel Messi scored four goals to end the match at an aggregate score of 6—3 for Barcelona, eliminating Arsenal from the Champions League.


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Arsenal finished the Premier League season in third place, their 15th successive top-five finish and the 13th successive season they had achieved qualification for the Champions League. It was also their fifth successive trophyless season, however, something of a disappointment considering this trophyless spell was preceded by five trophy winning seasons from a possible eight including two seasons where they won the double. To prove such a challenge, they faced struggling champions Chelsea on 27 December and mauled them 3—1 at Emirates.

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Notable events in this month was the 2—1 win over Barcelona, in which the team came from behind to seal a win, and the 4—4 draw against Newcastle United that is widely regarded to be one of the most bizarre and great games of the Premier League era. They progressed to the final of the League Cup but were beaten 2—1 by Birmingham City, squandering their chances of winning a trophy.

Also, completing a miserable couple of weeks for the Gunners, their title hopes were ended when they lost 2—1 to Bolton Wanderers away in April After challenging for the title for the majority of the season, Arsenal ended up finishing fourth after losses at Stoke and Aston Villa. Arsenal had failed to win a single trophy for the seventh consecutive year. The game finished 0—0 and neither of the said players were in the named squad, but new signing Gervinho was sent off for violent conduct. However, the team did muster a 1—0 win over Italian outit Udinese in the first leg of a Champions League playoff.

In addition to his loss, Nasri left for Manchester City on 24 August , ending a protracted transfer saga after playing for Arsenal in their match against Liverpool on 21 August, in which Arsenal lost 2—0, placing them 14th with one draw and one loss. However, they managed to gain qualification for the Champions League for the upcoming year for the 14th time; the only other English Club to boast such a record in recent years is Manchester United.

With mounting injury problems and suspensions, the season was already looking bleak for Arsenal, and this was epitomized by an 8—2 mauling in the hands of Manchester United. Results began to improve, with a win over newly promoted Swansea City , before a Champions League away draw against Borussia Dortmund. Winning in the League Cup against Shrewsbury Town , in the Premier League against Bolton and in the Champions League against Olympiacos boosted morale around the club, and Arsenal began climbing the league table, after spending a time in the bottom quarter of the table.

Despite losing the first North London Derby of the season against Tottenham, Arsenal continued to gain points, and as of 23 October were in seventh place in the Premier League. In week that followed, Arsenal managed to extend their good form by beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 3—5, with a hat-trick from captain Robin van Persie. December saw the announcement of the possible comeback of Thierry Henry, Arsenal's all-time best player and goalscorer, to whom a statue was built, to the club, and the following month, it was confirmed that he had rejoined the Gunners from the New York Red Bulls on a two-month loan deal coinciding with the Major League Soccer MLS off-season.

Furthermore, he scored the winning goal — his th overall for Arsenal — after coming on as a substitute and collecting a long through from Alex Song. It was a moment that sent Arsenal fans into raptures, and Henry gave them even more to cheer about when he produced another winner to give Arsenal a 2—1 victory in a Premier League match against Sunderland.

However, the Gunners suffered a shocking 4—0 loss to Milan in the Champions League in what would eventually be Henry's final match with the club, creating what proved to be an insurmountable obstacle for the club to overturn. Arsenal were also eliminated from the FA Cup in the fifth round, again against Sunderland, losing 2—0. In spite of these failures, Arsenal tried to turn the —12 season into a positive one, almost eliminating Milan by winning 3—0 at the Emirates Stadium and winning 5—2 in the second North London Derby of the season against Spurs.

Arsenal remained third in the Premier League table; while not mathematically assured of a place in the —13 UEFA Champions League due to Chelsea's continued participation in the Champion's League, with three weeks to go before the end of the —12 Premier League season. Manchester City eventually won the league again after three decades, their first Premiership title. The beginning of —13 season saw rumours about the possible departure of star player Robin van Persie, since on 4 July he announced he would not renew his contract with the club.

Despite being knocked out of the Champions League, Arsenal had a very strong finish to their domestic campaign. After losing the North London Derby 2—1 to Tottenham on 3 March, Arsenal collected 26 points over their remaining ten games, including a 1—1 draw with Manchester United on 28 April, and relegating the newly crowned FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic with a 4—1 victory on 14 May.

Arsenal secured fourth place in the Premier League and a Champions League qualifying spot with a 1—0 win over Newcastle.


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However, with the win came some controversy at half-time in the Tottenham—Sunderland game. It was wrongly reported that Newcastle had tied the game. Much to the dismay of Tottenham supporters, despite their win against Sunderland, Arsenal still finished above them. The off-season was quite tumultuous for Arsenal supporters. Before the start of the transfer window, many of the club's youth players were sold or left the club.

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Despite the club's promised ambitions to make big signings, Arsenal had only captured the signature of year-old Frenchman Yaya Sanogo from Auxerre. At the end of the —14 season , the team finished the Premier League in fourth place. Coming back from 2—0 down after just eight minutes, the Gunners levelled the score at 2—2 by the end of 90 minutes, with goals from Santi Cazorla and Laurent Koscielny in either half.