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Sunday, 28 January 2007
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Arsenal was founded in 1886, in Woolwich, south east London, but in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. In May 2006 they left Highbury, moving to their current home, the Emirates Stadium in nearby Ashburton Grove, Holloway. Arsenal has a long standing and fierce rivalry with neighbors Tottenham Hotspur, located four miles away in Tottenham, with whom they have contested the North London derby almost every season since 1913. Arsenal’s French Captain Thierry Henry is their leader. Henry started his professional career at AS Monaco and was given his début in 1994 by then Monaco manager, Arsène Wenger, at the age of 17. Wenger put Henry on the left wing because he believed that Henry's pace, natural ball control and skill would terrorize full backs better than they would centre backs. Wenger changed his view later, when he signed Henry for Arsenal by placing him smack in the middle. A place TT seems to appreciate more. Having impressed in the French national team's triumph in the 1998 World Cup, Henry left Monaco and moved to Italian club Juventus along with David Trézéguet in January 1999 for £10.7 million. He was made to play on the wing. Unable to cope with Italian defensive discipline in an unfamiliar position, Henry scored just three goals in 16 appearances. Bodog.com has Arsenal at 11 to 1 to win the UEFA Champions League. Unsettled in Italy, he transferred from Juventus in August 1999 to Arsenal for £11 Million, reuniting with his former manager at Monaco. In one of his biggest masterstrokes as Arsenal manager, Wenger molded Henry from a left winger into a striker. Some doubted whether he was cut out for the English Premiership, failing to score in his first ten games. However, he has flourished ever since first finding the net; Henry has been Arsenal's top goal scorer for each of the seven seasons he has been with the club. Henry was made Arsenal captain in the summer of 2005, succeeding the departed Patrick Vieira. Regarded by many as Arsenal's best player ever, on October 17, 2005 Henry became the club's top goal scorer of all time. UEFA Club Competition honors Winners UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 1993/94 |
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Thierry Henry leads Arsenal Gunners into the UEFA Champions League tournament. 





















