To help provide each fanbase an arsenal for their argument soccer4life takes a look at each of the clubs Records and statistics.
Arsenal's tally
of 13 League Championships is the third highest in English football, after Manchester United (19) and Liverpool
(18),while the total of 10 FA Cups is the second highest, after Manchester
United (11). Arsenal have achieved three League and FA Cup "Doubles" (in 1971, 1998 and
2002), a feat only previously achieved by Manchester United (in 1994, 1996 and
1999), and in 1993 were the first side in English football to complete the FA
Cup and League Cup double They were also the first London club to reach the
final of the UEFA Champions League, in 2006, losing the final 2–1 to Barcelona.
Arsenal have one
of the best top-flight records in history, having finished below fourteenth
only seven times. Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing
position for the period 1900–1999, with an average league placing of 8.5. In
addition, they are one of only six clubs to have won the FA Cup twice in
succession, in 2002 and 2003. Arsenal also hold the record for the longest
unbeaten run in the Premier League at 49 games, and are the only team to have
gone an entire Premier League season unbeaten in 2003–04.
David
O'Leary holds the record for Arsenal appearances, having played 722
first-team matches between 1975 and 1993. Fellow centre half
and former captain Tony Adams comes second, having played 669
times. The record for a goalkeeper is held by David
Seaman, with 564 appearances.
Thierry
Henry is the club's top goalscorer with 228 goals in all competitions
between 1999 and 2012, having surpassed Ian Wright's
total of 185 in October 2005. Wright's record had stood since September 1997,
when he overtook the longstanding total of 178 goals set by winger Cliff
Bastin in 1939. Henry also holds the club record for goals scored in the
League, with 176. a record that had been held by Bastin until February 2006.
Arsenal's record
home attendance is 73,707, for a UEFA Champions League match against RC Lens on 25
November 1998 at Wembley Stadium, where the club formerly
played home European matches because of the limits on Highbury's capacity. The
record attendance for an Arsenal match at Highbury is 73,295, for a 0–0 draw
against Sunderland on 9 March 1935, while that at
Emirates Stadium is 60,161, for a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on 3 November
2007.
Arsenal have also
set records in English football, including the most consecutive seasons spent
in the top flight (85 as of 2011–12) and the longest run of unbeaten League
matches (49 between May 2003 and October 2004.This included all 38 matches of
their title-winning 2003–04 season, when Arsenal became
only the second club to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten, after Preston North End (who played only 22
matches) in 1888–89.
Arsenal also set
a Champions League record during the 2005–06 season by going ten matches
without conceding a goal, beating the previous best of seven set by A.C. Milan.
They went a record total stretch of 995 minutes without letting an opponent
score; the streak ended in the final, when Samuel
Eto'o scored a 76th-minute equaliser for Barcelona.
Chelsea Fc
Chelsea's highest
appearance-maker is ex-captain Ron Harris, who played in 795 first-class
games for the club between 1961 and 1980 This record is unlikely to be broken
in the near future; Chelsea's current highest appearance-maker is Frank Lampard
with 561 The record for a Chelsea goalkeeper is held by Harris's contemporary, Peter
Bonetti, who made 729 appearances (1959–79). With 91 caps
(89 while at the club), Frank Lampard of England is Chelsea's most capped
international player. Bobby Tambling is Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer,
with 202 goals in 370 games (1959–70). Eight other players have also scored
over 100 goals for Chelsea: George
Hilsdon (1906–12), George Mills (1929–39), Roy Bentley
(1948–56), Jimmy Greaves (1957–61), Peter
Osgood (1964–74 and 1978–79), Kerry Dixon
(1983–92), Frank Lampard (2001–) and Didier
Drogba (2004–12). Greaves holds the record for the most goals scored in one
season (43 in 1960–61). Lampard is the top scorer currently at the club with
188.
Chelsea's biggest
winning scoreline in a competitive match is 13–0, achieved against Jeunesse Hautcharage in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971. The club's biggest
top-flight win was an 8–0 victory against Wigan Athletic in 2010. Chelsea's biggest loss
was an 8–1 reverse against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1953.
Officially, Chelsea's highest home attendance is 82,905 for a First Division match against Arsenal
on 12 October 1935. However, an estimated crowd of over 100,000 attended a friendly
match against Soviet team Dynamo
Moscow on 13 November 1945. The modernisation of Stamford Bridge during the
1990s and the introduction of all-seater stands mean that neither record will
be broken for the foreseeable future. The current legal capacity of Stamford
Bridge is 41,837.
Didier
Drogba is Chelsea's highest scoring overseas player and holds the club
record for goals in European football (34)
Chelsea hold the
English record for the highest ever points total for a league season (95), the
fewest goals conceded during a league season (15), the highest number of
Premier League victories in a season (29), the highest number of clean sheets
overall in a Premier League season (25) (all set during the 2004–05 season), and the most consecutive
clean sheets from the start of a league season (6, set during the 2005–06 season). The club's 21–0 aggregate victory over Jeunesse Hautcharage in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971
remains a record in European competition. Chelsea hold the record for the
longest streak of unbeaten matches at home in the English top-flight, which
lasted 86 matches from 20 March 2004 to 26 October 2008. They secured the
record on 12 August 2007, beating the previous record of 63 matches unbeaten
set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1980. Chelsea's streak of eleven consecutive
away league wins, set between 5 April 2008 and 6 December 2008, is also a
record for the English top flight. Their £50m purchase of Fernando
Torres in January 2011 is a British record
transfer fee.
Chelsea, along
with Arsenal, were the first club to play with shirt numbers, on 25 August 1928
in their match against Swansea Town. They were the first English side
to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957, and the
first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Stoke
City on 27 January 1974. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first
British side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up (no British or Irish
players) in a Premier League match against Southampton.
On 19 May 2007, they became the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley
Stadium, having also been the last to win it at the old Wembley. At the end
of the 2007–08 season, Chelsea became the highest ranked club under UEFA's
five-year coefficient system, the first English club to do so in the 21st
century. On the final day of the 2009–10 season, Chelsea became the first team
in Premier League history to score at least 100 goals in a single season. In
2012, Chelsea became the first London based club to win the UEFA Champions League, after beating Bayern
Munich in the final.
Manchester United
Manchester
United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which it won as Newton Heath in
1886. In 1908, the club won its first league title, and won the FA Cup for the
first time the following year. Manchester United won the most trophies in the
1990s; five league titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup, five Charity Shields (one shared), one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA
Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.
The club
currently holds the record for most top-division titles (19), the most FA Cups
(11), and the most FA Cup Final appearances (18). Manchester United holds
the record for the most Premier League titles (12), and was the first English
team to win the European Cup in 1968. The club's most recent
trophy came in August 2011 with the 2011 FA Community Shield title.
The only major
honour that Manchester United has never won is the UEFA Europa League, although the team reached
the quarter-finals in 1984–85 and the semi-finals of the competition's
precursor tournament, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in 1964–65.
Domestic
League
- First Division (until 1992) and Premier
League: 19
- 1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
- Second Division: 2
Cups
- FA Cup: 11
- League Cup: 4
- FA Charity/Community Shield: 19 (15
outright, 4 shared)
- 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 (* shared)
European
Worldwide
Doubles and
Trebles
- Doubles:
- League and FA Cup: 3
- League and League Cup: 1
- European Double (League
and European Cup): 2
- "The Treble" (League,
FA Cup and European Cup): 1
Liverpool Fc
Liverpool's first
trophy was the Lancashire League, which it won in the
club's first season.
In 1901, the club won its first League title, while its first success in the FA
Cup was in 1965. In terms of the number of trophies won, Liverpool's most
successful decade was the 1980s, when the club won six League titles, two FA
Cups, four League Cups, five Charity Shields (one shared) and two European
Cups. Liverpool has won the English League Championship eighteen
times, the FA Cup seven times and the League Cup a record eight times. The club
achieved a League and FA Cup "double" in 1986 and won the League and
European Cup double both in 1977 and in 1984. Liverpool also won the League Cup
in 1984 to complete a treble, a feat repeated (albeit with
different trophies) in 2001, when the club won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.
Liverpool has one
of the best records in the history of top-level football. The club has
accumulated more top-flight wins than any other English team.[107]
Liverpool also has the second-highest average league finishing position for the
period 1900–1999, with an average league placing of 8.7.[108]
Liverpool has won the European Cup, Europe's premier club competition, five
times, an English record and only surpassed by Real Madrid and A.C. Milan.
Liverpool's fifth European Cup win, in 2005, meant that the club was awarded the trophy permanently and was
also awarded a multiple-winner badge.[109][110]
Liverpool has won the UEFA Cup, Europe's secondary club competition, three
times, a record the club shares with Juventus and Internazionale.[111]
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Honours won by Liverpool F.C.
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Honour
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Years
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18
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1900–01, 1905–06, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90
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4
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7
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8
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15
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1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006 (* shared)
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5
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3
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3
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