Arsenal Football Club

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Arsenal Football Clubis a professionalfootballclub based inHolloway, London. The club play in thePremier League, the top flight of English football. One of themost decorated clubs in English football, they have won 41 domestic and two European trophies, including 13First Divisionand Premier League titles and a record 12FA Cups.Arsenal were founded in 1886 inWoolwichand in 1893 became the first club from the south of England to joinThe Football League. In 1913, they moved north across the city toArsenal StadiuminHighbury.Herbert Chapmanchanged their traditional red and white kit in 1933 to include white sleeves. In 2006, they moved to theEmirates Stadiumin nearby Holloway. Arsenal contest theNorth London derbywith rivalsTottenham Hotspur.They have never left the top flight since 1919 the ongoing longest run in English Football.[2]This has helped them accumulate the second most top flight wins and points,[3]and finish the 20th century with the highest average league position.[4]In the 1930s, they won five League Championships and two FA Cups, and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war. In197071, they won their firstLeague and FA Cup Double.George GrahamandArsne Wengerthen oversaw five League titles, seven FA Cups, two more Doubles, anda Champions League Final. Under Wenger, Arsenal also set the current top flight records for longest win streak and longest unbeaten streak,[5]andcompleteda 38 match seasonunbeaten, surpassingPreston North Endfrom 115 years before.Arsenal are one of the world's most supported clubs:Deloittemeasures their 2014/15 social media following as the fifth highest in the world.[6]Forbes estimatesthey were worth $1.3 billion in 2015.[7]They earned 435.5m in 2014/15, with the Emirates Stadium providing the highest revenue in world football.[6]