Arsenal FC (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) is based in Holloway, North London. They are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles and 13 FA Cups.  Arsenal was founded as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, but were renamed Royal Arsenal shortly afterwards. They renamed themselves again to Woolwich Arsenal after turning professional in 1891. The club joined the Football League in 1893, starting out in the Second Division, and won promotion to the First Division in 1904. However, the club's geographic isolation resulted in lower attendances than those of other clubs, which led to the club becoming mired in financial problems and effectively bankrupt by 1910.  In 1913 Arsenal moved to the new Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, North London; they dropped "Woolwich" from their name the following year.  The club’s first period of success came after the appointment In 1925, of Herbert Chapman as manager in 1925. His revolutionary tactics and training, along with the signings of star players such as Alex James and Cliff Bastin, laid the foundations of the club's domination of English football in the 1930s. Under his guidance Arsenal won their first major trophies –the FA Cup in 1929–30 and two League Championships, in 1930–31 and 1932–33. Chapman died suddenly of pneumonia in early 1934, but Joe Shaw and George Allison carried on his successful work. Under their guidance, Arsenal won three more titles (1933–34, 1934–35 and 1937–38) and an FA Cup (1935–36). However Arsenal had started to fade by the decade's end, when the intervention of the Second World War meant competitive professional football in England was suspended.   Tom Whittaker forged another great team after the war winning two more titles (1948 and 1953) and an FA Cup (1950). Whittaker's death in 1956 presaged a barren 14 years before club physiotherapist Bertie Mee took over as manager in 1966.  Defeat in the League Cup final of 1969 at the hands of Third Division Swindon did not bode well but a year later Arsenal captured their first European trophy, winning the Inter-City Fairs Cup against Anderlecht. The following season Arsenal achieved the domestic "double," clinching the League championship with a 1-0 win over Tottenham. 

Days later a Charlie George goal won the FA cup in extra time at Wembley against Liverpool.  Despite reaching the FA Cup final again in 1972 and finishing second in the league the following season Arsenal became a mediocre side during the mid-seventies. Towards the end of the decade Terry Neill and Don Howe achieved some success when Arsenal reached the FA Cup final in 3 successive seasons. Arsenal re-emerged as a major force in English football under George Graham, winning the League Cup in 1987 and in 1989 the League Championship when Arsenal piped Liverpool to the title on goals scored. Another championship followed in 1990-91 and in 1992-93 Arsenal became the first team ever to win both domestic cups in the same season defeating Sheffield Wednesday in both the FA Cup and League Cup finals. The following year the European Cup Winners' Cup was captured in Copenhagen. Despite the cup successes, Arsenal's league results remained ordinary and following a scandal over illicit transfer payments, Graham was sacked in the middle of the 1994-95 season. After a period of turbulence, Frenchman Arsene Wenger was confirmed as Arsenal's new manager at the end of September 1996. Wenger set about transforming Arsenal's traditional cautious playing style. 

Under Wenger Arsenal became one of the most successful clubs in English football – in his time Arsenal won two further Doubles in 1997-98 and 2003-04, (remaining unbeaten in the League), and in 2005–06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final, which they lost 1-2 to Barcelona. Under Wenger they would consistently secure Champion’s League football but failed to win a major trophy for nine years until defeating Hull City in the 2014 FA Cup Final. They retained the trophy against Aston Villa the following year and again in 2017 beating favourites Chelsea in the final. However, in that same season, Arsenal finished in the fifth position in the league, the first time they had finished outside the top four since before Wenger arrived in 1996. After another unspectacular league season the following year, Wenger announced his departure from the club on 20 April 2018, after 22 years as manager. His successor Unail Emery lasted less than two years, before former player Mikel Arteta was appointed. He secured Arsenal’s record breaking 14th FA Cup win in 2020..