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The Gunners
Ground: Highbury
Capacity: 38,500 2003/2004 average:
36,649
For visitors: 3,000 in one corner of
the Clock End (South Stand) and the lower
tier of the West Stand.
Position last season: 1st, 90 points.
Top scorer: Thierry Henry (39)
Manager: Arsene Wenger.
Players in: Robin van Persie, Arturo
Lupoli, Manuel Almunia, Mathieu Flamini.
Players out: Nwanko Kanu, Martin
Keown, Sylvain Wiltord, David Bentley (one-year
loan at Norwich), Graham Stack, Alex Bailey,
Liam Chilvers, Ashley Probets, Rami Shaaban,
Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Martin Keown,
Stathis Tavlaridis, Igor Stepanovs, Ray
Parlour.
One to watch: Thierry Henry: Widely
considered to be the best player in the
world. You'll know all about him!
 Ticket
office: 020 7704 4040
Ticket prices: Adult £33, concessions
£16.50
Programme: £2.50
Official website: www.arsenal.com
Journey: 231 miles
Journey time: 4 hours,
54 minutes
Petrol cost: £20.20
Best away fans pub: Twelve
Pins (near Finsbury Park tube station)
Last meeting: Norwich City
1, Arsenal 4 (August 28, 2004): Arsene Wenger's
invincibles extended their record-breaking
unbeaten run to 44 matches with a 4-1 win
over Norwich City. Three first half goals
through Jose Reyes, Thierry Henry and Robert
Pires ended any hopes City might have had
of ending Arsenal's run. Although a Darren
Huckerby penalty did give the home faithful
some hope. City played with much pride in
the second half and really limited the Gunners
to very few clear cut chances and Bergkamp's
90th minute strike was very harsh on the
home side.
Chances: With the addition of van
Persie and promising youngster Lupoli, Wenger
has been quick to strengthen his `invincibles'.
The Gunners will be the team to beat again
- and Henry the man to stop.
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here.
For an unofficial Guide to the Ground click
here.
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