The pitch was levelled, a new grandstand was partly built, and turnstiles and terracing were installed - all at great expense to Norris (later Sir Henry Norris). Switchboard 020 7619 5003. MORE INFO. This menu is keyboard accessible. "The project team have done an amazing job in retaining Highbury’s class and characteristics. What sounds like a dream start to the day is reality for the Arsenal fans who are among the residents of a new housing development on the site of the Premier League clubs old stadium.
It is now flats, as is what’s left of the West Stand across the way. Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger, together with Club Directors and players from Arsenal’s past and present, made a memory-filled return to Highbury to celebrate the Official Opening of the Club’s former home as a unique residential development.After 93 years as a football stadium, Highbury has been converted into over 650 high specification one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses, with the development being named ‘Highbury Square’. His initial plan was to merge Fulham and Woolwich Arsenal, but the proposal was …
The North London stadium was home to the football club and their fans from September 1913 until May 2006 when the club moved a short distance to the Emirates Stadium. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.We rounded off our 2019/20 Premier League campaign with a win vs WatfordCheck out our exclusive Wallpapers for desktop and mobile today! In 1948 Highbury was used as one of the football venues during the London Olympic Games. Residents walk down the old tunnel -- where Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira had his famous altercation with Manchester United captain Roy Keane in 2005 -- to step out onto the communal garden.With apartments selling for as much as $1.76 million, the project does more than just add to the swagger of those fans lucky enough to join former Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires in buying or renting one of the 655 units.“Even Id lost track of how much prices had gone up around here,” said Mackle, who lives in The clubs most recent financial report in September said that it had raised $275.7 million from the sale of 445 units. The Gunners' former home was converted into flats when they moved into the Emirates.
Arsenal Stadium, which everybody just called Highbury (and sometimes “Highbury Library” for being too quiet) was converted to housing when Arsenal moved into their palatial new stadium, The Emirates, in 2006.
"The first match was a 2-1 victory over Leicester Fosse, on September 6, 1913, with the stadium not entirely complete. By then the stadium had only 38,000 seats, far too small to provide for every Arsenal fan. "The current West Stand was designed by architect Claude Waterlow Ferrier and was opened in December 1932. During a charity soccer match between top professional side Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses.
Teams in bold went on to win the competition that year Norris took over at Woolwich Arsenal while still chairman at Fulham in 1910. The people living here are very lucky. The football stadium and former home ground of the Arsenal Football Club was originally built in 1913 on the site of a local college's recreation ground before it grew into the "Home of Football", as it was affectionately nicknamed. In the Second World War Arsenal Stadium was used as a first aid post.During the war incendiary bombs destroyed the North Bank roof. The idea was to create a ground for London that could capture the grandeur of Before the Taylor report and the era of all-seater stadiums in Britain, both the North Bank and Clock End consisted of The Clock End was redeveloped in 1988–89 with the addition of a roof and 48 executive boxes,At the time of its closure, the stadium consisted of four separate all-seater stands; the pitch was aligned north-south, with the North Bank Stand (formerly the Laundry End) and South Stand (popularly known as the Clock End) at the ends of the field. Visit Emirates Stadium for stadium tours, The Arsenal Museum, members-only events, hospitality for upcoming fixtures, travel and disabled access. Box office boxoffice@arsenal.co.uk. The stadium was redeveloped and converted into 650 flats in a project known as "Highbury Square”.