For any football club, the stadium is their "home". Both Highbury and the Chief are the "home" that Arsenal fans and players yearn for the most, one represents the glory of the past, and the other represents the hope of the future. Now you let us go into Highbury and the chief and see the gunmen's hometown, their new home.
Warm home Highbury
When you think of Arsenal, the first thing that comes to mind is the old home of Highbury. When Highbury first became Arsenal's home stadium in 1913, the stadium's main stand was on the east side with 9,000 seats. Opened in December 1932, the West Stand was the most advanced grandstand in the UK at the time, with 4,000 seats and 17,000 seats. And in October 1936, the Art Deco East Stand, with its famous marble corridor, opened, and the 8,000-seat East Stand cost the club £130,000 at the time. Today, you can now see a statue of Herbert Chapman, the famous head of Arsenal, in the marble corridor of the East Stand. Since then, Highbury has been continuously modernized to ensure that the stadium has always been in line with modern trends. It wasn't until 1993, when the 12,000-seat double-decker North Stand opened, that Highbury became what we see it today.
Even the warmest home has a time to say goodbye, and on May 7, 2006, a touching season witnessed The Farewell of Highbury, a great stadium that has gone through 93 years of its good times in Arsenal's history. And this farewell match is also full of commemorative significance, with the hat-trick of "King of Highbury" Henry, Arsenal won Wigan Athletic 4:2, snatching the qualification for next season's Champions League from the city's rivals Tottenham Hotspur, such a game is the best farewell gift for Highbury.
Future House Emirates Stadium
If Arsenal's move from Woolwich to Highbury in 1913 gave the Gunners a chance to become a strong team, arsenal's settlement of the Emirates Stadium in 2006 gave the club a glimpse of dominance. After bidding farewell to Highbury, who had served for 93 years, Arsenal officially entered the new Emirates Stadium.
As a modern stadium, Emirates Stadium can accommodate 60,000 fans to cheer for the home team. Outside the stadium, you'll also see a row of special seats engraved with the glorious history of some of Arsenal's legendary stars, and the first thing that comes into view after entering the Reception Room at the Emirates Stadium is Arsene Wenger's statue, which has become synonymous with the Gunner. On the other side, though, stands a statue of Chapman, another meritorious coach in Arsenal's history.
The seats in the Emirates Stadium are all red, and some of the stands opposite the coach's bench are white, and they are connected to form a gun, which is the symbol of arsenal clubs. It was also the only few white seats in the stands. In the Emirates Stadium, you can see a lot of Arsenal elements, in the stadium passage corridor, you can see a lot of wonderful moments and historical moments of the team, the most impressive of which are two, one is the Gunners' last game in Highbury, and the other is the highlight of the Gunners' first game at the Emirates Stadium.