The Spirit of Highbury and Arsenalisation

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Liverpool fan in peace. This is a great work of art, does it really contain all players even if they made a single one-off appearance in the first team?

I notice some blanks towards the left of the picture. I assume that due to the era they were from that there were there no photos available for those players. It'd be great if they could be found from the old photos possessed by descendants from those players.

I think the legends linked to each other around the stadium is a great touch too.

I realise why the Arsenalisation of the Emirates Stadium took place, are Arsenal fans happy with the way it has gone? Or could more be done to make the fans feel more at home? Obviously you cannot 100% recreate the atmosphere that was in Highbury, but you can go in the right direction at least.

PS. You also have 20 greatest moments in your history in other parts of the stadium. I'm still trying to get over how you pipped us for the league title in '89.

comment by SirCastic (U8772)

posted on 8/12/14

The image features a team line-up that includes every Arsenal player and manager to have graced the Highbury turf between 1913 and 2006.

Although I have three questions too:
Is George Graham the player there, or is he only there as a manager?
Who's next to Malcolm MacDonald with the Princess Leia haircut?
Middle row, 5th from left, is that Gordon McQueen?

comment by Teamofthe80s (U19913)

posted on 9/12/14

Cheers SirCastic.

George Graham the player is in the middle row where the black and white shots start transitioning into the colour shots.

I've also discovered Don Howe the player.

Next to Malcolm MacDonald is John Devine (according to the list).

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