Thierry Henry is Arsenal's all-time top scorer. He broke Ian Wright's eight-year record after scoring two goals in a European tie against Sparta Prague. European football · David O'Leary · John Radford (soccer player). Incredibly, Ted Drake scored all seven goals for Arsenal.
That's still the most in a single game for any player in the soccer league. The club was founded under the name Dial Square in 1886 by workers from the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, and soon after it was renamed Royal Arsenal. The club participated in the main elimination tournament in English football, the FA Cup, for the first time in the 1889-90 season, and joined the Football League four years later. It also records the notable achievements of Arsenal players on the international stage and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.
Arsenal has several English football records, including the longest undefeated streak in the top flight, with 49. Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Islington, London. The Kent Junior Cup, won by the Royal Arsenal reserves, was the club's first trophy, while the first team's first trophy came three weeks later, when it won the Kent Senior Cup. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before being renamed Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. After turning professional in 1891, the club changed its name once more, this time to Woolwich Arsenal.
