10 reasons why Arsenal are a bigger club than the tiny totts

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10 reasons why Arsenal are a bigger club than the tiny totts

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As a bit of a piss take in response to the below form Glory Glory (sic)(or deadly serious if you like, please list your 10 reasons why we the mighty Arsenal are far superior to the lilywhites.

11 Reasons why Spurs are bigger than Arsenal

1. Tottenham have won a major trophy in each of the last full decades dating back to the 1950s (only Man U can equal this).

2. Tottenham were the first London club to win the FA Cup in 1901 and when were still the only London club to have won it, when we lifted it again 20 years later. Indeed it took until 1930 for Arsenal to finally capture the cup, for what was to be their first major trophy, some 44 years after they had been formed (it took us just 19 years after our formation to lift our first trophy by comparison).

3. Tottenham were the first London club to win a European trophy (indeed first British club).

4. Tottenham have won three UEFA European trophies, Arsenal just the one. (2 actually - Fairs cup in1970 and cup winners cup in 1994

5. Tottenham were the first London side to win the double in 60’61, doing it in style, unlike the anti-football of Arsenal ten years later. At the time, we had most points, most goals, most points and most wins. We still hold most wins in top flight from this memorable season as well as most wins from start season in the top flight. By contrast Arsenal did not even score the most goals of that particular campaign when they sneaked their way to the double in 70’71.

6. Tottenham record’s transfer fee paid (as of August 27th at least) is £25.8 million, Arsenal’s just £15 million. Ooops may need to amend this one after Lamela and Ozil :D

7. Tottenham’s record attendance 75038, Arsenal’s 73707.

8. Arsenal recorded just 4,554 supporters in a top flight match v Leeds in 1966, just four months later Tottenham recorded 43,844 in the equivalent fixture, nearly ten times as many fans, watching the same opposition in the same completion, when our grounds were of very similar size.

9. Since the war, six times Tottenham have been the best supported club in England, Arsenal just twice (Tottenham were even the best supported in the country as a second division side – once again showing that even when the chips are down Spurs supporters turn out in droves).

10. Tottenham’s lowest ever average league crowd 13,370, Arsenal’s 4,460 (indeed 14 seasons in total Arsenal have averaged worse crowds than Tottenham’s lowest).

11. Tottenham have provided 70 representatives for the national side (the second highest of all time, just one player behind Villa), Arsenal have provided just 57.

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1. They're spurs.
2. They're spurs.
3. They're spurs.
4. They're spurs.
5. They're spurs.
6. They're spurs.
7. They're spurs.
8. They're spurs.
9. They're spurs.
10. They're spurs.

:barscarf: :barscarf:

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1 - The Arsenal were the first London club to win the league in 1931, they were still the only London club to win the league when they won it again in 1933, 1934 and 1935 (that's 3 years in a row which is more than some tiny teams have ever won it ) oh and throw in 1938 too for good measure.

2 - The Arsenal hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in English football, with a 49 match unbeaten sequence that includes a whole season undefeated, something never previously achieved in the modern game.

3 - The Arsenal match v Sheffield Utd on 27th Jan 1927 was the first match broadcast on radio (bbc)

4 - The Arsenal first team v The Arsenal reserves was the first live football tv broadcast on 16th Sept 1937.

5 - The Arsenal hold the record for most consecutive seasons in top flight football, currently standing at 88 and likely to last quite a while longer I think (ask the parrot !!)

6 - The Arsenal hold the record for the most players from one club to play for England in a single game with 7 representatives v Italy, in a 3-2 win in 1934 with the match played at Highbury.

7 - The Arsenal have done "the Double" winning the league and FA cup in the same seasons a record 3 times, in 1971, 1998 and 2002.

8 - The Arsenal boast the fastest goal scored by a substitute - a certain N Bendtner after 1.8 seconds on 22nd December, 2007 v the tiny totts :lol:

9 - The Arsenal have won the Emirates Cup on several occasions ( I can't be arsed to look them up ) the tiny totts have never won it in their entire history.

10 - We are The Arsenal and we are the best, we are The Arsenal, so fuck all the rest.

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1.) Arsenal had a video screen in the ground 30 years ago.

2.) Arsenal have a tube station named after us.

3.) Arsenal used floodlights before Spurs, although the FA said we could only use them for friendlies.

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Please stop ffs. We are not spurs.

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We've won the league at White Hart Lane twice in the last 43 years

Two more times than they have

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lets not start this. there are too many reasons to list, it's embarrassing enough having their name in the same sentence as ours.

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Henry Norris 1913 wrote:lets not start this. there are too many reasons to list, it's embarrassing enough having their name in the same sentence as ours.
except when the next word after their name is "nil".

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Henry Norris 1913 wrote:lets not start this. there are too many reasons to list, it's embarrassing enough having their name in the same sentence as ours.
It is tongue in cheek..... :D

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armchair supporter wrote:Please stop ffs. We are not spurs.
I think it's supposed to be tongue in cheek :-P

Hope so otherwise we look like those small minded,shadow dwelling,swamp living ,black-and-white tv title winning tossers.

They won the league in black and white :twisted:

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QuartzGooner wrote:
Henry Norris 1913 wrote:lets not start this. there are too many reasons to list, it's embarrassing enough having their name in the same sentence as ours.
It is tongue in cheek..... :D
:oops: only just read your post, repetition for emphasis and all that :wink:

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This is one of those 'how long have you got' questions but if I had to just say one - 16 years in the champions league versus 1 or was it 2 ?

Plus if memory serves, we were top 4 in 88,89,90, 91, 93, 94, and 96.

So we have been out of the top 4 twice in 25 years, the same number the spuds have been in I think ?

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10 reasons we are bigger than Sp*rs? I have 11:

1. 1933–34 league title
2. 1934–35 league title
3. 1937–38 league title
4. 1947–48 league title
5. 1952–53 league title
6. 1970–71 league title
7. 1988–89 league title
8. 1990–91 league title
9. 1997–98 league title
10. 2001–02 league title
11. 2003–04 league title

:D

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Tottnum? Not worth the effort.

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1. We don't have a fucking chicken standing on a basketball on our badge
2. Fuck Tottenham
3. Martin Kemp is a Gooner
4. Have you ever seen Tottenham win the league?
5. All of our fans have exactly the right amount of chromosomes
6. Won the Makita Cup three times, mother fuckers
7. Have you ever seen Tottenham win the Emirates Cup?
8. Fuck Tottenham
9. Alan Sugar has never tricked our supporters in to false celebration
10. We invented the Virtual Trophy that they covet so much

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