Arsenal in the Record Books
853 mins ( Jens Lehmann )
Achieved over 3 seasons from 2004-05 through the whole of 2005-06 and ending in the last minute of his first match of 2006-07 .  Lehmann conceded in the 3-1 loss to Bayern_Munich that put us out at the first knockout stage in the first of these seasons, but kept a clean sheet in the return leg . He was suspended for the first 2 matches of the following season (in both of which, his stand-in  Manuel Almunia did concede), then returned to become part of the  record-breaking defence that kept 10 clean sheets in a row in the 2005-06 season. It ended with Hamburg's consolation goal in the first match of the group stage on 13/09/2006 , Lehmann having again missed the first 2 games (the qualifying round matches against Dinamo Zagreb) through suspension. The suspension had been accrued thanks to  Jens' early sending off  in the 2006 final which was lost to 2 goals scored while Manuel Almunia was, again, standing in.
Previously, the record had been held by Edwin van der Sar, back when he was playing for Ajax before moving to the Premiership with Fulham . His record of 658 minutes  fell to Lehmann 6 minutes  into the second leg of the semi-final , against Villarreal on 25th April 2006.
Longest unbeaten away sequence in English league football: 27
Starting with a 1-all draw at Villa on 5th April 2003, add the remaining 3 away games of that season , the whole of the next season (another 19 matches), and the first 4 away games of 2004-05. The run was ended by the 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford on 24th October 2004.
The previous Premiership record was 23, also by Arsenal,  spanning the whole of the 2001-2002 season ,  and into 2002/03 , ended with the 2-1 loss at Everton on 19th October 2002
This is an English league (as well as top-flight and Premiership) record.  Before Wenger's Arsenal, the record was 22,  set by Nottingham Forest  (Nov 1977 to Dec 1978)
Longest unbeaten home sequence in Premiership: 33
The sequence started with the last home game of 2002-03,  included all 19 of 2003-04, and continued into  2004-05 up  to the 4-2 loss to Man Utd on 1st February. This beat our own previous record  set in 1997-1999, starting with a win over Leicester on Boxing Day 1997 (thanks to  a bizarre own goal by Steve Walsh), lasting through the whole of the 1998-99 season ,  to  a 2-1 win over Leicester on 7th August 1999, and ended  by a 2-1 defeat to Man Utd on 22nd August.
The top-flight and overall English league record is a bit further off.  Between January 1978 and January 1981, Liverpool went 63 home league  games without losing!
Fewest defeats in top-flight English season: 0
The unbeaten 2003-2004 season set a new standard for consistency at the top level of English football.
This equalled the record of zero losses which was set by the Preston North End  "Invincibles" in 1888-1889, but they only had to play 22 matches, against geezers in hats, so no-one considers it to be half the achievement of Wenger's Arsenal (although to be fair to PNE, they were truly "invincible" that season since they won the double, and they did also score more goals than us (74 in the league).
The previous modern-day record was 1, established by Arsenal in the championship-winning 1990-1991 season.
Longest unbeaten start to season: 38
Reached 38 in finishing the 2003-2004 season unbeaten , see above. The previous top-flight  record was 29, achieved by Leeds (1973-74) and Liverpool  (1987-88), both in the old Division 1.
Previous Premiership record was 12, also held by Arsenal (in 1997-98 ),  but jointly with Villa (1998-99), Forest (1995-96), and Liverpool (2002-03).
Arsenal's previous best start to the season was the 23 games  unbeaten at the start of 1990-91. The second-best, 17 games, was in 1947-48. We won the title both times.
Longest unbeaten sequence in a season: 38
Again, achieved in the unbeaten 2003-2004 season. The previous record was 30, achieved by Burnley (1920-21) in the  old division 1. It is possible that this record could be broken in a lower division than the Premiership, without a team going the whole season unbeaten, because they play more games.
Most consecutive scoring league games in English domestic football: 55
Previous record: 46 by Chesterfield who achieved it in Division 3 North in  1929-1931 See this Evening Standard page for details. The Spireites  scorers including one George Hunt, who scored 9 in 14 games before joining Tottenham. He then made the "Sol switch" to Arsenal in time for the 1938 championship.  Chesterfield's run came to an end when forced to play 3 games in 3 days  at Xmas 1931!
The last match in which Arsenal failed to score (before the run)  was a 0-0 draw at Newcastle on 15/05/01.
The run then started with a 2-3 loss away to Southampton on 19/05/01 (the last match of the 2000-2001 season). It was brought to an end by a 2-0 loss at Man Utd on 07/12/02.
The run extended from the end of the 2000-2001 season ,  all the way through the double-winning 2001-2002 season , and into the 2002-2003 up to and including  the 3-1 win over Villa on 30/11/02.
Most consecutive scoring games in English top flight: 55
see above for details of the run
Previous record (44) set by Manchester City, who coincidentally Arsenal had to beat to equal that record. Man City did it in 1936-1937. See this BBC page for more. Particularly intriguing is the fact that while their scoring feats helped them to  the title in 1937, they didn't help so much the next season.  In fact, the following season 1937-1938, they finished division 1 as top scorers, but were relegated, thus achieving two unique feats of being relegated both as  league champions and top scorers. Wow, that defence must have been bad! Suddenly their appointing Kevin Keegan makes a lot more sense...
Most consecutive scoring away matches: 27
Spanning the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 seasons.
Previous record of 24 held by Manchester United who did it  over seasons 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2002-2003.  It came to an end with a 1-0 loss at Elland Road. This is  definitely a Premiership record, we're not sure if it also  a top-flight or English league record.
See above for details of the run.
Most consecutive wins in a single top-flight English season: 13
Established at end of 2001-2002 season . The run started  with the 1-0 win at Everton on 10/02/01, thanks to a Wiltord fluke!  It ended against Everton again, with  the 4-3 home win that ended the double-winning season on 11/05/02.
Previous record (11) held by Tottenham, 1960-1961 season.
Most consecutive wins in English top-flight: 14
Established at end of 2001-2002 season and start of 2002-2003 season .
Basically it's the above record with the Home win over Birmingham at start of 2002-2003  season tagged on the end.
Previous record (13) held by Tottenham again, over the course of 2 seasons in  1960. Preston North End and Sunderland both did it too, and both in the 1891-1892 season).
This record also equals the overall English record (across all divisions). Man Utd (1904-05), Bristol City (1905-06) and Preston North End (1950-51)  have all achieved 14 consecutive wins, all in the old 2nd division.
Most consecutive away wins in a Premiership season: 8
Ended with double-clinching 1-0 win at Old Trafford on 08/05/02.
We drew our first away game of the 2002-2003 season 2-2 at West Ham .
Fewest defeats in Premiership season: 0
Achieved in the unbeaten 2003-04 season (see above).
Previous record, was 3, held jointly by Arsenal (double-winning 2001-2002 season ) with  with Man Utd (1998-1999 and 1999-2000) and Chelsea (1998-1999)
Longest winning Premiership sequence against one team: 11
1994/95: H 3-0 ( 20/08/95 )    A 2-1 ( 12/12/94 ) 1995/96: A 1-0 ( 10/09/95 )    H 3-1 (05/03/96) 2000/01: H 5-0 ( 28/10/00 )    A 4-0 ( 11/04/01 ) 2002/03: H 2-1 ( 10/09/02 )    A 5-1 ( 22/02/03 ) 2003/04: A 2-1 ( 31/08/03 )    H 2-1 ( 01/02/04 ) 2004/05: A 1-0 ( 25/09/03 )
The sequence came to an end with the 1-1 draw at Highbury  on 4th Jan 2005.
Least amount of time spent off the top of the table in a season: 0
In 1947/48, Arsenal won the league having never been off the top of the table, the only club to achieve this in the English top-flight
It's worth noting that the introduction of different start times (and days) for matches has made this record much harder to match. For example, despite havign been top of the table at the end of every day up to 26th September 2004, Arsenal had already been off the top twice in  2004-05, thanks to earlier kick-off times for other teams.
Most top-flight matches in one season: 70
Arsenal set this record in 1979-80 with....
42 League matches
7 League Cup matches
1 Charity Shield match
Thanks to John Pickford for sending this one. As far as we (Derek) can tell, the closest other contenders are Liverpool in 2000/01 (38 Prem + 13 UEFA + 6 FAC + 6 LC = 63) and and Man Utd in 1998/99 (38 Prem + 13 CL + 8 FAC + 3 LC + 1 CS = 63).
John also says of the 79/80 season, "I remember talking to an Australian  journalist at the time (my old mans in the newspaper business) who had  just written an piece saying that Australian Rules players played too  many games in a season - at the time about 24 if they got to the grand  final. I told him of our schedule and he was so impressed he retracted  the whole thing in his next article and instead detailed the amount of matches  Arsenal had had to endure during their season."
Most consecutive FA Cup matches won (modern era): 21
Achieved between 1979 (when we won it) and  1980 (when we lost in the final). Tottenham come closest with 18 in 1981 & 1982 before losing in the 5th round in 1983. Strictly speaking, Blackburn Rovers hold the record with a 24 game run set when they won it 3 times in a row towards the end of the 19th century.
Most appearances in FA Cup final: 17
Arsenal reached 17 thanks to the 3-0 win over Blackburn in the semi of 2005 (taking us to our 4th final in 5 years). This kept us level with Manchester United who joined us on 17 with their own  semi-final win the next day.  But we're still 1 FA Cup win behind United.
Most appearances in FA Cup semi-final: 25
Arsenal equalled Everton's long-standing record of 23  by beating Chelsea in the quarter-final replay of 2003. Two more were added in 2004 and 2005 (also making it 5 semis in a row which might be a record too?). Man Utd  equalled Everton's tally in 2004 and reached 24 in 2005.
Most consecutive FA cup semi-finals???: 5
We're speculating that this is a record, anyone know any different?  It was achieved in 2001-2005, with 4 of those years resulting in an appearance  in the final as well.
Most Player of the Year awards: 3 (Thierry Henry)
This is the FWA version . Several players have won it twice but only Henry has the hat-trick. He is also the only player to win it in successive years (2003 and 2004). See Newsreel article ).
Most FA Cup games played: 408
(at end of 2003/04 season). Man Utd are second on 390.
Most FA Cup games won: 216
(at end of 2003/04 season). Man Utd are second on 209.
Most league and cup doubles: 3
Seasons 1970-1971, 1997-1998 ,  and 2001-2002 .
Record held jointly with Man Utd (1993-1994, 1995-1996, and 1998-1999)
Most League Cup and FA Cup doubles: 1
Achieved in 1993 when we beat Sheffield Wednesday in both Cup Finals  (the FA Cup final on a replay. The record is held jointly with Liverpool  who, to be fair, also bagged the UEFA Cup in the same season.
Most away points in a league season: 47
Established in 2001-2002 season .
Most league titles won at White Hart Lane: 2
Achieved in 1970/71 and 2003/04, equalling Tottenham's own record (which incidentally is their total number of league titles won).
Most league titles won at Stamford Bridge: 2
Achieved in the 1930s, beating Chelsea's total number of league titles by 1 (thanks to Andy Kelly for this stat).
Most consecutive league titles: 3
Arsenal won the league in 1933, 1934, and 1935.
This feat is equalled by Huddersfield Town (1924 to 1926),  Liverpool (1982 to 1984) and Manchester United (1999 to 2001, a sequence bracketed on both sides by Arsenal).
First player to win consecutive golden boots: Thierry Henry
In 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. "I love to make history. To be the first player to ever have done this for two years in a row is a special honour. Hopefully I will one day be remembered as a player who made an impact. ". Yeah, one day Thierry, perhaps....
Most black players in an English club team: 9
Away to Leeds, 28/09/2002 (see report ). The nine were: Cole, Campbell, Lauren, Toure, Vieira, Gilberto, Wiltord, Henry, Kanu.
First black captain to win the league : Patrick Vieira
In 2003-04 . (pretty sure this is right - happy to be corrected if we've forgotten someone)
Most players in an England team: 7
For the "Battle of Highbury" England vs Italy match of 1934-1935  (the year we got our championship hat-trick). See England Footbal Online . Among the 7 were Cliff Bastin (whose Arsenal goalscoring record stood until Ian Wright came along), Wilf Copping, and Ted Drake (making his  England debut).
Most goals for England U21s: Franny Jeffers (13)
(Joint record) Franny equalled Alan Shearer's record of 13 England U21 goals  with the equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Turkey on 1st April 2003
Most goals by a Frenchman playing at a foreign club: ( Thierry Henry )
Previous record was 104, set by Platini at Juventus. See above for Henry's current tally, still being extended. Rather an obscure record this one, but that's what we're here for! See NewsReel for quotes on Henry's equallling  the record (against Newcastle on 9th Feb 2003 )
Most goals in a single top-flight English match: 7 (Ted Drake)
Drake scored the lot as Arsenal beat Aston Villa 7-1 at Villa Park on Dec 14th 1935. See Steve Gleiber's history pages . In all Drake had 9 efforts on goal. One of the  ones that didn't go in hit the crossbar, the other was saved!
Most decades in which league has been won by individual captain: 3 (Tony Adams)
Not an oft-talked-about record, but an amazing feat worthy of mention.  Tony Adams picked up the top-flight league trophy in 3 separate decades:  1989, 1998, 2002.
Oldest player on England debut: 38 (Leslie Compton)
38 years and 64 days to be precise, the age that Arsenal centre-half  Compton (L) was when he won his first cap for England in a 4-2 win over Wales at Sunderland on 15 November, 1950. Unlikely to ever be beaten! See Leslie Compton page at the Jack Kelsey fan club.
Fastest goal ever in UEFA Champions League: Gilberto (20.07 seconds)
PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal . Stage 1 match 2 of the 2002-2003 campaign.
Fewest wins in "modern" top-flight season: 3
Established  by Woolwich Arsenal in 1912-1913 (38 matches).
All-time top-flight record of 2 held by Stoke City 1889-1890 season (22 matches).
Obviously aggrieved that we had to some extent stolen their thunder, our  modern record of 3 was subsequently  equalled by Stoke in 1984-1985 season,  when they had an extra 4 games to fail to win. So on balance I guess they "win"  this one.
Lowest league-winning points total (!): 54
The Arsenal side that won the league in 1952/53 did so with just 54 points, the least ever with an average of just 1.286 points per game. They pipped Preston on goal everage.
Trophies won on every day of the week
We don't believe that any other team can match this, but have to admit to  not having checked exhaustively! The following is obviously not an exhaustive  list of Arsenal's trophies (!) but we have listed at least one for each  day of the week, and have included all those for which Arseweb has a  page to link to.
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