The London football club founded in 1886 in Woolwich, playing at the Emirates Stadium in north London, with a women's team, a youth system and a community programme.
Arsenal Football Club is one of the best-known football clubs in England. It plays at the Emirates Stadium in north London, having moved there in July 2006 after more than ninety years at Highbury, where it had played since 1913. The club's men's first team plays in the Premier League. It also runs Arsenal Women, which was founded as Arsenal Ladies in 1987 by Vic Akers, became semi-professional in 2002 and took its current name in 2017. Its honours include 13 league titles, one of them unbeaten, and a record 14 FA Cups, according to an archived Wikipedia page from 2022, so the totals may now be higher.
Arsenal's story starts in October 1886, when munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, south-east London, formed a club called Dial Square. It became Royal Arsenal, then Woolwich Arsenal, and finally Arsenal. The club's motto is the Latin phrase 'Victoria Concordia Crescit', usually translated as 'Victory Through Harmony'. We did not find a modern mission statement on the page we read, so we have not invented one.
In the UK, the club is based in north London, with the Emirates Stadium as its home ground. Its first-team training base is at Shenley in Hertfordshire, which opened in 1999. Arsenal Women usually play at Meadow Park in Borehamwood, and are entitled to play once a season at the Emirates. The club's community scheme, Arsenal in the Community, was launched in 1985, and the Arsenal Charitable Trust was established in 1992. Save the Children has been the club's global charity partner since 2011, and the Arsenal Foundation has funded football pitches for children in several countries.
The page we read tells us what the club says it is, not what working there feels like, so we do not describe culture beyond the motto. It is worth noting that the club has a split between the men's and women's sides, a community and charity side, and the commercial and operational side that keeps a stadium and a global fan base running. A club of this kind works across matchdays at the stadium, throughout the week at the training centre, and in local schools and community venues.
Football clubs employ many people who never play. Coaches, analysts, sports scientists, physiotherapists and doctors work with the players, while the club also needs stadium operations and security teams, ticketing and hospitality, retail, marketing, media and content producers, community and education officers, and finance, legal and human resources staff. If you enjoy video, data, health, business or teaching, there may be a team that fits. Arsenal's own website lists current vacancies.
Website: www.arsenal.com
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