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Arsenal versus FC Porto (2-0). Man standing to show his dislike for Tottenham Hotspur.
©geo sharples
Arsenal's new stadium, entrance on Hornsey road.
©geo sharples
Drayton Park station has an interesting history. Originally built by the Metropolitan Railway, the Great Northern and City line was built to take full-size rolling stock from an underground station at Finsbury Park to Moorgate. In 1933 it passed to London Transport, who worked the line with tube trains. In the mid-1970s the northern end at Finsbury Park was altered to join the surface lines, and British Railways took over the line, using these dual-voltage trains.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Drayton Park railway station is on the Network Rail Northern City Line which carries First Capital Connect services between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City or Hertford via Finsbury Park. It has had a chequered ownership, being opened by the Great Northern & City Railway in 1904, becoming part of the Metropolitan Railway in 1913, being transferred to the Northern Line in 1933, and becoming part of the British Rail network in 1975. For comparison there is a photo of the station at the end of its Metropolitan Railway days in 1933 in the London Transport Museum photographic archive here http://photos.ltmcollection.org/images/max/82/9855682.jpg
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Arsenal's name straddles the approach to the Emirates Stadium from Drayton Park.
©Nigel Cox
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©Carl Baker
Dist:0.3km north<br/>A few years ago this road was full of various companies/local firms but now they have either been demolished or stand boarded up waiting for demolition. It has all changed because of the Emirates Stadium that was recently built and just out of sight on the left of this picture. Everything in this photo now belongs to Arsenal Football Club and is waiting for redevelopment.
©Robert Edwards
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©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.3km north<br/>One of London’s green spaces, in the Finsbury Park area.
©Peter Smyly
Dist:0.4km north<br/>View of one of series of murals on the exterior of Arsenal Football Club's Emirates Stadium, recalling famous players from its illustrious past. The photograph was taken after a 2-0 win over Sunderland in a Premier League match, 20 February 2010.
©Julian Osley
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A view from the inside showing its graceful lines.
©Bill Boaden
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©Stacey Harris
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©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The new Emirates Stadium seen from the air.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Arsenal won 3-0
©Rob Taylor

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