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ARSENAL - Emirates stadium, also known as the Arsenal Stadium, was built during the period 2004-2006 and Arsenal began playing there at the start of the 2006-07 season, replacing the old Highbury Stadium (their home since 1913). The club became known as Royal Arsenal in December 1886, and took on the nickname "The Gunners" in tribute to the factory the founders worked at.
In season 2003-04. "The Invincibles" won the Premier League with losing a match (W 26, D 12).
2. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is in North London, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane. The first official game was staged in 2019. The previous ground, White Hart Lane, was demolished in order to accommodate the new one. The clubs nicknames are "Spurs", a shortened form of their team name, and "The Lilywhites", because of their customary white strip.
3. London Stadium
WEST HAM UNITED - London Stadium was purposely built to host the 2012 Summer Olympic games. West Ham moved to the ground in 2016, leaving Upton Park (Boleyn Ground) which had served as West Ham's home since 1904. The club was founded in 1895 using the name Thames Ironworks, thus the nicknames "The Hammers" or "The Irons". They changed their team name in 1900.
4. Brentford Community Stadium
BRENTFORD - Brentford Community Stadium replaced Griffin Park, the club's old stadium, in September 2020. The stadium was one of the grounds used for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. "The Bees" has been the club's nickname since the 1890s when a group of students started shouting "Come on you, Bs" in support of a friend who was playing for Brentford.
In season 1929-30 the club won all 21 home games in Division Three (South). This is a unique achievement in the English Football League.
5. Loftus Road
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - The stadium opened its doors in October 1904 and was located in west London's Shepherd's Bush area. When it opened it served a now disbanded club going by the name of Shepherd's Bush. QPR moved into the stadium in 1917 after switching from their old ground at Park Royal. QPR's nicknames are "The Hoops", because of their blue and white hooped shirts, the "R's", "Rangers" or "SuperHoops".
6. Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is located in West London, next to the banks of river Thames and Fulham first played there in 1896. The original cottage was built in 1780 and was used as a hunting lodge. In 1888 it was destroyed by fire and was abandoned until 1894 when Fulham bought the land and built the stadium.
The Craven Cottage Pavilion was a prominent architectural feature within the Craven Cottage football stadium, housing the player's changing rooms, and has a balcony with seating for families and friends.
The nickname "The Cottagers" comes from this pavilion.
7. Stamford Bridge
CHELSEA - Stamford Bridge was first opened in 1897 and was used by the London Athletic Club until 1905 when Chelsea Football Club was founded. The ground was in West London in the Hammersmith and Fulham borough and the name of the ground comes from "sandy ford".
The club was known as "The Blues", because of the colour of their strip or "Pensioners" because of the club's longstanding association with the Chelsea Hospital, home to British war veterans for many centuries.
8. Selhurst Park
CRYSTAL PALACE - Selhurst Park Stadium is located in the Croydon area of south-east London. The stadium was opened in 1924 and hosted games of the 1948 Olympic games and other International games. The club's nickname became the "Eagles", inspired by Portuguese club Benfica, with the badge showing the image of an eagle holding a ball.
9. The Den
MILLWALL - the Den is located in the south-east London area of Bermondsey. The Den was known as the New Den, because in 1993 it replaced the ground known as the Old Den, which had been the club's home for 83 years (1910-1993). The name "Lions" came to be after Millwall was praised as "Lions of the South" for their performance in the 1900 FA Cup (they reached the semi-finals a a non-league club).
They were also known as "The Dockers" because of the jobs of early supporters who were working at London docks.
10. The Valley
CHARLTON ATHLETIC - The Valley first opened in 1919. It was located in the Charlton area of south-east London. The origin of "The Addicks" nickname was thought to be from south London slang for the haddock fish, because a local fishmonger used to treat the players fish and chips after the games.
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