Arsenal Unbeaten Season, It Was Like Every Jigsaw Piece Fit Perfectly Amy Lawrence On The Legacy Of Arsenal S Invincibles

Arsenal won 26 games and had 12 draws during their 200304 premier league season thus going unbeaten the source of their nickname the invincibles.

Arsenal squad 202021. Such was arsenals effective start to the 200203 campaign manager arsene wenger suggested his team could remain the whole season undefeated in all competitions. Arsenal shook off the disappointment of a home defeat against leeds which handed manchester united the title to. Thierry henry robert pires sol campbell kolo toure jans lehmann and many others combined for 26 wins 12 draws and 0 defeats to secure the first and only 38 game unbeaten season in premier league history.

The 200304 fa premier league known as the fa barclaycard premiership for sponsorship reasons was the 12th season of the premier leaguearsenal were the champions and chelsea who had spent heavily throughout the season were the runners up. Detailed statistics from the record breaking 49 game unbeaten run. Arsenal ended the season without a single defeat the first team ever to do so in a 38 game league season and the second team overall the first.

Arsenal continued their unbeaten run against rivals manchester united at old trafford. The arsenal squad which set a new unbeaten league record between may 2003 and october 2004 will live long in the memory and forever in the history books. The club did however retain the fa cup with a 10 win against southampton.

In football the invincibles is a nickname used to refer to the preston north end team of the 188889 season managed by william sudell and the arsenal team of the 200304 season managed by arsene wenger. Arsenal had finished the previous season as runners up in the premier league overhauled by manchester united in the final ten weeks of the season. Led by captain patrick.

In the 2000s arsenal were finalists in both the uefa cup and uefa champions league 9 and have since equalled real madrid s record for most consecutive seasons in the latter competition. In what was a dull match rob holding and aaron ramsey both suffered injuries the former tearing his anterior cruciate ligament thus ruling him out for the rest of the season. Arsenal went a record 49 consecutive top flight league games unbeaten from may 2003 to october 2004 breaking nottingham forests previous record of 42 set between november 1977 and november 1978.

Preston north end earned the nickname after completing an entire season undefeated in league and cup competition 27 games while arsenal were undefeated in the league 38 games in. The run ended in controversy at old trafford as a harshly awarded penalty spurred manchester united to a 2 0 win in october 2004. Played 49 won 36 drawn 13 lost none.