Editing Arsenal F.C. (section)

==In popular culture==
Partly due to their proximity to the [[Alexandra Palace television station|Alexandra Palace transmitter]], Arsenal have appeared in a number of media "firsts". On 22 January 1927, their match at Highbury against [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] was the first English League match to be broadcast live on radio.<ref name="FirstsLasts">''Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Football''&nbsp;– Paul Donnelley (Hamlyn, 2010)</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/programme-it-happened-at-highbury
| title=It Happened at Highbury: First live radio broadcast
| publisher=Arsenal F.C
| access-date=11 August 2008
| archive-date=24 July 2015
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724071511/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/programme-it-happened-at-highbury
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}}</ref> A decade later, on 16 September 1937, an exhibition match between Arsenal's first team and the reserves was the first football match in the world to be televised live.<ref name="FirstsLasts"/><ref>{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/2260280.stm
| title=Happened on this day&nbsp;– 16 September
| publisher=BBC Sport
| date=16 September 2002
| access-date=11 August 2008
| archive-date=12 January 2016
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/2260280.stm
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}}</ref> Arsenal also featured in the first edition of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Match of the Day]]'', which screened highlights of their match against Liverpool at [[Anfield]] on 22 August 1964.<ref name="FirstsLasts"/><ref name="bbchist">{{cite news
 | title=History of Match of the Day
 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/879960.stm
 | publisher=BBC Sport
 | date=14 February 2003
 | access-date=11 August 2008
 | archive-date=12 January 2016
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/879960.stm
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 }}</ref> [[Sky UK|Sky]]'s coverage of Arsenal's January 2010 match against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] was the first live public broadcast of a sports event on [[3D television]].<ref name="FirstsLasts"/><ref>{{cite news
 | title=Fans trial first live 3D sports event
 | url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/fans-trial-first-live-3d-sports-event-20100201-n7bo.html
 | agency=Associated Press
 | work=The Sydney Morning Herald
 | date=1 February 2010
 | access-date=16 March 2010
 | archive-date=14 August 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814012223/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/fans-trial-first-live-3d-sports-event-20100201-n7bo.html
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As one of the most successful teams in the country, Arsenal have often featured when football is depicted in the arts in Britain. They formed the backdrop to one of the earliest football-related novels, ''[[The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (novel)|The Arsenal Stadium Mystery]]'' (1939), which was [[The Arsenal Stadium Mystery|made into a film]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Redfern |first=Simon |title=The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, by Leonard Gribble |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-arsenal-stadium-mystery-by-leonard-gribble-944709.html |access-date=13 September 2017 |work=The Independent |date=27 September 2008 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140903/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-arsenal-stadium-mystery-by-leonard-gribble-944709.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The story centres on a [[friendly match]] between Arsenal and an amateur side, one of whose players is poisoned while playing. Many Arsenal players appeared as themselves in the film and manager [[George Allison]] was given a speaking part.<ref name="atthemovies"/> The book ''[[Fever Pitch]]'' by [[Nick Hornby]] was an autobiographical account of Hornby's life and relationship with football, and with Arsenal in particular. Published in 1992, it formed part of the revival and rehabilitation of football in British society during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nick Hornby |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/13/nick.hornby |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=22 July 2008 |access-date=7 September 2008 |quote=Critically acclaimed and commercial dynamite, Fever Pitch helped to make football trendy and explain its appeal to the soccerless |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603140212/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/13/nick.hornby |archive-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> The book was twice adapted for the cinema&nbsp;– the [[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|1997 British film]] focuses on Arsenal's 1988–89 title win, and a [[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|2005 American version]] features a fan of baseball's [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Levy |first=Glen |title=Fever Pitch |access-date=13 September 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=5 July 2010 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2010/07/06/top-10-soccer-movies/slide/fever-pitch-1997/ |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927150528/https://entertainment.time.com/2010/07/06/top-10-soccer-movies/slide/fever-pitch-1997/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Arsenal have often been stereotyped as a [[defender (association football)|defensive]] and "boring" side, especially during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="noble">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,353528,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094455/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,353528,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Boring, Boring Arsenal|last=Noble |first=Kate |date=22 September 2002 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=11 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3037789.stm | title=No more boring, boring Arsenal | first=John | last=May |publisher=BBC Sport | date=19 May 2003 | access-date=7 September 2008 | archive-date=12 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215447/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3037789.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1997 film ''[[The Full Monty]]'' the principal characters move forward in a line and raise their hands, deliberately mimicking the Arsenal defence's [[offside trap]], in an attempt to co-ordinate their [[striptease]] routine.<ref name="atthemovies">{{cite web
| url=http://www.arseweb.com/other/movies.html
| title=Arsenal at the movies
| publisher=Arseweb
| access-date=11 August 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080726182708/http://www.arseweb.com/other/movies.html
| archive-date= 26 July 2008
| url-status=live}}</ref>
Fifteen years later, an almost identical scene was included in the 2012 Disney science-fiction film ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (director and co-writer [[Andrew Stanton]], a notable overseas supporter of the club), along with other visual cues and oblique dialogue hints and references to the club throughout the film.<ref>Dörflinger, M., ''Taschenbuch Fußball: 333x Fußball – Superlative & Kuriositäten. Spannende Fakten und Kurioses über Fußball'' – Geramond Verlag (2019). {{ISBN|978-3964530530}}.</ref>
Another film reference to the club's defence comes in the film ''[[Plunkett & Macleane]]'', in which two characters are named Dixon and Winterburn after Arsenal's long-serving full backs – the right-sided [[Lee Dixon]] and the left-sided [[Nigel Winterburn]].<ref name="atthemovies"/>

In August 2022, [[Amazon Prime Video]] released an eight-episode [[documentary film|docuseries]] called ''[[All or Nothing: Arsenal]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/amazon-prime-all-or-nothing-arsenal-release-dates-trailer |title=Watch the trailer for All or Nothing: Arsenal |last=Rogers |first=Jonathon |date=28 June 2022 |website=arsenal.com |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705211256/https://www.arsenal.com/amazon-prime-all-or-nothing-arsenal-release-dates-trailer |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bt.com/tv/documentary/arsenal-prime-video-tv-series-all-or-nothing-mikel-arteta-trailer-daniel-kaluuya |title=Arsenal: All or Nothing on Prime Video: Release date, trailer and all you need to know, including the celebrity narrator |last=Fletcher |first=Alex |date=28 June 2022 |website=bt.com |publisher=[[BT TV]] |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706102243/https://www.bt.com/tv/documentary/arsenal-prime-video-tv-series-all-or-nothing-mikel-arteta-trailer-daniel-kaluuya |url-status=live }}</ref> It documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their [[2021–22 Arsenal F.C. season|2021–22 season]], in which they were the youngest team in the Premier League with an average starting age of 24 years and 308 days – more than a whole year younger than the next team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/premier-league-stats-review-emirates-stadium-attendance-goals-appearances |title=Our 2021/22 season in numbers |last=James |first=Josh |date=23 May 2022 |website=arsenal.com. |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026143444/https://www.arsenal.com/premier-league-stats-review-emirates-stadium-attendance-goals-appearances |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12611391/premier-league-top-trends-revealed-for-the-2021-22-season |title=Premier League: Top trends revealed for the 2021/22 season |last=Smith |first=Adam |date=24 May 2022 |website=skysports.com |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128184759/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12611391/premier-league-top-trends-revealed-for-the-2021-22-season |url-status=live}}</ref>