Editing Arsenal F.C. (section)

===1984–1996: George Graham's Arsenal===
[[File:Tony Adams Statue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|[[Tony Adams]] statue outside the [[Emirates Stadium]]]]
One of Mee's double winners, [[George Graham (footballer, born 1944)|George Graham]], returned as manager in 1986, with Arsenal winning their first League Cup in [[1986–87 Football League Cup|1987]], Graham's first season in charge. New signings [[Nigel Winterburn]], [[Lee Dixon]] and [[Steve Bould]] had joined the club by 1988 to complete the "famous Back Four", led by homegrown player [[Tony Adams]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Smyth |first=Rob |title=Football: Joy of Six: Rob Smyth picks the greatest defences |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/may/08/joy-of-six-great-defences |access-date=7 July 2016 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310083329/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/may/08/joy-of-six-great-defences |archive-date=10 March 2016 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>{{efn|group=note|[[Martin Keown]] was the 'fifth' member of the Back Four, but did not play for the club between 1986 and 1993.}} Graham's credo of prioritising defensive excellence seemingly clashed with the club's traditionally expansive motifs and many had skepticism whether it would work with the young squad at the club in that time period; however, his methods quickly gained a cult following after initial successes.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 May 2017 |title=Graham's Glory Years |url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/grahams-glory-years/graham-s-glory-years-overview |access-date=1 October 2023 |website=Graham's Glory Years |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611174653/https://www.arsenal.com/history/grahams-glory-years/graham-s-glory-years-overview |url-status=live}}</ref>

The side immediately won the 1988 [[Football League Centenary Trophy]], and followed it with the [[1988–89 Football League]] title, snatched with a last-minute goal in the [[Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (26 May 1989)|final game of the season]] against fellow title challengers [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Andy |title=Top Ten: Title Run-ins |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3335042,00.html |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=7 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104063057/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3335042,00.html |archive-date=4 January 2009}}</ref> Graham's Arsenal won another title in [[1990–91 Football League|1990–91]], losing only one match, won the [[1992–93 FA Cup|FA Cup]] and [[1992–93 Football League Cup|League Cup]] double in 1993, and the [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] in [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1994]]. Graham's reputation was tarnished when he was found to have taken [[Kickback (bribery)|kickbacks]] from agent [[Rune Hauge]] for signing certain players, and he was dismissed in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why the FA banned George Graham |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/why-the-fa-banned-george-graham-1581266.html |access-date=15 July 2016 |work=The Independent |date=10 November 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210021132/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/why-the-fa-banned-george-graham-1581266.html |archive-date=10 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bower |first=Tom |title=Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7434-4033-2|title-link=Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football}}</ref> His replacement, [[Bruce Rioch]], lasted for only one season, leaving the club after a dispute with the board of directors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Glenn |title=Rioch at odds with the system |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rioch-at-odds-with-the-system-1309564.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |location=London |date=13 August 1996 |access-date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903184528/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rioch-at-odds-with-the-system-1309564.html |archive-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>