• Founded:- Arsenal was founded in 1886 in Woolwich• Home Ground:- The Emirates Stadium. London• Nickname:- The Gunners• Home colors:- Red and White• Fan base:- 40 Million• Sponsorships:- The club signed the largest sponsorship deal

in English football history with the airline company Emirates, worth around £100 million

• Owners:- Arsenal Holdings plc• Rivals:- Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspurs

Arsenal- India Connect

The ARSENAL way

The ARSENAL way

• Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars is a unique soccer tournament which promotes soccer among school children and helps talented young soccer players to access the best in terms of infrastructure, training and above all an international platform to exhibit India's next talent.

- The programme began in 2007 and has only gone from strength to strength each year. It is currently in it's very successful 4th year.This year the All India soccer tournament will be played across 15 cities for school students born on or after 1st September 1995.

- The Champions from each city qualify for the All -India Finals

- 35 boys are selected by our head scout Jamshid Nassiri, assisted by Premnath Philips and Brahmanand Shankwalkar to be trained by Arsenal Coaches in India.

- 16 of these boys will make it to London to participate in the Arsenal International Soccer Festival.

• Round 4 of Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars sees the continuation of 'The super skill contest' and a 'Quiz contest - Get to watch Arsenal play in the Emirates cup'.

• The skill contest is an excellent opportunity for boys whose schools do not take part in the tournament or do not have a soccer team.

• The 20 boys who make it through will get a chance to take part in an All-India final skill contest. A minimum of 4 winners will get a once in a life time opportunity to train under Arsenal Soccer school coaches.

The Impact as we see it

The Numbers game

• 1000 Plus schools touched• 7000 aspiring footballers participation year

on year• The buzz and word of mouth generated if

channelized into efforts such as the Arsenal Mumbai Fan Club (AMFC) can be a huge revelation.

Arsenal Mumbai Fan Club (AMFC)

• Founded: First football meet at Juhu beach on 23rd Dec 2006.

• Official Status:- 14th September 2008, was granted official status and recognized as a legitimate fan club of Arsenal FC

• Events organized:- • Screening of matches • Organising matches with rival fan clubs• Footie meets- 166 meets till date – to discuss football and ARSENAL.