Arsenal Players showing their Top Players. Arsenal Football Club are an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal were founded in 1886 and were the first Southern club to join the Football League, in 1893. In 1913 Arsenal moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury and then in 2006 they made a less drastic move to their current home, the Emirates Stadium in nearby Holloway. Top Players at Arsenal include Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Sami Nasri.