Footballing Underground

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Arsenal Tube Station, on the Piccadilly Line, is the only station on the Underground network to be named after a football club. Originally called Gillespie Road, the name of the residential street above and opened in 1906. Arsenal Football Club moved, in 1913, to Highbury Stadium and before long a campaign began to rename the station, which was successful in 1932 when it became Arsenal (Highbury Hill). The station was expanded and renovated over time, with (Highbury Hill) being dropped in the early 1960s. The current platform, shown in the picture, was updated in 2007, the original tile designed being retained. Highbury Stadium closed in 2006 and the team play at Emirates Stadium, but the station still gets busy on match days. Another odd thing about the station is that no buses pass in front of it, bus stops aren't too far away.