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The famous Arsenal clock

Clock to be placed in south end of stadium

By Nick Teale

Ivan Gazidis has announced that a clock is being positioned in the south end of Emirates Stadium during the summer.

According to the Club's CEO, a giant timepiece will be located inside Emirates Stadium as part of the second phase of the 'Arsenalisation' project.

The quadrants system currently in place at the stadium will also be changed, with the stands being renamed to bring "something more meaningful" to Emirates Stadium.

An Arsenal clock famously graced Highbury for over 70 years. It was one of the many features of Highbury instigated by the great innovator Herbert Chapman, and the South Stand soon became known as The Clock End.

When the Club moved to Emirates Stadium, the original clock changed homes too and currently sits high up on the outside of the stadium, appropriately facing the Clock End Bridge as a symbolic reminder of Arsenal's time at Highbury.

And during the summer, as part of the Club's ongoing ‘Arsenalisation' process, a similar clock in size and appearance is to be positioned high at the south end of Emirates Stadium.

"Last year we had phase one of what was called before I came here 'Arsenalisation'," Gazidis told members of the Arsenal Supporters' Trust at a Q&A session on Monday night.

"This summer we are moving into phase two of that. That will take that Arsenal feel to the upper tier and to also to Club Level, which we will be redeveloping as well.

"We will be changing the current quadrant system and will be bringing something more meaningful, renaming the stands so that there is a sense of belonging in the stadium.

"We will be bringing a clock back into the inside of the stadium. Those changes are already in motion now and those developments have already started being implemented."

Arsenal TV Online filmed the Q&A session in full and you can now see part one of the event for FREE.

[Tuesday, May 11, 2010]

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