By Chris Wright

Forgive the lack of pithy intro, but this one does exactly what it says on the tin…

The Arsenal goalkeeper collects a loose ball as Chelsea’s Hughie Gallacher (second right) is ready to pounce at Highbury, 1931

Arsenal’s trophy haul (including the League Championship trophy and the London Combination Cup) is wheeled around Highbury for the fans to view at close quarters, 1934

Arsenal captain Alex James leads his team out between Highbury’s ornate dugouts ahead of the first match of the 1936/37 season against Everton

Arsenal’s Don Roper stages an action shot in front of the North Bank terrace at a pre-season photocall, 1947

England cricketer and Arsenal footballer Denis Compton is massaged by trainer Jack Milne in Highbury’s medical room, 1947

Arsenal’s Reg Lewis gets his head on a cross during a game against Huddersfield at Highbury, 1947

Highbury as it looked in 1948

A queue of Arsenal fans snakes down the street outside Highbury before the Division One game against Aston Villa, 1948

Highbury, looking from the North Terrace toward the Clock End, 1949

Fans cram into the Clock End to watch Arsenal’s game against Sheffield Wednesday, 1950

The East Stand, as seen from inside the stadium in 1950

The expensive Art Deco facade of the East Stand at Highbury as seen from the street outside, 1950

The Arsenal groundsman studiously rolls the pitch at Highbury, 1951

Arsenal play Hapoel Tel Aviv in a friendly specifically arranged to test Highbury’s brand new floodlights, 1951

Arsenal players prepare for their FA Cup match against Norwich with a jog around the pitch, 1952

Arsenal, seen preparing for the very same game against Norwich, indulge in a spot of “football tennis” in the exercise yard next to Highbury, 1952

Blackpool fans in fancy dress parade around the Highbury running track before an FA Cup sixth round tie, followed closely by an Arsenal fan brandishing a large cardboard cannon, 1953

David Herd, a new £10,000 signing from Stockport County, unpacks his bags at Highbury, 1954

Arsenal trio Jim Fotheringham, Dave Bowen and Derek Tapscott work out in the Highbury gymnasium, 1955

Arsenal’s boot-room boy Danny Cripps examines striker Tommy Lawton’s boots, 1955

Arsenal’s Doug Lishman enjoys a soap foam bath massage, performed by coach Alf Fields and Les Compton, 1955

Arsenal’s Jack Wilkinson receives ultra-sonic treatment for a pulled muscle from assistant trainer Bert Owen , 1955

The plush main hall and corridor leading to the offices inside Highbury’s East Stand, 1955

Arsenal’s new signing George Eastham admires Highbury’s marble entrance hall, 1960

Unsurprisingly, Arsenal’s third round FA Cup tie against Oxford United had been postponed due to the eight inches of snow covering the Highbury pitch, 1963

Arsenal once again pack out the Clock End to watch their side take on Wolves, 1963

Arsenal and Blackpool players line up in the centre-circle in order to observe a minute’s silence in memory of assassinated American president John F. Kennedy, 1963

Prior to the £10,000 installation of undersoil heating at Highbury, a diagram shows exactly where the cables are to be laid under the pitch, 1964

Watched by several of his players, Arsenal manager Billy Wright (crouched) inspects the electric undersoil heating cables that will now run underneath his pitch, 1964

The Highbury pitch is swamped after heavy rainfall prior to Arsenal’s Division One fixture against Leeds caused the game to be postponed, 1966

The wonderful East Stand facade again in all its glory, as seen in 1967

(Photos: PA)