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∙ 2009-08-21 13:33:01Arsene is his first name, Wenger is his last name
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger shares the first five letters of his first name with the club he coaches.
It was Patrick Vieira.
ARSENE WENGER
The first permanently appointed manager of Arsenal F.C. was Thomas Mitchell, who became the team's boss in 1897.
Thomas Mitchell
The first person in charge of first team affairs was Sam Hollis who was manager from 1894-1897 when the club was still called Woolwich Arsenal. The first professional manager was Thomas Mitchell, who was manager from 1897 to 1898.
Scottish. He was Thomas Mitchell.
Since his first managerial appointment in 1984, Arsene Wenger has managed four teams:1984-87 - Nancy-Lorraine1987-94 - Monaco1995-96 - Nagoya Grampus Eight1996-present - Arsenal
In Soccer a club has a 'Reserve Team'. A Reserve Team is a team full of players who the manager believes is not ready to play for the first team. Or when a player has been injured for a while, a manager would put him in the Reserve Team to get him back into the swing of Soccer. A Reserve Team are in a League and they play regularly. For example, Arsenal have a Reserve Team which Arsene Wenger put Aaron Ramsey in for a while as he had just returned from a year-long injury. Also, he placed Jay Emmanuel-Thomas in the Reserve Team who is 18 and Arsene Wenger didn't believe he was ready to play for the First Team.
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Thomas Mitchell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mitchell_%28football_manager%29