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Ranking the 5 best Arsenal strikers of all-time

By Adam Schultz

LONDON - DECEMBER 10: Thierry Henry of Arsenal celebrates with Dennis Bergkamp and Fredrik Ljungberg after Fredrik Ljungberg scored the second goal for Arsenal during the UEFA Champions League Group B match between Arsenal and Lokomotiv Moscow at Highbury on December 10, 2003 in London. (Photo by Ben Radford/Getty Images)
LONDON - DECEMBER 10: Thierry Henry of Arsenal celebrates with Dennis Bergkamp and Fredrik Ljungberg after Fredrik Ljungberg scored the second goal for Arsenal during the UEFA Champions League Group B match between Arsenal and Lokomotiv Moscow at Highbury on December 10, 2003 in London. (Photo by Ben Radford/Getty Images) /
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Arsenal forward Ted Drake (centre) takes a shot at goal during a match against Sunderland at Highbury, 18th September 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Arsenal forward Ted Drake (centre) takes a shot at goal during a match against Sunderland at Highbury, 18th September 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) /

4. Ted Drake

Probably a bit early for some of the younger (and older) Arsenal fans, but if you needed a goal at any time, anywhere, and in the biggest spot, everyone turned to Ted Drake.

The Gunners would win the league in the 1934/35 season with Drake smashing 42 goals, an achievement now only a select few can even fathom reaching in today’s game. He played five seasons for Arsenal and was the club’s leading scorer in all five seasons as he finished with 136 goals from his 182 matches played.

At the peak of his powers in the 1930s, he formed a great partnership with Cliff Bastin, who dazzled the fans with his skill and grace; Drake struck fear in every opponent he faced. He was an integral part of the Arsenal side that tore teams apart in the 1930s.

His seven-goal haul against Aston Villa in the 1935/36 season is perhaps his best achievement as Arsenal hammered Villa 7-1 away from home.

He was the true definition of a clinical and devastating striker who took all before him.

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