It started at Anfield. August 23, 1992. Anders Limpar, a Swedish winger with a left foot that deserved its own postcode, tucked away a goal in a 2-0 win over Liverpool. Nobody wrote it down as Goal Number One. Nobody could have known it was the beginning of something that would take 34 years, 129 players, and one very satisfying afternoon in north London to complete.

When Viktor Gyokeres turned home his second goal against Spurs last Sunday, completing a 4-1 demolition at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, he wasn't just adding to the scoresheet. He was scoring Arsenal's 1,000th away goal in Premier League history. We became only the second club ever to reach that milestone. The first was Manchester United, who currently sit on 1,063. Liverpool, for all their recent dominance, are still four goals short on 996.

Not all thousand goals were created equal. Two of them were in a category entirely their own.

Goal number 224 was Sylvain Wiltord, Old Trafford, May 2002. One touch, one finish, Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal, Premier League title won in the home of our fiercest rivals. It remains one of the most viscerally satisfying moments in the club's modern history. Not just because of what it won, but where it was won.

Goal number 293 was Robert Pires, White Hart Lane, April 2004. Thirty-fifth minute. The Invincibles clinched the title at the home of Tottenham Hotspur. If you were writing this as fiction, an editor would tell you it was too convenient. It wasn't fiction. It was Arsenal.

Two of our most historic away goals, both title-winning, both delivered on grounds where the home fans wanted us to fail most. That is not a coincidence. That is character.

Thierry Henry leads our all-time away scorers with 55 Premier League goals on the road, a number that still seems implausible until you remember that he was simply the greatest striker this club has ever had. His last away goal for us came as a late winner at Sunderland in February 2012, during his loan spell, because of course it did. Ian Wright sits second on 47, Robin van Persie third on 45, Dennis Bergkamp fourth on 41.

That top four alone tells you everything about the eras that built this club. Bergkamp gliding through defences. Wright scrapping for every yard. Van Persie at his devastating peak. Henry doing things that had no right to work.

Bukayo Saka's header at Molineux recently broke him into the top ten on 25 away goals. He is 23 years old. He will be top of that list before he's done, and I'll be happy to be proven right.

Our happiest hunting ground in Premier League history is Goodison Park, where we scored 47 times, including Leandro Trossard's goal that turned out to be our last ever visit. Selhurst Park and Villa Park are joint second on 46. Stamford Bridge, a ground the media always frame as a test of Arsenal's character, sits fourth on 43.

Our favourite opponents away from home are West Ham United, with 60 goals across Upton Park and the London Stadium. We have scored 45 times at Spurs' two grounds combined, a number that grew by four last Sunday.

In terms of seasons, 2023/24 was our most prolific on the road. 43 away goals in 19 games, the eighth highest total in Premier League history. That same season we won 6-0 at both West Ham and Sheffield United, just 22 days apart. The current season, after 15 away games, already shows 25 goals.

1,000 away goals does not arrive by accident. It arrives through Wenger's Invincibles and their 37-goal away season in 2001/02. Through the darker years when we still showed up and scored. Through Arteta's rebuilt side, who put 43 away goals in a single season and are building toward something that feels like it could eclipse all of it.

We are second only to United in this particular record. Liverpool are four behind us. Chelsea are 43 behind. Manchester City, for all their recent dominance, are 169 behind.

The standard has been set, and we have been setting it since Anders Limpar scored at Anfield before most of the current squad were born.

1,000 away goals. Only one other club has ever done it. That tells you everything.

Correct as of 25/02/26*