Arsenal's Greatest XI of all time

Full-Backs

Lee Dixon

Arsenal have been known to produce a number of quality full-backs in the Wenger years but two of their greatest full-backs were signed from elsewhere and they made a total of 1,170 appearances between them.

Lee Dixon had a long and illustrious 21-year career in England with 15 seasons spent at Highbury in an Arsenal shirt. The right-back made 598 appearances for the club and he is one of few players to make the step up from the lower leagues to the top division in a matter of just two years before he succeeded in cementing his place in the squad.

Dixon was an attacking full-back who loved to overlap and link up with the wingers. Defensively, his positional awareness was what stood out and he did not shy away from a physical battle on the flank.

He retired with four league titles, three FA Cups, a League Cup and a European Cup Winners' Cup to his name.

Nigel Winterburn

On the left is his partner in crime, Nigel Winterburn. For 12 years they played in the same side and formed the famous back-line with Adams and Steve Bould that rarely conceded goals. Catching their opponents offside became a habit for them with linesmen being given some good exercise on the touchline in every game.

13 years he spent at Arsenal and never considered the option of moving on in an age when players always looked for better prospects. It was only his age that eventually saw him move to West Ham after 584 appearances.

He, too, loved to get forward and also managed to score a few screamers in his time. While Ashley Cole would have also been a contender for this lineup, the circumstances that led to his switch to Chelsea see him miss out.