Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11     1888-89 ARSENAL CAREER
1 15/09/1888 London Caledonians   H FR 2-3 3-3   Beardsley Humble Danskin Hartland Bates Wells Morris Hill Connolly 1 Brown Scott 1   Lon Sen Cup Kent Sen Cup Friendlies Lon Sen Cup Kent Sen Cup Friendlies
2 22/09/1888 Tottenham Hotspur   H FR 0-1 0-1 500 Beardsley Danskin Walton Hartland Bates Wells Morris Hill Connolly Brown Scott 2 Player Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
3 29/09/1888 Old St. Paul's   H FR 4-3 7-3 500 Beardsley Danskin J.Crichton Hartland Bates Wells A.Morris Brown Connolly 4 R.Crichton Scott 3 E Agnew -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
4 06/10/1888 Grove House   H FR 2-0 2-0   Weeks Bates Brown Wells Walton Hartland Scott Cross 2 Connolly Carter Morris 4 A Bannister -   -   -   -   2 (0) 3 * -   -   -   -   2 (0) 3 *
5 13/10/1888 London Caledonians   H FR 3-0 4-0 700         Bates     Crichton Connolly 1 Charteris Scott 5 H Barbour -   -   -   -   5   5   -   -   -   -   5   5  
6 20/10/1888 2nd Rifle Brigade   H FR 0-1 1-2 700 Beardsley Danskin J.Crichton 1 Hartland Bates Wells Morris Charteris Emblin Brown Scott 6 JM Bates 4   -   3   1   17   1   4   -   3   1   17   1  
7 27/10/1888 Brixton Rangers   A FR   1-3                         7 FW Beardsley 4 (1) 5 * 3 (0) 6 * 10 (3) 16 * 5 (1) 9 * 3 (0) 6 * 19 (4) 30 *
2 03/11/1888 Phoenix   H LSC 2-0 3-0 500 Beardsley Brown J.Crichton Danskin Bates Wells Morris Hill Connolly 2 Charteris Scott 1 2 A Brown 4   -   3   -   14   -   5   -   3   -   22   3  
1 10/11/1888 Horton Kirby   A KSC 2-1 6-2   Beardsley Brown J.Crichton Danskin Bates Wells 1 Morris 1 Hill Connolly 1 Charteris 2 Scott 1 1 Carter -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
8 17/11/1888 St. Lukes   A FR   1-1                         8 JM Charteris 4   1   2   3   11   6   4   1   2   3   11   6  
3 24/11/1888 Dulwich   H LSC 1-2 4-2 1,000 Beardsley Brown J.Crichton Danskin Bates Wells Morris Hill Connolly 3 Charteris 1 Scott 3 P Connolly 4   7   3   6   13   6   4   7   3   6   17   10  
9 01/12/1888 Phoenix   A FR 0-0 0-0                 Hill       9 JB Crichton 4   -   2   -   2   1   5   -   2   -   11   5  
4 08/12/1888 Old St. Paul's   H LSC 2-1 3-1 1,200 Beardsley Brown J.Crichton Danskin Bates Wells Morris R.Crichton 1 Connolly 2 Charteris Scott 4 R Crichton 2   1   1   1   1   -   2   1   1   1   4   -  
2 29/12/1888 Iona   A KSC 3-1 5-1   Beardsley Brown Danskin Hartland Bates Wells Morris R.Crichton 1 Connolly 4 Saul Scott 2 ? Crichton -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
10 05/01/1889 Vulcan   A FR   1-1   Bannister Brown McBean Danskin Bates Walton Horsington Wells Connolly Agnew Scott 10 Cross -   -   -   -   1   2   -   -   -   -   1   2  
11 12/01/1889 Unity   H FR 0-0 0-0                         11 D Danskin 4   -   3   -   9   -   5   -   3   -   21   -  
SF 19/01/1889 Clapton   N LSC 0-1 0-2 2,000 Beardsley J.Crichton McBean Brown Bates Danskin Morris R.Crichton Connolly Charteris Scott SF H Emblin -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
12 26/01/1889 St. Lukes   A FR                             12 E Hartland -   -   1   -   6   -   -   -   1   -   8   -  
13 02/02/1889 Ilford   H FR 0-2 1-2 500 Bannister Brown McBean       Horsington Saul 1 Connolly     13 JG Hill 2   -   1   -   3   -   2   -   1   -   7   -  
3 09/02/1889 Gravesend   A KSC 1-3 3-3 1,000 Beardsley Wilson McBean Danskin Bates 1 Brown Horsington Charteris 1 Connolly 1 Scott J.Crichton 3 RT Horsington -   -   1   -   9   -   -   -   1   -   9   -  
14 16/02/1889 Millwall Rovers   H FR   won                         14 D Howat -   -   -   -   6   -   -   -   -   -   6   -  
15 23/02/1889 Ilford   A FR 0-0 0-1   Weeks Wilson McBean Bates Danskin Hartland Horsington Brown Rowland Scott Tomes 15 JW Humble -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   8   -  
16 02/03/1889 London Caledonians   H FR 0-2 1-2 1,500 Beardsley J.Wilkinson McBean Tomes Bates 1 Danskin Morris Brown Connolly Charteris Scott 16 G Kennedy -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
17 09/03/1889 Tottenham Hotspur   A FR 0-0 1-0   Beardsley Wilson McBean       Morris Charteris Connolly Scott 1   17 JD McBean 1   -   1   -   11   -   1   -   1   -   11   -  
18 16/03/1889 South Eastern Rangers   H FR 0-0 1-2 500 Weeks Wilson McBean Brown Bates Danskin Horsington Morris Connolly Charteris Scott 18 JW Meggs -   -   -   -   3   2   -   -   -   -   3   2  
19 23/03/1889 2nd Rifle Brigade   H FR 2-0 2-0 200 Beardsley McBean Wilson Danskin Rowland Brown Scott Charteris Barbour 2 Russell Horsington 19 JA Morris 4   -   2   1   7   -   5   -   2   1   17   6  
20 30/03/1889 Royal Artillery   H FR 3-0 9-0         Howat Bates   Tomes 1   Barbour 2 Charteris 4 Scott 2 20 J Rowland -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   3   -  
21 01/04/1889 2nd Rifle Brigade     FR 2-1 6-1   Beardsley Wilson McBean Kennedy Bates Howat Scott Charteris Barbour Brown Horsington 21 W Russell -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
22 06/04/1889 Old St. Paul's   A FR   1-0   Beardsley Wilson McBean Howat Bates Brown Horsington Connolly Charteris Scott Barbour 22 J Saul -   -   1   -   1   1   -   -   1   -   -   -  
23 13/04/1889 Millwall Rovers   H FR   3-0     Wilson McBean Howat Bates     Meggs 1   Charteris 2   23 WW Scott 4   1   3   1   14   3   4   1   3   1   15   3  
24 19/04/1889 Boston Town   A FR 0-1 1-4 1,200 Beardsley Wilson McBean Howat Bates Brown Horsington Connolly Barbour Charteris Meggs 1 24 J Tomes -   -   -   -   3   1   -   -   -   -   -   -  
25 20/04/1889 Spartan Rovers   H FR   6-0                         25 A Walton -   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   -   -   3   -  
26 22/04/1889 Scots Guards   H FR   7-2                         26 HB Weeks -   -   -   -   3 (1) 3 * -   -   -   -   7 (2) 7  
27 27/04/1889 London Caledonians   H FR 0-1 0-1 1,300       Howat Bates   Horsington Meggs Connolly     27 T Wells 3   -   2   1   6   -   4   -   2   1   18   - *
05/01/1889 abandoned after 60 minutes due to fog, scorer unknown. 19/01/1889 played at Leyton. 09/02/1889 Arsenal were disqualified for failing to play extra-time. J Wilkinson -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
J Wilson -   -   1   -   8   -   -   -   1   -   8   -  
Home ground - Manor Field, Plumstead Friendly appearances 129 short
Manager - None, team picked by players' committee (names unknown). Friendly goals scored 21 short
Committee - William Jackson (Chairman), Fred Beardsley, Arthur Brown, Henry Smith (Secretary), William Thompson (Financial secretary), others unknown. Friendly goals conceded 18 short
Captain - David Danskin and Arthur Brown Details highlighted in yellow to be added to above table