Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pos Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sub     1896-97 ARSENAL CAREER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 1896-97
1 01/09/1896 Rossendale   H FR 3-0 4-0 - 3,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Haywood Boyd 1 Johnson 1 McAvoy 2   1   League FA Cup United Lge Friendlies League FA Cup United Lge Friendlies   Team P W D L F A Pts
1 05/09/1896 Manchester City   A FL 0-1 1-1 9 8,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Haywood 1 Boyd O'Brien McAvoy   1 Player Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 Notts County 30 19 4 7 92 43 42
1 07/09/1896 Rushden   H UL 0-2 3-2 2 2,000 Leather Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Farmer Haywood Johnson 1 O'Brien 2 McAvoy   1 JW Anderson 12   -   -   -   5   -   10   1   12   -   -   -   5   -   10   1   2 Newton Heath 30 17 5 8 56 34 39
2 10/09/1896 Millwall Athletic   A FR 2-0 2-1 - 2,500 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Johnson Boyd 1 O'Brien 1 McAvoy   2 H Boyd 12   10   -   -   4   1   7   5   40   32   1   -   4   1   29   40   3 Grimsby Town 30 17 4 9 66 45 38
2 12/09/1896 Walsall   H FL 1-1 1-1 11 6,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Farmer Boyd 1 O'Brien McAvoy   2 PA Boylan 11   -   -   -   7   -   7   -   11   -   -   -   7   -   7   -   4 Small Heath 30 16 5 9 69 47 37
3 14/09/1896 Burton Wanderers   A FL 0-0 3-0 2 4,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock 1 Meade Boyd 1 O'Brien 1 McAvoy   3 J Boyle (outfield) 13   2   3   2   4   -   7   -   57   7   5   2   4   -   58   10   5 Newcastle United 30 17 1 12 56 52 35
4 19/09/1896 Loughborough Town   H FL 1-0 2-0 2 8,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Haywood Boyd O'Brien 1 McAvoy 1   4 J Boyle (in goal) -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   4 (1) 8 * -   -   -   -   1 (0) 2 * 6 Manchester City 30 12 8 10 58 50 32
5 26/09/1896 Notts County   H FL 2-2 2-3 5 9,000 Leather Powell Sinclair Shrewsbury Boylan Davis Brock Haywood Meade 1 O'Brien McAvoy 1   5 JS Brock 29   11   2   -   12   4   17   2   29   11   2   -   12   4   17   2   7 Gainsborough Town 30 12 7 11 50 47 31
2 03/10/1896 Luton Town   H UL 1-1 2-2 3 8,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Shrewsbury Boylan Davis Brock Haywood Meade 2 O'Brien McAvoy   2 Brodie -   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   8 Blackpool 30 13 5 12 59 56 31
3 10/10/1896 Millwall Athletic   H FR 0-3 1-5 - 13,000 Fairclough Powell Scott Crawford Sinclair Davis Brock Haywood Boyd O'Brien McAvoy 1   3 G Buist 6   -   -   -   4   -   5   -   6   -   -   -   4   -   5   -   9 Leicester Fosse 30 13 4 13 59 57 30
3 05/10/1896 Rushden   A UL 2-2 3-5 3 1,500 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Shrewsbury Boylan Davis Brock 2 Haywood 1 Meade O'Brien McAvoy   3 A Caie 8   4   -   -   4   2   9   5   8   4   -   -   4   2   9   5   10 WOOLWICH ARSENAL 30 13 4 13 68 70 30
6 12/10/1896 Burton Wanderers   H FL 1-0 3-0 5 700 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Meade Boyd 2 Haywood 1 Russell   6 J Caldwell 15   1   -   -   4   -   7   1   74   2   2   -   4   -   63   4   11 Darwen 30 14 0 16 67 61 28
7 17/10/1896 Walsall   A FL 0-5 3-5 6 4,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Meade 1 Boyd 1p Haywood 1 Russell   7 G Carver 1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   12 Walsall 30 11 4 15 54 69 26
4 19/10/1896 Wellingborough   H UL 0-1 2-1 3 1,500 Fairclough Buist Sinclair Crawford Boylan Kington Brock Haywood Johnson O'Brien 1 Russell 1   4 H Cassidy 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   13 Loughborough Town 30 12 1 17 50 64 25
8 24/10/1896 Gainsborough Trinity   H FL 3-0 6-1 4 5,500 Fairclough Buist Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock 2 Haywood 1 Boyd 2 O'Brien Russell 1   8 G Crawford 26   2   2   -   11   -   17   1   103   13   12   2   11   -   167   68   14 Burton Swifts 30 9 6 15 46 61 24
4 26/10/1896 Luton Town   A FR 1-2 1-3 - 2,500 Fairclough Buist Sinclair Crawford Boylan Boyle Brock Jones Boyd 1 Russell McAvoy   4 FW Davis 20   -   2   -   8   -   10   -   96   4   9   1   8   -   85   3   15 Burton Wanderers 30 9 2 19 31 67 20
5 31/10/1896 Clyde   H FR 2-2 2-3 - 4,000 Fairclough Ferguson Sinclair Crawford Steel Davis Brodie Haywood 1 Boyd 1 O'Brien Russell   5 H Duff -   -   1   1   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   1   1   -   1   -   16 Lincoln City 30 5 2 23 27 85 12
5 02/11/1896 Kettering   H UL 0-0 1-1 2 1,000 Fairclough Buist Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock McAvoy 1 Boyd O'Brien Duff   5 W Fairclough 17 (5) 31 * 1 (1) 0 * 9 (1) 17 * 9 (2) 21 * 26 (8) 40 * 1 (1) 0 * 9 (1) 17 * 25 (7) 38 *
9 07/11/1896 Notts County   A FL 3-5 4-7 7 3,000 Fairclough Buist Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock 1 Haywood 1 Boyd 1 O'Brien 1 Russell   9 GA Farmer 1   -   1   1   1   -   -   -   1   -   1   1   1   -   -   -   UNITED LEAGUE 1896-97
6 09/11/1896 Tottenham Hotspur   H UL 1-1 2-1 2 2,000 Fairclough Buist Sinclair Crawford Steel Davis Brodie Haywood Boyd McAvoy Russell 2   6 Ferguson -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -     Team P W D L F A Pts
10 14/11/1896 Small Heath   A FL 1-4 2-5 10 3,000 Fairclough Powell Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis Brock 1 McAvoy 1 Boyd O'Brien Russell   10 E Harding -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1 Millwall Athletic 14 11 1 2 43 22 23
6 21/11/1896 Millwall Athletic   A FR 2-0 2-2 - 9,000 Talbot Powell Sinclair Crawford Boyle Davis Brock Haywood Boyd 1p O'Brien Russell 1   6 A Haywood 26   11   2   2   13   5   15   9   35   15   2   2   13   5   27   20   2 Luton Town 14 10 1 3 52 16 21
7 23/11/1896 Kettering   A UL 0-0 1-0 1 2,000 Fairclough Powell Buist Shrewsbury Boyle Boylan Brock Haywood Boyd 1 McAvoy Russell   7 J Heath -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   10   5   2   2   -   -   12   11   3 WOOLWICH ARSENAL 14 6 3 5 28 34 15
11 28/11/1896 Grimsby Town   H FL 1-1 4-2 9 6,500 Leather Buist Sinclair Crawford Boyle Davis Brock 1 Haywood Boyd 1p O'Brien 2 McFarlane   11 F Hogben -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   4 Loughborough Town 14 6 1 7 29 31 13
8 30/11/1896 Wellingborough   A UL 1-1 1-4 1 2,000 Talbot Boyd Sinclair Crawford Boyle Boylan Brock Haywood McAvoy O'Brien McFarlane 1   8 James -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   5 Rushden 14 6 1 7 25 42 13
12 05/12/1896 Lincoln City   A FL 2-1 3-2 6 2,000 Talbot Buist Sinclair Crawford Boyle Davis Brock Haywood Boyd 1 O'Brien 2 McFarlane   12 Jenkins -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (0) 1 * 6 Kettering 14 4 4 6 23 24 12
7 07/12/1896 Aston Villa   H FR 0-3 1-3 - 6,000 Talbot Buist Sinclair Crawford Boyle Boylan Brock Haywood 1 Boyd O'Brien Russell Shrewsbury 7 FJ Johnson -   -   -   -   2   1   2   1   -   -   -   -   2   1   6   2   7 Wellingborough 14 3 3 8 17 39 9
13 12/12/1896 Loughborough Town   A FL 0-4 0-8 6 500 Talbot Buist Carver Crawford Boylan Davis Brock Haywood Boyd O'Brien Russell   13 Jones -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   8 Tottenham Hotspur 14 1 4 9 25 34 6
4Q 12/12/1896 Leyton   H FAC 1-0 5-0 - 3,000 Fairclough Harding Wilson Shrewsbury Boyle Kington Farmer 1 McAvoy 2 Meade 1 Heath Duff 1   4Q ET Kane 1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
14 19/12/1896 Blackpool   H FL 1-1 4-2 6 6,000 Talbot Whitfield Caldwell Sinclair Boyle Davis Brock Crawford 2 Haywood 2 O'Brien Russell   14 E Kington -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -  
15 25/12/1896 Lincoln City   H FL 2-1 6-2 4 9,000 Talbot Caldwell Sinclair Crawford Boyle 1 Davis Brock Meade 2 Haywood O'Brien 2 Russell 1   15 J Leather 8 (0) 21 * 2 (1) 4 * 4 (0) 13 * 4 (2) 2 * 8 (0) 21 * 2 (1) 4 * 4 (0) 13 * 4 (2) 2 *
16 26/12/1896 Gainsborough Trinity   A FL 0-2 1-4 4 3,000 Talbot Caldwell Sinclair Crawford Boyle Davis Brock 1 McAvoy Haywood O'Brien Russell   16 F McAvoy 18   4   1   2   12   1   16   9   30   5   2   2   12   1   32   20  
17 01/01/1897 Darwen   A FL 1-2 1-4 7 5,000 Leather Whitfield Caldwell Crawford Anderson Boyle Brock Haywood McAvoy O'Brien Russell 1   17 A McFarlane 5   -   -   -   2   1   6   2   5   -   -   -   2   1   6   2  
5Q 02/01/1897 Chatham   H FAC 2-0 4-0 - 4,500 Leather Shrewsbury Sinclair Crawford Boyle 1 Davis Brock Haywood 2 Meade 1 O'Brien Russell   5Q TG Meade 8   4   3   2   3   3   1   2   11   5   3   2   3   3   5   7  
18 04/01/1897 Blackpool   A FL 1-1 1-1 6 1,000 Leather Shrewsbury Sinclair McAvoy Boyle Davis Brock 1 Haywood Meade O'Brien Russell   18 A Milligan -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
9 09/01/1897 Loughborough Town   H UL 3-2 5-3 1 2,500 Leather Shrewsbury Sinclair Crawford Boyle Davis Brock Haywood 2 Meade 1 O'Brien Russell 2   9 P O'Brien 26   14   2   1   12   5   15   7   63   27   4   2   12   5   68   44  
Sp 16/01/1897 Millwall Athletic   A FAC 2-3 2-4 - 14,000 Leather Shrewsbury Sinclair Crawford Boyle 1 Davis Brock Haywood Meade O'Brien 1 Russell   Sp J Powell 8   -   -   -   4   -   4   -   86   1   6   1   4   -   104   4  
19 23/01/1897 Newcastle United   A FL 0-2 0-2 8 6,000 Leather Caldwell Sinclair Crawford Anderson Boyle Brock McAvoy Meade O'Brien Russell   19 J Russell 23   4   2   -   9   5   16   11   23   4   2   -   9   5   16   11  
8 30/01/1897 Ilkeston Town   H FR 4-0 7-0 - 2,000 Leather Caldwell Sinclair Crawford Anderson 1 Boyle Brock McAvoy 3 Meade 2(1p) O'Brien 1 Russell   8 Sautell -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
9 08/02/1897 Luton Town   H FR 2-1 5-1 - 2,000 Talbot Caldwell Sinclair Crawford Anderson Boyle Brock 1 Haywood 1 McAvoy O'Brien 1 Russell 2   9 A Scott -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
20 13/02/1897 Leicester Fosse   A FL 2-1 3-6 10 6,000 Leather Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson Davis Brock Meade Haywood 1 O'Brien 2 Russell   20 TP Shrewsbury 2   -   3   -   4   -   1 +1 -   2   -   3   -   4   -   1 +1 -  
10 15/02/1897 Glasgow Celtic (Scotland)   H FR 3-1 4-5 - 2,000 Talbot Cassidy Sinclair Crawford Boyle McAvoy Brock Haywood Caie 1 O'Brien Russell 3   10 F Sinclair 26   -   2   -   11   -   17   -   26   -   2   -   11   -   17   -  
21 20/02/1897 Burton Swifts   H FL 1-0 3-0 9 5,000 Fairclough Anderson Caldwell Crawford Boyle Davis Brock Haywood 2(1p) Caie 1 O'Brien Russell   21 Steel -   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   1   -  
10 25/02/1897 Tottenham Hotspur   A UL 1-1 2-2 2 2,000 Fairclough Anderson Caldwell McAvoy Crawford Davis Brock 1 Haywood 1 Caie O'Brien Russell   10 A Talbot 5 (0) 18 * -   -   1 (0) 4 * 6 (1) 15 * 5 (0) 18 * -   -   1 (0) 4 * 6 (1) 15 *
11 27/02/1897 Millwall Athletic   H UL 3-0 3-1 1 15,000 Fairclough Anderson Caldwell McAvoy Crawford Davis Brock 1 Haywood Caie O'Brien 2 Russell   11 J Whitfield 2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
11 01/03/1897 Reading   H FR 4-0 6-2 - 1,400 Fairclough Anderson Sinclair Crawford McAvoy Davis Brock Haywood 2 Caie 1 O'Brien 1 Russell 2   11 J Wilson -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -  
12 06/03/1897 Casuals   A FR 1-2 3-5 - 7,000 Fairclough Anderson Caldwell Crawford McAvoy Davis Brock Haywood Caie 1 O'Brien 1 Russell 1   12 Own Goals -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   3   -   1   -   -   -   16  
13 10/03/1897 Reading   A FR 0-0 2-0 - 1,000 Leather Shrewsbury Caldwell McAvoy Anderson Davis Brock 1 Haywood Caie O'Brien McFarlane 1   13
22 13/03/1897 Burton Swifts   A FL 2-0 2-1 10 1,000 Leather Caldwell Sinclair Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock Haywood Caie 2 O'Brien Russell   22
14 15/03/1897 Southampton St. Mary's   H FR 1-1 2-1 - 1,000 Leather Sinclair Caldwell 1 Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock MacFarlane 1 Caie O'Brien Russell   14
12 20/03/1897 Luton Town   A UL 0-4 2-5 2 3,000 Leather Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock Haywood 1 Caie 1 O'Brien Russell   12
23 22/03/1897 Newton Heath   A FL 1-1 1-1 11 3,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Boyle Anderson Brock 1 Haywood Caie McAvoy Russell   23
15 27/03/1897 Nottingham Forest   H FR 0-0 1-0 - 6,000 Fairclough Sinclair James Crawford Sautell Anderson Brock Haywood 1 Caie MacFarlane Russell   15
24 29/03/1897 Small Heath   H FL 2-1 2-3 11 2,500 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Boyle Anderson Brock Haywood 1 McAvoy 1 McFarlane Russell   24
16 30/03/1897 Kent Association   A FR 2-0 3-0 - 2,500 Talbot Buist Caldwell Sinclair Anderson Hogben Brock Haywood 1 McAvoy 1 Boylan Russell 1   16
25 03/04/1897 Newton Heath   H FL 0-1 0-2 11 6,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock Haywood Caie O'Brien Russell   25
13 07/04/1897 Loughborough Town   A UL 0-2 0-4 3 1,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock McFarlane Haywood O'Brien Russell   13
26 08/04/1897 Grimsby Town OG A FL 1-2 1-3 11 1,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock McFarlane Haywood O'Brien Russell   26
17 10/04/1897 Reserves   H FR 0-1 1-2 - 1,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock Boylan Haywood 1 MacFarlane Russell   17
27 16/04/1897 Newcastle United   H FL 3-0 5-1 11 7,000 Fairclough Cassidy Caldwell 1 Anderson Boyle 1 McAvoy Brock 1 Haywood Caie O'Brien 2 Russell   27
28 17/04/1897 Leicester Fosse   H FL 2-0 2-1 11 5,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Crawford Anderson McAvoy Brock 1 Haywood Caie 1 O'Brien Russell   28
29 19/04/1897 Darwen   H FL 0-0 1-0 10 8,000 Fairclough Sinclair Caldwell Anderson Kane McAvoy Brock Haywood Caie O'Brien 1 Russell   29
18 20/04/1897 Norfolk County   A FR 2-3 3-4 - 3,000 Talbot Sinclair Anderson Davis Crawford 1 McAvoy 1 Brock Haywood Caie O'Brien Russell 1   18
14 24/04/1897 Millwall Athletic   A UL 1-2 1-3 3 8,000 Leather Sinclair Anderson Crawford Boyle McAvoy Brock Haywood Caie 1 O'Brien Russell   14
19 26/04/1897 Sheffield United   H FR 0-0 1-1 - 1,000 Leather Buist Milligan Hogben Boyle McAvoy MacFarlane Haywood 1 Caie O'Brien Russell   19
30 28/04/1897 Manchester City   H FL 1-1 1-2 10 2,000 Leather Buist Sinclair Crawford Boyle Davis McFarlane Haywood Caie O'Brien Russell 1   30
20 29/04/1897 Southampton St. Mary's   A FR 1-0 5-1 - 1,000 Jenkins Buist Sinclair Crawford Boylan Davis MacFarlane McAvoy 1 Caie 2 O'Brien 2 Russell   20
Home ground - Manor Ground
Manager - Team chosen by committee (until 29 March 1897), Thomas Mitchell (from 30 March 1897).
Directors - James Cavey (Chairman), Fred Beardsley (Vice-chairman), Jack Humble, Thomas Wells, George Lawrance, William Parr, James Hill, James Hodgin, George Porter, Harry Greenwood (Secretary until 29 March 1897),
Thomas Mitchell (Secretary from 30 March 1897), James Crone (Financial secretary).
Captain - Gavin Crawford
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