Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pos. Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sub1     1936-37 ARSENAL CAREER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 1936-37
1 29/08/1936 Everton   H FL 1-1 3-2 7 50,321 Wilson Male Hapgood 1 Crayston Roberts Copping Hulme E.Bowden 1 Drake James 1 Bastin   1   League FA Cup Charity Shield Friendlies League FA Cup LFACC Charity Shield Friendlies   Team P W D L F A Pts
2 03/09/1936 Brentford   A FL 0-2 0-2 14 31,056 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Hulme Bastin Drake Davidson Beasley   2 Player Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 Manchester City 42 22 13 7 107 61 57
3 05/09/1936 Huddersfield Town   A FL 0-0 0-0 15 32,013 Swindin Male Hapgood Cartwright Roberts John Hulme Bastin Kirchen James Beasley   3 AM Atter -   -   -   -   -   -   2 +1 1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2 +1 1   2 Charlton Athletic 42 21 12 9 58 49 54
4 09/09/1936 Brentford   H FL 1-0 1-1 13 44,010 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Milne Bastin Drake 1 James Beasley   4 CS Bastin 33   5   4   3   -   -   2   -   283   132   37   23   -   -   4   2   29 +1 18   3 ARSENAL 42 18 16 8 80 49 52
5 12/09/1936 Sunderland   H FL 3-1 4-1 4 56,820 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston 1 Roberts 1 Copping Beasley 1 E.Bowden Drake James Bastin 1   5 A Beasley 7   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   79   19   10   5   -   -   -   -   4 +1 1   4 Derby County 42 21 7 14 96 90 49
6 19/09/1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers   A FL 0-2 0-2 15 53,097 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Beasley E.Bowden Drake James Bastin   6 AG Biggs 1   -   -   -   -   -   2   3   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   3   5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 21 5 16 84 67 47
1 23/09/1936 Rangers (Scotland)   H FR 0-1 2-1 - 30,000 Swindin Male L.Compton Crayston Joy Copping Milne Davidson 1 Drake 1 Bastin D.Compton   1 FP Boulton 21 (9) 20 * 4 (1) 5 * -   -   6 (3) 3 * 21 (9) 20 * 4 (1) 5 * -   -   -   -   6 (3) 3 * 6 Brentford 42 18 10 14 82 78 46
7 26/09/1936 Derby County   H FL 0-0 2-2 13 61,390 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Beasley E.Bowden Drake 1 Bastin D.Compton 1   7 ER Bowden 28   6   2   -   1   -   2   1   113   41   13   5   -   -   2   1   6   3   7 Middlesbrough 42 19 8 15 74 71 46
8 03/10/1936 Manchester United   A FL 0-2 0-2 19 55,884 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Beasley E.Bowden Drake Bastin D.Compton   8 S Cartwright 2   -   -   -   -   -   1 +1 -   7   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2 +1 -   8 Sunderland 42 19 6 17 89 87 44
9 10/10/1936 Sheffield Wednesday   H FL 1-0 1-1 17 46,421 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen E.Bowden Drake 1 Bastin D.Compton   9 DCS Compton 14   4   -   -   1   -   2   1   14   4   -   -   -   -   1   -   2   1   9 Portsmouth 42 17 10 15 62 66 44
10 17/10/1936 Charlton Athletic   A FL 1-0 2-0 15 68,160 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen Davidson 1 E.Bowden James D.Compton 1   10 LH Compton 15   -   2   -   1   -   4   -   40   2   2   -   -   -   1   -   11   -   10 Stoke City 42 15 12 15 72 57 42
11 24/10/1936 Grimsby Town   H FL 0-0 0-0 14 51,202 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen Davidson E.Bowden James Bastin   11 W Copping 38   -   4   -   1   -   7   -   102   -   15   -   -   -   3   -   11   -   11 Birmingham 42 13 15 14 64 60 41
  28/10/1936 Sunderland   A CS 0-0 1-2 - 11,500 Swindin L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Milne E.Bowden Kirchen 1 Davidson D.Compton     WJ Crayston 30   1   2   1   1   -   7   1   103   9   12   1   -   -   2   -   11   1   12 Grimsby Town 42 17 7 18 86 81 41
12 31/10/1936 Liverpool   A FL 1-2 1-2 17 39,251 Swindin Male Hapgood Cartwright Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 Bastin E.Bowden Davidson D.Compton   12 RT Davidson 28   9   2   2   1   -   8   3   52   11   4   2   -   -   2   -   10   4   13 Chelsea 42 14 13 15 52 55 41
2 01/11/1936 Racing Club de Paris (France)   A FR 3-0 5-0 -   Swindin Male Hapgood Bastin Sidey Copping Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Drake 1 Davidson Milne 3   2 EJ Drake 26   20   3   7   -   -   2   2   103   93   10   11   -   -   1   1   5   5   14 Preston North End 42 14 13 15 56 67 41
13 07/11/1936 Leeds United   H FL 2-0 4-1 13 32,535 Swindin Male Hapgood Bastin Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Drake 1 Davidson 1 Milne 1   13 WM Griffiths -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   15 Huddersfield Town 42 12 15 15 62 64 39
14 14/11/1936 Birmingham   A FL 1-0 3-1 8 39,940 Swindin Male Hapgood Bastin Roberts Crayston Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Drake 2 Davidson Milne   14 EA Hapgood 32   1   2   -   1   -   6   -   314   2   37   -   1   -   6   -   41   -   16 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 6 20 77 98 38
15 21/11/1936 Middlesbrough   H FL 1-2 5-3 4 44,829 Swindin Male Hapgood Bastin 1 Roberts Copping Kirchen E.Bowden 1 Drake 1 Davidson Milne 2   15 JHA Hulme 3   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   326   105   39   17   3   -   2   1   23   10   17 Everton 42 14 9 19 81 78 37
16 28/11/1936 West Bromwich Albion   A FL 1-0 4-2 3 27,609 Swindin Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen E.Bowden Drake 2 Davidson Milne 2   16 AW James 19   1   4   -   -   -   5   1   231   26   28   1   -   -   2   -   14   2   18 Liverpool 42 12 11 19 62 84 35
17 05/12/1936 Manchester City   H FL 0-0 1-3 6 41,873 Wilson L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen E.Bowden Drake 1 Davidson Milne   17 RF John 5   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   421   12   46   1   8   -   3   -   47   4   19 Leeds United 42 15 4 23 60 80 34
18 12/12/1936 Portsmouth   A FL 3-0 5-1 4 32,184 Swindin Male L.Compton Bastin Roberts Copping Kirchen James Drake 1 Davidson 4 Milne   18 B Joy 6   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   8   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   2   -   20 Bolton Wanderers 42 10 14 18 43 66 34
19 19/12/1936 Chelsea   H FL 1-1 4-1 2 49,917 Swindin Male L.Compton Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen 2 James Drake 1 Davidson 1 Milne   19 AJ Kirchen 33   18   4   4   1   1   2   1   46   23   4   4   -   -   1   1   4   1   21 Manchester United 42 10 12 20 55 78 32
20 25/12/1936 Preston North End   H FL 3-1 4-1 1 42,781 Swindin Male L.Compton Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 James Drake 2 Davidson Milne 1   20 R Lewis -   -   -   -   -   -   3   4   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   3   4   22 Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 12 21 53 69 30
21 26/12/1936 Everton   A FL 1-1 1-1 1 59,440 Swindin Male L.Compton Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 James Drake Davidson Milne   21 CG Male 37   -   4   -   -   -   5   -   200   -   21   -   -   -   3   -   18   1  
22 28/12/1936 Preston North End   A FL 0-1 3-1 1 25,787 Boulton L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Nelson 1 Bastin Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Milne 1   22 JV Milne 19   9   3   -   1   -   6   5   33   15   3   -   -   -   2   -   7   5  
23 01/01/1937 Bolton Wanderers   A FL 2-0 5-0 1 42,171 Boulton Male L.Compton Crayston Sidey Copping Kirchen Bastin Drake 4 James Milne 1   23 D Nelson 8   3   -   -   -   -   5   2   8   3   -   -   -   -   -   -   5   2  
24 02/01/1937 Huddersfield Town   H FL 1-1 1-1 1 44,224 Boulton Male L.Compton Crayston Sidey Copping Kirchen 1 Bastin Drake James Milne   24 H Roberts 30   1   4   -   -   -   -   -   284   4   36   1   3   -   2   -   13 +1 -  
25 09/01/1937 Sunderland   A FL 0-0 1-1 1 54,694 Boulton Male L.Compton Bastin Roberts Copping Kirchen James Drake Nelson Milne 1   25 L Scott -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -  
3 16/01/1937 Chesterfield   A FAC 1-0 5-1 - 21,786 Boulton Male L.Compton Bastin Roberts Crayston Kirchen 2 James Drake 2 Davidson 1 Milne   3 NW Sidey 6   -   -   -   -   -   5   -   37   -   3   -   -   -   2   -   15   1  
26 23/01/1937 Wolverhampton Wanderers   H FL 0-0 3-0 1 33,896 Boulton Male L.Compton Bastin 1p Roberts Copping Kirchen E.Bowden 1 Drake 1 Davidson Milne   26 GH Swindin 19 (3) 24 * -   -   1 (0) 2 * 2 (1) 1 * 19 (3) 24 * -   -   -   -   1 (0) 2 * 2 (1) 1 *
4 30/01/1937 Manchester United OG H FAC 4-0 5-0 - 45,637 Boulton Male L.Compton Bastin 1 Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 James Drake 1 Davidson 1 Milne   4 AA Wilson 2 (0) 5 * -   -   -   -   -   -   53 (14) 60 * 6 (4) 4 * -   -   1 (0) 1 * 3 (1) 2 *
27 03/02/1937 Derby County OG A FL 2-3 4-5 2 22,064 Boulton Male L.Compton Bastin 1p Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Drake 1 Davidson Milne   27 Own Goals -   1   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   29   -   8   -   -   -   -   -   22  
28 06/02/1937 Manchester United   H FL 0-1 1-1 2 37,236 Boulton Male L.Compton Bastin Roberts Copping Kirchen James Drake Davidson 1 Milne   28
29 13/02/1937 Sheffield Wednesday   A FL 0-0 0-0 2 35,813 Boulton L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Kirchen Bastin E.Bowden Davidson Milne   29
5 20/02/1937 Burnley   A FAC 4-1 7-1 - 54,445 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston 1 Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Drake 4 James Bastin 1   5
30 24/02/1937 Charlton Athletic   H FL 0-0 1-1 2 60,568 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen 1 E.Bowden Drake Davidson Bastin   30
31 27/02/1937 Grimsby Town   A FL 0-0 3-1 2 18,216 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Milne E.Bowden Kirchen 3 John D.Compton   31
6 06/03/1937 West Bromwich Albion   A FAC 0-2 1-3 - 64,815 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Milne E.Bowden Kirchen James Bastin 1   6
32 10/03/1937 Liverpool   H FL 1-0 1-0 1 16,145 Boulton Male Hapgood Copping Roberts John Kirchen 1 Davidson E.Bowden Bastin D.Compton   32
33 13/03/1937 Leeds United   A FL 2-1 4-3 1 25,148 Boulton Male Hapgood Bastin 1p Roberts John Kirchen 2 E.Bowden 1 Drake Davidson D.Compton   33
34 20/03/1937 Birmingham   H FL 1-1 1-1 1 46,086 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts John Kirchen Bastin E.Bowden 1 Davidson D.Compton   34
35 26/03/1937 Stoke City   H FL 0-0 0-0 1 59,495 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen E.Bowden Drake James D.Compton   35
36 27/03/1937 Middlesbrough   A FL 0-0 1-1 1 44,523 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Kirchen Bastin E.Bowden 1 Davidson D.Compton   36
37 29/03/1937 Stoke City   A FL 0-0 0-0 1 51,480 Boulton L.Compton Hapgood Bastin Roberts Copping Nelson James Biggs Davidson D.Compton   37
38 03/04/1937 West Bromwich Albion   H FL 2-0 2-0 1 38,773 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Roberts Copping Kirchen Bastin E.Bowden Davidson 1 Nelson 1   38
39 10/04/1937 Manchester City   A FL 0-1 0-2 2 74,918 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Kirchen Bastin E.Bowden Davidson Nelson   39
40 17/04/1937 Portsmouth   H FL 1-0 4-0 2 29,098 Boulton L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Joy Copping Nelson 1 James Kirchen 1 Davidson D.Compton 2   40
3 19/04/1937 Portsmouth   N FR 2-0 2-0 - 10,000 Boulton L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Atter Copping Nelson A.James E.Bowden 1 Davidson D.Compton 1   3
41 24/04/1937 Chelsea   A FL 0-0 0-2 3 53,325 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Nelson Bastin E.Bowden Davidson D.Compton   41
42 01/05/1937 Bolton Wanderers   H FL 0-0 0-0 3 22,875 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Nelson James Kirchen Davidson Bastin   42
4 25/05/1937 Gothenburg (Sweden)   A FR   1-1 -   Boulton L.Compton Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Griffiths A.James Kirchen Davidson Milne 1 Cartwright 4
5 28/05/1937 Copenhagen (Denmark)   A FR 2-0 4-1 - 20,000 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Nelson A.James 1 Lewis 2 Davidson 1 Milne   5
6 31/05/1937 Copenhagen (Denmark)   A FR   5-1 -   Boulton Scott L.Compton Crayston 1 Atter Cartwright Griffiths Davidson 1 Lewis 1 Biggs 1 Nelson 1   6
7 02/06/1937 Copenhagen (Denmark)   A FR 2-0 3-0 - 22,000 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Nelson 1 A.James Lewis 1 Davidson Milne Atter 1 7
8 06/06/1937 Feyenoord (Netherlands)   A FR   3-0 - 55,000 Boulton Male Hapgood Crayston Sidey Copping Nelson A.James Biggs 2 Davidson Milne 1   8
19/04/1937 - Bath Coronation Cup; played at Bath.
Home ground - Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
Manager - George Allison
Directors - Earl of Lonsdale (Chairman until 4 December 1936, then President thereafter), John Edwards (Vice-chairman), Samuel Hill-Wood, Mathew Wilson, James McLachlan, Frederick Wall, Earl of Granard (Chairman from 4 December 1936), 
Harry Vanderpant, George Allison (Secretary), John Peters (Assistant Secretary).
Captain - Alex James
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