Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pos Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11     1942-43 ARSENAL WARTIME CAREER FOOTBALL LEAGUE - SOUTH 1942-43
1 29/08/1942 Charlton Athletic   A FLS 4-0 6-2 2 15,000 L.Compton Male Collett Crayston Joy Bastin Kirchen 1 Nelson Drake 2 B.Jones 3 Cumner 1     League Cup Friendlies League Cup Friendlies   Team P W D L F A Pts
2 05/09/1942 Southampton   H FLS 3-0 6-1 2 9,153 Marks McKillop Hapgood Henley Joy Collett Kirchen 3 Lewis 1 Drake 1 B.Jones Cumner 1 2 Player Guest's Club Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 ARSENAL 28 21 1 6 102 40 43
3 12/09/1942 Millwall   A FLS 1-1 2-1 1 12,500 Marks Male L.Compton Crayston Joy Collett Kirchen Nelson Drake 1 B.Jones Bastin 1 3 CS Bastin - 25   9   7   2   3   2   101   33   40   9   10   4   2 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 6 6 68 28 38
4 19/09/1942 Luton Town OG H FLS 0-0 2-0 1 8,994 Swindin L.Compton 1p Hapgood Crayston Joy Male Kirchen Nelson Drake B.Jones Bastin 4 JER Briscoe Hearts -   -   3   2   2   1   -   -   3   2   2   1   3 Queen's Park Rangers 28 18 2 8 64 49 38
5 26/09/1942 Portsmouth   A FLS 1-0 2-2 1 14,000 Swindin Scott L.Compton Henley Crayston Bastin Kirchen 1 Drake 1 Lewis Nelson D.Compton 5 E Collett - 9   -   2   -   2   1   70   -   30   -   5   1   4 Portsmouth 28 16 3 9 66 52 35
6 03/10/1942 Fulham   A FLS 1-2 4-3 1 11,000 Marks Scott L.Compton Crayston Joy Hapgood Kirchen 1 Drake 1 Lewis 2 Bastin Nelson 6 H Colley - 3   1   -   -   -   -   3   1   -   -   -   -   5 Southampton 28 14 5 9 86 58 33
7 10/10/1942 Clapton Orient   A FLS 2-1 4-1 1 4,000 Swindin Scott L.Compton Henley Male Bastin Drake 2 Nelson Lewis 2 B.Jones Strauss 7 DCS Compton - 12   11   7   7   1   1   57   33   30   17   6   3   6 West Ham United 28 14 5 9 80 66 33
8 17/10/1942 Brentford   H FLS 0-1 0-2 1 16,700 Swindin Scott Hapgood Crayston Joy Male Kirchen Henley Lewis B.Jones Bastin 8 LH Compton (on field) - 9   1   6   1   1   -   81   48   33   35   6   9   7 Chelsea 28 14 4 10 52 45 32
9 24/10/1942 Reading   H FLS 3-1 4-1 1 9,007 Swindin Male Scott Shankly Joy Henley Kirchen Drake 1 Lewis 1 Bastin D.Compton 2 9 LH Compton (in goal) - 1 (0) 2 * -   -   -   -   1 (0) 2 * -   -   -   -   8 Aldershot 28 14 2 12 87 77 30
10 31/10/1942 Crystal Palace   A FLS 3-0 7-1 1 12,900 Marks Scott Hapgood Henley Joy Male Kirchen Nelson Lewis 5 Bastin D.Compton 2 10 W Copping Leeds United 3   -   -   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   -   -   9 Brentford 28 12 5 11 64 63 29
11 07/11/1942 Tottenham Hotspur   A FLS 0-1 0-1 2 21,551 Marks Scott Hapgood Henley Joy Male Kirchen Drake Lewis Bastin D.Compton 11 WJ Crayston - 14   4   7   1   2   -   56   17   20   4   12   3   10 Charlton Athletic 28 13 3 12 68 75 29
12 14/11/1942 Queen's Park Rangers OG H FLS 1-0 3-0 1 14,646 Marks Scott Young Crayston Joy Male Colley L.Jones Drake B.Jones Kirchen 2 12 J Crozier Brentford -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   11 Clapton Orient 28 11 5 12 54 72 27
13 21/11/1942 Aldershot   A FLS 0-2 7-4 1 10,000 Kelly Scott Young Crayston Male L.Jones Nelson Henley Lewis 3 Bastin 2 D.Compton 2(1p) 13 RH Cumner - 4   1   -   -   -   -   9   3   -   -   3   1   12 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 10 5 13 64 72 25
14 28/11/1942 Charlton Athletic   H FLS 2-0 3-0 1 9,129 Kelly Male Young Shankly Joy Crayston Kirchen Henley 1 Lewis Bastin 1 D.Compton 1 14 LP Delaney - -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   13 Reading 28 9 6 13 67 74 24
15 05/12/1942 Southampton   A FLS 1-1 3-1 1 9,000 Kelly Scott Young Johnston Fields Male Nelson Bastin Lewis 2 Morgan 1 D.Compton 15 EJ Drake - 17   13   2   3   2   -   49   38   23   15   5   -   14 Fulham 28 10 2 16 69 78 22
16 12/12/1942 Millwall   H FLS 2-0 6-0 1 10,200 Marks Scott Hapgood Shankly Joy Male Drake 1 Crayston 2 Lewis 2(1p) Bastin Kirchen 1 16 AG Fields - 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   3   -   15 Crystal Palace 28 7 5 16 49 75 19
17 19/12/1942 Luton Town   A FLS 2-0 4-0 1 3,000 Marks Scott L.Compton Shankly Joy Male Nelson Crayston 1 Lewis Bastin 2 D.Compton 1 17 W Hamilton St. Bernard's -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   16 Millwall 28 6 5 17 66 88 17
18 25/12/1942 Chelsea   A FLS 1-3 2-5 1 17,000 Watson-Smith Scott Hapgood Pryde Male Bastin Colley 1 Drake Lewis 1 Nelson Cumner 18 EA Hapgood (on field) - 10   -   1   -   1   -   66   1   19   -   11   -   17 Watford 28 7 2 19 51 88 16
19 26/12/1942 Chelsea   H FLS 0-4 1-5 1 18,253 Watson-Smith Scott Young Pryde Male Hapgood Colley Drake Lewis Bastin 1 Cumner 19 EA Hapgood (in goal) - -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   18 Luton Town 28 4 6 18 48 100 14
20 02/01/1943 Portsmouth   H FLS 2-0 5-0 1 9,778 Marks Scott Hapgood Henley Joy Male Nelson Bastin 1 Lewis 2 B.Jones Kirchen 2 20 LD Henley - 14   4   1   -   1   -   37   8   18   3   2   1  
21 09/01/1943 Fulham   H FLS 3-1 7-2 1 8,332 Tweedy Scott Winter Henley Joy Male 1 Kirchen 1 Bastin Lewis 3 B.Jones 1 D.Compton 1 21 D Johnston Hearts 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP - SOUTH GROUP 1 1942-43
22 16/01/1943 Clapton Orient   H FLS 2-0 6-0 1 8,387 Joslin Scott Winter Henley Male Collett Nelson Bastin 1 Lewis 3 B.Jones Kirchen 2 22 B Jones - 12   4   -   -   -   -   21   5   3   -   4   1     Team P W D L F A Pts
23 23/01/1943 Brentford   A FLS 0-0 1-0 1 23,180 Tweedy Male L.Compton Copping Joy Collett Kirchen Bastin Drake B.Jones D.Compton 1p 23 LJ Jones - 2   -   -   -   -   -   39   4   12   2   9   -   1 ARSENAL 6 5 1 0 21 5 11
24 30/01/1943 Reading   A FLS 5-0 5-4 1 8,000 Tweedy Winter Young Crayston Male Collett Kirchen Henley 3 Lewis 1 Bastin Nelson 1 24 PJ Joslin Torquay United 1 (1) 0 * -   -   -   -   1 (1) 0 * -   -   -   -   2 West Ham United 6 3 1 2 19 9 7
25 06/02/1943 Crystal Palace   H FLS 5-0 9-0 1 7,926 Marks Male Collett Crayston 1 Joy Henley Kirchen Drake 3 Lewis 3 Nelson 1 D.Compton 1p 25 B Joy - 20   -   7   -   3   -   87   -   39   -   11   -   3 Watford 6 1 3 2 9 12 5
26 13/02/1943 Tottenham Hotspur   H FLS 0-0 1-0 1 30,690 Marks Male L.Compton Copping Joy Collett Kirchen 1 Nelson Drake Bastin D.Compton 26 PM Kelly Aberdeen 3 (1) 5 * -   -   -   -   3 (1) 5 * -   -   -   -   4 Brighton & Hove Albion 6 0 1 5 4 27 1
27 20/02/1943 Queen's Park Rangers   A FLS 1-2 2-3 1 13,495 Marks Scott Male Copping Joy Collett Nelson Bastin Lewis 2 B.Jones Kirchen 27 AJ Kirchen - 22   15   5   1   2   1   79   57   26   16   9   4  
28 27/02/1943 Aldershot   H FLS 0-0 0-1 1 6,848 Tweedy Scott L.Compton Shankly Joy Male Drake Crayston Lewis Bastin Kirchen 28 R Lewis - 22   33   8   14   1   1   80   96   19   19   4   4  
G1 06/03/1943 Brighton And Hove Albion   A FLCS 5-1 5-1 2 10,000 Crozier Male Hapgood Shankly Crayston Collett Briscoe Nelson Lewis 3 Bastin D.Compton 2 G1 TB McKillop Glasgow Rangers 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -  
G2 13/03/1943 Watford OG H FLCS 2-0 4-1 2 7,521 Marks Male Scott Shankly Joy Collett Kirchen Drake 1 Lewis Bastin D.Compton 2(1p) G2 CG Male - 25   1   8   -   2   -   91   2   31   -   10   -  
G3 20/03/1943 West Ham United   A FLCS 2-0 3-1 1 22,000 Marks Scott L.Compton Shankly Joy Male Kirchen 1 Crayston Lewis 2 Bastin D.Compton G3 WG Marks - 12 (6) 10 * 7 (1) 6 * 3 (0) 6 * 45 (15) 54 * 23 (6) 19 * 12 (6) 13 *
G4 27/03/1943 Brighton And Hove Albion   H FLCS 2-0 5-0 1 7,991 Marks Scott L.Compton 1 Shankly Joy Male Kirchen Crayston 1 Lewis 3 Henley D.Compton G4 AS Morgan - 1   1   -   -   -   -   2   2   -   -   -   -  
G5 03/04/1943 Watford   A FLCS 0-1 1-1 1 8,726 Marks Scott L.Compton Shankly Joy Male Kirchen Crayston Lewis 1 Bastin Nelson G5 D Nelson - 17   2   3   -   -   -   58   13   21   4   6   -  
G6 10/04/1943 West Ham United   H FLCS 1-1 3-1 1 31,016 Marks Scott L.Compton Crayston Joy Male Briscoe 1 Nelson Lewis Bastin 1 D.Compton 1 G6 D Pryde - 2   -   -   -   -   -   17   -   3   -   1   -  
1 17/04/1943 Luton Town   A FR 0-1 4-1 - 3,000 Marks Scott Hapgood Crayston Joy Hamilton Stroud 1 Collett 1 Drake Bastin 1 Briscoe 1 1 L Scott - 19   -   7   -   2   -   69   -   33   -   7 +1 -  
SF 24/04/1943 Queen's Park Rangers   N FLCS 1-0 4-1 - 50,048 Marks Scott L.Compton Crayston Joy Male Briscoe 1 Shankly Lewis 1 Bastin 1 D.Compton 1 SF W Shankly Preston North End 5   -   6   -   -   -   5   -   6   -   -   -  
F 01/05/1943 Charlton Athletic   N FLCS 4-1 7-1 - 75,000 Marks Scott L.Compton Crayston Joy Male Kirchen Drake 2 Lewis 4 Bastin D.Compton 1 F WH Strauss Aberdeen 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -  
2 08/05/1943 Tottenham Hotspur   A FR 1-0 2-1 - 8,560 Marks Male Delaney Collett Joy Hamilton Briscoe Henley Vaughan Bastin 1 Kirchen 1 2 RW Stroud Hendon -   -   -   -   1   1   -   -   -   -   1   1  
3 15/05/1943 Blackpool   N FR 2-2 2-4 - 55,195 Marks Scott L.Compton Crayston Joy Male Kirchen Drake Lewis 1 Bastin D.Compton 1 3 GH Swindin - 5 (1) 6 * -   -   -   -   10 (2) 12 * -   -   -   -  
24/04/1943 played at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea. 01/05/1943 played at Wembley. 15/05/1943 North v South cup winners' play-off; played at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea. GJ Tweedy Grimsby Town 4 (1) 7 * -   -   -   -   6 (1) 12 * 4 (2) 5 * 1 (0) 2 *
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Home ground - White Hart Lane, Tottenham N Watson-Smith Yorkshire Amateurs 2 (0) 10 * -   -   -   -   2 (0) 10 * -   -   -   -  
Manager - George Allison DT Winter Bolton Wanderers 3   -   -   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   -   -  
Directors - Samuel Hill-Wood (Chairman), Mathew Wilson, Bracewell Smith, Ralph Fielder, George Allison (Secretary), others may be possible AE Young - 6   -   -   -   -   -   7   -   -   -   1   -  
Captain - Eddie Hapgood Own Goals - -   2   -   1   -   -   -   8   -   4   -   -  
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