Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pos Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11     1943-44 ARSENAL WARTIME CAREER FOOTBALL LEAGUE - SOUTH 1943-44
1 28/08/1943 Charlton Athletic   A FLS 0-1 0-1 16 13,500 Marks Scott Male Henley Joy Collett Kirchen Nelson L.Compton Bastin D.Compton 1     League Cup League Cup Friendlies   Team P W D L F A Pts
2 04/09/1943 Southampton   H FLS 2-0 4-1 7 11,525 Marks Male Scott Crayston Joy Collett Nelson Curtis 2 Kirchen Bastin 2 D.Compton 2 Player Guest's Club Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 Tottenham Hotspur 30 19 8 3 71 36 46
3 11/09/1943 West Ham United   A FLS 1-2 2-2 8 15,000 Crozier Male Edington Crayston Joy Cabrelli Briscoe 1 Curtis Kirchen 1 Bastin Nelson 3 T Alexander Queen's Park 2   1   -   -   2   1   -   -   -   -   2 West Ham United 30 17 7 6 74 39 41
4 18/09/1943 Portsmouth   H FLS 1-0 1-2 14 12,738 J.Jones Male Scott Crayston 1 Joy Hamilton Drake Nelson Lewis Cabrelli D.Compton 4 W Barnes (on field) - 19   2   5   1   19   2   5   1   -   -   3 Queen's Park Rangers 30 14 12 4 69 54 40
5 25/09/1943 Brighton And Hove Albion   A FLS 0-1 1-1 13 7,000 Marks Male Barnes Curtis Joy Collett Briscoe Drake Lewis Bastin 1p Albert Jones 5 W Barnes (in goal) - 1 (0) 1 * -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   -   -   4 ARSENAL 30 14 10 6 72 42 38
6 02/10/1943 Fulham   A FLS 3-1 4-3 9 17,994 Marks Scott Barnes Crayston Joy Male Briscoe Curtis Lewis Bastin 1 D.Compton 3 6 CS Bastin - 24   12   5   -   125   45   45   9   10   4   5 Crystal Palace 30 16 5 9 75 53 37
7 09/10/1943 Clapton Orient   A FLS 0-1 1-1 8 7,500 Marks Male Scott Crayston Joy Cabrelli Briscoe Henley Lewis Bastin D.Compton 1 7 JER Briscoe Hearts 19   6   2   -   19   6   5   2   2   1   6 Portsmouth 30 16 5 9 68 59 37
8 16/10/1943 Brentford   H FLS 2-2 3-3 8 17,658 Marks Barnes Collett Curtis Joy Bastin 1 Briscoe 1 Drake Lewis 1 Goulden Nelson 8 B Bryant Walthamstow Avenue 1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   7 Brentford 30 14 7 9 71 51 35
9 23/10/1943 Watford   H FLS 1-2 4-2 7 8,033 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Drake 1 Nelson Lewis 3 Bastin D.Compton 9 MJ Buckby   -   -   1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   8 Chelsea 30 16 2 12 79 55 34
10 30/10/1943 Crystal Palace   A FLS 0-1 1-1 6 14,000 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Drake Nelson Lewis 1 Bastin D.Compton 10 P Cabrelli Raith Rovers 3   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   -   -   9 Fulham 30 11 9 10 80 73 31
11 06/11/1943 Chelsea   H FLS 3-0 6-0 6 16,007 Swindin Male Barnes Crayston Joy Collett Briscoe Curtis Lewis 2 Bastin 2 D.Compton 2 11 E Collett - 24   -   5   -   94   -   35   -   5   1   10 Millwall 30 13 4 13 70 66 30
12 13/11/1943 Queen's Park Rangers   H FLS 2-0 5-0 5 20,014 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Briscoe Crayston Lewis 3 Bastin 1 D.Compton 1 12 DCS Compton - 18   10   1   3   75   43   31   20   6   3   11 Aldershot 30 12 6 12 64 73 30
A 20/11/1943 Aldershot   A FLS 2-2 2-3 5 10,000 Marks Scott L.Compton Barnes Joy Collett Briscoe Crayston Drake 1 Bastin D.Compton 1 A LH Compton (on field) - 1   -   2   -   82   48   35   35   6   9   12 Reading 30 12 3 15 73 62 27
13 27/11/1943 Charlton Athletic   H FLS 2-1 6-2 4 7,275 Marks Scott Barnes Crayston 1 Joy Collett Briscoe 1 Drake Lewis 2 Bastin 1 D.Compton 1 13 LH Compton (in goal) - -   -   -   -   1 (0) 2 * -   -   -   -   13 Southampton 30 10 7 13 67 88 27
14 04/12/1943 Southampton   A FLS 2-1 2-1 3 12,000 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Drake Crayston Lewis 2(1p) Curtis Briscoe 14 WJ Crayston - 10   2   -   -   66   19   20   4   12   3   14 Charlton Athletic 30 9 7 14 57 73 25
15 11/12/1943 West Ham United   H FLS 0-0 1-1 3 22,497 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Briscoe Crayston Flavell 1 Bastin D.Compton 15 J Crozier Brentford 1 (0) 2 * -   -   1 (0) 2 * 1 (0) 1 * -   -   15 Watford 30 6 8 16 58 80 20
16 18/12/1943 Tottenham Hotspur   A FLS 0-0 1-2 4 22,683 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Briscoe 1 Flavell Lewis Bastin D.Compton 16 RH Cumner - -   -   2   -   9   3   2   -   3   1   16 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 9 2 19 55 82 20
17 25/12/1943 Millwall   A FLS 2-1 5-1 3 10,000 Marks Male Scott Bastin Joy Collett Stroud Drake 1 Lewis 2 Flavell 1 D.Compton 1 17 GF Curtis - 7   2   -   -   28   4   9   1   2 +1 -   17 Clapton Orient 30 4 3 23 32 87 11
18 27/12/1943 Millwall   H FLS 0-1 1-1 5 16,454 Hooper Scott Barnes Male Joy Collett Stroud Drake Lewis 1 Bastin D.Compton 18 LP Delaney - 1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   2   -   18 Luton Town 30 3 5 22 42 104 11
19 01/01/1944 Portsmouth   A FLS 0-1 1-2 6 16,000 Marks Male Barnes Collett Joy Edington Briscoe Drake Lewis Thomas 1 D.Compton 19 GH Dingwall St. Bernard's 1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -  
20 08/01/1944 Chelsea   A FLS 0-0 0-2 6 19,310 Marks Male Scott Collett Joy Edington Briscoe Drake Lewis Bastin D.Compton 20 EJ Drake - 17   6   6   7   66   44   29   22   5   -   FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP - SOUTH GROUP D 1943-44
21 22/01/1944 Fulham   H FLS 0-1 1-1 6 8,116 Marks Male Barnes Collett Joy Edington Briscoe Flavell Bryant Bastin Nelson 1 21 HP Duke Luton Town 1 (1) 0 * 3 (0) 5 * 1 (1) 0 * 3 (0) 5 * -   -     Team P W D L F A Pts
22 29/01/1944 Clapton Orient   H FLS 0-0 1-0 5 8,971 Marks Scott Barnes Collett Male Edington Drake 1 Flavell Lewis Bastin D.Compton 22 J Edington - 6   -   2   -   6   -   2   -   -   -   1 Reading 6 6 0 0 23 6 12
23 05/02/1944 Brentford   A FLS 0-1 1-4 7 20,270 Marks Scott Delaney Barnes Joy Collett Briscoe McLennan Drake Flavell D.Compton 1 23 DM Farquhar - 4   -   -   -   4   -   -   -   -   -   2 Queen's Park Rangers 6 5 1 0 25 7 11
24 12/02/1944 Watford   A FLS 0-0 2-0 6 7,887 Duke Male Barnes Collett Joy Edington Briscoe 1 Nelson 1 Drake Flavell E.Jones 24 WLW Flack Norwich City -   -   1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   3 Fulham 6 2 0 4 15 15 4
G1 19/02/1944 Luton Town   H FLCS 4-1 7-1 2 4,954 Duke Male L.Compton Collett Joy Flack Cumner Nelson Drake 4 Bastin D.Compton 3 G1 R Flavell Airdrie 8   3   3   1   8   3   3   1   -   -   4 ARSENAL 6 1 2 3 13 15 4
G2 26/02/1944 Queen's Park Rangers   A FLCS 1-0 1-1 2 15,000 Duke Scott L.Compton Male Gillies Collett Nelson Flavell Drake Barnes 1 E.Jones G2 MM Gillies Bolton Wanderers -   -   2   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   5 Luton Town 6 1 1 4 8 21 3
G3 04/03/1944 Reading   H FLCS 0-0 2-3 4 12,582 Duke Scott Barnes Bastin Joy Collett E.Jones Flavell 1 Lewis 1 Drake Cumner G3 LA Goulden West Ham United 1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   6 Clapton Orient 6 1 0 5 7 27 2
G4 11/03/1944 Luton Town   A FLCS 0-1 1-1 3 10,000 Marks Scott Barnes Male Joy Edington Drake 1 Flavell Lewis Bastin Hamilton G4 W Hamilton St. Bernard's 7   -   1   -   7   -   1   -   2   -  
G5 18/03/1944 Queen's Park Rangers   H FLCS 0-1 1-4 3 17,367 Marks Scott Barnes Male Gillies Collett Briscoe Buckby Drake 1 Bastin Nelson G5 LD Henley - 3   -   -   -   40   8   18   3   2   1  
G6 25/03/1944 Reading   A FLCS 1-2 1-5 4 19,722 Marks Male Scott Collett Joy Edington Briscoe Lewis Drake 1 Bastin Barnes G6 PWG Hooper Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0) 1 * -   -   2 (1) 1 * -   -   -   -  
25 01/04/1944 Aldershot   A FLS 1-0 3-0 6 8,000 Marks Male Young Henley Joy Hamilton Stroud Flavell 1 Lewis 1 Nelson 1 Briscoe 25 WA Hughes Huddersfield Town 2 (0) 3 * -   -   2 (0) 3 * -   -   -   -  
26 08/04/1944 Crystal Palace   H FLS 1-1 5-2 4 11,563 Hughes Male Young Dingwall Joy Hamilton Briscoe McLennan Lewis 2 Bastin 1p Barnes 2 26 Albert Jones Shorts 1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -  
27 10/04/1944 Brighton And Hove Albion   H FLS 2-1 3-1 4 8,369 Barnes Scott Young Farquhar Collett Hamilton Drake 1 McLennan Lewis Bastin 1p Briscoe 1 27 Arthur Jones Frickley Colliery 2   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -  
28 22/04/1944 Tottenham Hotspur   H FLS 2-2 3-3 4 26,330 Marks Male Scott Farquhar Joy Hamilton Alexander 1 Collett Drake 1 Bastin 1p Barnes 28 EN Jones West Bromwich Albion 1   -   2   -   1   -   2   -   -   -  
29 29/04/1944 Queen's Park Rangers   A FLS 1-1 1-1 4 10,000 Marks Male Arthur Jones Farquhar Collett Hamilton Alexander McLennan Lewis 1 Bastin Nelson 29 JT Jones Northampton Town 1 (0) 2 * -   -   1 (0) 2 * -   -   -   -  
30 06/05/1944 Aldershot   H FLS 0-0 3-1 4 6,335 Hughes Collett Arthur Jones Farquhar Joy Hamilton Drake 1 Bastin Lewis 2 Smith Nelson 30 B Joy - 27   -   4   -   114   -   43   -   11   -  
20/11/1943 Abandoned after 67 minutes due to fog. AJ Kirchen - 3   1   -   -   82   58   26   16   9   4  
R Lewis - 22   23   3   1   102   119   22   20   4   4  
Home ground - White Hart Lane, Tottenham J McLennan Hearts 4   -   -   -   4   -   -   -   -   -  
Manager - George Allison CG Male - 25   -   5   -   116   2   36   -   10   -  
Directors - Samuel Hill-Wood (Chairman), Mathew Wilson, Bracewell Smith, Ralph Fielder, George Allison (Secretary), others may be possible WG Marks - 22 (3) 33 * 3 (0) 10 * 67 (18) 87 * 26 (6) 29 * 12 (6) 13 *
Captain - Eddie Hapgood D Nelson - 12   3   3   -   70   16   24   4   6   -  
L Scott - 19   -   5   -   88   -   38   -   7 +1 -  
16 2 CJ Smith Aberdeen 1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -  
7 2 RW Stroud Hendon 3   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   1   1  
8 4 GH Swindin - 1 (1) 0 * -   -   11 (3) 12 * -   -   -   -  
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