Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pos. Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sub     1945-46 ARSENAL WARTIME CAREER   FOOTBALL LEAGUE - SOUTH 1945-46
1 12/08/1945 Combined Services XI   N FR 4-0 6-1 - 35,000 Swindin Scott Hapgood Henley L.Compton Collett Farquhar Nelson Lewis 2 Mortensen 1 Wrigglesworth 3   1     League FA Cup Friendlies League Cup Friendlies FA Cup   Team P W D L F A Pts
1 25/08/1945 Coventry City   A FLS 0-2 0-2 20 20,943 Griffiths Scott Wade Farquhar Joy Collett Roberts Nelson Hitchen Henley Holland   1 Player Guest's Club Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 Birmingham City 42 28 5 9 96 45 61
2 27/08/1945 West Ham United   A FLS 0-1 1-1 14 22,256 Joslin Scott Wade Horsfield Joy Collett Farquhar Nelson Mercer 1 Holland Wrigglesworth   2 GLD Bacuzzi Fulham -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   2 Aston Villa 42 25 11 6 106 58 61
3 01/09/1945 Coventry City   H FLS 0-0 0-0 14 20,363 Griffiths Scott Moody Horsfield L.Smith Wade Farquhar Barnes Mortensen Holland Wrigglesworth   3 CH Barnard Colchester United 10   2   -   -   1   1   10   2   -   -   1   1   -   -   3 Charlton Athletic 42 25 10 7 92 45 60
4 03/09/1945 Wolverhampton Wanderers   A FLS 0-0 1-1 12 29,152 Marks Scott Fisher Henley L.Smith Wade Farquhar Nelson Wilson 1 Mortensen Wrigglesworth   4 W Barnes (on field) - 1   -   -   -   -   -   33   2   6   1   -   -   -   -   4 Derby County 42 24 7 11 101 62 55
5 08/09/1945 Luton Town   H FLS 0-2 0-2 18 13,365 Marks Scott Moody Wilson L.Smith Wade Farquhar Henley MacKenzie Nelson Holland   5 W Barnes (in goal) - -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   -   -   -   `   5 West Bromwich Albion 42 22 8 12 104 69 52
6 15/09/1945 Luton Town   A FLS 0-0 2-1 14 13,939 Griffiths Moody Wade Horsfield L.Smith Farquhar Nelson Bremner MacKenzie Henley Morgan 2   6 CS Bastin - 29   5   1   -   1   -   182   58   51   9   11   4   42   26   6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 11 11 75 48 51
7 22/09/1945 Aston Villa   H FLS 1-2 2-4 17 32,605 Griffiths Scott Wade Horsfield Fields Little Nieuwenhuys Bremner 1 Bowden 1 Nelson Morgan   7 A Beasley Fulham 5   -   -   -   -   -   12   2   5   -   1   -   10   5   7 West Ham United 42 20 11 11 94 76 51
8 29/09/1945 Aston Villa   A FLS 0-2 1-5 18 44,159 Griffiths Scott Moody Horsfield Hall Little Nieuwenhuys L.Jones 1 Bowden B.Jones Nelson   8 NH Bowden - 2   1   -   -   -   -   3   1   1   1   -   -   -   -   8 Fulham 42 20 10 12 93 73 50
9 06/10/1945 Swansea Town   H FLS 3-0 4-1 16 20,606 Griffiths Scott Wade Henley L.Compton Hamilton Nelson 1 Bremner Horsfield 2 L.Jones Farquhar 1   9 GH Bremner - 14   6   -   -   -   -   21   6   1   -   1   -   -   -   9 Tottenham Hotspur 42 22 3 17 78 81 47
10 13/10/1945 Swansea Town   A FLS 1-1 2-3 17 25,570 Griffiths Scott Young 1 Hamilton L.Compton Wade Farquhar Bremner Collett L.Jones Holland 1   10 H Brown Queen's Park Rangers -   -   -   -   0 +1 (0) 2 * -   -   -   -   0 +1 (0) 2 * -   -   10 Chelsea 42 19 6 17 92 80 44
11 20/10/1945 Charlton Athletic   H FLS 0-1 1-2 17 30,582 Griffiths Wade Chenhall Henley L.Smith Halton Nelson Drury 1 Horsfield Bastin Beasley   11 S Cartwright - 3   -   -   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   11 ARSENAL 42 16 11 15 76 73 43
12 27/10/1945 Charlton Athletic   A FLS 1-4 2-6 17 38,450 Griffiths Scott Chenhall Bastin Wade Farquhar O'Flanagan 1 Drury 1 Bremner Beasley Nelson   12 JC Chenhall - 3   -   -   -   -   -   3   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   12 Millwall 42 17 8 17 79 105 42
13 03/11/1945 Fulham   A FLS 1-3 2-5 18 32,374 Griffiths Scott Wade Bastin L.Smith Collett Nelson Bremner O'Flanagan 1 Drury 1 Cumner   13 E Collett - 24   -   1   -   2   -   138   -   40   -   7   1   1   -   13 Coventry City 42 15 10 17 70 69 40
14 10/11/1945 Fulham OG H FLS 1-0 2-0 18 19,000 Griffiths Scott Wade Bastin L.Smith Collett Nelson Bremner O'Flanagan Drury 1 Beasley   14 DCS Compton - 11   6   -   -   1   -   86   49   31   20   7   3   -   -   14 Brentford 42 14 10 18 82 72 38
15 17/11/1945 Plymouth Argyle   H FLS 3-0 3-0 18 14,479 Griffiths Scott Wade Bastin L.Smith Collett Nelson Bremner O'Flanagan 1 Drury 1 Cumner 1   15 LH Compton (on field) - 5   -   -   -   1   -   87   48   35   35   8   9   2   -   15 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 72 73 37
2 21/11/1945 Dynamo Moscow (USSR)   H FR 3-2 3-4 - 54,640 Griffiths 2* Scott Bacuzzi Bastin Joy Halton Matthews Drury Rooke 1 Mortensen 2 Cumner Brown 2* 2 LH Compton (in goal) - -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (0) 2 * -   -   -   -   -   -   16 Southampton 42 14 9 19 97 105 37
16 24/11/1945 Plymouth Argyle   A FLS 1-0 4-0 16 26,419 Griffiths Scott Wade Bastin L.Smith Collett Nelson Bremner 1 Hodges 3 Drury Beasley   16 A Cross Queen's Park 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   17 Swansea Town 42 15 7 20 90 112 37
17 01/12/1945 Portsmouth   A FLS 0-1 1-1 16 26,639 Griffiths Scott Wade Bastin L.Smith Collett Nelson Bremner Hodges Drury 1 Beasley   17 RH Cumner - 12   2   1   1   1   -   22   5   2   -   4   1   1   1   18 Luton Town 42 13 7 22 60 92 33
18 08/12/1945 Portsmouth OG H FLS 1-0 4-3 16 18,480 Griffiths Scott Hapgood Bastin Collett Wade Hodges Bremner 1 O'Flanagan 1 Drury 1 Cumner   18 GF Curtis - 7   -   -   -   -   -   35   4   9   1   2 +1 -   -   -   19 Portsmouth 42 11 6 25 66 87 28
19 15/12/1945 Nottingham Forest   H FLS 1-1 2-2 14 17,500 Griffiths Scott Hapgood Bastin Collett Cross Hodges Drury 2 O'Flanagan Nelson Cumner   19 LP Delaney - 1   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   20 Leicester City 42 8 7 27 57 101 23
20 22/12/1945 Nottingham Forest   A FLS 0-1 2-3 15 20,202 Griggs Scott Hapgood Bastin 1p Joy Collett Nelson Henley O'Flanagan 1 Drury Hodges   20 GB Drury - 14   9   1   -   1   -   16   10   1   -   1   1   2   -   21 Newport County 42 9 2 31 52 125 20
21 25/12/1945 Newport County   A FLS 0-1 2-1 14 13,003 Griggs Scott S.Jones Nelson Lillie Collett Farquhar Henley 1 Drury L.Jones Cumner 1   21 DM Farquhar - 12   5   -   -   1   -   42   13   6   2   4   -   -   -   22 Plymouth Argyle 42 3 8 31 39 120 14
22 26/12/1945 Newport County   H FLS 5-0 7-0 12 16,536 Griggs Scott Hapgood Nelson Joy Collett Farquhar 3 Henley 1 O'Flanagan 2 Drury Bastin 1   22 AG Fields - 1   -   -   -   1   -   2   -   -   -   4   -   -   -  
23 29/12/1945 Wolverhampton Wanderers   H FLS 2-1 3-2 9 37,970 Griggs Scott Hapgood Nelson Joy Collett O'Flanagan 1 Henley 2 Lewis Drury Bastin   23 FT Fisher Grimsby Town 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -  
3 05/01/1946 West Ham United   A FAC 0-4 0-6 - 35,000 Swindin Scott Wade Nelson Joy Collett O'Flanagan Henley Lewis Drury Bastin   3 WR Griffiths Cardiff City 16 (4) 35 * -   -   1 (0) 2 * 18 (4) 40 * -   -   2 (1) 2 * -   -  
3 09/01/1946 West Ham United   H FAC 1-0 1-0 - 21,733 Swindin Scott Wade Male Joy Waller Nelson L.Jones O'Flanagan Logie Cumner 1   3 CC Griggs - 4 (1) 6 * -   -   -   -   5 (1) 9 * -   -   -   -   -   -  
24 12/01/1946 West Bromwich Albion   H FLS 0-0 2-0 9 22,334 Swindin Male Collett Nelson Waller Patterson Bremner 1 Henley 1 Barnard Russell Bastin   24 FW Hall Blackburn Rovers 1   -   -   -   -   -   5   -   3   -   1   -   -   -  
25 19/01/1946 West Bromwich Albion   A FLS 1-0 1-0 8 18,748 Swindin Cartwright Collett Nelson Waller Patterson Bremner 1 L.Jones Stanley Bastin Cumner   25 RL Halton Bury 1   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -  
26 26/01/1946 Leicester City   A FLS 1-4 5-4 6 14,723 Swindin Male Scott Waller L.Compton Patterson Bremner 1 L.Jones 2 Barnard 2 Nelson Bastin   26 W Hamilton St. Bernard's 2   -   -   -   -   -   23   -   4   -   4   -   -   -  
27 02/02/1946 Birmingham City   H FLS 0-2 0-3 6 29,921 Swindin Male Scott Waller L.Compton Wade Nelson L.Jones Barnard Bastin Cumner   27 EA Hapgood (on field) - 5   -   -   -   1   -   71   1   19   -   12   -   41   -  
28 09/02/1946 Tottenham Hotspur   H FLS 1-1 1-1 9 38,927 Swindin Scott Collett Male L.Compton Patterson Cartwright Nelson Barnard Bastin 1 Cumner   28 EA Hapgood (in goal) - -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (0) 1 * -   -   1 (0) 1 *
29 16/02/1946 Tottenham Hotspur   A FLS 0-1 0-2 9 44,510 Swindin Male Collett Nelson Waller Cartwright Cumner L.Jones Barnard Bastin D.Compton   29 LD Henley - 13   5   1   -   1   -   71   13   19   3   4   1   1   -  
30 23/02/1946 Brentford   A FLS 1-0 3-6 9 21,030 Swindin Scott Collett Male Joy Patterson Barnard Nelson O'Flanagan 1 Bastin 1 D.Compton 1   30 J Hitchen   1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
3 02/03/1946 Fulham   A FR   1-2 - 10,000 Swindin Ollerenshaw Scott L.Jones Fields Collett Nelson Milton Barnard 1 Russell D.Compton   3 CL Hodges - 5   3   -   -   -   -   6   3   -   -   -   -   -   -  
31 09/03/1946 Chelsea   H FLS 1-2 1-2 10 30,554 Swindin Male Scott Waller Joy Patterson Nelson L.Jones O'Flanagan Bastin D.Compton 1   31 EJ Holland - 5   1   -   -   -   -   8   2   -   -   -   -   -   -  
32 13/03/1946 Birmingham City   A FLS 1-0 1-0 8 14,240 Swindin Male Scott Waller Joy Collett Nelson Henley Barnard Bastin D.Compton 1   32 A Horsfield - 7   2   -   -   -   -   7   2   -   -   -   -   -   -  
33 16/03/1946 Chelsea   A FLS 1-1 2-1 8 45,000 Swindin Scott Collett Nelson Joy Waller O'Flanagan McPherson Barnard Bastin D.Compton 2   33 B Jones - 1   -   -   -   -   -   22   5   3   -   4   1   1   -  
34 23/03/1946 Millwall   A FLS 0-1 1-1 9 30,000 Swindin Scott Collett Nelson Joy Waller O'Flanagan 1 Henley Barnard Bastin D.Compton   34 LJ Jones - 9   3   1   -   1   -   48   7   12   2   10   -   4   -  
35 30/03/1946 Millwall   H FLS 1-0 4-0 8 29,444 Swindin Scott Collett Nelson Joy Male O'Flanagan 1 McPherson 1 Roffi Bastin 1 D.Compton 1   35 S Jones - 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
36 06/04/1946 Southampton   H FLS 1-0 1-1 8 21,248 Marks Ollerenshaw Collett Nelson Joy Bastin O'Flanagan McPherson Roffi 1 Curtis Morgan   36 PJ Joslin Torquay United 1 (0) 1 * -   -   -   -   2 (1) 1 * -   -   -   -   -   -  
37 13/04/1946 Southampton   A FLS 1-1 1-1 8 16,000 Swindin Male Chenhall Nelson L.Smith Logie O'Flanagan Bastin Roffi Curtis Morgan 1   37 B Joy - 17   -   2   -   1   -   148   -   47   -   12   -   6   -  
38 19/04/1946 Derby County   A FLS 1-1 1-1 9 28,156 Marks Male Scott Nelson Joy Bastin Cumner McPherson 1 O'Flanagan Curtis D.Compton   38 R Lewis - 2   1   1   -   1   2   104   120   22   20   5   6   2   -  
39 20/04/1946 Leicester City   H FLS 0-1 1-2 10 20,000 Swindin Scott Delaney Nelson Joy Logie Cumner McPherson Roffi 1 Curtis D.Compton   39 DG Lillie Dulwich Hamlet 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
40 22/04/1946 Derby County   H FLS 0-1 0-1 11 27,540 Swindin Male Scott Nelson Joy Logie O'Flanagan Drury Barnard Curtis D.Compton   40 A Little Glasgow Rangers 2   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
41 29/04/1946 Brentford   H FLS 1-1 1-1 11 5,250 Marks Male Scott Nelson 1 Joy Logie Cumner Curtis McPherson Bastin D.Compton   41 JT Logie - 5   -   1   -   -   -   6   1   -   -   -   -   1   -  
42 04/05/1946 West Ham United   H FLS 0-1 2-1 11 29,189 Swindin Scott Wade Nelson Joy Bastin Farquhar 1 Curtis Lewis 1 Logie A.Smith   42 PS Mackenzie Slough United 2   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
12/08/1945 played in Dusseldorf, Germany. IB McPherson Notts County 6   2   -   -   -   -   6   2   -   -   -   -   -   -  
CG Male - 13   -   1   -   -   -   139   2   36   -   10   -   26   -  
Home ground - White Hart Lane, Tottenham WG Marks - 5 (0) 6 * -   -   -   -   79 (20) 106 * 33 (8) 38 * 14 (6) 18 * -   -  
Manager - George Allison S Matthews Stoke City -   -   -   -   1   -   1   1   -   -   1   -   -   -  
Directors - Samuel Hill-Wood (Chairman), Mathew Wilson, Bracewell Smith, Ralph Fielder, George Allison (Secretary), others may be possible S Mercer Leicester City 1   1   -   -   -   -   1   1   -   -   -   -   -   -  
Captain - Eddie Hapgood (until 31/12/1945), George Male (from 01/01/1946) CA Milton - -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   1 +1 1   -   -  
KG Moody Grimsby Town 4   -   -   -   -   -   8   -   5   -   -   -   -   -  
AS Morgan - 4   3   -   -   -   -   6   5   -   -   -   -   -   -  
20 SH Mortensen Blackpool 2   -   -   -   2   3   14   18   5   7   2   3   -   -  
14 D Nelson - 39   2   2   -   2   -   123   21   28   4   10   1   2   -  
14 B Nieuwenhuys Liverpool 2   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
12 KP O'Flanagan - 18   11   2   -   -   -   18   11   -   -   -   -   2   -  
18 J Ollerenshaw - 1   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -  
14 GD Paterson Glasgow Celtic 6   -   -   -   -   -   6   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
17 F Roberts Bury 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
18 G Roffi - 4   2   -   -   -   -   4   2   -   -   -   -   -   -  
16 RL Rooke Fulham -   -   -   -   1   1   -   -   -   -   1   1   -   -  
17 D Russell Harrow Town 1   -   -   -   1   -   1   -   -   -   1   -   -   -  
17 L Scott - 35   -   2   -   3   -   135   -   43   -   10 +1 -   2   -  
17 A Smith - 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
18 L Smith - 11   -   -   -   -   -   13   -   2   -   -   -   -   -  
18 EAW Stanley - 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   2   -   -   -  
18 GH Swindin - 16 (4) 25 * 2 (1) 6 * 2 (0) 3 * 42 (11) 71 * -   -   2 (0) 3 * 3 (1) 7 *
16 JS Wade - 19   -   2   -   -   -   22   -   -   -   2   -   2   -  
16 HH Waller - 9   -   1   -   -   -   10   -   1   -   -   -   1   -  
16 JT Wilson Chelsea 2   1   -   -   -   -   2   1   -   -   1   1   -   -  
14 WH Wrigglesworth Manchester United 3   -   -   -   1   3   23   7   7   2   1   3   -   -  
15 AE Young - 1   1   -   -   -   -   11   1   -   -   1   -   -   -  
14 Own Goals - -   2   -   -   -   -   -   12   -   4   -   -   -      
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