Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pso. Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sub 1 Sub 2     1954-55 ARSENAL CAREER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 1954-55
1 21/08/1954 Newcastle United   H FL 1-2 1-3 18 65,334 Kelsey Wills Wade Forbes Dickson Shaw Walsh Logie © Holton Lishman 1 Roper     1   League FA Cup Friendlies League FA Cup Charity Shield Friendlies   Team P W D L F A Pts
2 25/08/1954 Everton   A FL 0-1 0-1 22 69,134 Kelsey Wills Evans Forbes Dickson Goring Bloomfield Logie © Holton D.Tapscott Haverty     2 Player Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 Chelsea 42 20 12 10 81 57 52
3 28/08/1954 West Bromwich Albion   A FL 1-3 1-3 22 46,105 Kelsey Wills Barnes © Goring Forbes Bowen Walsh D.Tapscott Lawton Lishman 1 Haverty     3 W Barnes (on field) 25   -   2   -   5   -   259   11   25   1   2   -   44   1   2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 10 13 89 70 48
4 31/08/1954 Everton   H FL 1-0 2-0 19 42,146 Kelsey Wills Barnes Goring Forbes Bowen D.Tapscott Logie © Lawton Lishman 1 Roper 1     4 W Barnes (in goal) -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1 (1) 0 * 3 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 74 62 48
5 04/09/1954 Tottenham Hotspur   H FL 1-0 2-0 12 53,977 Kelsey Wills Barnes Goring Forbes Bowen D.Tapscott Logie © 1 Lawton Lishman 1 Roper     5 D Bennett -   -   -   -   0 +1 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1 +1 -   4 Sunderland 42 15 18 9 64 54 48
6 08/09/1954 Manchester City   A FL 0-1 1-2 15 38,146 Guthrie Wills Barnes Goring Forbes Bowen D.Tapscott Logie © Lawton Lishman 1 Roper     6 JH Bloomfield 19   4   -   -   11   2   19   4   -   -   -   -   11   2   5 Manchester United 42 20 7 15 84 74 47
7 11/09/1954 Sheffield United   H FL 1-0 4-0 11 41,679 Kelsey Wills Barnes Goring Forbes 1 Bowen D.Tapscott 1 Logie © Lawton Lishman 1 Roper 1     7 DL Bowen 21   -   2   -   3   -   48   -   2   -   -   -   24 +2 1   6 Aston Villa 42 20 7 15 72 73 47
8 14/09/1954 Manchester City   H FL 1-1 2-3 14 33,898 Kelsey Wills Barnes Goring Forbes Bowen D.Tapscott 1 Logie © Holton Lishman 1 Roper     8 DR Clapton 16   -   -   -   7   -   16   -   -   -   -   -   9   -   7 Manchester City 42 18 10 14 76 69 46
9 18/09/1954 Preston North End   A FL 0-1 1-3 17 35,812 Kelsey Wills Barnes Goring Forbes Bowen D.Tapscott Logie © 1 Lawton Lishman Roper     9 W Dickson 4   -   -   -   1   -   28   1   2   -   -   -   8   -   8 Newcastle United 42 17 9 16 89 77 43
1 21/09/1954 Grasshoppers (Switzerland)   H FR 3-2 4-5 - 19,535 C.Sullivan Wills Wade Goring Shaw Forbes Bloomfield Herd 2 Holton Lishman 2 Roper ©     1 W Dodgin 3   -   -   -   3   -   43   -   2   -   1   -   16   -   9 ARSENAL 42 17 9 16 69 63 43
10 25/09/1954 Burnley   H FL 3-0 4-0 14 46,190 Kelsey Barnes Wade Forbes Dickson Goring D.Tapscott Logie © Lawton 2 Lishman 1 Roper 1     10 DJ Evans 21   -   2   -   8   1   31   -   2   -   -   -   11 +1 1   10 Burnley 42 17 9 16 51 48 43
11 02/10/1954 Leicester City   A FL 2-2 3-3 15 42,486 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Forbes Bowen D.Tapscott Logie © 1 Lawton 2 Lishman Roper     11 AR Forbes 20   1   -   -   10   4   212   20   22   -   1   -   58 +1 8   11 Everton 42 16 10 16 62 68 42
2 05/10/1954 Moscow Dynamo (USSR)   A FR 0-1 0-5 - 90,000 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Dickson Forbes D.Tapscott Logie © Lawton Lishman Roper     2 JG Fotheringham 27   -   2   -   8   -   27   -   2   -   -   -   8   -   12 Huddersfield Town 42 14 13 15 63 68 41
12 09/10/1954 Sheffield Wednesday   A FL 1-0 2-1 14 38,167 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Dickson Forbes © Walsh D.Tapscott Lawton Bloomfield 1 Roper 1     12 H Goring 41   1   2   -   9 +1 2   158   51   15   2   -   -   35 +4 16   13 Sheffield United 42 17 7 18 70 86 41
13 16/10/1954 Portsmouth   H FL 0-0 0-1 15 44,866 Guthrie Wills Wade Goring Dodgin Forbes Walsh Logie © Holton Bloomfield Roper     13 R Guthrie 2 (0) 3 * -   -   -   -   2 (0) 3 * -   -   -   -   -   -   14 Preston North End 42 16 8 18 83 64 40
3 20/10/1954 Racing Club de Paris (France)   A FR 2-1 3-1 - 19,000 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Dodgin Forbes 1 Walsh Logie © Lawton 1 Bloomfield 1 Roper     3 J Haverty 6   -   1   -   0 +1 -   6   -   1   -   -   -   0 +1 -   15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 10 17 76 75 40
14 23/10/1954 Aston Villa   A FL 0-0 1-2 17 38,038 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Dodgin Forbes Walsh Logie © Lawton Bloomfield Roper 1     14 DG Herd 3   1   -   -   3   2   3   1   -   -   -   -   3   2   16 Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 8 18 72 73 40
4 26/10/1954 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel)   H FR 2-0 4-1 - 13,051 Kelsey Wills Wade Goring Dodgin Forbes © Milton D.Tapscott 1 Holton 3 Bloomfield Roper     4 CC Holton 8   -   1   -   5   5   99   58   8   4   1   -   22 +2 24   17 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 8 18 76 96 40
15 30/10/1954 Sunderland   H FL 0-2 1-3 17 65,424 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Dodgin Forbes © Milton D.Tapscott Holton Bloomfield Roper 1     15 AJ Kelsey 38 (12) 59 * 2 (1) 1 * 11 (3) 19 * 106 (22) 169 * 8 (3) 8 * 1 (0) 1 * 25 (4) 46 * 18 Bolton Wanderers 42 13 13 16 62 69 39
16 06/11/1954 Bolton Wanderers   A FL 1-1 2-2 17 31,222 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring 1 Fotheringham Forbes © Milton Bloomfield Lawton Lishman 1 Roper     16 T Lawton 18   6   2   1   7   3   27   7   2   1   1   1   12   4   19 Blackpool 42 14 10 18 60 64 38
5 09/11/1954 Moscow Spartak (USSR)   H FR 1-1 1-2 - 65,835 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton Logie © 1 Holton Lishman Roper     5 DJ Lishman 32   19   2   -   5   3   211   120   17   10   1   2   48 +4 35   20 Cardiff City 42 13 11 18 62 76 37
17 13/11/1954 Huddersfield Town   H FL 2-3 3-5 19 42,950 Kelsey Barnes Wade Goring Fotheringham Forbes © Milton 2 D.Tapscott Roper Lishman 1 Marden     17 JT Logie 13   3   -   -   3   1   296   68   30   8   2   -   53   12   21 Leicester City 42 12 11 19 74 86 35
18 20/11/1954 Manchester United   A FL 1-0 1-2 20 33,373 Kelsey Wills Wade Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton Logie © D.Tapscott 1 Lishman Roper     18 RJ Marden 7   -   -   -   3   1   42   11   -   -   -   -   15 +2 3   22 Sheffield Wednesday 42 8 10 24 63 100 26
6 22/11/1954 England XI   H FR 0-0 0-0 -   Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton D.Tapscott Lawton Bloomfield Marden     6 CA Milton 8   3   2   -   3   -   75   18   9   3   -   -   12 +1 4  
19 27/11/1954 Wolverhampton Wanderers   H FL 1-1 1-1 21 55,055 Kelsey Wills Wade © Goring Fotheringham Forbes Milton D.Tapscott Roper 1 Lishman Marden     19 DJ Oakes 9   -   -   -   1   -   11   1   -   -   -   -   4   2  
20 04/12/1954 Blackpool   A FL 1-1 2-2 19 16,348 Kelsey Wills Wade © Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton D.Tapscott 1 Roper 1 Lishman Marden     20 DGB Roper 35   17   -   -   10   4   277   81   21   7   2   -   66 +3 41  
21 11/12/1954 Charlton Athletic   H FL 2-1 3-1 17 40,498 Kelsey Wills Wade © Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton 1 D.Tapscott Roper 2 Lishman Marden     21 A Shaw 1   -   -   -   1   -   57   -   4   -   -   -   15 +5 -  
22 18/12/1954 Newcastle United   A FL 0-3 1-5 20 35,060 Kelsey Wills 1p Wade © Goring Fotheringham Bowen Walsh D.Tapscott Roper Lishman Marden     22 JR Smailes -   -   -   -   2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -  
23 25/12/1954 Chelsea   H FL 1-0 1-0 19 47,178 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Clapton D.Tapscott Lawton 1 Lishman Haverty     23 CH Sullivan 2 (1) 1 * -   -   2 (0) 7 * 3 (1) 6 * -   -   -   -   6 (0) 16 *
24 27/12/1954 Chelsea   A FL 1-0 1-1 19 66,922 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Clapton D.Tapscott 1 Lawton Lishman Haverty     24 R Swallow 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
25 01/01/1955 West Bromwich Albion   H FL 0-1 2-2 19 40,246 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Clapton D.Tapscott 1 Lawton Lishman 1 Haverty     25 DR Tapscott 37   13   2   -   7 +1 5   42   18   2   -   -   -   8 +1 6  
3 08/01/1955 Cardiff City   H FAC 0-0 1-0 - 51,298 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton D.Tapscott Lawton 1 Lishman Haverty     3 JS Wade 14   -   -   -   6 +1 -   86   -   7   -   -   -   29 +3 -  
7 12/01/1955 England Under-23   H FR 1-0 3-0 -   Kelsey Wills Evans Forbes Dodgin Bowen Clapton Herd Holton 2 Bloomfield Roper Haverty Goring 1 7 JB Walsh 6   -   -   -   1   -   16   -   -   -   -   -   6 +1 1  
26 15/01/1955 Tottenham Hotspur   A FL 0-0 1-0 16 36,263 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton D.Tapscott Lawton 1 Lishman Holton     26 J Wilkinson 1   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
4 29/01/1955 Wolverhampton Wanderers   A FAC 0-0 0-1 - 52,857 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Milton D.Tapscott Lawton Lishman Holton     4 LE Wills 24   1   -   -   8   1   54   1   2   -   1   -   16 +1 2  
27 05/02/1955 Preston North End   H FL 1-0 2-0 17 41,228 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Roper 1 D.Tapscott 1 Lawton Lishman Holton     27
28 12/02/1955 Burnley   A FL 0-2 0-3 19 24,940 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Roper D.Tapscott Lawton Lishman Holton     28
29 19/02/1955 Leicester City   H FL 0-1 1-1 19 27,384 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen D.Tapscott Herd Wilkinson Lishman Roper 1     29
30 26/02/1955 Sheffield Wednesday   H FL 2-0 3-2 17 26,910 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Clapton D.Tapscott 3 Roper Bloomfield Haverty     30
8 02/03/1955 Tottenham Hotspur   A FR 2-1 4-1 - 14,350 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Forbes Clapton D.Tapscott 2 Roper 1 Bloomfield Marden 1     8
31 05/03/1955 Charlton Athletic   A FL 1-1 1-1 18 42,064 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Forbes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper Bloomfield 1 Marden     31
32 12/03/1955 Aston Villa   H FL 1-0 2-0 13 30,136 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Bowen Clapton D.Tapscott 1 Roper 1 Bloomfield Marden     32
9 15/03/1955 Rangers (Scotland)   H FR 1-2 3-3 - 28,123 Kelsey Barnes © Evans 1p Goring 1 Fotheringham Forbes Clapton Lishman Lawton 1 Bloomfield Marden D.Bennett (Roper) 9
33 19/03/1955 Sunderland   A FL 1-0 1-0 12 40,279 Kelsey Barnes © Evans Goring Fotheringham Forbes Clapton D.Tapscott Lawton Lishman Bloomfield 1     33
10 21/03/1955 Hibernian (Scotland)   A FR 1-0 2-2 - 24,000 C.Sullivan Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Lawton Lishman © 1 Bloomfield 1     10
34 26/03/1955 Bolton Wanderers   H FL 0-0 3-0 10 33,852 C.Sullivan Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper © 1 Lishman 2 Bloomfield     34
35 02/04/1955 Huddersfield Town   A FL 1-0 1-0 10 22,853 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper © 1 Lishman Bloomfield     35
36 08/04/1955 Cardiff City   H FL 0-0 2-0 7 39,052 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott 2 Roper © Bloomfield Swallow     36
37 09/04/1955 Blackpool   H FL 1-0 3-0 6 60,741 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper © 1 Lishman 2 Bloomfield     37
38 11/04/1955 Cardiff City   A FL 0-0 2-1 5 29,080 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper © Lishman 1 Bloomfield 1     38
39 16/04/1955 Wolverhampton Wanderers   A FL 1-2 1-3 7 34,985 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper © Lishman 1 Bloomfield     39
40 18/04/1955 Sheffield United   A FL 0-1 1-1 6 21,380 C.Sullivan Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton Herd Roper © 1 Lishman Bloomfield     40
41 23/04/1955 Manchester United   H FL 2-2 2-3 7 42,754 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton D.Tapscott Roper © Lishman 2 Bloomfield     41
42 30/04/1955 Portsmouth   A FL 0-2 1-2 9 28,156 Kelsey Wills Evans Goring Fotheringham Oakes Clapton Herd 1 Roper © D.Tapscott Bloomfield     42
11 11/05/1955 Grasshoppers (Switzerland)   A FR 3-4 5-5 -   Kelsey Wills Evans Smailes Fotheringham Forbes 2 Clapton Herd Roper 3 D.Tapscott Bloomfield     11
12 15/05/1955 Young Boys (Switzerland)   A FR 1-0 3-0 - 8,000 Kelsey Wills 1 Evans Smailes Fotheringham Forbes 1 Clapton Holton Lawton 1 Roper Bloomfield Wade D.Tapscott 12
13 19/05/1955 Munich 1860 (West Germany)   A FR 2-1 2-1 - 45,000 Kelsey Wade Evans Wills Fotheringham Forbes Clapton D.Tapscott 2 Lawton Roper Bloomfield     13
22/11/1954 - First half 25 minutes, second half 35 minutes. 12/01/1955 - 20 minutes each way.
Home ground - Arsenal Stadium, Highbury.
Manager - Tom Whittaker
Directors - Bracewell Smith (Chairman), Alfred Bone, Jimmy Joyce, Denis Hill-Wood, Guy Smith, Tom Whittaker (Secretary), Bob Wall (Assistant secretary).
Captain - Jimmy Logie (until 9 November 1954), Walley Barnes (from 10 November 1954)
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