1921–22 Arsenal F.C. season

36th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1921–22 football season

Arsenal

1921–22 season

Chairman

Henry Norris

Manager

Leslie Knighton

Stadium

Highbury

First Division

17th

FA Cup

Fourth round

London FA Challenge Cup

Winners

Top goalscorer

League:
Henry White (14)
All:
Henry White (19)

Highest home attendance

42,000 vs. Tottenham Hotspur (22 April 1922)

Lowest home attendance

12,000 vs. Liverpool (22 March 1922)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1920–21

1922–23 →

The 1921–22 season was Arsenal's 3rd consecutive season in the top division of English football.^[1]

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
27 August 1921	Sheffield United	H	1–2
29 August 1921	Preston North End	A	2–3
3 September 1921	Sheffield United	A	1–4
5 September 1921	Preston North End	H	1–0
10 September 1921	Manchester City	A	0–2
17 September 1921	Manchester City	H	0–1
24 September 1921	Everton	A	1–1
1 October 1921	Everton	H	1–0
8 October 1921	Sunderland	A	0–1
15 October 1921	Sunderland	H	1–2
22 October 1921	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2
29 October 1921	Huddersfield Town	H	1–3
5 November 1921	Birmingham	A	1–0
12 November 1921	Birmingham	H	5–2
19 November 1921	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1
3 December 1921	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0
10 December 1921	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1
12 December 1921	Bolton Wanderer	H	1–1
17 December 1921	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2
24 December 1921	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1
26 December 1921	Cardiff City	H	0–0
27 December 1921	Cardiff City	A	3–4
31 December 1921	Chelsea	A	2–0
14 January 1922	Chelsea	H	1–0
21 January 1922	Burnley	H	0–0
4 February 1922	Newcastle United	H	2–1
11 February 1922	Newcastle United	A	1–3
20 February 1922	Burnley	A	0–1
25 February 1922	Liverpool	A	0–4
11 March 1922	Manchester United	A	0–1
18 March 1922	Aston Villa	A	0–2
22 March 1922	Liverpool	H	1–0
25 March 1922	Aston Villa	H	2–0
1 March 1922	Middlesbrough	H	2–2
5 April 1922	Manchester United	H	3–1
8 April 1922	Middlesbrough	A	2–4
15 April 1922	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2
17 April 1922	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–0
18 April 1922	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2
22 April 1922	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0
29 April 1922	Bradford City	A	2–0
6 May 1922	Bradford City	H	1–0

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	12	17	54	57	0.947	38
16	Preston North End	42	13	12	17	42	65	0.646	38
17	Arsenal	42	15	7	20	47	56	0.839	37
18	Birmingham	42	15	7	20	48	60	0.800	37
19	Oldham Athletic	42	13	11	18	38	50	0.760	37

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

FA Cup

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the first round proper, in which they were drawn to face Liverpool.


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	7 January 1922	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	31,000
R1:R	11 January 1922	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	21,411	Milne, Graham (pen.)
R2	28 January 1922	Bradford Park Avenue	A	3–2	10,400	Blyth, White (2)
R3	18 February 1922	Leicester City	H	3–0	39,421	Rutherford, White (2)
R4	4 March 1922	Preston North End	H	1–1	37,517	White
R4:R	8 March 1922	Preston North End	A	1–2 (aet)	30,000	Blyth

London FA Challenge Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	17 October 1921	Barking	H	5–2	4,500	White (2), Baker (2), Butler
R2	31 October 1921	Queen's Park Rangers	A	2–0	5,000	Blyth, White
SF	14 November 1921	Tottenham Hotspur	N	0–0^[a]	12,000
SF R	21 November 1921	Tottenham Hotspur	N	2–1	9,029	Henderson, Butler
Final	8 May 1922	Crystal Palace	N	1–0	12,000	Hutchins (pen.)

¹ Match was abandoned 5 minutes after extra time.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Arsenal first team line up (1921–22)". Andy's Arsenal Resource Website. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
^ "Arsenal results for the 1921-1922 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin (2005). The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-61344-5.

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First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Bradford City
Burnley
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Oldham Athletic
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion

Second Division

Barnsley
Blackpool
Bradford Park Avenue
Bristol City
Bury
Clapton Orient
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Derby County
Fulham
Hull City
Leeds United
Leicester City
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Port Vale
Rotherham County
South Shields
Stoke
The Wednesday
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Durham City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Nelson Rochdale Southport Stalybridge Celtic Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Borough Wrexham
South	Aberdare Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Southend United Swansea Town Swindon Town Watford