1937–38 Arsenal F.C. season

52nd season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1937–38 football season

Arsenal
1937–38 season
Chairman	Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
Manager	George Allison
Stadium	Highbury
First Division	1st
FA Cup	Fifth Round
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 season was Arsenal's 19th consecutive season in the top division of English football. They won the league for the fifth time in eight years, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers by a point with a 5–0 final day victory over Bolton Wanderers. The Gunners had staged a surprise comeback to win the league after being eleventh in November, and went out of the FA Cup at the fifth round stage in February. Ted Drake once again top-scored for the Gunners with eighteen goals in all competition, with 17 of them coming in the league, but an injury to Drake forced manager George Allison to improvise with Eddie Carr up front, but he came to the fore with five goals in the final three games, with Arsenal winning each one.^[1]

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
28 August 1937	Everton	A	4–1	53,856
1 September 1937	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	32,758
4 September 1937	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–0	67,311
8 September 1937	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	28,405
11 September 1937	Leicester City	A	1–1	39,106
15 September 1937	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	39,750
18 September 1937	Sunderland	H	4–1	65,635
25 September 1937	Derby County	A	0–2	33,101
2 October 1937	Manchester City	H	2–1	68,353
9 October 1937	Chelsea	A	2–2	75,952
16 October 1937	Portsmouth	H	1–1	45,150
23 October 1937	Stoke City	A	1–1	35,684
30 October 1937	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	39,066
6 November 1937	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	20,244
13 November 1937	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	40,324
20 November 1937	Charlton Athletic	A	3–0	55,078
27 November 1937	Leeds United	H	4–1	34,350
4 December 1937	Birmingham	A	2–1	18,440
11 December 1937	Preston North End	H	2–0	35,679
18 December 1937	Liverpool	A	0–2	32,093
25 December 1937	Blackpool	A	1–2	23,229
27 December 1937	Blackpool	H	2–1	54,163
1 January 1938	Everton	H	2–1	36,953
15 January 1938	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	39,383
29 January 1938	Sunderland	A	1–1	42,638
2 February 1938	Leicester City	H	3–1	23,839
5 February 1938	Derby County	H	3–0	47,263
16 February 1938	Manchester City	A	2–1	34,299
19 February 1938	Chelsea	H	2–0	49,573
26 February 1938	Portsmouth	A	0–0	43,991
5 March 1938	Stoke City	H	2–0	35,296
12 March 1938	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	46,747
19 March 1938	Grimsby Town	H	5–1	40,701
26 March 1938	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	45,944
2 April 1938	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	52,858
9 April 1938	Leeds United	A	1–0	29,365
15 April 1938	Brentford	H	0–2	51,299
16 April 1938	Birmingham	H	0–0	35,161
18 April 1938	Brentford	A	0–3	34,601
23 April 1938	Preston North End	A	3–1	42,684
30 April 1938	Liverpool	H	1–0	34,703
7 May 1938	Bolton Wanderers	H	5–0	40,500

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Arsenal (C)	42	21	10	11	77	44	1.750	52
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	11	11	72	49	1.469	51
3	Preston North End	42	16	17	9	64	44	1.455	49
4	Charlton Athletic	42	16	14	12	65	51	1.275	46
5	Middlesbrough	42	19	8	15	72	65	1.108	46

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

FA Cup

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Bolton Wanderers.


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	8 January 1938	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–1	64,016
R4	22 January 1938	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	61,267
R5	12 February 1938	Preston North End	H	0–1	72,121

References

^ "Arsenal OTD 1938: "We Won the League at Highbury"". 7 May 2016.
^ "Arsenal results for the 1937-1938 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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