1948–49 Arsenal F.C. season

63rd season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1948–49 football season

Arsenal

1948–49 season

Chairman

Bracewell Smith

Manager

Tom Whittaker

Stadium

Highbury

First Division

5th

FA Cup

Fourth round

Home colours

Away colours

← 1947–48

1949–50 →

The 1948–49 season was Arsenal Football Club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football.^[1]^[2]

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Charity Shield

Arsenal entered the FA Charity Shield as 1947-48 League champions, in which they faced FA Cup winners Manchester United.


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
6 October 1948	Manchester United	H	4–3	31,000

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
21 August 1948	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	30,620
25 August 1948	Stoke City	H	3–0	43,867
28 August 1948	Manchester United	H	0–1	64,150
30 August 1948	Stoke City	A	0–1	39,645
4 September 1948	Sheffield United	A	1–1	37,987
8 September 1948	Liverpool	H	1–1	41,571
11 September 1948	Aston Villa	H	3–1	54,144
15 September 1948	Liverpool	A	1–0	46,714
18 September 1948	Sunderland	A	1–1	64,436
25 September 1948	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	56,869
2 October 1948	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	45,228
9 October 1948	Burnley	H	3–1	53,657
16 October 1948	Preston North End	A	1–1	31,476
23 October 1948	Everton	H	5–0	49,048
30 October 1948	Chelsea	A	1–0	56,476
6 November 1948	Birmingham City	H	2–0	61,571
13 November 1948	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	35,852
20 November 1948	Newcastle United	H	0–1	68,283
27 November 1948	Portsmouth	A	1–4	43,000
4 December 1948	Manchester City	H	1–1	48,960
11 December 1948	Charlton Athletic	A	3–4	51,517
18 December 1948	Huddersfield Town	H	3–0	36,825
25 December 1948	Derby County	H	3–3	40,665
27 December 1948	Derby County	A	1–2	33,378
1 January 1949	Manchester United	A	0–2	61,547
15 January 1949	Sheffield United	H	5–3	46,727
22 January 1949	Aston Villa	A	0–1	69,284
5 February 1949	Sunderland	H	5–0	53,742
19 February 1949	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–1	54,536
26 February 1949	Bolton Wanderers	H	5–0	50,263
5 March 1949	Burnley	A	1–1	20,810
12 March 1949	Preston North End	H	0–0	54,977
19 March 1949	Newcastle United	A	2–3	55,548
2 April 1949	Birmingham City	A	1–1	38,868
9 April 1949	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	51,540
15 April 1949	Blackpool	A	1–1	28,818
16 April 1949	Everton	A	0–0	56,987
18 April 1949	Blackpool	H	2–0	45,047
23 April 1949	Chelsea	H	1–2	54,604
27 April 1949	Manchester City	A	3–0	41,321
4 May 1949	Portsmouth	H	3–2	56,973
7 May 1949	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	47,564

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Derby County	42	22	9	11	74	55	1.345	53
4	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	70	56	1.250	52
5	Arsenal	42	18	13	11	74	44	1.682	49
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	12	13	79	66	1.197	46
7	Manchester City	42	15	15	12	47	51	0.922	45

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

FA Cup

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


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	47,314
R4	29 January 1949	Derby County	A	0–1	31,079

References

^ James, Josh (18 June 2013). "All-time Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ Ross, James; Heneghan, Michael; Orford, Stuart; Culliton, Eoin (25 August 2016). "English Clubs Divisional Movements 1888–2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Arsenal results for the 1948–1949 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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