1962–63 Arsenal F.C. season

77th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1962–63 football season

Arsenal

1962–63 season

Chairman

Denis Hill-Wood

Manager

Billy Wright

First Division

7th

FA Cup

Fifth Round

Home colours

Away colours

← 1961–62

1963–64 →

During the 1962–63 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	93	65	1.431	50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	10	13	77	63	1.222	48	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	86	77	1.117	46	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8	Liverpool	42	17	10	15	71	59	1.203	44
9	Nottingham Forest	42	17	10	15	67	69	0.971	44

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

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
18 August 1962	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	26,300
21 August 1962	Birmingham City	H	2–0	34,004
25 August 1962	Manchester United	H	1–3	62,308
29 August 1962	Birmingham City	A	2–2	27,135
1 September 1962	Burnley	A	1–2	26,231
4 September 1962	Aston Villa	H	1–2	33,861
8 September 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	31,115
10 September 1962	Aston Villa	A	1–3	36,705
15 September 1962	Fulham	A	3–1	31,442
22 September 1962	Leicester City	H	1–1	31,291
29 September 1962	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–3	16,572
6 October 1962	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4–4	61,749
13 October 1962	West Ham United	H	1–1	49,000
27 October 1962	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–4	43,002
3 November 1962	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–5	15,400
10 November 1962	Sheffield United	H	1–0	25,503
14 November 1962	Liverpool	A	1–2	38,452
17 November 1962	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	24,804
24 November 1962	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	25,056
1 December 1962	Manchester City	A	4–2	25,454
8 December 1962	Blackpool	H	2–0	23,767
15 December 1962	Leyton Orient	H	2–0	29,075
9 February 1963	Leicester City	A	0–2	26,320
16 February 1963	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	25,204
23 February 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	59,980
2 March 1963	West Ham United	A	4–0	31,967
9 March 1963	Liverpool	H	2–2	30,246
23 March 1963	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–1	21,467
26 March 1963	Everton	H	4–3	38,061
30 March 1963	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	16,686
6 April 1963	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	25,134
8 April 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	18,593
12 April 1963	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	30,619
13 April 1963	Sheffield United	A	3–3	21,487
15 April 1963	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	22,697
20 April 1963	Manchester City	H	2–3	20,539
24 April 1963	Everton	A	1–1	56,034
27 April 1963	Blackpool	A	2–3	13,964
6 May 1963	Manchester United	A	3–2	36,000
11 May 1963	Burnley	H	2–3	23,356
14 May 1963	Fulham	H	3–0	17,489
18 May 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–2	20,514

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	30 January 1963	Oxford United	H	5–1	14,649
R4	12 March 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	40,367
R5	16 March 1963	Liverpool	H	1–2	55,245

Squad

[1]

References

^ "Arsenal results for the 1965-1966 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall
Third Division	Barnsley Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Halifax Town Hull City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bradford City Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington