1947–48 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1947–48 season
Chairman	Samuel Hill-Wood
Manager	Tom Whittaker
Stadium	Highbury
First Division	1st
FA Cup	Third Round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 season was Arsenal's 29th consecutive season in the top division of English football. Having avoided relegation the previous season, Arsenal returned to their winning ways of the 30`s by storming to the league title seven points ahead of title rivals Manchester United and Burnley, winning it with a 1-1 draw at Huddersfield Town, and after discovering that United and Burnley had lost via the newspapers at Doncaster Station on the journey, knew that they had won the league, with Tom Whittaker the triumphant manager in his debut season at the helm, but was unable to lift the FA Cup, with the Gunners going out to lower-league Bradford Park Avenue in the third round. Over the course of the season Arsenal claimed some big wins, beating Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough 6-0 and 7-0 respectively, and hammering bottom club Grimsby Town 8-0 on the final day, with Ronnie Rooke netting four times to bring his final tally for the league season to 33 in 42 Division 1 matches, thus becoming the second Arsenal player-after Ted Drake in 1934-35 to top score in the entire league.

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23 August 1947	Sunderland	H	3–1	58,184	Logie, Rooke, McPherson
27 August 1947	Charlton Athletic	A	4–2	60,323	Roper, Logie, Lewis, McPherson
30 August 1947	Sheffield United	A	2–1	39,123	Roper, Rooke
3 September 1947	Charlton Athletic	H	6–0	54,684	Lewis 4, Rooke 2
6 September 1947	Manchester United	H	2–1	64,905	Lewis, Rooke
10 September 1947	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	46,969	Rooke(pen), McPherson
13 September 1947	Preston North End	A	0–0	40,060
20 September 1947	Stoke City	H	3–0	61,579	Logie, McPherson 2
27 September 1947	Burnley	A	1–0	46,568	Lewis
4 October 1947	Portsmouth	H	0–0	62,461
11 October 1947	Aston Villa	H	1–0	60,427	Rooke
18 October 1947	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	55,998	Rooke(pen)
25 October 1947	Everton	H	1–1	56,645	Lewis
1 November 1947	Chelsea	A	0–0	67,277
8 November 1947	Blackpool	H	2–1	67,057	Roper, Rooke(pen)
15 November 1947	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0	37,447	Rooke
22 November 1947	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	47,514	Rooke, Logie
29 November 1947	Derby County	A	0–1	35,713
6 December 1947	Manchester City	H	1–1	41,274	Rooke(pen)
13 December 1947	Grimsby Town	A	4–0	18,700	Roper, Logie, Rooke 2
20 December 1947	Sunderland	A	1–1	58,397	Jones
25 December 1947	Liverpool	A	3–1	53,604	Roper, Rooke 2
27 December 1947	Liverpool	H	1-2	56,650	Lewis
1 January 1948	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	30,028	Lewis
3 January 1948	Sheffield United	H	3–2	48,993	Lewis, Rooke 2
17 January 1948	Manchester United	A	1–1	83,260	Lewis
31 January 1948	Preston North End	H	3–0	63,132	Rooke, Lewis 2
7 February 1948	Stoke City	A	0–0	44,836
14 February 1948	Burnley	H	3–0	62,125	Roper, Rooke 2
28 February 1948	Aston Villa	A	2–4	68,690	Rooke, Moss(og)
6 March 1948	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–2	57,711	Roper, Logie, Rooke 2, Forbes
13 March 1948	Everton	A	2–0	64,059	D.Compton 2
20 March 1948	Chelsea	H	0–2	56,596
26 March 1948	Middlesbrough	H	7–0	57,557	Roper, Rooke 3, D.Compton 2, Robinson(og)
27 March 1948	Blackpool	A	0–3	32,678
29 March 1948	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	38,249	Rooke
3 April 1948	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	45,801	Logie, Rooke
10 April 1948	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	38,110	Roper
17 April 1948	Derby County	H	1–2	49,677	Roper
21 April 1948	Portsmouth	A	0–0	42,250
24 April 1948	Manchester City	A	0–0	23,391
1 May 1948	Grimsby Town	H	8–0	34,644	Logie(pen), Rooke 4, Forbes, D.Compton 2

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Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Arsenal (C)	42	23	13	6	81	32	2.531	59
2	Manchester United	42	19	14	9	81	48	1.688	52
3	Burnley	42	20	12	10	56	43	1.302	52
4	Derby County	42	19	12	11	77	57	1.351	50
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	83	70	1.186	47

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 Bradford Park Avenue.


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 January 1948	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0–1	47,738

References

^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1947-1948/results
^ James, Kelly & Andrews. Arsenal: The Complete Record. decoubertin. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-909245-75-4.

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1947-1948/results

[2] James, Kelly & Andrews. Arsenal: The Complete Record. decoubertin. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-909245-75-4.

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