1949–50 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1949–50 season
Chairman	Bracewell Smith
Manager	Tom Whittaker
Stadium	Highbury
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; ; All: ;

The 1949–50 season was Arsenal's 30th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
20 August 1949	Burnley	H	0–1
24 August 1949	Chelsea	A	2–1
27 August 1949	Sunderland	A	2–4
31 August 1949	Chelsea	H	2–3
3 September 1949	Liverpool	H	1–2
7 September 1949	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1
10 September 1949	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2
14 September 1949	West Bromwich Albion	H	4–1
17 September 1949	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–2
24 September 1949	Birmingham City	H	4–2
1 October 1949	Derby County	H	2–1
8 October 1949	Everton	H	5–2
15 October 1949	Middlesbrough	A	1–1
22 October 1949	Blackpool	H	1–0
29 October 1949	Newcastle United	A	3–0
5 November 1949	Fulham	H	2–1
12 November 1949	Manchester City	A	2–0
19 November 1949	Charlton Athletic	H	2–3
26 November 1949	Aston Villa	A	1–1
3 December 1949	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1
10 December 1949	Portsmouth	A	1–2
17 December 1949	Burnley	A	0–0
24 December 1949	Sunderland	H	5–0
26 December 1949	Manchester United	A	0–2
27 December 1949	Manchester United	H	0–0
31 December 1949	Liverpool	A	0–2
14 January 1950	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0
21 January 1950	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1
4 February 1950	Birmingham City	A	1–2
18 February 1950	Derby County	H	1–0
25 February 1950	Everton	A	1–0
8 March 1950	Middlesbrough	H	1–1
11 March 1950	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1
25 March 1950	Fulham	A	2–2
29 March 1950	Aston Villa	H	1–3
1 April 1950	Manchester City	H	4–1
8 April 1950	Blackpool	A	1–2
10 April 1950	Stoke City	H	6–0
15 April 1950	Newcastle United	H	4–2
22 April 1950	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3
3 May 1950	Portsmouth	H	2–0
6 May 1950	Stoke City	A	5–2

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	12	7	2	44	15	10	2	9	30	23	74	38	1.947	+36	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	47	21	9	5	7	29	28	76	49	1.551	+27	53
3	Sunderland	42	14	6	1	50	23	7	4	10	33	39	83	62	1.339	+21	52
4	Manchester United	42	11	5	5	42	20	7	9	5	27	24	69	44	1.568	+25	50
5	Newcastle United	42	14	4	3	49	23	5	8	8	28	32	77	55	1.400	+22	50
6	Arsenal	42	12	4	5	48	24	7	7	7	31	31	79	55	1.436	+24	49
7	Blackpool	42	10	8	3	29	14	7	7	7	17	21	46	35	1.314	+11	49
8	Liverpool	42	10	7	4	37	23	7	7	7	27	31	64	54	1.185	+10	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	14	2	5	37	18	6	5	10	22	30	59	48	1.229	+11	47
10	Burnley	42	9	7	5	23	17	7	6	8	17	23	40	40	1.000	±0	45
11	Derby County	42	11	5	5	46	26	6	5	10	23	35	69	61	1.131	+8	44
12	Aston Villa	42	10	7	4	31	19	5	5	11	30	42	61	61	1.000	±0	42
13	Chelsea	42	7	7	7	31	30	5	9	7	27	35	58	65	0.892	–7	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	7	5	28	16	5	5	11	19	37	47	53	0.887	–6	40
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	34	22	3	5	13	18	51	52	73	0.712	–21	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	5	6	34	22	0	9	12	11	37	45	59	0.763	–14	34
17	Fulham	42	8	6	7	24	19	2	8	11	17	35	41	54	0.759	–13	34
18	Everton	42	6	8	7	24	20	4	6	11	18	46	42	66	0.636	–24	34
19	Stoke City	42	10	4	7	27	28	1	8	12	18	47	45	75	0.600	–30	34
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	5	9	33	35	6	1	14	20	30	53	65	0.815	–12	32
21	Manchester City	42	7	8	6	27	24	1	5	15	9	44	36	68	0.529	–32	29
22	Birmingham City	42	6	8	7	19	24	1	6	14	12	43	31	67	0.463	–36	28

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup winners
	Relegated

FA Cup

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


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1950	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0
R4	28 January 1950	Swansea Town	H	2–1
R5	11 February 1950	Burnley	H	2–0
R6	4 March 1950	Leeds United	H	1–0
SF	18 March 1950	Chelsea	N	2–2
SF R	22 March 1950	Chelsea	N	1–0 (aet)
F	29 April 1950	Liverpool	N	2–0	100,000	Lewis (2)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1949-1950/results

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