	Date	Opponents		V	Comp	H-T	F-T	Att	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Sub 1			1955-56												ARSENAL CAREER																FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 1955-56
1	20/08/1955	Blackpool		A	FL	1-1	1-3	30,928	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Dickson	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Holton	Lishman	Bloomfield		1		League				FA Cup				Friendlies				League				FA Cup				Charity Shield				Friendlies					Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
2	23/08/1955	Cardiff City		H	FL	2-0	3-1	31,352	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Lawton ³	Lishman	Bloomfield		2	Player	Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		1	Manchester United	42	25	10	7	83	51	60
3	27/08/1955	Chelsea		H	FL	0-1	1-1	55,011	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Lawton ¹	Lishman	Roper		3	W Barnes (on field)	8		-		-		-		-		-		267		11		25		1		2		-		44		1		2	Blackpool	42	20	9	13	86	62	49
4	31/08/1955	Manchester City		A	FL	1-1	2-2	36,955	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Lawton ¹	Lishman	Roper ¹		4	W Barnes (in goal)	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1	(1)	0	*	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	9	13	89	65	49
5	03/09/1955	Bolton Wanderers		A	FL	1-1	1-4	22,690	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Herd	Lawton ¹	Lishman	Tapscott		5	JH Bloomfield	32		3		5		1		3	+1	1		51		7		5		1		-		-		12	+1	3		4	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	82	69	46
6	06/09/1955	Manchester City		H	FL	0-0	0-0	30,864	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Lawton	Roper	Bloomfield		6	DL Bowen	22		-		2		-		1		-		70		-		4		-		-		-		23	+2	1		5	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	60	61	46
7	10/09/1955	Tottenham Hotspur		A	FL	1-1	1-3	51,029	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Lawton	Roper ¹	J.Walsh		7	S Charlton	19		-		5		2		2		-		19		-		5		2		-		-		2		-		6	Birmingham City	42	18	9	15	75	57	45
1	13/09/1955	England Amateur XI		H	Fr	1-0	2-1	4,420	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Herd	Holton	Roper ¹	Flanagan¹		1	DR Clapton	39		2		4		-		6		-		55		2		4		-		-		-		14		-		7	Burnley	42	18	8	16	64	54	44
8	17/09/1955	Portsmouth		H	FL	1-0	1-3	48,816	Kelsey	Barnes	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Lawton	Lishman ¹	Roper		8	W Dickson	1		-		-		-		-		-		29		1		2		-		-		-		8		-		8	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	7	17	71	58	43
2	20/09/1955	Clyde		H	Fr	1-0	1-2	16,241	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Holton	Clapton	Herd	Roper	Lishman	Flanagan¹	Wilkinson	2	W Dodgin	15		-		3		-		5		-		58		-		5		-		1		-		18		-		9	Sunderland	42	17	9	16	80	95	43
9	24/09/1955	Sunderland		A	FL	1-2	1-3	55,397	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Bowen	Tiddy	Roper	Lawton	Lishman ¹	Nutt		9	E Doughty	-		-		-		-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		10	Luton Town	42	17	8	17	66	64	42
10	01/10/1955	Aston Villa		H	FL	0-0	1-0	43,824	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Holton	Bowen	Tiddy	Bloomfield	Roper	Lishman	Nutt ¹		10	DJ Evans	42		-		5		-		7		-		73		-		7		-		-		-		16	+1	1		11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	85	70	41
3	04/10/1955	Brentford		A	Fr	3-1	3-2	11,300	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Doughty	Tiddy	Bloomfield	Roper²	Tapscott	Nutt ¹		3	D Flanagan	-		-		-		-		2		2		-		-		-		-		-		-		2		2		12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	78	85	41
11	08/10/1955	Everton		A	FL	1-1	1-1	47,794	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Tiddy	Bloomfield	Roper	Lishman ¹	Nutt		11	AR Forbes	5		-		-		-		2		-		217		20		22		-		1		-		58	+1	8		13	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	58	70	41
12	15/10/1955	Newcastle United		H	FL	1-0	1-0	46,093	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Tiddy	Bloomfield	Roper ¹	Lishman	Clapton		12	JG Fotheringham	25		-		2		-		2		-		52		-		4		-		-		-		9		-		14	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	75	81	40
13	22/10/1955	Luton Town		A	FL	0-0	0-0	23,997	Sullivan	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Bloomfield	Roper	Lishman	Tiddy		13	H Goring	37		-		5		-		7		-		195		51		20		2		-		-		41	+3	15		15	Everton	42	15	10	17	55	69	40
14	29/10/1955	Charlton Athletic		H	FL	1-1	2-4	47,038	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton ¹	Bloomfield	Roper	Lishman ¹	Tiddy		14	VG Groves	15		8		5		4		1		1		15		8		5		4		-		-		1		1		16	Chelsea	42	14	11	17	64	77	39
15	05/11/1955	Manchester United		A	FL	0-0	1-1	41,586	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott	Roper	Lishman ¹	Tiddy		15	J Haverty	8		2		-		-		2		-		14		2		1		-		-		-		2		-		17	Cardiff City	42	15	9	18	55	69	39
4	07/11/1955	Leeds United		A	Fr	2-0	3-0	19,000	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott²	Roper	Lishman ¹	Tiddy		4	DG Herd	5		2		-		-		3		1		8		3		-		-		-		-		5		3		18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	61	71	37
16	12/11/1955	Sheffield United		H	FL	1-1	2-1	46,647	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Roper ¹	Groves ¹	Lishman	Tiddy		16	CC Holton	31		8		3		-		6		2		130		66		11		4		1		-		27	+2	24		19	Preston North End	42	14	8	20	73	72	36
17	19/11/1955	Preston North End		A	FL	1-0	1-0	23,033	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton ¹	Clapton	Tapscott	Groves	Roper	Tiddy		17	AJ Kelsey	32	(10)	43	*	4	(1)	5	*	6	(1)	9	*	138	(32)	212	*	12	(4)	13	*	1	(0)	1	*	29	(3)	55	*	20	Aston Villa	42	11	13	18	52	69	35
5	21/11/1955	Glasgow Rangers		A	Fr	0-2	0-2	40,000	Sullivan	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Bloomfield	Lawton	Roper	Tiddy		5	T Lawton	8		6		-		-		1		-		35		13		2		1		1		1		12		4		21	Huddersfield Town	42	14	7	21	54	83	35
18	26/11/1955	Burnley		H	FL	0-0	0-1	37,583	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott	Roper	Lishman	Tiddy		18	DJ Lishman	15		5		-		-		2		1		226		125		17		10		1		2		50	+4	36		22	Sheffield United	42	12	9	21	63	77	33
19	03/12/1955	Birmingham City		A	FL	0-3	0-4	35,765	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott	Roper	Bloomfield	Tiddy		19	GE Nutt	8		1		1		-		1		1		8		1		1		-		-		-		1		1
20	10/12/1955	West Bromwich Albion	^OG	H	FL	0-0	2-0	33,217	Sullivan	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Groves	Bloomfield	Tiddy		20	DGB Roper	16		4		1		-		5		3		293		85		22		7		2		-		69	+3	44
21	17/12/1955	Blackpool		H	FL	2-0	4-1	45,086	Sullivan	Wills	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton ¹	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Groves ¹	Bloomfield ¹	Tiddy		21	CH Sullivan	10	(2)	18	*	1	(0)	2	*	1	(0)	2	*	13	(3)	24	*	1	(0)	2	*	-		-		7	(0)	18	*
22	24/12/1955	Chelsea		A	FL	0-2	0-2	43,022	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott	Groves	Bloomfield	Tiddy		22	R Swallow	1		1		-		-		-		-		2		1		-		-		-		-		-		-
23	26/12/1955	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	FL	3-3	3-3	43,738	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott	Groves ²	Bloomfield ¹	Tiddy		23	DR Tapscott	31		17		5		4		3		2		73		35		7		4		-		-		10	+1	8
24	27/12/1955	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	FL	1-2	2-2	61,814	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott ²	Groves	Bloomfield	Tiddy		24	MD Tiddy	21		-		4		-		3		-		21		-		4		-		-		-		3		-
25	31/12/1955	Bolton Wanderers		H	FL	1-0	3-1	42,677	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott ²	Groves ¹	Bloomfield	Tiddy		25	JB Walsh	1		-		-		-		-		-		17		-		-		-		-		-		6	+1	1
3	07/01/1956	Bedford Town		H	FAC	1-0	2-2	55,178	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Groves ¹	Bloomfield	Tiddy		3	J Wilkinson	-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		1		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-
3	12/01/1956	Bedford Town		A	FAC	0-0	2-1	15,306	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Fotheringham	Holton	Groves ¹	Tapscott ¹	Roper	Bloomfield	Tiddy		3	LE Wills	15		-		-		-		5		-		69		1		2		-		1		-		14	+1	2
26	14/01/1956	Tottenham Hotspur		H	FL	0-1	0-1	59,603	Kelsey	Wills	Evans	Forbes	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott	Groves	Bloomfield	Nutt		26	Own Goals	-		1		-		-		-		-		-		44		-		9		-		-		-		21
27	21/01/1956	Portsmouth		A	FL	1-1	2-5	30,513	Sullivan	Wills	Evans	Forbes	Fotheringham	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott ²	Groves	Bloomfield	Tiddy		27
4	28/01/1956	Aston Villa		H	FAC	3-0	4-1	43,052	Kelsey	Charlton¹	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Holton	Clapton	Tapscott ²	Groves ¹	Bloomfield	Tiddy		4
28	04/02/1956	Sunderland		H	FL	1-0	3-1	38,780	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Herd ²	Groves	Bloomfield ¹	Tiddy		28
29	11/02/1956	Aston Villa		A	FL	1-1	1-1	28,060	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Herd	Groves ¹	Bloomfield	Tiddy		29
5	18/02/1956	Charlton Athletic		A	FAC	2-0	2-0	71,758	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Groves ¹	Bloomfield ¹	Tiddy		5
30	21/02/1956	Everton		H	FL	1-1	3-2	16,039	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott ²	Groves ¹	Bloomfield	Tiddy		30
31	25/02/1956	Newcastle United		A	FL	0-2	0-2	50,822	Sullivan	Charlton	Evans	Holton	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Herd	Groves	Bloomfield	Nutt		31
6	03/03/1956	Birmingham City		H	FAC	0-2	1-3	67,872	Kelsey	Charlton¹	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Groves	Bloomfield	Nutt		6
32	06/03/1956	Preston North End		H	FL	2-0	3-2	34,672	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Holton	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott ²	Groves ¹	Bloomfield	Nutt		32
33	10/03/1956	Charlton Athletic		A	FL	0-1	0-2	39,553	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Holton	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Herd	Tapscott	Bloomfield	Nutt		33
34	17/03/1956	Manchester United		H	FL	0-0	1-1	50,758	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Holton ¹	Bloomfield	Haverty		34
35	24/03/1956	Sheffield United		A	FL	2-0	2-0	26,556	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Holton ¹	Bloomfield	Haverty		35
36	31/03/1956	Luton Town		H	FL	0-0	3-0	45,968	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Holton ²	Bloomfield	Haverty ¹		36
37	02/04/1956	Huddersfield Town		H	FL	2-0	2-0	30,836	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Tapscott	Holton ¹	Bloomfield	Haverty ¹		37
38	03/04/1956	Huddersfield Town		A	FL	1-0	1-0	24,469	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton ¹	Tapscott	Holton	Bloomfield	Haverty		38
39	07/04/1956	Burnley		A	FL	1-0	1-0	24,403	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Bowen	Clapton	Bloomfield	Holton	Swallow ¹	Haverty		39
40	14/04/1956	Birmingham City		H	FL	0-0	1-0	31,773	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Forbes	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Holton	Bloomfield	Haverty		40
6	18/04/1956	Racing Club de Paris		A	Fr		4-3		Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Forbes	Clapton	Tapscott	Holton²	Groves¹	Haverty	Bloomfield¹	6
41	21/04/1956	West Bromwich Albion		A	FL	0-1	1-2	22,254	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Forbes	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Holton	Bloomfield	Haverty		41
7	25/04/1956	Nottingham Forest		A	Fr	0-1	1-1	7,609	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Forbes	Clapton	Herd¹	Holton	Bloomfield	Haverty		7
42	28/04/1956	Cardiff City		A	FL	1-1	2-1	23,169	Kelsey	Charlton	Evans	Goring	Dodgin	Forbes	Clapton	Tapscott ¹	Holton ¹	Bloomfield	Nutt		42
12/01/1956 after extra-time, 1-1 after 90 minutes.