1908–09 Woolwich Arsenal F.C. season

In the 1908–09 season, the Woolwich Arsenal F.C. played 38 games, won 14, draw 10 and lost 14. The team finished 6th in the league.

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
2 September 1908	Everton	H	0–4
5 September 1908	Notts County	A	1–2
7 September 1908	Everton	A	3–0
12 September 1908	Newcastle United	H	1–2
19 September 1908	Bristol City	A	1–2
26 September 1908	Preston North End	H	1–0
3 October 1908	Middlesbrough	A	1–1
10 October 1908	Manchester City	H	3–0
17 October 1908	Liverpool	A	2–2
24 October 1908	Bury	H	4–0
31 October 1908	Sheffield United	A	1–1
7 November 1908	Aston Villa	H	0–1
14 November 1908	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0
21 November 1908	Sunderland	H	0–4
28 November 1908	Chelsea	A	2–1
5 December 1908	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1
12 December 1908	Bradford City	A	1–4
19 December 1908	Manchester United	H	0–1
25 December 1908	Leicester Fosse	A	1–1
26 December 1908	Leicester Fosse	H	2–1
28 December 1908	The Wednesday	A	2–6
2 January 1909	Notts County	H	1–0
9 January 1909	Newcastle United	A	1–3
23 January 1909	Bristol City	H	1–1
30 January 1909	Preston North End	A	0–0
13 February 1909	Manchester City	A	2–2
20 February 1909	Liverpool	H	5–0
27 February 1909	Bury	A	1–1
13 March 1909	Aston Villa	A	1–2
17 March 1909	Middlesbrough	H	1–1
20 March 1909	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2
27 March 1909	Sunderland	A	0–1
1 April 1909	Sheffield United	H	1–0
3 April 1909	Chelsea	H	0–0
10 April 1909	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–1
12 April 1909	The Wednesday	H	2–0
17 April 1909	Bradford City	A	4–1
27 April 1909	Manchester United	A	4–1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Newcastle United (C)	38	24	5	9	65	41	1.585	53
2	Everton	38	18	10	10	82	57	1.439	46
3	Sunderland	38	21	2	15	78	63	1.238	44
4	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	13	11	61	50	1.220	41
5	The Wednesday	38	17	6	15	67	61	1.098	40
6	Woolwich Arsenal	38	14	10	14	52	49	1.061	38
7	Aston Villa	38	14	10	14	58	56	1.036	38
8	Bristol City	38	13	12	13	45	58	0.776	38
9	Middlesbrough	38	14	9	15	59	53	1.113	37
10	Preston North End	38	13	11	14	48	44	1.091	37
11	Chelsea	38	14	9	15	56	61	0.918	37
12	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	0.864	37
13	Manchester United	38	15	7	16	58	68	0.853	37
14	Nottingham Forest	38	14	8	16	66	57	1.158	36
15	Notts County	38	14	8	16	51	48	1.063	36
16	Liverpool	38	15	6	17	57	65	0.877	36
17	Bury	38	14	8	16	63	77	0.818	36
18	Bradford City	38	12	10	16	47	47	1.000	34
19	Manchester City (R)	38	15	4	19	67	69	0.971	34	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Leicester Fosse (R)	38	8	9	21	54	102	0.529	25	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	16 January 1909	Croydon Common	A	1–1
R1 R	20 January 1909	Croydon Common	H	2–0
R2	6 February 1909	Millwall Athletic	H	1–1
R2 R	10 February 1909	Millwall Athletic	A	0–1

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