1953–54 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1953–54 season
Chairman	Bracewell Smith
Manager	Tom Whittaker
First Division	12th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

During the 1953–54 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
10	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	51	71	0.718	44
11	Preston North End	42	19	5	18	87	58	1.500	43
12	Arsenal	42	15	13	14	75	73	1.027	43
13	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	70	68	1.029	41
14	Portsmouth	42	14	11	17	81	89	0.910	39

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

FA Charity Shield

Arsenal entered the FA Charity Shield as 1952-53 League champions, in which they faced FA Cup winners Blackpool.


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
12 October 1953	Blackpool	H	3–1	39,583

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
19 August 1953	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	46,812
22 August 1953	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	54,847
24 August 1953	Sheffield United	A	0–1	50,723
29 August 1953	Aston Villa	A	1–2	33,731
1 September 1953	Sheffield United	H	1–1	42,077
5 September 1953	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–3	60,460
8 September 1953	Chelsea	H	1–2	54,946
12 September 1953	Sunderland	A	1–7	59,784
15 September 1953	Chelsea	A	2–0	60,652
19 September 1953	Manchester City	H	2–2	65,869
26 September 1953	Cardiff City	A	3–0	49,137
3 October 1953	Preston North End	H	3–2	61,807
10 October 1953	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4–1	69,821
17 October 1953	Burnley	H	2–5	47,353
24 October 1953	Charlton Athletic	A	5–1	60,259
31 October 1953	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4–1	52,543
7 November 1953	Manchester United	A	2–2	29,914
14 November 1953	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–3	52,319
21 November 1953	Liverpool	A	2–1	47,814
28 November 1953	Newcastle United	H	2–1	62,456
5 December 1953	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	30,085
12 December 1953	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	60,264
19 December 1953	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2	34,018
26 December 1953	Blackpool	A	2–2	29,347
28 December 1953	Blackpool	H	1–1	63,661
16 January 1954	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	45,974
23 January 1954	Sunderland	H	1–4	60,218
6 February 1954	Manchester City	A	0–0	39,503
13 February 1954	Cardiff City	H	1–1	45,497
24 February 1954	Preston North End	A	1–0	25,633
27 February 1954	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–3	64,311
6 March 1954	Burnley	A	1–2	22,726
13 March 1954	Charlton Athletic	H	3–3	41,256
20 March 1954	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	41,194
27 March 1954	Manchester United	H	3–1	42,735
3 April 1954	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	30,525
6 April 1954	Aston Villa	H	1–1	14,619
10 April 1954	Liverpool	H	3–0	33,578
16 April 1954	Portsmouth	H	3–0	44,948
17 April 1954	Newcastle United	A	2–5	48,243
19 April 1954	Portsmouth	A	1–1	30,898
24 April 1954	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	35,069

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	9 January 1954	Aston Villa	H	5–1	50,990
R4	30 January 1954	Norwich City	H	1–2	55,767

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	WAL	Jack Kelsey
-	DF	ENG	Len Wills
-	DF	SCO	John Snedden
-	DF	NIR	Billy McCullough
-	MF	ENG	John Barnwell
-	MF	SCO	Tommy Docherty
-	FW	SCO	David Herd
-	FW	SCO	Jackie Henderson
-	FW	ENG	Vic Groves
-	GK	NIR	Jack McClelland
-	FW	WAL	Mel Charles
-	FW	ENG	George Eastham
-	FW	ENG	Geoff Strong
-	MF	ENG	Danny Clapton
-	MF	ENG	Alan Skirton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	NIR	Terry Neill
-	DF	ENG	Dave Bacuzzi
-	FW	ENG	Jimmy Bloomfield
-	MF	IRL	Joe Haverty
-	MF	ENG	Gerry Ward
-	DF	NIR	Eddie Magill
-	DF	ENG	Mike Everitt
-	FW	SCO	Peter Kane
-	DF	ENG	Allan Young
-	MF	IRL	Frank O'Neill
-	GK	ENG	Jim Standen
-	FW	ENG	Dennis Clapton
-	MF	WAL	Arfon Griffiths
-	MF	ENG	John Petts