The 1950s
This index is still under construction. Previous indexes in this series are
Part One: 1886 and on to the first world war
Part Two: – from the first world war into the 20s
Part Three – the 1930s
Part Four: The 1940s:
29 April 1950: Arsenal win the FA Cup
100 years in the top division: Arsenal. 1950/51 – a roof for the north bank, but no trophy
100 years in the top divison: Arsenal 1951/2; losing the cup final
Arsenal 1952/53. Whittaker fulfils his destiny but then Arsenal collapse
1 May 1953: Arsenal win the league on goal average
1953/4: the Arsenal collapse begins
1954/5 and 1955/6: Whittaker’s final seasons, and still no more tophies
4 February 1956: one of the earliest videos ever of an Arsenal game!
George Swindin as Arsenal manager 1958/9, and the era of Kelsey
Arsenal’s 100 seassons in the top division. 1959/60. If we thought it couldn’t get worse, we were wrong
6 July 1959: David Bowen sold to Northampton Town for £5,000.
31 August 1959 Dr James Paterson, war hero and Arsenal player passed away.
Arsenal in the late 1950s and the hopes of a revival