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The 1912–13 season was Woolwich Arsenal's ninth consecutive campaign in the first division of English football, but it would prove to be their last for nearly six years, as the club was relegated for the first and only time in their history.
In the 1913–14 season, the Woolwich Arsenal F.C. played 38 games, of which it won 20, drew 9 and lost 9.The team finished 3rd in the league. It was their first game back in the Second Division after being relegated in the 1912-13 season for the first and only time in the team's history.
Woolwich Arsenal (in dark shirts) playing Newcastle United (in striped shirts) in an FA Cup semi-final at the Victoria Ground, Stoke on 31 March 1906. The history of Arsenal Football Club between 1886 and 1966 covers the time from the club's foundation, through the first two major periods of success (the 1930s, and the late 1940s and early 1950s, respectively) and the club's subsequent decline ...
Notts County and Woolwich Arsenal were relegated to the Second Division; Preston North End and Burnley were promoted to the First Division. Lincoln City returned to the Football League once again, at the expense of Gainsborough Trinity.
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
Relegated: Preston North End Derby County: Matches played: 380: Goals scored: 1,103 (2.9 per match) Top goalscorer: George Elliott (32 goals) [1] Biggest home win: Blackburn Rovers 6–0 Middlesbrough (20 September 1913) Blackburn Rovers 6–0 Everton (8 November 1913) Middlesbrough 6–0 Tottenham Hotspur (13 April 1914) Biggest away win ...
Relegated: Notts County Woolwich Arsenal: Matches played: 380: Goals scored: 1,153 (3.03 per match) Top goalscorer: David McLean (30 goals) [1] Biggest home win: Aston Villa 10–0 The Wednesday (5 October 1912) Biggest away win: Bradford City 0–5 Sunderland (2 November 1912) Highest scoring: Aston Villa 10–0 The Wednesday (5 October 1912)
In the 1909–10 season, the Woolwich Arsenal F.C. played 38 games, won 11, draw 9 and lost 18. The team finished 18th in the league. The team finished 18th in the league. They were one rank above being relegated back to the Second Division .