The Chronology Part 5: The 1950s

The 1950s

This index is still under construction.   Previous indexes in this series are

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

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