- SEASON 1968-69 FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Saturday, 31 st August ARSENAl v QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS Kick-off 3 p.m. ARSENAL STADIUM OFFICIAL PROGRAMME ONE SHILLING arsenal.com thearsenalhistory.com obvious case in point. We, at the moment are up at League Cup, but we have met three times in the F.A. FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED the top in the table whereas Queen's Park Rangers Cup. Sunderland won 6-0 in 1893; we turned the ARSENAL are striving hard to find their feet in First Division tables to the tune of 5-0 in 1906, and Sunderland Directors football, but that does not mean that Rangers will be won 2-1 in 1961 ... so it should be our turn D. J.C. H. HILL-WOOD, EsQ., M.C., M.A. (Chairman) any easier to beat than any other side we have already now! We hope you will be there in strength to provide LEAGUE CHAMPIONS F .A. CUP WINNERS SIR GUY BRACEWELL SMITH, BT., M.B.E., M.A. 1930, 1936, 1950. met this season. One day, perhaps, they are going to the Cup-tie atmosphere and give our boys the 1931, 1933, 1934, SIR ROBERT BELLINGER, G.B.E., D.Sc. hit the form which has brought them honours during encouragement which means so much on the big 1935, 1938, 1948, S. C. McINTYRE, EsQ., M.B.E., F.c.r.s. 1953. LOSING FINALISTS the past few seasons. It could be today, so this is not occasion. P. D. HrLL-WooD, EsQ. 1927' 1932, 1952. one which we can take lightly. This match completes The Rev. N. F. BoNE, T.D. * * * RUNNERS-UP one sixth of our League programme. A win to-day Incidentally, we heard the other day that Joe WINNERS, F.A. could be just the tonic we need as we settle down for Hulme, one of our very great players, has retired 1926, 1932. CHARITY SHIELD Secretary the other five sixths ahead. from his newspaper writing. All his friends here W.R. WALL 1930, 1931, 1933, LEAGUE CuP FINALISTS 1934, 1938, 1948, Just a fortnight after the season began, Managers, would like to wish him every happiness in his retire­ 1953. 1968. and Supporters were taking stock of how their team ment. Joe, who was sixty-four last Monday (it seems Manager had begun a new season. Last Saturday night, merely impossible to those of us who remember him so B. MEE fourteen days after the start, there had been plenty of vividly, streaking down the Arsenal wing) was a fine surprises. Manchester United taking a 4-0 biding at cricketer for Middlesex as well. He won every honour Old Trafford from Chelsea, Spurs taking only one there was to win in football, and the Arsenal forward­ Saturday, 3lst August, 1968 Vol. L. No.4 point from three home games, and Leeds United an~ line of Hulme, Jack, Lambert, James and Bastin is Lincoln City being the only sides to have won man­ now legendary. Good luck, Joe. ·' mum points. In an earlier programme we mentioned * * * that all eyes would be on the two promoted clubs Mr. M. W. Garwood from Palmers Green has Ipswich Town and Queen's Park Rangers. Ipswich pointed out an error which has apparently been made TOPICS OF . THE WEEI< because of their remarkable performance some years in a number of publications over the years, including ago of coming up into the First Division and winning our own handbook. On page 80 where we list the it, and shortly afterwards being relegated, and, of First, Second and Third in the Football League over course, our London representative, Queen's Park WELL, THERE WAS very little doubt a1;>out who the years, we show Bolton Wanderers as being third Rangers. Rangers found their first five games hard­ in 1958-59. In fact, we were third on goal average. were the better side here on Tuesday evernng when going-three draws at home and two defeats away. we beat Manchester City, the reigning Le~~e Thank you, Mr. Garwood, we will put this straight Ipswich, although we inflicted their second home .. or ihc future. Champions, 4-1. To prove our point perhaps !~ !S defeat in a week, had at least chalked up a home win better to record what someone else thinks ra~e: th~ against Wolves, and an away win at Leicester. It is give our own opinion. p~~ald Saunders, wntrng_ m LEAGUE TABLE-DIVISION I always said that a good start is vital in anything; this (Up to and including Tuesday, 27th August) The Daily Telegraph, sard Much can happen d~mg is certainly true, but with forty-two matches to play, the next eight months but, for the tnne bemg, Bob HOME Goals AWAY Goals no club need be too worried at this stage. To worried PW D L F AW D L F APts Arsenal are on top of the First Divisio~ tabl~. They Managers, we say: Take heart from Sunderland's ARSENAL 6 2 I 0 8 2 2 I 0 4 2 10 strode purposefully into the le~dership with two Wilson performance in 1912. In the first seven matches they West Ham 6 2 0 I 7 4 2 I 0 5 2 9 goals in a five-minute spell rmdway through the scored only two out of a possible fourteen points. Leeds 4 2 0 0 6 I 2 0 0 6 3 8 In excellent Liverpool 6 3 0 0 8 3 0 2 I I 3 8 first-half followed by two more in a similar period How did they finish up? They won the League and near th; end of the liveliest game Highbury has Sheffield Wed. 511041120217 form in reached the Cup Final! Everton 611132111536 staged for many a day. Their shooting was so deadly goal. 'lQ'est Brom. 621063012486 * * * Ipswich 6 2 0 2 7 5 I 0 I 3 4 6 There must be on record a number of curious Chelsea 411042101635 ways in which a game of football can be brought to a Newcastle 512043011125 sudden end, but the game between Nottingham Sunderland 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 I 2 4 8 5 Burnley 6 2 0 0 4 I 0 I 3 4 13 5 Forest and Leeds United last Saturday being ended Man. United 520135011135 because of a serious fire in the stand must be almost Southampton 520154002144 unique. There have been several cases of football Man. City 6 I I 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 10 4 stands being burned down-Leeds United some Stoke City 5 2 0 I 3 3 0 0 2 I 4 4 years ago, and Coventry City, but not whilst a match Tottenham 4 0 I 2 3 5 I 0 0 2 0 3 David that for once, they could call themselves "the Wove1:hampton 511031003363 was in progress. We offer our sympathies to the Nottingham For. 402022011123 G~ers" without blushing. Indeed the great Forest. There are enough problems in achieving Leicester City 5 I 0 I 4 3 0 I 2 I 5 3 1enkins difference between Arsenal of this August and the success in First Division Football without additional Q.P.R. 6 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 2 10 3 Arsenal of recent seasons is that they are scoring worries like this one, They had a gate of 34,000 and Coventry City 4 I 0 I 5 4 0 0 2 0 4 2 Two fine goals as well as preventing them." credit must go all round that there was no panic and goals on Few of the 40,767 people who were here on everyone did what they could to help. Solution to Arsen al Crossword No. 3 Across: I. Ashton Gate. 6. Acts. 10. Aston. 11. Afternoon. Tuesday. Tuesday evening would disagree with that summing up of the game although, of course, Don~d Saunders * * * 12. Charlton. 13. Nerve. 15. Orbited. 17. The Dell. For those who were not here on Tuesday evening 19. Terrace. 20. Preston. 21. Spurn. 23. Pleasure. is so right that much can ~appen d~g rl?-e n~xt 26. Offensive. 27. Evade. 28. Duty. 29. Attendance. eight months. At the same tnne there is nothing ~e may we give you another reminder that we meet Sunderland here next Wednesday when we make Down: I. Alan. 2. Hit the Bar. 3. Owner. 4. Granted. arsenal.comconfidence in your own performances stemrmng 5. Titan. 7. Choir. 8. Sunderland. 9. Tranmere. 14. Loftus from previous results to help you take on new another bid to win the Football League Cup. We Road. 16. Training. 18. Entertain. 20. Precede. 22. Unfit. challenges - as long as you do not allow over~con­ want to get one stage farther than we did last year. 23. Point. 24. Speed. 25. Here. fidence to replace genuine confidence. Today, is an We have never met Sunderland before in the Football Arsenal Crossword No. 4 is on page 13 3 2 thearsenalhistory.com In the first leg, with Doherty absent on R.A.F. duty, Derby won at Villa Park, with Carter scoring SEASON 1968-69 their three goals, judging his runs past the men Keep this coupon and submit only standing square at the back with wonderful timing. when requested to do so and in accord· Carter was needed by the R.A.F. when the second ance with instructions to be Issued. leg was played at the Baseball Ground. It was It may help you obtain a Cup Final Doherty's turn.