1962–63 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1962–63 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Billy Wright
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
Home colours	Away colours

During the 1962–63 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

The Big Freeze of 1962–1963, was one of the coldest winters on record^[1] Football matches in the English leagues suffered because of the severe effects of the winter weather.^[1] Some matches in the FA Cup were rescheduled ten or more times.^[2] Matches in the fifth and sixth rounds, scheduled for 16 February and 9 March respectively, were played on 16 and 30 March. A board known as the Pools Panel was set up to adjudicate postponed matches to provide the football pool results.^[2] From 15 December to 9 February, Arsenal completed no league matches. The delays occurred before under-soil heating became widespread at major venues. When the thaw arrived, a backlog of fixtures had to be hastily determined. The Football League season was extended by four weeks from its original finishing date of 27 April. The final league fixtures took place one day before the rescheduled FA Cup final.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	93	65	1.431	50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	10	13	77	63	1.222	48	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	86	77	1.117	46	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8	Liverpool	42	17	10	15	71	59	1.203	44
9	Nottingham Forest	42	17	10	15	67	69	0.971	44

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
18 August 1962	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	26,300
21 August 1962	Birmingham City	H	2–0	34,004
25 August 1962	Manchester United	H	1–3	62,308
29 August 1962	Birmingham City	A	2–2	27,135
1 September 1962	Burnley	A	1–2	26,231
4 September 1962	Aston Villa	H	1–2	33,861
8 September 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	31,115
10 September 1962	Aston Villa	A	1–3	36,705
15 September 1962	Fulham	A	3–1	31,442
22 September 1962	Leicester City	H	1–1	31,291
29 September 1962	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–3	16,572
6 October 1962	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4–4	61,749
13 October 1962	West Ham United	H	1–1	49,000
27 October 1962	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–4	43,002
3 November 1962	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–5	15,400
10 November 1962	Sheffield United	H	1–0	25,503
14 November 1962	Liverpool	A	1–2	38,452
17 November 1962	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	24,804
24 November 1962	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	25,056
1 December 1962	Manchester City	A	4–2	25,454
8 December 1962	Blackpool	H	2–0	23,767
15 December 1962	Leyton Orient	H	2–0	29,075
9 February 1963	Leicester City	A	0–2	26,320
16 February 1963	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	25,204
23 February 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	59,980
2 March 1963	West Ham United	A	4–0	31,967
9 March 1963	Liverpool	H	2–2	30,246
23 March 1963	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–1	21,467
26 March 1963	Everton	H	4–3	38,061
30 March 1963	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	16,686
6 April 1963	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	25,134
8 April 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	18,593
12 April 1963	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	30,619
13 April 1963	Sheffield United	A	3–3	21,487
15 April 1963	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	22,697
20 April 1963	Manchester City	H	2–3	20,539
24 April 1963	Everton	A	1–1	56,034
27 April 1963	Blackpool	A	2–3	13,964
6 May 1963	Manchester United	A	3–2	36,000
11 May 1963	Burnley	H	2–3	23,356
14 May 1963	Fulham	H	3–0	17,489
18 May 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–2	20,514

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	30 January 1963	Oxford United	H	5–1	14,649
R4	12 March 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	40,367
R5	16 March 1963	Liverpool	H	1–2	55,245

Squad

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References

^ ^a ^b "BBC London summary".
^ ^a ^b "War, weather and working weeks: the previous times football has been halted in England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Arsenal results for the 1965-1966 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

[bbc-1] "BBC London summary".

[BBC-Mar20-2] "War, weather and working weeks: the previous times football has been halted in England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[3] "Arsenal results for the 1965-1966 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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