# 1909–10 Woolwich Arsenal F.C. season

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. They were one rank above being relegated back to the Second Division.

## Results

Arsenal's score comes first
| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 1 September 1909 | Aston Villa | A | 1–5 |
| 4 September 1909 | Sheffield United | H | 0–0 |
| 11 September 1909 | Middlesbrough | A | 2–5 |
| 18 September 1909 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–3 |
| 25 September 1909 | Chelsea | H | 3–2 |
| 2 October 1909 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–7 |
| 7 October 1909 | Notts County | A | 1–5 |
| 9 October 1909 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–1 |
| 16 October 1909 | Sunderland | A | 2–6 |
| 23 October 1909 | Everton | H | 1–0 |
| 30 October 1909 | Manchester United | A | 0–1 |
| 6 November 1909 | Bradford City | H | 0–1 |
| 13 November 1909 | The Wednesday | A | 1–1 |
| 20 November 1909 | Bristol City | H | 2–2 |
| 27 November 1909 | Bury | A | 2–1 |
| 4 December 1909 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–0 |
| 11 December 1909 | Preston North End | A | 4–3 |
| 18 December 1909 | Notts County | H | 1–2 |
| 25 December 1909 | Newcastle United | H | 0–3 |
| 27 December 1909 | Liverpool | H | 1–1 |
| 1 January 1910 | Liverpool | A | 1–5 |
| 8 January 1910 | Sheffield United | A | 0–2 |
| 22 January 1910 | Middlesbrough | H | 3–0 |
| 29 January 1910 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2–0 |
| 12 February 1910 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 0–1 |
| 26 February 1910 | Sunderland | H | 1–2 |
| 2 March 1910 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 |
| 7 March 1910 | Everton | A | 0–1 |
| 12 March 1910 | Manchester United | H | 0–0 |
| 19 March 1910 | Bradford City | A | 1–0 |
| 25 March 1910 | Newcastle United | A | 1–1 |
| 26 March 1910 | The Wednesday | H | 0–1 |
| 28 March 1910 | Chelsea | A | 1–0 |
| 2 April 1910 | Bristol City | A | 1–0 |
| 9 April 1910 | Bury | H | 0–0 |
| 11 April 1910 | Aston Villa | H | 1–0 |
| 16 April 1910 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–1 |
| 23 April 1910 | Preston North End | H | 1–3 |

#### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Aston Villa (C) | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 53 | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 57 | 1.368 | 48 | |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 73 | 55 | 1.327 | 45 | |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 45 | |
| 5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 61 | 1.131 | 45 | |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 41 | 1.512 | 42 | |
| 7 | Bradford City | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 42 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 51 | 1.294 | 41 | |
| 9 | Notts County | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 40 | |
| 10 | Everton | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 0.911 | 40 | |
| 11 | The Wednesday | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 39 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 35 | |
| 13 | Bury | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 33 | |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 33 | |
| 15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 69 | 0.768 | 32 | |
| 16 | Bristol City | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 60 | 0.750 | 32 | |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 73 | 0.767 | 31 | |
| 18 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 67 | 0.552 | 31 | |
| 19 | Chelsea (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 70 | 0.671 | 29 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 44 | 71 | 0.620 | 24 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 | 15 January 1910 | Watford | H | 3–0 | | |
| R2 | 5 February 1910 | Everton | A | 0–5 | | |