Mr. ARTHUR ROWE: 'Must it be Cup or League?'
TO win both League and F.A. Cups in the same year is such a rare occurrence, indeed one that has not happened for nearly forty years, that one is apt to wonder whether it will ever be done again. At racing no one, up to last year, was ever going to equal Archer's record, and at racing, football, or anything else, it is never safe to say ' It will never be done again '.
Yet League and Cup have only twice been won by the same club in the same season. In 1888-1889 Preston North End, by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-0) won the Cup without losing a goal, and by heading the League Championship with forty points without losing a match, were the first to pull off the double, which has only, been done once since; in 1896-1897 by Aston Villa. But Arsenal had the hard luck in 1931-1932 to be runners up in the League and to be beaten in the Cup Final.
Arthur Rowe , is centre-half for Tottenham Hotspur, who came up from the Second Division this season and have been rivalling the Arsenal in popularity in North London. They beat Everton, the holders of the F.A. Cup, in the First round.
Rowe is also an English International.