They also continued to play their home games at White Hart Lane, as Highbury had been transformed to support Air Raid Precautions and was still being used for that purpose.

Although some players remained from Arsenal's successful 1930s runs, age, injury, and attrition led to a much weaker team than took the field prior to the war.

One notable occurrence was when Arsenal hosted Dynamo Moscow late in 1945, a rare European match.

At halftime, Arsenal's goalkeeper Wyn Griffiths was replaced by a spectator, QPR's Harry Brown, as he had taken several blows to the head and was unaware of even the score.

The second half saw Sergei Solovyov equalize for Moscow and a George Drury red card for throwing a punch.