Arthur Rowe

Rowe was born in Tottenham and began his career at Tottenham Hotspur's nursery club Northfleet United as an amateur in 1923, before becoming a professional with "Spurs" in 1929. He also appeared as an amateur for Cheshunt in 1920. He was a Tottenham player for eight seasons, after making his debut in 1931, in which time he played 201 games, in all competitions, and earned his single cap for the England team. He was forced to retire in 1939 due to a cartilage injury.

Chelmsford City

After finishing his career as a player, Rowe took a coaching job in Hungary although this was halted due to the outbreak of World War II. He returned to Britain and joined the military as a physical training instructor. He joined Chelmsford City, as secretary-manager, in 1945 and made the club into a leading non-league team.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur were in the second division when Rowe returned to the club as manager in 1949 and his task was to gain promotion. This was achieved by becoming Champions and the following season the First Division Championship was won as well. These back-to-back championships made Spurs the first post-war team to win back-to-back titles. This was achieved through the use of 'Push and run' football, a tactic which involved quickly laying the ball off to a teammate and running past the marking tackler to collect the return pass. The nucleus of the team included captain Ronnie Burgess, goalkeeper Ted Ditchburn, Harry Clark, Charlie Withers, Bill Nicholson, Alf Ramsey, Les Medley, Les Bennett, Eddie Baily, Len Duquemin and Sonny Walters. Rowe was forced to resign as Tottenham manager in 1955 due to health issues.

Crystal Palace

After leaving Tottenham, Rowe took time off to recover and joined Crystal Palace in November 1958 as an assistant to George Smith. He was promoted to manager when Smith resigned in April 1960 bringing the club a promotion to Division Three in the 1960–61 season. The club…

International

As a manager

Tottenham Hotspur

Football League First Division: 1950–51 Football League Second Division: 1949–50 FA Charity Shield: 1951