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Herbert Chapman
Herbert Chapman | Legacy
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when did arsenal last won the fa cup
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2005
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Thirteen
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who owns the club?
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Kroenke Sports
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when was this club established?
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In October 1886
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who are their fiercest rival?
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can you name some of their most successful managers?
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Arsène Wenger, Herbert Chapman and Tom Whittaker.
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From 1925 to 1934
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Leeds City
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Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English association football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most influential and successful managers in the early 20th century, before his sudden death in 1934. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest innovators. As a player, Chapman played for a variety of clubs, at Football League and non-League levels. His record was generally unremarkable as a player; he made fewer than 40 League appearances over the course of a decade and did not win any major honours.
Herbert Chapman | Introduction
Chapman was one of the first football managers in the modern sense of the word, taking full charge of the team, rather than letting board members pick the side. As well as his tactical innovations, he was a strong believer in physical fitness in football – he instituted a strict training regime and the use of physiotherapists and masseurs. He encouraged his players to openly discuss tactics and the game, instituting weekly team meetings at his clubs, and encouraged them to socialise in extra-curricular activities such as golf. He wrote regularly on football for the "Sunday Express" newspaper, and a collection of his writings was published after his death in a book, entitled "Herbert Chapman on Football".
Herbert Chapman | Legacy
Chapman was honorary president of Scottish amateur football club Chirnside United until his death in 1934. In 2003, Chapman was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his impact as a manager. An English Heritage blue plaque commemorating Chapman was unveiled in March 2005, at the house in Hendon where Chapman lived from 1926 until his death. Chapman was the first footballer or football manager to be commemorated in this way by English Heritage. In 2004, on the seventieth anniversary of his death, "The Sunday Times" named him the greatest British manager of all time in a poll.
Herbert Chapman | Honours
He was one of the first managers to consider signing black and foreign players; as well as signing Walter Tull, one of the first black professionals in the game, for Northampton Town in 1911, he attempted to recruit Austrian international goalkeeper Rudy Hiden for Arsenal in 1930, but was blocked by the Ministry of Labour, after protests from the Players' Union and the Football League. He did however succeed in signing Gerard Keyser, the first Dutchman to play English league football, as an amateur the same year, and Hiden was signed by Jimmy Hogan for Racing Club de Paris. After attending a night-time match in Belgium in 1930 with his friend Hugo Meisl, Chapman became an early advocate of floodlights.
Herbert Chapman | Legacy
The most that I remember was the occasional chat between, say two men playing on the same wing." As a manager, he sought to change that; after seeing Northampton lose to Norwich City despite dominating, Chapman opined that "a team can attack for too long". He thus set about creating a tactical framework for all his players; he dropped the half backs (midfield) back to give his forwards more space and draw the opposition defenders out of the penalty area, while encouraging his own back line to pass their way out of trouble. Gradually, he created a style of highly organised, counter-attacking football, which was at odds with the prevailing orthodoxy but nevertheless highly effective; Swindon Town's England international Harold Fleming, after losing 4–1 at home to Northampton, remarked to Chapman: "You have something more than a team: you have a machine." To allow his system to reach its full potential, Chapman encouraged his chairman to spend money on new players.
Herbert Chapman | Northampton Town
Unlike many of his contemporaries in Britain, Chapman was a fan of the continental game and counted among his friends Hugo Meisl and Jimmy Hogan, coaches of the Austrian "Wunderteam" of the 1930s. As long ago as 1909, he had taken his Northampton side on a tour of Germany to play 1. FC Nürnberg, and at Arsenal he had instituted an ongoing series of home-and-away friendlies against the likes of Racing Club de Paris. Chapman had proposed a Europe-wide club competition more than twenty years before the European Cup was instituted, and regularly took his teams abroad to play foreign sides.
Herbert Chapman | Legacy
As at Northampton, Chapman's tactics were based upon the principles of a strong defence and a fast, counter-attacking response, with the focus on quick, short passing and mazy runs from his wingers, who would pass low inside the defence instead of crossing from the byline. He had been granted control of all footballing affairs at the club and made this responsibility work to his advantage, encouraging the club's reserve and third teams to play the same style of football so that their players would function effectively in the first team if selected. He employed a wide-ranging scouting network to find the right players for his tactical system.
Herbert Chapman | Huddersfield Town
Kiveton's most famous sons, Harry and Herbert Chapman, played for the club before going onto greater things – Harry became a Sheffield Wednesday legend while Herbert went on to become one of the most successful managers of all time. In 2004 the "Sunday Times" voted Herbert the greatest British manager ever, and in 2014 the club featured prominently in Patrick Barclay's book – The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman. Barclay wrote: "Kiveton Park could claim to have been a cradle of two revolutions, one industrial and the other sporting, and beyond question it is the birthplace of at least one great man, widely considered the father of football as we have come to know it." Although Harry Chapman could claim to be the best player to hail from the village, he never won an international cap – although another Kivetonian did.
Kiveton Park F.C. | Notable former players
Instead, he found success as a manager, first at Northampton Town between 1908 and 1912, whom he led to a Southern League title. This attracted the attention of larger clubs and he moved to Leeds City, where he started to improve the team's fortunes before the First World War intervened. After the war ended, City were implicated in an illegal payments scandal and were eventually disbanded. Chapman was initially banned from football but successfully appealed. He took over at Huddersfield Town, winning an FA Cup and two First Division titles in the period of four years. In 1925, Arsenal successfully tempted Chapman to join them, and he led the club to its first ever silverware by winning one FA Cup and two First Division titles.
Herbert Chapman | Introduction
Although he did not win any major honours as a player, as a manager Chapman won a Southern League title in 1908–09 with Northampton Town, four Football League titles (1923–24 and 1924–25 with Huddersfield Town, 1930–31 and 1932–33 with Arsenal) and two FA Cups (1922–23 with Huddersfield Town, 1929–30 with Arsenal). After his death the team he had built at Arsenal, under his successors Joe Shaw and George Allison, went on to win the 1933–34 and 1934–35 titles, emulating his Huddersfield Town team by completing a hat-trick. No team was to repeat the feat until Liverpool between 1982 and 1984.
Herbert Chapman | Honours
Although Herbert went on to become a great manager, Harry was by far the better player, and put in a man of the match performance in the 1907 FA Cup Final, which saw Sheffield Wednesday lift the trophy for the second time. He joined Hull City A.F.C. at the end of the 1910–11 season where he spent one season. After retiring from playing, he had a stint as Hull City manager between April 1913 and September 1914; the club finished seventh in Division Two in 1913–14. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 37, in 1916.
Harry Chapman (footballer, born 1880) | Introduction
Chapman played at inside right, and although he lacked the skill of his brother Harry, he compensated for it with his strength and robustness. In 1898, he moved to Second Division Grimsby Town. Though now playing in the professional Football League, Chapman was still an amateur at this stage and obtained a job with a firm of local solicitors to earn his way. Grimsby started the season poorly – they were near the bottom of the division by Christmas and were beaten 7–0 by Preston North End in the FA Cup, but rallied to finish tenth at the end of the 1898–99 season.
Herbert Chapman | Playing career
Leeds City lost six of their last eight games of the season to finish just fifteenth. League football was suspended for the rest of the war, with Leeds City playing in regional competitions. With many players away fighting or having left the game due to a drop in wages, Leeds relied heavily on guest players during these matches. Chapman, meanwhile, had decided to help the war effort by taking up a position as manager of a munitions factory at Barnbow, near Cross Gates in 1916. For the next two years, City's assistant manager, George Cripps stood in for Chapman on the administrative side, while chairman Joe Connor and another director took charge of the team.
Herbert Chapman | Leeds City
By this time Chapman had been dropped from the team, having been unsuccessfully moved to centre forward, an unfamiliar position for him. He was released by Grimsby and drifted down into non-league football with a brief spell at Swindon Town, playing three games and scoring twice, but had to leave the club as he was unable to find a job in the area. He moved on to see out the season with Sheppey United, who finished bottom of the Southern League in 1899–1900. Chapman finished as United's top scorer but was injured at the end of this season, and still unable to find a job.
Herbert Chapman | Playing career
Disheartened, he returned to his home town and turned out for Worksop Town of the Midland League in 1900–01, while resuming his studies, this time at Old Firth College in Sheffield. Because of his studies, he mainly played for Worksop's reserves, but in a first-team match against Northampton Town he caught the opposition's eye and they offered him a contract, leading him to turn professional for the first time in 1901. He played for Northampton for the whole 1901–02 season, finishing as top scorer with 14 goals in 22 games for the club. During that season he had impressed in an FA Cup match against Sheffield United, leading them to offer Chapman a contract at the end of the season; Chapman accepted but dropped down to amateur status, wishing to make use of his engineering qualifications in the local area.
Herbert Chapman | Playing career
Henry "Harry" Chapman (born Kiveton Park, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, 1879, died 29 April 1916) was an English footballer, who played for Sheffield Wednesday in the early 20th century. He was a forward, playing in the inside right position. He was the brother of Herbert Chapman, the manager of both Huddersfield Town and Arsenal, and Thomas Chapman, who played for Grimsby Town. He began his career playing for a local side in Kiveton Park before joining Worksop Town. In 1900 he was given a trial with Sheffield Wednesday and was signed by them, making his debut in 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers on a 23 February 1901.
Harry Chapman (footballer, born 1880) | Introduction
He played 22 matches and scored twice for United, but struggled to keep his place in a team full of internationals, and was sold to Notts County for £300 at the end of 1902–03. Chapman turned professional again, but only made seven appearances in two years for County, scoring once.
Herbert Chapman | Playing career
His work at Arsenal resulted in their becoming the dominant team of the 1930s – they won five League titles and two FA Cups in the decade before the suspension of football due to outbreak of World War II – but he did not live to see them do so, dying suddenly from pneumonia in 1934, at the age of 55.
Herbert Chapman | Introduction
Chapman was born in Kiveton Park, near Rotherham. His father, John, was a coal miner, but rather than spend his life working down the pit, the young Herbert was bright enough to win a place at Sheffield Technical College (later to become part of the University of Sheffield), where he studied mining engineering. Chapman was one of eleven children and born into a keen sporting family, with two of his brothers also playing professional football. The most successful of these was his younger brother, Harry, who played for The Wednesday during the 1900s, winning two League Championships and an FA Cup.
Herbert Chapman | Early life
George W. Chapman (8 October 1920 – April 1998) is an English former professional footballer who scored 12 goals from 43 appearances in the Football League playing for Brighton & Hove Albion. Born in Linton, Derbyshire, he began his career with West Bromwich Albion, but played only matches in the wartime competitions for that club, never in the League. He was Brighton's top scorer in the 1946–47 season with 10 goals in all competitions. Chapman played as an inside left.
George Chapman (footballer, born 1920) | Introduction
He scored a total of more than 250 goals in all competitions during a club career which lasted for nearly 20 years.
Lee Chapman | Introduction
The village is the birthplace of football manager Herbert Chapman, and his brother Harry, a Sheffield Wednesday player. At one time the village football club was reputed to have produced more professional footballers than any place its size in England, with the Chapman brothers, Derek Ashton (Aston Villa), Bert Morley (Notts County and England), Sidney Cartwright (Arsenal), Leslie Hoften (Manchester United), Eric Oakton (Chelsea) and Walter Wigmore (Birmingham City) all coming from the village.
Kiveton Park | Sport
Leeds City had finished 19th in the Second Division in the season preceding Chapman's arrival, and were facing re-election. Chapman played an essential part in lobbying for the side's readmission and Leeds City were duly re-elected. That done, Chapman signed new talent such as Jimmy Speirs from Bradford City and despite some erratic performances – losing 6–0 in between two 5–1 wins, for example – City finished sixth in 1912–13, Chapman's first season. Attendances rose at Elland Road from 8,500 to 13,000 in his first year, as Chapman's attacking side scored 70 goals, the second-highest total in the entire division.
Herbert Chapman | Leeds City
Ralph Chapman (26 January 1906 – March 1999) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward. He played ten matches in the Football League for Nelson.
Ralph Chapman (footballer) | Introduction
His time at Blackburn was curtailed by the outbreak of the First World War, which brought a halt to English competitive football in 1915. When competitive football recommenced, Chapman signed with Lancashire Combination side Accrington Stanley. During the 1915–16 season, Chapman appeared as a guest player in three wartime matches for Burnley, in which he scored three goals.
George Chapman (footballer, born 1886) | Introduction
He had lights installed in Highbury's new West Stand when it was constructed in 1932; however, they were used only for training, and Arsenal would have to wait until the 1950s for their officially sanctioned use in matches. Chapman oversaw much of the development of Highbury in the early 1930s, including the building of the West Stand and the addition of a clock which was eventually placed by the south terrace, giving it the name of the "Clock End". He is also credited with being behind the renaming of London Underground's Gillespie Road station to Arsenal. He even designed the scoreboard and turnstiles at the stadium.
Herbert Chapman | Legacy
John Chapman was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Clapton Orient. He was a first reserve for an England Amateurs match versus Ireland in November 1913, but failed to win a cap.
Jack Chapman (footballer) | Introduction
Chapman played for Notts Magdala, Nottingham Forest and South Nottingham, making three Football League appearances for Forest. He also guested for Port Vale in a league match against local rivals Stoke Reserves on 23 April 1910; Vale were 2–0 up when the match was abandoned due to a pitch invasion. In the summer of 1910 he agreed to assist the Vale "in times of need", but he was not called into action for the club again. He went on to co-found English Wanderers and later played for Oxford City, South Nottingham, Southall and Brentford. He also guested for Northern Nomads and Notts County.
Frederick Chapman (footballer) | Club career
Herbert Chapman was in charge during the Cobblers's crown of the Southern Football League in 1908–09 and also the runners-up spot in the Charity Shield that proceeded the title.
List of Northampton Town F.C. managers | Introduction
In all he scored 200 goals in 415 games in the Football League. In 1969, he joined Stafford Rangers via Chester. He was also given the management job at Rangers, and held this position until 1975, at which point he was made manager of Stockport County. His reign at Stockport was brief, and he became a coach before returning to Stafford for a second spell as manager in 1977, before he left for a second time in 1980. As Stafford manager he led the club to a Northern Premier League, FA Trophy, and Staffordshire Senior Cup treble in 1972; as well as another Staffs Cup victory in 1973 and another FA Trophy success in 1979.
Roy Chapman | Introduction
Eddie Chapman (3 August 1923 – October 2002) was an English football player and chairman, closely associated with West Ham United. At schoolboy level, he won honours with Ilford and London, and also had a trial for England Schools. In 1937, his last season as a schoolboy, he scored 102 goals for his school team Loxford, and 128 in total, including a game that saw him score 12 goals, three games where he scored 9 goals, and 8 in another. He first joined West Ham on 3 August 1937 as an office junior, earning 25 shillings a week plus 2/6d expenses.
Eddie Chapman (footballer) | Introduction
Herbert George Chapman (1 December 1891 – 4 February 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bert Chapman (footballer, born 1891) | Introduction
Harold Chapman is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Chapman made a single appearance in an official international for the All Whites in a 1–4 loss to Australia on 18 July 1936.
Harold Chapman (footballer) | Introduction
Lee Roy Chapman (born 5 December 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored almost 200 first-team goals. He is best known for spells with Stoke City, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United. He also played for Plymouth Argyle, Arsenal, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Southend United, Ipswich Town and Swansea City. As well as this he played in both France and Norway for Chamois Niortais and Strømsgodset IF, and was capped by both the England U21 and England B teams. He also won the Football League Cup with Nottingham Forest and the league title with Leeds United.
Lee Chapman | Introduction
Herbert Archibald Brown (fl. 1928–1932) was an English footballer who made 139 appearances in the Football League playing for Darlington in the 1920s and 1930s. He also played non-league football for Shildon and Spennymoor United. Brown, a left back, partnered Hughie Dickson at full back in the later part of Dickson's career.
Herbert Brown (footballer) | Introduction
William Chapman (21 September 1902 – 2 December 1967) was an English footballer, born in Murton, County Durham. His regular position was as an outside right, and during his career Chapman played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester United and Watford. Chapman and Tommy Barnett both moved from Manchester United to Watford at the end of the 1927–28 season, and spent the next six seasons playing together on Watford's right wing. He made 233 appearances for Watford in all competitions, scoring 10 goals.
Billy Chapman | Introduction
Herbert Philip Cartwright (8 February 1908 – October 1974) was an English footballer who scored 24 goals in 129 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford Park Avenue, Hull City, Lincoln City and Carlisle United. He played as an outside forward. He was on the books of Bradford Park Avenue, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Rotherham United without appearing in the league, and also played non-league football for Scarborough.
Phil Cartwright | Introduction
Herbert Jones (3 September 1896 – 11 September 1973) was an English professional footballer. He played for Blackpool, six times in the England team, and was a member of the FA Cup winning team Blackburn Rovers in 1928. He played as a defender.
Herbert Jones (footballer) | Introduction
Harold Chapman was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at club level for Castleford (Heritage №), as a , i.e. number 2 or 5.
Harold Chapman (rugby league) | Introduction
Arthur Herbert Charlton, Esq (29 December 1876 – 24 October 1956) was a Scottish amateur football half back who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest. He is best remembered for his six years in amateur football with Brentford during the 1890s, captaining the team and being described as "probably the club's first great player". He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.
Arthur Charlton | Introduction
George R. Chapman (born 23 October 1886, deceased) was a Scottish professional footballer. He initially played as a centre half during his early career before becoming a centre forward. Born in Broxburn, he started his career with Raith Rovers and later assisted Heart of Midlothian. In 1908, Chapman moved to England to play for Blackburn Rovers in the Football League First Division and made 67 league appearances during two seasons with the club. He returned to Scotland in 1910 when he was signed by Rangers and spent one season with the Glasgow club. Chapman rejoined Blackburn in 1911 and remained with the Ewood Park club for the next four seasons, scoring 29 goals in 71 league matches.
George Chapman (footballer, born 1886) | Introduction
Thomas Chapman (1871 — 1929) was a Welsh professional footballer. He began his career with Newtown before joining Football League side Manchester City and Grimsby Town. He joined Chatham Town in 1898 but was forced to move on when the club folded in 1901. He later spent several season with Maidstone United. He also earned seven caps for Wales between 1894 and 1897.
Thomas Chapman (footballer) | Introduction
Herbert Cartwright (1916–unknown) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town.
Herbert Cartwright | Introduction
Frederick William Chapman (10 May 1883 – 7 September 1951) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Frederick Chapman (footballer) | Introduction
Roy Clifford Chapman (18 March 1934 – 21 March 1983) was an English professional footballer and manager, born in Birmingham. He was the father of former Arsenal and Leeds United striker Lee Chapman. An inside-forward, he started his career at Aston Villa in 1952, before he moved on to Lincoln City five years later to find first team football. In 1961 he was sold to Mansfield Town, where he remained for the next four years, before he returned to Lincoln as the club's player-manager in 1965. He gave up his management duties the following year, before moving on to Port Vale in 1967.
Roy Chapman | Introduction
It could be argued that Utley's greatest impact on the game of football in England was that regarding the award of testimonial and benefit games. Usually players were awarded a benefit game for long service and allowed to choose a match, excluding derby games and large visiting clubs, from which to receive the gate receipts as recognition of their services. Utley challenged this in 1920 and was granted a benefit match against the then mighty Sunderland after only being at the club for four years, eventually receiving around £1,000. The board had been willing to make an exception for Utley, citing his importance to the team and wishing to ensure he stayed with the club.
George Utley | Football Legacy
Herbert John McFerran (1900–1996) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Darlington. He was also on Durham City's books but never played League football for them.
Herbert McFerran | Introduction
He remained with the club following their move into the Football League for the 1920–21 season, playing in their first ever Football League match during a 5–2 victory over Stockport County. However, midway through the season, he was displaced by Ben Davies and spent two seasons as backup, only appearing in a handful of matches for the club, before deciding to retire from the game following the arrival of Tom Farquharson. He instead took up a coaching position with the club and remained in the role for over a decade.
Herbert Kneeshaw | Career
Chapman's playing career was that of a typical journeyman, owing mostly to the fact he often played as an amateur; this meant that whether he could play for a particular club was dictated by whether he could find an appropriate job nearby. He first played as a youth for his local side, Kiveton Park Colliery, winning the Hatchard Cup in 1896 alongside team-mates Walter Wigmore and William Ross. He left the village that summer to join Ashton North End, before moving on to Stalybridge Rovers and then Rochdale (not to be confused with the modern-day Rochdale) – all three clubs being members of the Lancashire League.
Herbert Chapman | Playing career
Kenneth Arthur Chapman (born 25 April 1932) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Ken Chapman (footballer, born 1932) | Introduction
Chapman continued to play rugby for Berkshire Wanderers until he was nearly 30 years old. Also for Pembroke, he played as goalkeeper in the football team and might have played for the university at hockey had he taken the sport seriously. In later years, he also displayed proficiency at tennis, in which critics thought he could have reached a high standard if motivated to do so, and golf.
Percy Chapman | University cricket
At Arsenal, Chapman immediately made an impact by signing 34-year-old Charlie Buchan, an England international and Sunderland's all-time record goalscorer, whom he made Arsenal captain. Chapman and Buchan's arrival at the club coincided with a change in the laws of the game in June 1925, that modified the offside law. The change had reduced the number of opposition players that an attacker needed between himself and the goal-line from three to two (including the goalkeeper). Buchan's idea, implemented by Chapman, was to move the centre half from a roaming position in midfield to a "stopper" position in defence. With the inside forwards brought back to help the midfield, this changed the usual formation from 2–3–5 to 3–4–3, or a "WM", so called after the shape it formed spelled out the letters.
Herbert Chapman | Arsenal
In 2002 Haynes became an Inaugural Inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his football talents and impact on the English game. On the day of Haynes' death, Alan Mullery, another ex Fulham and England player, made the following tribute: ""He was the only reason I went to Fulham as a young boy of 15 leaving school. He was my hero, the captain of England and Fulham. The word great rolls off the tongue quite easily these days but he really was. He was the best passer of a ball I have ever seen - I don't know anyone who could pass a ball as accurately.
Johnny Haynes | Tributes
He is commemorated in the name of a stand at the Valley. Seed was an innovative thinker about the game at a time when tactical formations were still relatively unsophisticated. He later recalled "a simple scheme that enabled us to pull several matches out of the fire" during the 1934–35 season: when the team was in trouble "the centre-half was to forsake his defensive role and go up into the attack to add weight to the five forwards." The organisation Seed brought to the team proved effective and the Addicks gained successive promotions from the Third Division to the First Division between 1934 and 1936, becoming the first club to ever do so.
Charlton Athletic F.C. | Early history (1905–1946)
Neville Chapman (15 September 1941 – 14 October 1993) was an English footballer who made 85 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Middlesbrough and Darlington in the 1960s. Chapman was the first Middlesbrough player to be substituted after the rule permitting in-game replacements was introduced to the Football League in 1965. He was replaced by Bryan Orritt in the match against Preston North End on 11 September 1965.
Neville Chapman | Introduction
Herbert Edward "Jim" Hammond (born 7 November 1907) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. After playing non-League football for Lewes, he signed for Football League side Fulham. He became a prolific goalscorer for the club, scoring 150 goals which remained a club record until the 1950s. He also played cricket for Sussex, appearing in 196 matches.
Jim Hammond | Introduction
Chapman was a member of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Frederick Chapman (footballer) | International career
Tommy Docherty stated that "there is no doubt in my mind that Duncan would have become the greatest player ever. Not just in British football, with United and England, but the best in the world. George Best was something special, as was Pelé and Maradona, but in my mind Duncan was much better in terms of all-round ability and skill." In recognition of his talents Edwards was made an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. His memorabilia were exhibited at Dudley Museum prior to its closure, and was subsequently sold to Manchester United with a selection to be loaned back for display at the Dudley Archives.
Duncan Edwards | Legacy
Hubert Butler (11 July 1906 – "unknown") was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.
Herbert Butler (footballer) | Introduction
Herbert Cock (7 October 1900 – January 1977) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward and made one appearance in the Football League for Brentford.
Herbert Cock (English footballer) | Introduction
Hughes presented his ideas in the magazine "Match Analysis" and concluded most goals were scored from three passes or fewer, therefore it was important to get the ball quickly forward as soon as possible. He based this analysis on over one hundred games at all levels, including games involving Liverpool and the Brazilian national team, as well as many England youth games. His ideals were developed from those previously developed by World War II Wing Commander Charles Reep. From his statistical analysis, Hughes emphasised the importance of particular areas of the field from where goals were most often scored. He called these areas the 'POMO' – Positions Of Maximum Opportunity – and asserted that players would score if the ball was played into the 'POMO' enough times.
Charles Hughes (football manager) | Tactics
His older brother Thomas played for Grimsby Town, while another brother, Matthew, later became a director of the same club.
Herbert Chapman | Early life
The club's first ever transfer fee, £400, was paid for Welsh international Lloyd Davies who remains Northampton's most-capped player, winger Fred McDiarmid and playmaking centre half David McCartney. With this new talent, in his first season in charge, Chapman led Northampton to eighth place; with additional new signings, such as inside forward Albert Lewis from Coventry City, he used this as a springboard to take the Southern League title in 1908–09, with Lewis finishing as top scorer.
Herbert Chapman | Northampton Town
Herbert Justin Kneeshaw (1883–1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made over 100 appearances for Cardiff City during a 12-year spell at the side and later became a coach at the club.
Herbert Kneeshaw | Introduction
Hughes was an important member of the FA during their first few decades. In the 1890s for example, he was referee of the 1891, 1893 and 1894 FA Cup finals, as well as various Football League and local matches. He also acted as linesman for International matches; in 1892 he was linesman for a match between England and Scotland at Ibrox. In 1901, Hughes served as the FA's vice president. In 1907 and 1908, he was often in charge of selecting the squad for the England national football team for international matches, making him the "de facto" manager. Testament to his influence in Association Football, the former secretary of Northwich Victoria, the late Ken Edwards, who wrote the club's history in the book 'A Team for All Seasons', said that "few men have done more for the association game than Mr.
Charles James Hughes (footballer) | The Football Association and legacy
Herbert Simpson (29 September 1863 – 29 December 1929) was an English footballer who made three appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City as a left back. Simpson played in Lincoln City's first FA Cup match, in 1884, was part of the team that won the inaugural Midland League title in 1889–90, and represented the club in their first season in the Football League, in 1892–93.
Herbert Simpson | Introduction
This meant the offside trap was now the responsibility of the single centre half, while the full backs were pushed wider to cover the wings. Arsenal were by no means the only team to have come up with the idea of dropping the centre half into defence – Newcastle United beat Arsenal 7–0 that season employing such a system with Charlie Spencer at centre-half; Queen's Park and Tottenham Hotspur had also adopted similar systems. Chapman, however, was able to refine and improve on the idea better than his rivals, melding the tactical change with his own ideas on counter-attacking football, pacy wingers and a strong defence.
Herbert Chapman | Arsenal
With a strengthening of the defence, City's form improved further the next season, in 1913–14, coming fourth, two points outside the promotion places. Despite having failed on his promise to get the team promoted within two years, City's rising attendances and resulting better profits for the club kept the directors happy, and the club were confident of promotion in 1914–15. However, the declaration of World War I disrupted Leeds City's season, with attendances down as men signed up to fight. Chapman by now had amassed a very large squad and was unable to pick a consistent side, continually changing his first-choice lineup.
Herbert Chapman | Leeds City
On 7 October 1926, The Football Association announced that Chapman had been suspended from "taking part in football or football management" during the 1926–27 season "for improper conduct in his position as Secretary-Manager of the Manchester United Football Club". No further explanation for the suspension was ever given. By the next match, two days later against Bolton Wanderers, Lal Hilditch had taken over on a temporary basis as player-manager.
John Chapman (football manager) | Introduction
Harrison James Chapman (born 5 November 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers.
Harry Chapman (footballer, born 1997) | Introduction
Herbert Hunt (1880–1936) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop.
Herbert Hunt (footballer) | Introduction
Tull made his debut four days later against Watford, and made 111 first-team appearances (105 in the League), scoring nine goals for the club. The manager Herbert Chapman – also a Methodist – was a former Spurs player and had played as a young man with Arthur Wharton at Stalybridge Rovers; he went on to manage both Huddersfield Town and Arsenal to FA Cup wins and League championships.
Walter Tull | Football career
Herbert M. Dickson was a Scottish amateur football left back who made over 210 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.
Herbert Dickson | Introduction
In 1907, as he was about to leave Tottenham Hotspur, Chapman had recommended Spurs team-mate Walter Bull to his old club Northampton Town, as their new manager. However, Bull changed his mind, and in turn recommended that Chapman take the job instead. Chapman changed his mind about retiring from the game, and instead agreed to become player-manager of Northampton Town. Northampton had finished bottom of the Southern League two seasons running immediately before Chapman's appointment, but Chapman turned the club around within a short period of time. At the time, teams rarely employed tactics of any sort – Chapman would later remark: "No attempt was made to organise victory.
Herbert Chapman | Northampton Town
Herbert Kilpin (24 January 1870 – 22 October 1916) was an English football pioneer, player and manager. He is best known as the founder of Italian club A.C. Milan.
Herbert Kilpin | Introduction
Herbert "Bert" Hales (21 November 1908 – 1982) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Preston North End, Chesterfield, Stockport County, Rochdale and Stoke City.
Bert Hales | Introduction
Albert Abraham Goodman (3 September 1890 – 7 December 1959) was an English professional footballer who played for London Fields, Tufnell Park , Tottenham Thursday, Maidstone United, Croydon Common, Tottenham Hotspur, Margate, Charlton Athletic, Gillingham, Clapton Orient and Guildford City.
Bert Goodman | Introduction
During his time with Grimsby, he became one of the club's first international players when he and teammate Hugh Morris played in a 4–0 defeat to England in 1897. He dropped out of the Football League to join Chatham Town in 1898. He spent three years with Chatham but was forced to move on when the club suffered financial difficulties and folded in 1901. He subsequently joined Maidstone United where he finished his career in March 1907. During his career, Chapman won seven caps for the Wales national football team. He made his debut in 1894, playing in all three of his countries' fixtures during the 1893–94 British Home Championship.
Thomas Chapman (footballer) | Career
Herbert "Harold" Pearson (7 January 1901 – 1972) was an English professional footballer who played at centre forward for Southampton and Coventry City in the 1920s.
Harold Pearson (footballer, born 1901) | Introduction
Hughes played a huge role in the development of association football, both in his home town, county, and in England. As well as being the co-founder of Northwich Victoria Football Club, he was their honourable secretary, treasurer and a player., He appeared in Northwich Victoria's first ever recorded Association Football game in 1874 against Stedman College in the village of Comberbach, Cheshire. His playing career unfortunately ended when his ankle was broken by an opposition player on 15 November 1877, during a football match at the Drill Field, Northwich, against Hanley Rangers . He was a joint-founder of the Cheshire Football Association, and from its foundation in 1878 until 1908, he served as their honourable secretary.
Charles James Hughes (footballer) | Local Work
He implemented the basics of his famous "W-M formation" at his spell at "The Terriers." His tactics were based upon the principles of a strong defence and a fast, counter-attacking response, with the focus on quick, short passing and mazy runs from his wingers, who would pass low inside the defence instead of crossing from the byline. Chapman is regarded as the first manager to successfully employ the "counter-attack". Other progressive ideas included a disciplined fitness regime for the players and starting the practice of reserve and youth teams playing the same style as the senior team.
History of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. | Re-formation and Golden Days (1919–1945)
Herbert Lawson (12 April 1905 – 1987) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Arsenal as an outside right.
Herbert Lawson | Introduction
Harold Atkinson (28 July 1925 – 4 September 2003) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for Carlton, Tranmere Rovers and Chesterfield. He made 197 appearances for Tranmere, scoring 104 goals.
Harold Atkinson (footballer) | Introduction
Bolstered by the money from the cup run, Chapman was able to make further signings such as goalkeeper Ted Taylor and forward Charlie Wilson (later to be joined by George Cook).
Herbert Chapman | Huddersfield Town
Kenneth Freeman Raymond Chapman (born 16 November 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a Winger.
Ken Chapman (footballer, born 1948) | Introduction
Herbert Smith was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.
Herbert Smith (forward) | Introduction
Charles James Hughes, J.P. (16 August 1853 – 31 July 1916) was an English footballer, referee, and co-founder of Northwich Victoria Football Club. He was a pioneer of the early English game, being included in the publication 'Association Football and the Men who made it'.
Charles James Hughes (footballer) | Introduction
In tribute to his achievements at Arsenal, a bronze bust of Chapman, sculpted by Jacob Epstein resided inside the marble halls of the East Stand of Arsenal Stadium, Highbury until its closure in 2006 and will be reinstated there once redevelopment work in the stadium is completed. A replica sits in the Directors' Entrance at Emirates Stadium; he is one of only two Arsenal managers to be honoured this way, the other being Arsène Wenger. Furthermore, Arsenal's white away kit for the 2007–08 season was dedicated to Chapman and his achievements.
Herbert Chapman | Honours
Lyttelton was also a keen and skilful footballer, playing for Cambridge and Old Etonians and winning a single cap for England against Scotland on 3 March 1877. As a university player, Lyttelton's most notable achievement was the hat-trick he scored in helping Cambridge to a 5–1 victory over Oxford in 1878. As a club player, he turned out for Etonians in the FA Cup final of 1876, a match the team lost, after a replay, to Royal Engineers. As an international, he scored the only goal in England's 1–3 defeat by Scotland in 1877. He was, a contemporary assessment in the "Football Annual" noted, "a very strong and fast forward, a splendid shot at goal, and perhaps the most dangerous forward out." Lyttelton's brother, Edward – a fellow England international – wrote in a private memoir: There have been other players more deft at dribbling, there have been a few, very few, of greater speed, and there have been heavier players, but I never knew one who combined the three great essentials, and added to them a surprising accuracy at kicking goals and "bunting" his opponents.
Alfred Lyttelton | Footballing career
E. Foster had scored centuries in both the University Match and the Gentlemen v Players match in the same year. Chapman ended his season by scoring 805 runs and taking 19 wickets for Berkshire, and playing in festival games. He aggregated 607 runs at 33.72 in first-class matches for the season. Chapman was popular at Cambridge and enjoyed his time there. He took part in a variety of social engagements and became involved in other sports. These included fives, tennis, rugby union, golf and football. He captained Pembroke College at rugby and was close to playing for the full university side.
Percy Chapman | University cricket
Born in Coventry, Chapman played for Warwick Town, Coventry City, Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra, Bradford City and Banbury Spencer. He joined Bradford City in July 1954, making 26 league appearances (scoring 4 goals) and 2 FA Cup appearances (scoing 2 goals) for the club, before moving to Banbury Spencer in July 1955.
Ken Chapman (footballer, born 1932) | Career
Frederick Haycock (1886–1955) was an English professional footballer who scored 13 goals from 40 appearances in the English Football League playing as a forward for West Bromwich Albion and Lincoln City.
Fred Haycock | Introduction
Chapman celebrated New Year in London before travelling north on a scouting trip to see Bury play Notts County on 1 January 1934. The following day, he travelled to his native Yorkshire to watch Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal's next opponents, before spending a final night in his home town of Kiveton Park. He returned to London nursing a cold but was well enough to watch an Arsenal third team match against Guildford City. Soon afterwards, his illness suddenly worsened; pneumonia set in, and Chapman quickly succumbed. He died in the early hours of 6 January 1934 at his home in Hendon.
Herbert Chapman | Death
Vernon Chapman (9 May 1921 – 6 June 2006) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a winger for Leicester City and Leyton Orient. He went on to play for and then manage Tamworth, initially as player-manager. Chapman died on 6 June 2006 in Leicester, England at the age of 85.
Vernon Chapman | Introduction
He was buried four days later in St Mary's Churchyard, Hendon. Chapman left behind a widow, Annie, two sons, Ken (born 1908) and Bruce (born 1911), and two daughters, Molly (born 1915) and Joyce (born 1919). Ken was a rugby union player for Harlequins, and later served as president of the Rugby Football Union.
Herbert Chapman | Death
Hill had a reputation as a moderniser and all-round innovator in football: as well as helping to get rid of the players' maximum wage, he commissioned the first English all-seater stadium at Highfield Road, lifted a ban on media interviews, introduced the first electronic scoreboard in 1964, the first colour matchday programme and in 1965 Coventry were the first club to show a live match via CCTV on four giant screens. He has been credited with the introduction of the three points for a win system, pioneered by The Football Association in 1981. He was also credited with the idea of using a panel of football pundits for the 1970 World Cup.
Jimmy Hill | Footballing legacy and public image
Muirhead brought the ball within a few yards of the centre of the posts".
Herbert Muirhead | Football career
Herbert William Emmitt (6 August 1857 – 1901) was an English footballer who played in The Football League for Notts County. He also played cricket for Nottinghamshire, making two first-class appearances in 1884. He also made a single first-class appearance for the North in 1888.
Herbert Emmitt | Introduction
Among his contributions are the earliest evidence of organised team football. Mulcaster's writings refer to teams ("sides" and "parties"), positions ("standings"), a referee ("judge over the parties") and a coach "(trayning maister)". Mulcaster's "footeball" had evolved from the disordered and violent forms of traditional football:
Football | English public schools
Chapman was promoted to full secretary-manager, replacing Langley, the following month, and soon made an impact, signing players such as England international Clem Stephenson from Aston Villa (who became captain under Chapman) and 18-year-old unknown George Brown (who went on to become Huddersfield's all-time top scorer). In Chapman's first full season in charge (1921–22), Huddersfield Town won the FA Cup, beating Preston North End 1–0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, the club's first major trophy. In the league, however, his side had spent most of the season fighting relegation and had finished 14th, so Chapman looked to strengthen his squad.
Herbert Chapman | Huddersfield Town