26.11.13

Herbert Chapman stats



Arsenal Football Club is open to receive applications for the position of TEAM MANAGER. He must be experienced and possess the highest qualifications for the post, both as to ability and personal character. Gentlemen whose sole ability to build up a good side depends on the payment of heavy and exhorbitant [sic] transfer fees need not apply.
Athletic News. 11.05.25





Herbert Chapman was a genius. There was no one else in English Football with his vision. He was a modernizing force in the game, not just as a spectacle, but as a tactically sophisticated affair. The notion of space and movement as crucial factors in the outcome of the game. The notion of thinking. The notion of preparing, not just physically, but mentally, of having a plan, of having a better plan, of having the best plan. 

Season
Div.
Pos.
FA Cup
Northampton Town
169 games  49.7% win
1907-08
SL
8th
R1
1908-09
SL
winners
R1
1909-10
SL
4th
R2
1910-11
SL
2nd
R2

Leeds City
119 games 42.85 % win
1912-13
Div 2
6th
R1
1913-14
Div 2
4th
R2
1914-15
Div 2
15th
R2
The 8 games Leeds City played in 1919-20 are not included

Huddersfield Town
194 games 48.97% win
1921-22
Div 1
14th
winners
1922-23
Div 1
3rd
R3
1923-24
Div 1
winners
R3
1924-25
Div 1
winners
R1

Arsenal
403 games 49.88% win
1925-26
Div 1
2nd
R6
1926-27
Div 1
11th
Runners up
1927-28
Div 1
10th
Semi final
1928-29
Div 1
9th
R6
1929-30
Div 1
14th
winners
1930-31
Div 1
winners
R4
1931-32
Div 1
2nd
Runners up
1932-33
Div 1
winners
R3
1933-34*
Div 1
winners
R6
·         Mr Chapman died  6th  January 1934

Career
885 games 48.47% win


There are two kinds of visionary; those that dream of a whole new world, and those who dream of just one thing. Chapman's vision was of the greatest football team in the world. His genius was actually creating something close to that.
Bernard Joy