Herbert Chapman

Arsenal won their first FA Cup 95 years ago, setting the stage for dominance. But after five consecutive early exits, can they reclaim their place as cup kings?

Honouring Herbert Chapman: Arsenal’s visionary manager whose tactical innovations, leadership, and legacy continue to define the club and modern football.

Discover how top managers like Arteta embrace Herbert Chapman’s W-M formation, highlighting its lasting influence on modern football tactics.

Herbert Chapman is an Arsenal legend, but shouldn’t he be a footballing one all fans know?

Today, thanks to Arsène Wenger’s influence, Arsenal are FA Cups kings with 13 but Arsenal’s first FA Cup came 90 years ago, in the 1929/30 season.

The Northern Whig, on this day in 1950, reported that the Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker was very much in demand with the Italian national team.

Arsene Wenger was at Arsenal for 20 years but before him and Unai Emery, we had numerous other managers – though not as many as Spurs!

If you don’t already know, Daily Cannon’s podcast host, Matthew Wade, was handpicked from the Arsenal blogger and podcast world to talk all things Arsenal…

As pressure grows, again, on Arsene Wenger to call it a day on Arsenal, the Arsenal manager represents the last of his kind – a long-term club man in a world that has moved on without him.

On this day in 1934, one of the most important managers in Arsenal’s history, Herbert Chapman, died of pneumonia aged 55 at his home in Hendon.

Arsenal are scoring at a rate of 2.4 goals per game this season – a ratio they have not managed since 1934/35.

We have been known as ‘The Arsenal’ for quite some time. Herbert Chapman was the man who put the club on the map, and his…