Herbert Chapman's personalised bound volume of Arsenal programmes for 1925-26 his first season at Highbury, the red cloth covers titled gilt ARSENAL F
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Herbert Chapman's personalised bound volume of Arsenal programmes for 1925-26 his first season at Highbury, the red cloth covers titled gilt ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD., PROGRAMMES, SEASON 1925-6, HERBERT CHAPMAN, ESQ., the volume containing first-team League and Cup, reserve matches plus Northern Nomads v Redhill F.A. Amateur Cup s/f & London Combination v London League Having achieved great success at Huddersfield Town Herbert Chapman was tempted to Highbury by Arsenal Chairman Henry Norris in the summer of 1925. Chapman laid down the foundations for Arsenal to become one of the most formidable teams in English football. He brought an F.A. Cup and two Championship titles to the London club before his tragic death due to pneumonia in January 1934. He is commemorated by the club with a bronze bust which stood in the marbled hall at Highbury and is now housed at the Emirates Stadium. This bound volume of match programmes is from the great man's first season at Highbury in 1925-26 when the Gunners finished runners-up in the League behind Chapman's old club Huddersfield Town.