Northampton Town F.C. Managers - Herbert Chapman, List of Northampton Town F.C. Managers, Colin Calderwood, Gary Johnson, Ian Atkins, John Gorman, Warn (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Herbert Chapman, List of Northampton Town F.C. managers, Colin Calderwood, Gary Johnson, Ian Atkins, John Gorman, Warney Cresswell, Stuart Gray, Terry Fenwick, Graham Carr, George Jobey, Dave Bowen, John Barnwell, Ian Sampson, Pat Crerand, Jack English, Bill Dodgin, Jr., Tony Barton, Jim Barron, Jack Tresadern, Bob Hewison, Mike Keen, Billy Baxter, Tony Marchi, Walter Bull, Clive Walker, Kevan Broadhurst, Phil Chard, Theo Foley, Martin Wilkinson, Bob Dennison. Excerpt: 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 successful and influential managers in early 20th century English football, before his sudden death in 1934. As a player, Chapman played for a variety of clubs, at 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. 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, and then took over at Huddersfield Town, winning an FA Cup and two First Division titles in the space of four years. In 1925, Arsenal successfully tempted Chapman to join them, and he brought the previously trophyless club an FA Cup and two First Division titles. He set them up to be the dominant team of the 1930s - they would eventually win five League titles...