Herbert Chapman-A Footballing Pioneer | AFC Finners | Football History Documentary 

They would surely have won a european cup had it been about then, had he survived it could well have come in sooner

@@afcfinners There was a sort of european competition back then,the Mitropa Cup,established in 1927. It was contested by italian, austrian, czech and hungarian teams. Club football in these countries was considered the best in Continental Europe. The most successful in the 1930s within the competition were Bologna and Austria Vienna, with two titles each. Ferencvaros also had a great participation with 1 title and 3 more finals, its star was Gyorgi Sarosi, among the greats of that generation. I think the best league was the Italian one with 3 strong teams, Juventus, Bologna and Ambrosiana (currently Inter). A game by Arsenal against any of them or Austria Vienna of the iconic Sindelar would be interesting. Italy overall was the most successful national team of the decade with 2 World Cups, 2 Central European Championships in 1930 and 1935 and the 1936 Olympic gold medal in Berlin. Interesting that, as you may know, Italy and England faced each other in a friendly match in November 1934 in the famous 'Battle of Highbury' in London, at Arsenal's Stadium and with 7 players from the team. The pitch was flooded and several players sustained injuries from tackles.Ted Drake and Eric Brook scored the goals in the English victory by 3x2, Meazza scored the two Italian goals. Mussolini allegedly promised an Alfa Romeo car to each player in case of victory. There it is,a good idea for a video, talking about this game. A match that solidified England's belief,among the public and press, that they were the best, having defeated the newly laureate world champions. This sentiment can also be seen in another iconic game between Wolverhampton and the hungarians of Honved in 1954 when the local press declared Wolves the best team in Europe. Another fascinating story suggestion from football folklore is the alleged curse cast by the iconic coach Bela Guttmann, who started Eusebio's career, against Benfica. I really like your videos. Greetings my friend

He's on my to-do list!

Thank you for the kind words

Hi mate, glad you enjoyed, good on you paying your respects, I’ll have to visit that at some point myself. I see what you mean regarding the crests, but I’m just not sure if people would recognise the crests if I did it for every club but I’ll have a think. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment

@@afcfinners Thanks! The Arsenal fans will recognise The 1930s crest. If you visit Herbert‘s grave at St Mary’s then also local are the graves of former Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker and Barnsley FC founder Father Tiverton Preedy both buried in Islington & St Pancras cemetery in East Finchley which is only a 10-15 mins drive from Hendon. Be sure to call into the office there as they’ll kindly print you off a location map as it’s huge in there.

Thanks pal

Thanks pal, wonder what might have been had he lived longer

Thank you buddy

Thanks for letting me know, for some reason the article I read said otherwise but you are indeed correct. Hope you enjoyed

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