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Herbert Chapman: The manager who was made in Huddersfield and idolised at Arsenal that changed everything

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Each year, on January 6, a red-and-white floral tribute is lovingly placed on a gravestone at St Mary's Church in Hendon, north London, by a long-standing member of Arsenal's community staff.

It is a small but significant mark of respect maintained by the club more than 80 years after the death of Herbert Chapman, a man who led them into the elite of English football.

Chapman died in 1934 but his presence survives in many forms, from a statue outside the Emirates Stadium to the white sleeves worn by Arsene Wenger's team.

Hebert Chapman is remembered as the innovator that changed everything in the English game
Hebert Chapman is remembered as the innovator that changed everything in the English game

A bronze bust can be found in the marble halls of Highbury's East Stand reception more than a decade after the team moved out and it was converted into luxury apartments.