Arsenal in the 1930s were English football’s most successful team. Under the coaching of club legend Herbert Chapman – who joined Arsenal in 1925 from the then mighty Huddersfield Town – the Gunners secured their first trophy in 1930, with a win over Huddersfield in the FA Cup Final.
That was the catharsis. Arsenal won the title in 1930-31. They would repeat the glory in 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, and 1937–38.
In 1936, they won the FA Cup for a second time.
Arsenal were the richest and most successful club in the world. Their fans loved it, of course…
Precarious spectators watching Arsenal's opening game of the season against Portsmouth at the North London club's Highbury Stadium, 27th August 1938 (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
