Herbert Chapman campaigned against introducing floodlighting into English competitive association football.
 He was one of the first managers to consider signing black and foreign players; as well as signing Walter Tull, one of the first black professionals in the game, for Northampton Town in 1911, he attempted to recruit Austrian international goalkeeper Rudy Hiden for Arsenal in 1930, but was blocked by the Ministry of Labour, after protests from the Players' Union and the Football League
 In Chapman's first full season in charge (192122), Huddersfield Town won the FA Cup, beating Preston North End 10 in the final at Stamford Bridge, the club's first major trophy

