The Question: Did Herbert Chapman really invent the W-M formation? | Jonathan Wilson

[Jonathan Wilson]

Arsenal were the finest exponents of the system, but was it actually invented elsewhere in the 1920s?

The orthodoxy has it that the W-M formation was developed at Arsenal by Herbert Chapman in the early part of the 1925

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[fuelledbypassion]

Interesting stuff. I've been reading a bit about Charlie Buchan today actually, bit of a coincidence! Herbert Chapman was a great pioneer for the game though, introducing the likes of continental pre season friendlies and flood lights among other things.