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We recently dedicated our 3g football facility to one of Kiveton’s own, former Arsenal & Huddersfield Town manager Herbert Chapman, often described as the greatest English Football Manager.

It has been a long held idea of ours going back a number of years to recognise Kivetons own footballing legend Herbert Chapman at the 3g pitches in Kiveton.

Therefore we are now delighted to announce that with the blessing of Herberts nephew Ken and the Chapman family the 3g pitches at the Old Colliery offices will now be dedicated to this footballing icon.

The pitches each year sees thousands of individual users from kids having a kick around to organised regular casual groups, football club training of all ages for both boys and girls from numerous clubs around the area to an organised weekly five a-side league, walking football, weekend junior matches and easter and summer soccer camps

Therefore with so much use by so many of all ages and abilities all playing the beautiful game who better to dedicate the 3g facility, the first of its kind in the area, than to a gentleman from Kiveton Park  “Herbert Chapman” 

As a player, Chapman played for a variety of clubs, at Football League and non-League levels.
However his record was generally unremarkable as a player.

Instead, he found success as a manager, first at Northampton Town between 1908 and 1912, whom he led to a Southern League title. This attracted the attention of larger clubs and he moved to Leeds City, where he started to improve the team’s fortunes before the First World War intervened. He then took over at Huddersfield Town, winning an FA Cup and two First Division titles in the period of four years.

In 1925, Arsenal successfully tempted Chapman to join them, however the Huddersfield Town team he left went on to win a third successive title. He led the Arsenal to its first ever silverware by winning one FA Cup and two First Division titles. His work at Arsenal resulted in them becoming the dominant team of the 1930s – they won five League titles and two FA Cups in the decade before the suspension of football due to outbreak of World War II – but he did not live to see them do so, dying suddenly from pneumonia in 1934, at the age of 55.

He is credited with laying the foundations for Arsenal to become a footballing giant. He introduced new tactics (the WM formation, which forms the core of most modern day formations) and training techniques to the game and the use of physiotherapists. He led the team, rather than letting board members lead. He also used floodlighting, European club competitions and numbered shirts, and has received many posthumous honours in recognition.

As a player, Chapman played for a variety of clubs, at Football League and non-League levels.
However his record was generally unremarkable as a player.

Instead, he found success as a manager, first at Northampton Town between 1908 and 1912, whom he led to a Southern League title. This attracted the attention of larger clubs and he moved to Leeds City, where he started to improve the team’s fortunes before the First World War intervened. He then took over at Huddersfield Town, winning an FA Cup and two First Division titles in the period of four years.

He is credited with laying the foundations for Arsenal to become a footballing giant. He introduced new tactics (the WM formation, which forms the core of most modern day formations) and training techniques to the game and the use of physiotherapists. He led the team, rather than letting board members lead. He also used floodlighting, European club competitions and numbered shirts, and has received many posthumous honours in recognition.

In 1925, Arsenal successfully tempted Chapman to join them, however the Huddersfield Town team he left went on to win a third successive title. He led the Arsenal to its first ever silverware by winning one FA Cup and two First Division titles. His work at Arsenal resulted in them becoming the dominant team of the 1930s – they won five League titles and two FA Cups in the decade before the suspension of football due to outbreak of World War II – but he did not live to see them do so, dying suddenly from pneumonia in 1934, at the age of 55.

He is often referred to as the Great Innovator,
The inventor of the modern game
and simply as A gentleman from Kiveton Park

The Kiveton Park& Wales Community Development Trust is a thriving charity based at the old Colliery Offices at the heart of the Kiveton Park community. We seeks to alleviate the strain on the NHS by providing robust And high impact Social Prescribing Services in partnership with the Kiveton Park Doctors Surgery. Our current range of weekly delivery engagement is outlined as follows – weekly attendance indicated in brackets;- Coffee Morning (23), Lunch Group (20), Gardening & Craft (12), Chair Based Fitness (18), Women’s Fitness (12), Walking Group (25), Food Bank(5), Better Today – Mental Health Support Group (15).