 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1919, Norris akaronga kukwidziridzwa kwekirabhu kudzokera kuChikamu Chekutanga, mumamiriro ezvinhu ane nharo. Nemari yakawedzerwa, kirabhu yakazvisimbisa seyakagadziriswa muchikamu uye yaigona kushandisa mari zviri nani pavatambi vatsva. Muna 1930Arsenal yakakunda Huddersfield Town kuti ikunde mukombe wayo mukuru wekutanga: mukombe weFA. Kubudirira kwakaenderera mberi mukati memakore gumi, sezvo vakakunda makwikwi mashanu eligi uye imwe FA Cup mumakore manomwe. Mushure meHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, Arsenal yakakunda mamwe makwikwi maviri uye FA Cup, asi hupfumi hwavo hwakaderera zvishoma nezvishoma. Yakanga isiri kusvikira 1970 kuti kirabhu yakakunda imwe trophy Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, makwikwi eEurope emakwikwi akagadzirirwa kukurudzira zvekutengeserana. Chikwata chekutanga chakapetwa kaviri chakazadzikiswa gore rakatevera; pakupera kwemakumi emakore Arsenal yakawedzera imwe FA Cup, ichirova Manchester United mumutambo wekupedzisira wa1979. 1980 yakaona Arsenal ichirasikirwa nemakwikwi maviri ekupedzisira nekukurumidza, ichikundwa neWest Ham United mufainari yeFA Cup uyezve kuValencia muCup Winners Cup pazvirango. Chikwata ichi chakahwina mukombe wavo wekutanga weLigi muna 1987, asi gore rakatevera vakakundikana kuchengetedza mukombe uyu sezvo vekunze Luton Town vakavakunda mumutambo wekupedzisira. Muna 1989, Arsenal yakahwina mukombe wayo wekutanga mumakore gumi nemasere, nekuda kwechinangwa chaMichael Thomas muminiti yekupedzisira vachipesana nevanokwikwidza vepedyo Liverpool mumutambo wekupedzisira wemwaka. Kirabhu haina kuvaka pabudiriro yavo, ichipedza chechina mwaka unotevera, asi yakadzorera zita muna 1991. Semakwikwi, Arsenal yaive yakakodzera kutamba muEuropean Cup, asi nguva yavo mumakwikwi yakapera nekukurumidza sezvo vakabviswa muchikamu chechipiri naBenfica. 