 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stapleton akanga ari mugadzi wepakati akatanhamara, akamborumbidzwa seari pakati pezvakanakisisa munyika munzvimbo yake, uyo akanga ari musoro wakasimba zvikuru webhora. Akatanga basa rake neArsenal, achijoinha muna 1972 semudzidzi, mushure mekurambwa neManchester United. Akaita kutanga kwake kwechikwata chekutanga munaKurume 1975, kumba kuStoke City, uye aizoenderera mberi nekuumba hukama hwakasimba hwekurova naMalcolm Macdonald; vaviri vacho vakarova zvibodzwa makumi mana nezvitanhatu pakati pavo muna 46-77. Akanga ari muchengeti wepamusoro weArsenal kwemwaka mitatu inotevera, uye akabatsira maGunners kusvika katatu yeFA Cup finals; Stapleton akarova chimwe chezvinangwa muArsenals 1979 FA Cup Final32 kukunda Manchester United, uye akarova zvibodzwa 108 mumitambo mazana matatu muGunners. 