 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - James akasiya Preston achienda kuHerbert Chapmans Arsenal muna 1929 nemari inosvika 8,750, achiita mutambo wake wekutanga achipesana neLeeds United musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1929 masvondo maviri asati asvitsa makore makumi maviri nemasere ekuberekwa. Kuti adzivise mitemo yemubhadharo mukuru, Arsenal yakaronga kuti basa rake pakirabhu rakagadziriswa ne 250 pagore mutambi wemitambo basa paSelfridges, chitoro cheLondon. James akanga asina mwaka wokutanga weArsenal, pamwe nekuda kwekupora kubva kukuvara kwaakanga awana kuPreston. Zvisinei, mwaka wake wokutanga wakaunza mukombe wake wokutanga pane waizova mitanhatu mumwaka minomwe paakatamba mufainari yeFA Cup ya1930.vakakunda Huddersfield Town, vachipinza chibodzwa chokutanga mukukunda 2-0 kuti vape Arsenal mukombe wavo mukuru wokutanga. 