and their hopes of a trophy depended on the FA Cup, where Arsenal had again reached the final, this time facing Leeds. Arsenal lost by a single goal. In the 1972–73 season Arsenal managed a serious championship challenge, at one point topping the table, but eventually finished runners-up. A run in the FA Cup was brought to an end by a semi final defeat to eventual winners Sunderland. Mee then began to break up the team which had won the double, and players such as Ray Kennedy, Charlie George and captain Frank McLintock departed. Mee announced his resignation in 1976 as Arsenal's most successful manager in terms of victories with 241 wins, a number that would not be surpassed until 2006 by Arsène Wenger. Mee was succeeded by Terry Neill. Post-Arsenal He would later join Watford as assistant to Graham Taylor in 1978 in charge of scouting, and later became a director of the Hornets before retiring in 1991. Mee was made an OBE in 1984 for services to football. He was the younger brother of fellow footballer Georgie Mee. Mee died on 21 October 2001. In 2008, Mee was inducted into the National Football Museum's Hall of Fame. Honours Managerial Arsenal Football League First Division: 1970–71 runner up: 1972–73 FA Cup: 1970–71 runner up: 1971–72 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1969–70 Football League Cup runner up: 1967–68, 1968–69 Individual Manager of the Year - 1971 Order of the British Empire - 1984 National Football Museum: English Football Hall of Fame - 2008 See also List of English football championship winning managers References 1918 births 2001 deaths English footballers Derby County F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players English football managers English Football Hall of Fame inductees Arsenal F.C. managers Officers of the Order of the British Empire Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff Watford F.C. non-playing staff Watford F.C. directors People from Bulwell Footballers from Nottinghamshire Southampton F.C. wartime guest players Association football physiotherapists Association football wingers British Army personnel of World War II Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers Association football scouts