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Stamford Bridge (/ ˈ s t æ m f ər d /) is a football stadium in Fulham, adjacent to the borough of Chelsea in West London.It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea.With a capacity of 40,173, it is the ninth largest venue of the 2024–25 Premier League season and the eleventh largest football stadium in England.
Kingsmeadow is a football stadium in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London, which is used for home matches by Chelsea Women and Chelsea Development Squad. It was formerly the home of Kingstonian and AFC Wimbledon and has a capacity of 4,850 with 2,265 seats.
The stadium was also moved away from adjacent housing. Although it was rebuilt as a three sided stadium, seats were placed on the undeveloped South End in the autumn of 2005. These seats were removed when the club was relegated to the bottom tier in 2008 but installed once more following promotion back to League One in 2010.
Comparison of stadium seating (left) to traditional sloped-floor seating. The rearmost viewer can see a lower subject with stadium seating. Stadium seating or theater seating is a characteristic seating arrangement that is most commonly associated with performing-arts venues, and derives its name from stadiums, which typically use this arrangement.
After an underwhelming preseason, Chelsea had a rough start to their 2024–25 season, losing 0–2 to Manchester City at home. Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 18th minute, but despite the Blues' best efforts to equalize, former Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovačić scored from outside of the box to win the game for City. [2]
The "Back to the Shed Campaign" was launched by Chelsea FC in 2007, to improve the atmosphere at home matches. The campaign was initially created by CFCnet's Jerry Kendik, in early 2007. The campaign aimed to introduce season ticket holders back to the Shed End at Stamford Bridge and try to restore the atmosphere to what it used to be.
Chelsea has been described as a global brand; a 2012 report by Brand Finance ranked Chelsea fifth among football brands and valued the club's brand value at US$398 million – an increase of 27% from the previous year, valuing it at US$10 million more than the sixth best brand, London rivals Arsenal – and gave the brand a strength rating of ...
This was Chelsea's tenth League Cup final and Liverpool's fourteenth – the latter was the most appearances of any club in this competition. [18] This was the sides' third meeting in a League Cup final, having met in 2005 and 2022, with Chelsea winning the former encounter and Liverpool winning the latter. [19]