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Chelsea began the season as defending league champions and won the FA Charity Shield, but thereafter performed poorly and ultimately finished 16th in the First Division. The club were also due to participate in the inaugural edition of the European Champions' Cup , but withdrew from the competition after pressure from the Football League [ 1 ...
The 1957–58 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-fourth competitive season. The season saw the debut of teenage prodigy Jimmy Greaves , who would go on to score 132 goals in 157 matches for Chelsea and become the youngest-ever player to score 100 goals in the English top-flight.
The 1954–55 season was Chelsea Football Club's 50th of competitive football, their Golden Jubilee and their 20th consecutive year in the English top flight. It was also the club's most successful year up to that point, as they won the Football League Championship for the first time.
As there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea was chosen for the new club; names like Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC were considered. [9] Chelsea F.C. was founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), [1] [10] opposite the present-day main ...
Chelsea's first league match took place away at Stockport County on 2 September 1905. They lost the game 1–0. [16] Their first home match was against Liverpool in a friendly. They won 4–0. Robertson also scored Chelsea's first competitive goal, coming in a 1–0 win against Blackpool. [17] Chelsea beat West Brom at Stamford Bridge in ...
The 1958–59 season was Chelsea Football Club's 45th competitive season. The club played in the European competition for the first time, and reached the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup , where they lost on aggregate to a Belgrade XI .
Div 1 42 12 9 21 64 80 33 20th R6 Joe Payne: 19 Competitive football was suspended during World War II. Chelsea played in the unofficial Wartime Leagues until 1945. 1945–46: The FA Cup was resumed in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume for another season. R5 1946–47: Div 1 42 16 7 19 69 84 39 15th R4 Tommy Lawton: 30 1947–48 ...
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