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The club's "football firm", originally known as the Chelsea Shed Boys, and subsequently as the Chelsea Headhunters, were nationally notorious for football violence, alongside hooligan firms from other clubs such as West Ham United's Inter City Firm and Millwall's Bushwackers, before, during and after matches. [154]
The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was John Robertson, appointed player-manager in 1905. The current head coach is Enzo Maresca. Chelsea have had 32 permanent managers/head coaches (of whom four also served as player-manager), six interim managers and six caretakers. Ron Suart has served as both caretaker and interim manager.
Chelsea Football Club were founded on 10 March 1905. [ 2 ] at The Rising Sun pub, (now The Butcher's Hook) opposite today's main entrance to the ground on the Fulham Road. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough , the name of the adjacent borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea , was settled on after London FC ...
The Premier League is the top tier of professional football in England. The league was formed in 1992 as a replacement for the original Football League First Division . To date, there have been 291 managers in charge of the 51 clubs which have played in the Premier League. 258 of those are permanent appointments, and 115 of them in a caretaker ...
Chelsea’s supporters have continued to back Lampard, the club’s record goalscorer and their 2012 Champions League-winning captain, despite the defeats in recent weeks.
On 7 May 2022, Chelsea Football Club confirmed that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss, to acquire the club. [1] On 25 May 2022, the British government approved the £4.25 billion Todd Boehly-led consortium takeover of Chelsea. [ 2 ]
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This article documents the history of Chelsea Football Club, an English association football team based in Fulham, West London. For a general overview of the club, see Chelsea F.C. In 2003, Chelsea were bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich , ushering in an era of substantial success.