Chelsea FC is a professional football club located in London, England. They are currently in the Barclaycard Premiership League. I have been following Chelsea since I was a young boy growing-up in London in the mid-1950s. Back then, I used to stand on the terrace in rain or shine to see my favorites play. Players like Roy Bentley, Ken Armstrong, Eric Parsons, Peter Sillet, Reg Matthews, and Ron Tindall to mention a few. Chelsea is one of those teams that so often came close to winning the trophies but more often than not fell just short. All that seems to be in the past now.

Chelsea's Triumphs

Premiership

Winners, 2005 and 2006

League Division One

Winners, 1955

Football Association Cup

Winners, 1970, 1997, 2000 and 2007
Finalist, 1915, 1967, 1994, and 2002
Semi-Final Appearances. Chelsea also reached the semi-finals in the following years, only to be beaten; 1911, 1920, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1965, 1966, and 1996.

European Super Cup

Winners, 1998

European Cup Winners Cup

Winners, 1971 and 1998
Semi-Final Appearances. Chelsea also reached the semi final in 1995.

League Cup

Winners, 1965, 1998, 2005, and 2007
Finalist, 1972

Community (Charity) Shield

Winners, 1956, 2000 and 2005
Runners-Up, 1970, 1997, 2006 and 2007

League Division Two

Winners, 1984 and 1989
Runners-Up, 1907, 1912, 1930, 1963, and 1977

Full Members/ZDS Cup

Winners, 1986 and 1990

Makita/Umbro Trophy Winners

Winners, 1994 and 1997

Football Association Youth Cup

Winners, 1960 and 1961
Finalist, 1958

Chelsea's Managers
Manager First Match - Last Match
John Robertson September 1, 1905 to March 27, 1906
David Calderhead September 7, 1907 to May 6, 1933
T Leslie Knighton August 26, 1933 to May 6, 1939
William Birrell October 21, 1939 to May 3, 1952
Ted Drake August 23, 1952 to September 30, 1961
Tommy Docherty October 7, 1961 to September 30, 1967
Dave Sexton October 7, 1967 to September 28, 1974
Ron Suart October 5, 1974 to March 31, 1975
Eddie McCreadie April 5, 1975 to May 14, 1977
Ken Shellito August 20, 1977 to November 25, 1978
Danny Blanchflower December 9, 1978 to September 8, 1979
Geoff Hurst September 15, 1979 to May 2, 1981
John Neal August 29, 1981 to May 14, 1985
John Hollins August 17, 1985 to March 5, 1988
Bobby Campbell March 12, 1988 to May 11, 1991
Ian Porterfield August 17, 1991 to February 13, 1993
David Webb February 21, 1993 to May 8, 1993
Glenn Hoddle August 14, 1993 to May 5, 1996
Ruud Gullit August 18, 1996 to February 8, 1998
Gianluca Vialli February 18, 1998 to September 9, 2000
Claudio Ranieri September 14, 2000 to May 31, 2004
Jose Mourinho June 2, 2004 to September 19, 2007
Avram Grant September 20 - Present

Founded 1905 by Mr H A Mears

Biggest Win: 13-0 v Jeunesse Hautcharage, 29 September 1971

Heaviest defeat: 1-8 v Wolves, 26 September 1953

Player of the Year
Player Year
Peter Bonetti 1967
Charlie Cooke 1968
David Webb 1969
John Hollins 1970
John Hollins 1971
Devid Webb 1972
Peter Osgood 1973
Gary Locke 1974
Charlie Cooke 1975
Ray Wilkins 1976
Ray Wilkins 1977
Mickey Droy 1978
Tommy Langley 1979
Clive Walker 1980
Peter Borota 1981
Mike Fillery 1982
Joey Jones 1983
Pat Nevin 1984
David Speedie 1985
Eddie Niedzwiecki 1986
Pat Nevin 1987
Tony Dorigo 1988
Graham Roberts 1989
Ken Monkou 1990
Andy Townsend 1991
Paul Elliott 1992
Frank Sinclair 1993
Steve Clarke 1994
Erland Johnsen 1995
Ruud Gullit 1996
Mark Hughes 1997
Dennis Wise 1998
Gianfranco Zola 1999
Dennis Wise 2000
John Terry 2001
Carlo Cudicini 2002
Gianfranco Zola 2003
Frank Lampard 2004
Frank Lampard 2005
John Terry 2006


Centenary Team

The team selected in 4-3-3 formation.

Peter Bonetti

Steve Clarke, Marcel Desailly, John Terry, Graeme Le Saux

Charlie Cooke, Dennis Wise, Frank Lampard

Gianfranco Zola, Peter Osgood, Bobby Tambling

Manager: José Mourinho.


Top five attendances over 70,000 at Stamford Bridge:
Attendance Opponent Date Comments
82,905 Arsenal October 12, 1935 Ground record and second highest ever for a league game.
Football league Division One
77,952 Swindon Town April 13, 1911 FA Cup Round 4
77,696 Blackpool October 16, 1948 Football League Division One
76,000 Tottenham Hotspur October 16, 1920 Football League Division One
75,952 Arsenal October 9, 1937 Football League Division One

U r a bloody nitwit 4 shameless lying all about d forum ! Here u claim to have been a young boy in the mid 50s supporting Chelsea whereas u had been severally exposed in d Travel section by Vicjustice where u were claiming to be in ur early 20s, rich bla bla . . . Go get a life !

@mc omo
leave d guy now.dont u no a time machine was created in d early 70's?

Hmm thank God for Wikipedia someone can just go and print out some mumbo jumbo and claim to be a true fan

@mc omo why are u fooling yourself, idiot i copied it from the site like that, i didn't have time to edit it, wats wrong in that, am a chelsea fan, anyway i was just trying to help all u unlearned folks to get info abt chelsea

Whats there to learn about the dry CHELSEA?

Jayon . . . Go and see ur shrink cos u probably dont know ur age ! U dumbo . .