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| Chelsea Football Club With the dream of forming a soccer club, Brothers H A (Gus) and J T Mears, bought Stanford Bridge in 1904. Chelsea F.C. was founded on March 14, 1905 at The Rising Sun pub. This was followed by the club's election into the Second Division at the Football League AGM on May 29, 1905. Chelsea's first match took place away at Stockport County on September 1, 1905. The Club began with established players recruited from other teams and promotion to the top flight was swift. Chelsea reached the FA Cup final in 1915, but no major honors were won until the 1954-55 Season when Chelsea finished top of the First Division and lifted its first trophy - the League Title! The Blues won their first League Cup in 1965. The early 1970s saw a great Chelsea team which is still fondly remembered: it featured the likes of Ron 'Chopper' Harris, Ian Hutchison and Peter Osgood. In 1970 Chelsea ran out F.A. Cup winners (beating 'dirty' Leeds 2-1 in a pulsating final). A UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph was added to the haul the following year - Chelsea's first non-domestic Title. After years of struggle and ownership change, Chelsea achieved promotion to the First Division again as Second Division Champions in 1989 and, this time, they managed to stay in the top flight: Indeed, they have remained there ever since. As Premiership runners-up in 1994, Chelsea qualified for the 1994-95 Cup Winners' Cup competition, reaching the semifinals. This was their first participation in non-domestic competition since its former glory days in the early 1970's and marked another step forward for the club. Under Ruud Gullit, Chelsea started winning major honors again. He made history in 1996-97 by being the first foreign manager to win the FA Cup when his Chelsea side beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Final. That game set the record for the fastest goal scored in an F.A. Cup ever - with Chelsea's Roberto di Matteo scoring 43 seconds into the game. This was Chelsea's first major trophy in 25 years! Chelsea also achieved its best-yet finish in the Premiership, in sixth place. The veteran Italian striker Gianluca Vialli took over as player-manager and quickly established himself by winning two major competitions - the domestic League Cup and the European Cup Winners Cup, both in 1998. Under Vialli, Chelsea continued to win trophies faster than at any time in its previous history. Chelsea lifted the European Super Cup at the start of 1998-99 Season when it beat the reigning European Cup champions, Real Madrid. Vialli subsequently led Chelsea to victory in the FA Cup in 2000. Chelsea also won the Charity Shield in August 2000. Under Claudio Ranieri, Chelsea finished an extraordinary 2003-4 season as Premier League runners up - their highest league placing for half a century - once again qualifying them for the Champions League. Chelsea's Defender, John Terry won the 2005 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year Award. In the 2004-05 Season, Jose Mourinho’s Blues went on to win the 2005 League (Carling) Cup, beating Liverpool 3-2 in the final. On April 30th, 2005, two goals by Frank Lampard against Bolton Wanderers gave the Blues the Premiership title – their first since 1955! On April 29th, 2006 the Blues crushed Manchester United 3-0 to lift their second straight Premiership Championship - the first team to win the trophy in consecutive seasons in over 70 years! Note: In 1954-55 the Football League First Division was the top tier of the English football league system. Therefore Chelsea have been English football champions twice: 1954-55 and 2004-05. Chelsea have spent 69 seasons in the national top flight (they rank 9th equal with Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion in this respect). In these 69 seasons, Chelsea have finished in the following positions: - 1st: 2 - 2nd: 1 - 3rd: 4 - 4th: 2 - 5th: 5 - 6th: 7 - 7th: 1 - 8th: 3 - 9th: 2 - 10th: 1 - 11th: 6 - 12th: 5 - 13th: 5 - 14th: 4 - 15th: 1 - 16th: 2 - 17th: 1 - 18th: 6 - 19th: 6 - 20th: 2 - 21st: 2 - 22nd: 2 - As one can see, the Blues' «favourite» position in the table is No. 6. They are one of those few clubs that found themselves in every position during the years in the top flight. Chelsea player of the year (1967-2004) MANAGERS http://www.chelseafc.com/ |
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