Look here, I'll stand on you; never mind the others. Those spring months of 2009 were great fun for Chelsea, who romped their way to 16 wins and just one defeat in 22 games, picking up the FA Cup along the way. Under Hiddink, performances and results improved; Chelsea lost just one more game all season, eventually finishing third in the league and reaching the FA Cup final. The building of the pioneering East Stand (which retains its place even in the modern stadium) as part of a plan to create a 60,000 all-seater stadium added to the club's woes. The following season, Chelsea won the Premier League title for the first time since 2010 after topping the table from the very start of the season. Find Chelsea chat, the Rumour Mill, Fan Blogs and Polls here. [33] The song was to become one of the most famous English football songs, and forever associated with the Chelsea team of that era. That he is so low down on the list is perhaps more a reflection of how successful those ahead of him have been than him doing a bad job per se. In the return leg a week later at Camp Nou, it looked like Chelsea were going out as they went 2–0 down and had captain John Terry sent off within the first 45 minutes. The first final match against Real Madrid finished 1–1 but a rare goal from Dempsey and another strike from Osgood in the replay – played just two days later – were enough to secure a 2–1 win and Chelsea's first European honour. As a result, expectations of Chelsea in the 2002–03 season were more limited. Shellito kept Chelsea in the First Division in 1977–78, though the highlight of that season was a 4–2 win over European champions Liverpool in the FA Cup. In so doing, Chelsea became the first side in history to hold two major European titles simultaneously and the fourth club, and the only British club, to have won all three of UEFA's major club competitions until 2017, when Manchester United won their first UEFA Europa League trophy. However, the team continued to struggle and finished tenth in the Premier League, their lowest league placing since 1995–96. The summer of 1983 marked a turning point in Chelsea's history. Manager John Neal made a series of signings who were to be crucial in turning around the club's fortunes. [48] This began a long campaign by Marler to force Chelsea out of Stamford Bridge so it could be sold off and redeveloped. Despite calls for the club to sack the Italian around this time, Maurizio Sarri steered the club to third place in the league ahead of Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United who had finished above them the previous season. No wonder fans wanted Hiddink to stay on for longer. Club captain John Terry played every minute of all 38 games, equalling a record set by Gary Pallister. Another promising cup run in 1939, which included wins over Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, petered out with a home loss to Grimsby Town in the quarter-finals. 3. Forty-four years after being denied entry to the inaugural championship, Chelsea made their debut in Europe's premier competition in August 1999 and they put in a series of impressive performances en route to a quarter-final tie against Barcelona. Chelsea eventually secured the title with a 2–0 away win at Bolton thanks to two goals from Lampard, almost 50 years to the day since they had won their last league title. [90] Two weeks later, on 14 March, Chelsea beat Napoli 4–1 in the second leg of their Champions League second round match, overturning a 3–1 deficit from the first leg. Chelsea's Premier League season started well with wins in their opening six League games, two by a 6–0 scoreline, although a dip in form saw them fighting to stay in the top four. In 1976–77, both league matches against Millwall, another club with a notorious hooligan element among their support, were marred by crowd violence. On this occasion the argument could be made that the short-term glory did not outweigh the long-term costs. [107][108] He was promptly replaced by fellow Italian Maurizio Sarri for the following season.[109]. Ultimately, however, he was handed a collection of young talent that was the envy of managers across Europe in year two and handed Tuchel a pair of budding stars in Kai Havertz and Timo Werner whose confidence looks bereft. In 1954–55, the club's jubilee year, everything clicked. The Charity Shield was added in August with a 2–0 win against Manchester United, to make Vialli Chelsea's then most successful manager. History Feature Expat Corner Arts Cinema ... Chelsea manager Frank Lampard after a defeat against Manchester City, at the Stamford Bridge, London, England, Jan. 25, 2021. Goalkeeper Jim Molyneux's mistake allowed United to score before half-time, but the Blues held out until the final six minutes, when their opponents added two more to win 3–0. They did not lose a match until December and ultimately finished eight points clear of runners-up Manchester City. Led by 24 goal striker Jack Cock, the club's latest glamour signing, they finished third in the league – then the highest league finish for a London club – and reached the FA Cup semi-finals, only to be denied by eventual winners Aston Villa, which saw them miss out on a chance to play in the final at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, a run to the FA Cup quarter-finals was ended by Second Division Sunderland after a replay. Browse the online shop for Chelsea FC products and merchandise. The trio did not make 300 appearances between them and by 1936 all had left at a significant financial loss to the club. In 1896, Henry Augustus "Gus" Mears, football enthusiast and businessman, along with his brother, Joseph Mears, purchased the Stamford Bridge Athletics Ground in Fulham, West London, with the intention of staging first-class football matches there. Rafa Benitez (November 2012 – May 2013, won 2013 Europa League). [82] The two signings proved not to be enough to salvage something from Chelsea's season and they failed to win a trophy. Sexton himself was sacked early into the 1974–75 season after a poor start, and succeeded by his assistant, Ron Suart, who was unable to reverse the club's decline and they were relegated in 1975. With long serving mainstays including Willie Ferguson, Tommy Law and Andy Wilson, Chelsea finally reached the First Division again in 1929–30, where the club was to remain for the next 32 years. Not having European fixtures naturally helped but what he achieved in his first season was quite remarkable: free-flowing attacking football and a cultural shift in the English game. Guus Hiddink, part two (December 2015 – May 2016). Chelsea emerged as United's closest rivals in the title race; a 2–1 victory over United at Stamford Bridge in April left the teams level on points with four games remaining. The FA Cup was to be the closest the club came to silverware. This week, he's looking at almost 20 years of Chelsea managers. In the Round of 16 Chelsea drew Barcelona; after a 1-1 result in the home leg Barcelona came back to win 3–0 at the Nou Camp and knocked Chelsea out of the competition. After unexpectedly winning the first three, Chelsea went into their final match needing to beat Bolton Wanderers and hoping for the right result between fellow relegation candidates Everton and Sheffield Wednesday. He was replaced on a caretaker basis by 1970 FA Cup winner, David Webb, who steered the club clear of relegation and eventually secured an 11th-place finish. Winning the league completed a domestic double for the club, since Chelsea had already won the League Cup in February after a thrilling 3–2 win over Liverpool in the final at the Millennium Stadium. New Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has technically already made his first impression before his first Chelsea press conference. Inheriting a club that seemed to be torn apart at the seams after the destructive end of Mourinho's second reign, Hiddink simply cooled things down a bit. Hoddle's first season as manager saw Chelsea's league form dip slightly, and for a time they were threatened by relegation, with the goals of £1.5 million signing Mark Stein playing an important part in survival. It was not enough, it probably never was going to be. In October 1945, with the war having just ended, the English football authorities sought a way to celebrate the return of the peacetime game. Straightforward wins over Aris and CSKA Sofia took them to the quarter-finals, where they knocked out Club Brugge thanks to a dramatic comeback. Hoddle guided Chelsea to another 11th-place finish in 1995–96, and another FA Cup semi-final, and then resigned to become manager of the England national team. The spirit of the side began to disintegrate after Hollins and his assistant Ernie Walley fell out with several key players, notably Speedie and Spackman, who were subsequently sold. Guus Hiddink was brought in for a second spell as caretaker manager. Ranieri gradually re-built the side, reducing the average age of the squad by selling some older players, including Wise and Poyet, and replacing them with John Terry, William Gallas, Frank Lampard and Jesper Grønkjær. 12. The club's appeal against a transfer ban levied by FIFA for breaching rules regarding the signing of foreign under-18 players was rejected on the 8 May 2019. and showing him the blood, instead of expressing concern he casually observed, "Scotch terrier; always bites before he speaks.". Birrell was appointed Chelsea manager shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. [117][118][119] On 2 December, the former player was named as Gary Johnson, who said he was paid £50,000 not to go public with allegations he was sexually abused by Heath. After beating Manchester United 2–0 in a pulsating quarter-final, they were drawn to face London rivals Arsenal at White Hart Lane. The utter absurdity of the remark struck me as so genuinely funny that although hopping about on one foot and feeling blood trickling down, I had to laugh heartily and tell him he was the "coolest fish" I'd ever met. Nevertheless, Ranieri was given a hero's send-off in his final match in charge. 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. [4] Drake's early years were unpromising, as Chelsea finished 19th and just a point away from relegation in his first season and 8th in his second. The average Chelsea manager now lasts a year in the job with no guarantees that silverware will be enough to keep the owner from pulling the trigger. [3] Blue shirts were adopted by Mears, after the racing colors of Lord Chelsea, along with white shorts and dark blue socks. Gullit capped an impressive first season in management by leading Chelsea to their highest league placing since 1990 (sixth) and winning the FA Cup, ending the club's 26-year wait for a major trophy. Read everything you need to know about the Premier League since its inception in season 1992-93. The club were relegated again in 1923–24 and in four of the next five seasons were to narrowly miss out on promotion, finishing fifth, third, fourth and third. [18] The Russian team surprised many observers with their talent and tenacity by fighting back from 0–2 and 2–3 down to earn a 3–3 draw. David Bulstrode, chairman of Marler, proposed a merger between Fulham and Queens Park Rangers, with Chelsea then relocating to Rangers' Loftus Road stadium. 1981–82, an otherwise forgettable season during which Chelsea again finished 12th, Chelsea went on their first significant FA Cup run for years and drew European champions Liverpool in the fifth round. [122] Also on 3 December, The Independent reported a Chelsea youth player's allegation that Dario Gradi, then Chelsea's assistant manager, visited the player's family's home to "smooth over" a complaint of sexual assault against Heath in 1974. Their Fairs Cup run, taking in wins over Roma (a violent encounter, during which the Chelsea team coach was ambushed by Roma fans), 1860 Munich and Milan (the last on the toss of a coin after the teams had finished level), ended in a semi-final loss to Barcelona. The core of the side inherited from Docherty remained largely unchanged, although he added more steel to the defence with the signings of John Dempsey and David Webb, as well as signing striker Ian Hutchinson, giving mercurial midfielder Alan Hudson his debut and recalling winger Peter Houseman. [102], In the close season, Chelsea signed midfielder Cesc Fàbregas from Barcelona and striker Diego Costa from Atlético Madrid, while David Luiz was sold to Paris Saint-Germain for £50 million, a world record for a defender. In the subsequent season, Chelsea's form dipped again. They were relegated in 1909–10, promoted in 1911–12 and finished 19th in 1914–15, the final competitive season before football in England was suspended owing to World War I. However, the failure to qualify for the Champions League, along with manager Antonio Conte's issues of the pitch with striker Diego Costa meant that Antonio Conte was sacked before the start of the following Premier League season. History may judge Lampard far kinder if Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham and Reece James prove to be the core of a Chelsea side that wins silverware on a consistent basis. The actual attendance is invariably put at 100,000. But Ranieri may have been sacked because of some bizarre tactical decisions in the semi-final loss against Monaco (for example, switching central midfielder Scott Parker to right-back and right-back Glen Johnson to centre-back to accommodate more attackers in the team) and for ending the season trophyless. They finished third in the Premier League, ensuring Champions League qualification, and won the UEFA Europa League. It included memorable draws at the San Siro and the Stadio Olimpico against Milan and Lazio respectively, as well as a thumping 5–0 win against Turkish side Galatasaray at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium. [4] In 1952, Chelsea again faced Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-finals and after a 1–1 tie in the first match, lost the replay 3–0. In the same season, Chelsea reached the FA Cup Final, where they faced Premiership champions Manchester United, a team Chelsea had beaten 1–0 in both league games that season. In the same season, he led Chelsea to their second Full Members Cup success, with a 1–0 win over Middlesbrough in the final at Wembley. [74] In consolation, goals from Drogba and Lampard gave Chelsea a 2–1 victory over Everton in the FA Cup final at Wembley on 30 May, the club's second FA Cup triumph in three years. Trailing 2–0 after the first leg, it took an Osgood goal nine minutes from the end of normal time in a tense match to put Chelsea level on aggregate. Following a 0–0 draw at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool went 1–0 up at Anfield thanks to Luis García and Chelsea were unable to break down a resilient defence, thus missing out on the chance of a treble. On 20 September 2007, Mourinho left Chelsea by "mutual consent"[63] following an indifferent start to the season and after several months of well-documented friction between Mourinho and Abramovich. Tuchel would do well to learn some of the lessons that Villas-Boas did not in his brief spell at Stamford Bridge. However, a dip in form around February meant that a title challenge was out of the question along with a defeat at home in the fifth round of the FA Cup to Manchester United. One of Mears' last actions was to appoint former Wrexham boss John Neal as manager. As the game went into extra time, Chelsea took the lead for the first time when Webb headed in a Hutchinson throw-in to seal a 2–1 win. One of his first actions was to remove the image of a Chelsea pensioner from the match programme and the club's old nickname was no more. The highlight of that season was reaching the FA Cup final. Despite Liverpool halving the deficit with an Andy Carroll strike, Chelsea held out to win their seventh FA Cup, largely thanks to heroics from goalkeeper Petr Čech, who pulled off the save of the season to narrowly deny Andy Carroll an equaliser; this was Chelsea's fourth success in the competition in six seasons[93] and the best record of any club in the competition since Wanderers won it five times in seven years in the nineteenth century. Chelsea's points total of 52 for that season remains one of the lowest to have secured the English League title since the First World War. On telling the owner "Your damned dog has bitten me, look!" In the immediate aftermath, Drogba caused more controversy after swearing at referee Tom Henning Øvrebø. Not only could he not get through to his players but he could not create a sense of narrative that connected with fans. They became the first London club to win back-to-back league titles since the 1930s, and only the fifth side to do so since the Second World War. The 1984–85 season is also notable for the erection of an electric perimeter fence around the pitch at Stamford Bridge, the response of chairman Ken Bates to regular pitch invasions and fights during matches. Despite Barcelona dominating possession and having the greater number of chances, Chelsea secured a hard-fought 1–0 win to gain the upper hand. History. Chelsea reached the Cup Winners' Cup final following a dramatic semi-final win against Vicenza. They won 4–0. This time the opponents were Leeds United, reigning league champions and one of the dominant sides of the era. Despite recruiting the club's first million pound players, Dennis Wise and Andy Townsend, the next season proved a disappointment, as Chelsea finished 11th in the First Division and were knocked out of both cups by lower league opposition. The latter was the first of many prolific strikers/forwards to play for Chelsea; he scored five goals on his debut and 27 in the promotion season en route to becoming the first player to score 100 goals for the club. He improved the training regime, introducing ballwork to training sessions, a practice rare in England at the time; the youth and scouting systems begun by his predecessor were extended and he abandoned the club's old recruiting policy of signing often unreliable stars, opting instead for lesser known but more reliable players from the lower divisions. A Daily CBS Soccer Podcast where we take you beyond the pitch and around the globe for commentary, previews, recaps and more. Docherty was sacked shortly into the next season with the team having won only two of their opening ten games, which included a 6–2 home loss to Southampton, amidst rumours of dressing room unrest over bonus payments and whilst serving a 28-day ban from football management handed out by the FA.[29]. [26] The bare bones of the team that remained, a collection of reserves and youngsters, were beaten 6–2 as the title challenge collapsed; Chelsea eventually finished third. Under Vialli, Chelsea would become the first side in English football to field a starting 11 composed entirely of foreign players, highlighting the increasing internationalization of the game. They were worthy champions albeit in a season where no club offered real resistance. Chelsea, however, were denied by the intervention of the Football League and the FA, many of whose leading members were opposed to the idea and felt that primacy should be given to domestic competitions, so the club were persuaded to withdraw. US World Cup History; World Soccer History; Fans’ View; Podcasts. Bobby Campbell took over in March but could not prevent Chelsea's relegation via the short-lived play-off system with a loss to Middlesbrough, a match which was again followed by crowd trouble and an attempted pitch invasion, resulting in a six-match closure of the terraces the following season. On 29 November 2011, Chelsea were knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-final stage by Liverpool, who won 2–0 at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea Hires Thomas Tuchel as Manager on 18-Month Contract Tuchel, a 47-year-old German, is back in work a month after losing his job at Paris Saint-Germain following a … As noted above, when Bates bought Chelsea in 1982, he only bought the club and not SB Properties, the company which now owned the freehold of Stamford Bridge; the club and the stadium had been separated in financial restructuring during the late 1970s. Chelsea presented a plate with the club crest to Aberdeen as a reward. Chelsea were the better team for the first hour; Ramires put them ahead early in the match, and in the second half Didier Drogba doubled the lead. The win also took Chelsea's league goal tally for the season to 103, the highest since Tottenham Hotspur scored 111 in the 1962–63 season, and the first time in Premier League history that a club had scored 100 or more goals in a season. Shellito resigned midway through the following season with the club having won just three league games by Christmas. Antonio Conte (July 2016 – July 2018, won 2017 Premier League and 2018 FA Cup). 4. They topped the table after a win against Everton in November 2004 and never relinquished their lead, losing only one league game all season and winning a record 29, gaining a record 95 points in the process. 6. The club thus fielded a series of "guest" players, most notably Matt Busby, Walter Winterbottom and Eddie Hapgood. Even Di Matteo himself might acknowledge that he is not a manager on the level of those who surround them on this ranking and that his players were an almost self-managing machine on their path to victory in the Allianz Arena. When Mourinho arrived it was fair to see Chelsea as upstarts, a billionaire's plaything who might not be able to overhaul Arsenal and Manchester United just because of their deep pockets. Chelsea initially considering joining the Southern League, but were rejected following objections from Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur, so they instead applied for admission to the Football League. Third place in the league was nevertheless high enough for a first-ever appearance in the Champions League. Fulham have beaten Chelsea only once in all competitions since 1980, a 1-0 league win in 2006. The silver lining in the season was the FA Cup win in which a solitary goal from Eden Hazard sealed the Blues' victory over Manchester United at Wembley. Tommy Lang inspired Newcastle to a 2–0 lead, before Gallacher pulled one back for Chelsea. Chelsea are one of England's most successful ever clubs having won 6 league titles, 8 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, 4 FA Charity/Community Shields, 1 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, 2 UEFA Europa Leagues and 1 UEFA Super Cup. Key to the success were two league wins against principal rivals and eventual runners-up Wolverhampton Wanderers. 6-keys: media/spln/soccer/reg/free/stories, at in June 2003 for £60 million. Over 17 and a half years some of the great managers of recent European history have been handed the most well-remunerated of poisoned chalices. Chelsea registered a 1–4 away win at AFC Bournemouth, with Eden Hazard finally getting on the score sheet, and after going down 0–2 against rivals Tottenham, fought back to draw 2–2, Hazard again scoring to seal away any chances of title contenders Tottenham winning the Premier League. Chelsea may have a formidable record against Fulham but manager Frank Lampard says he will not take their west London rivals lightly as they attempt to turn around their own season. Gallacher in particular was one of the biggest talents of his era, known for his goalscoring and for having captained Newcastle to a championship in 1926–27. A draw at home to Middlesbrough in the final game ensured the club's survival by two points. Former left-back Eddie McCreadie became manager shortly before Chelsea's relegation in 1975 and, after a year of consolidation in 1975–76, led the side to promotion again in 1976–77 with a team composed of youth players, most notably Ray Wilkins and 24-goal striker Steve Finnieston, and veterans from more successful times like Cooke, Harris and Bonetti. Every week James Benge ranks something, anything, in the Premier League, breaking down everything from the nerdiest tactics to the best kits, to the worst haircuts. Against titans of management with expensively-assembled squads, Conte triumphed in the coaching stakes. This streak ended on 16 February 2016 after Chelsea lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. Lampard has been Chelsea’s manager for … Another player-manager was appointed, the 33-year-old Vialli. After the sacking of Mourinho, Guus Hiddink was named caretaker manager for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. 5. How? The Blues laid siege to the United goal in the second half, but were unable to make a breakthrough and the Geordies went on to lift the trophy. The match took place on 13 November at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea wearing an unfamiliar red strip due to a clash with Dynamo's blue kit. Winning the Cup qualified Chelsea to play in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup for the first time. In Hollins' first season, Chelsea challenged for the title, topping the table in February, but long-term injuries to Dixon and Niedzwiecki, combined with a poor run of results, especially during the Easter period, during which the side conceded ten goals in two games, appeared to end their chances. [78] The club were subsequently cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the transfer ban was lifted. Although the ban on English clubs in European football was lifted that year, Chelsea missed out on a UEFA Cup place because the only English place in the competition that year went to league runners-up Aston Villa. Spectators watched from numerous obscure places, including many on the dog track and on the top of stands.[19]. The following season proved equally eventful, if ultimately unsuccessful, with Chelsea challenging in the League, the FA Cup and the Fairs Cup. Lampard replaced him after having managed Derby County. 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