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The Chelsea football book starts coverage of Chelsea’s
election to the 2nd Division in 1905, this book
charts a glorious history of great games and
League and Cup titles through the decades of the
20th century.
Top stories include reaching the FA Cup Final in
1915, promotion to the 1st Division in 1930 and
becoming League Champions in 1955. Coverage also
of winning the League Cup in 1963, the FA Cup
Final in 1967 and winners in 1970, then going on
to secure the European Cup Winners Cup the
following year. Relive the stories of the climb
back from the 2nd Division, to Cup wins in 1997,
1998 and 2000, and the phenomenal success of
recent years. Read about the 82,905 fans who
witnessed the 1935 game against Arsenal, Jimmy
Greeves’s hat trick in the 6-3 win against Man
City in 1960, the signing of Frank Lampard in 2001
and much much more.
Newspaper coverage continues right up to the end
of last season. A unique and wonderful gift and
must have for all Chelsea fans.
The book opens with a front
page montage of famous Chelsea players surrounding your own personalised label
containing the recipient’s name and greetings.
About
Chelsea Football Club
Chelsea
were founded on March 14, 1905 at The Rising Sun
pub (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the
present-day main entrance to the ground on
Fulham Road
, and were elected to the Football League shortly
afterwards.
Chelsea Football Club
(also known as The Blues or previously The
Pensioners) are an English professional
football club based in west
London
. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League
and have spent most of their history in the top
tier in English football. They have had two broad
periods of success, one during the 1960s and early
1970s, and the second from the late 1990s to the
present day.
Chelsea
have won three league titles, four FA Cups, four
League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups.
Chelsea
's
home is the 42,055 capacity
Stamford
Bridge
football stadium in Fulham,
West London
, where they have played since their foundation.
Despite their name, the club are based just
outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and
Fulham. In 2003, the club was bought by Russian
oil tycoon Roman Abramovich. In June 2003, Bates
sold
Chelsea
football club to Russian billionaire Roman
Abramovich for £140 million, completing what was
then the biggest-ever sale of an English football
club. Owing to Abramovich's Russian heritage, the
club were soon popularly dubbed "Chelski"
in the British media. Over £100 million was spent
on new players, but Ranieri was unable to deliver
any trophies, so he was replaced by successful
Portuguese coach José Mourinho, who had just
guided FC Porto to victory in the UEFA Champions
League.
Chelsea
have only ever had one home ground,
Stamford
Bridge
, where they have played since foundation. It was
officially opened on 28 April 1877. In 2007
Chelsea
won the League Cup for the second time in three
years, and finished 2nd in the Premier League. To
end the season,
Chelsea
beat Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final,
the first at the new Wembley Stadium.
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