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Stamford-Bridge.com - The History of Chelsea Football Club

There are currently player profiles for 726 players to have played a Competitive match for Chelsea

There are currently mangerial profile / summary pages for 35 people that have managed Chelsea Football Club over the years.

There are currently details of 5989 matches in the database, of which there are:
4109 league matches
--->2360 Football League Division 1 matches
--->786 Football League Division 2 matches
--->963 FA Premier League matches
393 FA Cup matches
231 European matches
195 League Cup matches
45 other competitive matches
1016 non-competitive matches

As far as I am aware, details for every competitive match are logged in the database, including line-ups, scorers, attendance, venue, substition, bookings, sendings off etc. etc. There are still quite a number of non-competitive matches still to enter details for.

Please note, that for the purposes of the whole site, 'competitive' fixtures are: League, FA Cup, League cup (in all it's forms), European trophies (including Super Cup), Full Members cup (in all it's forms), Charity / Community Shield & FIFA World Club Cup games.

Latest result

Competition Date Attendance
LeagueSat, 12th Aug 2017Chelsea23Burnley41,616

Next match

Competition Date
LeagueSun, 20th Aug 2017 at 16:00Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

Happy birthday to the following:

Yuri Zhirkov is 34 years old today.
Stewart Houston is 68 years old today.
John McNichol was born on this day, 92 years ago today (passed away 2007).
Harry Burgess was born on this day, 113 years ago today (passed away 1957).

Matches played on this date in:

YearCompHome  AwayAtt
1938FriendlyBrentford21Chelsea12,500 match lost
1949LeagueBirmingham City03Chelsea45,068 match won programme cover for Birmingham City v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1949
|----> Last Game: John McInnes
1955LeagueChelsea02Bolton Wanderers44,454 match lost programme cover for Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers, 20th Aug 1955
1960LeagueAston Villa32Chelsea43,776 match lost programme cover for Aston Villa v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1960
|----> Debut: Terry Bradbury, Bobby Evans
|----> Last Chelsea Goal(s): Derek Gibbs
1966LeagueWest Ham United12Chelsea36,122 match won programme cover for West Ham United v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1966
|----> First Chelsea Goal(s): Charlie Cooke
1969LeagueChelsea00West Ham United43,346 match drawn programme cover for Chelsea v West Ham United, 20th Aug 1969
|----> 300th Appearance: Eddie McCreadie
1975LeagueWest Bromwich Albion00Chelsea18,014 match drawn programme cover for West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1975
1977LeagueWest Bromwich Albion30Chelsea20,145 match lost programme cover for West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1977
1979LeagueWest Ham United01Chelsea31,627 match won programme cover for West Ham United v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1979
1980LeagueDerby County32Chelsea20,353 match lost programme cover for Derby County v Chelsea, 20th Aug 1980
|----> Last Chelsea Goal(s): Gary Johnson
|----> 100th Appearance: Clive Walker
1982FriendlyChelsea13Arsenal8,261 match lost programme cover for Chelsea v Arsenal, 20th Aug 1982
1983FriendlyChelsea21Queens Park Rangers4,461 match won programme cover for Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers, 20th Aug 1983
1985LeagueChelsea10Coventry City15,679 match won programme cover for Chelsea v Coventry City, 20th Aug 1985
1990FriendlyAldershot05ChelseaUnknown match won
1994LeagueChelsea20Norwich City23,098 match won programme cover for Chelsea v Norwich City, 20th Aug 1994
|----> Debut: Paul Furlong, David Rocastle
|----> First Chelsea Goal(s): Paul Furlong
|----> 200th Appearance: Nigel Spackman
2006LeagueChelsea30Manchester City41,953 match won programme cover for Chelsea v Manchester City, 20th Aug 2006
2011LeagueChelsea21West Bromwich Albion41,091 match won programme cover for Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion, 20th Aug 2011
|----> Last Chelsea Goal(s): Nicolas Anelka
2016LeagueWatford12Chelsea20,772 match won programme cover for Watford v Chelsea, 20th Aug 2016
|----> First Chelsea Goal(s): Michy Batshuayi