Chelsea FC Profile: Brian Nicholas

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Full Name: Charles Brian Nicholas

Born: Thursday, 20th April 1933
Place of birth: Aberdare, Wales
Height: 5' 9 1/2"
Died: Thursday, 14th October 2021 (aged 88)
Place of death: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Burial: Cremated - Canley Garden Cemetery & Crematorium, Coventry

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's 1st Team Player from 1955 to 1958

Playing Career:

Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea (Jul 1955 to Feb 1958) - cost: unknown
Coventry City

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Monday, 5th September 1955, Blackpool 2 - 1 Chelsea

Age on debut: 22 years 4 months 16 days

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 16th November 1957, Sunderland 2 - 2 Chelsea

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1955 / 56 10 3 0 0 0 13 1956 / 57 7 0 0 0 0 7 1957 / 58 9 0 0 0 0 9 Total 26 3 0 0 0 29

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1956 / 57 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 1 0 0 0 0 1

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Brian Nicholas made 29 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	5th Sep 1955	Blackpool	2	1	Chelsea	30,563
League	10th Sep 1955	Sunderland	4	3	Chelsea	45,241
League	11th Feb 1956	Manchester City	2	2	Chelsea	26,642
F.A. Cup	13th Feb 1956	Burnley	0	0	Chelsea	42,757
F.A. Cup	15th Feb 1956	Burnley	0	2	Chelsea	27,210
F.A. Cup	18th Feb 1956	Everton	1	0	Chelsea	61,572
League	22nd Feb 1956	Chelsea	3	1	Charlton Athletic	8,473
League	25th Feb 1956	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	Chelsea	46,767
League	3rd Mar 1956	Chelsea	2	4	Manchester United	32,050
League	10th Mar 1956	Burnley	5	0	Chelsea	18,670
League	21st Mar 1956	Chelsea	1	2	Birmingham City	12,637
League	2nd Apr 1956	Chelsea	0	0	Luton Town	26,364
League	7th Apr 1956	Sheffield United	2	1	Chelsea	23,398
League	20th Feb 1957	Tottenham Hotspur	3	4	Chelsea	20,849
League	23rd Feb 1957	Chelsea	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	13,647
League	2nd Mar 1957	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Chelsea	33,000
League	19th Apr 1957	Newcastle United	1	2	Chelsea	30,708
League	20th Apr 1957	Chelsea	5	1	Everton	28,317
League	22nd Apr 1957	Chelsea	6	2	Newcastle United	20,795
League	27th Apr 1957	Preston North End	1	0	Chelsea	13,592
League	18th Sep 1957	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Chelsea	36,835
League	21st Sep 1957	Chelsea	6	1	Burnley	42,449
League	28th Sep 1957	Preston North End	5	2	Chelsea	18,044
League	5th Oct 1957	Chelsea	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	38,722
League	12th Oct 1957	Chelsea	4	2	Aston Villa	40,769
League	19th Oct 1957	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	37,524
League	26th Oct 1957	Chelsea	0	0	Arsenal	66,007
League	2nd Nov 1957	Blackpool	2	1	Chelsea	17,817
League	16th Nov 1957	Sunderland	2	2	Chelsea	32,678

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances 1955 / 56 1 Total 1

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Brian Nicholas made 1 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
Friendly	3rd May 1956	Walthanstow Avenue	1	3	Chelsea	0

Non-First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Brian Nicholas made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

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Games Won:	9
Win Percentage:	31.03%
Total Bookings:	0
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 29 appearances, Brian Nicholas played alongside the following 31 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Les Allen (7)
Wally Bellett (4)
Roy Bentley (11)
Paul Berry (1)
Micky Block (7)
Frank Blunstone (12)
Peter Brabrook (22)
Len Casey (3)
Alan Dicks (7)
Jimmy Greaves (8)
John Harris (3)
Ray Kitchener (1)
Bobby Laverick (2)
Jim Lewis (16)
Bill Livingstone (2)
Ian MacFarlane (3)
Reg Matthews (15)
John McNichol (10)
John Mortimore (7)
Tony Nicholas (8)
Seamus O'Connell (1)
Eric Parsons (5)
Bill Robertson (8)
Derek Saunders (26)
Peter Sillett (27)
Les Stubbs (12)
Charlie Thomson (6)
Ron Tindall (22)
Dick Whittaker (12)
Stan Wicks (12)
Stan Willemse (10)