Stamford-Bridge.com - The History of Chelsea Football Club
Stamford Bridge.com is very proud to have been invited to be part of the Chelsea Supporters Trust hosted Chelsea Heritage Partnership. We are a collection of like-minded and dedicated people, piecing together and publishing information concerning Chelsea FC's long and storied history since their inception in 1905.
Please follow the link to The Heritage Partnership for more information on who we are and what we are doing.
The Database
There are currently profiles for 779 different players and 39 different managers to have played and/or managed a Competitive match for Chelsea Football Club
There are currently details of 6350 first-team matches in the database, of which there are:
4325 league matches
--->2360 Football League Division 1 matches
--->786 Football League Division 2 matches
--->1179 FA Premier League matches
422 FA Cup matches
295 European matches
217 League Cup matches
48 other competitive matches
1043 non-competitive matches
There are also details of 8809 reserve & youth matches recorded. Please be aware this part of the database is very much a work in progress and as such there is lots of missing information.
The Roman Era
During the period Roman Abromovich owned Chelsea FC, there were 1213 first-team matches, of which there were:
722 Premier League matches
97 FA Cup matches
203 European matches
71 League Cup matches
13 other competitive matches
107 non-competitive matches
The Boehly/Clearlake Capital Era
During the Boehly/Clearlake Capital era there have been 43 matches, of which there have been:
27 Premier League matches
1 FA Cup matches
8 European matches
1 League Cup matches
0 other competitive matches
6 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, substitution, bookings, sendings off etc. There are 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 First-Team Result
League | Sat, 18th Mar 2023 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Everton |
Next First-Team Game
League | Sat, 1st Apr 2023 at 17:30 | Chelsea | v | Aston Villa |
On This Day
Happy birthday to the following:
N'Golo Kanté is 32 years old today.
Fabio Borini is 32 years old today.
Born on this day, but no longer with us:
Bill Finlayson was born 124 years ago today (passed away 1979).
Died on this day:
Bill Livingstone passed away on this day in 2011.
First-Team Matches played on this date in:
Year | Comp | Home | Away | Att | ||||
1907 | League | Chelsea | 3 | 0 | Hull City | 48,000 | ![]() | |
1911 | League | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 12,600 | ![]() | |
1913 | League | Chelsea | 1 | 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 30,000 | ![]() | |
1918 | War League | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Queens Park Rangers | 8,000 | ![]() | |
1919 | War League | Clapton Orient | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | 7,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
1921 | League | Chelsea | 5 | 1 | Aston Villa | 25,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
1924 | Friendly | Chelsea | 0 | 2 | Corinthians (UK) | Unknown | ![]() | ![]() |
1929 | League | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 23,644 | ![]() | |
1930 | League | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | 16,967 | ![]() | |
1933 | League | Derby County | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | 7,141 | ![]() | |
1937 | League | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 45,860 | ![]() | ![]() |
|----> Debut: Doug Smale | ||||||||
1947 | League | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | Chelsea | 35,786 | ![]() | ![]() |
1948 | League | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 31,643 | ![]() | ![]() |
|----> Last Game: Bill Robertson | ||||||||
1950 | League | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | Middlesbrough | 15,513 | ![]() | ![]() |
1955 | League | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | Sunderland | 33,203 | ![]() | ![]() |
|----> Debut: Peter Brabrook |----> Last Chelsea Goal(s): Stan Willemse | ||||||||
1958 | League | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | Sunderland | 32,929 | ![]() | ![]() |
|----> Last Game: Jim Lewis | ||||||||
1966 | Europe | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | T.S.V. Munich 1860 | 42,224 | ![]() | ![]() |
1969 | League | Everton | 1 | 2 | Chelsea | 42,190 | ![]() | ![]() |
1972 | League | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Sheffield United | 28,444 | ![]() | ![]() |
1975 | League | West Ham United | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | 31,025 | ![]() | ![]() |
1977 | Friendly | Chelsea | 3 | 0 | Chelsea 1970 XI | 16,862 | ![]() | ![]() |
1980 | League | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 2 | Chelsea | 16,425 | ![]() | ![]() |
1986 | League | Chelsea | 0 | 4 | West Ham United | 29,955 | ![]() | ![]() |
1988 | League | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Watford | 11,240 | ![]() | ![]() |
1998 | League Cup | Middlesbrough | 0 | 2 | Chelsea | 77,698 | ![]() | ![]() |
|----> Last Game: Frank Sinclair |----> Last Chelsea Goal(s): Frank Sinclair | ||||||||
2014 | League | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 25,166 | ![]() | ![]() |
Non First-Team Matches played on this date in:
Year | Comp | Home | Away | Att | ||||
1907 | Reserve League | Hastings & St Leonards United | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 1,000 | ![]() | |
1909 | Reserve League | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 4 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
1910 | Reserve League | Fulham | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | 4,000 | ![]() | |
1928 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Clapton Orient | Unknown | ![]() | |
1930 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 4 | Arsenal | Unknown | ![]() | |
1933 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Brighton And Hove Albion | Unknown | ![]() | |
1937 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Portsmouth | Unknown | ![]() | |
1939 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Southend United | Unknown | ![]() | |
1947 | Football Combination Cup | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | West Ham United | Unknown | ![]() | |
1954 | London Football Association Cup | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
1955 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Portsmouth | Unknown | ![]() | |
1958 | Reserve League | West Ham United | 2 | 4 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
1958 | Metropolitan League Professional Cup | Tonbridge | 1 | 4 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
1958 | Youth League | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Arsenal | Unknown | ![]() | |
1965 | South East Counties League Cup | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | ![]() | |
1969 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Norwich City | Unknown | ![]() | |
1969 | Youth League | Chelsea | 1 | 3 | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | ![]() | |
1976 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | Unknown | ![]() | |
1978 | Reserve League | Luton Town | 0 | 5 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
1980 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Hereford United | Unknown | ![]() | |
1980 | Youth League | Chelsea | 2 | 3 | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | ![]() | |
1986 | Reserve League | Southampton | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
1993 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Ipswich Town | Unknown | ![]() | |
1997 | Youth League | Chelsea | 5 | 0 | Millwall | Unknown | ![]() | |
2003 | Youth League | West Ham United | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
2010 | Reserve League | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Portsmouth | Unknown | ![]() | |
2013 | NextGen Cup | Arsenal | 3 | 4 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() | |
2014 | Youth League | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | Unknown | ![]() |