Chelsea FC Profile: Albert Thain

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Full Name: Albert Edward Thain

Born: Friday, 20th April 1900
Place of birth: Fulham, London, England
Height: 5' 9"
Died: Tuesday, 27th November 1979 (aged 79)
Burial: Cremated - Chanterlands Crematorium, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull. Ashes were scattered on the crematorium grounds, on Lawn D

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's 1st Team Player from 1922 to 1931

Playing Career:

Metropolitan Railway
Chelsea (Apr 1922 to Jun 1931) - cost: unknown
Southall
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 30th September 1922, Oldham Athletic 2 - 0 Chelsea

Age on debut: 22 years 5 months 10 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 24th September 1927, Chelsea 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Monday, 21st April 1930, Bristol City 2 - 1 Chelsea

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1922 / 23 9 0 0 0 0 9 1923 / 24 6 0 0 0 0 6 1924 / 25 2 0 0 0 0 2 1925 / 26 32 1 0 0 0 33 1926 / 27 39 5 0 0 0 44 1927 / 28 31 0 0 0 0 31 1928 / 29 23 3 0 0 0 26 1929 / 30 2 0 0 0 0 2 Total 144 9 0 0 0 153

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1922 / 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 1923 / 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 1925 / 26 15 1 0 0 0 16 1926 / 27 13 5 0 0 0 18 1927 / 28 10 0 0 0 0 10 1928 / 29 5 0 0 0 0 5 Total 45 6 0 0 0 51

* 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. Albert Thain made 153 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	30th Sep 1922	Oldham Athletic	2	0	Chelsea	20,000
League	18th Nov 1922	Burnley	1	0	Chelsea	15,000
League	25th Nov 1922	Chelsea	0	1	Burnley	25,000
League	2nd Dec 1922	Chelsea	2	2	Huddersfield Town	25,000
League	3rd Mar 1923	Chelsea	1	1	Cardiff City	32,000
League	10th Mar 1923	Cardiff City	6	1	Chelsea	26,000
League	17th Mar 1923	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Chelsea	12,242
League	31st Mar 1923	Manchester City	3	0	Chelsea	30,000
League	2nd Apr 1923	Chelsea	1	1	Aston Villa	30,000
League	1st Sep 1923	Chelsea	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	31,000
League	3rd Sep 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Chelsea	40,000
League	15th Sep 1923	Aston Villa	0	0	Chelsea	20,000
League	22nd Sep 1923	Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield United	26,000
League	6th Oct 1923	Chelsea	1	2	Cardiff City	47,000
League	12th Apr 1924	Newcastle United	2	1	Chelsea	15,000
League	30th Aug 1924	Chelsea	1	0	Coventry City	35,000
League	18th Oct 1924	Chelsea	1	1	Stockport County	35,000
League	29th Aug 1925	Chelsea	2	0	Bradford City	31,443
League	31st Aug 1925	Nottingham Forest	1	5	Chelsea	9,981
League	5th Sep 1925	Port Vale	0	6	Chelsea	12,801
League	7th Sep 1925	Chelsea	0	0	Nottingham Forest	22,352
League	12th Sep 1925	Chelsea	3	2	Barnsley	35,161
League	19th Sep 1925	Clapton Orient	1	2	Chelsea	15,538
League	26th Sep 1925	Chelsea	4	0	Fulham	49,379
League	3rd Oct 1925	Chelsea	4	0	Hull City	47,428
League	10th Oct 1925	Darlington	1	1	Chelsea	16,217
League	17th Oct 1925	South Shields	0	0	Chelsea	11,805
League	24th Oct 1925	Chelsea	5	0	Preston North End	40,539
League	31st Oct 1925	Oldham Athletic	1	1	Chelsea	15,531
League	7th Nov 1925	Chelsea	3	2	Stockport County	29,139
League	14th Nov 1925	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Chelsea	17,185
League	5th Dec 1925	Chelsea	1	1	Stoke City	23,382
League	12th Dec 1925	Middlesbrough	1	2	Chelsea	14,395
League	19th Dec 1925	Chelsea	0	0	Portsmouth	29,010
League	25th Dec 1925	Blackpool	0	0	Chelsea	13,690
League	26th Dec 1925	Chelsea	2	3	Blackpool	49,707
League	28th Dec 1925	Derby County	4	2	Chelsea	25,108
League	2nd Jan 1926	Bradford City	4	2	Chelsea	14,702
League	16th Jan 1926	Chelsea	3	1	Port Vale	15,568
League	23rd Jan 1926	Barnsley	2	3	Chelsea	7,031
F.A. Cup	30th Jan 1926	Crystal Palace	2	1	Chelsea	41,000
League	6th Feb 1926	Fulham	0	3	Chelsea	42,611
League	10th Feb 1926	Chelsea	1	3	Clapton Orient	14,000
League	13th Feb 1926	Hull City	0	1	Chelsea	9,464
League	20th Feb 1926	Chelsea	5	2	Darlington	34,442
League	27th Feb 1926	Chelsea	0	0	South Shields	38,242
League	6th Mar 1926	Preston North End	3	1	Chelsea	16,463
League	3rd Apr 1926	Swansea Town	0	0	Chelsea	20,993
League	26th Apr 1926	Chelsea	2	1	Derby County	9,335
League	1st May 1926	Portsmouth	4	0	Chelsea	17,235
League	28th Aug 1926	Chelsea	3	0	Middlesbrough	29,849
League	4th Sep 1926	Port Vale	0	0	Chelsea	14,720
League	6th Sep 1926	Chelsea	2	0	Notts County	15,572
League	11th Sep 1926	Chelsea	2	3	Southampton	30,298
League	13th Sep 1926	Notts County	5	0	Chelsea	9,094
League	18th Sep 1926	Bradford City	0	1	Chelsea	16,350
League	25th Sep 1926	Chelsea	2	2	Fulham	46,084
League	2nd Oct 1926	Chelsea	2	1	Preston North End	32,398
League	9th Oct 1926	South Shields	5	1	Chelsea	3,705
League	16th Oct 1926	Portsmouth	2	3	Chelsea	17,689
League	23rd Oct 1926	Chelsea	1	0	Oldham Athletic	25,232
League	30th Oct 1926	Grimsby Town	0	0	Chelsea	12,423
League	6th Nov 1926	Chelsea	1	1	Blackpool	25,366
League	13th Nov 1926	Reading	2	1	Chelsea	11,589
League	20th Nov 1926	Chelsea	2	2	Swansea Town	18,140
League	27th Nov 1926	Nottingham Forest	4	1	Chelsea	12,841
League	4th Dec 1926	Chelsea	4	2	Barnsley	21,904
League	11th Dec 1926	Manchester City	1	0	Chelsea	26,868
League	25th Dec 1926	Chelsea	1	0	Hull City	34,306
League	27th Dec 1926	Hull City	0	1	Chelsea	23,440
League	1st Jan 1927	Chelsea	2	1	Clapton Orient	28,279
F.A. Cup	8th Jan 1927	Chelsea	4	0	Luton Town	41,441
League	15th Jan 1927	Middlesbrough	0	0	Chelsea	23,964
F.A. Cup	29th Jan 1927	Chelsea	7	2	Accrington Stanley	30,142
League	5th Feb 1927	Chelsea	5	2	Bradford City	25,835
League	12th Feb 1927	Fulham	1	2	Chelsea	31,501
F.A. Cup	19th Feb 1927	Chelsea	2	1	Burnley	63,238
League	26th Feb 1927	Chelsea	4	1	South Shields	31,191
F.A. Cup	5th Mar 1927	Chelsea	0	0	Cardiff City	70,184
F.A. Cup	9th Mar 1927	Cardiff City	3	2	Chelsea	47,353
League	12th Mar 1927	Oldham Athletic	1	2	Chelsea	12,298
League	16th Mar 1927	Chelsea	2	0	Port Vale	18,169
League	19th Mar 1927	Chelsea	2	0	Grimsby Town	35,239
League	21st Mar 1927	Preston North End	0	2	Chelsea	14,995
League	26th Mar 1927	Blackpool	3	1	Chelsea	8,251
League	2nd Apr 1927	Chelsea	0	0	Reading	35,424
League	9th Apr 1927	Swansea Town	2	1	Chelsea	10,435
League	16th Apr 1927	Chelsea	2	0	Nottingham Forest	44,855
League	18th Apr 1927	Chelsea	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28,945
League	23rd Apr 1927	Barnsley	3	0	Chelsea	9,641
League	28th Apr 1927	Clapton Orient	3	0	Chelsea	25,329
League	30th Apr 1927	Chelsea	0	0	Manchester City	39,995
League	4th May 1927	Chelsea	0	0	Portsmouth	40,037
League	7th May 1927	Darlington	2	2	Chelsea	12,937
League	27th Aug 1927	Reading	1	2	Chelsea	24,529
League	3rd Sep 1927	Chelsea	3	0	Blackpool	36,529
League	7th Sep 1927	Chelsea	5	0	Notts County	18,416
League	10th Sep 1927	Fulham	1	1	Chelsea	39,860
League	17th Sep 1927	Clapton Orient	2	1	Chelsea	34,838
League	24th Sep 1927	Chelsea	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	44,724
League	1st Oct 1927	Bristol City	1	1	Chelsea	24,005
League	6th Oct 1927	Notts County	0	1	Chelsea	9,127
League	8th Oct 1927	Chelsea	1	0	Stoke City	41,472
League	15th Oct 1927	Southampton	2	4	Chelsea	14,724
League	22nd Oct 1927	Chelsea	2	0	Hull City	15,153
League	29th Oct 1927	Preston North End	0	3	Chelsea	23,107
League	5th Nov 1927	Chelsea	4	0	Swansea Town	41,220
League	12th Nov 1927	Manchester City	0	1	Chelsea	52,830
League	19th Nov 1927	Chelsea	2	1	Nottingham Forest	28,743
League	21st Jan 1928	Chelsea	2	1	Fulham	42,297
League	28th Jan 1928	Chelsea	1	0	Clapton Orient	17,875
League	11th Feb 1928	Chelsea	5	2	Bristol City	31,949
League	20th Feb 1928	Stoke City	1	0	Chelsea	15,770
League	25th Feb 1928	Chelsea	0	2	Southampton	46,567
League	3rd Mar 1928	Hull City	0	2	Chelsea	12,679
League	10th Mar 1928	Chelsea	2	1	Preston North End	47,780
League	14th Mar 1928	Chelsea	4	0	Grimsby Town	14,278
League	17th Mar 1928	Swansea Town	0	0	Chelsea	15,563
League	24th Mar 1928	Chelsea	0	1	Manchester City	51,813
League	31st Mar 1928	Nottingham Forest	2	2	Chelsea	10,989
League	6th Apr 1928	Chelsea	2	1	Oldham Athletic	53,309
League	7th Apr 1928	Chelsea	1	0	Port Vale	39,278
League	9th Apr 1928	Oldham Athletic	2	1	Chelsea	18,992
League	14th Apr 1928	South Shields	2	1	Chelsea	3,395
League	21st Apr 1928	Chelsea	2	3	Leeds United	47,562
League	1st Sep 1928	Blackpool	0	1	Chelsea	17,653
League	5th Sep 1928	Chelsea	3	1	Bradford Park Avenue	21,556
League	8th Sep 1928	Chelsea	2	0	Middlesbrough	48,775
League	15th Sep 1928	Chelsea	1	0	Barnsley	34,793
League	22nd Sep 1928	Bristol City	0	0	Chelsea	24,748
League	29th Sep 1928	Chelsea	3	0	Nottingham Forest	38,139
League	6th Oct 1928	West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	28,969
League	13th Oct 1928	Chelsea	2	2	Clapton Orient	39,890
League	20th Oct 1928	Oldham Athletic	1	0	Chelsea	13,385
League	24th Nov 1928	Chelsea	3	3	Port Vale	23,305
League	1st Dec 1928	Hull City	2	2	Chelsea	16,925
League	8th Dec 1928	Chelsea	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	45,840
League	22nd Dec 1928	Chelsea	1	1	Notts County	19,560
League	29th Dec 1928	Swansea Town	0	1	Chelsea	12,659
F.A. Cup	12th Jan 1929	Chelsea	2	0	Everton	61,316
League	19th Jan 1929	Middlesbrough	4	5	Chelsea	24,768
F.A. Cup	26th Jan 1929	Chelsea	1	0	Birmingham	56,953
League	30th Jan 1929	Barnsley	0	1	Chelsea	7,886
League	2nd Feb 1929	Chelsea	3	0	Bristol City	19,768
League	9th Feb 1929	Nottingham Forest	3	0	Chelsea	10,829
F.A. Cup	20th Feb 1929	Portsmouth	1	0	Chelsea	31,966
League	23rd Feb 1929	Clapton Orient	1	0	Chelsea	18,844
League	9th Mar 1929	Southampton	1	2	Chelsea	23,829
League	23rd Mar 1929	Preston North End	3	0	Chelsea	14,415
League	30th Mar 1929	Chelsea	0	3	Millwall	42,637
League	20th Apr 1929	Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Chelsea	24,356
League	16th Nov 1929	Stoke City	1	1	Chelsea	10,298
League	21st Apr 1930	Bristol City	2	1	Chelsea	17,488

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

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

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

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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. Albert Thain made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

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Games Won:	72
Win Percentage:	47.06%
Total Bookings:	0
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 153 appearances, Albert Thain played alongside the following 52 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

George Anderson (6)
Jimmy Armstrong (3)
Benjamin Baker (18)
Fred Barrett (28)
Walter Bennett (1)
Sid Bishop (13)
George Biswell (11)
Baishe Bower (6)
Willie Brown (13)
David Cameron (5)
Sid Castle (4)
Jack Cock (3)
Jackie Crawford (124)
Bernard Duffy (1)
Sidney Elliot (7)
Willie Ferguson (122)
Bill Finlayson (1)
Harry Ford (6)
James Frew (5)
Colin Hampton (10)
Jack Harrow (28)
William Haywood (3)
Frank Hoddinott (1)
Sam Irving (34)
William Jackson (9)
Richard Jenkins (2)
Tommy Law (96)
Fred Linfoot (5)
Peter McKenna (35)
Bobby McNeil (35)
Tommy Meehan (14)
Jack Meredith (5)
Harold Miller (57)
Sam Millington (90)
George Mills (1)
Leslie Odell (5)
George Pearson (88)
Seth Plum (3)
John Priestley (95)
George Rodgers (61)
Willie Russell (5)
Arthur Sales (3)
Buchanan Sharp (5)
George Smith (143)
George Stone (21)
Jimmy Thompson (32)
Jack Townrow (51)
Bob Turnbull (62)
Reg Weaver (3)
William Whitton (5)
Harry Wilding (60)
Andy Wilson (86)