1915–16 Chelsea F.C. season
| 1915–16 season | |||
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| Chairman | Claude Kirby | ||
| Manager | David Calderhead | ||
| Stadium | Stamford Bridge | ||
| London Combination | 1st | ||
| London Combination (sub) | 1st | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Charles Buchan and Bob Thomson (38) | ||
| Biggest win | 11–1 v Luton Town (11 March 1916) | ||
| Biggest defeat | 2–4 v Crystal Palace (18 March 1916) | ||
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The 1915–16 season was Sunderland. Chelsea won both the London Combination and the subsidiary competition. The club scored 121 goals in 36 Combination matches; results during the season included a 9–0 win over Arsenal, an 8–1 win against Tottenham and an 11–1 win against Luton Town.[1]
Chelsea striker Vivian Woodward, a member of the Football Battalion, was wounded in the thigh in early 1916, but recovered.[2] Francis 'Frank' O'Hara, who played for Chelsea in their inaugural 1905–06 season, was killed in action on 12 July 1915.[3]
Notes
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation(RSSSF). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Vivian Woodward". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Chelsea in the First World War". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
References
- Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
- Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.
External links
- 1915–16 season at stamford-bridge.com
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