1917–18 Chelsea F.C. season
| 1917–18 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Claude Kirby | ||
| Manager | David Calderhead | ||
| Stadium | Stamford Bridge | ||
| London Combination | 1st | ||
| War Fund Cup | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Bob Thomson (25) | ||
| Biggest win | 7–0 v Fulham (30 March 1918) | ||
| Biggest defeat | 1–4 v Arsenal (19 January 1918) | ||
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The 1917–18 season was Football League and the FA Cup were suspended so the club instead participated in the London Combination, an unofficial regional league mainly comprising teams from London. Results and statistics from these matches are not considered official. Chelsea won the London Combination for the second time in three years as well as the War Fund Cup.[1]
Former Chelsea player
Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.[5]
Notes
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation(RSSSF). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Former player George William Kennedy added to Brentford list of honour as Remembrance Sunday marked". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Chelsea in the First World War". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ISBN 9780750965422.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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
- 1917–18 season at stamford-bridge.com
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