1918–19 Chelsea F.C. season
1918–19 season | |||
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Chairman | Claude Kirby | ||
Manager | David Calderhead | ||
Stadium | Stamford Bridge | ||
London Combination | 6th | ||
London Victory Cup | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer | League: All: Joe Smith (21) | ||
Biggest win | 6–0 v Clapton Orient (12 October 1918) | ||
Biggest defeat | 2–6 v Fulham (1 March 1919) | ||
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The 1918–19 season was
Former Chelsea player Philip Smith was killed in action whilst fighting in the Western Front on 29 September 1918.[2] George Lake died of wounds on 6 November 1918, five days before the armistice, two days after his battalion's attempt to cross the Sambre–Oise Canal near Frasnoy, France.[3] He was buried in Frasnoy Communal Cemetery.[4] Lake was one of the two last English footballers to die in the war, dying on the same day as Edward Thompson.[5][6]
Notes
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation(RSSSF). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Philip Smith | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "George Lake – Chelsea FC and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Brennan, Stuart (17 November 2014). "Man City legend Lake stunned to discover First World War link". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "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
- 1918–19 season at stamford-bridge.com