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1914–15 Chelsea F.C. season

1914–15 season
Claude Kirby
David Calderhead
Stamford Bridge
19th
Runners-up
League: Bob Thomson (12)All: Bob Thomson (18)
58,760 vs Newcastle United(6 March 1915)
14,000 vs Newcastle United(12 September 1914)
20,237
5–2 v Swindon Town(16 January 1915)
1–4 v Burnley(28 December 1914)

Home colours

The 1914–15 season was **Chelsea Football Club'**s tenth competitive season. It was also the final full season before competitive football was suspended until the end of World War I. The season was one of mixed fortunes for the club: they finished 19th in the First Division, but also reached the FA Cup final for the first time, where they lost to Sheffield United.

Having finished 19th, Chelsea would ordinarily have been relegated, but the First Division expanded to 22 teams when competitive football resumed in 1919, and the club were re-elected into the division. A factor in the decision was the exposure of a match-fixing scandal involving Manchester United and Liverpool players, who had colluded to ensure a 2–0 win for a United in an April 1915 fixture, a result which meant United avoided relegation at Chelsea's expense.

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.
1914–15 season at stamford-bridge.com

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