1950–51 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1950–51 season
ChairmanJoe Mears
ManagerBilly Birrell
StadiumStamford Bridge
First Division20th
FA CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Roy Bentley (8)
All: Roy Bentley (11)
Highest home attendance69,434 vs Fulham
(10 February 1951)
Lowest home attendance23,723 vs Burnley
(26 March 1951)
Average home league attendance39,667
Biggest win0–4 v Sheffield Wednesday
(19 Aug 1950)
0–4 v Bolton Wanderers
(5 May 1951)
Biggest defeat1–4 v Portsmouth
(26 Dec 1950)
1–4 v Manchester United
(31 March 1951)

The 1950–51 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-seventh competitive season. The club struggled throughout the season and ultimately finished 20th in the First Division. Chelsea were six points adrift at the bottom of the table with four matches remaining, but they won all four matches to avoid relegation on goal average, by 0.044 of a goal.[1]

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
18 Fulham 42 13 11 18 52 68 0.765 37
19 Huddersfield Town 42 15 6 21 64 92 0.696 36
20 Chelsea 42 12 8 22 53 65 0.815 32
21 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 12 8 22 64 83 0.771 32 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Everton (R) 42 12 8 22 48 86 0.558 32
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Notes

  1. ^ "Team History". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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.
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