1955–56 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1955–56 season
ChairmanJoe Mears
ManagerTed Drake
StadiumStamford Bridge
First Division16th
FA CupFifth round
FA Charity ShieldWinners
European CupDNP
Top goalscorerLeague: Roy Bentley (14)
All: Roy Bentley (16)
Highest home attendance48,273 vs Portsmouth
(3 September 1955)
Lowest home attendance12,802 vs Newcastle United
(14 September 1955)
Average home league attendance34,127
Biggest win6–1 v Everton
(14 April 1956)
Biggest defeat0–5 v Burnley
(10 March 1956)

The 1955–56 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-second competitive season. Chelsea began the season as defending league champions and won the FA Charity Shield, but thereafter performed poorly and ultimately finished 16th in the First Division. The club were also due to participate in the inaugural edition of the European Champions' Cup, but withdrew from the competition after pressure from the Football League[1][2] to which they had been elected in 1905–06, their first competitive season.

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
14 Charlton Athletic 42 17 6 19 75 81 0.926 40
15 Everton 42 15 10 17 55 69 0.797 40
16 Chelsea 42 14 11 17 64 77 0.831 39
17 Cardiff City 42 15 9 18 55 69 0.797 39
18 Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 7 20 61 71 0.859 37
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Notes

  1. ^ Glanville, Brian (27 April 2005). "The great Chelsea surrender". The Times. UK. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
  2. ^ Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. London: Headline. p. 254. ISBN 0755314654.

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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