1962–63 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1962–63 season
ChairmanJoe Mears
ManagerTommy Docherty
StadiumStamford Bridge
Second Division2nd
FA CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bobby Tambling (35)
All: Bobby Tambling (37)
Highest home attendance54,558 vs Portsmouth
(21 May 1963)
Lowest home attendance18,377 vs Scunthorpe United
(22 August 1962)
Average home league attendance29,376
Biggest win7–0 v Portsmouth
(21 May 1963)
Biggest defeat1–4 v Norwich City
(6 Apr 1963)

The 1962–63 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-ninth competitive season. In a season heavily impacted by the "big freeze" of 1963, Chelsea were promoted back to the First Division as Second Division runners-up.

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stoke City (C, P) 42 20 13 9 73 50 1.460 53 Promotion to the First Division
2 Chelsea (P) 42 24 4 14 81 42 1.929 52
3 Sunderland 42 20 12 10 84 55 1.527 52
4 Middlesbrough 42 20 9 13 86 85 1.012 49
5 Leeds United 42 19 10 13 79 53 1.491 48
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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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