CHELSEA FC

Pictured in 1930 are the Chelsea and Scotland strike force of Hughie Gallacher and Alec Jackson, Gallagher joined from Newcastle for £10,000 and Jackson from Huddersfield for £8,500, Chelsea in 1930 had a reputation for being the high spending entertainers of the English game.
This shirt was worn in the 1915 FA Cup Final at Old Trafford against Sheffield United. "The Khaki Cup Final" as it was called due to the large number of uniformed supporters at the match was the last to be held before the Competetion was suspended due to the Great War.

THE BADGE ON THIS SHIRT IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK ®.

Shirt is complete with the famous CFC badge from the era. Managed by Ted Drake, described as one of the first tracksuit managers, Drake was a master motivator and a hard taskmaster in training.

Team included Roy Bentley (150 goals for Chelsea), Ron Greenwood, and Alan Dicks who both went on to be have successful managerial careers with England and Bristol City respectively.

THE BADGE ON THIS SHIRT IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK ®.

THE BADGE ON THIS SHIRT IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK ®.

Chelsea FC 1960 - 1961 shirt..

David Webb, a rough diamond of a defender from East London who played his football with a typical cockney wit and ebullience, invariably with a smile spread across his craggy features.

Chelsea FC 1958 - 1959 Fairs Cup away shirt.

The second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place between 1958 and 1960 and was won by FC Barcelona for the second consecutive time. Representative sides flew the flag for London in the first Inter Cities Fairs Cup tournament but for the second competition Chelsea were invited to represent the capital city. Chelsea were knocked out at the Quarter Final stage by a Belgrade XI despite winning the home leg 1-0.

During Tommy Docherty's his first year as manager he replaced many of the club's older players and put together an exciting team of emerging youngsters such as Terry Venables, Bobby Tambling, Peter Bonetti and Barry Bridges. The team, nicknamed "Docherty's Diamonds", achieved promotion back to Division One at the first attempt and finished 5th the following year. In 1964-65, Chelsea were on course for a treble of League, FA Cup and League Cup. They won the League Cup in April with an aggregate win over Leicester City, but were beaten by Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Tommy Docherty, the then managers created the design of royal blue shirt and shorts with white socks. The classic Chelsea look was born.

Chelsea FC 1970 - 1971 away shirt worn in the season after the 1970 Cup win. The embroidered FA Cup can be seen next to the club crest.

Worn by the players prior to the victory (after a replay) against Don Revies's Leeds United side.

Full embroidery of the classic Chelsea badge with the wording 'Wembley 1970' embroidered underneath. The tracktop features a large 'CHELSEA' print in royal blue across the shoulders.

Chelsea and Leeds battled out a 2-2 draw in front of 100,000 fans, the first ever draw in a Wembley final. Goals for Chelsea from Houseman and Hutchinson.

Football played with flair and instinct, with spirit and sportsmanship, as one paper described it. All the more amazing as the horse of the year show was staged on the pitch only a few days before the match.

Includes embroidered text ‘40th Anniversary FA Cup Winners 1970’ in Gold Lurex.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHELSEA ON WINNING THIS YEARS PREMIER LEAGUE AND FA CUP DOUBLE. TOFFS ARE PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH CHELSEA AS THEIR PARTNER FOR AUTHENTIC RETRO FOOTBALL SHIRTS

Includes embroidered text ‘40th Anniversary FA Cup Winners 1970’.

Chelsea outfought Leeds to secure a 2-1 victory and lift the FA Cup for the first time.

Chelsea 1972 League Cup Tracktop

Chelsea beat Tottenham 5-4 (over two legs) in the semi finals and went into the final as hot favourites as the Kings Road team were dripping with superstars, an equaliser from Osgood was not enough to take the cup home as an ageing Stoke secured the winner with 20 minutes to play.

Pictured is Eddie McCreadie, a talented and pacy attacking full-back with impressive timing that played 410 times for Chelsea. McCreadie went on to rebuild the team as manager in 1975, giving the captancy to 18 year old Ray Wilkins and securing promotion back to the first division, McCreadie resigned when his request for a company car was turned down by Chairman Brian Mears.

Eddie McCreadie (pictured) joined the coaching staff at Chelsea having made 410 appearances for the club. In April 1975 he was appointed manager but by this stage the team was in decline with the club heavily in debt and he couldn't prevent relegation to the Second Division. Nevertheless, McCreadie re-built the side - taking the captaincy from Harris and giving it to 18-year old Ray Wilkins in the process - and with no money to spend put together a team of youth players and veterans from the club's heyday. Chelsea were promoted back to the First Division in 1977. It was then that he lost his job in somewhat bizarre circumstances. Having won promotion, his request for a company car was rejected by chairman Brian Mears, so he resigned. Mears then relented and offerred him the car but with his sense of Scottish pride he did not come back to the club as he had already made his mind up.

Ian Hutchinson, (pictured) goalscorer and first exponent of the long throw-in, Ian was actually double-jointed in both shoulders that allowed him to produce the 'windmill' style action.

Possibly the rarest Chelsea kit ever. Only worn in wins at Coventry & Burnley, a defeat at Ipswich and a 1-1 draw at Manchester City’s Maine Road (pictured).

Chelsea FC 1977-78 Managers Tracktop

Kenneth John Shellito, played 123 times for the Blues but due to a knee injury was forced into premature retirement and onto the coaching staff. In 1977 he succeeded his fellow full back, Eddie McCreadie as Chelsea Manager and masterminded the 4-2 FA Cup success over the reigning European Champions Liverpool as well as keeping Chelsea in the top division.

Chelsea FC 1978 - 1981 away.

Based on the Brazilian national side which was creating such a stir in the 1970's and worn by Eamonn Bannon, Mickey Droy and Ian Britton(pictured)

Clive Walker (pictured) was an old-fashioned winger with pace who used to terrorise full backs on a weekly basis. He began his career with Chelsea, playing in the same side as the likes of Ray Wilkins. He first broke into the Chelsea team during the 1977-78 season and was voted player of the season in 1980, he played 198 times for the Blues scoring 60 goals.

This white shirt was worn on few occasions, but worn by Chelsea greats such as Bryan 'Pop' Robson, Alan Mayes and Peter Rhoades - Brown

Chelsea 1986 - 1987 Home shirt

The mid 80's were an uncertain time for Chelsea and for one season they wore a range of kits branded 'Chelsea Collection' It was the first time a club had taken over the production of their own strip.

Chelsea FC 1983-85 Rarely seen lemon away shirt. 100% cotton

It was this shirt that was worn when the mighty Blues crushed Fulham 5-3 in the 1983-84 season

Worn by Mickey Thomas and Gordon Davies

Chelsea's hat-trick hero David Speedie catches his breath during his team's 5-4 win.

Chelsea 1986 - 1987 Away shirt

The mid 80's were an uncertain time for Chelsea and for one season they wore a range of kits branded 'Chelsea Collection' It was the first time a club had taken over the production of their own strip.

The shirt was worn by Chelsea legends Steve Clark and Mickey Hazard

Chelsea Football Newspaper Book

Relive those glorious moments of a favourite sport or team captured in newsprint.

From the early 20th century to the recent past, each book affords a unique perspective on your team or sport’s colourful history. They are not written by someone looking back in time, but by reporters who witnessed the games and events as they unfolded and in a language of the time.

Capture the history and greatest moments of Chelsea through the newspapers, as written at the time.

Starting with coverage of Chelsea’s election to the 2nd Division in 1905, this book charts a glorious history of great games and League and Cup titles through the decades of the 20th century.

Top stories include reaching the FA Cup Final in 1915, promotion to the 1st Division in 1930 and becoming League Champions in 1955. Coverage also of winning the League Cup in 1963, the FA Cup Final in 1967 and winners in 1970, then going on to secure the European Cup Winners Cup the following year.

Relive the stories of the climb back from the 2nd Division, to Cup wins in 1997, 1998 and 2000, and the phenomenal success of recent years. Read about the 82,905 fans who witnessed the 1935 game against Arsenal, Jimmy Greeves’s hat trick in the 6-3 win against Man City in 1960, the signing of Frank Lampard in 2001 and much much more.

Newspaper coverage continues right up to the end of last season. A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Chelsea fans.