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.

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 1984-85 Home Shirt

This popular shirt was worn in a 6-2 home win over Coventry in 84-85, and worn by fantastic players such as Nigel Spackman and Colin Pates

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 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.

The classic bar design scarf, measuring 143cm x 20cm and beautifully packaged in a branded presentation box, is manufactured by one of the oldest cashmere mills in Scotland.

Undoubtedly one of the world's most sumptuous items of clothing for the discerning football fan.

Cashmere wool is one of the most precious natural fibres known to man, and is characterized by its incredible softness and warmth without bulk. Harvested from cashmere goats in Mongolia, the fine underwool is carefully selected, with each goat annually producing enough wool for a single Savile Rogue scarf.

Chelsea v Leeds FA Cup Final 1970

The first time is always the sweetest, as Osgood and co triumphed over treble chasing Leeds United after the two teams had battled it out for over 240 minutes of absorbing football.

After a convincing run, which saw the Blue’s brush aside the challenges of Birmingham; Burnley; Crystal Palace; Queens Park Rangers and Watford; amassing an impressive 21 goals in 6 games, Dave Sexton’s side went into the final full of confidence that Leeds would be added to their list.

On a sand-covered Wembley pitch, both sides produced a game oozing with bright attacking football, yet it was two defensive errors that opened the scoring. Jack Charlton headed Leeds in front, when the ball bounced awkwardly to evade a goal-line clearance, but Peter Houseman duly took advantage of the conditions when his long-range attempt slipped past Sprake in the Leeds goal before the interval.

Leeds looked to have sealed the victory when Mick Jones drilled in an 84th minute goal, but not to be denied, the ever resilient Blue’s fought back to equalise with only minutes remaining when Ian Hutchinson stole in with a fine equalising header. Extra time failed to find a winner, and to Old Trafford they went.

In a physical encounter, Leeds once again took the lead midway through the first half via the boot of Jones. The game ebbed and flowed, and the Blues had to wait until the 78th Minute before they were back on level terms, when Peter Osgood rose to head home. The game once again entered extra time, but David Webb upset the pattern of the final, much to the delight of all Blues, when he forced the ball over the line from an Ian Hutchinson long throw. It was the first time Chelsea had been in the lead – and that’s how it remained!

Chelsea’s first FA Cup Triumph!

Relive it all over again in this specially produced programme featuring extended highlights of the first match and the full 120 minutes of the Old Trafford Replay.