1945–46 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

1945–46 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Billy Birrell
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	N/A
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Five players (1)
Highest home attendance	69,987 vs West Ham United (26 January 1946)
Lowest home attendance	39,678 vs Leicester City (5 January 1946)
Average home league attendance
Home colours Away colours

The 1945–46 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-second competitive season. It saw the first competitive football in England since the end of the Second World War, the FA Cup; Chelsea reached the fifth round. The Football League did not resume until the following season, so Chelsea continued to play in the regional Football League South; Chelsea finished 10th in the 22-team league. In November, the club also played a high-profile friendly match against FC Dynamo Moscow of the Soviet Union.

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.

External links

• 1945–46 season at stamford-bridge.com