1919–20_Chelsea_F.C._season

Chelsea
1919–20 season
Chairman	Claude Kirby
Manager	David Calderhead
First Division	3rd
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jack Cock (21); All: ; Jack Cock (24)
Highest home attendance	70,000 vs Aston Villa (7 April 1920)
Lowest home attendance	12,000 vs Newcastle United (13 September 1919)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1918–19 1920–21 →

1919–20 Chelsea F.C. season

11th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

The 1919–1920 season Chelsea Football Club was 11th of competitive football. It was also the first full English football season since the end of World War I. It proved to be Chelsea's most successful season to that point, as they finished 3rd in the First Division and reached the FA Cup semi-finals.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C)	42	28	4	10	104	47	2.213	60
2	Burnley	42	21	9	12	65	59	1.102	51
3	Chelsea	42	22	5	15	56	51	1.098	49
4	Liverpool	42	19	10	13	59	44	1.341	48
5	Sunderland	42	22	4	16	72	59	1.220	48
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	72	65	1.108	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	9	15	71	62	1.145	45
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	44	39	1.128	43
9	Aston Villa	42	18	6	18	75	73	1.027	42
10	Arsenal	42	15	12	15	56	58	0.966	42
11	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	12	15	60	63	0.952	42
12	Manchester United	42	13	14	15	54	50	1.080	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	61	65	0.938	40
14	Sheffield United	42	16	8	18	59	69	0.855	40
15	Bradford City	42	14	11	17	54	63	0.857	39
16	Everton	42	12	14	16	69	68	1.015	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	15	8	19	49	52	0.942	38
18	Derby County	42	13	12	17	47	57	0.825	38
19	Preston North End	42	14	10	18	57	73	0.781	38
20	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	11	18	64	77	0.831	37
21	Notts County (R)	42	12	12	18	56	74	0.757	36	Relegation to the Second Division
22	The Wednesday (R)	42	7	9	26	28	64	0.438	23	Relegation to the Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 August 1919	Everton	A	3–2	35,000	Halse, Whittingham (pen), Wilding
1 September 1919	Sunderland	H	2–0	50,000	Wilding, Croal
6 September 1919	Everton	H	0–1	60,000
10 September 1919	Sunderland	A	2–3	35,000	Brittan, Croal
13 September 1919	Newcastle United	H	0–0	12,000
20 September 1919	Newcastle United	A	0–3	40,000
27 September 1919	Burnley	H	0–1	38,000
4 October 1919	Burnley	A	3–2	25,000	Croal, Abrams (2)
11 October 1919	Liverpool	H	1–0	35,000	Brittan
18 October 1919	Liverpool	A	1–0	25,000	Brittan
25 October 1919	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0–1	18,000
1 November 1919	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4–0	36,000	Ford, Cock (2), Croal
8 November 1919	Preston North End	A	1–3	20,000	Cock
15 November 1919	Preston North End	H	4–0	34,000	Cock (3), McNeil
22 November 1919	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	20,000
29 November 1919	Middlesbrough	H	3–1	50,000	Cock (2), Croal
6 December 1919	Arsenal	A	1–1	50,000	Cock
13 December 1919	Arsenal	H	3–1	60,000	Ford, Cock, McNeil
20 December 1919	Sheffield United	A	1–3	25,000	Halse
25 December 1919	Aston Villa	A	2–5	30,000	Dale, McNeil
26 December 1919	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	40,000	Harrow
27 December 1919	Sheffield United	H	1–0	40,000	Cock
1 January 1920	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	12,000
3 January 1920	Manchester United	A	2–0	25,000	Cock (2)
17 January 1920	Manchester United	H	1–0	40,000	Cock
24 January 1920	Bradford City	A	1–3	18,000	Browning
4 February 1920	Bradford City	H	1–0	25,000	Logan
7 February 1920	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–1	20,000	Cock, Croal
14 February 1920	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3	45,000	Cock (2)
28 February 1920	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	52,000	Sharp (2)
11 March 1920	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	12,000	Logan
13 March 1920	Notts County	A	1–0	15,000	Sharp
17 March 1920	Notts County	H	2–0	25,000	Wilding, Cock
20 March 1920	The Wednesday	H	1–1	47,000	Lee
2 April 1920	Aston Villa	H	2–1	70,000	Cock, Hardy (o.g.)
3 April 1920	Manchester City	H	1–0	40,000	Cock
6 April 1920	The Wednesday	A	2–0	15,000	Halse, Cock
10 April 1920	Manchester City	A	0–1	25,000
17 April 1920	Derby County	H	0–0	40,000
24 April 1920	Derby County	A	0–5	20,000
26 April 1920	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	39,902	Harrow (pen), Ford
1 May 1920	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	35,668

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 January 1920	1	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	35,298	Cock
31 January 1920	2	Swindon Town	H	4–0	67,054	Ford, Cock, McNeil (2)
21 February 1920	3	Leicester City	H	3–0	40,000	Ford, Cock, Browning
6 March 1920	4	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4–1	61,223	Logan, Wilding, Sharp (2)
21 March 1920	SF	Aston Villa	N	1–3	37,771	Croal

1919–20_Chelsea_F.C._season

1919–20 Chelsea F.C. season

Table

Results

First Division

FA Cup

References

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