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1942-1943

The matches on this page are not included in official statistics

Half-Time scores in brackets where known

Chelsea (0) 1 Queens Park Rangers (0) 1

Date: Saturday, 29th August 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 6,787
Referee: HF Hauxwell (Kent)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, George Hardwick, William Brown, Jimmy Allen, Albert Tennant, Leslie Smith, Peter McKennan, Seton Airlie, Joe Payne, Dickie Foss
   Scorer McKennan
   Manager Billy Birrell
Queens Park Rangers Brown, Reay, Jefferson, Mallett, Ridyard, Horsfield, Sibley, Smith, Mangnall, Hatton, Burley
   Scorer Mallett
   Manager Ted Vizard

Brighton & Hove Albion (0) 1 Chelsea (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 5th September 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:
Brighton & Hove Albion Mee, Malpass, Bojar, Darling, Longdon, Risdon, Jones, Wilson, Davie, Morgan, Stephens
   Scorer Wilson
   Manager Charles Webb
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, George Hardwick, William Brown, Jimmy Allen, Albert Tennant, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Seton Airlie, Joe Payne, Dickie Foss
   Scorers Payne, Payne
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (1) 2 Portsmouth (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 12th September 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 8,760
Referee: RR Hay (Essex)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, George Hardwick, Albert Tennant, Jimmy Allen, Sam Weaver, Dickie Spence, Seton Airlie, Joe Payne, Len Butt, Dickie Foss
   Scorers Tennant, Airlie
   Manager Billy Birrell
Portsmouth Walker, Morgan, Rochford, Guthrie, Flewin, Summerbee, Bullock, Black, Wilkes, Barlow, Parker
   Scorer Wilkes
   Manager Jack Tinn
Comment: Airlie and Summerbee sent off in the second half

Brentford (0) 0 Chelsea (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 19th September 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,490
Referee: AW Wooldridge
Brentford Jackson, Brown, Poyser, McKenzie, James, Sneddon, Hopkins, Kiernan, Townsend, Scott, Smith
   Manager Harry Curtis
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, Ernie Muttitt, Harry Bearryman, Jimmy Allen, Walter Winterbottom, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Joe Payne, Seton Airlie, Dickie Foss
   Scorers Foss 21, McKennan 2nd
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (1) 4 Fulham (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 26th September 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 10,635
Referee: CW Ingram (Aldrshot)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, Reg C Mountford, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Sam Weaver, Ralph Birkett, Peter McKennan, Joe Payne, Albert Tennant, Dickie Foss
   Scorers McKennan, McKennan, Payne, Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell
Fulham Duke, Freeman, Buckley, Evans, Tuckett, Copping, Jones, Dean, Rooke, Finch, Conley
   Scorers Jones, Rooke
   Manager Jack Peart

West Ham United (0) 0 Chelsea (0) 1

Date: Saturday, 3rd October 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Upton Park
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: CJ Dean
West Ham United Gregory, Bicknell, Lewis, Small, Barrett, Fenton, Mahon, Chapman, Foreman, Goulden, Foxall
   Manager Charlie Paynter
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Sam Weaver, Ralph Birkett, Peter McKennan, Joe Payne, Albert Tennant, Dickie Foss
   Scorer Payne
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (1) 1 Aldershot (1) 3

Date: Saturday, 10th October 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 6,299
Referee: GD Harper (London)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Alec White, George Hardwick, Harry Bearryman, Jimmy Allen, Sam Weaver, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Joe Payne, Leslie J Jones, Dickie Foss
   Scorer Payne
   Manager Billy Birrell
Aldershot Putt, Marsden, Keeton, Dixon, Halton, Taylor, Raynor, Gallacher, Jordan, Fitzgerald, Cunliffe
   Scorers Jordan, Jordan, Dixon
   Manager

Southampton (1) 1 Chelsea (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 17th October 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: The Dell
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:
Southampton Harris
   Scorer Harris
   Manager Tom Parker
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Joe Payne, Ron Palmer, Dickie Foss
   Scorers Spence, Spence
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (2) 4 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 24th October 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 7,824
Referee: AT Ford (Essex)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, Arthur Jefferson, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Ralph Birkett, Peter McKennan, Seton Airlie, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Scorers McKennan, McKennan, McKennan, Spence
   Manager Billy Birrell
Crystal Palace Ford, Harding, Fred Dawes, Lowe, Ware, Reece, Blackman, Lowes, Robson, Bark, Albert Dawes
   Scorer Robson
   Manager George Irwin

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Chelsea (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 31st October 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 12,625
Referee: WD Vickers
Tottenham Hotspur Hooper, Ward, Whatley, White, Chisholm, Hall, Beasley, Martin, Gibbons, Jackson, Pattison
   Scorer Martin
   Manager Arthur Turner
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Ralph Birkett, Peter McKennan, Albert Tennant, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Scorer Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 0 Clapton Orient (0) 2

Date: Saturday, 7th November 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 4,564
Referee: AG Kingston (Middlesex)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Albert Tennant, Ron Palmer, Dickie Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell
Clapton Orient Hall, Allum, Kelly, Dogin, Bartlett, Black, Dryden, Hewitt, Armstrong, Odell, Wilshaw
   Scorers Hewitt, Armstrong
   Manager Billy Wright

Reading (1) 1 Chelsea (3) 4

Date: Saturday, 14th November 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Elm Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:
Reading Swift, Goldberg, Allen, Jones, Fullwood, Bishop, Chitty, Chatterson, McPhee, Mogford, Paterson
   Scorer Paterson
   Manager Joe Edelston
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Albert Tennant, Bernard L Bryant, Sid Bidewell, Dickie Foss
   Scorers Bryant, Bryant, Bryant, Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (1) 4 Millwall (0) 2

Date: Saturday, 21st November 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: PW Poulter (Herts)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, Samuel Abel, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Ralph Birkett, George Mills, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Scorers Mills, Bryant, Bryant, Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell
Millwall Burke, Edward Smith, Taylor, Fenton, Brolly, Davies, Jones, Dempster, Heathcote, Jordan, James Smith
   Scorers Jones, Jones
   Manager Bill Voisey

Queens Park Rangers (2) 4 Chelsea (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 28th November 1942 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Loftus Road
Attendance: 8,900
Referee:
Queens Park Rangers Brown, Horsfield, Samuel Abel, Lowe, Ridyard, Mallett, Sibley, Mangnall, Swinfen, Hatton, Burley
   Scorers Burley, Swinfen, Sibley, Hatton
   Manager Ted Vizard
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Peter Buchanan, Albert Tennant, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Scorer Spence
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 0 Brighton & Hove Albion (0) 0

Date: Saturday, 5th December 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: AG Kingston (Middlesex)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Albert Tennant, Reg C Mountford, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Peter Buchanan, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Manager Billy Birrell
Brighton & Hove Albion Ball, Risdon, Jones, Darling, Easdale, Taylor, Eastham, Reid, Shafto, Stephens, Knighton
   Manager Charles Webb

Portsmouth (2) 3 Chelsea (0) 0

Date: Saturday, 12th December 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Fratton Park
Attendance: 7,585
Referee:
Portsmouth Walker, Morgan, Rochford, Guthrie, Flewin, Summerbee, Bullock, Griffiths, Martin, Barlow, Parker
   Scorers Bullock 5, Barlow 15, Barlow 90
   Manager Jack Tinn
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Albert Tennant, George Hardwick, Walter Winterbottom, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Billy Liddell
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 2 Brentford (0) 4

Date: Saturday, 19th December 1942 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 8,154
Referee: RC Greenwood (London)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Albert Tennant, Harry Bearryman, Walter Winterbottom, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Joe Payne, Billy Liddell
   Scorers Liddell 2nd, Hardwick 89
   Manager Billy Birrell
Brentford Jackson, Brown, Poyser, McKenzie, James, Whittaker, Hopkins, Keirnan, Holliday, Hunt, Foss
   Scorers Holliday 46, McKenzie 3rd, Hopkins 4th, McKenzie 5th
   Manager Harry Curtis
Comment: Woodley saved a penalty from McKenzie when the score was 1-1

Chelsea ( ) 5 Arsenal ( ) 2

Date: Friday, 25th December 1942 at 11:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: AT Ford (Essex)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Walter Winterbottom, Alec Farmer, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Billy Liddell
   Scorers Bryant, Bryant, Bryant, Bryant, Liddell
   Manager Billy Birrell
Arsenal Watson-Smith, Scott, Hapgood, Pryde, Male, Bastin, Colley, Drake, Lewis, Nelson, Cumner
   Scorers Lewis, Colley
   Manager George Allison

Arsenal (0) 1 Chelsea (4) 5

Date: Saturday, 26th December 1942 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Highbury
Attendance: 18,253
Referee: JJ Sorrell
Arsenal Watson-Smith, Scott, Young, Pryde, Male, Hapgood, Colley, Drake, Lewis, Bastin, Cumner
   Scorer Bastin
   Manager George Allison
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Walter Winterbottom, Alec Farmer, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Billy Liddell
   Scorers Spence, Spence, McKennan, McKennan, McKennan
   Manager Billy Birrell

Fulham (1) 3 Chelsea (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 2nd January 1943 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: H Pearce
Fulham Duke, Bacuzzi, Freeman, Jones, Bush, Holley, Leyfield, O’Donnell, Rooke, Ottewell, Conley
   Scorers Rooke, Rooke, Conley
   Manager Jack Peart
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Walter Winterbottom, Reg C Mountford, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Billy Liddell
   Scorer Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 1 West Ham United (3) 3

Date: Saturday, 9th January 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 8,580
Referee: J Weller (Kent)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Walter Winterbottom, George Hardwick, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Scorer McKennan
   Manager Billy Birrell
West Ham United Bartram, Bicknell, Lewis, Fenton, Corbett, Muttitt, Small, Walker, Foreman, Goulden, Dunkley
   Scorers Fenton, Foreman, Goulden
   Manager Charlie Paynter

Aldershot (0) 1 Chelsea (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 16th January 1943 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: LE Gibbs
Aldershot Gallacher
   Scorer Gallacher
   Manager Bill McCracken
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Scorer Mills
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 3 Southampton (0) 1

Date: Saturday, 23rd January 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: J Weller (Kent)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Walter Winterbottom, George Hardwick, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Frank Soo, Jim Campbell, Peter McKennan, George Mills, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Scorers McKennan, McKennan, Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell
Southampton Light, Tann, Roles, Pond, Harris, Stroud, Buchanan, Bates, Whittingham, Stamps, Mitten
   Scorer Harris
   Manager Tom Parker

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Chelsea (0) 2

Date: Saturday, 30th January 1943 at 15:00 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 4,172
Referee: WF Daly (Northwood)
Crystal Palace Joslin, Jobling, Buckley, Waller, Bassett, Blackman, Smith, Gillespie, Wright, Smith, Wilson
   Manager George Irwin
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Walter Winterbottom, Reg C Mountford, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Ralph Birkett, Peter McKennan, George Kurz, Dickie Foss, Jim Campbell
   Scorers Foss, Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 6th February 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 12,125
Referee: LE Gibbs (Reading)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Sid Bidewell, Harry Bearryman, Frank Soo, Ralph Birkett, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Dickie Spence
   Manager Billy Birrell
Tottenham Hotspur Hooper, Ward, Howe, White, Chisholm, Hall, Beasley, Martin, Gibbons, Broadis, Ludford
   Scorer Gibbons
   Manager Arthur Turner

Clapton Orient (1) 3 Chelsea (1) 1

Date: Saturday, 13th February 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: BR Baker
Clapton Orient Ricketts, Sufflebottom, Allum, Dodgin, Bartlett, Black, Barnes, Odell, Summerset, Crawford, Saul
   Scorers Crawford, Saul, Odell
   Manager Billy Wright
Chelsea George Duke, Albert Tennant, Reg C Mountford, Sid Bidewell, W Moseley, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, E Davies, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Scorer Spence
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 2 Reading (0) 0

Date: Saturday, 20th February 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 2,832
Referee:
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Sid Bidewell, William Whittaker, Albert Tennant, Dickie Spence, Frank Soo, Dave Mathie, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Scorers Bidewell, Mills
   Manager Billy Birrell
Reading Mapson, Goldberg, Fullwood, Paterson, Ratcliffe, Jones, Hopper, Fuller, McPhee, Mogford, Tunnicliffe
   Manager Joe Edelston

Millwall (1) 3 Chelsea (0) 0

Date: Saturday, 27th February 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League South
Venue: The Den
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:
Millwall Whitfield, Wood, Loom
   Scorers Whitfield, Wood, Loom
   Manager Bill Voisey
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, Alf Fitzgerald, Sid Bidewell, Jimmy Allen, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Albert E Hall, Albert Tennant, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Manager Billy Birrell

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2 Chelsea (0) 0

Date: Saturday, 6th March 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League Cup (South) Group 3
Venue: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 13,438
Referee: WF Daly
Tottenham Hotspur Hooper, Ward, Whalley, White, Chisholm, Howe, Beasley, Broadis, Ludford, Hall, O'Callaghan
   Scorers Ludford, Ludford
   Manager Arthur Turner
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg E Savage, Reg C Mountford, Walter Winterbottom, William Whittaker, Harry Bearryman, Ralph Birkett, Dickie Spence, Sid Bidewell, Dickie Foss, Johnny Mahon
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (3) 5 Millwall (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 13th March 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League Cup (South) Group 3
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 7,152
Referee: H Pearce (Luton)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Sid Bidewell, William Whittaker, Albert Tennant, Dickie Spence, Frank Soo, Dave Mathie, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Scorers Spence, Spence, Soo, Mathie, Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell
Millwall Burke, Edward Smith, Holliday, Davies, Salmon, Johnstone, Grainger, Bandsley, Loom, Lowes, Gillespie
   Scorers Loom, Lowes
   Manager Bill Voisey

Reading (4) 7 Chelsea (0) 2

Date: Saturday, 20th March 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League Cup (South) Group 3
Venue: Elm Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: G Reader
Reading Mapson, Goldberg, Fullwood, Mercer, Young, Layton, Cunliffe, Peterson, McPhee, Bradley, Williams
   Scorers Cunliffe, Cunliffe, McPhee, McPhee, McPhee, Paterson, Williams
   Manager Joe Edelston
Chelsea Vic Woodley, George Hardwick, A Sinclair, William Whittaker, Jimmy Allen, Frank Soo, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Dave Mathie, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Scorers Foss, Mills
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 27th March 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League Cup (South) Group 3
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 11,107
Referee: WE Ross-Gower (London)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, Ernie Muttitt, Sid Bidewell, Ron Greenwood, Albert Tennant, Dickie Spence, Peter McKennan, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, George Mills
   Manager Billy Birrell
Tottenham Hotspur Hooper, Ward, Whatley, Howe, Chisholm, Hall, Beasley, Martin, Ludford, Broadis, O’Callaghan
   Scorers Ludford, Broadis
   Manager Arthur Turner

Millwall (0) 1 Chelsea (1) 2

Date: Saturday, 3rd April 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League Cup (South) Group 3
Venue: The Den
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:
Millwall Bumstead, Edward Smith, Tyler, Davies, Brolly, Whitfield, Fisher, Wood, Loom, AN Other, Fenton
   Scorer Opponent (OG)
   Manager Bill Voisey
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Reg C Mountford, George Hardwick, Harold Cothliff, Ron Greenwood, Harry Bearryman, Dickie Spence, Sid Bidewell, Bernard L Bryant, Dickie Foss, Harold Deverall
   Scorers Bryant, Deverall
   Manager Billy Birrell

Chelsea (0) 0 Reading (2) 4

Date: Saturday, 10th April 1943 at 15:15 Teams
Competition: Football League Cup (South) Group 3
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 10,897
Referee: AT Ford (London)
Chelsea Vic Woodley, Arthur J Smith, Eddie Hapgood, Ernie Muttitt, Ron Greenwood, Ernest Collett, George Mills, Peter McKennan, Dave Mathie, James Fiddes, Dickie Foss
   Manager Billy Birrell
Reading Mapson, Goldberg, Jones, Mercer, Ratcliffe, Collier, Chitty, Edelston, McPhee, Paterson, Deverall
   Scorers McPhee, McPhee, Deverall, Edelston
   Manager Joe Edelston