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Summary of Season 1949-50

Football League Division 1

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  Portsmouth 42 12 7 2 44 15 10 2 9 30 23 1.947 53
  2.  Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 11 8 2 47 21 9 5 7 29 28 1.551 53
  3.  Sunderland 42 14 6 1 50 23 7 4 10 33 39 1.338 52
  4.  Manchester United 42 11 5 5 42 20 7 9 5 27 24 1.568 50
  5.  Newcastle United 42 14 4 3 49 23 5 8 8 28 32 1.4 50
  6.  Arsenal 42 12 4 5 48 24 7 7 7 31 31 1.436 49
  7.  Blackpool 42 10 8 3 29 14 7 7 7 17 21 1.314 49
  8.  Liverpool 42 10 7 4 37 23 7 7 7 27 31 1.185 48
  9.  Middlesbrough 42 14 2 5 37 18 6 5 10 22 30 1.229 47
10.  Burnley 42 9 7 5 23 17 7 6 8 17 23 1 45
11.  Derby County 42 11 5 5 46 26 6 5 10 23 35 1.131 44
12.  Aston Villa 42 10 7 4 31 19 5 5 11 30 42 1 42
13.  Chelsea 42 7 7 7 31 30 5 9 7 27 35 0.892 40
14.  West Bromwich Albion 42 9 7 5 28 16 5 5 11 19 37 0.886 40
15.  Huddersfield Town 42 11 4 6 34 22 3 5 13 18 51 0.712 37
16.  Bolton Wanderers 42 10 5 6 34 22 0 9 12 11 37 0.762 34
17.  Fulham 42 8 6 7 24 19 2 8 11 17 35 0.759 34
18.  Everton 42 6 8 7 24 20 4 6 11 18 46 0.636 34
19.  Stoke City 42 10 4 7 27 28 1 8 12 18 47 0.6 34
20.  Charlton Athletic 42 7 5 9 33 35 6 1 14 20 30 0.815 32
21.  Manchester City 42 7 8 6 27 24 1 5 15 9 44 0.529 29
22.  Birmingham City 42 6 8 7 19 24 1 6 14 12 43 0.462 28

Matches

Aug 20 Birmingham City Away 3-0 Bentley, Williams(2)
Aug 24 Arsenal Home 1-2 Harris(P)
Aug 27 Derby County Home 1-2 Bentley
Aug 31 Arsenal Away 3-2 Bentley, Billington(2)
Sep 3 West Bromwich Albion Away 1-1 Bentley
Sep 7 Sunderland Home 3-1 Campbell, Billington, Williams
Sep 10 Manchester United Home 1-1 Bentley
Sep 17 Fulham Away 1-1 Gray
Sep 24 Stoke City Away 3-2 Bentley(2), Billington
Oct 1 Burnley Home 0-1
Oct 8 Manchester City Home 3-0 Bentley(2), Goulden
Oct 15 Charlton Athletic Away 0-1
Oct 22 Aston Villa Home 1-3 Goulden
Oct 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 2-2 Campbell, Bentley
Nov 5 Portsmouth Home 1-4 Billington
Nov 12 Huddersfield Town Away 2-1 Bowie, Jones
Nov 19 Everton Home 3-2 Billington(2), Jones
Nov 26 Middlesbrough Away 1-2 Bowie
Dec 3 Blackpool Home 1-1 Bowie
Dec 10 Newcastle United Away 2-2 Billington(2)
Dec 17 Birmingham City Home 3-0 Harris(P), Bentley, Campbell
Dec 24 Derby County Away 2-2 Billington(2)
Dec 26 Liverpool Home 1-1 Harris(P)
Dec 27 Liverpool Away 2-2 Bentley, Billington
Dec 31 West Bromwich Albion Home 2-1 Bentley, Billington
Jan 14 Manchester United Away 0-1
Jan 21 Fulham Home 0-0
Feb 4 Stoke City Home 2-2 Bowie, Williams
Feb 18 Burnley Away 2-1 Bentley, O.G.
Feb 25 Manchester City Away 1-1 O.G.
Mar 8 Charlton Athletic Home 1-3 Bentley
Mar 11 Everton Away 1-1 Billington
Mar 25 Portsmouth Away 0-4
Mar 29 Middlesbrough Home 2-1 Billington, Campbell
Apr 1 Huddersfield Town Home 3-1 Bentley(2), Billington
Apr 7 Bolton Wanderers Home 1-1 Williams
Apr 8 Aston Villa Away 0-4
Apr 10 Bolton Wanderers Away 0-1
Apr 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 0-0
Apr 22 Blackpool Away 0-0
Apr 29 Newcastle United Home 1-3 Billington
May 6 Sunderland Away 1-4 Bentley

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 887,113 63,196 15,513 42,243
Away 766,248 58,757 12,565 36,488
Total 1,653,361 63,196 12,565 39,366

F.A. Cup

Semi-Final (replay)

Matches

Jan 7 Brentford Away 1-0 Bowie
Jan 28 Newcastle United Home 3-0 Billington(2), Campbell
Feb 11 Chesterfield Away 1-1 Bowie
Feb 15 Chesterfield Home 3-0 Bentley(2), Billington
Mar 4 Manchester United Home 2-0 Bentley, Campbell
Mar 18 Arsenal Neutral 2-2 Bentley(2)
Mar 22 Arsenal Neutral 0-1

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 194,686 70,362 59,660 64,895
Away 65,500 38,000 27,500 32,750
Neutral 134,234 67,752 66,482 67,117
Total 394,420 70,362 27,500 56,346

Diary

00/07/1949 Stan Willemse transfered from Brighton for 6,000

11/07/1949 Thomas Jenkins transfered from Queen Of South for 8,000

28/07/1949 Joe Simner transfered to Swindon

20/08/1949 Chelsea beat Birmingham City 3-0 in Football League Division 1

20/08/1949 Stewart Houston born

24/08/1949 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 1-2 in Football League Division 1

27/08/1949 Chelsea lost to Derby County 1-2 in Football League Division 1

31/08/1949 Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-2 in Football League Division 1

03/09/1949 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 1-1 in Football League Division 1

07/09/1949 Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-1 in Football League Division 1

10/09/1949 Chelsea drew with Manchester United 1-1 in Football League Division 1

17/09/1949 Chelsea drew with Fulham 1-1 in Football League Division 1

24/09/1949 Chelsea beat Stoke City 3-2 in Football League Division 1

00/10/1949 John Galloway Retired

01/10/1949 Chelsea lost to Burnley 0-1 in Football League Division 1

08/10/1949 Chelsea beat Manchester City 3-0 in Football League Division 1

10/10/1949 Chelsea beat Tooting And Mitcham 7-1 in London Challenge Cup Round 1

15/10/1949 Chelsea lost to Charlton Athletic 0-1 in Football League Division 1

22/10/1949 Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 1-3 in Football League Division 1

24/10/1949 Chelsea beat Millwall 3-1 in London Challenge Cup Round 2

29/10/1949 Chelsea drew with Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 in Football League Division 1

05/11/1949 Chelsea lost to Portsmouth 1-4 in Football League Division 1

07/11/1949 Chelsea drew with Fulham 1-1 in London Challenge Cup Semi-Final

12/11/1949 Chelsea beat Huddersfield Town 2-1 in Football League Division 1

14/11/1949 Chelsea beat Fulham 5-2 in London Challenge Cup Semi-Final Replay

18/11/1949 James Sharp died

19/11/1949 Chelsea beat Everton 3-2 in Football League Division 1

26/11/1949 Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in Football League Division 1

28/11/1949 Chelsea beat AIK Stockholm 2-1 in a friendly

03/12/1949 Chelsea drew with Blackpool 1-1 in Football League Division 1

07/12/1949 David McCartney died

10/12/1949 Chelsea drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in Football League Division 1

12/12/1949 Chelsea drew with Brentford 4-4 in London Challenge Cup Final

17/12/1949 Chelsea beat Birmingham City 3-0 in Football League Division 1

24/12/1949 Chelsea drew with Derby County 2-2 in Football League Division 1

26/12/1949 Chelsea drew with Liverpool 1-1 in Football League Division 1

27/12/1949 Chelsea drew with Liverpool 2-2 in Football League Division 1

31/12/1949 Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in Football League Division 1

00/00/1950 Dicky Spence transfered to Training Staff

00/00/1950 Len Goulden Retired

03/01/1950 Peter Feely born

07/01/1950 Chelsea beat Brentford 1-0 in F.A. Cup Round 3

09/01/1950 James Molyneux died

14/01/1950 Chelsea lost to Manchester United 0-1 in Football League Division 1

21/01/1950 Chelsea drew with Fulham 0-0 in Football League Division 1

28/01/1950 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-0 in F.A. Cup Round 4

04/02/1950 Chelsea drew with Stoke City 2-2 in Football League Division 1

11/02/1950 Chelsea drew with Chesterfield 1-1 in F.A. Cup Round 5

15/02/1950 Chelsea beat Chesterfield 3-0 in F.A. Cup Round 5 (replay)

18/02/1950 Chelsea beat Burnley 2-1 in Football League Division 1

25/02/1950 Chelsea drew with Manchester City 1-1 in Football League Division 1

04/03/1950 Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 in F.A. Cup Round 6

08/03/1950 Chelsea lost to Charlton Athletic 1-3 in Football League Division 1

11/03/1950 Chelsea drew with Everton 1-1 in Football League Division 1

18/03/1950 Chelsea drew with Arsenal 2-2 in F.A. Cup SF

22/03/1950 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 0-1 in F.A. Cup SF (replay)

25/03/1950 Chelsea lost to Portsmouth 0-4 in Football League Division 1

29/03/1950 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in Football League Division 1

01/04/1950 Chelsea beat Huddersfield Town 3-1 in Football League Division 1

07/04/1950 Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 1-1 in Football League Division 1

08/04/1950 Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 0-4 in Football League Division 1

10/04/1950 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-1 in Football League Division 1

15/04/1950 Chelsea drew with Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 in Football League Division 1

17/04/1950 Chelsea beat Brentford 3-0 in London Challenge Cup Final Replay

22/04/1950 Chelsea drew with Blackpool 0-0 in Football League Division 1

26/04/1950 Chelsea beat Heart Of Midlothian 3-2 in a friendly

29/04/1950 Chelsea lost to Newcastle United 1-3 in Football League Division 1

00/05/1950 Bobby Smith signed professional forms

02/05/1950 Chelsea beat Bridport 4-1 in a friendly

06/05/1950 Chelsea lost to Sunderland 1-4 in Football League Division 1

14/05/1950 Chelsea lost to Lille 1-3 in a friendly

01/06/1950 Dennis Rofe born

08/06/1950 Chelsea lost to Inter Milan 0-1 in a friendly

10/06/1950 Duncan McKenzie born

11/06/1950 Chelsea lost to Sampdoria 1-2 in a friendly

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
K Armstrong 41 7 48
HE Medhurst 41 7 48
WP Gray 39 1 7 46 1
RT Bentley 39 18 6 5 45 23
J Harris 39 3 6 45 3
HJ Billington 35 17 6 3 41 20
R Campbell 35 4 6 2 41 6
FR Mitchell 33 7 40
DT Winter 32 7 39
WM Hughes 24 7 31
RF Williams 21 5 4 25 5
JD Bowie 16 4 4 2 20 6
SB Willemse 18 18
LA Goulden 14 2 2 16 2
S Bathgate 10 10
TB Jones 6 2 6 2
TF Jenkins 5 5
JA Macaulay 5 5
FJ Saunders 3 1 4
W Dickson 3 3
PB Pickering 1 1
P McKnight 1 1
JS McInnes 1 1
Own Goal 2 2