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)

The 1919–20 season was Chelsea Football Club's 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.

Results

First 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

FA Cup

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

References

Chelsea 1919/1920 results and fixtures at Soccerbase
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club. (2007)

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