1905-06 season

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1905-06 season
0Manager	John Tait Robertson
0League	Second Division
0Position	3rd
0FA Cup	3rd Qualifying Round
0Top scorer	Frank Pearson (18) Jimmy Windridge (18)

The 1905-06 season marked Chelsea's debut in the Football League, in which they competed in the Second Division. The club had been founded earlier in 1905 on 10 March at The Rising Sun pub, opposite the present-day Stamford Gate entrance to the ground on Fulham Road. Chelsea were denied entry to the Southern League following objections from Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur, so instead applied for admission to the Football League. Their candidacy was endorsed at the Football League AGM on 29 May 1905.

The club finished third in the league, missing out on promotion to the First Division at the first attempt by one place, though they were nine points off the promotion places at the end of the season following a disappointing end to the campaign. Frank Pearson and Jimmy Windridge were the team's top scorers, with eighteen goals apiece.

Contents 1 League table 2 Matches 3 Post-season tour 4 Photos 5 External links

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	38	30	6	2	83	28	2.964	66
2	Manchester United	38	28	6	4	90	28	3.214	62
3	Chelsea	38	22	9	7	90	37	2.432	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	22	8	8	79	36	2.194	52
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	67	54	1.241	44
6	Leeds City	38	17	9	12	59	47	1.255	43
7	Leicester Fosse	38	15	12	11	53	48	1.104	42
8	Grimsby Town	38	15	10	13	46	46	1.000	40
9	Burnley	38	15	8	15	42	53	0.792	38
10	Stockport County	38	13	9	16	44	56	0.786	35
11	Bradford City	38	13	8	17	46	60	0.767	34
12	Barnsley	38	12	9	17	60	62	0.968	33
13	Lincoln City	38	12	6	20	69	72	0.958	30
14	Blackpool	38	10	9	19	37	62	0.597	29
15	Gainsborough Trinity	38	12	4	22	44	57	0.772	28
16	Glossop	38	10	8	20	49	71	0.690	28
17	Burslem Port Vale	38	12	4	22	49	82	0.598	28
18	Chesterfield Town	38	10	8	20	40	72	0.556	28
19	Burton United	38	10	6	22	34	67	0.507	26
20	Clapton Orient	38	7	7	24	35	78	0.449	21

Matches

Season	Day	D	M	Year	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score
1905-06	Sat	2	Sep	1905	DIV2	Stockport County	Away	Lost	0-1
1905-06	Sat	9	Sep	1905	DIV2	Blackpool	Away	Won	1-0
1905-06	Mon	11	Sep	1905	DIV2	Hull City	Home	Won	5-1
1905-06	Sat	16	Sep	1905	DIV2	Bradford City	Away	Drew	1-1
1905-06	Sat	23	Sep	1905	DIV2	West Bromwich Albion	Home	Won	1-0
1905-06	Sat	30	Sep	1905	DIV2	Leicester Fosse	Away	Won	1-0
1905-06	Sat	7	Oct	1905	FAC	1st Grenadier Guards	Home	Won	6-1
1905-06	Sat	14	Oct	1905	DIV2	Lincoln City	Away	Won	4-1
1905-06	Sat	21	Oct	1905	DIV2	Chesterfield Town	Home	Lost	0-1
1905-06	Sat	28	Oct	1905	FAC	Southern United	Away	Won	1-0
1905-06	Mon	30	Oct	1905	DIV2	Burslem Port Vale	Away	Lost	2-3
1905-06	Sat	4	Nov	1905	DIV2	Barnsley	Home	Won	6-0
1905-06	Sat	11	Nov	1905	DIV2	Clapton Orient	Away	Won	3-0
1905-06	Sat	18	Nov	1905	DIV2	Burnley	Home	Won	1-0
1905-06	Sat	18	Nov	1905	FAC	Crystal Palace	Away	Lost	1-7*
1905-06	Sat	25	Nov	1905	DIV2	Leeds City	Away	Drew	0-0
1905-06	Sat	2	Dec	1905	DIV2	Burton United	Home	Won	3-0
1905-06	Sat	9	Dec	1905	DIV2	Grimsby Town	Home	Won	2-0
1905-06	Sat	16	Dec	1905	DIV2	Gainsborough Trinity	Away	Won	2-0
1905-06	Sat	23	Dec	1905	DIV2	Bristol City	Home	Drew	0-0
1905-06	Mon	25	Dec	1905	DIV2	Manchester United	Away	Drew	0-0
1905-06	Tue	26	Dec	1905	DIV2	Glossop	Away	Won	4-2
1905-06	Sat	30	Dec	1905	DIV2	Stockport County	Home	Won	4-2
1905-06	Sat	6	Jan	1906	DIV2	Blackpool	Home	Won	6-0
1905-06	Sat	20	Jan	1906	DIV2	Bradford City	Home	Won	4-2
1905-06	Sat	27	Jan	1906	DIV2	West Bromwich Albion	Away	Drew	1-1
1905-06	Mon	5	Feb	1906	DIV2	Leicester Fosse	Home	Drew	3-3
1905-06	Sat	10	Feb	1906	DIV2	Hull City	Away	Lost	3-4
1905-06	Sat	17	Feb	1906	DIV2	Lincoln City	Home	Won	4-2
1905-06	Sat	24	Feb	1906	DIV2	Chesterfield Town	Away	Won	2-0
1905-06	Sat	3	Mar	1906	DIV2	Burslem Port Vale	Home	Won	7-0
1905-06	Sat	10	Mar	1906	DIV2	Barnsley	Away	Won	2-1
1905-06	Sat	17	Mar	1906	DIV2	Clapton Orient	Home	Won	6-1
1905-06	Sat	24	Mar	1906	DIV2	Burnley	Away	Lost	0-2
1905-06	Sat	31	Mar	1906	DIV2	Leeds City	Home	Won	4-0
1905-06	Sat	7	Apr	1906	DIV2	Burton United	Away	Won	4-2
1905-06	Fri	13	Apr	1906	DIV2	Manchester United	Home	Drew	1-1
1905-06	Sat	14	Apr	1906	DIV2	Grimsby Town	Away	Drew	1-1
1905-06	Mon	16	Apr	1906	DIV2	Glossop	Home	Drew	0-0
1905-06	Sat	21	Apr	1906	DIV2	Gainsborough Trinity	Home	Lost	1-3
1905-06	Sat	28	Apr	1906	DIV2	Bristol City	Away	Lost	1-2

*Chelsea were required to play their League match at home to Burnley on the same day as their FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round trip to Crystal Palace. The first team beat Burnley in the League but the reserves (who competed in the South Eastern League) were hammered 7-1 at Crystal Palace (who were to win the Second Division of the Southern League in 1905/06). That result is still the record defeat by a League side against a non-league side in the FA Cup.

Post-season tour

See European Tour 1906

Photos

External links

• Rick Glanvill's History of Chelsea FC

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