Harrow, Wembley & District Youth League
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When the Chelsea Youth team was formed in 1947, the first competitions that they entered were the Harrow, Wembley and District League for the first team, as well as the Harrow Youth League, for the junior team. Chelsea were to play in the former League for the first six seasons of their existance, winning it twice.
The following brief article regarding the formation of the youth team appeared in the Chelsea programme of the 13th. September 1947 :-
“Our supporters will be interested to know that our scheme for
encouraging the youngsters who show real promise is now well in hand.
From among the many hundreds of applications we received, about
500 boys were given a trial in a series of games.
This, of course, meant very hard work for all concerned in the organisation
of the scheme, but from this careful “weeding out” process we found about
30 lads we considered worth taking under our wing”.
In addition to the League, the team also competed in the Junior League Cup, winning it once.
