Season: 1936–37
Football League First Division
League
Leslie Knighton’s fourth season brought another mid-table finish: 13th in the First Division on 41 points (14 wins, 13 draws, 15 defeats, 52–55).
- Division
- Football League First Division (Tier 1)
- Manager
- Leslie Knighton
- Top scorer (league)
- George Mills (22)
- Top scorer (all comps)
- George Mills (23)
- Avg. league attendance
- 32,461
Cups & Europe
- FA Cup
- Fourth round
- League Cup
- —
- Europe
- —
- Other
- London Challenge Cup: Round 1 (lost to Millwall 0–2, 8 Oct 1936)
Notes
Leslie Knighton’s fourth season brought another mid-table finish: 13th in the First Division on 41 points (14 wins, 13 draws, 15 defeats, 52–55). George Mills led the line with 22 league goals and 23 in all competitions — including hat-tricks in the 4–0 home win over Everton and the 4–4 draw with eventual champions Manchester City. Dick Spence added 8 in the league. The FA Cup run ended in the fourth round at The Den, where Third Division Millwall beat Chelsea 3–0 in front of 41,503. Earlier the Blues had put Leeds United away 4–0 in the third round. Home gates averaged 32,461, with a season high of 64,463 for the Good Friday win over Charlton. In the London Challenge Cup they went out in the first round to Millwall. After the league season Knighton’s side reached the final of the invitational Paris Exhibition tournament, losing 1–4 to Italian champions Bologna.
Kits
Home stayed on the classic royal-blue rugby-collar look through the mid-1950s (HFK has finer panels including Sept–Oct 1934 hooped-sock experiments, Nov 1934–1944, wartime 1944–46, and 1946–48 / 1948–49 / 1949–55). Away remained red with a white collar from the 1933–34 switch; the 1955 champions wore this era’s home look.
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea.htm
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html
Illustration from hex colours (not official kit photography).
On this day (related years)
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History
Eras, trophies, and great matches in the History section.
Explore history →Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chelsea_F.C._seasons
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Chelsea_F.C._season
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Football_League
- https://www.fchd.info/CHELSEA.HTM
- https://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Summaries/1936.htm
- https://bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/1936.htm
- http://free-elements.com/England/Goals/CheL/CheL1936.html
- https://www.mychelseafc.com/chelsea_news/previous_cup_results/1936.htm
- https://www.11v11.com/matches/millwall-v-chelsea-30-january-1937-208823/
- https://englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/stats/Report/gate/a1936-37.html
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo37.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournoi_international_de_l%27Exposition_Universelle_de_Paris
- http://thehistoryofchelseafc.blogspot.com/2012/04/season-by-season-19367.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Knighton
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mills_(footballer,_born_1908)
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea.htm
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html