1950–51 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

1950–51 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Billy Birrell
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Bentley (8) All: Roy Bentley (11)
Highest home attendance	69,434 vs Fulham (10 February 1951)
Lowest home attendance	23,723 vs Burnley (26 March 1951)
Average home league attendance	39,667
Biggest win	0–4 v Sheffield Wednesday (19 Aug 1950) 0–4 v Bolton Wanderers (5 May 1951)
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Portsmouth (26 Dec 1950) 1–4 v Manchester United (31 March 1951)
Home colours Away colours

The 1950–51 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-seventh competitive season. The club struggled throughout the season and ultimately finished 20th in the First Division. Chelsea were six points adrift at the bottom of the table with four matches remaining, but they won all four matches to avoid relegation on goal average, by 0.044 of a goal.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
18	Fulham	42	13	11	18	52	68	0.765	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	15	6	21	64	92	0.696	36
20	Chelsea	42	12	8	22	53	65	0.815	32
21	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	12	8	22	64	83	0.771	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Everton (R)	42	12	8	22	48	86	0.558	32

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

References

• Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
• Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

• 1950–51 season at stamford-bridge.com