1905–06 Chelsea F.C. season

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Chelsea

1905-06 season
Chairman	Claude Kirby
Owner	Gus Mears
Manager	Jacky Robertson
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Second Division	3rd
FA Cup	Third Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Frank Pearson (18) All: Frank Pearson (18)
Highest home attendance	67,000 vs Manchester United (13 April 1906)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Lincoln City (17 February 1906)
Average home league attendance	13,849
Biggest win	7–0 v Burslem Port Vale (3 March 1906)
Biggest defeat	1-7 v Crystal Palace (18 November 1905)
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The 1905-06 season was Chelsea Football Club's first competitive season and first year in existence as a football club. Newly elected to the Football League, Chelsea competed in the Second Division. Under the guidance of young player-manager Jacky Robertson, Chelsea finished third in the division earning 53 points (under the two points for a win system), missing out on promotion after a late run of bad form. The Pensioners also suffered from bad luck in the FA Cup, a scheduling conflict forcing them to play a mostly amateur reserve side against non-league Crystal Palace, losing 7-1 in the Third Qualifying Round.

Formation and pre-season buildup

The first Chelsea team in September 1905.

Chelsea Football Club were founded on 10 March 1905 although the club's early existence was hindered with problems. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, a name for the club had to be decided. After London FC, Kensington FC and Stamford Bridge FC were rejected,^[1] the name of the adjacent borough, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, was settled on.

Blue shirts were adopted for the team by the club's founder and first chairman, Gus Mears, along with white shorts and dark blue socks. Further problems arose when the team were denied entry to the Southern League following objections from Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur, so admission to the Football League was applied for. Their candidacy was endorsed at the Football League AGM on 29 May 1905. Scottish international John Robertson was hired as the club's first player-manager, a half-back who would go on to score Chelsea's first competitive goal in a 1-0 win against Blackpool. After this, the club recruited many established players from other teams, including 22 stone goalkeeper William "Fatty" Foulke previously of Sheffield United, and forward Jimmy Windridge who came from Small Heath.

Chelsea were one of four new teams to join the Football League, the other three being Hull City, Leeds City and Clapton Orient, who would later become Leyton Orient.

Month by month review

September

Chelsea's first ever league campaign began with a trip to Edgeley Park on 2 September to face Lancashire Combination champions Stockport County in their opening Second Division match of the season. The match was a tight affair against fellow newcomers to the second tier, with County having a Schofield penalty saved by Chelsea goalkeeper Bill Foulke in the second half, but just edging out the visitors with a goal scored by Dodd in the 60th minute.^[2]For their following match, The Pensioners once again travelled up north on 9 September to Bloomfield Road to play Blackpool, this time gaining their first two points of the season in another close encounter through a late goal by player-manager Jacky Roberston in the 80th minute, thus becoming Chelsea's first ever league goalscorer. Furthermore, Foulke kept his first clean sheet of the season, and therefore kept the club's first ever league clean sheet that day.^[3]Two days later, Chelsea played their first ever home league match against newly elected Hull City, the Blues romped to a 5-1 win, despite the Tigers taking the lead through Howe in the 5th minute and having a Langley penalty saved by Foulke. David Copeland grabbed a brace with goals in the 15th and 40th minutes to give Chelsea a half-time lead, with Jimmy Windridge scoring Chelsea's first ever league hat-trick in the second half to seal the win.^[4]

On 16 September Chelsea drew with Bradford City 1-1 at Valley Parade after falling behind to a Smith goal, a late equaliser coming in the 85th minute scored by Bob McRoberts.^[5]On 23 September, Chelsea earned their third win of the league campaign against West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge, the 1-0 victory coming courtesy of another McRoberts goal in the 25th minute.^[6]Chelsea ended the month with another victory on 30 September, this time at Filbert Street against Leicester Fosse. The winner coming via Jimmy Robertson in the 10th minute. Playing 6 games and winning 4 of them, Chelsea ended the month with 9 points and in 3rd place, showing very promising signs and a very realistic chance at promotion in their début season.^[7]

October

On 7 October Chelsea began their first cup campaign with a 6-1 drubbing of the 1st Grenadier Guards' football team in an FA Cup First Qualifying Round match at Stamford Bridge, with the Blues' goals coming from Jimmy Robertson and Martin Moran, followed by braces from Francis O'Hara and Jimmy Windridge.^[8]Chelsea maintained their strong league form with a convincing 4-1 defeat of Lincoln City at Sincil Bank on 14 October, Windridge opening the scoring in the 30th minute, followed by a Frank Pearson goal. McRoberts later adding a third and Pearson adding a fourth to complete a brace, with Watson managing a consolation goal for the Imps in the 85th minute.^[9]However their seven match unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end on 21 October with the visit of Chesterfield Town to Stamford Bridge, the winner coming from Ball in the 55th minute for a 1-0 win over the Blues.^[10]

In the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, the Blues travelled to Nunhead on 28 October to face Southern League Division Two side Southern United, the Pensioners won 1-0 courtesy of a Tom McDermott goal. Furthermore, defender Bob Mackie kept a clean sheet whilst deputising for Foulke.^[11]Two days later, Chelsea suffered their second consecutive league defeat at the hands of Burslem Port Vale at the Athletic Ground, the Valiants went two goals up via Price and Croxton in the 9th and 51st minutes respectively. The Blues later pulled a goal back through Pearson, however Carter re-established Burslem's two goal advantage before Moran halved their lead once more, however Chelsea could not find an equaliser.Chelsea ended October having won two cup games and progressing to the Third Preliminary Round of the FA Cup, however a dip in league form saw them to drop to 6th place, denting their promotion hopes.^[12]

November

On 4 November Chelsea bounced back from those two league defeats by trouncing Barnsley 6-0 at Stamford Bridge. Pearson opened the scoring in the 25th minute, with Copeland and Tom McDermott adding another two goals in quick succession in the 26th and 32nd minutes respectively, thus giving the Pensioners a 3-0 lead, with all three goals coming within a 7 minute period. Later on McRoberts scored a penalty to make it 4, Pearson got his second to make it 5 and McDermott also got a brace, adding a 6th in the 90th minute.^[13]On 11 November, the Blues travelled to Millfields Road to face newly elected Londoners Clapton Orient, once again Chelsea registered a resounding victory, beating Orient 3-0, Pearson opening the scoring in the 43rd minute, with Copeland adding a second in the 60th minute and Pearson completing his brace in the 75th minute to wrap up the scoring. Additionally, Foulke kept his 5th clean sheet of the league campaign, with Chelsea's newly assembled defence finding their feet.^[14]

Chelsea registered their third consecutive league win against Burnley at Stamford Bridge on 18 November, the narrow 1-0 victory courtesy of a McRoberts goal in the 70th minute.^[15]However due to a scheduling conflict, Chelsea crashed out of the FA Cup in the Third Preliminary Round after they were forced to play Southern League Division Two side Crystal Palace at Sydenham on the same day as Burnley in the league, with Jacky Robertson prioritising the league match, he fielded a reserve side in the cup, losing 7-1. Innerd opened the scoring for Palace, getting an early brace, followed by two goals from Watkins, whose second was a penalty, to make it 4. Needham and Harker then added a 5th and 6th respectively, with Watkins completing his hat-trick to make it 7. Chelsea did at least manage a late consolation goal through O'Hara. To add to the Pensioners' humiliation, to this day, this defeat is the largest win a non-league side has ever registered against league opposition in the FA Cup.^[16][17]Chelsea wrapped up the month with a 0-0 draw against newly elected Leeds City at Elland Road on 25 November. Despite Chelsea's unfortunate FA Cup exit, the Blues went undefeated in the league in November, winning 3 and drawing 1 without conceding a goal, taking them back up to 3rd place and back into contention for promotion.^[18]

December

Chelsea kept up their good form with a 3-0 defeat of Burton United at Stamford Bridge on 2 December, Jimmy Robertson getting the first goal in the 20th minute with McDermott and Moran adding a second and third respectively.^[19]On 9 December, Chelsea narrowly defeated Grimsby Town 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, with two late goals coming from Tom McDermott and Jack Kirwan in the 80th and 85th minutes respectively, with Bob McRoberts also having a penalty saved.^[20] On 16 December, Chelsea won once again, this time at The Northolme beating Gainsborough Trinity 2-0, Jimmy Robertson scoring the first goal in the 20th minute with Hall later netting an own goal. Foulke once again kept a clean sheet, his 10th of the season after only 16 league games.^[21]

On 23 December, the Pensioners began a hectic festive period with 3 games in 4 days, the first 2 against promotion rivals. They drew 0-0 with Bristol City at Stamford Bridge,^[22] and two days later on Christmas Day, drew with Manchester United at Bank Street by the same scoreline.^[23]On Boxing Day, Chelsea travelled to North Road to play Glossop, winning 4-2. The scorers that day were McRoberts, who opened the scoring after 15 minutes for the Blues, with Kirwan following up to make it 2-0. However, Cuffe halved Chelsea's lead 5 minutes before half-time. Kirwan scored his second, completing a brace in the 65th minute to make it 3-1 before Cameron reduced their lead to one goal once more. Jacky Robertson finally sealed the win with the match's 6th goal to make it 4-2. Those two goals by Glossop were the first time the Pensioners conceded in 9 matches.^[24]Chelsea ended 1905 on a high with a 4-2 win at Stamford Bridge against Stockport County on 30 December, despite falling behind to a Pass goal after a quarter of an hour. Jimmy Robertson scored two goals in succession to give Chelsea the lead before Waters equalised 3 minutes after half-time. Despite this setback Robertson scored once more to complete his hat-trick with Pearson adding a 4th to complete the scoring. Thus Chelsea ended a second successive month undefeated in the league, their run now stretching to 11 matches. With 30 points and in 3rd place, Chelsea maintained a serious promotion push.^[25]

January

The Pensioners began 1906 just as they ended 1905, keeping up their 12 game unbeaten run in the league with a 6-0 hammering of Blackpool on 6 January at Stamford Bridge. Kirwan and Jimmy Robertson made the score 2-0 after goals in the 20th and 30th minutes respectively, Pearson and Moran netted the next 2 goals to give Chelsea 4, Jacky Robertson got the 5th after 55 minutes and Pearson wrapped up the scoring, completing a brace in the 67th minute.^[26] On 20 January Chelsea won their 4th consecutive league game, beating Bradford City 4-2. The Blues were 2-0 up at half-time courtesy of goals from Jimmy Robertson and McDermott in the 35th and 40th minutes respectively. In the second half goals from Copeland a minute after the restart and from Kirwan in the 65th minute saw Chelsea go 4-0 up. The Citizens however mounted at late, desperate comeback attempt with McMillan scoring their first and Clarke adding a second 2 minutes from time.^[27]

Chelsea played their first away match of the year at The Hawthorns against West Bromwich Albion being held 1-1, ending their 4 game winning streak. Pearson opened the scoring for the Blues and Manners later equalised for Albion. Chelsea ended January undefeated in the league for 3 consecutive months showing exceptional form. However Bristol City and Manchester United also kept up their very solid form, keeping Chelsea outside the automatic promotion places, but with 35 points and in 3rd place, Chelsea were well positioned to take the promotion race down to the wire.^[28]

February

Chelsea began the month with a 3-3 draw with Leicester Fosse at Stamford Bridge on 5 February. The Blues raced to a 2-0 lead within 10 minutes with goals by Windridge and Jimmy Robertson in the 2nd and 10th minutes respectively. Hodgkinson got one back for Leicester in the 25th minute before Pearson gave Chelsea a 3-1 half-time lead with a goal in the 42nd minute. In the second half, goals from Blessington and Hubbard saved a point for Leicester.^[29]On 10 February Chelsea's astonishing 15-match unbeaten run in the league was brought to a crashing halt at Anlaby Road as the Blues went 4-0 down to Hull City, all the more surprising as the Tigers were beaten 5-1 by Chelsea in September. The goalscorers for Hull were Rushton, who opened the scoring, followed by a brace from Joe Smith with the 4th scored by Gordon. Chelsea mounted a valiant comeback effort however, but it was to prove in vain as they could only manage three goals from Windridge, Jacky Robertson and Jimmy Robertson.^[30]

On 17 February Chelsea were back to winning ways as for the visit of Lincoln City to Stamford Bridge, who were beaten 4-2. Pearson's goal in the 1rst minute clearly emphasised Chelsea's intent to put the previous week's result behind them, however Martin equalised for Lincoln. Despite this setback, McDermott and George Key gave Chelsea a secure lead before McRoberts tucked away a penalty with 10 minutes to go to make it 4. Machin grabbed a second for the Imps, however it was too late to mount a comeback.^[31]On 24 February Chelsea travelled to the Recreation Ground to defeat Chesterfield Town 2-0. Kirwan and Pearson gave the Blues the win with goals in the 4th and 20th minutes respectively. The Blues finished the month still in third place, with their sights still set firmly on the promotion places.^[32]

March

Chelsea won their 3rd match in a row with a 7-0 thrashing of Burslem Port Vale at Stamford Bridge on 3 March. Jimmy Robertson opened the scoring and McRoberts added the second from the penalty spot after half an hour. Pearson and Jacky Robertson added another 2 to give the Pensioners 4 goals. Moran scored the fifth and Kirwan completed the scoring with a brace, his second coming 40 minutes from time. Furthermore, Bill Foulke astonishingly managed to keep a clean sheet despite the Blues conceding 2 penalties, by saving both of them.^[33]Chelsea maintained their winning ways with a narrow 2-1 win against Barnsley at Oakwell on 10 March. Pearson opened the scoring for the Blues with a goal in the 22nd minute, however Wall later equalised for the Reds before Windridge scored the winner for Chelsea in the 58th minute. This win allowed the Pensioners to overtake Manchester United into second place, putting Chelsea in the promotion places for the first time in the season.^[34] On 17 March Chelsea faced Clapton Orient at Stamford Bridge, getting an impressive 6-1 win despite going behind to a Leigh goal after 10 minutes. Windridge opened the scoring for Chelsea followed by goals from Charles Donaghy, Pearson and John Robertson, who scored from 12 yards to make it 4. James Robertson added a fifth before Windridge scored his second to round off the scoring.^[35]

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	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

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Chelsea's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	2 September 1905	Stockport County	A	0 – 1	7,000
2	9 September 1905	Blackpool	A	1 – 0	4,000	J.T. Robertson
3	11 September 1905	Hull City	H	5 – 1	6,000	Copeland (2), Windridge (3)
4	16 September 1905	Bradford City	A	1 – 1	17,000	McRoberts
5	23 September 1905	West Bromwich Albion	H	1 – 0	10,123	McRoberts
6	30 September 1905	Leicester Fosse	A	1 – 0	7,000	J. Robertson
7	14 October 1905	Lincoln City	A	4 – 1	3,000	McRoberts, Pearson (2), Windridge
8	21 October 1905	Chesterfield	H	0 – 1	10,000
9	30 October 1905	Burslem Port Vale	A	2 – 3	5,000	Moran, Windridge
10	4 November 1905	Barnsley	H	6 – 0	8,000	McRoberts, McDermott (2), Pearson (2), Copeland
11	11 November 1905	Clapton Orient	A	3 – 0	8,000	Pearson (2), Copeland
12	18 November 1905	Burnley	H	1 – 0	8,000	McRoberts
13	25 November 1905	Leeds City	A	0 – 0	20,000
14	2 December 1905	Burton United	H	3 – 0	7,000	Moran, J. Robertson, McDermott
15	9 December 1905	Grimsby Town	H	2 – 0	7,000	McDermott, Kirwan
16	16 December 1905	Gainsborough Trinity	A	2 – 0	8,000	J. Robertson, Hall (o.g.)
17	23 December 1905	Bristol City	H	0 – 0	25,000
18	25 December 1905	Manchester United	A	0 – 0	35,000
19	26 December 1905	Glossop North End	A	4 – 2	6,000	J.T. Robertson, McRoberts, Kirwan (2)
20	30 December 1905	Stockport County	H	4 – 2	12,000	J. Robertson (3), Pearson
21	6 January 1906	Blackpool	H	6 – 0	6,000	J. Robertson, J.T. Robertson, Moran, Pearson (2), Kirwan
22	20 January 1906	Bradford City	H	4 – 2	14,000	J. Robertson, Copeland, McDermott, Kirwan
23	27 January 1906	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 – 1	25,000	Pearson
24	5 February 1906	Leicester Fosse	H	3 – 3	6,000	J. Robertson, Pearson, Windridge
25	10 February 1906	Hull City	A	3 – 4	7,000	J. Robertson, J.T. Robertson, Windridge
26	17 February 1906	Lincoln City	H	4 – 2	3,000	Key, McDermott, McRoberts, Pearson
27	24 February 1906	Chesterfield	A	2 – 0	7,000	Pearson, Kirwan
28	3 March 1906	Burslem Port Vale	H	7 – 0	10,000	Kirwan (2), McRoberts, Moran, Pearson, J. Robertson, J.T. Robertson
29	10 March 1906	Barnsley	A	2 – 1	7,900	Pearson, Windridge
30	17 March 1906	Clapton Orient	H	6 – 1	15,000	Windridge (2), J. Robertson, J.T. Robertson, Pearson, Donaghy
31	24 March 1906	Burnley	A	0 – 2	8,000
32	31 March 1906	Leeds City	H	4 – 0	9,000	McRoberts, McDermott, Windridge, Pearson
33	7 April 1906	Burton United	A	4 – 2	10,000	Windridge (3), J. Robertson
34	13 April 1906	Manchester United	H	1 – 1	67,000	McDermott
35	14 April 1906	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 1	6,000	J.T. Robertson
36	16 April 1906	Glossop North End	H	0 – 0	30,000
37	21 April 1906	Gainsborough Trinity	H	1 – 3	10,000	Mackie
38	28 April 1906	Bristol City	A	1 – 2	14,000	Pearson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1QR	7 October 1905	First Grenadier Guards	H	6 – 1	5,000	Moran, J. Robertson, O'Hara (2), Windridge (2)
2QR	28 October 1905	Southern United	A	1 – 0	7,000	McDermott
3QR	18 November 1905	Crystal Palace	A	1 – 7	3,000	O'Hara

First Team Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth	Age*
Goalkeepers
-	Micky Byrne		GK	April 1880	25
-	Bill Foulke		GK	12 April 1874	31
-	Bob Whiting		GK	6 January 1884	20
Defenders
-	James Fletcher		DF	21 March 1886	19
-	Charles Harris		DF	1 December 1885	19
-	Bob Mackie		DF	7 September 1884	20
-	Bob McEwan		DF	1881	23-24
-	Tommy Miller		DF	?	?
Midfielders
-	Jim Craigie		MF	1882	22-23
-	George Henderson		MF	2 May 1880	25
-	George Key		MF	11 February 1882	23
-	Bob McRoberts		MF	12 July 1874	31
-	Peter Proudfoot		MF	25 November 1882	22
-	Jacky Robertson		MF	25 February 1877	28
-	James Watson		MF	1883	21-22
-	Frank Wolff		MF	?	?
Forwards
-	David Copeland		FW	2 April 1875	30
-	Charles Donaghy		FW	1883	21-22
-	Joe Goodwin		FW	1883	21-22
-	Jack Kirwan		FW	9 February 1878	27
-	Tom McDermott		FW	12 January 1878	27
-	Martin Moran		FW	19 December 1879	25
-	Francis O'Hara		FW	?	?
-	Frank Pearson		FW	18 May 1884	21
-	Willie Porter		FW	1884	20-21
-	Jimmy Robertson		FW	1880	24-25
-	Walter Toomer		FW	9 February 1883	22
-	Jimmy Windridge		FW	21 October 1882	22

• On 1 September 1905

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Micky Byrne	3	0	1	0	4	0
GK	Bill Foulke	34	0	1	0	35	0
GK	Bob Whiting	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	James Fletcher	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Charles Harris	1	0	1	0	2	0
DF	Bob Mackie	35	1	2	0	37	1
DF	Bob McEwan	19	0	1	0	20	0
DF	Tommy Miller	24	0	2	0	26	0
MF	Jim Craigie	0	0	2	0	2	0
MF	George Henderson	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	George Key	33	1	2	0	35	1
MF	Bob McRoberts	34	9	1	0	35	9
MF	Peter Proudfoot	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF	Jacky Robertson	33	7	3	0	36	7
MF	James Watson	13	0	1	0	14	0
MF	Frank Wolff	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW	David Copeland	20	5	0	0	20	5
FW	Charles Donaghy	1	1	1	0	2	1
FW	Joe Goodwin	0	0	2	0	2	0
FW	Jack Kirwan	36	8	1	0	37	8
FW	Tom McDermott	22	8	1	1	23	9
FW	Martin Moran	34	4	2	1	36	5
FW	Francis O'Hara	1	0	2	3	3	3
FW	Jimmy Robertson	16	13	2	1	18	14
FW	Frank Pearson	29	18	1	0	30	18
FW	Willie Porter	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Walter Toomer	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW	Jimmy Windridge	20	14	2	2	22	16

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External links

• Chelsea 1905–06 season at stamford-bridge.com