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1981–82 Chelsea F.C. season

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68th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1981–82 football season
Chelsea
1981–82 season
ChairmanViscount Chelsea
Ken Bates
ManagerJohn Neal
StadiumStamford Bridge
Second Division12th
FA CupQuarter-finals
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Clive Walker (16)
All: Clive Walker (17)
Highest home attendance42,557 vs Tottenham Hotspur
(6 March 1982)
Lowest home attendance6,009 vs Orient
(5 May 1982)
Average home league attendance13,133
Biggest win4–1 (two matches)
Biggest defeat0–6 v Rotherham United
(31 October 1981)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1981–82 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-eighth competitive season.

Season summary

Chelsea began the season with a new manager, John Neal, Geoff Hurst having been sacked at the end of the previous season. Neal's arrival brought no immediate upturn in the club's fortunes, and they finished 12th in the Second Division for the second successive year. The highlight of the season was a run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup (the club's first appearance in a cup quarter-final since 1973), which included a 2–0 win over reigning European champions Liverpool.

Off the pitch, the club were purchased by businessman Ken Bates for £1 in April 1982.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Blackburn Rovers 42 16 11 15 47 43 +4 59
11 Oldham Athletic 42 15 14 13 50 51 −1 59
12 Chelsea 42 15 12 15 60 60 0 57
13 Charlton Athletic 42 13 12 17 50 65 −15 51
14 Cambridge United 42 13 9 20 48 53 −5 48
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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.

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