manchester united has won more trophies than chelsea.
who has won more trophies chelsea or manchester united?
manchester united
at the start of the month, bristol city led the league with 55 points in 32 matches played, however manchester united, who had a game in hand, and chelsea were 6 and 7 points behind the robins respectively. in 4th place were west bromwich albion on 46 points and 32 matches played, who also still had a very real chance of clinching second place. on 7 april chelsea faced burton united at peel croft and secured a very important 4-2 win. windridge opened the scoring after 10 minutes and later added a second before hunt halved the pensioners' lead 3 minutes before half-time. james robertson then added chelsea's third to restore the two goal cushion before burton once again halved their lead through a bradshaw goal, however the victory was confirmed by windridge's 3rd, completing his second hat-trick of the season. elsewhere bristol city drew with burnley, thus giving manchester united, who registered a victory over clapton orient, and chelsea's title hopes a shot in the arm, west bromwich albion lost heavily to hull city however, seriously denting their fragile promotion push. on 13 april chelsea played promotion rivals manchester united at stamford bridge in a make or break match for both sides. the contest finished in a hard-fought 1-1 draw attended by 67 000 spectators, with peddie opening the scoring for united in the 67th minutes. mcdermott equalised for chelsea with 10 minutes to play, keeping the pensioners' promotion hopes alive. however, bristol city won their match against gainsborough trinity, taking advantage of the draw between their closest rivals to increase their lead at the top, whereas west bromwich albion suffered another heavy defeat, this time to barnsley, all but ending their promotion hopes. the following day chelsea travelled to blundell park to face grimsby town where they could only muster a disappointing 1-1 draw. the mariners took the lead through robinson 5 minutes before half-time, and jacky robertson rescued a point for chelsea with a last-minute equaliser. bristol city and manchester united both won against leeds city and burnley respectively, with both sides edging away from chelsea, who desperately needed to win their next match two days later. furthermore, bristol city's victory meant that chelsea could mathematically no longer win the league.
1905–06 chelsea f.c. season
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