1919–20 Chelsea F.C. season
Introduction The 1919–1920 season Chelsea Football Club was 11th of competitive football. It was also the first full English football season since the end of World War I. It proved to be Chelsea's most successful season to that point, as they finished 3rd in the First Division and reached the FA Cup semi-finals.
Table
Results ===First Division===DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 30 August 1919 EvertonA3–235,000Halse, Whittingham (pen), Wilding 1 September 1919 SunderlandH2–050,000Wilding, Croal 6 September 1919 EvertonH0–160,000 10 September 1919 SunderlandA2–335,000Brittan, Croal 13 September 1919 Newcastle UnitedH0–012,000 20 September 1919 Newcastle UnitedA0–340,000 27 September 1919 BurnleyH0–138,000 4 October 1919 BurnleyA3–225,000Croal, Abrams (2) 11 October 1919 LiverpoolH1–035,000Brittan 18 October 1919 LiverpoolA1–025,000Brittan 25 October 1919 Bradford Park AvenueA0–118,000 1 November 1919 Bradford Park AvenueH4–036,000Ford, Cock (2), Croal 8 November 1919 Preston North EndA1–320,000Cock 15 November 1919 Preston North EndH4–034,000Cock (3), McNeil 22 November 1919 MiddlesbroughA0–020,000 29 November 1919 MiddlesbroughH3–150,000Cock (2), Croal 6 December 1919 ArsenalA1–150,000Cock 13 December 1919 ArsenalH3–160,000Ford, Cock, McNeil 20 December 1919 Sheffield UnitedA1–325,000Halse 25 December 1919 Aston VillaA2–530,000Dale, McNeil 26 December 1919 Oldham AthleticH1–040,000Harrow 27 December 1919 Sheffield UnitedH1–040,000Cock 1 January 1920 Oldham AthleticA0–112,000 3 January 1920 Manchester UnitedA2–025,000Cock (2) 17 January 1920 Manchester UnitedH1–040,000Cock 24 January 1920 Bradford CityA1–318,000Browning 4 February 1920 Bradford CityH1–025,000Logan 7 February 1920 Bolton WanderersA2–120,000Cock, Croal 14 February 1920 Bolton WanderersH2–345,000Cock (2) 28 February 1920 Blackburn RoversH2–152,000Sharp (2) 11 March 1920 Blackburn RoversA1–312,000Logan 13 March 1920 Notts CountyA1–015,000Sharp 17 March 1920 Notts CountyH2–025,000Wilding, Cock 20 March 1920 The WednesdayH1–147,000Lee 2 April 1920 Aston VillaH2–170,000Cock, Hardy (o.g.) 3 April 1920 Manchester CityH1–040,000Cock 6 April 1920 The WednesdayA2–015,000Halse, Cock 10 April 1920 Manchester CityA0–125,000 17 April 1920 Derby CountyH0–040,000 24 April 1920 Derby CountyA0–520,000 26 April 1920 West Bromwich AlbionH2–039,902Harrow (pen), Ford 1 May 1920 West Bromwich AlbionA0–435,668===FA Cup===DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 January 1920  1 Bolton WanderersA1–035,298Cock 31 January 1920  2 Swindon TownH4–067,054Ford, Cock, McNeil (2) 21 February 1920  3 Leicester CityH3–040,000Ford, Cock, Browning 6 March 1920  4 Bradford Park AvenueH4–161,223Logan, Wilding, Sharp (2) 21 March 1920  SF Aston VillaN1–337,771Croal
References *  Chelsea 1919/1920 results and fixtures  at Soccerbase*Hockings, Ron. ''100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club''. (2007)