1981–82 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1981–82 John Neal Viscount ChelseaKen Bates Stamford Bridge Second Division 12th FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Third round Clive Walker (16) Clive Walker (17) 4–1 (two matches) 0–6 v Rotherham United(31 October 1981) 42,557 vs Tottenham Hotspur(6 March 1982) 6,009 vs Orient(5 May 1982) 13,133 _chelsea1981h _chelsea1981h _chelsea1981h _chelsea1981h _chelsea1981h 0000FF _chelsea1981a _chelsea1981a _chelsea1981a FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 1980–81 1982–83 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 was purchased by businessman Ken Bates for £1 in April 1982. Table Second Division y CHE References Glanvill, Rick Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years Headline Book Publishing Ltd 2006 0-7553-1466-2 Hockings, Ron 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006 External links 1981–82 season at stamford-bridge.com 1981–82 Category:English football clubs 1981–82 season