1943–44 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1943–44 Billy Birrell Joe Mears Stamford Bridge Football League South 8th Football League South Cup Runners-up _chelsea1907h _2bluestripes 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF ffffFF 000000 _2bluestripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 000000 1942–43 1944–45 The 1943–44 season was Chelsea Football Club's fifth season of wartime football during the Second World War. As the Football League and the FA Cup were suspended for the duration, the club instead competed in regional competitions. Records and statistics for these matches are considered unofficial. Due to the disruption of the war, the club often fielded guest players from other clubs. Chelsea finished 8th in the 18-team Football League South.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng44.html England 1943/44 10 January 2022 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) They also reached the final of the Southern Football League Cup, losing to Charlton Athletic at Wembley. Notes 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 Chelsea in the Second World War at chelseafc.com 1943–44 Category:English football clubs 1943–44 season