1915–16 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1915–16 David Calderhead Claude Kirby Stamford Bridge London Combination 1st London Combination (sub) 1st Charles Buchan andBob Thomson (38) 11–1 v Luton Town(11 March 1916) 2–4 v Crystal Palace(18 March 1916) _chelsea1907h _2bluestripes 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF ffffFF 000000 _chelsea1905a _2_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000ff 1914–15 1916–17 The 1915–16 season was Chelsea Football Club's tenth year in existence. Due to the ongoing First World War, the Football League and the FA Cup were suspended. Instead, the club participated in regional competitions. Results and statistics from these matches are not considered official. In wartime matches, the club often fielded guest players from other teams, including Charlie Buchan of Sunderland. Chelsea won both the London Combination and the subsidiary competition. The club scored 121 goals in 36 Combination matches; results during the season included a 9–0 win over Arsenal, an 8–1 win against Tottenham and an 11–1 win against Luton Town.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng16.html England 1915/16 10 January 2022 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) Chelsea striker Vivian Woodward, a member of the Football Battalion, was wounded in the thigh in early 1916, but recovered.http://spartacus-educational.com/SPURSwoodward.htm Vivian Woodward Spartacus Educational 26 June 2018 Francis 'Frank' O'Hara, who played for Chelsea in their inaugural 1905–06 season, was killed in action on 12 July 1915.https://www.chelseafc.com/en/history/more-history/World-War-I chelseafc.com Chelsea in the First World War 10 January 2022 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 1915–16 season at stamford-bridge.com 1915-16 Category:English football clubs 1915–16 season