1939–40 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1939–40 Billy Birrell Lt. Col Charles Chrisp Stamford Bridge First Division 12th Football League War Cup First round _chelsea1907h _2bluestripes 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF ffffFF 000000 _2bluestripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 000000 1938–39 1940–41 The 1939–40 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-first competitive season. The Football League season was abandoned after three matches due to the outbreak of the Second World War and the FA Cup was not contested. For the next six years, the club instead competed in unofficial regional leagues, which are not considered competitive. Chelsea finished 3rd in League South B and subsequently finished 9th in an additional competition, League South C 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 1939–40 Category:English football clubs 1939–40 season