1948–49 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1948–49 Billy Birrell Joe Mears Stamford Bridge First Division 13th FA Cup Fifth round Roy Bentley (20) Roy Bentley (22) 6–0 v Everton(11 September 1948) 2–5 v Portsmouth(27 December 1948) 77,696 vs Blackpool(16 October 1948) 25,864 vs Sunderland(18 April 1949) 47,652 _chelsea1907h _2bluestripes 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF ffffFF 000000 _chelsea1905a _2_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000ff 1947–48 1949–50 The 1948–49 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-fifth competitive season. Chelsea finished 13th in the First Division and reached the fifth round of the FA Cup. The season also saw the arrival of Roy Bentley, who would become, at the time, the club's leading goalscorer. Table First 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 1948–49 season at stamford-bridge.com 1948-49 Category:English football clubs 1948–49 season