1951–52 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1951–52 Billy Birrell Joe Mears Stamford Bridge First Division 19th FA Cup Semi-finals Roy Bentley andJimmy D'Arcy (12) Roy Bentley (17) 5–0 v Middlesbrough(16 February 1952) 1–7 v Aston Villa(15 April 1952) 60,840 vs Leeds United(27 February 1952) 25,165 vs Huddersfield Town(15 September 1951) 39,932 _whitecollarplain _whitetop 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 000000 _whitecollarplain _whitetop ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 1950–51 1952–53 The 1951–52 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-eighth competitive season. The club once more struggled in the First Division and finished 19th. In the FA Cup, Chelsea reached the semi-finals for the second time in three years, and once again lost to Arsenal after a replay. Manager Billy Birrell retired at the end of the season and was replaced by Ted Drake. 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 1951–52 season at stamford-bridge.com 1951-52 Category:English football clubs 1951–52 season