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1945–46 Chelsea F.C. season

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Chelsea
1945–46 season
ChairmanJoe Mears
ManagerBilly Birrell
StadiumStamford Bridge
First DivisionN/A
FA CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Five players (1)
Highest home attendance69,987 vs West Ham United
(26 January 1946)
Lowest home attendance39,678 vs Leicester City
(5 January 1946)
Average home league attendance

The 1945–46 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-second competitive season. It saw the first competitive football in England since the end of the Second World War, the FA Cup; Chelsea reached the fifth round. The Football League did not resume until the following season, so Chelsea continued to play in the regional Football League South; Chelsea finished 10th in the 22-team league. In November, the club also played a high-profile friendly match against FC Dynamo Moscow of the Soviet Union.

References

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  • Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
  • Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.
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