Chelsea History : FOUNDATION INSTALLED/SET COMPLETE
Unlikely Heroes : MEARS;BATES;ABRAMOVICH;DRAKE;SEXTON;DI MATTEO;?
The architechts of Chelsea success are not names that trip of the tongue like Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Christopher Wren or even Archibald Leitch the famous football stadium designer of the early 20th Century. They are not great and revered football names like Herbert Chapman, Stan Cullis, Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, Brian Clough or the modern holy trinity of Ferguson, Guardiola or even ex-Chelsea man, José Mourinho.
No, these are the names set in the King’s Road Boulevard much like the Hollywood Walk of Fame in downtown L.A. that we lovers of our great club must walk on as we follow our chosen team, stepping on the cracks rather than the tiles of the hallowed pavement and the very foundations of our now completed history.
GUS MEARS WHO PURCHASED THE GROUND, BUILT STAMFORD BRIDGE AND BEGAN CHELSEA FC IN 1905
THE MEARS FAMILY WHO CONTINUED THE LEGACY THROUGH TILL THE SEVENTIES
KEN BATES WHO PURCHASED AND HELPED SAVE THE CLUB FROM EXTINCTION AND PUT US BACK IN THE TOP FLIGHT OF FOOTBALL. HIS BUSINESS SKILLS VIRTUALLY RE-BUILT THE STADIUM
ROMAN ABRAMOVICH WHO PURCHASED THE CLUB IN 2003 AND HAS SPENT AN ESTIMATED £ 2.8 BILLION ON THE CLUB
TED DRAKE – OUR MANAGER
WHEN CHELSEA WON THEIR 1ST LEAGUE TITLE IN 1954/55
DAVE SEXTON – OUR MANAGER
WHEN CHELSEA FINALLY
WON THEIR 1ST FA CUP IN 1970
ROBERTO DiMATTEO – OUR MANAGER
WHEN CHELSEA FINALLY
WON THEIR 1ST EUROPEAN CUP/CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY IN 2012
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THERE ARE OF COURSE MANY, MANY, MANY OTHERS
– BUT THESE ARE THE MEN WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR IMPRINT INDELIBLY ON CHELSEA HISTORY BY BEING THE 1ST …
CHELSEA HAVE FINALLY WON THE HOLY GRAIL!!!
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