Soon after the takeover a decision was taken to drop the "Chelsea Village" brand and refocus on Chelsea as a football club. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. records and statistics § Honours and achievements, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Chelsea F.C. Spurs is obviously a shortened version of Hotspur which comes from the clubs connection with Shakespeare character Harry Hotspur. The sweet shop is located opposite Prince Rupert’s Tower, which forms the majority of the Everton crest. DC United, Minnesota United — are decidedly not the result of mergers. This nicknames aren’t very popular among the fans, because there is another club in London with nickname “The Lions”- Milwall. They always called themselves 'The Bulldogs' - it would have been Bridgy, Lamps, JT, a couple of the English physios. [188] Two years later in 2020, they repeated their double success by winning the third league title and league cup for the first time. Chelsea football club as we know it today is known under the nickname “The Blues”, but the original nickname of the club was somewhat funny – The Pensioners. [83] In the mid-1970s, the away strip was a red, white and green kit inspired by the Hungarian national side of the 1950s. 111213. Ultimately, Mears chose to take the name of the adjacent London Borough of Chelsea, leading to the formation of Chelsea Football Club in 1905. [48], In the early 1970s, the club's owners announced a modernisation of Stamford Bridge with plans for a state-of-the-art 50,000 all-seater stadium. The shorts were mostly white but in the 1964 their manager Tommy Dorcherty changed it to blue – the kit was changed to all blue with white socks. The closest info I could find is a history of the first-ever team to use “United” in their name, which was Hanover United FC. Having admitted his embarrassment on national television, it was Drake who ultimately brought about a change in the club’s nickname. [167] For the 2018–19 season, they have Hyundai Motor Company as the new sleeve sponsor. The club's "football firm", originally known as the Chelsea Shed Boys, and subsequently as the Chelsea Headhunters, were nationally notorious for football violence, alongside hooligan firms from other clubs such as West Ham United's Inter City Firm and Millwall's Bushwackers, before, during and after matches. Welcome to the official Chelsea FC website. The past two decades have been the most successful in Chelsea's history: they won five of its six league titles and the UEFA Champions League during this period. Thanks! sixth most valuable football club in the world, Chelsea F.C.–Tottenham Hotspur F.C. According to Home Office statistics, 126 Chelsea fans were arrested for football-related offences during the 2009–10 season, the third highest in the division, and 27 banning orders were issued, the fifth-highest in the division. At the same time, the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division. [22] They were FA Cup semi-finalists in 1920 and 1932 and remained in the First Division throughout the 1930s, but success eluded the club in the inter-war years. They also mounted a strong title challenge in 1998–99, finishing four points behind champions Manchester United, and made their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League. Way back in 1886, workers at Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory decided to form a football club called Dial Square. In light of the report, Chelsea announced that it was committed to assessing compensation claims for victims. In 1902, the club was renamed Manchester United. Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. Blues chief lauds 400million fan base", "The world's most popular football club revealed: Man United, Liverpool F.C., Arsenal F.C., Barca, Real or Chelsea? West Ham’s nickname originates from the Thames Ironwork Football Club, a team from which they developed. [163] Previously, the kit was manufactured by Umbro (1975–81), Le Coq Sportif (1981–86), The Chelsea Collection (1986–87), Umbro (1987–2006), and Adidas (2006–2017). [96], Since the 1990s, there has been a marked decline in crowd trouble at matches, as a result of stricter policing, CCTV in grounds and the advent of all-seater stadia. In 1997 when Sunderland moved to the Stadium of Light the clubs supporters were also given the opportunity to vote on the clubs official nickname. The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield ever since. "Even when we were playing 60 or 70 games a season, we were out together on the town and pissed," Duff told the Open Goal podcast.