1929–30 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1929–30 season
Chairman	Claude Kirby
Manager	David Calderhead
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; George Mills (14); All: ; George Mills (14)
Highest home attendance	53,819 vs Blackpool; (26 December 1929)
Lowest home attendance	11,353 vs Barnsley; (11 September 1929)
Average home league attendance	27,703
Biggest win	5–0 v Preston North End; (21 December 1929)
Biggest defeat	2–4 v Southampton; (21 September 1929)
Home colours	Away colours

The 1929–30 season was Chelsea Football Club's 21st competitive season and after 6th consecutive season in the Second Division. The club finished as runner-up in the Second Division, securing promotion to the First Division 1930-31.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ENG	Frank Higgs
GK	ENG	Peter McKenna
GK	ENG	Sam Millington
DF	SCO	Tommy Law
DF	ENG	Leslie Odell
DF	SCO	George Rodgers
DF	SCO	George Smith
DF	ENG	John Townrow
MF	ENG	Sid Bishop
MF	IRL	Sam Irving
MF	ENG	Jack Meredith
MF	SCO	Willie Russell


Pos.	Nation	Player
FW	ENG	George Biswell
FW	ENG	Jackie Crawford
FW	ENG	Sidney Elliott
FW	SCO	Willie Ferguson
FW	ENG	William Jackson
FW	ENG	Harold Miller
FW	ENG	George Mills
FW	ENG	George Pearson
FW	ENG	Albert Thain
FW	ENG	Reginald Weaver
FW	SCO	Andrew Wilson

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Blackpool (C, P)	42	27	4	11	98	67	1.463	58	Promotion to the First Division
2	Chelsea (P)	42	22	11	9	74	46	1.609	55	Promotion to the First Division
3	Oldham Athletic	42	21	11	10	90	51	1.765	53
4	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	19	12	11	91	70	1.300	50
5	Bury	42	22	5	15	78	67	1.164	49

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

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.

External links

1929–30 season at stamford-bridge.com

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