1981–82_Chelsea_F.C._season
1981–82 Chelsea F.C. season
68th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.
The 1981–82 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-eighth competitive season.
| 1981–82 season | |||
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| Chairman | Viscount Chelsea Ken Bates | ||
| Manager | John Neal | ||
| Stadium | Stamford Bridge | ||
| Second Division | 12th | ||
| FA Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Clive Walker (16) All: Clive Walker (17) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 42,557 vs Tottenham Hotspur (6 March 1982) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 6,009 vs Orient (5 May 1982) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 13,133 | ||
| Biggest win | 4–1 (two matches) | ||
| Biggest defeat | 0–6 v Rotherham United (31 October 1981) | ||
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Chelsea began the season with a new manager, John Neal, Geoff Hurst having been sacked at the end of the previous season. Neal's arrival brought no immediate upturn in the club's fortunes, and they finished 12th in the Second Division for the second successive year. The highlight of the season was a run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup (the club's first appearance in a cup quarter-final since 1973), which included a 2–0 win over reigning European champions Liverpool.
Off the pitch, the club were purchased by businessman Ken Bates for £1 in April 1982.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 59 |
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 59 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 57 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 51 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 48 |
- 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.
- 1981–82 season at stamford-bridge.com
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