10 Interesting Facts You Should Know About Chelsea

Chelsea is one of the best England clubs who has gone through so much in their history.
Since the founding in 1905, Chelsea has changed the name, a couple of owners and many players.
The club has become a theme for many songs and movies.
Today, we will share with you 10 amazing facts about Chelsea.

1.       The Chelsea adventure began on March the 10th in 1095 at the Rising Pub.
Those days they were called the Pensioners because of the pensioner's crest and the nickname stuck for years.
The first man who removed the crest was Ted Drake,
who became the manager in 1952 changed the crest and introduces the nickname “The Blues”.
Chelsea was born again as a completely new club under his wing.

2.       But, not everything was great for Chelsea after Ted Drake. In 1982,
Chelsea was on the verge of bankruptcy and Ken Bates bought the club for only £1 and started
investing.
Eventually, he sold Chelsea to Roman Abramovich for £140 million in 2003.

3.       On 25th of August in 1928, Chelsea changed the history of football uniforms (with Arsenal).
Chelsea was one of the first clubs which had numbers on shirts.
It happened during the match against Welsh side Swansea City

4.       Chelsea holds many records and one of them dates back in 1971 when
Chelsea had won the match against Jeunesse Hautcharage in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
The final score was 21-0 and it was enough for the records in European competition.

5.       To prove that it is the best club in England,
Chelsea had the record for the longest streak of unbeaten matches at home.
The streak was 86 matches and it lasted from 20th March 2004 to 26th October 2008.

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6.       The best scorer ever in played in Chelsea was Bobby Tambling,

who scored 202 goals in 370 games, in his 11-year career in Chelsea.

7.     Frank Lampard is Chelsea's most capped international player because it has amazing 86 caps.

8.       What all 2 of UEFA’s major trophies have in common? Chelsea.
Yes, Chelsea is one of the first British clubs to win all 3 titles.

9.        Chelsea as the best English club was the theme to many Football movies, including
“The Great Game” and “The Football Factory”. But, that is not all.

10.   Chelsea club is the theme of many songs like the
“Blue is the color” which was the no5 in the UK charts in 1972 and
later recognized as the club’s song and the song
“We’re gonna win” performed by the famous Bryan Adams and dedicated to Chelsea.

 AUTHOR BIO:

Mark is a football fan and a foosball player who has a blog about foosball called the Foosball zone.
There he writes everything about foosball, from history to the
foosball table rewiews and the reviews of foosball table parts like – the foosball ball.

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OPINION : Three Reasons Why Harry Kane Needs To Quit Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur endured their fifth draw of the season at West Ham on Thursday night. The Lily whites needed an 84th minute stunner from Heung-Min Son to cancel out Pedro Obiang's equally exceptional goal 14 minutes earlier. As much as Tottenham were the bookies favourites going into the game, the hammers had a right to feel two points lost after the final whistle was sounded. A Harry Kane goal could have stolen the points had he managed to score, well he did not neither could any of his teammates find a way past Adrian. Mauricio Pochettino's men now sit 5th in the Premier League table with 16 games left to play. Harry Kane's 18 league goals this season has not been enough to push Tottenham into the top four as we begin a fresh year. It is now due for the England striker to move on and this is why we think so.

1.TROPHIES .. .OBVIOUSLY

The past two seasons have seen Spurs push the league leaders 'hard'. Their rewards for this push has been third place (in the 2015/16 season) and Second (in the 2016/17 season). While Tottenham's flair and team set-up was admirable and indeed enviable in both seasons, they never genuinely looked liked they were going to win anything despite the supply of goals from Harry Kane. The former Leicester City attacker should take a cue from the likes of Robin Van Persie (Arsenal To Manchester United 2012) and Luis Suarez (Liverpool to Barcelona 2014) .

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Van Persie won the league in 2013 after switching from Arsenal to Manchester United

A striker of Kane's age should be in a team of 'stars' where there is collective effort and of course these are the ingredients necessary for lifting trophies.

2. FOR LONGEVITY 

Football is a physical game and its impact begins to tell as each player approaches the twilight of his career. It's been seen over the years that stress on young players begin to tell on their careers as the near their peak. This is why Harry needs to move to a club where his services wouldn't be solely and highly relied upon.

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Michael Owen was heavily relied upon during his Liverpool days

At a club where a young striker is the principal source of goals without any trophies to show simply adds a lot more pressure to the player as he ages.

3. SILENCE THE CRITICS

In the past we have seen players switch clubs and lose their scoring boots in the process. Kane is the focal point of Tottenham's game and it is safe to say most crosses are intended for the no.10. Whether Kane can pull his weight among the 'galacticos' or 'cashiticos' is anybody's guess.

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Luis Suarez helped Barcelona to a Treble in his first season in Catalonia after enduring a painful 2013/14 campaign with Liverpool

However, the former Leicester City loanee can do us football lovers a collective favour by leaving Tottenham to a bigger club and actually winning the a trophy.

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