Aspire to play like your favourite Chelsea players with this officially licensed size 5 signature football. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. It may safely be assumed that none of these were sent out by Chelsea, for each one of the fifty balls dispatched by us were of the best quality only, equal to those used in League competitions at home. They were the first English side to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957, [179] and the first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Stoke City on 27 January 1974.

As casualties rose and the demands of recruitment rose, immense pressure was put on the game to be suspended. PO Box, Afghanistan, Africa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, China, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Macau, Maldives, Martinique, Mexico, Middle East, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Oceania, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Somalia, South America, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.London newspapers had suspended their Saturday night football editions meaning those passionate about the game clung to alternatives. In 2012, Roberto Di Matteo led Chelsea to their seventh FA Cup, [44] and their first UEFA Champions League title, beating Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties, the first London club to win the trophy. During the 1970s and 1980s in particular, Chelsea supporters were associated with football hooliganism. STYLE - This ball oozes style, be proud and show your team colours when out in the garden or at the park. The increase of hooligan incidents in the 1980s led chairman Ken Bates to propose erecting an electric fence to deter them from invading the pitch, a proposal that the Greater London Council rejected.

In the same survey, "Chelsea" was the top answer to the question "Which other English club do you dislike the most?The Stamford Bridge freehold, the pitch, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders. Letters from successful applicants were published in the programme, with a one west Londoner, Sergeant Charles Watts of F Company, 25th County of London Cyclists Regiment, writing, ‘I thank you for the football. Roman Abramovich confirms he is selling Chelsea – donating net proceeds to victims of war in Ukraine". The intention was that these facilities would provide extra revenue to support the football side of the business, but they were less successful than hoped and before the Abramovich takeover in 2003 the debt taken on to finance them was a major burden on the club. Argos Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as a credit broker (713206), and works exclusively with the lender, Home Retail Group Card Services Limited trading as Argos Card and Argos Financial Services, who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide credit (716148).

These balls are another level when it comes to practising ball control and getting the spin you need to find the top corner. Lampard is Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer, having scored 211 goals in 648 games (2001–2014); [158] he passed Bobby Tambling's longstanding record of 202 in May 2013. Featuring advanced tech in all Chelsea shirts, most of this range uses Nike DriFit technology to make sure you stay cool and dry while you support your favourite team with other passionate fans in iconic blue football shirts. Professional football continued despite war escalating globally on 4 August 1914, two weeks before the league campaign began. Chelsea is one of five clubs and the first English club to have won all three pre-1999 main European club competitions, the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.The high-quality Nike shirts featured in this range include home, away, and 3rd jerseys for all ages.

In the same survey, fans of Arsenal, Fulham, Leeds United, QPR, Tottenham, and West Ham United named Chelsea as one of their three main rivals.In more than one instance we read of a couple of balls being burst in a single game behind the firing line. Abramovich released an official statement on 2 March 2022 confirming that he was selling the club due to the ongoing situation in Ukraine.