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Lowest attendance in club history and 7 other crazy stats to know before Leeds clash". Tribuna.com. 5 December 2020 . Retrieved 29 June 2023. It was a special occasion for Ingle as she broke the WSL appearance record, the 32-year-old making her 184th appearance in her second spell with Chelsea. Stamford Bridge before a game against Nottingham Forest in 2020 Other uses [ edit ] Other football events [ edit ] Oleksandr Zinchenko to fulfil boyhood Arsenal dream and play under Arsene Wenger in 'Game 4 Ukraine' ". talkSPORT. 12 June 2023 . Retrieved 12 June 2023. DeVries, Kelly (1999). The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. pp.269–270. ISBN 1-84383-027-2.

Manuscripts C, D and E of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle all mention Stamford Bridge by name. Manuscript C contains a passage which states "... came upon them beyond the bridge ....". [11] Henry of Huntington mentions Stamford Bridge and describes part of the battle being fought across the bridge. [12] Lighting up Stamford Bridge stars". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017 . Retrieved 25 June 2017. With a capacity of 40,343, it is the ninth largest venue of the 2023–24 Premier League season and the eleventh largest football stadium in England. In 1964–65, a seated West Stand was built to replace the existing terracing on the west side. Most of the West Stand consisted of rising ranks of wooden tip up seats on iron frames, but seating at the very front was on concrete forms known as "the Benches". The old West Stand was demolished in 1997 and replaced by the current West Stand. It has three tiers, in addition to a row of executive boxes that stretches the length of the stand.

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Stamford Bridge opened in 1877 as a home for the London Athletic Club and was used almost exclusively for that purpose until 1904, when the lease was acquired by brothers Gus and Joseph Mears, who wanted to stage high-profile professional football matches there. However, previous to this, in 1898, Stamford Bridge played host to the World Championship of shinty between Beauly Shinty Club and London Camanachd. [7] Stamford Bridge was built close to Lillie Bridge, an older sports ground which had hosted the 1873 FA Cup Final and the first ever amateur boxing matches (among other things). It was initially offered to Fulham Football Club, but they turned it down for financial reasons. After considering the sale of the land to the Great Western Railway Company, the Mears decided to found their own football club, Chelsea, to occupy the ground as a rival to Fulham. Noted football ground architect Archibald Leitch, who had also designed Ibrox, Celtic Park, Craven Cottage and Hampden Park, was hired to construct the stadium. In its early days, Stamford Bridge stadium was served by a small railway station, Chelsea and Fulham railway station, which was later closed after World War II bombing. [8] Ukraine: Oleksandr Zinchenko & Andriy Shevchenko to captain teams in charity game at Chelsea". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023 . Retrieved 31 May 2023. The East Stand essentially survives in its 1973 three-tiered cantilevered form, although it has been much refurbished and modernised since. It is the heart of the stadium, housing the tunnel, dugout, dressing rooms, conference room, press centre, Audio-Visual and commentary box. The middle tier is occupied by facilities, clubs, and executive suites. The upper tier provides spectators with one of the best views of the pitch and it is the only section to have survived the extensive redevelopment of the 90s. Previously, it was the home to away supporters on the bottom tier. However, at the start of the 2005–06 season, then-manager José Mourinho requested that the family section move to this part of the stand, to boost team morale. Away fans were moved to the Shed End. Brazil 1 Russia 1: match report". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 27 January 2016. Transformation of Fulham Broadway Station shows the way ahead". London Underground. 22 August 2001. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003 . Retrieved 10 March 2020.

The chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon, p. 209. "Here a single Norwegian, whose name ought to have been preserved, took post on a bridge, and hewing down more than forty of the English with a battle-axe, his country's weapon, stayed the advance of the whole English army till the ninth hour. At last some one came under the bridge in a boat, and thrust a spear into him, through the chinks of the flooring." Chelsea unveils mural with Jewish soccer players murdered at Auschwitz". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020 . Retrieved 17 September 2020.In January 2020, Chelsea FC unveiled a large mural by Solomon Souza on an outside wall of the West Stand of the stadium. The mural is part of Chelsea's 'Say No to Antisemitism' campaign funded by club owner Roman Abramovich. Included on the mural are depictions of footballers Julius Hirsch and Árpád Weisz, who were killed at Auschwitz concentration camp, and Ron Jones, a British prisoner of war known as the 'Goalkeeper of Auschwitz'. [29] Pitch [ edit ] Of course I’m going to hammer TV and the league today because I feel like nobody really understands how hard that is to do. I feel like we’re the only [English] team in Europe and yet we’re the only association that doesn’t help its team.” Mansfield, Ian (24 September 2016). "Unbuilt London: Battersea Power Station's football stadium". ianVisits . Retrieved 19 August 2023.

The Mears brothers would offer Fulham the chance to lease their new stadium. But the club rejected the proposal to remain at Craven Cottage. So, the pair set about forming their own team and would found Chelsea in April 1905 with Tom Lewin Kinton and John Henry Maltby. I put sleep at the top of the important things in the recovery process, because it allows your brain to get fresh. As much as you get accustomed to it, it is three games in six days. The All Golds". Edgar Wrigley. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017 . Retrieved 3 September 2018. Remember When – August 1976". Greyhound Star. 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018 . Retrieved 19 August 2018. Chelsea’s legends tour of Stamford Bridge lasts for 90 minutes and has access to the home and away dressing rooms, the players’ tunnel, pitchside and the press room. Fans also get a photo with Chelsea’s trophy cabinet and the Chelsea legend taking the tour, plus signatures. Prices:Chelsea FC: The Stamford Bridge Story in Photos". 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019 . Retrieved 2 June 2019. Chelsea submit plans to increase Stamford Bridge capacity to 60,000". The Guardian. 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015 . Retrieved 2 December 2015. Harold's victory was short-lived. Three days after the battle, on 28 September, a second invasion army led by William, Duke of Normandy, landed in Pevensey Bay, Sussex, on the south coast of England. Harold had to immediately turn his troops around and force-march them southwards to intercept the Norman army. [22] Less than three weeks after Stamford Bridge, on 14 October 1066, the English army was decisively defeated and King Harold II fell in action at the Battle of Hastings, [23] beginning the Norman conquest of England, a process facilitated by the heavy losses amongst the English military commanders. [ citation needed] Monuments Village monument Stamford Bridge battlefield memorial near Whiterose Drive

Gover, J. E. B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F. M. (1922). The Place-Names of Middlesex (Including Those Parts of the County of London Formerly Contained Within the Boundaries of the Old County). London: Longmans, Green and Company. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023 . Retrieved 29 May 2019. Chelsea FC: The Stamford Bridge Story In Photos". 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019 . Retrieved 2 June 2019. Twomey, Liam (25 March 2020). "Unwritten: How Chelsea almost lost Stamford Bridge". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. This season, that will change. On Saturday Chelsea host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge but in January they will host Manchester United at the stadium for the first time before playing Arsenal there in March. This season, for the first time, all Chelsea’s Champions League games will be at Stamford Bridge, starting with Tuesday’s tie against Paris FC.Stamford Bridge is getting a makeover". We Ain't Got No History. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018 . Retrieved 11 May 2018.