Chelsea Football Club was founded on March 10, 1905, at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher’s Hook), located just across the road from the main entrance of Stamford Bridge. In 120 years, the club has claimed 51 major honours across its men’s and women’s teams, cementing its status as a European powerhouse.
Through all the club’s triumphs, the legendary players who have come and gone, and the unforgettable matches, one thing has remained a constant — Chelsea’s home of Stamford Bridge.
On the latest episode of Straight Outta Cobham, the first of a three-part series celebrating the club’s 120th anniversary, Matt Davies-Adams, Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey reflected on Chelsea’s first league game at Stamford Bridge and discussed the significance of the club still playing at the ground where it all began.
A partial transcript has been edited for this article. The full episode is available on the Straight Outta Cobham feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Matt: You will have seen on The Athletic Liam’s piece charting the defining fixtures of each decade through the history of Chelsea FC. We’ve touched on a couple of these matches in passing, but let’s run through them more thoroughly. We’ll start way back in 1905. Chelsea 5 Hull City 1 at Stamford Bridge….
