The modern day football programme came into being on Christmas Day 1948, for which we owe Albert Sewell a debt of gratitude. Albert...

At the beginning of the 1948-49 season the Chelsea programme was a rather austere affair compared to issues of years gone by. Plain in...

The history of Chelsea Football Club is littered with great strikers, for both the men’s and women’s team, you don’t have to look far to...

With the war in Europe now over, competitive football returned after a seven year break, and for the start of the 1946-47 season a...

After a four year break, Bernhard Hugh was back for the start of the 1928-29 season, his cartoons on the front of the Chelsea Chronicle,...

Although Bernhard Hugh was the predominant cartoonist on the front cover of the Chelsea Chronicle between 1910 and 1936, for a brief...

As the 1910-11 season got underway, Mr William Grogan was back on the scene but his tenure was short lived. He produced the artwork for...

At the start of the 1908-09 season a new artist was on the scene who simply signed himself as ‘Reilly’. Unfortunately I’ve been unable to...

Continuing the story of the artwork on the cover of the Chelsea programme. Mr William Grogan, after drawing the first cartoon in March...

The first in a short series of articles from Paul Waterhouse of Bygone Chelsea 1905-99 on the history of the matchday programme. During...

In the lead up to our Semi-Final clash at Wembley on Sunday, Paul Waterhouse looks back at previous FA Cup encounters against Crystal...

Newcastle 1 Chelsea 2 - 19th April 1957 In the bygone years of football many players would travel to games by train, often accompanied by...