Who was the only Manager before Jose Mourinho to guide Chelsea to a league title?
Answers:
Ted Drake was the last Chelsea manager to win a league title - in 1955.
Chelsea’s first title win came in the 1954/55 season on the 50th anniversary of the formation of the club in 1905.
The seeds of the triumph were sown with the arrival as manager in 1952 of Ted Drake. A famous player in his day Drake was a strict disciplinarian and organised as a manager and revolutionised the club at all levels, not just on the pitch.
The season before he arrived Chelsea had finished 19th, one place away from relegation. The following season, 1952/53, there appeared little improvement on the surface as once again the team narrowly avoided relegation finishing 19th. However behind the scenes big changes were being made to how the club was run, how training operated and generally making the club a much more professional outfit.
As well as an organiser and strong personality Drake had an eye for a player. Several new unheralded players were brought in for small transfer fees from the lower leagues and the following season 1953/54 Chelsea finished a much improved 8th and were ready for a serious assault on the title.
The 1954/55 season started with a steady away 1-1 draw at Leicester followed by a 1-0 home win over Burnley. As the season progressed notable games were an incredible 5 — 6 home defeat to Manchester United and a thrilling 4-3 away win over title rivals Wolves. But by November it seemed the Blues were out of the race down in 12th spot. However a strong second half of the season saw them claw their way up the league and further high scoring wins 5-2 away at Bolton and 4-3 at home to Newcastle helped push Chelsea into prime position as the season entered March.
The crunch game came on the 9th April at home to their nearest challengers, Wolves. A penalty winner from Peter Sillett gave Chelsea a crucial 1-0 win in front of over 75,000 fans which while not mathematically giving the club their first title, effectively made it all but certain. A 0-0 draw away to Portsmouth meant a win in their 2nd last game against Sheffield Wednesday would win the title. Chelsea ran out 3-0 victors and ended the 50 year wait on 23rd April 1955.
Captain and star centre forward Roy Bentley was one of many heroes along with the likes of Frank Blunstone, Stan Wicks, Peter Sillett, Chic Thompson, Eric Parsons and Stan Willemse.
Chelsea finished with a record low points total to win the title but no one cared :
P42 W20 D12 L10 52pts
They scored 81 goals, conceded 57 and finished four points clear of Wolves.
By today’s standards the celebrations were quite low key, with no trophy presented and speeches made by Ted Drake and Roy Bentley to the crowd on the pitch. Few people watching then would have guessed that it would take Chelsea another 50 years to win the title again!
Ted Drake
Chelsea are the greatest team in the world. particularly after beating barca last night.
Sorry I dont know the answer to your Q
they dident win the title they bourt it thats y they hadent won it for over 50 years money talks and all ways will y dident he buy a club thats at a lower level and bring them in to the premier no he wanted fame from the bigining
The answers post by the user, for information only, UKQnA.com does not guarantee the right.