Anniversaries in 2021/22

• Twenty years since the West Stand opened fully for the first time with Newcastle the visitors, resulting in a 1-1 draw and Stamford Bridge’s biggest crowd since 1988: 40,124. (19 Aug 2001)• Sixty years since the end of Chelsea’s longest run without a clean sheet in all competitions (31 matches) with a 2-0 victory at home to Man United (30 Aug 1961).• Sixty years since Tommy Docherty made his debut as player-coach in a 6-1 defeat at Sheffield United (9 Sep 1961). • Fifty years since our record away win in a competitive fixture: 8–0 away to Jeunesse Hautcharage in the Cup Winners' Cup (15 Sep 1971).• Fifty years since our record win in a competitive fixture: 13–0 at home to Jeunesse Hautcharage in the Cup Winners' Cup (29 Sep 1971).• Also 60 years since title-winning manager Ted Drake’s final game in charge – a 0-4 at Blackpool that left the Blues second from bottom (30 Sep 1961).• Twenty years since 20-year-old John Terry wore the captain’s armband for the first time in the absence of Marcel Desailly (5 Dec 2001).

• Fifty years since our highest ever home attendance in the League Cup, of 43,330 for the visit of Tottenham Hotspur (22 Dec 1971).

• Ninety years since Chelsea recovered from two-nil down after 20 minutes to plucky Tranmere in the FA Cup at the Bridge to win 5-3, with Hughie Gallacher on the scoresheet (13 Jan 1932).

• Fifty-five years since our highest-ever home attendance in Europe, 59,541, against AC Milan in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (16 Feb 1966).

• Fifty years since the Chelsea anthem ‘Blue Is The Colour’ was released. Produced by Blues fan Larry Page, it reached number five in the UK singles chart (18 Feb 1972).

• Fifty years since Hollywood pin-up Raquel Welch causes a stir by visiting the Bridge to watch Chelsea and her hero Peter Osgood, the day before his birthday (19 Feb 1972).

• Sixty years since Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris made his debut aged 17 in a 1-0 home win against Sheff Wed. His final match was a 3-0 win against Oldham 18 years and 783 games later on (24 Feb 1962).

• Ten years since head coach Andre Villas-Boas was succeeded by his assistant Roberto Di Matteo, joined by another popular former player, Eddie Newton (4 Mar 2012).

• Fifty years since the Blues surprisingly lost 1-2 to Stoke City in the League Cup final (4 Mar 1972).

• 150 years since the first ever FA Cup final between Wanderers and Royal Engineers (16 Mar 1872)

• Forty years since Ken Bates began his 31-year tenure at Chelsea Football Club with the purchase of the club for £1 (1 Apr 1982)

• Forty years since Paul Canoville became the first black player to represent Chelsea at first team level (12 Apr 1982)

• Forty years since a resolution that transferred the Stamford Bridge freehold from Chelsea FC to the SB Property Co, which was later sold to property developers Marler Estates, initiating the ‘battle of the Bridge’ (26 Apr 1982).

• 110 years since Charlie Freeman secured Chelsea’s second-ever promotion to Division One with the only goal of the game against Bradford (27 Apr 1912).

• Thirty years since debut substitute Eddie Newton scored Chelsea’s last Football League goal before the advent of the Premier League, away to Everton (2 May 1992).

• Ten years since Didier Drogba’s shoot-out penalty sealed Chelsea’s Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich on their own ground (19 May 2012).

In memoriam

Tommy Robson (1944-2020)

Tommy Ord (1952-2020)

Tommy Docherty (1928-2020)

John Mortimore (1934-2021)

SUMMER MOVES (MEN)

INSMarcus Bettinelli Fulham

OUTSWilly Caballero ReleasedOlivier Giroud AC MilanMarc Guehi Crystal PalaceVictor Moses Spartak MoscowFikayo Tomori AC MilanMarco van Ginkel PSVIzzy Brown PrestonLewis Bate LeedsJamal Blackman ReleasedPierre Ekwah-Elimby West HamMarcel Lewis Union St-GilloiseTino Livramento SouthamptonLuke McCormick AFC WimbledonDanilo Pantic Partizan BelgradeMyles Peart-Harris BrentfordDynel Simeu SouthamptonJon Russell Released, now HuddersfieldJack Wakely Released, now Wycombe WanderersCharlie Wiggett Newcastle

LOANSAll for the season

PREMIER LEAGUEConor Gallagher Crystal PalaceBilly Gilmour Norwich

CHAMPIONSHIPNathan Baxter HullLevi Colwill HuddersfieldJuan Castillo BirminghamIan Maatsen Coventry

LEAGUE ONEJamie Cumming GillinghamHenry Lawrence AFC Wimbledon

Chelsea's pre-season results

17 Jul Peterborough Cobham W 6-127 Jul Bournemouth Vitality Stadium W 2-11 Aug Arsenal Emirates W 2-14 Aug Tottenham Stamford Bridge D 2-2

Thirty-five players have been used in pre-season games.

Pre-season minutesChalobah 257, Ziyech 218, Hudson-Odoi 216, Mendy 203, Pulisic 203, Loftus-Cheek 185, Abraham 184, Alonso 169, Sarr 168, Zappacosta 152, Drinkwater 138, Sterling 138, Gallagher 135, Barkley 120, Havertz 110, Kovacic 110, Rudiger 110, Werner 110, Zouma 110, Baba 104, Miazga 103, Clarke-Salter 98, Baker 90, Broja 90, Arrizabalaga 75, Kante 75, Ugbo 74, Cumming 67, Bakayoko 48, Maatsen 45, Ampadu 30, Anjorin 30, Batshuayi 30, Kenedy 30, Bergstrom 23.

Pre-season scorersZiyech 5 (1 pen), Abraham 2, Broja 2, Havertz 1, Pulisic 1 (pen), Ugbo 1

SUMMER MOVES (WOMEN)

INSAniek Nouwen PSVLauren James Man Utd

OUTSJamie-Lee Napier London CityHannah Blundell Man Utd

SUMMER INTERNATIONAL HONOURS - MEN

European ChampionshipWinners – Jorginho, EmersonRunners-up – Mason Mount, Reece James, Ben ChilwellCONCACAF Nations LeagueWinners - Christian Pulisic, Matt MiazgaCopa AmericaRunners-up – Thiago Silva

SUMMER INTERNATIONAL HONOURS - WOMEN

OlympicsWinner – Jessie FlemingRunners-up - Magdalena Eriksson, Jonna Andersson, Zecira Musovic

UPCOMING CHELSEA MILESTONES (MEN)

Cesar Azpilicueta - Three appearances to 300th in the Premier League

Toni Rudiger - One appearances to 150 in all competitions

N’Golo Kante - One appearance to 150 starts in the Premier League

Toni Rudiger - One appearance to 100 in the Premier League

Callum Hudson-Odoi - Two appearances to 100 in all competitions

Jorginho - Four appearances to 100 in the Premier League

Kurt Zouma - One appearance to 100 in the Premier League

Cesar Azpilicueta - One appearance to 50 in the Champions League

Michy Batshuayi - Two appearances to 50 in the Premier League

Kai Havertz - Five appearances to 50 in all competitions

Edouard Mendy - Six appearances to 50 in all competitions

UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES

N’Golo Kante - Six games to reach 200 career Premier League appearances.

UPCOMING CLUB MILESTONES

Our second win in Europe will be our 150th in all European competitions.

Our seventh goal in Europe will be our 500th in all European competitions.

Our third Premier League win will be our 600th in the competition.

Our 36th goal will be the 2,000th in the Roman Abramovich era.

Crystal Palace away will be our 50th league meeting

UPCOMING CHELSEA MILESTONES (WOMEN)

Emma Hayes - One match to 250 games in charge.

Fran Kirby - 10 goals to 100 in all competitions.

Drew Spence - Two goals to 50 in all competitions.

Sam Kerr - Six games to 50 in all competitions.

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL MILESTONES

Thiago Silva - Two appearances for Brazil to reach 100 for his country.

Andreas Christensen - Three appearances for Denmark to reach 50 for hiscountry.

Toni Rudiger - Five appearances for Germany to reach 50 for hiscountry.

LOOKING TO EXTEND UNBEATEN RECORDS

Everton at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League to 27 games.