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London Is Blue - Chelsea FC Podcast

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The History of Chelsea

The first ever game for this amazing new project came at lowly Stockpalt County. It attracted a then-record crowd to the ground of 7,000 - but we didn't win. This is despite our legendary goalkeeper, Willie Faulk, saving a penalty on his Chelsea debut. He saved a ridiculous number of penalties that season. And there is, I can reveal a smaller side for statistics or history nerds. History books tell us that player manager, Jackie Robertson, he's the one who assembled that first ever squad and managed it. But those books, including my own, are wrong. Recent research in archives by Chelsea Fan, Robert Randall, who contacted me and myself,. I went to

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