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With the [[Taylor Report]] arising from the [[Hillsborough disaster]] being published in January 1990 and ordering all top division clubs to have all seater stadiums in time for the [[1994-95 in English football|1994-95 season]], Chelsea's plan for a 34,000-seat stadium at Stamford Bridge was given approval by [[Hammersmith and Fulham]] council on 19 July 1990.<ref>[http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/S.asp?pubsel=BOTH&SrchText=Millwall+and+stadium&edn=&DateFromDD=01&DateFromMM=Jan&DateFromYY=1990&page=&SortOrder=Asc&SortOrder=asc&SortOrder=asc&SortOrder=asc&SortSpec=&DateToDD=31&DateToMM=Dec&ResultListMax=200&Submit1=Search&source=thetimes&DateToYY=1991&byline=&head=&Collection=NI§=&Caption=&SortField=SDate&SortField=Pub&SortField=EDN&SortField=Page&ST=NS&Site=ALL&ResultCount=20&BackDD=Day&summreqd=yes&QueryText=%28Millwall+and+stadium%29+%3CAND%3E+%28PUB%3DBOTH%29+%3CAND%3E+%28%28SDate%3E%3D1%2F1%2F1990%29+%3CAND%3E+%28SDate%3C%3D12%2F31%2F1991%29%29&BackMM=Month&indexkey=2E5E639843493530055E170&advsrch=0&BackYY=Year&_P=2&ResultMaxDocs=200& The Times and The Sunday Times Archive]</ref> |
With the [[Taylor Report]] arising from the [[Hillsborough disaster]] being published in January 1990 and ordering all top division clubs to have all seater stadiums in time for the [[1994-95 in English football|1994-95 season]], Chelsea's plan for a 34,000-seat stadium at Stamford Bridge was given approval by [[Hammersmith and Fulham]] council on 19 July 1990.<ref>[http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/S.asp?pubsel=BOTH&SrchText=Millwall+and+stadium&edn=&DateFromDD=01&DateFromMM=Jan&DateFromYY=1990&page=&SortOrder=Asc&SortOrder=asc&SortOrder=asc&SortOrder=asc&SortSpec=&DateToDD=31&DateToMM=Dec&ResultListMax=200&Submit1=Search&source=thetimes&DateToYY=1991&byline=&head=&Collection=NI§=&Caption=&SortField=SDate&SortField=Pub&SortField=EDN&SortField=Page&ST=NS&Site=ALL&ResultCount=20&BackDD=Day&summreqd=yes&QueryText=%28Millwall+and+stadium%29+%3CAND%3E+%28PUB%3DBOTH%29+%3CAND%3E+%28%28SDate%3E%3D1%2F1%2F1990%29+%3CAND%3E+%28SDate%3C%3D12%2F31%2F1991%29%29&BackMM=Month&indexkey=2E5E639843493530055E170&advsrch=0&BackYY=Year&_P=2&ResultMaxDocs=200& The Times and The Sunday Times Archive]</ref> |
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The re-building of the stadium commenced again and successive building phases during the 1990s have eliminated the original running track. The construction of the 1973 East Stand started the process of eliminating the track. All stands, now roofed and [[all-seater stadium|all-seater]], are immediately adjacent to the pitch. This structure has the effect of concentrating and capturing the noise of supporters. Paradoxically, the noise sounds louder now than when supporters were dispersed at a distance from the pitch on open terraces, although the stadium capacity is approximately half of what it was. The pitch, the [[turnstile]]s, and the [[naming rights]] of the club are now owned by [[Chelsea Pitch Owners]], an organization set up to prevent the stadium from being purchased by property developers again. |
The re-building of the stadium commenced again and successive building phases during the 1990s have eliminated the original running track. The construction of the 1973 East Stand started the process of eliminating the track. All stands, now roofed and [[all-seater stadium|all-seater]], are immediately adjacent to the pitch. This structure has the effect of concentrating and capturing the noise of supporters. Paradoxically, the noise sounds louder now than when supporters were dispersed at a distance from the pitch on open terraces, although the stadium capacity is approximately half of what it was. The pitch, the [[turnstile]]s, and the [[naming rights]] of the club are now owned by [[Chelsea Pitch Owners]], an organization set up to prevent the stadium from being purchased by property developers again. chelsea is one of the best teams in the world and man u are shit |
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[[KSS Design Group]] (architects) designed the complete redevelopment of Stamford Bridge Stadium and its hotels, megastore, offices and residential buildings.<ref>{{cite web | title=KSS Design |url=http://www.kssgroup.com/#/projects/}}KSS Design Group</ref> |
[[KSS Design Group]] (architects) designed the complete redevelopment of Stamford Bridge Stadium and its hotels, megastore, offices and residential buildings.<ref>{{cite web | title=KSS Design |url=http://www.kssgroup.com/#/projects/}}KSS Design Group</ref> |
Revision as of 09:39, 30 September 2011
The Bridge | |
Full name | Stamford Bridge |
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Location | Fulham Road Fulham London England SW6 1HS |
Coordinates | 51°28′54″N 0°11′28″W / 51.48167°N 0.19111°W |
Owner | Chelsea Pitch Owners plc |
Operator | Chelsea F.C. |
Capacity | 41,841[2] |
Field size | 103 x 67 metres (112.6 x 73.3 yards)[2] |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1876 |
Opened | 28 April 1877[1] |
Renovated | 1904–1905, 1990s |
Architect | Archibald Leitch (1887) |
Tenants | |
London Athletics Club (1877-1904) Chelsea F.C. (1905–present) London Monarchs (NFL Europe) (1997) |
Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge.[3][4] The capacity is 41,841,[5] making it the eighth largest ground in the Premier League.
Opened in 1877, the stadium was used by the London Athletics Club until 1905, when new owner Gus Mears founded Chelsea Football Club to occupy the ground; Chelsea have played their home games there ever since. It has undergone numerous major changes over the years, most recently in the 1990s when it was renovated into a modern, all-seater stadium.
Stamford Bridge has been used as a venue for England international matches, FA Cup finals, FA Cup semi-finals and Charity Shield games. It has also hosted numerous other sports, such as cricket, rugby union, speedway, greyhound racing, baseball and American football. The stadium's highest official attendance is 82,905, for a league match between Chelsea and Arsenal on 12 October 1935.
History
Early history
'Stamford Bridge' is considered to be a corruption of 'Samfordesbrigge' meaning 'the bridge at the sandy ford'.[6] Eighteenth century maps show a 'Stanford Creek' running along the route of what is now a railway line at the back of the East Stand as a tributary of the Thames. The upper reaches of this tributary have been variously known as Billingswell Ditch, Pools Creek and Counters Creek. In mediaeval times the Creek was known as Billingwell Dyche, derived from 'Billing's spring or stream'. It formed the boundary between the parishes of Kensington and Fulham. By the eighteenth century the creek had become known as Counter's Creek which is the name it has retained since.[7]
The stream had two local bridges: Stanford Bridge on the Fulham Road (also recorded as Little Chelsea Bridge) and Stanbridge on the Kings Road, now known as Stanley Bridge.The existing Stamford Bridge was built of brick in 1860–2 and has been partly reconstructed since then.
Stamford Bridge opened in 1877 as a home for the London Athletics Club and was used almost exclusively for that purpose until 1904, when the lease was acquired by brothers Gus and Joseph Mears, who wanted to stage high-profile professional football matches there. However, previous to this, in 1898, Stamford Bridge played host to the World Championship of shinty between Beauly Shinty Club and London Camanachd.[8] Stamford Bridge was built close to Lillie Bridge, an older sports ground which had hosted the 1873 FA Cup Final and the first ever amateur boxing matches (among other things). It was initially offered to Fulham Football Club, but they turned it down for financial reasons. They considered selling the land to the Great Western Railway Company, but ultimately decided to found their own football club instead, Chelsea, to occupy the ground as a rival to Fulham. Noted football ground architect Archibald Leitch, who had also designed Ibrox, Celtic Park, Craven Cottage and Hampden Park, was hired to construct the stadium.
Stamford Bridge had an official capacity of around 100,000, making it the second largest ground in England after Crystal Palace, the FA Cup final venue. As originally constructed, Stamford Bridge was an athletics track and the pitch was initially located in the middle of the running track. This meant that spectators were separated from the field of play on all sides by the width of running track and, on the north and south sides, the separation was particularly large because the long sides of the running track considerably exceeded the length of the football pitch. The stadium had a single stand for 5,000 spectators on the east side. Designed by Archibald Leitch, it is an exact replica of the Johnny Haynes stand he had previously built at the re-developed Craven Cottage (and the main reason why Fulham had chosen not to move into the new ground). The other sides were all open in a vast bowl and thousands of tons of material excavated from the building of the Piccadilly Line provided high terracing for standing spectators exposed to the elements on the west side.
In 1945, Stamford Bridge staged one of the most notable matches in its history. Soviet side FC Dynamo Moscow were invited to tour the United Kingdom at the end of the Second World War and Chelsea were the first side they faced. An estimated crowd of over 100,000 crammed into Stamford Bridge to watch an exciting 3–3 draw, with many spectators on the dog track and on top of the stands.
Crisis
In the early 1970s the club's owners embarked on an ambitious project to renovate Stamford Bridge. However, the cost of building the East Stand escalated out of control after shortages of materials and a builders' strike and the remainder of the ground remained untouched. The increase in the cost, combined with other factors, sent the club into decline. As a part of financial restructuring in the late 1970s, the freehold was separated from the club and when new Chelsea chairman Ken Bates bought the club for £1 in 1982, he did not buy the ground. A large chunk of the Stamford Bridge freehold was subsequently sold to property developers Marler Estates. The sale resulted in a long and acrimonious legal fight between Bates and Marler Estates. Marler Estates was ultimately forced to bankruptcy after a market crash in the early 1990s, allowing Bates to do a deal with its banks and re-unite the freehold with the club.
During the 1984-85 season, following a series of pitch invasions and fights by football hooligans during matches at the stadium, chairman Ken Bates erected an electric perimeter fence between the stands and the pitch – identical to the one which effectively controlled cattle on his dairy farm. However, the electric fence was never turned on and before long it was dismantled, due to the GLC blocking it from being switched on for health and safety reasons.[9]
With the Taylor Report arising from the Hillsborough disaster being published in January 1990 and ordering all top division clubs to have all seater stadiums in time for the 1994-95 season, Chelsea's plan for a 34,000-seat stadium at Stamford Bridge was given approval by Hammersmith and Fulham council on 19 July 1990.[10]
The re-building of the stadium commenced again and successive building phases during the 1990s have eliminated the original running track. The construction of the 1973 East Stand started the process of eliminating the track. All stands, now roofed and all-seater, are immediately adjacent to the pitch. This structure has the effect of concentrating and capturing the noise of supporters. Paradoxically, the noise sounds louder now than when supporters were dispersed at a distance from the pitch on open terraces, although the stadium capacity is approximately half of what it was. The pitch, the turnstiles, and the naming rights of the club are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, an organization set up to prevent the stadium from being purchased by property developers again. chelsea is one of the best teams in the world and man u are shit
KSS Design Group (architects) designed the complete redevelopment of Stamford Bridge Stadium and its hotels, megastore, offices and residential buildings.[11]
Other uses
Stamford Bridge was the venue of the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922, before being replaced by Wembley Stadium in 1923. It has staged ten FA Cup semi-finals, ten Charity Shield matches, and three England matches, the last in 1932. It was one of the home venues for the representative London XI team that played in the original Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The team played the home leg of the two-legged final at Stamford Bridge, drawing 2–2 with FC Barcelona; they lost the away leg 6–0, however.
Results of FA Cup Finals at Stamford Bridge
Year | Attendance | Winner | Runner-up | |
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1920 | 50,018 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Huddersfield Town |
1921 | 72,805 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1922 | 53,000 | Huddersfield Town | 1–0 | Preston North End |
Stamford Bridge has also hosted a variety of other sporting events since Chelsea have occupied the ground. In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex,[12] and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox.[13] A speedway team operated from the stadium from 1929 until 1932, winning the Southern League in their opening season. Initially open meetings were held there in 1928. A nineteen year old junior rider, Charlie Biddle, was killed in a racing accident. In 1931, black cinders were laid onto the circuit suitable for use by speedway and athletics.[14] Greyhound racing was first held at the stadium on 31 July 1937 and continued until 1 August 1968.[14] A midget car meeting reportedly attracted a crowd of 50,000 people in 1948.[14]
The ground was used in 1980 for the first major day-night floodlit cricket match between Essex and West Indies (although organised by Surrey) which was a commercial success; the following year it hosted the final of the inaugural Lambert & Butler county cricket competition. It, however, failed and the experiment of playing cricket on football grounds was ended. Stamford Bridge briefly hosted American football – despite not being long enough for a regulation-size gridiron field – when the London Monarchs were based there in 1997.
Stands
Matthew Harding Stand
Capacity: 10,884
The Matthew Harding Stand, previously known as the North Stand, is along the north edge of the pitch. In 1939, a small two storied North Stand including seating was erected. It was originally intended to span the entire northern end, but the outbreak of World War II and its aftermath compelled the club to keep the stand small. It was demolished and replaced by open terracing for standing supporters in 1976. The North Terrace was closed in 1993 and the present North Stand of two tiers (the Matthew Harding Stand) was then constructed at that end.
It is named after former Chelsea director Matthew Harding, whose investment helped transform the club in the early 1990s before his death in a helicopter accident on October 22, 1996. His investment in the club enabled construction of the stand which was completed in time for the 1996–97 season. It has two tiers and accommodates most season-ticket holders, giving it an enthusiastic atmosphere, especially in the lower tier. Any proposal to enlarge the facility would necessitate demolition of the adjacent 'Chelsea World of Sport' museum.
For some Champions League matches, this stand operates at reduced capacity, some entrances being obstructed by the presence of TV outside-broadcast vehicles.
The stand features in the cover for Robbie Williams' album Sing When You're Winning.
East Stand
Capacity: 10,925
A vast new East Stand was built in 1973, originally intended as the start of a comprehensive redevelopment of the stadium which was abandoned when the football club ran into financial difficulties. The East Stand essentially survives in its 1973 three tiered cantilevered form, although it has been much refurbished and modernised since.
The oldest stand, the East Stand is located along the east side of the pitch and was built in 1973. The stand has three tiers and is the heart of the stadium, housing the tunnel, dugout, dressing rooms, conference room, press centre, AV and commentary box. The middle tier is occupied by facilities, clubs, and executive suites. The upper tier provides spectators with one of the best views of the pitch and it is the only stand to have survived the extensive redevelopment of the 90s. Previously it was the home to away supporters on the bottom tier, however at the start of the 2005/2006 season then-manager José Mourinho requested the move of the family section to this part of the stand to boost team morale away fans were moved to the shed.
Shed End
Capacity: 6,831
The Shed End is located along the south side of the pitch. In 1930, a new terrace was built on the south side for more standing spectators. It was originally known as the Fulham Road End but supporters nicknamed it 'The Shed' and this led the club to officially change its name. This became the most favoured spot for the loudest and most die-hard support, until the terrace was demolished in 1994 (when all-seater stadia became compulsory by law as a safety measure in light of the Taylor Report following the Hillsborough disaster). The seated stand which replaced it is still known as the Shed End (see below).
It opened in time for the 1997/98 season and along with the Matthew Harding Stand is an area of the ground in which many vocal fans congregate today. The view from the upper tier is widely regarded as one of the best in the stadium. The Shed also contains the centenary museum and a memorial wall where families of deceased fans are able to leave a permanent memorial of their loved ones indicating their eternal support for the club. A large chunk of the original Shed End terrace still stands today and runs along the south side of the stadium, it has recently been decorated with lights and large images of Chelsea legends. Since 2005 it has been where away supporters are housed, they are given 3,000 tickets towards the east side which is roughly half of the stand.
Peter Osgood's ashes were laid to rest under the shed end penalty spot in 2006.
West Stand
Capacity: 13,500
In 1964–65, a seated West Stand was built to replace the existing terracing on the west side. Most of the West Stand consisted of rising ranks of wooden tip up seats on iron frames, but seating at the very front was on concrete forms known as "the Benches". The old West Stand was demolished in 1997 and replaced by the current West Stand.
The West Stand, recently updated, is located along the west side of the pitch. It has three tiers, in addition to a row of executive boxes that stretches the length of the stand.
The lower tier was built on time and opened in 1998, however problems with planning permission meant that it was not fully completed until 2001. The construction of the stand was almost responsible for Chelsea's financial crisis, which would've seen the club fall into administration but for the intervention of Roman Abramovich. In borrowing some £70m from Eurobonds to finance the project, Ken Bates put Chelsea into a perilous financial position, primarily because of the repayment terms.
Now complete, the stand is the main external 'face' of the stadium, being the first thing fans see when entering the primary gate on Fulham Road. The Main Entrance is flanked by the Spackman and Speedie hospitality entrances, named after former Chelsea players Nigel Spackman and David Speedie. The stand also features the largest concourse area in the stadium, it is also known as the 'Great Hall' and is used for many functions at Stamford Bridge including the Chelsea player of the year ceremony.
The aforementioned executive boxes are also known as the Millennium Suites and are the home of the majority of matchday hospitality guests. Each box is also named after a former Chelsea player (names in brackets):
- Tambling Suite (Bobby Tambling)
- Clarke Suite (Steve Clarke, Ex-Assistant Manager at Chelsea)
- Harris Suite (Ron Harris)
- 'Drakes' (Ted Drake)
- Bonetti (Peter Bonetti)
- Hollins (John Hollins)
In October 2010 a nine-foot statue of Chelsea legend Peter Osgood, created by Philip Jackson, was unveiled by Peter's widow, Lynn. It is positioned in a recess of the West Stand near the Millennium Reception.
A plaque on the side, written by official club historian Rick Glanvill, reads:
"STAMFORD BRIDGE HAS MANY HEROES BUT ONLY ONE KING |
Banners
In recent years lots of work has been put in from Chelsea supporters to bring more colour and character into the stadium. Alongside banners representing various supporters clubs from around the world such as Chelsea in America , Carefree in the UAE and Chelsea Sweden and the personal ones belonging to supporters, banners visible at Stamford Bridge include:
- The Only Place To Be Every Other Saturday - This is the opening line of Blue Day, a 1997 song by Suggs and the Chelsea squad of the time. The yellow banner also features the sign for Fulham Broadway tube station.
- JT - CAPTAIN, LEADER, LEGEND - A homage to Chelsea captain John Terry.
- SUPER FRANKIE LAMPARD - A homage to Frank Lampard.
- MATTHEW HARDINGS BLUE & WHITE ARMY - In memory of former Chelsea vice-chairman Matthew Harding.
- BORN IS THE KING - A homage to the late Chelsea legend Peter Osgood.
- CHELSEA OUR RELIGION - A homage to the fanatical, almost religious support from Chelsea fans.
- BENTLEY'S BOYS - A homage to former Chelsea captain Roy Bentley and the 1955 championship winning team.
- HISTORY MAKERS - A tribute to Chelsea's first ever double winning squad. Features the names of every player in the squad from the 2009/10 season and silhouettes of the Barclays Premier League and FA Cup trophies.
- THE ROMAN EMPIRE - A tribute to club owner Roman Abramovich who bought the club in the Summer of 2003 and has since brought increased success, which includes three Barclays Premier League titles. The back ground of the banner is the Russian Flag.
- EL NIÑO - Fernando Torres' flag. Very similar to the one displayed at Anfield during his time there.
There are also several large flags which are surfed over the crowd at the Matthew Harding and Shed ends of the ground before home games and they are regularly taken to away games all over the country. The most recognisable is the 'CHELSEA FC - PRIDE OF LONDON' flag which is displayed in the Matthew Harding lower before every home match.
Other features
When Stamford Bridge was redeveloped in the Ken Bates era many additional features were added to the complex including two hotels, apartments, bars, restaurants, the Chelsea Megastore, and an interactive visitor attraction called Chelsea World of Sport. The intention was that these facilities would provide extra revenue to support the football side of the business, but they were less successful than hoped and before the Abramovich takeover in 2003 the debt taken on to finance them was a major burden on the club. Soon after the takeover a decision was taken to drop the "Chelsea Village" brand and refocus on Chelsea as a football club. However, the stadium is sometimes still referred to as part of Chelsea Village or "The Village".
Centenary Museum
2005 saw the opening of a new club museum, known as the Chelsea Museum or the Centenary Museum, to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the club. The museum is located in the former Shed Galleria. Visitors are able to visit the WAGs lounge and then watch an introductory video message from the vice-president Richard Attenborough. They are then guided decade by decade through the club's history seeing old programmes, past shirts, José Mourinho's coat and other memorabilia. A motto on the wall of the museum reads "I am not from the bottle. I am a special one.",[15] a reference to Mourinho's famous quote upon signing as manager for Chelsea.[16]
On 6th June 2011 a new museum with improved and interactive exhibits opened behind the Matthew Harding stand. It is the largest football museum in London.[17]
Megastore
The current Megastore is on the south-west corner of the stadium. The store is two floors. The first floor mainly consists of souvenirs and children's gear. The second floor is filled with training jerseys, coats, and replica jerseys. There are also two smaller shops, one located at the Stamford Gate entrance and the other inside the new museum building behind the Matthew Harding stand.
Future
Under Roman Abramovich's control, the club has announced that it wants to extend Stamford Bridge to around 55,000 seats;[18] however, its location in a heavily built-up part of Inner London near a main road and two railway lines makes this very difficult. The dispersal of an additional 13,000 fans into the residential roads of the Moore Park Estate would undoubtedly create congestion and conflict.
Alternative possibilities include moving from Stamford Bridge to a location such as London Olympic Stadium, the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, White City, Battersea Power Station, the Imperial Road Gasworks (off the Kings Road on the Fulham and Chelsea border) and the Chelsea Barracks.[19] But, under the Chelsea Pitch Owners articles of association, the club would relinquish the name 'Chelsea Football Club' should it ever move from Stamford Bridge.[20]
Details
Records
Record Attendance: 82,905 v Arsenal on October 12, 1935 (note this is for a Chelsea 'domestic' game, there have been many events at Stamford Bridge exceeding 100,000)
Lowest Attendance: 3,000 attended at a Chelsea v Lincoln match in 1906
Average attendances
- Premier League
- 1992–93: 3
- 1993–94: 19,211
- 1994–95: 21,062
- 1995–96: 25,598
- 1996–97: 27,617
- 1997–98: 33,387
- 1998–99: 34,571
- 1999–00: 34,532
- 2000–01: 34,700
- 2001–02: 38,834
- 2002–03: 39,784
- 2003–04: 41,234
- 2004–05: 41,870
- 2005–06: 41,902
- 2006–07: 41,909
- 2007–08: 41,397
- 2008–09: 41,464
- 2009–10: 41,423
Premier League 1992–2009: 33,736 Total PL 22,198,208 (658 games)
International matches
- December 11, 1909 – England Amateurs 9–1 Netherlands
- April 5, 1913 – England 1–0 Scotland
- November 20, 1929 – England 6–0 Wales
- December 7, 1932 – England 4–3 Austria
- May 11, 1946 – England 4–1 Switzerland (Victory International)
Access
Stamford Bridge is easily accessible by public transport.
Underground and rail stations
- Fulham Broadway (London Underground: District Line) 0.3 miles
- Imperial Wharf (London Overground) 0.5 miles
- Parsons Green (London Underground: District Line) 0.8 miles
- West Brompton (London Underground: District Line, London Overground, National Rail) 0.9 miles
- Earl's Court (London Underground: District & Piccadilly lines) 1.1 miles
Bus Routes
As of 17 January 2010[21]
- 11 (towards Liverpool Street)
- 14 (towards Putney Heath and Warren Street)
- 28 (towards Kensal Rise and Wandsworth)
- 211 (towards Hammersmith and Waterloo)
- 295 (towards Clapham Junction and Ladbroke Grove)
- 391 (towards Richmond and Sands End)
- 414 (towards Maida Hill and Putney Bridge)
- 424 (towards Fulham and Putney Heath)
- N11 (Night bus: towards Ealing Broadway and Liverpool Street)
- N28 (Night bus: towards Camden Town and Wandsworth)
References
- ^ Stadium History chelseafc.com
- ^ a b CLUB INFORMATION chelseafc.com
- ^ "Premier Talents Brings Brazilian Blue to the Bridge". chelseafc.com. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "Chelsea v Manchester United battle has lost its edge". Daily Telegraph. 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/4f/53/0,,12306~152399,00.pdf
- ^ Charles James Feret Fulham Old and New vol. ii, 1900
- ^ J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Middlesex 1942
- ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17713141&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=it-s-the-theatre-of-drams--name_page.html
- ^ Newcastle's Freddy Shepherd
- ^ The Times and The Sunday Times Archive
- ^ "KSS Design".KSS Design Group
- ^ "All Blacks". Rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ "Countdown to SABR Day 2011". BaseballGB.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ BBC – Phil McNulty: Mourinho still pure theatre
- ^ Jason Cowley, NS Man of the year - Jose Mourinho – New Statesman
- ^ Chelsea FC Museum
- ^ "Kenyon confirms Blues will stay at Stamford Bridge". RTÉ Sport. 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "Chelsea plan Bridge redevelopment". BBC. 2006-01-20. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. pp. 91–92.
- ^ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/fulhambroadway-2095.pdf