1965–66 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1965-66 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Tommy Docherty
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Football League Cup	DNE[1]
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; George Graham (17); All: ; George Graham, Bobby Tambling (23)
Highest home attendance	60,269 vs Manchester United (12 March 1966)
Lowest home attendance	10,024 vs Blackburn Rovers (4 May 1966)

The 1965-66 season was Chelsea Football Club's 52nd of competitive football, and their 39th in the English top flight.

Results

First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1965	Burnley	H	1-1	34,067	Venables
25 August 1965	Stoke City	A	2-2	28,549	Venables (pen), Tambling
28 August 1965	Fulham	A	3-0	34,027	Murray, Graham, Bridges
1 September 1965	Stoke City	H	1-2	25,071	Hollins
4 September 1965	Arsenal	A	3-1	45,456	Graham, Bridges, Fascione
11 September 1965	Everton	H	3-1	29,816	Graham, Bridges, Venables
15 September 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	26,183	Venables
18 September 1965	Manchester United	A	1-4	37,917	Venables
25 September 1965	Newcastle United	H	1-1	30,856	Graham
2 October 1965	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-1	23,049	Graham, Bridges
9 October 1965	Blackpool	H	0-1	28,022
16 October 1965	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	16,167	Graham
23 October 1965	Leicester City	H	0-2	30,400
30 October 1965	Sheffield United	A	2-1	20,795	Graham, Osgood
6 November 1965	Leeds United	H	1-0	39,373	Hollins
13 November 1965	West Ham United	A	1-2	31,551	Tambling
27 November 1965	Aston Villa	A	4-2	16,355	Graham, Osgood, Tambling (2)
4 December 1965	Liverpool	H	0-1	36,839
11 December 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-4	42,299	Bridges, Graham
27 December 1965	Northampton Town	A	3-2	23,325	Graham, Tambling (2)
28 December 1965	Northampton Town	H	1-0	17,635	Bridges
1 January 1966	Blackpool	A	2-1	14,065	Graham, Tambling
8 January 1966	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	48,529	Graham, Osgood
29 January 1966	Burnley	A	2-1	23,825	Osgood (2)
5 February 1966	Fulham	H	2-1	34,247	Osgood, Tambling
19 February 1966	Arsenal	H	0-0	48,641
22 February 1966	Sunderland	H	3-2	20,828	Bridges, Graham, Osgood
26 February 1966	Everton	A	1-2	51,298	Bridges
12 March 1966	Manchester United	H	2-0	60,269	Graham, Tambling
19 March 1966	Newcastle United	A	1-0	35,100	Venables
21 March 1966	Leicester City	A	1-1	25,363	Bridges
4 April 1966	Leeds United	A	0-2	37,786
9 April 1966	West Ham United	H	6-2	35,958	Graham (2), Venables (pen), Tambling (2), R. Harris
11 April 1966	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	39,380	Tambling
12 April 1966	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	29,569	Tambling (2)
16 April 1966	Sunderland	A	0-2	32,880
25 April 1966	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-3	22,804	Venables (pen), Tambling
30 April 1966	Liverpool	A	1-2	53,754	Murray
2 May 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	26,777	R. Harris
4 May 1966	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	10,024	Kirkup
7 May 1966	Sheffield United	H	2-0	23,072	Graham, Tambling
16 May 1966	Aston Villa	H	0-2	16,232

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 January 1965	3	Liverpool	A	2-1	54,097	Osgood, Tambling
12 February 1965	4	Leeds United	H	1-0	57,847	Tambling
5 March 1965	5	Shrewsbury Town	H	3-2	51,144	Bridges (2), Graham
26 March 1965	QF	Hull City	H	2-2	46,924	Graham, Tambling
31 March 1965	QF (R)	Hull City	A	3-1	45,328	Graham, Tambling (2)
23 April 1965	SF	Sheffield Wednesday	N	0-2	61,321

Fairs Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 September 1965	1	Roma	H	4-1	32,753	Graham, Venables (3)
6 October 1965	1	Roma	A	0-0	40,000
7 November 1965	2	Wiener Sport-Club	A	0-1	4,000
1 December 1965	2	Wiener Sport-Club	H	2-0	28,254	Murray, Osgood
9 February 1966	3	AC Milan	A	1-2	11,411	Graham
16 February 1966	3	AC Milan	H	2-1	59,541	Graham, Osgood
2 March 1966	3 (R)	AC Milan	A	1-1	30,620	Bridges
2 March 1966		AC Milan	Chelsea won on coin toss
15 March 1966	QF	1860 München	A	2-2	11,000	Tambling (2)
29 March 1966	QF	1860 München	H	1-0	42,224	Osgood
27 April 1966	SF	Barcelona	A	0-2	70,000
11 May 1966	SF	Barcelona	H	2-0	40,073	Reina (o.g.), Gallego (o.g.)
25 May 1966	SF (R)	Barcelona	A	0-5	40,000

Notes

Despite being defending champions, Chelsea opted not to enter the League Cup this season to prevent fixture congestion.

References

Soccerbase
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club. (2007)

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[1] Despite being defending champions, Chelsea opted not to enter the League Cup this season to prevent fixture congestion.