Chelsea Football Club History

                   Chelsea Football  club are an english professional football club based in Fulham, London that competes in the Premier League of England Founded in 1905, the club's home ground since then has been Stamford Bridge. the nickname of the clubes are The blues and The Pensioners.Chelsea had their first Major Success in 1955, when they won the league championship. They then won various cup competitions between 1965 and 1996. The clubs greatest period of success has been during the last two decades, winning 21 trophies since 1997. Chelsea have won five national league titles, seven FA Cups, five League Cups, Four FA Community Shields, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Europa League and one UEFA Super Cup. Chelsea are the only London Club to win the UEFA champions League, and one of four clubs and the only British Club, to have won all three main Uefa Club Competitions. Chelsea's Regular kit colors are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernize its image. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s. The club have the sixth-highest average all-time attendance in english football. Their average home gate for the 2015-16 season was 41,500, the seventh highest in the premier league. Since 2003, chelsea have been owned by russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. In 2016, they were ranked Forbes Magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world at 1.66 billion dollar. chelsea have only ahd one home ground, STamford Bridge, where they have played since the team's foundation. It was officially opened on 28 April 1877 and for the first 28 years of its existence it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletic Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not at all for football. In 1904 the ground was acquired by businessman Gus Mears and his brother Joseph, who had also purchased nearby land with the aim of staging football matches  on the now 12.5 acre site. Stamford Bridge was designed for the Mears family by the noted football architect Archibald LEitch, who had also designed Ibrox, Craven Cottage abd Hampden Park. Most football clubs were founded first and then sought grounds in which to play, but chelsea were founded for Stamford Bridge.