The Origins of Chelsea FC

Auteur

Rick Glanvill is an award-winning writer, researcher, broadcaster, and genealogist, and has had more than a dozen books published in the areas of football, history, music and popular culture. He has been the editor of several music magazines, contributed to 442, Q, Vox, as well as all official Chelsea media since 1993, and was a Guardian columnist for seven years. His many TV and radio appearances include Richard & Judy, This Morning, Schofield's Quest, TalkSPORT's Hawksbee and Jacobs and BBC5 Live. Following the huge success of the centenary book Chelsea FC The Official Biography in 2005, he was appointed the club's first official historian. He is also the author of Chelsea FC Miscellany for the History Press.

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The fascinating untold story of the hard-drinking entrepreneurs who founded Chelsea FC in 1905, and the men they hired to play. 16 pages of colour illustrations.

Résumé
Told in detail for the first time, the incredible story of the birth of Chelsea Football Club, featuring exclusive research by official club historian Rick Glanvill.