League record
What the numbers show
Chelsea won 21.1% of league matches and avoided defeat in 21 of 38. The side averaged 1.34 goals scored and 1.71 conceded per match, producing a -14 goal difference.
Against the preceding comparable campaign, league position fell by 11 and goal difference moved from -9 to -14.
The campaign
The 1914–15 league record placed Chelsea 19th in the First Division. A -14 goal difference and 21 unbeaten league matches show the balance behind that finish; the position was 11 places lower than 1913–14.
Beyond the league, the recorded competition outcomes were FA Cup: runners-up. No cup victory is recorded for this campaign.
The managerial record links the campaign to David Calderhead. Bob Thomson led the recorded scoring list with 18 goals.
Place in Chelsea history
The campaign carried Chelsea to a first FA Cup final before national competition stopped during the First World War.
Related Chelsea history
The season in detail
Chelsea's tenth season produced the club's first FA Cup final while the First World War was already changing daily life. The league record and the cup run belong to the same campaign, but they carry different meanings: one ended in relegation territory, the other took Chelsea to a national final for the first time.
The final against Sheffield United was played at Old Trafford and became known for its wartime setting. Chelsea did not score in the defeat, yet reaching the match established an early cup landmark that remained unmatched by the club for more than half a century.
David Calderhead's side finished nineteenth in the First Division. Ordinary peacetime league competition then stopped, so the next archive row is not treated as a conventional opportunity to recover from that position.
Across 38 league matches Chelsea won 8, drew 13 and lost 17, finishing with a -14 goal difference. FA Cup: RU.