Chelsea

Lore & Background

Chelsea is an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames. It was also a former parliamentary constituency at Westminster until the 1997 redistribution, a London County Council constituency from 1949 to 1965, and a former metropolitan borough. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a home for former soldiers in London, England.

In Their Own Story

The floodlights hummed over Stamford Bridge on a rain-slicked evening in April. The scoreboard showed the tightest of margins, seconds ticking away before full time. City players pressed high, their sky blue shirts stark against the darkening London night. A Chelsea defender intercepted the pass, but the crowd roared as the ball was turned over again. In this modern era, every tackle felt like a war for supremacy.

Reader's Guide

Chelsea F.C. is a Premier League association football club in London, England. Other sports references include Bechem Chelsea (former name of Berekum Chelsea F.C., a Ghanaian football club), Chelsea F.C. (former name of Glenfield Rovers, a New Zealand association football club), Chelsea Hajduk Soccer Club (former name of Dandenong City SC, an Australian association football club), and Chelsea F.C. Women (a women's association football club associated with Chelsea F.C.).

Did You Know?

• Chelsea, London is bounded to the south by the River Thames.
• Chelsea F.C. is a Premier League association football club in London, England.
• Chelsea is also a given name, with variants Chelsey.
• The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a home for former soldiers in London.