Chelsea Futbol Kulübü, “H.A. (Gus) Mears ve kardeşi J.T. Mears’ın tapuları almasından sonraki yıl olan 1905’ten beri Stamford Bridge’de oynuyor. Orada bir futbol takımı kurmak amacıyla aldıkları (eskiden bostan olan) bu arazi günümüzde 12.5 dönümdür.

01/08/1905

Tarih: 01/08/1905

Maç sırasında Chelsea’nin evi olan Stamford Bridge’in genel görünümü
Tarih: 23/09/1905
Futbol kulübü taşınmadan önce, The Bridge 28 Nisan 1877’deki meydana gelişinde bu yana Londra Atletik Kulübü’nün eviydi.
Köprü yıllarca atletizm etkinlikleri düzenlemeye devam etti.

Archibald Leitch’in sahasında tek bir tribün vardı, Doğu tarafında 5000 seyirci alabilecek bir tribündü. Gerisi açıktı. 100.000 kapasiteli Crystal Palace sahasından sonra, Londra’nın en büyük ikinci stadyumuydu.

Manchester United atağı. Tarih: 29/08/1908
Stadyum ilk olarak orada oynaması için Fulham FK’ya teklif edildi, ama onlar bu şansı reddettiler ve bunun yerine yeni bir rakip olan Chelsea Futbol Kulübü 1905’te doğdu ve yeni Stamford Bridge stadyumuna taşındı.
Brigde uluslararası bir mekan haline geldi.

İngiltere – İskoçya İç Saha Uluslararası maçı için Stamford Bridge’deki büyük kalabalığın genel görünümü. İngiltere, Harry Hampton’ın golcüsü ile 1-0 kazandı.
Tarih: 05/04/1913


Prens Albert, Stamford Bridge’deki Kamu Hizmeti Yıllık Atletizm yarışlarına katılıyor. Prens, Stamford Bridge’deki atletizm sahasında fotoğraf için poz veriyor.
Tarih: 19/06/1920

Maç başlamadan önce Stamford Bridge’de küçük bir kız, şarkıcı Gracie Fields’a bir buket çiçek hediye ediyor.

Stamford Bridge’de 82.000 kişilik büyük kalabalığın bir bölümü
Tarih: 12/10/1935



Gençlerden oluşan kalabalığın üzerinden geçilerek terasın önünde daha iyi bir izleme pozisyonu elde edilir.
Tarih: 01/11/1947

Tarih: 03/01/1950

Tarih: 11/08/1953


Stamford Bridge’deki maçı izleyenler.
Tarih: 22/02/1956

Tom Finney, İngiltere antrenman seansı sırasında Stamford Bridge’de Nat Lofthouse ile solda.
Tarih: 28/11/1955

100.000 kişilik kalabalığın önünde oynayacak olan İngiltere, antrenmanlarını izleyen sadece üç küçük çocuğa sahipti.

Chelsea’den Jimmy Greaves, jübile maçında dört gol attıktan sonra taraftarlar tarafından sarılıyor.
Tarih: 29/04/1961

Tottenham 3-0 kazandı
Tarih: 21/09/1963

İngiltere’den Terry Venables, Belçika’ya karşı oynanacak maça hazırlanırken

Tarih: 08/04/1965

Tarih: 23/10/1967

Alan Birchenall, Chelsea
Tarih: 01/03/1969

Tarih: 05/06/1972

Tarih: 04/06/1972

Chelsea menajeri Dave Sexton, oyuncularına saha kenarlarında ilk yarı moral konuşması yaparken takım kaptanı Eddie McCreadie’yi dikkatle dinliyor. Chelsea, Lig Kupası yarı finalinin ilk ayağında Norwich City’ye 2-0 yenildi.
Tarih: 13/12/1972

Chelsea’den Eddie McCreadie, Peter Bonetti, Peter Osgood, Charlie Cooke ve Alan Hudson sezonun açılış maçına çıkarken.
Tarih: 12/08/1972
İnşaat başlıyor.

Tarih: 14/08/1973

Stamford Bridge’de Doğu tribünün genel görünümü.
Tarih: 17/08/1974

Tarih: 15/02/1976

Tarih: 01/08/1976

Tarih: 12/02/1977


Tarih: 01/02/1978

Tarih: 18/11/1978

Cricket – Essex v West Indies – Day-Night Floodlit Match – Stamford Bridge
Desmond Haynes (l) and Gordon Greenidge (r) of the West Indies walk out to the crease. The floodlit cricket match at Chelsea Football Club’s ground, Stamford Bridge, was the first in England, as pioneered by the Packer Circus in Australia. The batsmen wear dark pads and gloves and the bowlers use a white ball.
Ref #: PA.4836613

Soccer – Barclay’s League Division One – Promotion/Relegation Play Offs – Final Second Leg – Chelsea v Middlesbrough – Stamford Bridge Chelsea fans hurl abuse at police officers after seeing their side relegated to Division Two. Date: 28/05/1988

Chelsea chairman, Ken Bates, indicating the controversial anti-hooligan 12-volt electric wire on top of the 12ft high fence screening spectators from the pitch at Stamford Bridge football ground when it went on public show for the first time.
Date: 24/04/1985
In 1997, the once fearsome Shed looked like any other number of stands. It was now all seater.

Para bir “Köy” inşa etmek için harcandı.

Tarih: 17/09/1998




