CHELSEA MANAGERS

 

Name                             Nationality     From -To                                       Matches    Win%

John Tait Robertson        Scotland         1 August 1905-27 November 1906   54              61%

John Tait Robertson (25 February 1877 born in Dumbarton – 24 January 1935) was a Scottish player and manager. He won 16 caps for his country, scoring three goals.

Having started his career at Morton, Robertson moved to Everton, in 1895, and then Southampton in 1898, with whom he won the Southern Football League (as it was then) in his only season. He then returned to his homeland with Glasgow Rangers, where he won three consecutive league titles in his first three seasons. Robertson was the first player signed to Chelsea in 1905, and served as their player-manager in their first-ever season, in addition to scoring their first competitive goal. He finished his career in the same role at Glossop North End in the North-west. he was last a manager at BTK Budapest from 1911-13. Below are Chelsea managers:

William Lewis                 England       27 November 1906-1 August 1907     27              63%

David Calderhead            Scotland        1 August 1907-8 May 1933               966            40%

Leslie Knighton               England        8 May 1933-19 April 1939                269             34%

Billy Birrell                     Scotland      19 April 1939-31 May 1952                293             33%

Ted Drake                       England          1 June 1952-30 September 1961       426             37%

Tommy Docherty            Scotland         1 October 1961-6 October 1967        303             47%

Ron Suart                        England          6 October 1967-23 October 1967         2                0%

Dave Sexton                    England       23 October 1967-3 October 1974        371              44%

Ron Suart                        England         3 October 1974-16 April 1975             34               24%

Eddie McCreadie            Scotland       16 April 1975-1 July 1977                     97               38%

Ken Shellito                    England         7 July 1977-13 December 1978           66                23%

Danny Blanchflower      N. Ireland     14 December 1978-11 September 1979 32               16%

Geoff Hurst                      England     13 September 1979-23 April 1981         81                43%

Bobby Gould                   England     23 April 1981-May 1981                        2                   0%

John Neal                         England    28 May 1981-11 June 1985                     203               41%

John Hollins                     England    11 June 1985-6 March 1988                    145               39%

Bobby Campbell              England      6 March 1988-12 May 1991                 165                47%

Ian Porterfield                  Scotland     11 June 1991-15 February 1993              90                 34%

David Webb                     England      15 February 1993-11 May 1993              13                 38%

Glenn Hoddle                  England       4 June 1993-10 May 1996                     157                34%

Ruud Gullit                      Netherlands 10 May 1996-12 February 1998              83                 49%

Gianluca Vialli                 Italy            12 February 1998-12 September 2000   143                53%

Claudio Ranieri                Italy            17 September 2000-31 May 2004          199                54%

José Mourinho                 Portugal        2 June 2004-19 September 2007           185                67%

Avram Grant                    Israel            20 September 2007-24 May 2008           54                 67%

Luiz Felipe Scolari          Brazil             1 July 2008-9 February 2009                 36                 56%

Guus Hiddink                  Netherlands   16 February 2009-30 May 2009             22                 73%

Carlo Ancelotti                Italy                1 July 2009-22 May 2011                     109                 61%

André Villas-Boas           Portugal         22 June 2011-4 March 2012                    40                 48%

Roberto Di Matteo          Italy                4 March 2012-21 November 2012          42                 57%

Rafael Benítez                 Spain             21 November 2012-27 May 2013             48                 58%

José Mourinho                 Portugal          3 June 2013-17 December 2015            136                 59%

Steve Holland                  England           17 December 2015-19 December 2015    1                100%

Guus Hiddink                  Netherlands      19 December 2015-30 June 2016          27                  37%

Antonio Conte                 Italy                 1 July 2016-12 July 2018                      106                 65%

Maurizio Sarri                 Italy               14 July 2018-16 June 2019                      63                   62%

Frank Lampard                England           4 July 2019-25 January 2021                 84                  52%

Thomas Tuchel               Germany        26 January-2021-7 September 2022        100                 60%

Best of luck Graham Potter.........

Potter, below, started his managerial career in January 2011 with Swedish club Ostersunds FK, where he won three promotions and the Svenska Cupen, leading them to the 2017-18 Europa Cup knockout stage. He was appointed manager of Championship club Swansea City in June 2018, and moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion of the Premier League, a year later.

9 managers in 10 seasons.

WALES WOMEN v SLOVENIA and JESS

 The Wales women's national football team has yet to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup or European Championships and are currently ranked 31st in the World and 20th in Europe. The team is run by the Football Association of Wales. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, Wales, which is a country, is permitted by FIFA statutes to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

The Wales Squad has two matches left of their 2023 World Cup qualifying campaign to secure a play-off spot. Wales’ football manager Gemma Grainger has named a 26-player squad for the crunch Women's World Cup qualifiers next month which could see Wales progress to the play-offs in their bid to reach a first major tournament.

Gemma Grainger (born 17 July 1982) is an English football manager and former player who manages the Wales women's national team. She previously managed at club level with Leeds United and Middlesbrough. A UEFA Pro Licence since holder 2016, she coached various England women's development teams, including at the 2014 U-20 World Cup, 2016 U-17 World Cup and European finals at under-19 (twice) and under-17 level. In total she managed more than 90 England international fixtures in 11 years with the Football Association. She was also part of the England senior team coaching team for UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Grainger was appointed Wales manager in March 2021 on a four-year contract

Most-capped Welsh international, Jess Fishlock MBE, returns following a “Summer break”, while Welsh football looks to celebrate a new centurion in midfield maestro Angharad James, who has just signed for Tottenham. Liverpool's Rhiannon Roberts will reach 50 caps if she features in both matches.

Wales, who have never qualified for a major women's tournament, will secure a 2023 World Cup play-off spot by taking a point or more from their final qualifier, at home to Slovenia on September 6 (7.45pm) having just beaten Greece away 0-1.

More than 8,500 tickets have already been sold for the final fixture with Slovenia at Cardiff City Stadium, meaning the previous record attendance for a home women's football international (5,455) is set to be surpassed amid interest in women's football reaching new heights. Football bosses want to see at least 10,000 fans at the match, with many of those likely to be attending for the first time.

Wales beat Greece 5-0 in the reverse fixture in Llanelli last November, but drew 1-1 away to Slovenia a month prior, while Greece pulled off a shock draw against the Slovenians to show that nothing can be taken for granted.

Wales boss Grainger admits Wales will benefit from England's Euro 2022 success but are very much focused on their own journey. "Without doubt the Euros has massively transformed the visibility of women's football in the UK," Grainger said. "Look at the television figures and the crowds, it's huge for women's football.

"The legacy of the Euros has to be the visibility of the women's game and how we capitalise on that interest. We have to make sure we use that opportunity to grow the game. So for us we're excited about playing against Slovenia at Cardiff City. The crowd will, without doubt, give us that competitive advantage and that's exciting".

Middlesbrough-born Grainger felt huge pride at England's Euros triumph having coached so many of Sarina Wiegman's players during her 11 years at the Football Association, and she is excited by what the Lionesses' success means for the development of the Women's Super League and how Wales can tap into that future, with the majority of the squad plying their club trade in England.

"The WSL and the Championship are arguably two of the best domestic leagues in the world," Grainger said. "To have that on our doorstep is a competitive advantage, and I think the league will get better because the investment will get better off the back of the Euros."

Wales squad: Laura O’Sullivan, Olivia Clark, Safia Middleton-Patel, Rhiannon Roberts, Josie Green, Hayley Ladd, Gemma Evans, Rachel Rowe, Lily Woodham, Sophie Ingle, Anna Filbey, Angharad James, Georgia Walters, Charlie Estcourt, Jess Fishlock, Carrie Jones, Ffion Morgan, Megan Wynne, Elise Hughes, Kayleigh Green, Helen Ward, Natasha Harding, Ceri Holland, Maria Francis-Jones, Chloe Williams, Morgan Rogers.

Qualifications for this coming FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup:

Wales have beaten Kazakhstan on September 17^th 6-0 and then beat Estonia away 0-1 on the 21^st. Next on October 22^nd was Slovenia 1-1 away and on the 26^th Oct. beat Estonia 4-0 at home.

Two matches v Greece ended up 5-0 win at home in November 26^th  and on Sept 2^nd a win 0-1 away.

Wales lost to France away on November 30^th 2021 2-0 and lost 1-2 at home April 8^th 2022. Four days later they beat Kazakhstan  0-3 away.

Today Wales play Slovenia at Wrexham. Tickets for tonight’s international start at £2 (group bookings) and £4 (individual bookings) for kids. BARGAIN.

SPURS BLOW OUT THE CANDLES AND CUT THE CAKE.

Happy Birthday Tottenham Hotspur. 140 years old, 2022, "born" on September 5th 1882 by a bunch of schoolboys, led by Bobby Buckle, a local lad (bottom row second left), all of whom played for the Hotspur Cricket Club. John Ripsher, a Bible reader at the local All Hallows Church (top row second right), became president and treasurer. In April 1884 the club changed it name to Tottenham Hotspur FC, to avoid a postal clash with the original Hotspur club up the road.

 Oldest photo from 1885, The Spurs' Squad.

The HRH The Earl of Wessex, Patron of the London Gardens Society visited the Tottenham training complex at Hotspur Way, a 77 acre facility opened in 2012 midst the London Greenbelt. It won the LGS Award in 2017 and enters the annual Enfield in Bloom show! Spurs Club Chairman, David Levy, Executive Director, Donna-Maria Cullen and Head of Playing Surfaces and Estates, Darren Baldwin were part of the welcoming party.
There is a unique kitchen garden that provided organic foods for the various club restaurants, there is a Future Environment Centre and Nature Reserve on site too. The original Myddelton Farm buildings have been sensitively converted and there have been various architectural awards for construction, sustainability and "women in construction". The 15 outdoor grass pitches, several artificial pitches and a full size covered area are supplied by renewable energy sources amounting to 10% needs.
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/hotspur-way/
The cockerel crest was first worn by Tottenham in the 1921 FA Cup Final against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 23rd April 1921 at Stamford Bridge; Att: 72,805. Score 1-0. Scorer: Jimmy Dimmock, This was the first Cup win for a London club since Spurs' OWN triumph in 1901. A rain storm turned the pitch into a quagmire. 

Following the victory, Spurs travelled back to their home territory in an open top bus, sporting the same club ribbons on the trophy that were first used in their cup win in 1901*. The Tottenham Town Band led the parade.

* The Spurs FA Cup win in 1901, beating Sheffield United 3-1, was the first time the trophy had been won by a southern club since "professionalism" started and the 1921 victory was the first time a Southern club, playing in the Southern League, had lifted the trophy.

1921	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0
1920	Aston Villa	Huddersfield Town	1-0 aet
1915	Sheffield United	Chelsea	3-0
1914	Burnley	Liverpool	1-0
1913	Aston Villa	Sunderland	1-0
1912 - replay	Barnsley	West Bromwich Albion	1-0
1912	Barnsley	West Bromwich Albion	0-0
1911 - replay	Bradford City	Newcastle United	1-0
1911	Bradford City	Newcastle United	0-0
1910- replay	Newcastle United	Barnsley	2-0
1910	Newcastle United	Barnsley	1-1
1909	Manchester United	Bristol City	1-0
1908	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle United	3-1
1907	Sheffield Wednesday	Everton	2-1
1906	Everton	Newcastle United	1-0
1905	Aston Villa	Newcastle United	2-0
1904	Manchester City	Bolton Wanderers	1-0
1903	Bury	Derby County	6-0
1902 - replay	Sheffield United	Southampton	2-1
1902	Sheffield United	Southampton	1-1
1901 - replay	Tottenham Hotspur	Sheffield United	3-1
1901	Tottenham Hotspur	Sheffield United	2-2
1900	Bury	Southampton	4-0
1899	Sheffield United	Derby County	4-1
1898	Nottingham Forest	Derby County	3-1
1897	Aston Villa	Everton	3-2
1896	Sheffield Wednesday	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1
1895	Aston Villa	West Bromwich Albion	1-0
1894	Notts County	Bolton Wanderers	4-1
1893	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Everton	1-0
1892	West Bromwich Albion	Aston Villa	3-0
1891	Blackburn Rovers	Notts County	3-1
1890	Blackburn Rovers	Sheffield Wednesday	6-1
1889	Preston North End	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0
1888	West Bromwich Albion	Preston North End	2-1
1887	Aston Villa	West Bromwich Albion	2-0
1886 - replay	Blackburn Rovers	West Bromwich Albion	2-0
1886 - first game	Blackburn Rovers	West Bromwich Albion	0-0
1885	Blackburn Rovers	Queens Park, Glasgow	2-0
1884	Blackburn Rovers	Queens Park, Glasgow	2-1
1883	Blackburn Olympic	Old Etonians	2-1 aet
1882	Old Etonians	Blackburn Rovers	1-0
1881	Old Carthusians	Old Etonians	3-0
1880	Clapham Rovers	Oxford University	1-0
1879	Old Etonians	Clapham Rovers	1-0
1878	Wanderers	Royal Engineers	3-1
1877	Wanderers	Oxford University	2-1 aet
1876 - replay	Wanderers	Old Etonians	3-0
1876	Wanderers	Old Etonians	1-1 aet
1875 - replay	Royal Engineers	Old Etonians	2-0
1875 - first game	Royal Engineers	Old Etonians	1-1 aet
1874	Oxford University	Royal Engineers	2-0
1873	Wanderers	Oxford University	2-0
1872	Wanderers	Royal Engineers	1-0

Tottenham Hotspur home kit, was worn on 15th May 2021, against Aston Villa.

TRICKY TOFFEES

Transfer figures as of Sept. 1, 2022; "richest" clubs listed in order of net spend:

Club	Expenditure	Income	Net spend
Chelsea	£253.79m	£49.32m	-£204.47m
Man United	£214.22m	£10.35m	-£203.87m
West Ham	£163.80m	£16.02m	-£147.78m
Notts Forest	£145.76m	£6.30m	-£139.46m
Newcastle	£122.40m	—	-£122.40m
Tottenham	£152.91m	£34.88m	-£118.04m

On 4 September 2007, Deloitte announced that English transfer spending for the 2007 summer window exceeded £500 million, up from £300 million the previous summer. The figure includes spending for the Premier League and all three levels of the Football League.

Manchester United spent the most at £51 million, with Liverpool a close second at £50 million. Tottenham was a surprising third at £40 million, while newly-promoted Sunderland was fourth at £35 million. More than half of Manchester United's fees--£30 million--went to Porto in exchange for midfielder Anderson and winger Nani. They also signed midfielder Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich for £17 million.

Liverpool's major signing was striker Fernando Torres, whom they prised from Atlético Madrid for an undisclosed fee believed to be over £20 million, making Torres the most expensive signing in England that summer. They also pulled winger Ryan Babel from Ajax for £11.5 million and midfielder Yossi Benayoun from West Ham for £5 million.

Tottenham's most expensive purchase was striker Darren Bent, whom they acquired from Charlton Athletic for £16.5 million. Spurs also brought in midfielder/back Younes Kaboul from Auxerre for £7 million and left back Gareth Bale from Southampton for £5 million.

Sunderland brought keeper Craig Gordon in from Hearts for £9 million, striker Kenwyne Jones from Southampton for £6 million, striker Michael Chopra from Cardiff City for £5 million and midfielder Kieran Richardson from Manchester United for £5.5 million.

The results on the pitch for those four clubs were mixed. United won its second consecutive Premier League title, with Anderson, Nani, and Hargreaves each playing significant roles. Liverpool finished fourth, with Torres contributing 15 League goals. Spurs, on the other hand, failed in their push for a top-4 finish, ending the season in 11th place. Darren Bent lasted only two season at White Hart Lane before transferring to Sunderland in the summer of 2009 for an initial fee of £10 million, with clauses that could raise the value to £16.5 million.

Sunderland achieved their primary "goal"of avoiding relegation, finishing 15th, and have remained in the Premier League since.

On 3 September 1906, Everton pummeled Manchester City 9-1 at Goodison Park, setting a record scoreline for both sides in the First Division. It was only the second match of the season in Division One and City must have hoped for an improvement over their 1-4 home loss to Arsenal in the first week. Everton, meanwhile, had drawn 2-2 away to Middlesbrough in their first match, thus giving no indication of the juggernaut side that was to face City on the second matchday. 

Other high scores by The Toffees, in the top division occurred on 17th October 1931, Everton beat Sheffield Wednesday 9-3 in a Division One match and on November 28th, 1931, they beat Leicester City 9-2.

Everton were a quality side as the reigning FA Cup winner, having defeated Newcastle 1-0 in April 1906 (Everton's Cup-winning side is below) in the Final at the old Crystal Palace. Sandy Young scored the winner at 4.55 pm. Yes the kick off was at 3.30pm at The Crystal Palace. 

The win over City was no fluke for the Toffees, who went on to finish in Division One's third place. However, City ended the season fourth from the bottom.

The 9-1 result remains Everton's largest margin of victory in the League and City's most lopsided League defeat.

Everton in an FA Cup tie, put 11 past Derby County on January 18, 1890. Derby replied with 2.

In the Premier League, Everton has beaten Sunderland 7-1 on November 24th, 2007 at Goodison and 7-1 v Southampton at Goodison on 16th November 1996.

CUTHBERT OTTAWAY-AN ALL ROUNDER

Cuthbert J. Ottaway, born in Dover, 19th July 1850, was the first captain of the England international side, a player whose autograph from 150 years ago has been set for auction and should reach a princely sum of up to £5,000. He died on April 2nd 1878, aged 27, as a result of a chill caught after a night's dancing. He was married to Marion Stinson Crerar. 

Educated at Eton, he represented his school in the historic annual "Harrow" cricket match played at Lords and was  twice victor in the Public Schools' Rackets Doubles Championship,

He represented Oxford University at football in 1874, of course, won an athletics Blue in 1873, rackets (racquets in 1870-3), real tennis (1870-2), in addition to winning cricket Blues between 1870 and 1873.

He is sitting, first left.

A batsman of considerable ability, he played twice for Kent and seven times for Middlesex, as well as touring North America in 1872. His final first-class cricket appearance was for Middlesex against Nottinghamshire at the old Prince's ground where he made 106 - his maiden hundred had come on the same ground against Surrey four weeks earlier. But he played less serious sport after being called to the bar in 1873. 

He found time to play in the 1873 and 1874 FA Cup finals, captaining them to victory in 1874. In 1875 he made his last FA Cup final outing as part of the Old Etonian side which drew with Royal Engineers - he did not play in the replay which the Etonians lost. 

He attended school and university at a time when the new Association code was gaining considerable popularity, and – as was often the case in the earliest days of the amateur game – represented several teams, including playing for Marlow FC.

1874-5 Final: Cuthbert John Ottaway (below-Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) of The Old Etonians became the first player not to complete the full 90 minutes of a Final v The Wanderers. He left the field of play after 37 minutes with a sprained ankle and his team lost 0-1. 

This is the highlight of a London based sale of sporting memorabilia and the autograph, dated from 1872,  is expected to reach somewhere between £3,000-5000. It goes under the hammer on September 6th at the "Graham Budd" sporting memorabilia sale in London on September 6th.

A highlight of the sale is an autograph from Cuthbert Ottaway (1850-1878). Adam Gascoigne adds: “Cuthbert Ottaway was educated at Eton and Oxford. He represented his University at Football and took part in three F.A. Cup finals as well as playing for Crystal Palace. He led the England team onto the field of play in the world’s first ever international match in world history which took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow's Partick cricket ground. 

England v Scotland, was played on November 30th 1872 with Ottaway as the first captain, who presided over a 0-0 draw. He did not play (or captain) in 1873, a 4-2 win, but he did lead England again in 1874, a 1-2 defeat back at Hamilton Cresent.  

Earlier in the year he had been playing cricket for England on a tour of USA and Canada, so he represented his country in our summer and winter national sports within the space of a couple of months. 

Adam Gascoigne added: "I don’t know how he had time, but he also trained as a Barrister and was called to the bar at the age of 23 and practised law in London until his premature death when he was only 27 years old – making this autograph is made even rarer.”

PROPER FOOTBALL WITH STUART PEARCE: BBC Sounds Podcast Today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cwyb18 

Overlooking The Bobby Charlton Football Pitch at the England FA's, St George's Park-Kammie and Ben's Podcast interview Stuart Pearce who from Non-League, to Brian Clough, World Cup captain of England at his pinnacle or was it North Korea? 

How did Gazza shock holiday makers at a hotel during the World Cup? Did Brian Clough have his favourites at Nottingham Forest and what was it really like playing for West Ham under Harry Redknapp with Paolo Di Canio and Razor Ruddock? 

Nottingham Forest and England legend Stuart Pearce reveals all to Kammy and Ben in the latest BBC Sounds episode of the Proper Football Podcast. He explains why he used to turn out on Sunday mornings for his mate’s football team as a Russian goalkeeper called Yak Jensen and how it came to an abrupt end. He also tells the guys how he was tapped up, during a match, by the Forest physio about a move to the City Ground and an unforgettable first phone call with Brian Clough. Along the way, he reveals what a Cloughie team talk was really like and what made him a managerial genius and he takes us back to Euro 96 and why he decided to take that penalty against Spain. He also recalls his days at West Ham: what the real story was behind him trying to run off a broken leg, why he loved and hated Upton Park during his career and a game which included 9 goals and an epic Di Canio tantrum. Take a listen, as Psycho takes us on an amazing journey that takes in Wealdstone, Italia 90 and even a holiday to North Korea!

and there's more!    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cpx9nk

FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS-IT WENT "VIRAL"

 1st September 2020 a Tuesday.

On this day, Burton Park Wanderers, one of 74 Level 10 clubs, are one of those non-league clubs most will never have heard of and perhaps their only claim to fame came when Kettering Town ground-shared with them in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire. 

The Poppies had lost their home ground in Rockingham Road in nearby Kettering. Then came the FA Cup when the Tier 10 United Counties League club was accepted into the FA Cup for the first time in 2020/21.

They were drawn as "fixture 73" at home to AFC Sudbury (Level 8) in the Extra Preliminary Round. They were only one of  368 non-leaguers playing in the opening round but suddenly, they were in the world-famous FA Cup! 

Since 2017, the BBC had broadcast a live FA Cup match from each of the qualifying rounds and for the Extra Preliminary Round in 2020/21 it was to be new boys, Burton Park Wanderers  in their tie against AFC Sudbury that was chosen. 

For a club whose record home attendance was 253, their FA Cup debut on September 1st 2020 would see them become household names. Well perhaps! But then came the bad news. The tragedy of Coronavirus affected the lives of everyone and sadly one of the Burton Park Wanderers players tested positive for the virus before the match. With the other BPW players needing to self-isolate the FA Cup match was called off and BPW lost their place in the competition as they were unable to fulfil the fixture. 

The tie between Maine Road and Squires Gate was broadcast live instead and sadly Burton Park Wanderers again, became a club most of us had never heard of!!!

AFC Sudbury then played Harborough Town (L9) winning 4-2; in the First Qualifying Round, Sudbury lost to Stamford (L8) 0-4. Stamford went on to lose to Royston Town (L7) away, after 2-2 on pens 4-2. Royston lost to Bishops Stortford (L7) 3-0 in the Third QRd. Bishop Stortford beat St Albans City (L6) 2-0, in the Fourth QR, shown on BT Sports and then joined the "elite group". here are the broadcasters.

Round	Tie	Broadcaster
Extra preliminary round	Maine Road v Squires Gate	BBC Sport
Preliminary pound	Stocksbridge Park Steels v Stalybridge Celtic
First qualifying round	Hashtag Utd v Soham Town Rangers
Second qualifying round	Warrington Rylands 1906 v York City
	Hashtag United vs Braintree Town	Twitch
Third qualifying round	Christchurch v Dulwich Hamlet	BBC Sport
Fourth qualifying round[	Ilkeston Town v Hartlepool United
	Bishop's Stortford v St Albans City	BT Sport

First Rd Proper: Brackley Town (L6 founded 1890) beat Bishops Stortford (L7-FA Trophy winner in 2018)

Second Round Proper:: Tranmere Rovers (L4)1 beat Brackley Town (L6) 0

Third Round Proper: Tranmere lost to Barnsley (Level 2) 2-0 away. 

Fourth Round Proper: Barnsley (L2) beat Norwich (L2) 2-0 at home.

Fifth Round Proper Barnsley lost to Chelsea (L1) 0-1 at home

Quarter-finals: Chelsea beat Sheffield Utd (L1) 2-0 at home

Semi-final Chelsea 1 v 0 Manchester City (L1) both at Wembley.

FINAL: Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City (L1) (attendance 20,000 capped due to Covid): Wembley