Chelsea's numbers over the years

[azpi28]

 i had fun in trying to find all our different number 6's over the years

for a lot of players that are listed as having worn the number 6 i couldn't find any pictures 

apparently players used to change numbers way more often than nowadays

#6

Ron Harris

 

Marvin Hinton

 

Steve Clarke

 

Desailly

 

Carvalho 

Oriol Romeu

Nathan Aké

Abdul Rahman-Baba

Danny Drinkwater

Thiago Silva

 

Edited June 22, 2022 by azpi28

[Term_X]

Drinkwater is a funny one, saw himself as worthy of a first team number right off the bat, the confidence 😅

On a side note, I really disliked the shade of blue for the 2012/13 gold kit under floodlights, it produced a horrible purple tone.

[azpi28]

i've noticed something 

our last 3 captains over the years all have a numerical link to the number 6

Terry #26

Cahill wore #24 2+4=6

Azpi wears #28 8-2= 6

following this our next captain should be James who's wearing #24 now 

[Valerie]

6 hours ago, azpi28 said:

i've noticed something 

our last 3 captains over the years all have a numerical link to the number 6

Terry #26

Cahill wore #24 2+4=6

Azpi wears #28 8-2= 6

following this our next captain should be James who's wearing #24 now 

Nah, it's going to be Kenedy #23 2x3=6

[azpi28]

4 hours ago, Valerie said:

Nah, it's going to be Kenedy #23 2x3=6

he has proven in the past he can have a huge influence on the club 

[Richard P]

For me off the top of my head when I started going sun 1978

Ron Harris Steve Wicks Mickey Nutton Ossie even wore it (78/79)

John Sitton Gary Chivers Colin Pates John Bumstead Tony Mc Andrew Darren Wood    Mal Donaghey I think wore the Premier league version before Steve Clarke took over

[Shug]

Back in the day players wore 1-11, some matches it was guess the number as the teams were announced

[Richard P]

1 hour ago, Shug said:

Back in the day players wore 1-11, some matches it was guess the number as the teams were announced

My first game age 9, my brother did the team changes on my program and there were hardly any originals left!

 

[Sexyfootball]

The Transfermarkt web site is quite good for shirt number history :

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-chelsea/rueckennummern/verein/631

Here is what it lists for #6 :