100 – 5 September 1914

Laurence Abrams, Jimmy Croal and Bob McNeil all made their debuts as the 1914/15 season got underway with a London derby away at Tottenham Hotspur. McNeil got our equaliser in a 1-1 draw and, not to be outdone, his fellow Scot Croal opened the scoring in a 2-2 draw with Bradford four days later. Football was suspended at the end of that campaign due to the First World War, but all three returned to action with Chelsea when the season resumed in 1919, and went on to make a combined 485 appearances for the club.

