Talk:Chelsea F.C.

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Historic child sexual abuse scandal (2016)

On 29 November 2017, Chelsea became implicated in the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal after announcing it was investigating allegations of historical sexual abuse in the 1970s.Mendick, Robert; Rumsby, Ben (2016-11-30). "Exclusive: Chelsea made secret payment to player in child sex abuse claim". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-07-30."Chelsea open investigation into historical sex abuse allegations". The Guardian. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2021-07-30.Collomosse, James Olley, Tom (2016-12-02). "Who is Eddie Heath? Sacked scout at centre of Chelsea hush money story". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Significant investigative allegations against the club claimed that a secret payment was made to a former player who had accused the club's ex-chief scout Eddie Heath of child sexual abuse. On 2 December, Gary Johnson came forward, saying he was paid £50,000 not to go public with allegations he was sexually abused by Heath. The following day, Chelsea apologised "profusely" to Johnson, who later demanded further financial compensation from the club. On 3 December, The Independent reported a Chelsea youth player's allegation that Dario Gradi, then Chelsea's assistant manager, visited the player's family's home to "smooth over" a complaint of sexual assault against Heath in 1974. Gradi was suspended by the FA on 11 December 2016 in relation to these allegations. In August 2019, Chelsea's board apologised "unreservedly" for the mistake of allowing Heath, a "prolific and manipulative sexual abuser", to operate "unchallenged"."Chelsea statement | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". ChelseaFC. Retrieved 2021-07-30. The apology followed an inquiry led by barrister Charles Geekie QC which heard evidence from 23 witnesses, with 15 reporting "serious and unambiguous sexual assaults", including rape."Chelsea racism case a fight for 'justice and equality'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-30. In May 2018, the Guardian reported Chelsea had begun paying settlements to victims of sexual abuse at the club."Chelsea issue secret payout to alleged sexual abuse victim of former scout". The Guardian. 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2021-07-30. Legal experts have predicted the total cost of compensation for abuse victims across the UK could reach more than £100m. It is not currently known how much total compensation Chelsea has paid themselves.

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2024

5.200.114.174 (talk) 06:46, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi the socks for second kit should be blue

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 12:48, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Title page

Can we change the title of the page to Chelsea Men’s F.C as otherwise it’s just confusing Apeden56182 (talk) 19:25, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

@Apeden56182 While we might long for a world where the men's and women's clubs are on equal footing, we aren't there yet, so it's reasonable that the primary topic sought by somebody looking for Chelsea F.C. is the men's club. —C.Fred (talk) 19:27, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Differentiating doesn’t make the title wrong, though. It makes it more accurate and therefore, more useful to anyone searching, wouldn’t you agree? Editors have a responsibility to use language in line with the times and I believe that here, we can make that progress. Apeden56182 (talk) 19:45, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

@Apeden56182 Except that it's not more accurate, because the name of the club is "Chelsea Football Club", not "Chelsea Men's Football Club". By contrast, the name of the women's club is "Chelsea Football Club Women".

If both clubs were just named "Chelsea Football Club", then we would need to call the article on the women's club "Chelsea Football Club (women)", but as long as the men's club remained the primary search topic, it could stay at "Chelsea Football Club" and not need moved to "Chelsea Football Club (men)". See Everton F.C. and Everton F.C. (women) for an example of how that is handled and note that Everton F.C. (men) does not even exist (yet). Also note that Everton F.C. refers to the English club, while Everton F.C. (Trinidad and Tobago) has a disambiguated title. —C.Fred (talk) 20:58, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2024

Grammar error under the subheading 'BlueCo Ownership (2022-Present)'. The final sentence should contain the word "matches" instead of "match's" Nevadevo (talk) 03:16, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done LizardJr8 (talk) 04:07, 11 December 2024 (UTC)