Talk:Chelsea F.C.#My suggest for the third kit

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.{{Cite news|last=Mendick|first=Robert|last2=Rumsby|first2=Ben|date=2016-11-30|title=Exclusive: Chelsea made secret payment to player in child sex abuse claim|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/11/29/chelsea-made-secret-payment-player-child-sex-abuse-claim/|access-date=2021-07-30|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|date=2016-11-29|title=Chelsea open investigation into historical sex abuse allegations|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/29/chelsea-investigation|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Collomosse|first=James Olley, Tom|date=2016-12-02|title=Who is Eddie Heath? Sacked scout at centre of Chelsea hush money story|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/eddie-heath-the-former-chelsea-scout-who-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-his-office-decorating-and-cooking-meals-for-schoolboy-players-a3408566.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}} 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".{{Cite web|title=Chelsea statement {{!}} Official Site {{!}} Chelsea Football Club|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/08/06/chelsea-statement|access-date=2021-07-30|website=ChelseaFC}} 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.{{Cite news|title=Chelsea racism case a fight for ‘justice and equality’|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53180306|access-date=2021-07-30}} In May 2018, the Guardian reported Chelsea had begun paying settlements to victims of sexual abuse at the club.{{Cite web|date=2018-05-17|title=Chelsea issue secret payout to alleged sexual abuse victim of former scout|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/17/chelsea-payout-sexual-abuse-victim|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Guardian|language=en}} 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.

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)

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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)

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Change the nickname to The Pensioners. Us Chelsea fans don’t want to be called The Blues, that’s Birmingham City. 2A00:23C7:AD83:2301:E469:3D72:A34C:180D (talk) 06:51, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

:The Birmingham IP location may suggest trolling. Chelsea are undoubtedly known as the Blues, with the Pensioners tag being changed in the 1960s along with the Pensioner on the badge, as a way to show a more dynamic and youthful image that matched the way that Tommy Doherty wanted his team to play. Only a fan who has not watched the team in 60 years would believe this, and they certainly wouldn't be thinking of Birmingham, a team 200 miles away who haven't been in Chelsea's league for over a decade. Unknown Temptation (talk) 13:10, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

::I'm going to trust your judgment (and my gut reaction from when I first came across this request) and officially mark this as {{not done}}:. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 19:37, 3 February 2025 (UTC)