random thought went through my head today, in the 1954-1955 season we won our first league title the European cup first season was in 1955-1956 so i thought, why the fuck were we not in it? then i went looking on wikipedia and found this: "The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Stade Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956. The participating clubs in this first edition of the European Cup were selected by the French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that these were the most representative and prestigious clubs in Europe. Of the originally selected teams, Chelsea (England) was barred from participation by the country's Football Association, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football. Chelsea were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland" fucking bunch of twats the FA, we could have been the first winners of the European cup