Editing Tommy Docherty (section)

===Chelsea===
In February 1961, Docherty was offered the post of player-coach of [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. Less than twelve months later, upon [[Ted Drake]]'s departure and with the club facing [[Promotion and relegation|relegation]] from the top flight, Docherty took over as manager. He was unable to keep the club in the First Division and the team was relegated at the end of the [[1961–62 in English football|1961–62]] season.<ref name="Chelsea">{{cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/12/31/tommy-docherty-1928-2020|title=Everybody at Chelsea Football Club is very saddened to learn of the death of our former manager Tommy Docherty|publisher=[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]|access-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231180719/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/12/31/tommy-docherty-1928-2020|archive-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

During his first year in charge he sold many of the club's older players and brought in new ones such as [[Terry Venables]], [[Bobby Tambling]], [[Peter Bonetti]] and [[Barry Bridges]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://talksport.com/football/809789/tommy-docherty-man-united-chelsea-dies/|title=Tommy Docherty, who led Man United back to top-flight after relegation, dies aged 92|website=[[Talksport]]|date=31 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101052749/https://talksport.com/football/809789/tommy-docherty-man-united-chelsea-dies/|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> He also changed the club's home colours, switching from white shorts to blue shorts, the combination that remains as of 2022. The team, nicknamed "Docherty's Diamonds", achieved promotion back to Division One in their first attempt and finished fifth the following year. In [[1964–65 in English football|1964–65]], Chelsea won the [[1965 Football League Cup Final|League Cup]] in April with an [[Aggregate score|aggregate]] win over [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], but in the FA Cup were beaten 2–0 in the semi-final by eventual winners [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref name="Chelsea"/> In that season the club finished third in the league which is the best performance since [[1954–55 Chelsea F.C. season|1954–55]], the season Chelsea won their first league title.

Docherty led Chelsea to the FA and the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] semi-finals a year later, before reaching the [[1967 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]] in 1967, which they lost to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. He resigned in October 1967. The core of the team Docherty had put together, including [[Peter Osgood]], [[Charlie Cooke]], [[Ron Harris (English footballer)|Ron Harris]], Bonetti and [[John Hollins]], went on to win the FA Cup and [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] under Docherty's successor, [[Dave Sexton]]. A decade later Sexton succeeded Docherty as manager of Manchester United.<ref name="Chelsea"/>