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*whose aim was to promote ‘indigenous’ sports to counterbalance ‘foreign’ ones such as association football and rugby

Chelsea Football Club were founded by Gus Mears in 1905. After his death in 1912, his descendants continued to own the club until 1982, when Ken Bates bought the club from Mears' great-nephew Brian Mears for £1. Bates bought a controlling stake in the club and floated Chelsea on the AIM stock exchange in March 1996.[126] In July 2003, Roman Abramovich purchased just over...