Chelsea to learn stadium decision

Chelsea will learn today whether they have succeeded in buying back the freehold of Stamford Bridge in what is being seen as the first step towards a move to a new 60,000-seater stadium.

An increasingly-bitter campaign between those who support the club’s plans to re-aquire the land they sold to fan-led group Chelsea Pitch Owners in the 1990s and those who oppose it will draw to a close during an extraordinary general meeting at the Blues’ home ground.