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We used to drink the the Lord Palmerston pub on the New Kings Rd, lively bunch of lads in there and the whole place emptied to welcome the Leeds coaches in 1984... Great day that was, in Gate 13 for the 5-0, then all,of the fun after the match 😎

Back in the day players wore 1-11, some matches it was guess the number as the teams were announced

Reece James just got home and emptied his pockets Winners Medal Car Keys Raheem Sterling 🤪

Nearly. just got up and a blinding hangover...

We weren’t good enough Just hurts that their goal was handball in the buildup and then a millimetre offside call - not clear and obvious no serious appeals from the And Leicester players

Just had my table confirmed in a pub beer garden with a big screen for that evening cant wait

At home 😜 No muppets standing in the way of the screen No wait for beer at the bar - Mrs brings fresh ones when nearly empty No queues for a pee at half time Can shout as much as you like

Get In

So us and Citeh out, both Champions League Semi finalists this year. Not looking good when Spuds and Le Arse are the ESL attraction, with their great record in Europe

Agree 100%. Part of the fun was turning up at away ground and meeting up with your old mates or just tagging along with another group you were on nodding terms with. Same at home games as pre-all seating you’d hang around where you usually stood (or in the benches later on / ended up in Gate 13 for a while - great fun but a bit mental at times) and meet up with mates. At Wembley for the Everton FA cup final (2009) four of us, all aged around 50 and been there / done that with Chels when we were younger, being asked to stop jumping up and shouting by a group of Chinese tourists all in Chelsea shirts who clearly had no idea what was going on. Think they got the message after a while🤪. What happened in the late 70s / early 80s will never be repeated, as we’re past it now and it’s all too sterile

They might, but can they sing ”I was here when we were sh1t”

Travelled all over in early 80s, and whilst not a ‘face’ got involved from time to time. Not necessarily on purpose but stuff happened. A few really fun games, Man City away (the morning kick off), Cambridge away, Grimsby, Luton (when were we banned), Derby away, Cardiff and some naughty ones, West Ham away, Leeds away, and of course Pompey where all their chaps were wearing dear stalkers. Brighton was a laugh (Hickey). Fun at the time and on nodding terms with a lot of lads from the pubs in Fulham and North End Rd market as I lived in the area. Not ashamed at all, it was what happened back then.

Was on the benches that day.

Yep, I remember the embassy thing, not too sure they actually got there. Just fancied a punch up with the leftist groups supporting the terrorists Also the day an IRA bomb went off (Harrods?) whole ground was chanting smash the IRA stuff Bit like when the Falklands was invaded, some chaos in the Palmerston were talking about hiring a boat and popping down there, then someone told them how far it was. Idea dropped and another round at the bar 😂

And we had most of the riverside stand that day too

no idea why upside down...

And...

Clearing my attic and found a box of old programmes, some notable ones below

just bin the palace kit.

Always had a laugh at Upton Park. Used to go to East Ham college (doing my BTEC as part of my apprenticeship) and knew a lot of their lads who went to the same college. Even met up with them for a beer on match days a couple of times, but sometimes got a bit moody when their local filled up with lads I didn’t know, so knocked it on the head after a couple of close escapes All a bit of a laugh back in the day, but when you’re in your late teens / early twenties you’re invincible. 😀

Found this in a box in my attic whilst clearing out today A few nights reading ahead

You’re wearing flares?

Love the “Chelsea fans must fight back” Hardly anything else back in the day.... Remember the NF boys selling copies of Bulldog between FB station and the ground. Never quite got that as a couple of the lads who hung around with us worked in North End rd market and were Jewish, but always got well “involved” at WHL Chelsea here, Chelsea there...