Richard P

10 hole DM’s not great for chipping!!! But you could lump it along way!!

Mendy for sure with some great saves. Would like to state that Ruben has taken his chance well and again played well.

Great day out! I was 15 at the time, in the seats at the side with the terrace in front. There was confusion at the start as Cardiff were in our seats. Ken Bates was told of the issue and stewards were dealing with it with some assistance from our large contingent! I’ve mentioned before, look at the game on YouTube and you see by the end of the game the covered home end has emptied and Chelsea celebrate the equaliser.

Looks around 83-85 outside the Britannia. Do you know what game it’s from Bluehaze?

Lot of postponed games with cup replays and bad weather that season. Your right with your post though, should never have been played. I was in gate 13 and would have loved to have finished in the European places, even though the dippers would’ve mucked that up anyway.

I forgot as well about that section being closed. I think it was done after this game ready for 80/81 season as I’m sure the Minder episode with Dennis Waterman against Preston was done round that section. My first season 77/78 was the last of the old barriers. The Only section of the ground fenced off was by the floodlight in the shed end east side.

Great win. Strange reaction by some at halftime, agree we weren’t at our best but still went in at 0-0 with time to change things. Best line on Sky was Gary Neville late in the game when they showed the home end emptying quickly. “ That end is called the wall, there’s more than a few bricks missing!!!”

Slow start but feel we will start to manage the game better

Just a thought after the tackle on Alonso on Saturday. If he had damaged his ankle more, does it then make it a foul? just seen a tackle in the Everton vs Burnley similar to the scouse kid, no foul. interesting how they are deciding a fair or unfair tackle.

Went for Mendy but watching live, Silva talking and positioning and decision making was excellent. Don’t need an armband to be a leader.

Great performance, clean handling when making the saves. Kept us in it at 1-0

Great result and a reasonable performance. Made hard work of it when we gave away the ball also out of possession took time to win it back. A couple of times this resulted in good chances for Villa. like others have said Chalobah and CHO can’t play together at present. Sorry to say that CHO played in two positions and wasn’t good at either. was sitting behind Kova’s run for the first goal and the tv angles don't show how good the dummy he throw before moving forward with the ball was class. The back three were great and Silva didn’t make me feel nervous at all. His reading of the game and positioning is superb.

Don’t remember the extra tickets before the final. Just remember the original queues for tickets! regarding another cup final. What year was the problem with tickets, can’t remember the exact issue but it caused issues with fans singing during a home game? Especially those in the MHL.

For those interested on finances of loans and the history of players. I came across https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ Type in players name and see what their time away from Chelsea has resulted.

George Anstiss on the mower was head groundsman. His son John took over I think until a few years ago