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and Friday from next season

Not read previous posts but want to add something to this.
 
It is clear Cuadrado isn't really in JM plans. Wasn't even on the bench for the opener. Surely we are better off taking what we can get, now. If it means we take a £8-£10m hit so be it. Everyone makes mistakes. His value is only going to decrease as the season goes, with him not featuring much.So better off with £15 now, than struggling to offload next year.
 
Would also like to add, he is up there with one of the worst players I have seen play for Chelsea in this era (post RA). No composure, or even quality for that matter. I'd like to know who suggested and pushed for the signing.

The "members club" may not be corporate but it won't be for the likes of us....and one of the original paint sters who went to the exhibition was told it was 15,000 corporate, so that's about right including the new "members club"....

The "members club" may not be corporate but it won't be for the likes of us....and one of the original paint sters who went to the exhibition was told it was 15,000 corporate, so that's about right including the new "members club"....

A Scoping Report has been submitted to Hammersmith & Fulham Council by Chelsea to establish the environmental impact that any proposed development might have. It's one of the first steps before a full planning application is submitted. It's interesting because it describes the proposed new stadium (no images yet - they'll be in the full application).
 
http://public-access.lbhf.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=NSI78NBI0IE00
 
Some key points lifted from the report.
 
Preferred Scheme Description.
 
General Description In summary the preferred scheme comprises the demolition and comprehensive redevelopment of Stamford Bridge Grounds to provide a new 60,000 seat football stadium (Class D2) with ancillary stadium-related uses including club shop, kiosks and museum (Class D2); retail (Class A3); together with the construction of structures to form platforms over sections of the District Line adjacent to Fulham Broadway Station to the north-west and the Southern mainline to the east to provide an enlarged concourse area; new pedestrian access from Fulham Road; car parking; landscaping and related works. In demolishing the existing stadium and other associated buildings and constructing a new stadium on the same site the owner is seeking to increase seating capacity from 41,840 to approximately 61,000. The new stadium will be positioned around the football pitch. Given the constrained nature of the site, ‘platforms’ will need to be constructed over the District Line at Fulham Broadway Station to the north-west and the Southern mainline to the east to accommodate a slightly enlarged stadium footprint and to provide sufficient circulation space around the stadium through an extended concourse area. A number of existing ancillary uses on the site will be re-provided as part of the new stadium, including the megastore, car parking, club museum and a cafe. The two existing hotels on the site (Millennium & Copthorne Hotels) will not be re-provided as part of the proposed development. A floorspace schedule for proposed ancillary uses, and the anticipated hours of operation for the respective uses, is set out below.

 
There are also currently 37 private residential apartments in the ‘Chelsea Village’ complex within the site that will be reprovided off-site. . During non-match day periods, pedestrian traffic will continue to access the new stadium via two existing main entrances off the Fulham Road; the Britannia Gate and Stamford Gate. During match days, pedestrian will not only access the Stadium via the main entrances, but also from the Bovril Gate (away supporter only), and from new access points off the Fulham Road and from Fulham Broadway Station via the new platforms. There is an existing public car park of 276 spaces under the current stadium. There is no on-site parking made available to supporters. The underground car park will be re-provided as part of the new stadium design; 185 parking spaces will be provided under the current proposed scheme. The topography of the site varies, with existing site levels ranging from approximately 2.60m AOD in the north-east corner to approximately 3.60m AOD in the south-west corner. Street level along Fulham Road, at the main entrances, is higher (4.20m AOD at Britannia Gate and 4.90m AOD at Stamford Gate), with access into the site gently sloping down towards the stadium. Existing site levels within the site will be raised so that there is level access into the stadium from the external concourse area at ground floor (LvGF) to the north and south (5.77m AOD) and west (5.098m AOD), and at L01 from the east (9.80m AOD).
 
Estimated demolition and construction times.
 
Construction Period The construction period for the new stadium will be 4 years, commencing May 2016 commencing with the platforms over the railway lines and the new stadium development in May 2017 following the close of 2016/17 Premier League Season, and will take place as a single phase.
 

 
Plan showing red outline of the areas affected by the application.
 
 

lol, it would be scary for sure !

I could be wrong. Hopefully.We really could do with him getting and staying fit .

I could be wrong. Hopefully.We really could do with him getting and staying fit .

No one would be more happy than me, fact is, he was injured when we bought him, it reoccurred last season, and its happened again this season.They are just facts, hoping he will be fit and score is well, just hope.
I don't expect another title this year tbh but it doesn't bother me too much, maybe time to take stock and see some youngsters come through. Top 3 will do fine

He scored a couple of vital goals, but was a disaster overall, it was a relief when he left.

The 1955 Charity Shield special from the official Chelsea site.
 
Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle
 

 

To mark our first Charity Shield appearance 60 years ago, the official Chelsea website caught up with Frank Blunstone and Peter Brabrook, two members of Ted Drake’s victorious 1955 vintage.

The match between the league winners and FA Cup holders, now known as the Community Shield, dates back to 1908, but it was not until we lifted the first major trophy in our history, the First Division, that a Chelsea team would compete for the shield.

In those days a coin was tossed to decide which team would have home advantage. Back in 1955, whoever did the duty for Chelsea, possibly manager Ted Drake, called it right. The one-off game against FA Cup winners Newcastle would be played at Stamford Bridge.

Frank Blunstone (pictured top in 1955) was an outside left and a regular in our 1954/55 championship-winning team. He played for Chelsea for 11 years, making almost 350 appearances, and here he takes up the story of our game against the team from the North-East, who included in their ranks the great Jackie Milburn.

‘It was on a Wednesday afternoon,’ remembers Blunstone. ‘There were no floodlights in those days and the weekends were full because it was played after the season started.

‘That is why there weren’t many people there. We normally had big crowds back then, we got 74,000 against Wolves the season before. We were disappointed it was not at Wembley because you didn’t get many chances to play there in those days.’
 

Frank Blunstone and Peter Brabrook pictured centre talking to manager Ted Drake in 1959. On their left is Jimmy Greaves.
 
There were 12,800 people at Stamford Bridge that afternoon and they saw 17-year-old Peter Brabrook play inside-right with Eric Parsons wider. It was not to be Brabrook’s permanent position, as he explains.

‘I started off as a midfield player, inside right, and then I got moved to the wing when Eric Parsons got injured,’ he says.

‘I was very quick and Ted Drake thought I would do well out there. It helped that I was young because it was a tough old game and being on the wing kept me away from some of the tough lads. That’s why I went out there because of my pace and trickery and that’s where I ended up playing.’

The match itself proved fairly one-sided with Chelsea impressively running out 3-0 winners, Blunstone among the scorers. An own goal and one from captain Roy Bentley completed the scoring.

‘We had a full team out,’ says Blunstone. ‘We were pleased to win it. We were on 10 to 12 quid a week so any win bonus was good. We relied on those, we would have been out to win all right, and so would have Newcastle!

‘We always did well against Newcastle in them days. And it was Roy’s former team so a bit more for him to play for. They had Jackie Milburn who was also very famous at the time. He was a cult figure at Newcastle, a good out-and-out goalscorer, good in the air and took chances. But we didn’t see him a lot because games weren’t on telly. You knew more from what you read.’

And even though the match was 60 years ago, Brabrook retains one memento from the day.

‘I have still got my shield - it’s a small version of the big one the team gets given. All the winning players got one.’
 
 
 
Chelsea XI

 
Match Report
Newcastle were our opponents in the 1955 FA Charity Shield following their 3-1 victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup final a few months earlier.

Unlike the present day's version of the fixture, this particular game was played at Stamford Bridge as opposed to Wembley, somewhat strangely on a Wednesday afternoon, and was scheduled eight games into the season, transpiring to attract a paltry crowd of only 12,802.

The game itself was billed as a battle of the two star centre-forwards on show: for the Blues, Roy Bentley, and for the Magpies, Jackie Milburn.

Milburn was seen as a legend by the Newcastle supporters, and still is to this day, but by his own standards he endured a quiet afternoon, largely down to the performance of the Chelsea defence who were marshalled impressively by Ken Armstrong.

Unfortunately for the visitors, however, they were unable to keep Bentley at bay and the Chelsea striker, who had previously played for Newcastle, was a constant threat throughout.

Chelsea took the lead in the second half when Alf McMichael misjudged the bounce on a Frank Blunstone cross, diverting the ball past John Thompson in the Newcastle goal to put us in the ascendancy.

We soon doubled our advantage following a quick counter attack, and when the ball was played out to Eric Parsons wide on the right, he crossed for Bentley to fire home.

Blunstone put the seal on a memorable afternoon when he scored the goal his performance deserved in the 80th minute, ensuring we had won the FA Charity Shield for the first time.
 
Match day programme:
 

 

Stamford Bridge, Chelsea vs Tottenham 1913

Wish i could have gone to a game when we still had our North Stand, strange stand given the size & where it stood compared to the terracing & original east stand.
 

Man City fans coach after the FMC final in 86, just after Chelsea came to say hello.
 

It looks like they gave QRR the upper tier for this match.

It was an overcast day. It'll look better in the sun.

Not sure if this has come out, got some old newspaper reports on Chelsea, any advice on attachments appreciated.

if its in the independent I might have it, I'll look thru them this week.The funniest Vinny PIC is him with a cardboard box on his head that blew onto the pitch in one game !
We used to have some great fanzines, as someone mentioned up there, the current one is excellent too, and still " only a pound" !

Not sure if this has come out, got some old newspaper reports on Chelsea, any advice on attachments appreciated.

Not sure if this has come out, got some old newspaper reports on Chelsea, any advice on attachments appreciated.

Not sure if this has come out, got some old newspaper reports on Chelsea, any advice on attachments appreciated.

Looks like a bunch of spivs and touts hanging around on the corner there. Great pictures of the days when we had no fans.

Love that royal blue kit, the shirts are too light these days, see JT in the avatar

Love that royal blue kit, the shirts are too light these days, see JT in the avatar

Looks like a bunch of spivs and touts hanging around on the corner there. Great pictures of the days when we had no fans.