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fantastic story.. hope your dad had a day to remember at the bridge,,,and well done to the Chelsea hierarchy for making this happen....still some soul in this great club...

fantastic story.. hope your dad had a day to remember at the bridge,,,and well done to the Chelsea hierarchy for making this happen....still some soul in this great club...

when we were crap...Grimsby  the seaside town awash with Chelsea .. hull city 18 thou inside 9thou Chelsea ..sheff utd  the kop full of Chelsea.... I could go on .. massive away support.....I have been watching the transfer window tonight .an everton fan said we were a small club with no history before abramovich... god that so winds me up

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

was  there  .. remember davy hay  bossing the match...  might be wrong  but I think he detached is retina not long after this which  forced his retirement 

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

waiting  for the cup parade in 1970

was  there  .. remember davy hay  bossing the match...  might be wrong  but I think he detached is retina not long after this which  forced his retirement 

class  happy  days..... seems like yesterday

class  happy  days..... seems like yesterday

For me, these pics capture the Shed End atmosphere, back in the day perfectly ...

1983-84 Season ... Proper! Don't matter how good it is on the pitch today (and it is) ... it can still never re-capture the atmosphere of these bygone days ...

There is , for some of us , a strange magic of what we see......For a quiet introvert boy of 12 as i was, seeing the stuff in the park lane ( and prior down the high rd), around 67/68, brought out a madness for all things OLD SHED in my years up to now at 60.. I may not remember everything accurately over these years,but my soul holds onto and yearns for the 60s to late 80s experiences...I will still find the ability 75% of the time to allow the young man to pop out on the reasonably boring matches at the Bridge v spuds and make a noise on the Blues behalf on the occasions im lucky enough to aquire a ticket at the lane.There is a good feeling travelling from Liverpool st to Bruce grove, cops awaiting us when we get off...walking down to the ground with some nervousness,and generally arriving at the lane having only been administered verbals from spuds..... 

^ Erskblue, here is the clip:
 

The full members cup win 1986,fa cup win 1997 and euro cup 2012 were fantastic ocassions, but 83/84 was first real season going to watch chelsea, so as a season goes it still is my favourite, funny really as Chelsea fans we seemed to have more credibility back then, than we do now, always makes me laugh when oppo fans in their 20/30's sing "where were you when you were sh*t", because you can bet the oppo old skool 40/50 yr olds are thinking,Chelsea were here there every f**kin where!

another game to remember was hull city away........hutch had just come back from injury and given us a 2/1 lead ,,, the ground erupted I think the attendance was 18 thou... must have been 8/9 thou chels..........by the way mike carefree love the avatar of the old shed has I remember it........great memorys

Monday, February 12 – 1968
Chelsea – Liverpool 3-1
 
1-0 Tambling (21 min.), 2-0 Baldwin (48 min.), 3-0 Tambling (62 min.