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My first match v Arsenal 1967, then the Ipswich David Webb in goal one.  Fulham and the 55,003, the taking of the Northbank and a couple of years later getting chased by Portsmouth all around Plough Lane after coming back from a morning KO at Southampton.

My first match v Arsenal 1967, then the Ipswich David Webb in goal one.  Fulham and the 55,003, the taking of the Northbank and a couple of years later getting chased by Portsmouth all around Plough Lane after coming back from a morning KO at Southampton.

My first match v Arsenal 1967, then the Ipswich David Webb in goal one.  Fulham and the 55,003, the taking of the Northbank and a couple of years later getting chased by Portsmouth all around Plough Lane after coming back from a morning KO at Southampton.

Personally anything after 2000 can't be described as vintage the memories are to fresh but why anyone would put something that is two days old in the vintage section is beyond me. 😂

You can probably pick me out if you look hard enough. No colours, green combat jacket and jeans. You gave him a great send off that's for sure. That looks like Mick Martin with his hands on his hips. Didn't move much did our Mick.

They came for a friendly in 74. I wasn't there so I can't say what happened. Some Rangers fans say they took the Stretford End, but United fans i knew who were there said they tried and were chased out. I know there was fighting on the pitch and in town where City fans joined up with them. But stories get embellished over time.
Celtic came down in 1972 for Bobby Charlton's testimonial and they brought a lot down. but the atmosphere that night was great but there were a lot of green and white scarves in the Stretford End that night and I saw Celtic fans wearing read and white scarves.

Yeah, about that....

Alonsoooooooo!
Thank you, new pants!
 

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNT

Well done Dave. Not Emile Heskey would have tried to head that.

On a special 82/83 either on the way to Barnsley, Rotherham or Derby in the Cup. Took camera to these games but be buggered if I can remember what day this was. Fella on right still goes, im fairly sure the other two were from Kennington

Pretty lively down Wembley Way afterwards by all accounts. 

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I’ve never followed expensive football fashion other than probably DM’s.  Jeans, donkey jacket, combat jacket, jungle greens.  I’m no different today. 

There is no way Kepa is at fault for the 2 defeats . A brainfart by Zouma and Jorghino against Arsenal and  not  one defender in position to block a shot by the Leicester player today. As much as I think Mendy should be our 1st choice keeper I don't think Kepa should be a scapegoat.

Okay I should have know this wasn't the best place to visit if you're feeling a little depressed.  Anyway I blame the new kit, burn it now and make a new one for the CL final or even better just bring out the 2012 kit, old names and all.  
Just noticed if you reverse the last 2 numbers in 2012 you get 2021, its written in the stars.

Just listened to Emma Hayes interview on BT Sport. Absolutely brilliant. Meant so much to her. You could hear the pride and emotion in her voice. Emma and her players have done a wonderful job.
KTBFFH

Absolutely fantastic from the women. A tremendous achievement which I have no doubt they can top in the final.
I hope the media give them some acknowledgement, and a bit more which they fully deserve.

Many congratulations to the Chelsea Women. A superb result against Bayern Munich. Roll on the CL Final.

One of my favourite Chelsea players.
A joy to watch every time he stepped out onto the pitch. A shame that certain circumstances made it difficult for him to completely settle in England, but I have nothing but gratitude for him.
I love this photo of him staring at his title winning medal. He's so engrossed in the moment!

This is my first post on this thread in truth I haven’t read all the comments nor do I intend to.
This is a long old post so apologies for its length
The talk of a super league without the standard promotion and relegation under the control of UEFA has been hinted at for many years and for those that know history will no doubt remember that a significant number of what was the elitist clubs in Europe refused to accept us into their number they wanted to protect their status and yes the likes I of Bayern were in that number. They all acted in their self interests.
For me this whole sh*t storm showed up so many to be spouting nothing but hypocrisy.
Lets start with Sky. They and their pundits whipped up a storm. Yet Sky have been instrumental in encouraging other sports to break from their historical governing bodies. The PDC/PDA enabled Sky to create another world championship which yes they televised. They facilitated formation of an elite Rugby League structure moving its playing season. They happily show the likes of the IPL. For me the fact that Sky announced they hadn’t been part of the conversation says a lot.
 
Them taking or trying to claim the moral high ground and talking about history and the importance of competition and  history is a joke because no matter how you look at it the PL breaking away from the FL was a break from history and tradition
Then you have two pundits both who have stolen a living from football taking massive sums from their clubs and then they moved on to sky, not because they were great pundits but because they were elite footballers. You wonder if they went through a transparent process to get their punditry jobs.
 One of those pundits who shouldn’t be near a job in TV after his antics spitting at a supporter.
The other that happily is involved in Salford and best you read how they operate.
Then you have the players  shedding crocodile tears saying it’s about supporters yet those same players are happy to force through massive contracts which in part are the reason ticket costs are so high meaning football really isn’t an affordable working mans sport any longer.I don’t blame the players for wanting big wages but they take vast sums out of football and that money has to come from somewhere 
Then the other PL clubs wanting blood yet they know in their heart of hearts that , even if you ignore Chelsea, any top league without say Liverpool or Man U would not have an ounce of credibility they know it’s the top 6 that are the main draw when it comes to the TV audiences and the appetite in Asia or the like to watch Burnley against say WBA was minimal . Their outrage was about what it was going to cost them.
We are told that these six clubs should be punished and yes I recognise they ain’t happy but under what rule should you punish them. Rules is rules after all
Sky tell us it’s rule L9 and then use wording that suits their agenda yet when you factor in that in the 20/21 season there isn’t actually a ESL competition and the fact that going forward the clubs technically only advised of their intent not an agreement to play in a a future season and even then certainly not in the 20/21 season that rule really isn’t applicable 
Heres the wording of the rule 
9.
Except with the prior written approval of the Board, during the Season a Club shall not enter or play its senior men’s first team in any competition other than:
L.9.1. the UEFA Champions League;
L.9.2. the UEFA Europa League;
L.9.3. the F.A. Cup;
L.9.4. the F.A. Community Shield;
L.9.5. the Football League Cup; or
L.9.6. competitions sanctioned by the County Association of which it is a member
 
The key wording is “during the season “ and in the context of the rule book it’s specific to the season 20/21. If it wasn’t season specific  there would be no need for those words
 
UEFA. They  for me are the biggest hypocrites of all they are awash with money. They talk about sporting integrity and sporting merit but what is the true basis for allowing the 4th best placed team in England or say Spain a place in the group stages ?

If qualification was based on sporting merit shouldn’t  the champions of a smaller nation say Albania or Wales  get a place in the group stages ?
 
It’s simple UEFA will get bigger sponsors and bigger TV audiences when the big boys play so no real sporting  integrity  there but the powers that be can justify it by saying that TNS in Wales make it to the group stages even though the reality is they never will get through the various qualifications hurdles that they face. UEFA don’t want any but the big clubs to qualify 
Then when you look at the proposed changes to the CL the wildcards being afforded to clubs based on their past co efficient is so heavy loaded it’s pathetic to even suggest they are going to be awarded to any club outside the big six nations is just a lie.
The saddest thing for me is that I haven’t really heard how the failed ESL would actually function. We know some of the major headlines and we know they were not good I certainly didn’t like them but had stakeholders properly engaged then it’s possible that there could have been something in it and the major objections such as no promotion or relegation been overcome  would the product have been acceptable? Alas we will never know.
But it’s back to UEFA for me who now are in a stronger position and this corrupt dysfunctional organisation will now carry on doing the things that they do badly and not addressing issues that they should.
 

Not a chance in hell you’ll get that from sky sports when the rumours are it would be an in-house tv provider or an American company. They would hate for this to go through which is why you won’t hear anything positive about it on their channels or from their pundits. Everyone involved in this is looking out for their own best interests, the clubs, UEFA, the broadcasters etc. All self serving arseholes.