Timmy Elms

Got burgled a few months back. Nicked this Aquascutum cashmere coat. Only had it a few months. Cost 400 second hand and 120 to get altered. The reason they’re a N5 badge is because photo was taken round the long haired generals house in Islington. Great shame never got to wear it at Chelsea

Haven’t worn “ Claire Rainers” to football in decades. Red Wing boots or decent pair of brogues or loafers, Bally, Church, Edward Green etc

Apologies for format. Topic heading should have been Stamford The Lion.

Stamford The Lion On another CFC contact group, a chap refers to himself as the above. Got me thinking; he was our cuddly mascot, no doubt engineered to appeal to kid supporters. How long was he on the scene for? I’m guessing about 81- 84. West Ham mates told me when we played them in 84, when their lot got turfed out of Gate 13 and led back to the North Terrace, Stamford was giving it large, and was ‘ un marsked” by a WHUFC fan. Bit like that 70’s wrestler, Kendo Nagasaki. Was at that game and have zero recollection on that. Any insights, or general opinions of Stamford The Lion

Plus under the table action which very likely was the case.

The days of us attracting the best players in the world, on some of the highest salaries in world football,are long gone

Pay peanuts, get monkeys. Odd exception to rule- Man Utd post Fergie- Saudi game changer obviously

There lises the utter stupidity of our transfer policy. Eight wingers, and not a single old fashioned “ knows where the net is, bash them up” centre forward. Ivan Toney where are you?

That season it kind of caught wildfire, rather than taking opposition ends, sitting in their seats. Quite pioneering Leeds being the obvious example.

First time I was aware aware of Gate 13 was against Wolves, September 82. Think we were the first team to have ‘ chaps” sitting in seats.

Still got a soft spot for the East Stand. By far away the best stand in the country when country when constructioned

Don’t knowI why I’m even giving him the benefit of the doubt. Proof in the pudding. Evidence is he’s simply not good enough

Said it before, however likely that this fella is completely outstanding during training. Hence management faith. Come match day, he under performers. Hie does crop up with goals, gets in good positions, yet his conversion rate is piss poor. Any stats out their regarding conversation rate percentages?

I’ve seen some frustrating players during my 50 years as CFC fan. Walker, Fillery and others, brilliant one week, dog sh*t the next.,This geezer takes the biscuit however. Air shots, kicking the bal into touch rather than to team mates, constantly offside, fluffling comparatively simple chances/ one on ones with keepers almost on a weekly basis. Beyond comprehension that people stick up for this clown

So Chilli, who most would regard as one of the top ten full backs operating in the Premiership, albeit injury prone, is kicked into the long grass, yet Wacko, who most sane people would not bracket into the top 50 forwards earning a living out of top flight football in this country gets a pay rise and a bonkers long contract. It’s like something out of Alice in Wonderland. Never mind “ oh I like the way his head never goes down, he’s à trier; the bloke is football brain dead. Full stop. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Loads of Chelsea from Croydon, Thornton Heath, Dulwich, Norbury. Geographical should have been Palace, and probably was majority so, however we had decent numbers from that way. Dixie used to run a coach to sways from Norbury

Anyone had any incidence of “seat share, or seat stealing in the 80s? Gate 13 early 80’s multiple cases of having to shuffle up and have three quarters of a seat cause people had bunked in. Palace away on that night mid 90’s when it was pissing down with rain and what should have been a goal but got got stopped by a puddle on the goal line…returned from the lavatory to find someone sitting on my seat. Told him to f**k off to which his mates said “ Watch out. He’s a nutter” Got my seat back, got arrested, charged with assault; Case dismissed thank f**k

Completely unique the benches. West Stand constructed in 65. Normal case seats top tier, paddock terracing below. Given that it was a Shed transfer for an extra knicker or so, how on earth did they know whether the benches were at capacity? There’s a limit to “ Do us a favour and shove up a bit mate”

Don’t sit on the fence there Jim! Appalling footballer. We’d be better off with Janet Jackson

Get the impression he must really impress in training. Why else would he continually get picked. You can’t put in what Gods left out, and unfortunately in terms of game time they’re ample evidence that as a footballer he’s thick as f**k. No amount of coaching is gonna change that.

Not sure bout the scousers being all ticket. We got to the ground really early, maybe 12.30- tried parking up round Imperial Road and it was a trial finding a space even then, which told us it was gonna be a bumper gate. Changing subject quite a moving article about Joey Jones in Mail on Sunday today. In a very bad way with dementia. Micky Thomas comes over every day with shopping and to keep him company. MT went on to say JJ used to visit him when was doing time, and he’s returning the gesture now. A very enduring friendship, quite heartwarming in a period where a lot of sh*ts going on.