jim hamilton

Pics from 4-4 Milk Cup replay on 30th Jan 85 at Hillsborough.

My 10th birthday, number 60 fast approaching.

David Speedie in goal, v QPR at The Bridge, on 16th March 1986 
David Speedie takes over in goal for the injured Eddie Niedzwiecki.
Match ended 1-1.
 

Couple of photos I've come across from our May/June 1985 Tour of Australia.
We played the following games.
08/05/1965 Chelsea beat New South Wales 5-0 in a friendly
12/05/1965 Chelsea beat Australian Capital Territory 7-0 in a friendly
15/05/1965 Chelsea beat Northern New South Wales 6-2 in a friendly
16/05/1965 Chelsea beat Victoria 1-0 in a friendly
19/05/1965 Chelsea beat Western Australia 6-1 in a friendly
22/05/1965 Chelsea beat South Australia 2-1 in a friendly
23/05/1965 Chelsea drew with Australian Select XI 2-2 in a friendly
26/05/1965 Chelsea beat Tasmania 12-0 in a friendly
30/05/1965 Chelsea drew with Australia World Cup XI 1-1 in a friendly
02/06/1965 Chelsea beat South Coast XI 1-0 in a friendly
06/06/1965 Chelsea beat Queensland 4-0 in a friendly
 
Thanks again to bounder.friardale for the tour  results.

Out with my mate John Boyle & Alan Hudson last week.

Chelsea celebrate with bubbly the fact we've just won the 1970 FA Cup

Out with my mate John Boyle & Alan Hudson last week.

Out with my mate John Boyle & Alan Hudson last week.

Chelsea Present X1 v Chelsea Past XI   Score line 4 - 3 .  Monday, 24th Nov 1975.   19,847 saw it.   Peter Osgood Testimonial match. 
'The King of Stamford Bridge ' and so therefore Football Royalty !   
    Chelsea Present Team: Sherwood, Locke (Hay), Harris (Wilkins G), Stanley, Wicks, Dempsey, Britton, Wilkins R, Maybank (Cooke), Hutchinson, Garner (Swain)

Goals: Garner, Britton, Hutchinson, Cooke.

Chelsea Past Team: Bonetti, Mulligan, Murray (Houseman), Hollins, Webb, Graham (McCalliog), Weller (Tambling), Hudson, Osgood, Garland (Baldwin), Best

Goals: Best (2), Baldwin
 
It would, I imagine, have been some drinking session after this match !

Great picture. Cheers for posting it

Beating Sheff Wed 2-1 in Milk Cup 2nd Replay.
Wed, 6th February 1985
Our scorers: Speedie 30th and  Thomas 90th minutes.
Attendance: 36,395
First game at Bridge on Mon 28th Jan had 36,038 attending, Replay on Wed 30th Jan had 36.505 and this game 36,395attending .

Sheff Wed 4-4 Chelsea 
Some game back in 30th Jan 1985  

When i first looked i thought front row center was Liam Neeson ?

Posted before but a great view of the Bridge. Taken in 1921. 

Chelsea's European Cup Winners' Cup Winning Story in 1997/98
Enjoy the walk down memory lane.

A collection of news bulletins from the day after Chelsea won the Cup Winners Cup in Stockholm in 1998.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48390089
Former Wales winger Mickey Thomas says he is cancer free following an operation.
The 64-year-old was diagnosed with stomach cancer in January and began treatment soon after.
In a social media post, Thomas said: "After a massive operation I have just found out today I am cancer free.
"I still have a 9 week chemo course as an insurance policy and a long road to recovery."
He added: "Thank you for all the support and especially to the people who operated on me and saved my life."
Thomas won 51 caps for Wales and spent three years at Manchester United, from 1978-1981, and nine seasons with Wrexham across two spells, making his final appearance in 1993, aged 38.
He famously scored the equaliser with a superb free-kick when the Welsh club, then of the fourth tier, knocked out league champions Arsenal in the 1992 FA Cup third round.
He has been a co-commentator on Manchester United games on local radio in recent years.
During his 22-year playing career, Thomas also played for Everton, Brighton, Stoke, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion, Derby, Shrewsbury and Leeds.

Now there are two real 'hard men' players !
Dave MacKay and Chopper' Harris.

Originally posted by bluehaze

From the League Cup game against Sunderland in 1985. What a night that was.