BlueBeard

Last one... [spoil]Terry Venables lifts the League Cup, with Eddie Mac, Johnny Boyle, John Mortimore and Marvin Hinton[/spoil]

Dug out a few more: - [spoil]League Cup Final 1st leg at home to Leicester, Chelsea down to ten men, ten minutes to go...... Eddie McCreadie, a left-back filling in at centre-forward, runs the length of the pitch, gets whacked by a defender, but just manages to put the ball past Gordon Banks in the Leicester goal! Eddie celebrates while still on his knees. Final score, 3-2 to Chelsea![/spoil] [spoil]Peter Bonetti keeps Leicester out at Filbert Street[/spoil] [spoil]3-2 at the Bridge, 0-0 at Filbert Street - and so Terry Venables goes to collect the League Cup and presentation tankards from Joe Richards (President of the Football League)[/spoil] [spoil]Chelsea put the League Cup and tankards to good use - l/r, Johnny Boyle, Ken Shellito and John Mortimore - and pouring the champagne, director Brian Mears[/spoil]

This is all I could find for now - I'll keep looking though! It definitely looks like we played in yellow that night - before even my time [spoil]l/r - Barry Bridges, Eddie McCreadie, Terry Venables, Frank Upton, Johnny Boyle, John Mortimore, Peter Bonetti, and in front, Bert Murray[/spoil]

You could be right I don't remember him all that well to be honest, not as well as I remember Colin Jackson, John McClelland or Tam Forsyth.

I didn't manage to see this game - to be honest I didn't even know about it till after it had been played! It was played on 14 February 1986, with an 'official' attendance of 17,512. Rangers won 3-2 with goals by those legends Hugh Burns, Craig Paterson & Dougie Bell Chelsea's goals were by Keith Jones & Nigel Spackman. Teams: - Rangers Nicky Walker, Hugh Burns, Ally Dawson, Derek Johnstone, Craig Paterson, Dougie Bell (Duncan Ferguson), Kevin McMinn, Ally McCoist, Ian Ferguson (Bobby Williamson), Davie McPherson (Ian Durrant), Davie Cooper (Bobby Russell) Chelsea Eddie Niedzwiecki, Darren Wood, John Millar, Robert Isaac (Willie Watson), Doug Rougvie, Keith Jones (Phil Priest), Pat Nevin, Nigel Spackman, Duncan Shearer (Kevin McAllister), Dave Speedie, Mickey Hazard (Dale Jasper) As you said in your other post, that Rangers side certainly wasn't the best ever seen at Ibrox Of the players on display, the only ones I rated at all were Davie Cooper, Ian Durrant, Ally McCoist, Ally Dawson, Davie McPherson and possibly Ian Ferguson (to be honest, I get confused with the amount of Ferguson's Rangers have had in their ranks over the years) Derek Johnstone of course was a legend, but he was well past his best by this point.

I was at that game too, naturally. I was in the Rangers end with a few mates - there seemed to be quite a few Rangers fans there, but then I'd had a lot to drink before the game so my memory probably isn't that reliable The official attendance of that game was 7,239. I know the crowd was small, but it wasn't that bloody small! Did you know that there were 2 games between Chelsea & Rangers in the mid-80's? I think they were both for the Bradford Fire Appeal Fund - the one at the Bridge in 1985 definitely was, but I'm not so sure about the game at Ibrox the following year. Rangers won that one 3-2 with one of the goals from the great Hugh Burns (at the right end this time!) The last time I saw Rangers play live was at White Hart Lane against the scum from N17 - again, in the mid-80's, a testimonial for Paul Miller or someone. Thousands of Gers fans there, and quite a few Chelsea allies mixed in with 'em - made for an interesting afternoon in North London

My parents were wonderful in so many ways, but their taste in music is probably best ignored! I first started listening to music on the radio in the '60's - and there can't have been a better time to listen to pop music! There were the Beatles, Stones, Who, Small Faces, Kinks, Hollies, Troggs, and so many more - even now, when I play certain tracks they bring back memories of my childhood. I didn't really develop my own taste in music until a bit later. Towards the turn of the decade I still loved a lot of the pop music that was around, but I also got into ska & reggae, especially Desmond Dekker, and loved Motown too. My musical education began when I started my apprenticeship though - the other apprentices were about 3 or 4 years older than me, and introduced me to all kinds of music. One was a huge Who fan, and it was he who persuaded me to buy 'Tommy' - I've never regretted it! He also lent me a load of albums by the Small Faces, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, etc...... One of the other apprentices was a Chelsea mad Jamaican lad, a complete lunatic. I'd love to meet him again, he was a great bloke - he introduced me to the music of Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, I-Roy, U-Roy, Big Youth and the great Bob Marley. Most of the other musical influences came from other mates - we all lent each other our albums, and the musical tastes just grew. That's how I got into the likes of The Groundhogs, Free, Pink Floyd, Creedence, Sabbath, Purple, Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, Rory Gallagher, etc..... I'm a bit like Loz in the way that I seem to 'discover' bands about 10/20 years after everybody else did. For some reason I hated them at the time, but eventually came round to liking them. The Smiths are a fine example - I'd happily hated them for over 20 years, and now I think they're great! (well, quite good anyway) This is actually true of a whole category of music for me - I absolutely loathed country music for many years, probably due to my parents disinclination (is that a real word, or have I spent too much time listening to George Bush speeches?) to play anything else. But one evening when I was working behind the bar at a country & western night, I found my foot tapping to a Johnny Cash song........! I still loathe quite a lot of country music, but I like some of it too - Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., etc..... So, in summary, my musical tastes (such as they are) have come from all kinds of sources. And I like all kinds of music - with the obvious exception of opera and modern jazz (what the f*ck is that all about???) Albums/CDs that I've played too much? Unfortunately yes. A pity, as the magic of those albums that I loved so much will never be the same due to overplaying! Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Deep Purple - Machine Head Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live At The Lyceum Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 Heavy Metal Kids - Heavy Metal Kids and plenty more.........

You're right Tim, I was there that night, at the tender age of 14. I went to all our home games in those days, plus all the away games in London. When I left school the following summer (1972), I started work and was suddenly able to afford to follow Chelsea all over the country - so I did, for the next 14 years or so! I've followed Rangers almost as long as I've supported Chelsea, so when Ron Harris' testimonial opponents were announced I was well chuffed. There was no way I'd miss this one, even if it wasn't a competetive game! From what I can remember, it was a cold November evening at the Bridge. The official attendance was 16,362, but it's my humble opinion that there were far more people in there than that (same story when Chelsea played Gers in 1985). I can remember being in awe of the Rangers following that night - they brought literally thousands down for the game, a testimonial for another club's player. They seemed to fill the North Stand end, which really brings into question the official attendance. In those days the only teams that brought large support to the Bridge were Man.Utd, Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham, and to a much lesser extent, Liverpool. Rangers easily equalled any of 'em that night, and their vocal support was magnificent. I seem to remember about a dozen or so extremely pissed Gers fans stood in the Shed before the game, but the police moved them down to the North Stand end to avoid trouble - this was before Chelsea & Rangers became all matey - I was probably the only one in the ground wearing a Chelsea scarf and a Rangers silk scarf! Although it was the first time I ever got to see Rangers, to be honest I don't remember much about the game, except that Rangers won 1-0 with a goal by Sandy Jardine, one of my all time Rangers favourites. Both clubs fielded a very strong side for Chopper's night, a nice show of respect for the great man. Teams that night: - Chelsea Peter Bonetti (John Phillips), Gary Locke (Peter Bonetti), Ron Harris, John Hollins, David Webb, Marvin Hinton, Charlie Cooke, Chris Garland (Micky Droy), Peter Osgood, Johnny Boyle (Tony Potrac), Peter Houseman Rangers Peter McCloy, Sandy Jardine, Billy Mathieson, John Greig, Colin Jackson, Dave Smith, Willie Henderson, Alfie Conn, Colin Stein, Alex MacDonald, Willie Johnston (Tommy McLean)

If it meant keeping Beckham out of the team, then bloody right I would! Don't forget, there were loads of England fans who thought the idea of Heskey up front was a good idea (must admit I wasn't one of 'em) I just don't understand all the adulation that Beckham gets. OK, he can cross the ball well - sometimes. And he can take a good free-kick - sometimes. I'd love to see the stats of his "success" rate with free-kicks, corners and crosses. If they were ever published I think there'd be a few red faces amongst the Beckham fan club I know I made a list of 100 reasons to hate Beckham some time ago - I'm sure I could add quite a few more reasons to it now Right McClaren, get yourself down to Upton Park pronto, and pick that Harewood geezer - he certainly ain't any worse than that tattoo'd nancy boy with the eternally changing hairstyle and publicity mad slapper of a missus

That really surprised me - why would they want the tw*t back??? Surely Real Madrid haven't been persuaded by the desperate actions of that coaching/tactical genius Steve McClaren? Personally, I wouldn't cross the street to watch Beckham play. It's a pretty closely guarded secret, but I've never liked or rated him, and I very much doubt that I ever will.

I don't think Paulo Ferreira is good enough to hold down the RB position on a regular basis, and from what I saw of Glen Johnson last season, he hasn't improved overmuch either. I'd play Diarra at RB, he did so well when he filled in there last season - with Paulo as back-up. Keep Glen and see how he turns out - if he continues in his usual form, ship him out in the transfer window. I just don't understand why it is that squad players who aren't playing regularly in the first team don't get regular reserve games - at least that way the coaching staff would be able to assess their progress in a match situation. That's how things were done years ago, plus players returning from injury got a couple of reserve games under their belt before being thrown back into the first team.

I was listening to TalkSport yesterday afternoon, and Adrian Durham was strongly of the opinion that the problems were caused by Scouse fans. Durham is usually a total arsewipe, but yesterday I found myself agreeing with him for the first time ever - all credit to the bloke for going against the grain and speaking the truth. Even Ian Wright agreed with him! But true to form, the Talksport "news team" were in Athens interviewing Scousers and asking them for their version of events. You can imagine the utter crap that spilled from the whining scouse scum, and I had to turn the radio off before it took an involuntary flying lesson.

I didn't want to believe the rumours, but that is concrete proof!

Excellent stuff!

Spot on, I was getting f*ckin' annoyed with their constant whinging. I've hated Motson for many years, he's a nauseating tw*t, especially when he starts with his snorting giggle - he needs a good kicking! Lawrenson is simply an arsehole, probably the least respected of all pundits. Was is me, or did the crowd noise seem muted on BBC? Just wondered, as before the game everyone was saying how the noise would be kept in the stadium due to it's design - yet the singing seemed very quiet. Shame there isn't an option on TV to mute the commentary but keep the background sound - I could have whacked the volume up to window rattling levels.

Me too, thought he was superb. He did OK, but his pace is virtually non-existent - he got skinned by The Diver a few times in the second half.

Correct, oh wise one, match played at the library. Have a gander in here

I really rated Arteta highly when he was at Ibrox, and was gutted when he left. I still think he's a top player, just a pity it's at Goodison - being at Everton seems to have him a bit of a tw*t. But I suppose that's what being surrounded by scousers does to a person! If Lampard were to go to Barca, I'd love Arteta to be his replacement.

Bit like the Shed on a good day

As far as I can tell, the only time we've ever beaten Manure in the FA Cup was in the 6th.Round, 1949/50, when we won 2-0. And no, I wasn't there to see it

Agree with all of that, Scott. That scouse tw*t must be pissing himself after starting all this, and seeing a long time Chelsea fan banned from this site, albeit with a little help from G4 & Pauly on the winding-up side of things.

Is this the one you mean, Scott? I'm sure Ossie liked playing with her

Very true. I've got a pic of the 68/69 team which includes Jim Thomson, but he left Chelsea in September 1968.

Agree totally about Sheffield United, they're not a bad team and I wanted them to stay up. I also like Neil Warnock, and think the Premiership was a better place for his being there. Simple explanation for your (and my) loathing of Paul Jewell - he's a typical f*ckin' scouse tw*t - nothing's ever his fault. West Ham should have been docked points, but obviously, with Brooking at the FA that was never going to happen. What with the scousers constantly getting 'special consideration', I think there ought to be an independent inquiry into the going's-on at the FA - the place reeks of corruption. Especially when you consider how harshly they come down on smaller clubs.....

Looks good - I'll re-load the pics I've got tomorrow