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Ray Wilkins, Graham Wilkins, Frank Stapelton and Brian Robson, with Cathy and Sally. Chelsea disco, Stamford Bridge after the National 5-a-sides at Empire pool Wembley back in 81-82. Same disco: Breda Lee, Cathy and Greenaway with his wig. Cathy trying to get everyone in for the 'okey Cokey

> I think that game was around Christmas. The only Leicester game around Xmas was our 1-0 win on Boxing Day 1979. FIllery scored in the 65th. But I don't recall any trouble or hearing about any trouble afterwards.

Cathy and Teena with Rhodes-Brown and Phil Driver Strömsund 1st August 1982.

Teena from Southend and myself on pre-season tour of Sweden in Sollefteå 30 July 1982. One moment in time. Probably my happiest time supporting Chelsea.

One of our greatest players with one of our greatest fans. (Cathy has not missed a match home or away for 35 years). This picture taken on 1st August 1982 on pre-season tour of Sweden. We had just beaten Strömsund 8-0. Colin Pates became the first Chelsea player in history to lift a trophy at Wembley.

The only 0-0 between Chelsea and Ipswich at the bridge in the 70's. Steve Wicks debut by the way. Date: Monday, 31st March 1975 (N.B. Easter Monday). Competition: Football League Division 1 Position 18 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Ken W Baker (Rugby) Chelsea 1 John Phillips, 2 Gary Locke, 3 Ron Harris, 4 John Hollins, 5 Steve Wicks, 6 Marvin Hinton, 7 Steve Kember, 8 David Hay, 9 Tommy Langley, 10 Ian Britton, 11 Charlie Cooke Booked Hay Manager Ron Suart Ipswich Town Sivell, Burley, Mills, Osborne, Hunter, Wark, Hamilton, Viljoen, Austin (Gates), Whymark, Woods Manager Bobby Robson Details http://www.bounder.f...74/19750331.jpg See also / all results, all teams, league positions after every game etc http://www.statto.co...ults/1975-03-31 And All Chelsea line-ups, scorers, attendences, refs, away line-ups. http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/ PS There have been two other 0-0's with Ipswich in the league and none in any cup. 1st April 2002 away 31st March 1975 home (above) 1st May 1971 away

Funny you should mention the "orange" flare. It was more pink and it came from our terrace behind the goal. A steward kicked it back into our fans. Here is a picture I took of it. Also in this picture a young Stephen Rodgers, (aka Winkle) who died at Liverpool St in 88-89 on way to a game following an asthma attack.

No, I mean the "Hey Dude" version, the bit towards the end, on reflection it is pretty similar to Amazing Grace and I am tone deaf so maybe I have always misunderstood this.

"Anyone got a clip of when we played at Leicester and sang "Chelsea, Chelsea, Chel ...sea, Chel ... sea " all the game ?" You mean to the tune of "Hey Jude" I remember us doing this for most of a game in 1981/82. Friday night 16th October 1981 in the old second divsion. Fillery put us 1-0 up after 15 minutes. We started the chant 2 minutes later. It just continued and continued, with the arms and fists going out on every chant. The play on 30 minutes was down the other end in our goal mouth. "Chel-sea, Chel-sea", ball crossed in, "Chel-sea, Chel-sea, Chel-sea, Chel-sea, "Chel-" Leicester scored, "sea, Chel-sea, Chel-sea". Brilliant how we just continued as the ball was picked out of the net and returned to the Half-Way line. I don't think there is a better way to support a team. No way were were going to lose. The magical moment was not lost on us and suddenly people realised this was something very special. "Chel-sea, Chel-sea, Chel-sea, Chel-sea". It just went on, if ever a "Chel-sea" sounded like it was dying out the next one was shouted louder "CHEL- SEA", and so on. Right on through to half-time and the entire second-half. The team realised this was something special. The game stayed 1-1 and the team ran over to us at the end of the match and threw their shirts in the crowd. Even the Leicester team applauded us. On pre-season tour the following summer this came up. During pre-season trips to Sweden we'd hang around with the players, met them at swimming pools, cinemas, restaurants and pubs. That night at Filbert street had become part of Chelsea folklore. The Chelsea players who had not come up that night had heard all about it from the others. It was never repeated in such a way even if we did sing it for long periods at other matches. We were asked how it happens, who decides what to sing and for how long. But there is no command, it's just one of those things that has to be sensed and created live. It is worth saying that if our current fans could get behind the team today in the same way we'd be doing much better. Imagine our fans doing this during and inbetween Rooney's two penalties 2 weeks ago, he'd have missed the second. Our fans fell silent which added to the momentum Moan Utd had picked up after the first goal. They sensed they were on to something. In contrast when Leicester scored that goal and our chant continued unabated they felt disheartened and Chelsea strengthened. Funny enough I do remember us trying to repeat this at Leicester on 3rd January 1983. But it never came off and they scored 3. I hated the violence at football and always wished we could meet the opposing fans and have a good old chinwag about the games over a pint or two. Spending all that time and money travelling the country and the only contact with the locals was threatening and abusive. Sad really. Anyway, back to the 1983 game. I was in the seats looking down on the end. The home fans and away fans shared the end covered terrace with a fence inbetween. Lineker scored after 30 and Alan Smih after 60. With a few minutes to go Lineker added a 3rd. 3-0 - At that Chelsea fans all left, the entire terrace was empty, but were the gates open behind? I knew what was about to happen n that case. Leicester fans came out with "Goodbye, Chelsea, don't cry Chelsea, Goodbye Chelsea, Goodbye". Oh these fools; didn't they know?. But their jeering and chanting continued. At Leicester we'd spent a few years having bricks and bottles chucked into our end terrace and by now we were all sick of it. That's why I was in the seats. However I remember sitting with Cathy and we realised that even our section of the seats in the last minute was void of Chelsea fans. They'd also piled out of the ground. Somehow every one had decided that it was pay-back time. Pay-back for that Chelsea fan who lost his front teeth to a Leicester brick on Easter Monday 1980 when their Larry May had added insult to all the injuries we sustained on the terraces when he impeded Petar Borota and scored. That 1-0 defeat cost us promotion and gave Leicester the championship. (They came straight back down though). So there we were, Cathy, myself and a few more Chelsea in a vast empty section of seats. A few kids dotted around an empty Chelsea terrace and Leicester fans taunting and jeering. Of course, our mob from the seats had met up outside with the terrace mob and they just ran in behind the open Leicester section. The gates having been opened too early before the police had been able to move their force to the gates for the escort. We later learned that the gates had in fact been shut but Chelsea fans had simply lifted off the locking barrier. The Leicester section had been opened. But at 3-0 up they were not leaving. So from my vantage point high above the end I remember the almighty roar from behind the Leicester end. After years of dodging bottles, the odd dart, petrol bomb, you name it, Chelsea fans had finally had enough. Aboout ten Chelsea fans came in behind the Leicester fans and let out one almighty "Chel-sea". Leicester fans turned their attention from that the match that was now in injury-time. Little did they know it but they had some injury-time of their own coming. As a few Leicester faced the Chelsea suddenly the floodgates opened and literally thousands of Chelsea poured into their end. The Leciester boys who faced up got a pasting. The rest of their fans jumped onto the pitch. I've never seen an end taken in such a fashion. The sneak-out, sneak-in end-of-match trick hadn't worked since the early 70's. With all the jeering, all the missles we'd been subjected to over the years I must admit for the first time ever I actually enjoyed watching this. Chelsea fans stayed in that end and Leicester fans had to be led out accross the pitch for their own safety. I remember the journey home. It seemed like everyone had taken part in "the take". People you would never dream of. Many had just followed the mob and not realised what was going on until they found themselves back in the ground and entering the home end. So all in all..................... and Leicester!

Does anyone else wonder if we are jinxed in x1/x2 seasons? Is this our vintage jinx? In 1911/1912 we lost our unbeaten at home record having gone 1910-1911 unbeaten, a feat not emulated until 76-77. 1921-22 Last Cup Final at Stamford Bridge 1931-32 Went from top of league to bottom of league during season 1941-42 Stamford Bridge bombed 1951-52 Lost semi-final of cup. 1961-62 Relegated after our longest spell in Division 1 1971-72 Lost league cup final and got dumped out of FA Cup by Orient after leading 2-0 and ECWC on away goals by bunch of 13 Swedish part-timers who all worked at the same factory. (Imagine the reception they got on the shop floor on their return). 1981-82 Lost q/f to Spurs, our only q/f for 19 seasons 1991-92 Lost q/f to Sunderland 2001-02 Lost Cup Final, lost semi-final league cup, dumped out of Europe by bunch of no-hopers of Israel. 2011-12 ? Let me guess: Dumped out by Napoli. Sacked manager. Lose cup 5th Round to Brum. John Terry loses England armband. Roman sells club, recalls loan and leaves us in the Isthmian league Mind you - Isthmian league - hmmmm - Imagine the chance to stand on terraces again and all those new grounds. Every cloud has a silver lining.

Before the days of videos, internet, facebook, chat and forums there was only one way of collecting matches: I have the LP 12" recordings of live match commentaries from the 1970, 1971 and 1972 finals. Would there be any interest in these as mp3 files? That said, I'd have to check the copyrite status but I think it's 30 years on spoken word LP's.

What about the members' cup 5-4?

Are the 13-0 and/or the 8-0 against Jeunesse Hautcharage available?

Chelsea vs Wolves was covered twice on The Big Match. 02/Oct 1971 Chelsea 3 (Baldwin, Houseman, Hollins) Wolverhampton W. 1 (McCalliog) 11/Dec 1976 Chelsea 3 (Wilkins, Britton, Finneston) Wolverhampton W. 3 (Richards 2, Gould) Match of The Days are harder to come by. Over to Eddie Mac...

Just found it on the open You tube, I can see myself but not as clearly as I remember. Maybe your version ends a little bit after the version on Youtube. A few old Chelsea players in that. And an incredible overhead kick off the line by Bobby Charlton. Kember, Tambling & Birchenall

Dont suppose you have come accross Palace Man Utd - the 3-5 from 70-71. I was there and got myself on TV after the game. Another game I'd like to see in full is Spurs - Man Utd league cup, 29th August 79, as my brother got himself on TV.

History of Chelsea: Part 1/7 Part 2/7 Part 3/7 Part 4/7 Part 5/7 Part 6/7 Part 7/7

Some old Shed Pics

And now we have to go a little non-Chelsea for 4 minutes. As many people of the era are around here in this thread and as this website is called the Shed End I feel it's in its place to give a little credit to Liverpool for the rise of the football "End". As we know Clifford Webb's letter to the Chelsea programme in the 60's suggested calling the Chelsea covered terracing "The Shed". But Webb based his idea on the Kop and said so in his letter. This 1964 BBC Panorama clip is both interesting, entertaining and amusing. So from an Old Shedite to all old Kopites: Thanks for the memories: (I just wished you Scouse bästards had not bricked our bus in 1978).

Thanks for the Luton game, Date: Tuesday, 1st January 1980 Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 3 Venue: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 19,717 Referee: David Letts (Basingstoke) Luton Town Findlay, Stephens, Aizlewood, Price, Saxby, Donaghy, Hill, West, B Stein, Hatton, Moss Scorers Donaghy 35, Saxby 44, Moss 75 Manager David Pleat Chelsea 1 Petar Borota, 2 Gary Locke, 3 John Sparrow, 4 Gary Chivers, 5 Colin Pates, 6 John Bumstead, 7 Ian Britton, 8 Mike Fillery, 9 Tommy Langley, 10 Clive Walker, 11 Ron Harris Scorers Fillery 8, Britton 47, Walker 76 Manager Geoff Hurst This was an 11.00 kickoff on January 1st 1980. Most of our boys has come direct from New-Year Eve's parties. Fillery's goal came after 7 minutes (I know it says 8). However, all the other morning Kick-offs were at 11.15, So that Fillery goal is the first goal scored anywhere in the world in any match in the 1980's. I was there.

> Works for me, thankfully ! Works for me again now. Great! > Bit harsh on those of us, me included, who sang silly songs when we were silly kids mate. Sorry mate that one always hit a nerve with me, my Uncle was a D.I. over in West London. Drove my Auntie mad worrying he was gonna get shot as well. Singing "Harry Roberts is my friend, he kills coppers" was about as low as Chelsea fans could ever get. One of the darkest moments of our history. Don't get me wrong, I did my fair share of childish hating and used to dream a Chelsea helicopter would circulate above Upton Park with Chelsea gunmen killing every single West Ham fan dead, men, women and children alike. I just found the Harry Roberts song too over the top and hated hearing it.

And Chelsea fans who have ever sung the "Harry Roberts is my friend" song should see this. (Harry killed three mates of my Uncle's - who was also a Policeman). http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//BHC_ITN/1966/12/12/X12126601/?s=harry+AND+roberts&st=0&pn=1

Nice one. However the clip that I have been asked for is the West Ham Chelsea of 1968 or 69 when the commentator notices Greenaway in the North Bank.

Nice uploads. Greenaway can be heard on the West Brom clip (1965 after 1.57 doing the zigger-zagger.). Someone reckons that he is in the West Ham Northbank on TV in 68 or 69. Poss match of the day. So any West Ham v Chelsea from 68-69 would be great. Anyone?

Nice thought though. But then again a pig did once fly in South Chelsea.