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See what one can do when one puts ones mind to it and of course when there wearing a half decent pair of bins A lifelong fan of Chelsea football club, Harding responded to Chelsea chairman Ken Bates' call for new investment in the club in 1994 and invested £26.5m and joined the board. However, his time there was marked by frequent clashes with Bates, club chairman and majority shareholder, a man in many respects Harding's antithesis, over the new direction to be taken by the club. Ken Bates eventually banned Harding from the Chelsea boardroom and effectively limited his input and influence over the club. The dispute between Bates and Harding was continual and was only stopped after his death in 1996. Bates caused more controversy and upset many Chelsea fans, as well as friends and family of Harding, by calling him "an evil man" just a year after his death. Chelsea football club named one of the stands at Stamford Bridge the "Matthew Harding Stand

I got an horrible feeling it was only the Hooligan element that actually liked bates ? Lol :)Personally it's bates who has given me a personality disorder when ever I go to my mates drum in rural kent and see he's duck and chicken pen with the Electric fence stopping the animals from getting in and out of it I always think of bates

nice chatting to you as we'll will drop you a PM laters

John Daisey remember him ? I lived just of coldharbour lane myself moved out of there years ago knew Robbo etc I knew them well myself don't tell me you live down ilderton rd lol

He still drinks iiderton it's the buying them what he's given up are you a Stockwell boy only I'm a camberwell boy

Very true stand outside the ground on a match day and ask them metro fans who is Johnny Boyle 80% would reply who the f**k does he play for 10% wouldn't understand the question cos they don't speak English 1% would say he is a Scottish Gangster

Should imagine he will be there Sparky heard Neil laid on free grub

It doesn't bear thinking about where we might be now if RA hadn't bought us suppose we wouldn't be the Man U of the South probably be more like Leeds Utd

So sorry for not putting the correct grammar and punctuation only these Pound land bins I got are sh*te it not my correct prescription

Nice to see you typing Sparky as some one quite rightly said that if ossie was still with use today what ever pub he went in up the north end road I doubt very much if the old north stand boys would allow him to put he's hands in ones pocket of course unless it was Harkins who would expect ossie to buy him free drinks ? Talking of free drinks look forward to catching up with the old north boys this Saturday for our annual piss up

Osgood was on tv moaning that he cant get a free pint down the Kings road anymore ffs. Thought it was standerd practice that he got free drinks

Yeah I knew that Mate ,chopper was the same come to think of it isn't Alan still pissed of with Chelsea even today

Sorry typing mistakes relying on auto plot as my mince pies are f**ked

ilderton That post about sums up bates when I meet ossie couple of months before he died he never had one good word to say about him to me perhaps it was a shame that Jim Gregory told bates to f**k off when he was enquiring to buy QPR the club bates supported as for CPO RA could always make me a offer for my shares

Cheers Scott glad to see someone on my wave length

But most in here think he's was a really nice chap except me of course the electric fence killing some one lol more dangerous sticking a 9v battery on your tongue

who was the chairman trying to Kill Us? London finest

Loved Mickey never had to buy a return ticket from British rail where he worked :)

Me and Paul W plug had to move Dave out off he's flat he had opp the army barracks Grove Park you should have seen the magazines we had to throw away it put me off from ever going to Thailand wonder what happened to Mickey Chelsea paraphernalia

Nice of you to give the name of the pub away plug ? Hope some of the lads know that it's not wheelchair or Zimmer frame friendly

He's a long distance lorry driver it's a great job or so he's girlfriend said

Plug thats your m8 who blow it out evidently he's wife won't let him out to play ???you must have chatted to Cd at nuttys funeral

Well now I can advise who should receive one off DH specially made Xmas card for this coming Christmas if you never got one off the man himself Christmas gone all I can say is. Tough :) lol

Spot on with that comment kingy , tell Cd that we all meeting up at west kent pub opp 7 stars on the last home game of the season hope to see you there also