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Chelsea old boys v Rangers old boys..

Carshalton Blue said:
I might be wrong mate but this time last year various Chelsea sites & fb pages had 100s all saying they were going, this still i havent seen the same interest & talking to some mates & lads who came last year most have said their not sure if they can bothered this time.

I'm sure we'll still have plenty there just maybe not as many as last year, one pub alone in the high st had a good 200 Chelsea present, hope its the same this year.

Theres a 9/10 of us going, might have to take my ensign flag again.
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Hopefully there will be a last minute surge in Chelsea fans going. I know that there is no direct link between the game and the two clubs but I do find it strange that neither of the clubs is advertising it on their websites. I can't recall either club advertising last year's game either.

Not sure where we're going for a drink before the game but will look out for your flag.

 
As Bob Dylan sang, the Times are a changing, I notice Garrison has not been around updating Chelsea's finest blog as people 'move upstairs'.

I suspect a lot of the Chelsea crowd that used to attend might not be around any more.

I only say that as I have friends from 30 years ago, I'm in my early 50's now with a lot of symptoms and all 6 of us don't think we will make it to retirement age.

 
Well I’m at work so that’s a 100% non-attendance from my lot  :face_palm:

 
Just seen this on Follow Follow (Rangers Fans Forum). Some fine players on both sides. Durie playing for Chelsea this year. Played for the 'Gers last year. Ross Wilkins, Ray's son, will play part of the game tomorrow. 

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A great day at Sutton United yesterday. Great banter between the fans. Loads of Bears in the crowd. Have to say that Rangers fans outnumbered Chelsea supporters. There must have been a few Millwall fans in the ground as I saw a Union Flag with Millwall Loyalists written on it.

We met in the Moon on the Hill pub before hand. Loads of flags and banners outside. I should have taken photos. We had a couple of photos with Kerry in the ground.

As for the game, I thought it was a good match. Rangers won 2-1 and it was a closer match than last year's. I thought that David Lee, Gary Stanley and Frank Sinclair had good games. McCulloch, Hendry, Mols and Andrews played well for the 'Gers. Great to see Ray Wilkins' son, Ross play. Played well.

During the game I gave some thought to a combined Rangers and Chelsea legends team. A difficult selection as have had to miss out several players e.g. Lampard, Drogba and Wise for us and Baxter, McLean and Jardine for Rangers. Sadly some of the players below are no longer with us. Have gone for a 4-4-2 formation.

GK: Peter Bonnetti

Defence: John Terry, Richard Gough, John Greig and Ron Harris

Midfield: Ray Wilkins, Ian Durrant, Charlie Cooke and Davie Cooper

Attack: Peter Osgood and Ally McCoist.

Not sure about manager. A number of captains to choose from as captain. Any of the back four would make a great captain.

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Boyne said:
A great day at Sutton United yesterday. Great banter between the fans. Loads of Bears in the crowd. Have to say that Rangers fans outnumbered Chelsea supporters. There must have been a few Millwall fans in the ground as I saw a Union Flag with Millwall Loyalists written on it.

We met in the Moon on the Hill pub before hand. Loads of flags and banners outside. I should have taken photos. We had a couple of photos with Kerry in the ground.

As for the game, I thought it was a good match. Rangers won 2-1 and it was a closer match than last year's. I thought that David Lee, Gary Stanley and Frank Sinclair had good games. McCulloch, Hendry, Mols and Andrews played well for the 'Gers. Great to see Ray Wilkins' son, Ross play. Played well.

During the game I gave some thought to a combined Rangers and Chelsea legends team. A difficult selection as have had to miss out several players e.g. Lampard, Drogba and Wise for us and Baxter, McLean and Jardine for Rangers. Sadly some of the players below are no longer with us. Have gone for a 4-4-2 formation.

GK: Peter Bonnetti

Defence: John Terry, Richard Gough, John Greig and Ron Harris

Midfield: Ray Wilkins, Ian Durrant, Charlie Cooke and Davie Cooper

Attack: Peter Osgood and Ally McCoist.

Not sure about manager. A number of captains to choose from as captain. Any of the back four would make a great captain.

We Are The People
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We were in the Moon again mate put my flag back up as well.  

Had a great day bumped in to two Gers lads i knew from 25 years ago aint seen them for years.

 
Sounds like a great day, did you get to meet any players? I went to one of these years ago and met the cat, what a brilliant bloke he was. 

 
Didn't recognise many, looked like Gordon Durie without much hair, was it Dean Holsdworth sitting alongside him?

Saw Spackman with sunglasses on and Alex Rae if I remember correctly.

 
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