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April Fools day 1972 away to Ipswich.... Ipswich 1 Chelsea 2 (a Webb double if memory serves me correctly).

I went with a mate and his dad, we were both seven and were convinced it was an April fool when he said on the Saturday morning that he was taking us to the Chelsea match... we thought we were being taken to see Colchester again - which had been a regular treat/punishment*!! But, no it was the blues that we both supported (since 1970 final) we were going to see this time around.

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Chelsea V Jeunesse Hautcharage on a freezing cold evening in 1971; I'd been saving my pocket money for some considerable time and wanted to pick a game that would be memorable, no chance of a defeat. As we'd won the away leg 8-0, i thought we might just scrape it.

So my first visit to the Bridge was at dusk, perhaps not the best way to see it. But as we all know now, it went down in history- we won 13-0.

still remember, one of their players was a bloke with one arm, and I'm sure that one of their reserves came on still wearing his glasses! though I may have imagined this.

Great night just the same, but bloody cold.

Having created this record 21-0 score against lowly opposition, we returned to form in the next round and lost on away goals to Scandanavian part timers Advitabergs. :laugh2:

 
South Beds Blue said:
Chelsea V Jeunesse Hautcharage on a freezing cold evening in 1971still remember, one of their players was a bloke with one arm, and I'm sure that one of their reserves came on still wearing his glasses! though I may have imagined this.

we returned to form in the next round and lost on away goals to Scandanavian part timers Advitabergs
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I remember that game well, mainly because it was so one-sided it was boring.

You're quite right about the bloke with one arm, I can still remember everybody in hysterics when he forgot himself and went to take a throw-in. You're also right about the player wearing glasses, though I'm not sure if he was a sub or not. I told people on here about that game some time ago and nobody believed me :D

Unfortunately I can also cast my mind back to the Atvidaberg game and John Hollins missing a penalty :smiley_crazy:

 
BlueBeard said:
You're quite right about the bloke with one arm, I can still remember everybody in hysterics when he forgot himself and went to take a throw-in.
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He wasn't completely 'armless though, was he?

 
BlueBeard said:
I remember that game well, mainly because it was so one-sided it was boring. You're quite right about the bloke with one arm, I can still remember everybody in hysterics when he forgot himself and went to take a throw-in. You're also right about the player wearing glasses, though I'm not sure if he was a sub or not. I told people on here about that game some time ago and nobody believed me :D

Unfortunately I can also cast my mind back to the Atvidaberg game and John Hollins missing a penalty :smiley_crazy:
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To those well aquainted with the live game, it may well have been 'boring', granted. But at 13 it cemented my faith in the Blues. The atmosphere was pretty good for my first visit to the Shed. Glad I didn't leave it till the next game in the competition!

 
Hmm...the memory isn't so good these days. It was an away game at Selhurst, in 1996 I think it was. (I have a feeling we were wearing the lovely grey and nectarine shirts!). I think it ended 1-1. My first game at the Bridge was in the old West stand, and was a 1-1 draw, with a young Emile Heskey equalizing for Leicester.

 
Zola said:
Hmm...the memory isn't so good these days. It was an away game at Selhurst, in 1996 I think it was. (I have a feeling we were wearing the lovely grey and nectarine shirts!). I think it ended 1-1. My first game at the Bridge was in the old West stand, and was a 1-1 draw, with a young Emile Heskey equalizing for Leicester.
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Surely you mean 'Tangerine and Graphite'? - crap shirt though.

 
South Beds Blue said:
To those well aquainted with the live game, it may well have been 'boring', granted. But at 13 it cemented my faith in the Blues. The atmosphere was pretty good for my first visit to the Shed. Glad I didn't leave it till the next game in the competition!
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Of course you're right - anybody's first ever game is normally a very special experience. Mine was in 1967 and I remember most things about the day, but virtually nothing about the game!

 
8th March 1998. Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa, Julian Joachim. bar steward made me cry! I was 10.

 
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Gem said:
8th March 1998. Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa, Julian Joachim. bar steward made me cry! I was 10.
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That was the first game for my two daughters Sara and Stacy. Freezing cold, drizzling rain and we were in the unfinished lower tier of the west stand and therefore exposed to the elements. Sara was the sporty one of the two but I thought "that's it, neither of them will want to come again". I was right as far as Sara was concerned but Stacy surprised us all by becoming a regular for the next few seasons. She hasn't been to any games either last season or this because she's taken up a role in the dreaded football nemesis that is retail which means she works every weekend. She was even there when Maka scored!!

 
OK I know you all assume I've never been to a Chelsea match! But my first Chelsea match was at the Dell in Southampton on 3rd October 1966. Chelsea won 3-0. It was peeing with rain, and I was surrounded by tall blokes and had to keep peering through the gaps between their shoulders (no seats in those days!)

 
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OK I know you all assume I've never been to a Chelsea match! But my first Chelsea match was at the Dell in Southampton on 3rd October 1966. Chelsea won 3-0. It was peeing with rain, and I was surrounded by tall blokes and had to keep peering through the gaps between their shoulders (no seats in those days!)
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If you'd let us know we'd have lifted you above our heads and passed you down to the front so you could see properly

 
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