Gem Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) For those of you who don't venture onto the site much, every day they do a "shot of the day" and post a picture of some part of Chelsea's past, whether it be a player, a match, a celebration... Most shockingly, 95% of them go back beyond the start of our existence in 2003. Not quite sure how that is possible, but I'm reassured by Scousers and Mancs alike that it must be possible. Anyway, by changing the number in the address bar, I have managed to get all the pictures posted on this section (over 150) and have a look at them. Now, there a lot going back to the 40s/50s that I just do not recognise, so I haven't saved any of these. Most are from the mid-90s, when I started to support the blues. I was thinking, the picture of the day can be posted in here and discussed. I've saved a fair few, so here's what I have, some great shots, stand outs are Wise in the San Siro and the fans holding the Ossie tribute sign. Every day there is a caption, but there isn't a caption for these archives I'm afraid. Some of these will look great artified too, so I'll be getting to work on those. Wisey taking a corner in the San Siro, I believe he went on to score a f**king great goal. More to follow... Edited June 16, 2009 by Gem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Kerry looks as though he's clicking his heels doing a Highland fling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I think I've asked this in the past, but it kind of fits the topic so I thought I'd ask again...does anyone else have John Tennant's book "Football - The Golden Years"? I got it as a Christmas gift a few years ago and it's filled with great photos from the olden days of English football. There's a lot of Chelsea related pictures in it as well. I've been trying to see if I could find some of them online, but no such luck so far. Some of them are such great photos that they'd be well worth printing out, be put in a frame and hang them on a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moi Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I think I've asked this in the past, but it kind of fits the topic so I thought I'd ask again...does anyone else have John Tennant's book "Football - The Golden Years"? I got it as a Christmas gift a few years ago and it's filled with great photos from the olden days of English football. There's a lot of Chelsea related pictures in it as well. I've been trying to see if I could find some of them online, but no such luck so far. Some of them are such great photos that they'd be well worth printing out, be put in a frame and hang them on a wall. Can you not scan them in to your computer and send them to Gem so that she can do clever things with them e.g. make a gallery of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 After that volley against Sunderland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Can you not scan them in to your computer I could if I had a scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 'ack him down Choppa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moi Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I could if I had a scanner. Yes, I agree, absence of a scanner would be a bit of a drawback. I thought all you youngsters had every possible piece of equipment. That is a brilliant black and white photo of the men in cloth caps on the terraces. Many thanks gem for all your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) Edited June 16, 2009 by Gem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I thought all you youngsters had every possible piece of equipment. I've been mainly investing in AV software and equipment so a scanner hasn't been too high on my list of priorities. It would be nice to have one, but it's not something I absolutely need at the moment. And if I did buy one, I'd get a really good one so that I could use it to scan stuff for my video and dvd projects. I just spent a few thousand euros on my computer a few months ago so any new purchases will have to wait a bit. I need to eat too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 And yesterday's photo, which I'm sure we all remember to this day: The caption reads: 6 Oct 1996: Tributes to Chelsea vice chairman Matthew Harding who died in a helicopter crash a few days before the FA Carling Premier league match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs at Stamford Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 PS - Moi - I will find more like that tomorrow and post them, I liked it too... Just wondering which one is Bluebeard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack h Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Those pics are great Gem thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 This one is in the book(Football - Golden Age) that I mentioned earlier. The caption is: "Cardiff City versus Chelsea at Ninian Park, March 1921." There are some other great pictures in the book. On picture proves that not much has changed over the years when it comes to cup finals and tickets as there's a picture from 1962 and the caption is: "Tottenham Hotspur supporters protest the allocation of FA Cup Final tickets in Trafalgar Square. Spurs and Burnley are to receive 15000 tickets each." And some things are not quite so new after all as there's a picture from 1951 with the following caption: "Brentford manager Jackie Gibbons commentates for blind supporters, who are admitted free and provided with headphones by the club." Not sure if blind people can get in for free at many grounds these days though. There are a lot of great Chelsea related pictures as well. There's a picture of the Chelsea team that proves that fancy summer trips abroad have been done long before Roman came along as there's a picture of the team in a hotel swimming pool in 1963 with the following caption: "Tommy Docherty takes Chelsea on holiday to Cannes after winning the Second Division Championship." I doubt they did much to enhance the brand recognition of Chelsea in France, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b00gamaster Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Amazing photos, Gem! Thank you very much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWestwayWonder Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Gem: AWESOME thread. I am saving all these to my iphoto as we speak. Thank you and thanks to anyone else who shares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBeard Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Some great pictures and memories there, Gem! Oh, and by the way - I couldn't make that game in Cardiff, I was only young and still had too many chimneys to climb up and clean that day - besides, I'd never have made it to the game in time anyway, as my penny farthing had a puncture ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Dido Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 great stuff ! keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Some great pictures and memories there, Gem!Oh, and by the way - I couldn't make that game in Cardiff, I was only young and still had too many chimneys to climb up and clean that day - besides, I'd never have made it to the game in time anyway, as my penny farthing had a puncture :) I just saw the date Mak posted 1921... oops :P Edited June 17, 2009 by Gem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Some great pictures and memories there, Gem!Oh, and by the way - I couldn't make that game in Cardiff, I was only young and still had too many chimneys to climb up and clean that day - besides, I'd never have made it to the game in time anyway, as my penny farthing had a puncture :lol: You may joke, BlueBeard, but my grandfather used to go to away games in the 1920s and by all accounts he was mad enough to climb anything to get a better view. He'd be the short, frail-looking one sitting on his own in the middle at the top - apparently he was never very sociable! Fantastic pictures, Gem, you really do this site proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Fantastic pics. Thanks Gem. Really love the old ones against Leeds, and the ones of Tore Andre! What a ledge! Edited June 17, 2009 by Elliott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBosnian Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great, great, great, great pics Gem. Hope we can create some more of these great scenes this season coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Some fantastic memories here. Thanks for making an old man very happy Gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moi Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Some fantastic memories here. Thanks for making an old man very happy Gem. He says that to me too, Gem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 He says that to me too, Gem! Yep it's true. I always say "thanks for making an old man very happy Gem" no matter who the other woman is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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