Another of our 1955 Title winning team, Peter Brabrook, has passed away:

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/12/peter-brabrook-1937-2016.html

5 hours ago, Boyne said:

Remember when a lad reading my simon inglis book on football grounds and it described the east stand like a space ship on the launch pad towering over the rest of the ground, looking at it there he was right. Back in the day when entering the shed forecourt especially night games, it was a an impressive sight as you walked in.

This is the 2nd rough cut of a video I'm putting together to celebrate 50 years of the Shed. It will when finished feature a monologue by Cliff Webb.

 

Some crowd that of 66,199.

Wonder how many youngsters were lifted over the turnstiles?

10 hours ago, Garrison said:

This is the 2nd rough cut of a video I'm putting together to celebrate 50 years of the Shed. It will when finished feature a monologue by Cliff Webb.

Oi! mate - gorgeous vid, thanks for posting. Could watch that everyday (and night). Hope there is more to come. Cheers!

 

On 09/12/2016 at 14:58, Boyne said:

 

so boreta gets a booking for the foul outside the box....but the notts county goalie for the deliberate handball doesn't  

On ‎12‎/‎13‎/‎2016 at 04:36, Carshalton Blue said:

That's me standing about six rows from the back of the West Terrace just this side of the half-way line.

7 hours ago, Scott said:

Bloody hell, that's more than QPR would bring away to our place in the old days! Remember this picture.

Supporters outside Stamford Bridge in 1932.

 

Great snap of Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse training at the Bridge ahead of an England game.

 

England team in 1953 preparing at the Bridge ahead of a match against a 'rest of Europe' XI for the 90th anniversary of the FA. The rest of Europe team that rocked up to Wembley wasn't too shabby.

 

1. Walter Zeman  

2. Joaquin Navarro  

3. Gerhard Hanappi

4. Zlatko Cajkovski

5. Josef Posipal

6. Ernst Ocwirk (c)

7. Giampiero Boniperti

8. Ladislav Kubala

9. Gunnar Nordahl

10. Bernard Vukas

11. Branko Zebec

 

The match ended 4-4, with Alf Ramsey scoring a 90th minute penalty. One assumes there would have been a bit of dodginess about the penalty, given the occasion.

 

19 hours ago, Scott said:

Remember those Christmas cards, with all the scribbled signatures!! Remember one taken from the east stand with everyone on the pitch.

Chelsea fans at Euston Station in 1970.

35 minutes ago, Carshalton Blue said:

That was the team when I started this life. Some real legends is there.

16 minutes ago, Scott said:

That was the team when I started this life. Some real legends is there.

Same for me. First game: 3 Dec 1960 CFC 7 v WBA 1. Next game CFC 6 v Man C 3. A month later we were put out of the FA cup by Crewe!

Prince Albert poses for portrait at SB, 1920.

King George attends baseball match at SB, 1924.

 

And another in 1914.

Wire mesh erected to protect spectators in East Stand.

 

 

Duke of York, future King George VI, in old SB East Stand attending football match between England and Scotland schoolboys.

 

(I have an unhealthy obsession with the design of the windows at the back of old stands)

 

Duke of York attends RAF vs Army football match at SB.

The last FA Cup final to be played at the Bridge, Huddersfield 1-0 Preston.

Edited December 19, 20169 yr by Charles Ryder