8 hours ago, Richard P said:

God bless her. Breda was great on the specials, enjoying the singing and selling the tickets for the raffle with Johnny B and Micky Fillerys mum. Even Johns wife Janet use to travel with them. You couldn't imagine current players mums and wives  doing this! Different times.

I remember her on the special to Leeds in '83 leading a chorus of "We all hate Leeds and Leeds and Leeds..." as we lined up for our Wagon Wheels, Mars Bars and Panda Pops cola.

There's a good article on the official site about it being 20 years since we beat Wimbledon at Highbury in the 1997 FA Cup Semi Final.

Great goal by Zola. Loved that yellow away strip for some reason.

Be grateful if someone posted it.

Just realised that tomorrow 16th April is the 19th anniversary of our great comeback in the European Cup Winners Cup Semi Final second leg v Vicenza at The Bridge .

We were 1-0 down from the first leg. They scored just about the half hour mark, I think.

Poyet equalised almost immediately. Then Zola and Mark Hughes who wasn't long on as a sub scored what proved to be the winner.

3-2 on aggregate. I'm shattered just writing this.

Some win !

Edited April 15, 20179 yr by erskblue
incorrect spelling

Zola scored some brilliant and also some vital goals for us.

There is a good piece on the Chelsea v Vicenza match on theinsideleft.com/chelsea-vicenza-revisited/

Footage of that great second leg.

Apologies if what follows has appeared previously in this thread, but on the off-chance it hasn't...

FA Cup, 4^th round

29 January 1949

Chelsea 2-0 Everton

British Movietone News, B&W, 2 minutes and 16 seconds

My set of blues are the ones in, er, white

 

Cheers for that classic footage mate.

Can't remember seeing it posted on here before.

Mind you I could be wrong.

On 4/15/2017 at 15:43, erskblue said:

Just realised that tomorrow 16th April is the 19th anniversary of our great comeback in the European Cup Winners Cup Semi Final second leg v Vicenza at The Bridge .

We were 1-0 down from the first leg. They scored just about the half hour mark, I think.

Poyet equalised almost immediately. Then Zola and Mark Hughes who wasn't long on as a sub scored what proved to be the winner.

3-2 on aggregate. I'm shattered just writing this.

Some win !

 

On 4/16/2017 at 07:43, erskblue said:

There is a good piece on the Chelsea v Vicenza match on theinsideleft.com/chelsea-vicenza-revisited/

Footage of that great second leg.

What a night that was. That season was my first in the MHU (I still have the same seat twenty seasons on) and had a great view of the goals by Zola and Hughes. A wonderful header by Zola after a great cross by Vialli. As for Sparky's goal as soon as the ball came forward and he flicked it on I thought that there was only one thing he was going to do and he did.

Eddie Mac was the gaffer when I started following Chelsea.

A fine line-up.

Some team we had back then Boyne.

And not a Nike in sight.

9 hours ago, Peckham Blue said:

And not a Nike in sight.

Or a Porsche or Aston Martin

The bus in that picture is the same type used in the classic comedy. Porridge '.

Spotted a pair of Golas in that picture. Always associate them Admiral and Bukta with football in the 1970s.

19 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Spotted a pair of Golas in that picture. Always associate them Admiral and Bukta with football in the 1970s.

And not forgetting my Mr bonetti goalie gloves with the B on the back! Still can remember me bowling up to the park the first time with them on as an 8 year old

1 hour ago, chi blue said:

And not forgetting my Mr bonetti goalie gloves with the B on the back! Still can remember me bowling up to the park the first time with them on as an 8 year old

Who didn't love their Peter Bonetti green gloves! Rubbing them in the mud to make the ball stick and emulating The Cat!

Great Times.

Shoot League Teams always were out in August.

Got them and instantly put us top of the table and Spuds' bottom of the table.

Talking of football in the 1970s.

The Panini football sticker album that came out in the January. I'm sure there was a European edition in 1976.

Then the British editions.

Got,got,got, not got !

Swap.

 

Am guessing that this is a match between the first team and the reserves. Can identify Speedie but not the other two. Anyone recognise them? Thanks.

Edited April 19, 20179 yr by Boyne

The one on the right could be Robert Isaac.

4 hours ago, Boyne said:

 

Am guessing that this is a match between the first team and the reserves. Can identify Speedie but not the other two. Anyone recognise them? Thanks.

Think the other one is Martin Nolan. Went to the game. It was advertised as Blues vs yellows, a mixture of first team squad and the reserves from the old football combination. I think the Shed and the East Stand were open, good game played after we beat QPR on the Saturday at home. We then beat Derby 5-0 the following week on the amazing journey of Winning the 2nd division championship. One of my favourite seasons ever since coming to the Bridge in 1978.

14 hours ago, Backbiter said:

The one on the right could be Robert Isaac.

 

11 hours ago, Richard P said:

Think the other one is Martin Nolan. Went to the game. It was advertised as Blues vs yellows, a mixture of first team squad and the reserves from the old football combination. I think the Shed and the East Stand were open, good game played after we beat QPR on the Saturday at home. We then beat Derby 5-0 the following week on the amazing journey of Winning the 2nd division championship. One of my favourite seasons ever since coming to the Bridge in 1978.

Thanks guys. I have found this picture of the youth team from 1983-84 and judging from the line up it does look like Isaac and Nolan alongside Speedie.

Did we often have a first team v reserves match before or at the very start of a season?

Just wondering. I genuinely don't know.

Cheers in advance.