Chelsea supporters, the cream of British people, then an now.

That 1954 picture I assume is taken late in 1953/54 or early on 1954/55.

No overcoats or raincoats being worn in the picture. A fair number of collar and ties in that picture too.

15 hours ago, erskblue said:

Boyne:Add shinty to that list back in 1898 I think.

@erskblue Thanks. Another sport which was played at the Bridge is baseball. Early in the 20th century.

Cheers,never knew about the baseball being played at The Bridge.

12 hours ago, nominator said:

Chelsea supporters, the cream of British people, then an now.

Of course.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Cheers,never knew about the baseball being played at The Bridge.

I think one of the games involved the US Army v the US Navy. Have found a couple of pictures:

Interesting that the Baseball game was played on a Sunday.

There wasn't much sport played on a Sunday in Britain until I think the 1970s.

 

We also had the AAA Marathon Finish at The Bridge in I think 1921.

Perhaps more AAA marathons finished at The Bridge too. Need to check again.

On 5/1/2017 at 14:29, erskblue said:

Interesting that the Baseball game was played on a Sunday.

There wasn't much sport played on a Sunday in Britain until I think the 1970s.

 

Found this article from the Guardian. First top flight football games were played on a Sunday in January 1974. Interesting that tickets couldn't be sold on a Sunday.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jan/23/first-sunday-football-1974-millwall-fulham

Edited May 2, 20179 yr by Boyne

On ‎30‎/‎04‎/‎2017 at 08:00, erskblue said:

Seb Coe mentioned The Bridge being an athletics stadium in his column on the official club site.

The legendary Harold Abrahams' and Eric Liddell ran at The Bridge shortly after the 1924 'Chariots of Fire' Olympics

The Bridge hosted the AAA Championships before they moved to White City.

 

I saw Seb on one of those FA Cup final matches can't recall whether it was 1994 or 1997 though seem to think it was not at Stamford Bridge.

Edited May 2, 20179 yr by strider6004

On ‎29‎/‎04‎/‎2017 at 08:52, Shug said:

On the benches

On the benches

On the benches Stamford Bridge...

We're the Middle

We're the Middle

We're the Middle of the Shed

         Pause and from the left

We're the West Side

We're the West Side

We're the West Side of the Shed

          Pause and from the right

We're the White Wall

We're the White Wall

We're the White Wall of the Shed

         Pause and altogether

We're the Shed End

We're the Shed End

We're the Shed End at Stamford Bridge

 

 

Last time I was at the Bridge (far too long ago) we had a great back and forth between the middle and the west end of the shed.

I was there from the late 80's to late 90's and enjoyed the banter.

I moved around a bit before deciding the Middle with the added atmosphere was my preferred spot.  Once or twice I actually started a song.

I noticed a link between the fans singing and the team playing well.

 

Once up in Grimsby in a cup match (the year we won) it was rough weather and the opposition fans were up close chanting and pointing saying, 'Chelsea rent boys'.

The match was 0-0 and we were struggling to not concede and our away end was quiet apart from isolated curses directed at the team.

I noticed this and caught the eye of one of the opposition fans pointing and yelling Chelsea rent boy.

I shouted back, 'Fxxk off fish breath!

The fans around me all laughed and then someone started singing, 'We all follow the Chelsea' and we all joined in and it felt like the singing spurred the chaps to hold out for an away goalless draw and we finished the job at the bridge, 4-1.

That was the year we lost in the semis to Utd.

 

 

 

 

Just realised it was not the year we won that was next year!

On ‎01‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 11:29, Boyne said:

I think one of the games involved the US Army v the US Navy. Have found a couple of pictures:

Probably the only time at home, when someone with a Baseball bat was'nt nicked!

8 hours ago, The Leigh Limpet said:

Probably the only time at home, when someone with a Baseball bat was'nt nicked!

I've just laughed out loud and at this time of the morning too !

First time baseball caps worn at The Bridge? I know,I know...

6 hours ago, erskblue said:

I've just laughed out loud and at this time of the morning too !

First time baseball caps worn at The Bridge? I know,I know...

Brilliant!

 

 

Wisey and Brucie with some old c**t in the middle.

 

 

On ‎02‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 14:42, Boyne said:

Found this article from the Guardian. First top flight football games were played on a Sunday in January 1974. Interesting that tickets couldn't be sold on a Sunday.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jan/23/first-sunday-football-1974-millwall-fulham

Cheers for that. Interesting reading.

I'm sure that it was in season 1983/84 that the League Cup Final (or whatever it was called,possibly the Milk Cup) was played for the first time on a Sunday. And the first one shown live on tv too ?

17 hours ago, erskblue said:

I'm sure that it was in season 1983/84 that the League Cup Final (or whatever it was called,possibly the Milk Cup) was played for the first time on a Sunday. And the first one shown live on tv too ?

@erskblueYou are correct about the 1983/84 League Cup Final being the first to be broadcast live on TV. Found this link about it.

http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/cupfinals_c.html

Also found this interesting link about the history of football on TV. A game in 1960 kicked-off at 6.50pm but broadcasting of it was delayed until 7.30pm.

http://www.live-footballontv.com/history-of-football-on-tv-uk.html

Rare photo of mike fillery in that shirt

Must admit I thought that the Charity Shield being shown live was later than in that article.

Good read though.

Oddly enough I do remember an England v Northern Ireland European Championship qualifier being shown live in Scotland in Feb 79. Probably remember it because of it's rarity back then. England won 4-0.

On 01/05/2017 at 08:06, Boyne said:

@erskblue Thanks. Another sport which was played at the Bridge is baseball. Early in the 20th century.

American  football also