7 hours ago, Osgood is Good said:

I maybe in the minority here, but for me Crespo was a great forward. The press need to be ashamed for ridiculing him as a flop, which he was not. Opening day at Wigan, what a strike !!

Your not mate. I entirely agree. I first saw him in Italy playing for Parma against Bologna. Fantastic sense of awareness and always looking for the half chance.

6 hours ago, erskblue said:

Jose Mourinho never rated Crespo. When he was Inter Milan coach,he didn't include Crespo in the Inter Champions League squad of I think 25 players in 2008/09 !

Well he's no judge then!

Matchday 1970 view from the Shed:

Blackburn at Chelsea 80/81

Chelsea at Sheff Weds 80/81

Pompey at Chelsea 83/84

Quality pictures CB ,credit to Pompey as they did turn up in good numbers although getting on the Portsmouth to Waterloo train at Guildford was always interesting .

Mind you when they were greeted at Waterloo by Millwall then the entertainment was even more fun 

In the 90's often saw Pompey at the train stations never saw any trouble, guess it did happen just at other times and places.

7 hours ago, old git said:

Well he's no judge then!

Agreed Crespo was a brilliant striker.

2 hours ago, Carshalton Blue said:

Those cars could have been in Arthur Daleys garage...

2 hours ago, Carshalton Blue said:

Blackburn at Chelsea 80/81

Was the same week in week out no one brought numbers to the Bridge, can't blame them though it was very unwelcome place for an away fan.

When I used to go the big away crowds came from Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Millwall, West Ham and Leeds.

The away facilities certainly looked Spartan and similarly there was a 'welcome committee' often at certain premises outside the ground.

 

2.58 Lee Dixon type old goal.

 

7 hours ago, erskblue said:

Those cars could have been in Arthur Daleys garage...

Few years previously they would have all been pale blue with three wheels

10 hours ago, Carshalton Blue said:

Pompey at Chelsea 83/84

Can't believe Kerry missed that and another penalty that game. He missed a few 83-84 and 84/85 Nevin, Spackman, Mc Andrew, Durie and Roberts all took pens in the time Kerry was still here. He would have smashed the goal scoring record had he stayed on the pens.

12 hours ago, Carshalton Blue said:

Blackburn at Chelsea 80/81

Thought it might of been QPR's promotion party by the look of the away end!

7 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Thought it might of been QPR's promotion party by the look of the away end!

Nah, QPR never used to bring as many as that. I remember there were times when the old bill out numbered QPR.

Edited July 27, 20178 yr by Osgood is Good

On 7/26/2017 at 12:16, erskblue said:

Liverpool,who won Division 1 and the European Cup had three League games with a bigger attendance than 55,003.

Is this 55,003 a record for second tier of English football? Or did Man Utd get bigger attendance when they were in Division 2 in 1974/75 ?

I remember going to watch Utd that season a couple of times  as they are quite local to me. Against Sunderland when it was a top of the table clash they had a huge crowd, remember it in particular as I had my leg in plaster upto my knee and being stood in the old scoreboard end and trying to keep on my feet when they scored.

The second division in the 70s was a fun place, lots of clubs with big followings took the drop and visited places that were 'off the beaten track' normally bar a cup draw. Probably my favourite time watching football.

On 27/07/2017 at 04:56, old git said:

Your not mate. I entirely agree. I first saw him in Italy playing for Parma against Bologna. Fantastic sense of awareness and always looking for the half chance.

I don't get hung up about footballers but he's a player I'd genuinely like to meet.  I was gutted he didn't stay here for the rest of his career and gives me another good reason to shout at the telly every time Mourinho whines on.

15th May 1963...Stoke City footballer Stanley Matthews in action with Chelsea's Ron 'Chopper' Harris during their League match

Edited July 28, 20178 yr by doctorblue

Matthews played into his 50's, looks like one of his later matches and I notice a young Terry Venables is watching apprehensively.

ah 1963 the year i was born, a little while ago i thought "wouldn't it be fun to collect every CFC programme for  1963" so i set off on an e-bay mission.  Most of the home ones are about at between £2 or £3 quid and were easy to pick up ,some of the away's were £8-£10 but i had started so ploughed on.

Luckily instead of Xmas socks i got Sunderland away ,instead of slippers Ipswich away and so on. A year or so later i had all homes ,all pre season friendlies  and all away's bar one Blackburn away.I couldn't find it anywhere and the search became quite desperate (well sad i guess but heh ) ,i even joined on line football programme web sites and chatted on programme forums (slightly duller of course  than the shed end and one up from train spotting !!)  .One day i was told by a old boy in almost magical tones  "ah Blackburn Rovers away, bit of a rare one that ,it some times comes up on line but at £150 plus ",well i thought  bollxs basically !

Eventually after a good year it appeared on line, £160 ,bargain i am having it ,click click thank you ,collection complete ,happy days .The illusive programme turned up ,5 or 6 pages of not a lot of content (like all old programmes) but heh ,wrap it up with the others and stick it in the loft ! - job done ,search over ,sad and lonely bloke now happy !

1963 was a cold and miserable year for many but for me a magical year for one reason or another ,oh and we got promoted  

 

Cheers for posting the Coventry City game away in Sept 1972.

My uncle lived in Coventry from 1964-1973 and went to Highfield Road most weeks.

Well when Chelsea were in the midlands playing Birmingham City, Derby, Wolves etc. My Uncle would be at those matches supporting Chelsea.