Sounds like the Church at Bagleys on a Sunday, where Aussies used to get smashed out of their minds. 

Went there once cause I heard it was an easy place to bag some antipodean crumpet- everyone throwing beer over each other- total nightmare.

Seen more class in a Mitcham Launderette!

3 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Has anyone been to a Chelsea game that was abandoned?. I remember Palace in the Zenith the game was called off just before the start because of high wind and they thought the glass in the East Stand would shatter or something like that.

Back in the mid to late eighties we were due to play West Ham at Upton Park on New Year's Day or 2 January. I drove to the game and found about an hour before kick-off that the match had been cancelled due to a frozen pitch. I then drove home.

On the same day, Arsenal played Spurs at Highbury. A couple days later I spoke to an Arsenal fan who was at the game at Highbury and he told me that some Chelsea and West Ham fans got into the Clock End and started fighting the Spurs supporters.

Early 70s 73 I think chelseas match was abandoned ( newcastle ? ) and lots of us chelsea went to fulham.....I then proceeded to win the heart of sheffield weds fan susan white and ended up having derek dooley speak to me on the phone and a story of love in sheff weds prog as well as a pic in the sheff star paper when I visited her

Chelsea vs Burnley F A cup 4th round 1978. Got to the main gate to see them being closed and told game postponed. Can’t remember if it was for waterlogged pitch or Frozen pitch. 

Early nineties a home game against Southampton ZDS cup game called off as well.

I recall back in the early 1970’s ...the FA cup replay 3rd round I think ? @ the Bridge night match against Preston North End .....the flood lights packed up....a few days later the match was replayed again on a week day early afternoon  ( no flood lights needed! ) and along with thousands of others... bunked off work/ school etc to watch David Webb score a very late winner. 

21 hours ago, erskblue said:

Football as a true British institution; 'The Great Game' starts with schoolboys being taught by famous footballers, followed by extended footage of the Football League War Cup Finals from 1945.

Footage of The Bridge and action involving Chelsea.

A 'documentary film' from British Pathe News.

28 minutes long. Interesting all the same.

Absolute treasure of a film.

17 hours ago, Boyne said:

Back in the mid to late eighties we were due to play West Ham at Upton Park on New Year's Day or 2 January. I drove to the game and found about an hour before kick-off that the match had been cancelled due to a frozen pitch. I then drove home.

On the same day, Arsenal played Spurs at Highbury. A couple days later I spoke to an Arsenal fan who was at the game at Highbury and he told me that some Chelsea and West Ham fans got into the Clock End and started fighting the Spurs supporters.

I’ve mentioned before, but we were at Tower Hill Station when we found out it was frozen off, and ended up in the North Bank Highbury.

There was a bit of a squirmish in the Clock End, to which the North Bank sung “ Arsenal Aggro”

Next thing you heard “ We’re the North Stand Stamford Bridge” coming from the Clock End. It was all over very quickly, and wasn’t aware of West Ham being around, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t.

Alao remember a truly horrendous tackle by Graham Roberts on Charlie Nicholas, when he smashed him head first into an advertising hoarding.

Edit: it was 85/85. We didn’t always take numbers to Upton Park, but the platform was packed with Chelsea that morning and we would have had a decent following.

Edited November 2, 20187 yr by Ewell CFC

Was just reading a piece from the programme from the Derby match.

Tommy Doc's Chelsea X1 whom he managed.

It's a 2-3-5 formation.

.1 Peter Bonetti

2. Ken Shellito

3. Eddie McCreadie.

4. John Hollins

5. Marvin Hinton

6. Ron Harris

7. Charlie Cooke.

8.Terry Venables.

9. Peter Osgood.

10. George Graham

11. Bobby Tambling

 

 

9 hours ago, old git said:

Absolute treasure of a film.

Fantastic film, can't he;lp but feel that was the heyday of the old stadium which was starting to age by the time i started going in the mid 70s

The Big Match 5.41 of highlights.

Away to Coventry City in late Sept 1972.

Fulham v Chelsea London Fog 1936   ! 

A Fulham v Chelsea Match ( have to take them at their word...) which was abandoned due to fog !!

Only nine seconds worth of footage and to be honest there was nothing really much to see !

Chelsea Champions (1955)  

60 seconds worth of footage, from British Pathe News.

49 minutes ago, fillerywhereru said:

Fantastic film, can't he;lp but feel that was the heyday of the old stadium which was starting to age by the time i started going in the mid 70s

I was messing around and playing football in the street in the early 50's, so this film, although earlier when I was but a twinkle in the old man's eye, still resonates with my childhood......"All skills learnt in the park, yer know, small boys, jumpers for goalposts, mm?"

58 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Fulham v Chelsea London Fog 1936   ! 

A Fulham v Chelsea Match ( have to take them at their word...) which was abandoned due to fog !!

Only nine seconds worth of footage and to be honest there was nothing really much to see !

Blimey, that was one hell of a pea-souper!

On 01/11/2018 at 06:14, erskblue said:

Football as a true British institution; 'The Great Game' starts with schoolboys being taught by famous footballers, followed by extended footage of the Football League War Cup Finals from 1945.

Footage of The Bridge and action involving Chelsea.

A 'documentary film' from British Pathe News.

28 minutes long. Interesting all the same.

@erskblueA great film, thanks for posting. Some great clips of the Bridge. Noticed that there were loads of squaddies in the ground.

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

The Big Match 5.41 of highlights.

Away to Coventry City in late Sept 1972.

Plenty of Chelsea in the home end, hardly anyone celebrating when Coventry score.

12 hours ago, Peckham Blue said:

Plenty of Chelsea in the home end, hardly anyone celebrating when Coventry score.

My late Uncle used to go to The Bridge when he moved down to London in the mid 1950s.

He got a new job (and promotion) and moved to Coventry in I think 1965. His company had I think 4 seats in the Main Stand at Highfield Road Coventry and so he used to watch Coventry.

He saw Chelsea when they were in the Midlands back then. I'm sure he and my old man and my grandfather saw Chelsea thera few times back then.

He would have been at this game in Sept 1972.

17 hours ago, erskblue said:

The Big Match 5.41 of highlights.

Away to Coventry City in late Sept 1972.

Cracking own goal by Blockley. A very dry Kenneth Wolstenholme “‘That’s as good a goal as Blockley will score all season. He gave his goalkeeper no chance at all!”

Edited November 3, 20187 yr by Ewell CFC

On 01/11/2018 at 09:47, bluehaze said:

Has anyone been to a Chelsea game that was abandoned?. I remember Palace in the Zenith the game was called off just before the start because of high wind and they thought the glass in the East Stand would shatter or something like that.

Aston villa at home 97/98 season

Love having this man back at the club

italian-footballer-gianfranco-zo.bin

7 hours ago, bluehaze said:

'And the 16 year old fans claim they have been warned : " Wear blazers and shoes or don't come back. " '

Eh ?! To their local secondary school perhaps !! 

Think this article was dated 1982 as Motherwell were in Division 1 in 1981/82 and promoted to the Scottish Premier League in 1981/82, with former Chelsea player Davie Hay as manager.

A 2-1 v Crystal Palace at The Bridge in April 72.

   'A London derby from April 1972. Chelsea were in good form, having won their last three league games - a good response to their defeat in the League Cup final a month ago. Palace meanwhile were not in form - they had gone seven matches without a win, having failed to score in four of those, and were battling to stay in the top flight. The commentator is Brian Moore.'

4 hours ago, erskblue said:

A 2-1 v Crystal Palace at The Bridge in April 72.

   'A London derby from April 1972. Chelsea were in good form, having won their last three league games - a good response to their defeat in the League Cup final a month ago. Palace meanwhile were not in form - they had gone seven matches without a win, having failed to score in four of those, and were battling to stay in the top flight. The commentator is Brian Moore.'

Weird to see Chelsea legend, Bobby Tambling in a yellow shirt.