Couldn't think of anywhere else to post this. It will be interesting to see which players are selected.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/03/03/celebrate-a-chelsea-legend--help-choose-who-is-honoured-on-the-s?cardIndex=0-3

A place is available for a Chelsea great to join many others whose careers at the club are celebrated on the Shed Wall at Stamford Bridge. A fans’ vote will decide which former player is chosen…

On its own, the Shed Wall at the southern end of Stamford Bridge is an important piece of Chelsea history.

It is a section of the stadium site which dates all the way back to when the famous football ground was opened back in 1905 and although no longer part of the large standing terrace for supporters it once was, it is nowadays an impressive boundary alongside a busy walking thoroughfare on both matchdays and non-matchdays.

And in recent years the Shed Wall comes with added history! Along its length a collection of all-time greats in the Chelsea story are celebrated, with images, biographies, honours and quotes, and even QR codes which allow you to find out more. Not a day goes past without hundreds of people stopping to look or have their photos taken next to one of their favourites.
 

 

John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Ron Harris, Peter Osgood, Ray Wilkins are just some of the names on there, and the good news is there is room for one more.

But which player should it be? There is certainly more than one candidate. For the answer we are asking Chelsea supporters to choose.

We have five greats to nominate and over the next week we will be unveiling those names one by one, complete with a video of a famous face explaining what made each player so special. Then the poll will open to select who joins the other legends on the Shed Wall.

Fans will be able to vote via this website, via The 5th Stand or at the home game against Wolves on Sunday 10 March. On that day, which also Chelsea Football Club’s 114th birthday, just look for the Bridge Team in their familiar dark blue jackets at the ground before the match.

Watch this space and help us fill the space on the old Shed Wall!

Ken Shelitto and Chelsea Youth Team.  

Can anybody name all the players?  I've only managed to recognise 5 so far.

2 minutes ago, In the Net said:

Ken Shelitto and Chelsea Youth Team.  

Can anybody name all the players?  I've only managed to recognise 5 so far.

Ray Wilkins, Garry Stanley, Derek Richardson, Steve Wicks are the ones I can name who are standing. Ray Lewington, Clive Walker and Teddy Maybank at the front.

Could be Dario Grading in the white jumper. And maybe Brian Bason next to Maybank.

2 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Ray Wilkins, Garry Stanley, Derek Richardson, Steve Wicks are the ones I can name who are standing. Ray Lewington, Clive Walker and Teddy Maybank at the front.

Could be Dario Grading in the white jumper. And maybe Brian Bason next to Maybank.

I think you're right about Dario.

The guy standing on the right is bugging me - I'm sure that I recognise him, possibly John Sparrow? 

Edited March 3, 20197 yr by In the Net

I thought it was Brian bason in the white jumper next to Butch...? Also front room is les Brily spelt wrong I know but something like that 

John Sparrow in the long coat?

6 hours ago, In the Net said:

Ken Shelitto and Chelsea Youth Team.  

Can anybody name all the players?  I've only managed to recognise 5 so far.

I posted this a couple of months ago my sister who's a gooner (everyone's got their cross to bare) sent it to me via Twitter. What I take from the photo is those boys could have gone far but the club being so unstable and skint they never had a chance. Some real talent there and no other club had to blood their kids so quickly and Eddie McCreadie done such a great job under such off the pitch pressure.

Up there with Munich, Bolton 2005, Wembley 1997 is the Hull game of 77 Eddie McCreadies Blue and White Army.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/03/02/my-blue-days--teddy-maybank?cardIndex=0-7

My Blue Days: Teddy Maybank

Teddy Maybank spent short but memorable spells at both Chelsea and Fulham, so ahead of this weekend’s meeting between two of his former sides we spoke to him to reminisce about life at Stamford Bridge in the 1970s.

A prodigious young striker from south London, Maybank first trained at our home ground aged 10 and was one of a number of players to come through our youth system in the mid-1970s.

He played 32 times for Chelsea, scoring six goals, during an injury-interrupted three years as a first team squad member, before moving on to Fulham and later Brighton and PSV Eindhoven.

Unfortunately, a chronic knee injury brought a premature end to his playing days at the age of just 24, but as he recalls to the official Chelsea website he still holds plenty of great memories…

Tell us about how you came to sign for Chelsea?

Loads of the lads, Ray Wilkins, Ray Lewington, Clive Walker and so on, trained at the Bridge on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We did that from when we were about 10 or 11.

I ended up playing for South London where lots of scouts would be watching, but I didn’t sign any schoolboy forms. When I was 15 I had a bad injury and needed a cartilage operation. I was at Queens Park Rangers, but Chelsea called me in and operated on me on Christmas Day! Ian Hutchinson was having a steel plate put in on his leg, and the same surgeon operated on me.

I hadn’t signed for anybody but I had a few clubs after me, including Man U, Arsenal and Tottenham. But I thought because Chelsea did that without me even being on their books I would sign for them.

What were your immediate impressions of the club?

When I was 10, we used to train in the car park at the front of the ground! There were boards we would use as goals, and we would train on the asphalt. Then we trained upstairs where the snooker tables were! There were loads of pillars we had to duck in and out of.

Once we signed as apprentices we went down to Mitcham and that was a lovely training ground.

 

The Mitcham training pitches with two of Maybank's future team-mates, 17-year-old Graham Wilkins (far left) and 15-year-old Ray Wilkins (far right), his future manager Eddie McCreadie (second right) and the great Peter Osgood

What do you remember of your Chelsea debut?

We were playing Tottenham at White Hart Lane in April 1975, and whoever lost was relegated. They had to delay the game by half-an-hour because of crowd violence. It was a hell of a debut to make.

At that time, people used to give you stick all the time. You didn’t take it personally, it was just something to distract me. I had been on the pitch for about 10 minutes and one of the Tottenham players said something to me that I can’t repeat, and then ran off!

It took me aback and I was wandering around in a daze for 10 minutes! He completely did me, but that used to happen in those days.

 

Teddy Maybank, attacking with Charlie Cooke in a game at Luton

What do you remember about the backing the team received from the fans, both home and away?

The fans were great. They were proper supporters. They weren’t shy of giving you a bit of stick if you weren’t performing, but that was what you expected.

Of the squad that came through together in 1976 when we won promotion, eight or nine were from the youth team. We came through with the right attitude. We had enthusiasm and we played for the manager. The crowd really appreciated that squad coming through and getting Chelsea back into the First Division in 76/77.

Of all the managers you worked under here, who had the biggest influence on you, your game or your career?

Ken Shellito. Ken was my hero. He had the right way of playing, he gave you good information and he got a unity together that had never been seen.

Ken Shellito was such a legend. He would have been an England player for years if it wasn’t for injury. He was the best full-back in the country.

In training we would play five-a-side games and Ken would join in. He would wait for us to try and tackle him and then knock it in to the goal off our own legs! He was a great man and a great coach.

Eddie McCreadie was fantastic as well, don’t get me wrong. He was very harshly dealt with in my opinion.

 

Ken Shellito taking pre-season training in 1978

Tell us about some of the most memorable games you were involved in for Chelsea…

That first one at White Hart Lane there were 65,000 people and the atmosphere was quite something. And it was my debut!

When I went to Fulham, I played against Chelsea and was up against Ron Harris, Ray Lewington, Kenny Swain, Garry Stanley, and they were my mates.

I went into a tackle and caught someone. Ron Harris came striding over. I said ‘Come on Chopper I was there for 10 years’ and put my arm round him. Luckily he smiled!

Which team-mates were you closest to during your time here? Are you still in touch with them now?

We had such a close-knit unit. I went to school with Ray Lewington from the age of 11 at Stockwell Manor. We were in the same class. We played in the same Sunday teams. We were like brothers. Then there was John Sparrow and Tommy Langley. We were all so close.

 

The Medallion Men - Teddy Maybank (left), Garry Stanley, Ian Britton, John Sparrow and Ray Wilkins pictured in pre-season 1976

Were there any opposition teams or players you particularly disliked facing and, if so, why?

Any of the big sides! Especially being young. I hadn’t really found my feet, I was playing on natural instinct. We were sent out there to do what our managers thought we were good at. We weren’t that disciplined; we played because we absolutely enjoyed it.

When I made my debut in 1975 in front of 65,000, a relegation battle, I was on £40 a week. You would play for nothing! And then you got paid to do something and it was fantastic.

Why did you leave Chelsea for Fulham?

Jock Finnieston got in the team during the 1976/77 season, was scoring plenty of goals, and I wasn’t going to get in.

I didn’t really want to play in the reserves and I said as much to Eddie McCreadie. It was the impetuosity of youth and a bit stupid of me. He put me out on loan to Fulham and said to be patient because he thought I was a better player than Jock, but he was a better goalscorer when he was in form.

At Fulham I scored about four in four, and was playing with George Best, Rodney Marsh, Peter Storey, Bobby Moore. When I went back to Chelsea I was straight back in the reserves and I asked to go.

It was a great time playing with those players at Fulham and I did really well although I was only there for a little while before going to Brighton. They spent £230,000 on me which helped pay for what is now the Riverside Stand at Craven Cottage!

 

Teddy Maybank (middle row far right) in one of the few team photos he appeared in!

How do you look back on your time at Chelsea overall? Is there anything you would change or do differently?

We keep in contact with each other on Facebook and things like that. There is a confusing thing that really bugs me! I was with that youth squad, reserve squad, and then the first team, but every time there is a team photograph I’m not in it! I think I used to do it as a practical joke! Now I would much rather be in the photographs…they bring back so many memories.

We grew up together, we mowed the lawns, painted the dressing rooms, sweeping the terraces. That creates a bond. We would die for each other. We would fight and fight and fight, and if anyone let someone else down boy would they know about it. That was what we had at Chelsea. It was the greatest squad I was ever in. I wouldn’t change it for the world.

And finally, what are you expecting from this weekend’s game between two of your former sides?

I feel sorry for Fulham. It hasn’t gone their way this season, and they’re going to really struggle to stay up. I think with Chelsea’s result against Tottenham they are back on track and I think it will be a resounding away win.

Enjoyed the Teddy Maybank article above.

Honestly didn't know that he played for PSV Eindhoven !

11 hours ago, F1905 said:

I thought it was Brian bason in the white jumper next to Butch...? Also front room is les Brily spelt wrong I know but something like that 

I think that's Mike Brolly standing behind Les Briley.

11 hours ago, F1905 said:

I thought it was Brian bason in the white jumper next to Butch...? Also front room is les Brily spelt wrong I know but something like that 

I think that's Mike Brolly standing behind Les Briley.

46 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Enjoyed the Teddy Maybank article above.

Honestly didn't know that he played for PSV Eindhoven !

Good article, but if he reckons there were 65,000 at White Hart Lane maths ain’t his strong point.

12 minutes ago, Ewell CFC said:

Good article, but if he reckons there were 65,000 at White Hart Lane maths ain’t his strong point.

True enough !

51,064 according to bounder friardale.

Perhaps Teddy meant 56,000

To be honest, maths wasn't ever my strong point either.

As any/all my maths teachers from secondary school would have confirmed at the time

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Picture taken mid 1970s ?

A young JT and Ian Hutchinson.

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

A young JT and Ian Hutchinson.

JT would have been playing in midfield then. 

Just looking at the Shelf there- right next to the pitch. The North Bank Arsenal was a big end which the roof covered maybe three quarters of.

North and South Banks at West Ham, also decent covered ends. Even the old Hammersmith End at Fulham in theory was a better end than the Shed.

I loved the various quirks of the Shed and cherish the memories of being there, but wish we could have really maximised our superb singing power by being closer to the park. 

Ps When I was a Sheddite- 78-82- we definitely had more singers than Arsenal, Spurs, West Ham.

 

 

On 02/03/2019 at 12:51, bluehaze said:

Yes it was I lost my mates as well and there were five of us. There was a big article in the Chelsea Independent about it apparently and I never saw this after the game there were single shoes and trainers scattered all over the Park Lane where they had come off during the crush. If we hadn't climbed the fence I don't know about deaths but there would have been several serious injuries. Worst crush I've ever been in anywhere football or gigs.

I was in the Park Lane seats that day, as well as the season previous, when Mickey Hazard made his return to 3PL and scored a screamer, and as was mentioned earlier in the thread, the crush in there that day in 87 looked to be heading in the direction of a serious incident, great support though.

On 03/03/2019 at 20:37, Richard P said:

John Sparrow in the long coat?

Long coat, and even longer throw.

21 hours ago, bluehaze said:

I posted this a couple of months ago my sister who's a gooner (everyone's got their cross to bare) sent it to me via Twitter. What I take from the photo is those boys could have gone far but the club being so unstable and skint they never had a chance. Some real talent there and no other club had to blood their kids so quickly and Eddie McCreadie done such a great job under such off the pitch pressure.

Up there with Munich, Bolton 2005, Wembley 1997 is the Hull game of 77 Eddie McCreadies Blue and White Army.

Think I've posted on this pic before, taken approximately 5 minutes walk from my front door, and from reading the thread most of them have been correctly identified, it is John Sparrow in the leather coat, and has Ray Lewington been mentioned yet? F1905, it is Les Briley, came from my estate and lived about 100 yards from my school, went on to become a Millwall stalwart for many years, and I went out with his sister for a while. Maybank, and later on, Pates and Fillery were all Mitcham lads, but it was Eddie Macs side that I would often watch in the morning, SE Counties League, before heading off to the match in the afternoon.

10 hours ago, bluehaze said:

A young JT and Ian Hutchinson.

Ian Hutchinson at White Hart Lane I think.

Saw the above on Facebook. Should be in a good night. Not sure if I'll be able to go though.

Looks like Loftus Road in the top picture. Stan Bowles is the QPR player next to Chopper Harris.

Classic strip worn by a classy player.