Alan Hudson in action at The Bridge.

 Action from The Bridge. Late 70s/early 80s .

     Peter Osgood v Burnley, at The Bridge in Jan 1970.

Edited August 5, 20196 yr by erskblue

Temporary seating in the Shed End during refurbishment.

12 hours ago, Richard P said:

Is the above picture vs Leeds 82/83? I was on the benches that day and it went off quite bad around where I was sitting

Found the picture on Facebook. Doesn't state the year but it does look like we're playing Leeds. I like that one of the coppers is watching the game rather than looking at the fans.

12 hours ago, Richard P said:

Is the above picture vs Leeds 82/83? I was on the benches that day and it went off quite bad around where I was sitting

Found the picture on Facebook. Doesn't state the year but it does look like we're playing Leeds. I like that one of the coppers is watching the game rather than looking at the fans.

4 hours ago, Boyne said:

Temporary seating in the Shed End during refurbishment.

“ The Sway” the temporary was informally called. If we scored at that end everyone used to pile down to the flat area by the hoardings

4 hours ago, Boyne said:

Found the picture on Facebook. Doesn't state the year but it does look like we're playing Leeds. I like that one of the coppers is watching the game rather than looking at the fans.

For the 82 game one of the papers mentioned that Chelsea stewards ( who were fans rather than the minimum wage jobsworths we get now) aimed kicks and punches at the Leeds fans trying to scale the fences.

A Leeds fan I was working with got nicked at Piccadilly Circus tube where it all went off.

About a year after he got detained for a few weeks in Luxenburg I think after an England game.

5 hours ago, erskblue said:

 Action from The Bridge. Late 70s/early 80s .

Watford by the look of it.

On ‎03‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 07:59, erskblue said:

Opening day of season 1970/71 and 2-1 us.

Ian Hutchinson scoring for us in 74th and 84th mins.  In front of 46,969.

This was the very first match I went to. Had the programme for years but goodness knows where it is now. We had black and white telly in those days so it was a bit of a shock to see how green the pitch was.

Bolton 82 you can't ban a Chelsea fan.

 

16 year old Alan Hudson, recovering from injury.

Had more than his fair share of injuries.

22 hours ago, Richard P said:

Is the above picture vs Leeds 82/83? I was on the benches that day and it went off quite bad around where I was sitting

No its v Notts County, fans demonstrated against the board.

9 minutes ago, Carshalton Blue said:

No its v Notts County, fans demonstrated against the board.

 

That was a tough season ,I didn’t do many games ,but did the notts county game as last game of the season, so must have thought  why not .... The demo wasn’t planned as far as I recall ,in fact being the last game we might have been on the pitch regardless ...seems a long time ago now 

1 hour ago, Carshalton Blue said:

No its v Notts County, fans demonstrated against the board.

Yes remember being in the shed for this game, saw mounted police up in the corner of the North Stand!  Never seen horses walk down terracing before!!

15 hours ago, erskblue said:

 Action from The Bridge. Late 70s/early 80s .

Looks like Gary Johnson.

It is himself.

18 hours ago, Peckham Blue said:

Watford by the look of it.

Cheers mate. I wasn't sure who we were playing.

In that Alan Hudson photo.

It looks we did a fair amount of sprint training, judging by the pairs of running spikes hanging up alongside the football boots.

 

 

Edited August 6, 20196 yr by erskblue