Beating Jeunesse Hautcharage 13-0 in Sept 1971.

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Edited September 30, 20214 yr by erskblue

Watched the Charlton game on The Big Match Revisited from 79-80 the other day and things I remember and have forgotten. What I remember most is it was the last time I used up the savings in my post office book the blue one I'm sure most of you had one. The post office did a campaign about 20 years ago not sure exactly telling you to cash in or lose it I had 50p left from 1979 so obviously didn't bother might have doubled or tripled my money with the interest rate 😆.

What I have no memory of and I mentioned this before is the bit of the Shed next to the West Stand being closed it must have been for the season as this picture is from the Oldham game. This was the season when the corrugated iron went up in the Shed and Northstand. So was it closed due to safety or did the club think it wasn't needed as crowds were generally down and it wouldn't be needed biggest crowd of the season was 30,000 against West Ham and Fulham which when you consider we got almost double that against Fulham four years previous.

 

Yes that was when we were really crap. You had to be a masochist to go to the Bridge back then, but of course we still went.

    I remember the PO book, I believe I discovered mine in a drawer sometime in the nineties and cashed it in, couldn't have been more than a tenner in it mind!

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

Watched the Charlton game on The Big Match Revisited from 79-80 the other day and things I remember and have forgotten. What I remember most is it was the last time I used up the savings in my post office book the blue one I'm sure most of you had one. The post office did a campaign about 20 years ago not sure exactly telling you to cash in or lose it I had 50p left from 1979 so obviously didn't bother might have doubled or tripled my money with the interest rate 😆.

What I have no memory of and I mentioned this before is the bit of the Shed next to the West Stand being closed it must have been for the season as this picture is from the Oldham game. This was the season when the corrugated iron went up in the Shed and Northstand. So was it closed due to safety or did the club think it wasn't needed as crowds were generally down and it wouldn't be needed biggest crowd of the season was 30,000 against West Ham and Fulham which when you consider we got almost double that against Fulham four years previous.

 

Edit: Biggest crowd of the season was 31,000 against QPR couple of Rangers mates from school came with us they were nervous but I told them Chelsea consider you like Watford or Fulham you'll be fine. 

11 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Watched the Charlton game on The Big Match Revisited from 79-80 the other day and things I remember and have forgotten. What I remember most is it was the last time I used up the savings in my post office book the blue one I'm sure most of you had one. The post office did a campaign about 20 years ago not sure exactly telling you to cash in or lose it I had 50p left from 1979 so obviously didn't bother might have doubled or tripled my money with the interest rate 😆.

What I have no memory of and I mentioned this before is the bit of the Shed next to the West Stand being closed it must have been for the season as this picture is from the Oldham game. This was the season when the corrugated iron went up in the Shed and Northstand. So was it closed due to safety or did the club think it wasn't needed as crowds were generally down and it wouldn't be needed biggest crowd of the season was 30,000 against West Ham and Fulham which when you consider we got almost double that against Fulham four years previous.

 

I forgot as well about that section being closed. I think it was done after this game ready for 80/81 season as I’m sure the Minder episode with Dennis Waterman against Preston  was done round that section.

My first season 77/78 was the last of the old barriers. The Only section of the ground fenced off was by the floodlight in the shed end east side.

12 hours ago, Richard P said:

I forgot as well about that section being closed. I think it was done after this game ready for 80/81 season as I’m sure the Minder episode with Dennis Waterman against Preston  was done round that section.

My first season 77/78 was the last of the old barriers. The Only section of the ground fenced off was by the floodlight in the shed end east side.

It was filmed there but the Shed was fully opened in 78-79 the corrugated iron went up against Sunderland first game of the season 79.

 

Posted before. One of my favourite pictures. From 1945 when we played Moscow Dynamo.

My dad was at that game. He was 19 and in the army. Although a Newcastle Utd fan he went like many of the others out of curiosity about the Russians.

   He said it was one of the best experiences of his life!

On 02/10/2021 at 09:01, bluehaze said:

It was filmed there but the Shed was fully opened in 78-79 the corrugated iron went up against Sunderland first game of the season 79.

 

I remember the Everton game, stood in the Shed against one of the new yellow-painted crush barriers and the paint hadn't dried...went all over my shirt. Crap result too.

8 hours ago, Boyne said:

Posted before. One of my favourite pictures. From 1945 when we played Moscow Dynamo.

Usual apologies. I’ve very probably posted this picture before.

Edited October 3, 20214 yr by erskblue

Top.King George presents the Football League South Cup to our skipper Johnny Harris.

Bottom.Our players players being presented to King George VI before the Football League South Cup Final at Wembley on 7th April 1945. We beat Millwall 2-0 in front of a crowd of 85,000.

 

1 hour ago, pamery said:

I remember the Everton game, stood in the Shed against one of the new yellow-painted crush barriers and the paint hadn't dried...went all over my shirt. Crap result too.

Baking hot as well and I brought a jacket I was only 11 felt really ill on the bus home.

Caption states we have just scored v Brentford away in the late 1930s.  1939: Brentford goalkeeper, Joe Crozier, watches Chelsea's first goal go over the line, scored by Dick Spence, during a match at Brentford. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tangentially Chels:

 

I read Eddie Mac's book a few years ago can't remember if he got so disillusioned with football he turned his back on it completely because he did a good job with limited resources is an understatement. He certainly dressed straight from the 70's manager copybook and I'm sure he would have been offered a job elsewhere had he decided to stay involved in the game. Terrible day WHL 75 in my opinion was the start of the real dark days which lasted 20 years yes we had 83-84 and we did well the following season but on the whole it wasn't great everything changed the day we bought Gullit.

Edited October 7, 20214 yr by bluehaze

 

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9 hours ago, bluehaze said:

I read Eddie Mac's book a few years ago can't remember if he got so disillusioned with football he turned his back on it completely because he did a good job with limited resources is an understatement. He certainly dressed straight from the 70's manager copybook and I'm sure he would have been offered a job elsewhere had he decided to stay involved in the game. Terrible day WHL 75 in my opinion was the start of the real dark days which lasted 20 years yes we had 83-84 and we did well the following season but on the whole it wasn't great everything changed the day we bought Gullit.

I agree that Gullit was a great influence in our rennaisance but for me Glenn Hoddle was the turning point. He completely changed the whole club, without him we would never have attracted Gullit in the first place.

4 hours ago, LOFTYBILL said:

I agree that Gullit was a great influence in our rennaisance but for me Glenn Hoddle was the turning point. He completely changed the whole club, without him we would never have attracted Gullit in the first place.

I agree but Gullit was a megastar who gave Chelsea worldwide appeal and attention. Hoddle only got us to I think without googling a highest position of 11th Gullit took over Vialli, Zola, Lebeouf, Di Matteo all came Gullit had far better contacts abroad then Hoddle and also managed to get Poyet and Flo for just 300.000 which even 25 years ago was remarkable.

9 hours ago, bluehaze said:

I agree but Gullit was a megastar who gave Chelsea worldwide appeal and attention. Hoddle only got us to I think without googling a highest position of 11th Gullit took over Vialli, Zola, Lebeouf, Di Matteo all came Gullit had far better contacts abroad then Hoddle and also managed to get Poyet and Flo for just 300.000 which even 25 years ago was remarkable.

Of all the players we have ever signed, Guillit was the only one when I turned up for his first game v Everton and thought wow a true superstar

2 hours ago, chi blue said:

Of all the players we have ever signed, Guillit was the only one when I turned up for his first game v Everton and thought wow a true superstar

Hoddle laid the foundations but Gullit brought us to a different level. You can see here the buzz when we bought him.

https://www.facebook.com/GillinghamFootballClubOfficial/videos/gills-1-3-chelsea-1995/744052503014443/

On 03/10/2021 at 15:29, erskblue said:

Top.King George presents the Football League South Cup to our skipper Johnny Harris.

Bottom.Our players players being presented to King George VI before the Football League South Cup Final at Wembley on 7th April 1945. We beat Millwall 2-0 in front of a crowd of 85,000.

 

Pretty lively down Wembley Way afterwards by all accounts.