2 hours ago, Richard P said:

 

I think the 3-0 game 84/85 after the game West Ham went on an earlier tube towards Wimbledon and came back so they were packed on the tube ready for ambush at F B.

Also we had a night game around that time where West Ham were away at Wimbledon and was lively on the tube.

That was the night of the Sunderland game another lively night !!

8 hours ago, Fruit Bat said:

Watching from the opposite end we heard ' Chelsea, Chelsea' in the Stretford End, a gap opened up and that seemed to be the end of it . Not even sure I remember any flurries of punches.. Tactical withdrawal I guess.

Nothing like West Ham at home a couple of weeks later. Similarly they came in from the West Stand about five minutes from the end and it really did kick off proper.   

And the White Wall at the same time, nowhere to be seen outside after though, must have gone to the Tube as you say.  Very organised.

I've seen and posted photos from the 67 cup final but not seen this one.

 

 

1982 Pre Season training at Aberystwyth.

Photo by Hugh Hastings/Chelsea FC via Getty Images.

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‘A group of boys celebrate the upcoming 1970 FA Cup Final with a match of their own in Chelsea's Slaidburn Street, 10th April 1970.’

(Photo by Michael Webb/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Usual apologies if this picture and the one below have already been posted.

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29th April 1970: Arthur Rawlings, Billy, Ned and Mrs Rawlings with Kathleen Robertson at their Chelsea decorated World's End grocer's shop. (Photo by John Minihan/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

I recognise a few people I.e. Phil Priest, Robert Isaac and Keith Jones. Can anyone else add names. Thanks.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

I recognise a few people I.e. Phil Priest, Robert Isaac and Keith Jones. Can anyone else add names. Thanks.

Boyne: Hope this picture helps. Not the greatest for reading the players names, that I admit.

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Boyne: This one was actually originally posted by you !😀

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33 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Boyne: This one was actually originally posted by you !😀

Thanks. I'd forgotten that I had posted that picture.

On 04/03/2022 at 15:09, erskblue said:

Cracking strip too, in my humble opinion.

Looks a bit like Palace's old kit. Similar design.

20 hours ago, Scott said:

You can probably pick me out if you look hard enough. No colours, green combat jacket and jeans. You gave him a great send off that's for sure. That looks like Mick Martin with his hands on his hips. Didn't move much did our Mick.

10 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

Looks a bit like Palace's old kit. Similar design.

There were a few strips of a similar design back in 1973/74 ish.

 

 

The League Magazine on Twitter.

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Ron Harris and the late Peter Bonetti both made their respective 700th appearance for us v Derby away on this day in 1978.

Above, Ron ‘challenges'    Stan Bowles of Q.P.R. at The Bridge, Feb 1974.

 

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23 hours ago, erskblue said:

 

 

Brings back memories of football how it used to be. Reaney, Charlton, and Madeley yelling at each other and Sprake after Leeds conceded. Revie must have put the fear of God into them because I saw this scene repeated at Elland Road on my first trip there in September 1969. Leeds fans were barracking Best who was having a quiet game, and Leeds were in control. Then, as he often did, he took matters into his own hands and scored a brace, the second of which had Leeds defenders all over the place. Just like in the picture, Jack Charlton was screaming at his fellow defenders and Revie was up off the bench pointing and yelling. I suppose it says a lot about how competitive that Leeds side was back then. As for Gary Sprake, on his day, he was unbeatable but man was he prone to cock-ups. He ended up a pariah there for speaking out of school about how Revie conducted his business. He should never have been allowed anywhere near the England job.

4 hours ago, erskblue said:

Above, Ron ‘challenges'    Stan Bowles of Q.P.R. at The Bridge, Feb 1974.

Bowles was a great player but an utter wind-up merchant. He was tipped to be the next big thing a Maine Road back in the day but his off-the-pitch antics were too much even for Malcolm Allison (who once appeared in a soft-porn magazine with Mary Millington) and Joe Mercer decided he had to go.

9 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

Brings back memories of football how it used to be. Reaney, Charlton, and Madeley yelling at each other and Sprake after Leeds conceded. Revie must have put the fear of God into them because I saw this scene repeated at Elland Road on my first trip there in September 1969. Leeds fans were barracking Best who was having a quiet game, and Leeds were in control. Then, as he often did, he took matters into his own hands and scored a brace, the second of which had Leeds defenders all over the place. Just like in the picture, Jack Charlton was screaming at his fellow defenders and Revie was up off the bench pointing and yelling. I suppose it says a lot about how competitive that Leeds side was back then. As for Gary Sprake, on his day, he was unbeatable but man was he prone to cock-ups. He ended up a pariah there for speaking out of school about how Revie conducted his business. He should never have been allowed anywhere near the England job.

Stratford. I knew that Gary Sprake had spoken out about how Don Revie conducted his business.
 

Was there any criticism in the press of Revies appointment as England manager back in 1974?

Just watched a few minutes of our game against Arsenal in 1974 two noticeable things one the pitch was immaculate so it looks like the East Stand did ruin it lack of natural sunlight apparently. This was September 74 so the East Stand was only open a matter of weeks. Secondly the atmosphere was terrible hardly any singing.

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Stratford. I knew that Gary Sprake had spoken out about how Don Revie conducted his business.
 

Was there any criticism in the press of Revies appointment as England manager back in 1974?

Not that I can recall. It wasn't until much later - and with the usual hindsight - that the press exposed Revie as a wrong 'un. But prior to 1974, there were plenty of stories out there that should have alerted the FA. Alan Ball had made it public that Revie had tapped him up at Blackpool and had offered him cash to sign for Leeds. Earlier, he tried to bribe Bob Stokoe, then manager of Bury, with £500 to 'go easy' on Leeds who were fighting relegation to the old 3rd Division. Stokoe told him to shove it. Later, when Stokoe was manager of Blackpool, Revie wanted to buy Tony Green but Stokoe refused to sell to him.  He attempted to bribe Wolves players in 1972 to hand Leeds the title. He didn't do it himself but assigned the task to two players and when it came out, the papers were all over it. All of this was glossed over when Revie got the England job. Cloughie kept on at him in his newspaper column but people put that down to sour grapes about being passed over by the FA.

April 28th 1984, on the pitch celebrating promotion after beating Leeds 5-0. Might well have been posted before, but I’ve just noticed I’m in this one.