3 minutes ago, Gate 13 said:

Many happy times pre-match in the Black Bull, a particular favourite was home to Leeds 88 or 89, the match we won 1-0 with Johnny B scoring.  The Leeds coaches came past and the BB emptied to give them a warm welcome; one geezer who wanted to make his point climbed up on a window sill and had to be held in place by has mates while he was giving it large to the coaches.  Epic.

Update, April 89, CFC 1 Dirty Leeds 0.

3 hours ago, Gate 13 said:

Many happy times pre-match in the Black Bull, a particular favourite was home to Leeds 88 or 89, the match we won 1-0 with Johnny B scoring.  The Leeds coaches came past and the BB emptied to give them a warm welcome; one geezer who wanted to make his point climbed up on a window sill and had to be held in place by has mates while he was giving it large to the coaches.  Epic.

We used to drink the the Lord Palmerston pub on the New Kings Rd, lively bunch of lads in there and the whole place emptied to welcome the 
Leeds coaches in 1984...

Great day that was, in Gate 13 for the 5-0, then all,of the fun after the match 😎

You had the Rose opposite the Gas Works Club, the Palmeston,, that Tapas place, the Imperial, Hand and Flower { locked everyone in there after the Sunderland game}, the working club, the Adelaide with TC's following and all the Mitcham boys, Beer Engine, Come the Revolution by the Railway Bridge where the party crowd used to knock around.

Did pretty much all my pre/ post match drinking along that stretch, plus the occasional Friday night.

Saw this earlier on the Chelsea Pensioner's Facebook page.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Saw this earlier on the Chelsea Pensioner's Facebook page.

Well that's good news I feel bad about posting the original tweet now.

Friendly against Celtic 77 and Leeds 82 always remember a geezer running across the pitch on crutches in the pitch invasion after the game.

 

4 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Well that's good news I feel bad about posting the original tweet now.

Yes, good news. Don't feel bad about posting the tweet mate. You thought it was genuine tweet. Begs the question why someone posted that it was closing. Someone spreading nasty rumours?

Chelsea v Man United 1969.

 

 

Arsenal's only defeat of the 1990/91 season.

 

 

16 hours ago, Boyne said:

 

2nd leg play off v Middlesbrough perhaps?

1 minute ago, Gate 13 said:

2nd leg play off v Middlesbrough perhaps?

I think you're right judging by the size of the crowd and the club shirts some people were wearing.

6 hours ago, Boyne said:

I think you're right judging by the size of the crowd and the club shirts some people were wearing.

There is a lot of Jade in there and I’m not talking about female’s!!

 

The League Magazine on Twitter.

 

 

Original caption states this picture is from 24th Sept 1966 v Arsenal. We won 3-1.

 

Edited November 8, 20223 yr by erskblue

Edited November 8, 20223 yr by erskblue

On 02/11/2022 at 15:25, Boyne said:

It was. Yes, a crazy night. I remember the bloke chasing Walker. A couple of days after the match someone told me about the punch up between Walker and Speedie. 

☝member one tubby geezer going to get a seat off the pitch only to get floored by another seat from gate 13.

It was sh*te night

I first went to the Bridge with my Dad, late 60s, a midweek match against Nottingham Forest, a 1-1 draw; we sat in the old West Stand and I was hooked. I sat up in my Jim Jams to watch the Cup Final replay in 70, they say something like 28m people watched the replay, mind you it was on BBC and ITV so the nation did not have much choice, and the internet and mobiles did not exist.  Winning the Cup was fantastic but Chopper’s ‘tackle’ on Eddie Gray was special.   I lived in London in the early 80’s and was able to see the great John Neal version of our club - I know the ‘old days’ always seem great, but looking back that was a very special time for CFC.  The 83-84 season will live with me forever, even now I break out into a verse of: “we’re the boys in Blue from Division 2, but we won’t be here for long”.  The away days were brill, and the Leeds match at home was off the scale, winning 5-0, them going mental and  smashing up the scoreboard, and everyone on the pitch afterwards.  Some of the Stockwell boys who used to meet at the back of Gate 13 still left sharpish to try to ambush Leeds on the way back to Kings Cross; that’s commitment for you. 

25 minutes ago, Gate 13 said:

I first went to the Bridge with my Dad, late 60s, a midweek match against Nottingham Forest, a 1-1 draw; we sat in the old West Stand and I was hooked. I sat up in my Jim Jams to watch the Cup Final replay in 70, they say something like 28m people watched the replay, mind you it was on BBC and ITV so the nation did not have much choice, and the internet and mobiles did not exist.  Winning the Cup was fantastic but Chopper’s ‘tackle’ on Eddie Gray was special.   I lived in London in the early 80’s and was able to see the great John Neal version of our club - I know the ‘old days’ always seem great, but looking back that was a very special time for CFC.  The 83-84 season will live with me forever, even now I break out into a verse of: “we’re the boys in Blue from Division 2, but we won’t be here for long”.  The away days were brill, and the Leeds match at home was off the scale, winning 5-0, them going mental and  smashing up the scoreboard, and everyone on the pitch afterwards.  Some of the Stockwell boys who used to meet at the back of Gate 13 still left sharpish to try to ambush Leeds on the way back to Kings Cross; that’s commitment for you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chopper chops Gray 

https://twitter.com/chelseafc/status/1255556905667264513?lang=en-GB

 

 

 

Edited November 12, 20223 yr by Scott

 

12th Nov 1983. Apologies if already been posted.

Edited November 12, 20223 yr by erskblue