We beat Ipswich 5-3 on Sat 21st January 1978. Watched by a crowd of 26,044.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

How we could do with him now: I remember his hat trick away at Millwall in the last game of the 89/90 season (I think), left foot, right foot and a thumping header. A hot sunny day and we wore the red and white hoops which a radio commentator said made us look like Hull Kingston Rovers of Rugby League fame.

"from a sub stack article....vv

"Fans of rival clubs, long focused on sneering, you've got no history at a club that, some might argue, has got rather too much history, if anything. Chelsea's history might not have been as spectacularly loaded with silverware as some other clubs, but if that's the bar used to define whether a club has a history or not, then all bar about five or six clubs in the entire history of English football have one either.

They’ve been have been the champions of England, both during the Premier League era and as a part of the Football League. They've completed a full sweep of domestic trophies, having won the FA Cup, the League Cup, the Charity Shield and even the full Members' Cup, the Football League's ill-advised replacement for regular European football when English clubs were banned from Europe in 1985.

Add to that a clean sweep of European competitions, the Champions League, the Europa League, the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup. and this idea starts to look even more absurd.'

I know it's been posted before, ... but always worth posting again I reckon? I like the guy on top of the box on the right with his casual pose, one hand in his pocket without a care in the world !!

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49 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

I know it's been posted before, ... but always worth posting again I reckon? I like the guy on top of the box on the right with his casual pose, one hand in his pocket without a care in the world !!

Hadn’t even noticed him! Cheers!😀

That goal!

21 hours ago, Gate 13 said:

How we could do with him now: I remember his hat trick away at Millwall in the last game of the 89/90 season (I think), left foot, right foot and a thumping header. A hot sunny day and we wore the red and white hoops which a radio commentator said made us look like Hull Kingston Rovers of Rugby League fame.

Here’s the goals. And all three goals were well taken. His second, was a great right foot strike !

Years apart , the Sunday queue for tickets!

First team training in December 1981.

Phil Driver training with Seb Coe. Sept 1981.

Does anyone remember when goal average was used when teams were on the same points? It helped us school kids to pay attention to division and decimals !vvv

A couple of easy examples given below, but try dividing say, 43 by 24 without a calculator!!

Goal Average

• Definition: Goal average is calculated by dividing the total number of goals scored by the total number of goals conceded.

• Usage: This method was used historically in English football until it was replaced in 1976. It was primarily applied to determine league standings when teams had equal points.

• Example: If Team A scored 80 goals and conceded 40, their goal average would be 2.00 (80/40). If Team B scored 41 goals and conceded 20, their goal average would be 2.05 (41/20). In this case, Team B would rank higher.

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14 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Does anyone remember when goal average was used when teams were on the same points? It helped us school kids to pay attention to division and decimals !vvv

A couple of easy examples given below, but try dividing say, 43 by 24 without a calculator!!

Goal Average

• Definition: Goal average is calculated by dividing the total number of goals scored by the total number of goals conceded.

• Usage: This method was used historically in English football until it was replaced in 1976. It was primarily applied to determine league standings when teams had equal points.

• Example: If Team A scored 80 goals and conceded 40, their goal average would be 2.00 (80/40). If Team B scored 41 goals and conceded 20, their goal average would be 2.05 (41/20). In this case, Team B would rank higher.

I remember the goal average system. As you say, dividing 43 by 24 for example isn't easy without calculators. It would be interesting to see if there were differences in title winners and relegated teams since 1976 if the old system stayed in place.

Slightly off subject but I remember when the papers and possibly the tv companies didn't publish league tables until after about three games had been played. Possibly due to how close goal averages would have been? In 1981 England switched from 2 points to 3 points for a win. Again would league winners and relegated teams have been different in 2 points for a win had stayed in place.

21 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Years apart , the Sunday queue for tickets!

“Loyalty points! F^*k Off!!”

14 hours ago, Boyne said:

Before Cobham!

Our first manager.