May 1May 1 One of our 13 goals against Jeunesse Hautcharage in the European Cup Winners' Cup on 29th Sept 1971.
May 2May 2 The home match v Roma.In the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round, we beat AS Roma 4-1 on aggregate. We won the home leg 4-1 on 22nd Sept 1965. A Terry Venables hat-trick and a goal from George Graham. 32,753 saw the win. And we drew 0-0 in the away leg on 6th Oct.It’s fair to say that in the return game, the home crowd didn’t exactly take kindly to us going through…
May 4May 4 Trevor Aylott beats Forest keeper Peter Shilton, to score the only goal of game on 5th Nov 1977.
May 4May 4 5 hours ago, erskblue said:Kenny Swain in the same game.My first match at the Bridge, aged 9!, saw us draw with Forest 1-1 on 14 August 1968, an evening ko at 7.30pm. Bobby Tambling scored for us. We sat in the old West Stand, floodlights on and a crowd of 35,000. I was hooked.
May 4May 4 4 hours ago, Gate 13 said:My first match at the Bridge, aged 9!, saw us draw with Forest 1-1 on 14 August 1968, an evening ko at 7.30pm. Bobby Tambling scored for us. We sat in the old West Stand, floodlights on and a crowd of 35,000. I was hooked.76-77. Forest at home. Probably my 4th or 5th game at the Bridge. Massive, ongoing ruck in the North Stand. Was in the benches with the old man and my brothers. Just when you thought the old bill had got it under control, off it went again. One of those rare games where fighting continued for most of the 90 minutes
May 4May 4 Smoke bomb gone off. Forest at home. 16th April 1977.‘The Cat’ in action during the same game.
May 4May 4 11 Man City V Chelsea May 1984 Photos and High-Res Pictures11 Images1 EventThe legendary Man City away game on Friday 4th May 1984. Shown live on MOTD.We,of course, won 2-0.
May 5May 5 Kerry Dixon wheels away after scoring against Man City in that 4th May 1984 game‘You can see why Chelsea are going up,’ commented City boss Billy McNeill afterwards. ‘They compete right up to the final whistle.’ If only the same thing could be said of this current team/squad…
May 5May 5 John Bumstead. ‘That season’.Wee Pat stepping up and scoring a penalty against Portsmouth away in April 1984.
May 5May 5 20 hours ago, erskblue said:11 Man City V Chelsea May 1984 Photos and High-Res Pictures11 Images1 EventThe legendary Man City away game on Friday 4th May 1984. Shown live on MOTD.We,of course, won 2-0.The top picture was a dinner at the Grand Hotel in Manchester after the game. A thank you to 250 who went to most games that season. I was there with my brother, three course meal and Bates’y bought our first drink. Great singsong after until about 2am.
May 5May 5 On 18/04/2026 at 05:30, erskblue said:Pure quality.The Royal Blue colour is class.So much so we sang " We're the boys in Royal Blue, who the f**king hell are you !!"
May 5May 5 On 03/05/2026 at 06:40, erskblue said:Never knew he could jump that high!!Is that George Eastham behind him? Whoever, looking like a case of he " doesn't fancy it !...El Tel looking on Edited May 5May 5 by The Rising Sun Info
May 5May 5 On 19/04/2026 at 08:32, erskblue said:Redemption And Promotion As Leeds Thrashed 5-0www.chelseaheritagepartnership.comApr 28, 2024Late April 1984. Heady times indeed for Chelsea supporters. After the club had spent four seasons in the Division Two doldrums, manager John Neal had created an exciting charismatic side who, backed by fervent support, had not lost for nearly four months and were seemingly on an unstoppable journey to promotion.Chairman Bates had gambled in Summer 1983, after the club had nearly gone down to Division Three, and rather than sack Neal he backed the manager, cleared out a host of players and brought in a phalanx of promising youngsters.So many games that season were memorable but without doubt one of the most iconic was the home clash with old rivals Leeds United on April 28th.Four days earlier Chelsea could have clinched promotion, subject to a mathematical catastrophe, by winning at Portsmouth in front of 8,000+ travelling supporters. 2-0 up through Mickey Thomas and Pat Nevin, they conceded twice and had to make do with a 2-2 draw.This meant the table looked as follows :- Sheff Wed p36, 78 pts; Chelsea p38 76 pts; Newcastle p38 73 pts; Man City p38 66 pts; Grimsby p38 66 pts.Sheffield Wednesday, already up subject to Man City or Grimsby going goal crazy, needed eleven points from five games to ensure the title. The following night they surprisingly lost at Middlesbrough, making the title race a bit more open, though it was still theirs to lose.So Chelsea could ensure promotion by beating their bitter rivals of nearly 20 years, Leeds United, on the Saturday.The hostility between the teams dating back to the late 1960s had been mirrored by open hostility between the supporters, and it was a lively trip to Elland Road made by thousands of Chelsea supporters the previous October in a 1-1 draw.When they travelled to Stamford Bridge, Leeds were languishing in midtable, twenty points off a promotion place, and were a shadow on the side that had reached the European Cup Final less than a decade earlier.And, unlike, Chelsea, they were hardly on the up.Neal was hugely frustrated at dropping two points at Fratton Park, commenting ‘We had promotion in our grasp and threw it away. Now I want us to go for the kill this time…I want us to go flat out for victory, to end the waiting game as quickly as possible’.The game was the main back page story in the Daily Mirror, the ‘Bridge Party – Chelsea All Set To Go Surging Up’ headline speaking volumes about the sense of anticipation at the club and among the support.Chelsea were able to pick an unchanged side for the fifth match in a row :- Niedzwiecki; Lee, Pates, McLaughlin, Jones; Bumstead ,Spackman, Thomas; Nevin, Dixon, Speedie.Leeds lined up :- Harvey; Irwin, Hamson, Watson, Aspin; Dickinson, Wright, Sellars; Lorimer, Ritchie, Galvin.David Harvey and Peter Lorimer had been in the Leeds side that lost the brutal 1970 FA Cup Final; replay to Chelsea some 14 years earlier, so were used to suffering at the hands of The Blues.Fulham Road was buzzing hours before the game and the eventual crowd of 33,447 (though it seemed like more.The Shed was utterly rammed) was the second-biggest at Stamford Bridge that season, after the January 3-2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.The bare facts were these. Mickey Thomas (6 minutes) volleyed home a Kerry Dixon header, precipitating a minor pitch invasion from the West Stand benches. Dixon (18 and 23 minutes) put Chelsea out of sight before half-time.Nevin laid on Dixon’s first after beating four Leeds players before crossing for him to head home and David Speedie set up his second, a superb angled lob over Harvey’s head.I remember away end late arrivals being serenaded with ‘Do you know you’re 3-0 down?’ by The Shed.Dixon Nets His FirstAnd celebrates...The third goal brought another pitch invasion and Bates used a megaphone at half-time to ask supporters to stay in their places during the game, but invited them to go on the pitch at the end.That plea worked to a degree but most of the second half felt like a swarm of supporters on the pitch was just waiting to happen.Ken Bates' Half-Time Megaphone AppealDixon completed an emphatic hat-trick from the edge of the area after 52 minutes. The game understandably meandered a bit as the crowd celebrated and Leeds had a couple of chances late on but in general Chelsea were completely dominant.John Bumstead had hit the post twice from free-kicks, so the score could have been even more emphatic.In the last minute, substitute Paul Canoville, on for Bumstead for the last 15 minutes, rounded off the thrashing with a brilliant solo goal.Well before the final goal supporters were on the edge of the pitch.As Canoville celebrated his late goal, the masses charged joyously onto the pitch, which took a few minutes to clear before the game could restart and end.On the final whistle, the players charged off the pitch while thousands charged on. As the players celebrated at the front of the East Stand middle tier, they were doing so in front of a pitch packed with joyous supporters.Supporters fill the pitch after the final whistle...Coach John Hollins, Chairman Ken Bates And Manager John Neal CelebrateLeeds supporters, unsurprisingly kept in, kept themselves amused by trying to smash up the scoreboard and fighting with police.As we left the ground, probably 30 minutes after the final whistle, a posse of riot police were running through the Britannia Gate towards the away end.In all 300 police were on duty for that game. West London celebrated and Fulham Broadway was very lively indeed that night.The Sunday and Monday press coverage was more about off-field events than the game itself.The Daily Mirror praised the ‘passion and adventure’ of the side but focussed on the pitch invasion, a charge towards the Leeds supporters, arrests and the fact the referee was knocked over by invading supporters after Canoville’s goal.The Daily Telegraph eulogised the ‘vibrant performance’ but their headline ‘Chelsea’s Joy-Day Ends So Sadly’ reflected the tone of their match report.The Mirror talked about Bates arranging to install fences at the sides of the pitch before the following season started, matching those in front of The Shed and North Stand terraces.That was for another day, however. Chelsea were back where they belonged and all that remained was to try and win the League.Wednesday lost at Shrewsbury and drew at home to Manchester City while Chelsea won their last three games so Neal’s men won the title on goal difference, clinching it at Grimsby on another glorious and eventful day.The Leeds game sticks in my memory forty years later as I am sure it does for everyone who was there.Euphoria rarely experienced at any game, a sense of redemption after several bleak seasons, mixed with genuine anticipation of what Nevin, Dixon and Co could achieve among the big boys of Division One.Bates, Neal and the players all deserved enormous credit for turning the side round so comprehensively in a matter of months. From chumps to champs.The details in this piece are taken from newspapers and my memory. The latter is a bit faded after 40 years so it is entirely possible your recollections of that day may differ.Can't believe the official figure of 33,000.We were in the East Upper, the whole stadium was rammed.Those newspaper reports were a disgrace. One headline was ' Thugs ruin Chelsea's big day " Nothing of the sort.
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