Robin Beste was the player. Very talented youth team striker who looked set to break into first team when his career was finished by injury. Here he is in a team photo from 86-87 season

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(Front row 2nd from right)

 

Thanks for filling in the gap. I have to confess to taking very little notice of either the reserves or the youth team back in those days.

I've since dug a little deeper - the info was there all along if I'd bothered looking, In the very same programme he's mentioned on the "With The Combination" page, and in another programme from the same season, he's credited with scoring against Tottenham reserves.

Thanks for filling in the gap. I have to confess I took very little notice of either the reserves or the youth team back in those days.

I've since dug a little deeper - the info was there all along if I'd bothered looking, In the very same programme he's mentioned on the "With The Combination" page, and in another programme from the same season, he's credited with scoring against Tottenham reserves.

 

Yeah bottom pic is def away to Shrewsbury in the fa cup 85/86.

Cheers mate.

Rout: Chelsea's Mickey Thomas is mobbed by fans after his team's 5-0 win over their rivals in 1984
 

                                     

 

    Across  the divide: Ken Bates, then chairman of Chelsea, appeals to the fans to keep off the pitch after winning promotion to Division One in 1984

     

         

 

THE LEADER OF THE SHED SAYS KEEP IT TIGHT.
Chelsea in the Shelf, White Hart Lane, 1970
 

 

Captain leader ledgend.

 

 

 

 

 THE CHELSEA NORTH STAND
WE DID OUR JOB!

Chelsea V Crystal Palace, FA Cup 5th Round, 1976

 

Edited December 17, 201213 yr by Carshalton Blue

1970 FA Cup Final Replay

 

I'd be shocked and stunned if there isn't already a clip or two fron the match posted here somewhere, but with tomorrow's game in mind, what better time for another look . I've chosen this one over the others I've seen online because it includes a few shots of Chelsea Fans and of the players lifting the FA Cup.

 

 

1970 FA Cup Final Replay

 

I'd be shocked and stunned if there isn't already a clip or two fron the match posted here somewhere, but with tomorrow's game in mind, what better time for another look . I've chosen this one over the others I've seen online because it includes a few shots of Chelsea Fans and of the players lifting the FA Cup.

Hard to beleive in this day and age it took 65 years to win the thing, the modern newer fans will never understand the elation we expressed as kids the night it happened, even winning the CL doesn't come close for me although I'll admit Drogba's equaliser is up there along with Osiie's. I used to watch the build up to every cup final afterwards just to see that header and it still makes me well up everytime I watch it, Chelsea's greatest goal by Chelsea's greatest player.

Edited December 18, 201213 yr by Peckham Blue

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20775697

 

Deecent article from bbc site on our 1970s matches with Leeds.

Carshalton that Arkins photo is possibly the best thing I've ever seen on this forum (apart from maybe the ever-changing crowd positions in the Cardiff away video  ). 

Carshalton that Arkins photo is possibly the best thing I've ever seen on this forum (apart from maybe the ever-changing crowd positions in the Cardiff away video  ). 

 

Yeah its quality mate, its from the Watford semi final in 70.

Top snap, but I cant see him phoning up Brian Winston at Orient,

Edited December 19, 201213 yr by Lofty 1905

There was no trouble at the game. In attempting to blame Chelsea fans - and come on, how plausible is that that anyone would phone in threatening to tear down the walls? Answer is it's not. Neither is his claim that the "leader of the Shed" threatened to tear the ground apart if we lost any more feasible.

 

Brian Winston comes across as a lying bar steward who makes the right noises about concern for injured fans, but who was actually more concerned about falling foul of Health & Safety regulations and with getting a full return on the insurance.

 

It was like you said, I was in the side stand, it was just a crowd surge, even after we spilled on the pitch, we behaved, & made sure those on the floor were OK. The Acoustics in that stand were fantastic !..

One day i was getting ready for school when a letter came for me, that was the first time ever i'd remembered getting post, i opened the envelope & inside was two east stand lower gate 13 tickets from my dad, i couldnt believe it, my mum or dad hadnt said a word about it & there in my hands were two tickets.

I went to school excited i was always getting grief off the Liverpool supporting older kids even though i went to watch my team & they could hardly spell Liverpool let alone know where the place was.

I knew my dad was working on the flats between the Jolly Malsters pub & Fulham Broadway station, during his lunch break he'd gone to buy seat tickets as he was worried about going on the terrace, he then thought as an added surprise he'd post them to me, i'll never forget that.

The day of the game i went to work with him really early, we then went off to a cafe then on to the local army museum, while we were there my dad had a go at a small group of skinheads who were doing nazi salutes when they saw clips of Hitler come on a tv screen.

We then got a bus towards the ground, slowly moving along due to traffic we came to a standstill on the bridge by the Black Bull pub, overlooking the railway tracks behind the east stand we were shocked to see what looked like 100s of lads fighting on the actual tracks, we finally got to our seats.

The game started & i'd never seen or heard a crowd like it, we then score & the ground erupts, fighting breaks out on the north terrace just to our right, not long after Liverpool fans start lobbing bottles & coins over to our section, a bloke few rows along got hit by a bottle, my dad covers my head with his arms to protect me, few mins later a Liverpool fan was walking along the touch line with a st john ambulance man, with a cut on his head & blood dripping down the side of his face, with that a Chelsea down the front jumps over the boarding & punches the bloke in the face before jumping back to his seat, half time is getting near & the bottles ect carry on being thrown at us, my dad has had enough & could see i was sh*t scared so we left, we got home just in time to hear Colin Lee had scored a 2nd for us.

The next day me & an older mate were telling the other kids in our road all about the game & the trouble, my older mate had got on the pitch from the shed & seen on tv, he was branded a hero while i was branded a sh*tter lol!

One of the best & worst games of my Chelsea supporting life.

 

 

This was the first & only game, I took my, now wife to, we were in The Shed, between The Tea Bar & West Stand Benches, I played down the prospect of trouble, before I took her, needless to say, she wasn't impressed, It will be her 30th anniversary of this game, on the 13th Feb,,,,,,LOL

Chelsea waiting for y*ds

Chelsea & West Ham swapping scarves in the shed.

 

Chelsea v Leeds

 

QPR at Chelsea 92/93

 

my favourite thread on the shedend. love the pics.

Article from an anti facist group.

 

Edited January 3, 201313 yr by Carshalton Blue

Article from an anti facist group.

 

 

The only table we topped back then. ha.

The only table we topped back then. ha.

great nostalgic pics

is it really only about 14 weeks to spuds        

The only table we topped back then. ha.

Lol yeah.