Chelsea coming out of the Coventry end 1978

 

Anyone from here?

 

Chelsea coming out of the Coventry end 1978

 

We were still queuing to get in when it all kicked off in their end, we could hear it going on outside.  Bloody walk from the station, how many miles was it? 

Coventry was one hell of a walk from the station, seemed like f*ckin' miles. Derby was also a fair trek.

Coventry was a fair hike same as Leeds ,derby,& Sheffield Wednesday.

Some more cracking pics.

Chelsea 4 Hull 0

 

I'm about 30 -50ft to the right of whoever took that picture. I remember turning up and thinking where the heck have all this lot come from. Good day.

Chelsea lads - Nottinghill Gate Underground after battling with Leeds - 70s

 

 

 

couple of old chelsea mates 1974 ish

Talking of Derby long walk....I remember a large group who wanted to keep out of the way of plod taking a loooooooooooooooooooooong walk to get to the ground with total autonomy...Led by the fellow himself DH......

I was in my early teens then l can rember l was hanging on the coat tail then as we had a go at the Leeds mobe that day

I was in my early teens then l can rember l was hanging on the coat tail then as we had a go at the Leeds mobe that day

Looks like High Street Ken.

That's got to be some ugly geezer in a frock, surely?

 

f**k she's a big copper.

I saw a great picture of Petr Cech on the Express website:

 

 

which reminded me of a classic award-winning shot of Peter Bonetti from 1970, which showed him in a similar cat-like pose:

 

Looks like High Street Ken.

 

Agree, the trees between the two sets of buildings on the left side of the photo are roughly at the junction of the high st and Kensington church street

Chelsea in Zaragoza

Nice to see a Scot was the gaffer

An old 'Pheonix from the Flames' from Fantasy Football its Ian Hutchinson

 

Nice to see a Scot was the gaffer

 

One of our most important as well, laid the foundations for Ted Drake.

 

We had our own Fergusonesque figure in terms of longevity, David Calderhead, but management was a lot more hands off in his day.

Well the original Chelsea manager Player Manager was John (Jacky) Robertson  was a Scot

 

He played with Rangers where he won three consecutive league titles in his first three seasons. Robertson was the first player signed to Chelsea in 1905, and served as their player-manager in their first-ever season, in addition to scoring their first competitive goal.

Chelsea Youth 1970