Copied this from the club website. Taken on 5 December 1914.

 

 

 

http://www.chelseafc.com/the-club/club-history/WW1.html

Copied this from the club website. Taken on 5 December 1914.

 

 

 

http://www.chelseafc.com/the-club/club-history/WW1.html

It looks like we were popular with the Grenadier Guards, there are at least five in the picture.

It looks like we were popular with the Grenadier Guards, there are at least five in the picture.

They were probably based at Chelsea barracks a lot of Guardsmen have been regulars at the Bridge over the years.

A lot of Coldstream Guardsmen followed Chelsea back in the early 90's when they were based at Chelsea barracks.  

Chelsea v Everton 77/78, Chelsea porn to me this is, i get a right buzz when i find pics like this that ive never seen before(sad i know lol)

 

 

 

 

Nice CB

First match of the season I think.  They were still painting the barriers yellow on the Friday evening as I went in there on the way home from work, it was still wet the next day.

That was 78/79? Remember because that was my first full season going to the bridge.

 

Cup Winners Cup in 1971 against Real Madrid. Classic footage!

1986: Pat Nevin and Dennis Waterman accompanied by a couple of fine looking fillies modelling the Chelsea Collection clothing range:

 

Chelsea collection 

If you think that's bad, how about this?

 

 

Ian Hutchinson, Alan Hudson, Steve Kember and Bill Garner posing with models for the Mr. Freedom boutique on King’s Road, 18 April 1973.

1986: Pat Nevin and Dennis Waterman accompanied by a couple of fine looking fillies modelling the Chelsea Collection clothing range:

Couldn't wee Pat get any tighter shorts? His hair looks great too!

That was 78/79? Remember because that was my first full season going to the bridge.

I reckon it was 78-9 as well. The season before we played them in December, and that's definitely summer weather in those pictures!

 

http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1977-78/ClubResults/1977-78Chelsea.html

1986: Pat Nevin and Dennis Waterman accompanied by a couple of fine looking fillies modelling the Chelsea Collection clothing range:

Pat said he hated doing that shoot in an interview some time ago. Can't remember the reason, either being photographed or the idea of doing some corporate commitments.

Or having to wear those shorts!

Can't believe around that time when playing football that everyone wore tiny shorts. The shorts we wear now would have seemed so old fashioned!

1969-1970 Squad:

 

Standing: Marvin Hinton, Ian Hutchinson, Dave Webb, Tommy Hughes, Peter Bonetti, John Dempsey, Eddie McCreadie, John Hollins.

 

Seated: Alan Birchinall, Charlie Cooke, Alan Hudson, Paddy Mulligan, Chopper Harris, Peter Houseman, Ossie, Tommy Baldwin, Johnny Boyle

thats my fav chelsea squad ever

 

Chelsea v Hull - 1977

His name is Tommy Baldwin hes the leader of the team

The finest football team that the world has ever seen

Woooooooooooooooooooh

The fulham rd supporters and were louder than the kop

If anyone wants to arguewe ll kill the f**king lot

lalalala lalalalalalal.....................................................................Tommy Tommy Baldwin ooo ooo...............................................

His name is Tommy Baldwin hes the leader of the team

The finest football team that the world has ever seen

Woooooooooooooooooooh

The fulham rd supporters and were louder than the kop

If anyone wants to arguewe ll kill the f**king lot

lalalala lalalalalalal.....................................................................Tommy Tommy Baldwin ooo ooo...............................................

Probably my favourite Chelsea chant

Pat Nevin at Vicarage Road in 1985.

 

 

Chelsea won the game 3-1 with goals by Dixon, Speedie and an OG by person unknown.

 

Full starting XI: Eddie Niedzwiecki, Keith Dublin, Bob Isaac, Nigel Spackman, John Bumstead, Mickey Thomas, Darren Wood, Pat Nevin, David Speedie, Kerry Dixon.

Making his debut in the match referred to above was Bob Isaac - another name I'd completely forgotten about, but with a story that's very much worth telling.

 

 

So from Sporting Heroes Net, here's a little more info:

Robert ISAAC - Chelsea FC - Biography 1983/84-1986/87
When Robert Isaac made his full debut for Chelsea in a match at Watford in March 1985, it was a triumph over adversity for the gutsy 19-year-old who just five months earlier had been the innocent victim of a horrendous stabbing incident outside Millwall's stadium prior to a League Cup clash between the London rivals.

Slashed from shoulder to waist, it was reported that only the thickness of his leather jacket saved his life, so it was with some pride that the Chelsea supporters welcomed him on board for the Vicarage Road clash, which the Blues won 3-1. A steady, reliable centre-half and occasional full-back, Robert did little wrong during his time in the Chelsea first-team, but was unfortunate to play for the club at a time when Colin Pates, Joe McLaughlin and, a little later, Steve Wicks, were all demonstrating their considerable talents at the heart of the defence.

His three league appearances the following term came at home to illustrious opponents: Arsenal (a 2-1 win) and Manchester United (a 2-1 defeat), and in a 2-0 victory at Ipswich, and in all three games he demonstrated a cool head and no little talent as he dealt admirably with some of the country's premier strikers, but it wasn't until the following campaign that he was given anything resembling a run in the team.

Returning to a rudderless side who were on a downward spiral courtesy of a pitiful management team and an outbreak of dissent from within the ranks, Robert's five consecutive league appearances in the late-autumn of 1986 resulted in three draws and two defeats, the last of which was a shambolic 4-0 home trouncing by Wimbledon.

 

Wimbledon's cause was aided in no small part that day by Doug Rougvie, who was recklessly sent-off within the first ten minutes for head-butting John Fashanu, but as happened so often during John Hollins' managerial tenure, it was the inexperienced, young player who was made to suffer, and Robert was immediately dropped.

Sadly, he failed to reappear in the first-team, and was eventually allowed to join Brighton and Hove Albion on a free-transfer in February 1987. (Kelvin Barker)