April 28 1984 - Chelsea 5-0 Leeds United (John Neal celebrating us being promoted into Division 1)

 

The Bridge looks packed that day in your picture above Jezz.

Yes very packed! I think that picture was taken on August 20 1955.

Love this kit

 

 

 

blinding kit that mate

Cracking picture jezz I love the floodlights in the background. I miss them floodlights

 

used to love standing on chelsea bridge as kid and seeing chelsea and fulhams floodlights

used to love standing on chelsea bridge as kid and seeing chelsea and fulhams floodlights

 

used to love standing on chelsea bridge as kid and seeing chelsea and fulhams floodlights

On Chelsea Bridge?

5 days after the Sunderland semi final 2nd leg, any one remember the benches being closed?

 

5 days after the Sunderland semi final 2nd leg, any one remember the benches being closed?

they had to be closed there was nothing to sit on!!!!

quality pitch lol

On Chelsea Bridge?

 

yeah,going to battersea park from pimlico you get about half way over the bridge and you could see both sets of lights

quality pitch lol

 

lol remember the state of it against norwich few days earlier like a swimming pool

oh that norwich game was unreal mate. if the old memory serves me right, we were on the verge of an uefa cup place, and had to play on a swimming pool in a monsoon! Shame as i would have loved to have played in europe with our nutty support at that time. Mind you the scousers murdered a load of italians so it was irrelevant anyway.

 

Our new summer signings in 1983!

Quite good weren't they?

Those summer of 83 signings did quite well.

oh that norwich game was unreal mate. if the old memory serves me right, we were on the verge of an uefa cup place, and had to play on a swimming pool in a monsoon! Shame as i would have loved to have played in europe with our nutty support at that time. Mind you the scousers murdered a load of italians so it was irrelevant anyway.

Yes, we were on the verge of a UEFA place. I remember a sense of anticipation at the Bridge about being able to qualify for Europe and then Norwich beat us.  A lot of disappointment at the end of the game. As you say, irrelevant in the end because of what happened at Heysel.

 

Ossie against City.

 

Fifty years ago today he scored on his debut against Workington.

yeah,going to battersea park from pimlico you get about half way over the bridge and you could see both sets of lights

Never noticed that, I must have crossed Chelsea bridge a gazillion times on my way to and from work in the 70s and 80s and never even looked.

Wolves 0 Chelsea 1 Aug 78.

About 3,000 Chelsea on the South Bank desite this being a night game.

I couldnt beleive it when the gate man opened up and hundreds of Chelsea steamed out, lots of second wave skinheads amonst them, straight down to the North Bank where the Wolves fans were well and truly took by surprise so legged it onto the pitch.

From what i can see in the picture thats Chelsea in the North Bank looking down on its previous occupants.

Apologies for quality this is a very old newspaper cutting ( 36years!!).

Edited December 17, 201411 yr by Midland Shed

Wolves 0 Chelsea 1 Aug 78.

About 3,000 Chelsea on the South Bank desite this being a night game.

I couldnt beleive it when the gate man opened up and hundreds of Chelsea steamed out, lots of second wave skinheads amonst them, straight down to the North Bank where the Wolves fans were well and truly took by surprise so legged it onto the pitch.

From what i can see in the picture thats Chelsea in the North Bank looking down on its previous occupants.

Apologies for quality this is a very old newspaper cutting ( 36years!!).

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Brilliant mate you've just made my night!!

Brilliant mate you've just made my night!!

 

lol,thought you might like that mate

Fantastic "Then and Now" look at Stamford Bridge in this article on the Guardian including interactive pictures to see how the ground has changed over the years. 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/chelseas-stamford-bridge-then-and-now

Fantastic "Then and Now" look at Stamford Bridge in this article on the Guardian including interactive pictures to see how the ground has changed over the years. 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/chelseas-stamford-bridge-then-and-now

I've spotted Adolf Hitler in the crowd in the last photo.

Ha ha, I see him. 

lol,thought you might like that mate

As soon as I came across that cutting I thought that's one for Carshalton.

lol,thought you might like that mate

Haha yeah mate love it, proper Chelsea