10 hours ago, erskblue said:

The Rising Sun: Yeah you’re right,

it is after our win over Leeds in the FA Cup Semi Final of 1967. 😀Just checked.

Cheers Ersk 👍

Celebration Time. After beating Dirty Leeds in the 1967 FA Cup Semi Final.😀

The team bus arriving at Villa Park for the 1967 FA Cup,Semi Final.

Edited July 14, 20251 yr by erskblue

We’ve just scored against Southampton in Sept 1985. We won 2-0.

Carlisle away in October 1983. A 0-0 draw. That season!😀

Edited July 15, 20251 yr by erskblue

A packed Shed and Bridge,as we beat Barnsley 3-1.

Last home game of 1983/84. That Season!

And a packed pitch!😀

Edited July 15, 20251 yr by erskblue

The start of a certain season’!😀

So good a goal, so I’m posting it twice!

And King Kerry’s iconic celebration!

28 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Despite later achievements, this time ^ is still my favourite time as a Chelsea supporter. We actually won silverware! We had players we could relate to! We had an Umbro kit!

In December 1971 Peter Bonetti was injured during a match against Coventry, and David Webb played the rest of the match in his place.

He did so well that he started the next game. It was not an entirely free choice!!!

John Phillips, Bonetti's regular understudy, was also injured and when at the last minute they called on Steve Sherwood, the one other keeper on the club's books, who was in Yorkshire spending Christmas with his family, he promptly got stuck in traffic on the M1.

"The pitch was a mudbath," Peter Osgood recalled in his autobiography. "At the beginning of the game Webby dropped to his knees in the goalmouth, placed his palms together and feigned praying. It was a very funny moment, but he need not have worried."

Webb kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win, and the match helped him to an unusual distinction: a defender by trade, during his time at Chelsea Webb wore every shirt from one to 12 bar No11 and Ipswich witnessed his versatility at close hand over the 1971-72 season – not only did he play in goal and keep a clean sheet in their first meeting, when Chelsea visited Portman Road the following April, he started up front and scored both goals in a 2-1 win.

www.theguardian.com

‘The Cat’ at full stretch!

And here playing for England against the Dutch in Nov 1969.

Edited July 18, 20251 yr by erskblue

Must have been ‘a sheer accident!’😀

January 1968.

In Malta. Three fine players.

Kenny Swain has just scored v Spuds in Sept 1978.

The ‘late comeback game’. October 1978.

Another from Malta.

Looks like a pre-season event.

Edited July 20, 2025Jul 20 by Boyne