I must have received one of these letters. Goodness knows what happened to it.

12 hours ago, erskblue said:

What a great picture!

Cheers. I wonder if the hut near the corner of the West Stand and the Shed End is the traps used for Greyhound racing. It looks like it can be moved onto the track through a gap.

This OS Map dated 1951. Courtesy of Old Maps.

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On 12/08/2025 at 18:18, Boyne said:

Cheers. I wonder if the hut near the corner of the West Stand and the Shed End is the traps used for Greyhound racing. It looks like it can be moved onto the track through a gap.

Boyne: I think you’re correct. Did some research about a year ago on Greyhound Racing at The Bridge and from memory the kennels were the rectangular white building in the bottom left of this picture.

Stamford Bridge from above dated 1935.

An aerial view from August 1984.

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

An aerial view from August 1984.

Were we playing QPR? Saying that, too many fans in the away end!

On 12/08/2025 at 18:36, erskblue said:

You can see the luxury private boxes at the back.of the Shed !

11 hours ago, Boyne said:

Were we playing QPR? Saying that, too many fans in the away end!

Hi Boyne, we're thinking of trying the new Wetherspoons in the old Fulham Broadway ticket entrance on Sunday. Have you tried it at all ??

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18 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Hi Boyne, we're thinking of trying the new Wetherspoons in the old Fulham Broadway ticket entrance on Sunday. Have you tried it at all ??

@The Rising Sun I went into the new Wetherspoons before the game against Bayer Leverkusen. It was very busy and I can see it doing a very good trade on match day. The old ticket counters have been turned into the bar. Some seats but most people had to stand. A seating area upstairs as well. I only had one pint. It was a pint of real ale at £3.29. About half of what you pay for a pint in the ground. The new Wetherspoons has a good selection of beers. Drinks served in plastic containers.

11 hours ago, Boyne said:

@The Rising Sun I went into the new Wetherspoons before the game against Bayer Leverkusen. It was very busy and I can see it doing a very good trade on match day. The old ticket counters have been turned into the bar. Some seats but most people had to stand. A seating area upstairs as well. I only had one pint. It was a pint of real ale at £3.29. About half of what you pay for a pint in the ground. The new Wetherspoons has a good selection of beers. Drinks served in plastic containers.

Cheers Boyne, that's us sorted then ! 👍 Don't like the plastic containers though ...The only problem with getting served in Wetherspoons is usually when someone else is buying coffees at the bar , it takes fricking ages and holds everyone up .!mates went to Milan game and said the digital tickets worked fine, no problems.? . Always look forward to the start of a new season, cheers, take care Boyne 👍

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Cheers Boyne, that's us sorted then ! 👍 Don't like the plastic containers though ...The only problem with getting served in Wetherspoons is usually when someone else is buying coffees at the bar , it takes fricking ages and holds everyone up .!mates went to Milan game and said the digital tickets worked fine, no problems.? . Always look forward to the start of a new season, cheers, take care Boyne 👍

@The Rising Sun Thank you. Like you, I don't like plastic containers. The drink doesn't taste right. Give me a single malt whisky in a cut glass tumbler. As for coffees, hopefully people ordering them are given a cup and told to help themselves. Like your mates I didn't have a problem with the digital tickets for the game but got into the ground about 30 minutes before kick-off to make sure.

Here's to the new season and meeting up with people I haven't seen for a while. Take care.

KTBFFH

WATP

7 hours ago, erskblue said:

Some great photos in there, I am guessing that the Bolton away photo was of ‘that’ match in 83?

5 hours ago, Boyne said:

@The Rising Sun Thank you. Like you, I don't like plastic containers. The drink doesn't taste right. Give me a single malt whisky in a cut glass tumbler. As for coffees, hopefully people ordering them are given a cup and told to help themselves. Like your mates I didn't have a problem with the digital tickets for the game but got into the ground about 30 minutes before kick-off to make sure.

Here's to the new season and meeting up with people I haven't seen for a while. Take care.

KTBFFH

WATP

Just got the digital program for the Palace game. What a good idea

16 hours ago, Gate 13 said:

Some great photos in there, I am guessing that the Bolton away photo was of ‘that’ match in 83?

Cheers. Yeah ‘that match’ at Bolton in May 1983.

Here’s a few more!

Thank You, again, Clive Walker for ‘that goal’!

Highlights v Crystal Palace at The Bridge from April 1972.

Celebrations after Ian Hutchinson scored our 4th goal v Crystal Palace. 7th February 1970.

Joey Jones v Crystal Palace. 1982

The Cat.

Bert Murray at a packed Bridge. 1963.

The Cat dives at the feet of Bobby Smith. John Sillett is behind him almost on the line.

18th April 1960. We won 1-0.