Ron Harris Testimonial Match in November 1971.

23 hours ago, Boyne said:

That has to be Tromso where Vialli scored that brace with the orange ball and Gullitt was trying to get match stopped.

On 23/11/2025 at 14:50, Boyne said:

 

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

 

When we played Tromso in the second leg at Stamford Bridge the chant from the Chelsea fans to the away supporters was: "You only sing when it's snowing.!

Barcelona at The Bridge. Fairs Cup Semi Final Second Leg. May 1966.

We won 2-0 on the night to make it 2-2 on aggregate and so go to a play off.

Edited November 25, 2025Nov 25 by erskblue

‘Wee Pat’ steps up to score from the penalty spot against Portsmouth.

A 2-2 draw on 24th April 1984.

Happy Birthday to John Bumstead..

John Bumstead celebrates scoring against Charlton on 23rd October 1982. We won 3-1.

On 25/11/2025 at 05:18, erskblue said:

Barcelona at The Bridge. Fairs Cup Semi Final Second Leg. May 1966.

We won 2-0 on the night to make it 2-2 on aggregate and so go to a play off.

Was there! . The play off was in Barcelona, we showed it on screens set up on the pitch at the Bridge

Lost 5-0 or 5-1!

Geography not a strong point in the souvenir program

Edited November 27, 2025Nov 27 by The Rising Sun
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David Speedie against Arsenal. A frozen Bridge pitch saw him score our equaliser in the 89th min. 1-1 draw. 34,752 saw it.

Below is a piece on this January 1985 game from the official club site.

‘Sometimes a spark of imagination can backfire, however. Wintry conditions in January 1985 brought a plethora of postponements. This time, chairman Ken Bates attempted to make an ice-bound surface playable for a lucrative League Cup quarter-final against Sheffield Wednesday at the Bridge, live on TV.

The club had brought in balloon tents, horticultural matting, bales of straw from Bates’ farm and even seven industrial air heaters. To no avail: a referee’s inspection gave the pitch the thumbs-down.

Yet after two weeks without a game Chelsea were determined to beat the sub-zero freeze and stage the weekend’s only top-flight fixture in London a few days later. So at a cost of £10,000 the same strategy was repeated for the visit of Arsenal. ‘It’s better than sitting on your backside waiting for the thaw to set in,’ the chairman explained.

And this time it seemed to work: the derby went ahead and the recently-promoted Blues secured a 1-1 draw watched by just under 35,000 – some of whom had not received the message that the kick-off had been brought forward an hour to 2pm.

Manager John Neal was more concerned by the state of the pitch – which resembled a lunar landscape – and it eventually emerged those pricey hot-air heaters had scorched the grass, which did not grow well again that season.‘

Edited November 28, 2025Nov 28 by erskblue

Remember the game well - would have been somewhere in the Middle of the Shed that day.

Great kit - love those socks!