2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Great in the air ! I think he scored in that 5-5 draw with West. Ham with a shot ! Extraordinary game, both teams went off to a ovation from everyone.

Here's a great summary of the game by a Chelsea fan....

TIBS

It was 17 December 1966 and Chelsea were hosting West Ham at Stamford Bridge!

At the beginning of the season, I had become a season ticket holder in the West Stand at the Blues, two years after the stand had opened.

Now it is referred to as the Old West Stand, having been demolished in 1998 as part of the ongoing renovation of the stadium.

I had a seat in the second row looking out on the edge of the penalty box at the north end of the ground, where the Matthew Harding Stand is today.

The match was Chelsea v West Ham United. Less than six months earlier England had won the World Cup with Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters all having played a huge part in the competition.

They also played in this match. Bobby Moore was captain and played at number six, Geoff Hurst with the number ten shirt and Martin Peters wearing four.

Unlike today, where players have their squad numbers In those days all teams were just numbered 1 to 11 and the number tended to relate to your position.

The game started and West Ham went 2-0 up with goals from Peter Brabrook, a former Chelsea player coming back to haunt us, in the 24th minute and Peters in the 30th minute.

Chelsea managed to pull one back in the 40th minute though Tommy Baldwin and the first-half finished 2-1 to the away team.

The only real highlight for Chelsea fans was a fantastic save by their goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who sadly died earlier this year, by arching his back almost double to tip over a goal bound shot by a West Ham player.

The second half started, and Chelsea equalised through Tony Hateley in the 51stminute. Three minutes later Chelsea took the lead for the first time with a goal from Charlie Cooke.

Back came West Ham and equalised in the 55th minute and then went ahead again in the 59th minute – Both goals scored by John Sissons.

West Ham went further ahead in the 61st minute with a goal from John Byrne to make the score 5-3. Yet again Chelsea came back with a penalty scored by Bobby Tambling in the 80th minute.

Then, in the final minute of the game Tambling scored his second and Chelsea’s fifth to make the final score 5-5. What a game !!

Highlights of our 1-1 draw with Southampton is the first and main match. From March 1976.

Tony Hateley against Newcastle in March 1967.

Tony Hateley scoring against Fulham in November 1966.

12 hours ago, erskblue said:

Tony Hateley against Newcastle in March 1967.

Tony Hateley scoring against Fulham in November 1966.

That's Fulham's electronic scoreboard on the top right of the terrace Think it was the first one .

11 hours ago, Boyne said:

I am guessing this is early-mid 80s, maybe even ‘that’ season, and this small firm are probably heading for the Benches. Pre-Sunderland wooden, post Sunderland concrete and bad for the piles …!

Big Match Highlights of the game v Man Utd in March 1970.

Posted many times before but a great picture of the Shed. Some great cars as well.

Date on some of photos is wrong as Doug signed in 1984.

The ‘glamour’ of Pre Season Training in the early- mid 1980s!😀

Wee Pat has a section about it in his book.

‘Up go the heads!’ Colin Lee v Portsmouth. 27th December 1983.

An 11.30 kick off in front of 25,409 spectators who witnessed a 2-2 draw.

David Speedie on the very left of the picture, sees his shot cleared off the line.

King Kerry scored in the 39th min and he also missed two penalties. The first, in the 29th min was saved, the other in the 62nd min,hit the crossbar! Paul Canoville scored our other goal in the 6th min.

We had played the previous day Mon 26th December, away at Shrewsbury!

A 3pm kick off saw us win 4-2. So we’d less than 24 hours to recover between games.

On 21/12/2025 at 15:23, The Rising Sun said:

Here's a great summary of the game by a Chelsea fan....

TIBS

It was 17 December 1966 and Chelsea were hosting West Ham at Stamford Bridge!

At the beginning of the season, I had become a season ticket holder in the West Stand at the Blues, two years after the stand had opened.

Now it is referred to as the Old West Stand, having been demolished in 1998 as part of the ongoing renovation of the stadium.

I had a seat in the second row looking out on the edge of the penalty box at the north end of the ground, where the Matthew Harding Stand is today.

The match was Chelsea v West Ham United. Less than six months earlier England had won the World Cup with Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters all having played a huge part in the competition.

They also played in this match. Bobby Moore was captain and played at number six, Geoff Hurst with the number ten shirt and Martin Peters wearing four.

Unlike today, where players have their squad numbers In those days all teams were just numbered 1 to 11 and the number tended to relate to your position.

The game started and West Ham went 2-0 up with goals from Peter Brabrook, a former Chelsea player coming back to haunt us, in the 24th minute and Peters in the 30th minute.

Chelsea managed to pull one back in the 40th minute though Tommy Baldwin and the first-half finished 2-1 to the away team.

The only real highlight for Chelsea fans was a fantastic save by their goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who sadly died earlier this year, by arching his back almost double to tip over a goal bound shot by a West Ham player.

The second half started, and Chelsea equalised through Tony Hateley in the 51stminute. Three minutes later Chelsea took the lead for the first time with a goal from Charlie Cooke.

Back came West Ham and equalised in the 55th minute and then went ahead again in the 59th minute – Both goals scored by John Sissons.

West Ham went further ahead in the 61st minute with a goal from John Byrne to make the score 5-3. Yet again Chelsea came back with a penalty scored by Bobby Tambling in the 80th minute.

Then, in the final minute of the game Tambling scored his second and Chelsea’s fifth to make the final score 5-5. What a game !!

The Rising Sun. A Great read! Cheers for posting it.

An Anfield. I think this is the game in 1985 when Chelsea drew 1-1 with Liverpool. A few thousand Rangers fans were at the game. It was a noon kick-off. Rangers fans were at the game as there were no games in the top flight in Scotland that weekend as Scotland were playing Australia in a World Cup play-off match. The atmosphere at Anfield was brilliant. At half-time a Liverpool fan wearing a half-and-half Liverpool and Celtic hat walked in front of the Chelsea and Rangers supporters and got a load of stick. Larkhall is a place I know very well. A very staunch Rangers supporting town.

A Merry Christmas to all the "veterans" on here. Have a great time and here's to posting more vintage photos, videos etc next year.