^ Brilliant. Some great footage.Thanks for posting, CB. Loved it when he said they would go to Fulham occasionally for a laugh.

CB:Cheers for that about Chelsea 's oldest family.

Looks like financial trouble on the way

Seen before in black & white but now colourised..

 

 

 

Great colour pics.

Boyne:Again a great comparison picture of two stands.

Seen before in black & white but now colourised..

love to know the date of the picture of the gates. Hearing some one in their later years saying " graffiti woudnt have happened in my day!"

Late '40's to mid 50's.

Late '40's to mid 50's.

thanks. Knowing he won the league in 55, it was just a case of whether it was done before or after.

Bring back all those old chelsea skins v spuds  i say

Bring back all those old chelsea skins v spuds  i say

Some of them still go & in their 60s now.

Fantastic old photos......Roy Bentley was sold (transfer fee £ 8,600 ) by Chelsea to Fulham September 1956, when he was 32 years old....... this caused a lot of Chelsea fans to protest their dissatisfaction including daubing graffiti on the gates at Stamford bridge.

Another pic of Chelsea attacking the loft at QPR 1987

 

Another pic of Chelsea attacking the loft at QPR 1987

These look better than some of the horses in the grand national!

These look better than some of the horses in the grand national!

At least four of them, poor creatures.

colourised 1970 FA Cup Final ticket queue, for Wembley tickets.

 

Another pic of Chelsea attacking the loft at QPR 1987

 

 

there must have been a lot of sh*t deposited on that pitch afterwards....not from the horses...the rangers fans

there must have been a lot of sh*t deposited on that pitch afterwards....not from the horses...the rangers fans

what a waste as well as its artificial grass!!

colourised 1970 FA Cup Final ticket queue, for Wembley tickets.

i bet the allocation was better back then than it is now. Be interested if anyone knows what it was.

Even if it was 50,000 I still wouldn't,t have had enough loyalty points

i bet the allocation was better back then than it is now. Be interested if anyone knows what it was.

 According to this book by a Leeds fan of the big day it was miserly even then.

 

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JAgxlUSEovEC&pg=PR3&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false

My Dad and Uncle got tickets for Wembley and the replay, I remember them queuing but I seem to remember they got their tickets from the vouchers on the back of the programmes.

Chelsea had the Stretford end and part of the side stand ...I would say we had in the region of 30 thousand there

some pics from both games,,