Eddie in his younger days.

My CheMMy ChelseaOn ‎20‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 21:15, Boyne said:

My Chelsea!

We could only dream about being Champions of England back then.

Another Shot of The Day I don't remember seeing before. 22nd May 1971: Members of the victorious Chelsea team, who beat Real Madrid 2-1, riding on an open top bus to parade the European Cup Winner's Cup through crowds of fans in London

 

19 hours ago, Nitro said:

What sort of Ruby was Bert? presume hot as a Chels star.

The fans nicknamed him Ruby after a popular singer at the time Ruby Murray. Gawd, she'd turn the Laughing Policeman into a sobbing wreck with her voice.

I think the player behind Sexton is Paddy Mulligan.

7 minutes ago, Boyne said:

His pace had gone when he came here, but find it hard to remember a striker with so much clever movement as Luca, when you watched him you would think, I bet he was a player 10 years ago!

6 minutes ago, chi blue said:

His pace had gone when he came here, but find it hard to remember a striker with so much clever movement as Luca, when you watched him you would think, I bet he was a player 10 years ago!

I remember when he came on towards the end of the 1997 cup final and the cheer was one of the loudest that day. He had a good scoring chance as well.

Hard to believe now, but Rangers were offering Luca better wages than us and I think he was on the verge of signing for them.

We came in with an offer, he talked to the club agreed terms then had to tell Rangers chairman David Murray he was signing for us.

12 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Hard to believe now, but Rangers were offering Luca better wages than us and I think he was on the verge of signing for them.

We came in with an offer, he talked to the club agreed terms then had to tell Rangers chairman David Murray he was signing for us.

@erskblue Thanks, I had forgotten about Rangers trying to sign Luca.

15 hours ago, erskblue said:

My Chelsea!

We could only dream about being Champions of England back then.

I had that squad picture on my wall.

Looking back at that 1962/63 season. We had an average home attendance of 28,973 and over the 46 competitive games we played 1,145,606 watched us.

Not bad for a Division 2 side. We gained promotion in second place

Bobby Tambling was the top scorer with 37 goals. Next came Barry Bridges with 17.

 

Boyne: The Luca signing story is in the Ruud Guilit Diary of a Season 1996/97 book.

Great read, published back in late 1997 from memory!

11 hours ago, Boyne said:

I think the player behind Sexton is Paddy Mulligan.

Yeah, Paddy had masses of hair. He always looked like he needed to shave every half a hour.

12 hours ago, Boyne said:

What a player! I was devastated when he left. Same feelings I had when Greavesy left.

7 minutes ago, old git said:

Yeah, Paddy had masses of hair. He always looked like he needed to shave every half a hour.

@old gitThanks. Yes, he had a mass of hair. Big for even those days.

 

11 hours ago, chi blue said:

His pace had gone when he came here, but find it hard to remember a striker with so much clever movement as Luca, when you watched him you would think, I bet he was a player 10 years ago!

An interesting time when Vialli came here, unlike most footballers he was from a wealthy background and was known by some in Italy as being Lucky Luca and what happened when he became manager we lifted the League Cup and Cup Winners Cup, the best silverware I think since the seventies. Talking about luck perhaps that goal he scored against Tromso in the snow when we were losing with the ricochets off the legs of defenders illustrates the point.

I loved the reception he got by the shed and we got as high as third in the league 98-99 season. Perhaps a good point to remember the next time we hear of those plastic fans comments aimed at us.

15 hours ago, Boyne said:

Had the privilege of watching him play for Glasgow Rangers from Dec 87-late 1989.

Total class.

The other striker that I thought of about having great movement along with Luca was Herman Crespo.