5 hours ago, Osgood is Good said:

What a great elegant player. The clipped pass for Ossie's equaliser in the Cup Final replay was sublime. He also done a rabona at Wembley in the first match. Pure class this man.

Yes, and in the days when pitch surfaces were diabolical. The man seemed to float over the ground.

5 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Fond memories of the old West stand, especially against West Ham.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Climbing from seat to seat at the final whistle instead of going to the gangway.

16 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

Climbing from seat to seat at the final whistle instead of going to the gangway.

Such memories of the good bad old days....I feel so old looking back at these pictures

1 hour ago, Sapper245 said:

Such memories of the good bad old days....I feel so old looking back at these pictures

So true. Sometimes it seems to be another world.

5 minutes ago, nominator said:

So true. Sometimes it seems to be another world.

Out of curiosity nominator, did you prefer the old days where winning was limited or the Roman era ??

3 minutes ago, Osgood is Good said:

Out of curiosity nominator, did you prefer the old days where winning was limited or the Roman era ??

For me it's a mixture of both. Better laugh and atmosphere and going away especially when you're young was great. But from Full Members Cup to Champion League winners is some turnaround in fortunes.

8 minutes ago, Osgood is Good said:

Out of curiosity nominator, did you prefer the old days where winning was limited or the Roman era ??

@bluehaze mentioned it very well - if I had to choose, I´d prefer the good old times. But your question is very good - how often did we go home frustrated in the eighties, wenn they hat played bad and lost v a muppet club?

13 minutes ago, nominator said:

@bluehaze mentioned it very well - if I had to choose, I´d prefer the good old times. But your question is very good - how often did we go home frustrated in the eighties, wenn they hat played bad and lost v a muppet club?

Agreed. I certainly do miss the good old times of 70's, 80's. The whole build up of the day and shenanigans.

27 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

For me it's a mixture of both. Better laugh and atmosphere and going away especially when you're young was great. But from Full Members Cup to Champion League winners is some turnaround in fortunes.

Good old days for me. Just seems so sterile and manufactured now for me. Don't get me wrong I love the trophies, but I remember being more ecstatic for example, opening day of season, when we drew at Highbury 1-1, with around 15k - 20k Chelsea there and Dixon scored. Just my perception.

16 minutes ago, Osgood is Good said:

Good old days for me. Just seems so sterile and manufactured now for me. Don't get me wrong I love the trophies, but I remember being more ecstatic for example, opening day of season, when we drew at Highbury 1-1, with around 15k - 20k Chelsea there and Dixon scored. Just my perception.

Yes I was there great day and that is one of the things I miss taking thousands to away games. Can't say I miss the beery farts in the Shed though 

2 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

Yes I was there great day and that is one of the things I miss taking thousands to away games. Can't say I miss the beery farts in the Shed though 

Or someone pissing up the back of your leg !!.

Matchdays were the highlight of the week, especially against the London rivals and our beloved lads from Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester. Always felt a bit like a volcano until Saturday, when it all erupted in the stands. Huge crowds moving up and down behind the goals. The Old Bill tried to keep us down. Loads of ba*tards before and after the match were up for it too and you never knew, if you´d be at home in time, or not.

But those wunderful times have passed and will never ever come back. Everything has its time and we had ours.

I´m very happy to see our Blues now winning silverware almost every year - 30 oder 40 years ago I couldn´t even dream of that. So lets combine the wonderful old days with the bright future of our club, because this is the best of all worlds. Cheers mate!

Edited June 19, 20179 yr by nominator

Back in the day none of us old gits would never have dreamed of seeing win the league one let alone the champions league. I'm 56 now and went to West Brom to see us win the league and saw us loose at Wembley. Both times the support at West Brom and Wembley were great it wouldn't, have come close the the late 70's early 80's crowd or intimidation.

Apologies if this is a repeat post, found on You Tube.

How much would he be worth in today's market.

Great compilation. I'm actually in the middle of his autobiography and really enjoying it. For all his undoubted superstar status, he doesn't come across as full of himself, and he was actually quite modest about his ability and lacking in self-belief. He was really close to Tommy Doc, and his troubles with Sexton are well-documented. In the book he's rebuild ing his career after his leg-break, and he's just started playing in midfield to try and regain his form. I was just a boy at the time so don't remember that part of his career. 

Dismal fact: he was a gooner as a kid.

40 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

Great compilation. I'm actually in the middle of his autobiography and really enjoying it. For all his undoubted superstar status, he doesn't come across as full of himself, and he was actually quite modest about his ability and lacking in self-belief. He was really close to Tommy Doc, and his troubles with Sexton are well-documented. In the book he's rebuild ing his career after his leg-break, and he's just started playing in midfield to try and regain his form. I was just a boy at the time so don't remember that part of his career. 

Dismal fact: he was a gooner as a kid.

I was also a kid at that point in his career, (I was born in 1962), but my old man always says that after his leg break he came back with a bit more weight and was not as good as he was before. He, Ossie, was IMO the complete player, quick, great feet, great header of the ball, great movement, scored goals, and could really look after himself, he did tend to have a bit of a lazy side, but that did not detract from his ability. 

15 minutes ago, Osgood is Good said:

I was also a kid at that point in his career, (I was born in 1962), but my old man always says that after his leg break he came back with a bit more weight and was not as good as he was before. He, Ossie, was IMO the complete player, quick, great feet, great header of the ball, great movement, scored goals, and could really look after himself, he did tend to have a bit of a lazy side, but that did not detract from his ability. 

Spot on.

I was born in '61.

For me he is like Costa without the aggro.

 

12 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

For me he is like Costa without the aggro.

Sorry, but Costa wishes he was half as good as Osgood.

Costa is a good player - but Osgood was best of the best. I rate him 2 classes higher. Not to mention their slightly different characters ...