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Vintage Blues pictures and film

Carshalton Blue
in Chelsea FC Vintage

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5 hours ago, erskblue said:

Here you go. The full second half. enjoy.

To put it into perspective about live matches. They were in their infancy and shown on either a Friday night or Sunday afternoon. Certainly league or FA Cup ties.

The European Championships in France that summer were, unbelievably, shown as 'Highlights only' in the evening until the actual Final !

Always remember City fans singing “your wife’s a f-ing slag Thomas Thomas and then we score!! Listen carefully!

11 hours ago, erskblue said:

Another 4-2 victory over Liverpool at The Bridge.

In 1990/91 this time,

Got a confession to make....when the scouse sh*ts equalized 2-2,me and my brother walked out with about 15 minutes left in a huff thinking that we just blown our chances of winning this game.On the tube going home...we learned on the radio that we won 4-2...we both let out a YES!!!! on the train...to the bewilderment of the other passengers in the carriage...........yes we are pathetic plastic w**kers  :blush2:

19 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Apparently kids were allowed to sit on the grass in front of the Shed for this game that must have been great. The pitch got invaded by the cast of the Double Deckers.

 

Cheers for posting that.

On 06/05/2018 at 07:34, erskblue said:

What a comeback

v Liverpool at The Bridge FA Cup Jan 97 at The Bridge.

Possibly 45 minutes that changed our history, going out the cup at half time, dippers missed a sitter right on halftime to make it 3-0, we came back and went on and won cup, first major trophy in nearly 30 years.The rest is history as they say!!!

    20 hours ago, Devil Dog said:

    Got a confession to make....when the scouse sh*ts equalized 2-2,me and my brother walked out with about 15 minutes left in a huff thinking that we just blown our chances of winning this game.On the tube going home...we learned on the radio that we won 4-2...we both let out a YES!!!! on the train...to the bewilderment of the other passengers in the carriage...........yes we are pathetic plastic w**kers  :blush2:

    "You've had your day out, now f**k off home"

    What a night at city on that 2-0. So many young golfers in the crowd!!!!!!!!!. What  a mob that night,good job we won.

    Loved the flag that states something along the lines of" Tottenham here we come". Long walk back from Euston that night to South London. Every cabbie did not want to go south of the river. Thats arsenal fans for you.

    Vivian John Woodward (1879-1954) was born in Kennington, London on 3 June 1879 and died in Ealing on 31 January 1954. An architect by trade, Woodward was a prolific centre-forward who starred for Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea before World War One and retained amateur status throughout his career.

    Woodward won 23 full and 44 amateur caps for England, scoring 29 and 57 goals respectively, and also captained Great Britain to two Olympic gold medals. Having joined the Footballers’ Battalion during the war, Woodward would eventually rise to the rank of captain and was wounded serving on the Western Front in 1916. After retiring from the game, Woodward served as a director at Chelsea and worked as a dairy farmer before his death in 1954.

    Football Career

    Woodward was a tall and elegant player who began his football career at Ascham College before turning out for amateur sides Clacton, Harwich and Parkeston and Chelmsford Town. A string of impressive displays soon caught the attention of a number of bigger clubs and in 1901, Woodward was invited to play for Tottenham Hotspur.

    After establishing himself as a first-team regular at Spurs during the 1902/03 season, Woodward was handed his international debut on 14 February 1903 and subsequently scored twice as England eased to a 4-0 victory over Ireland. He would then go on to net 29 times in 23 full internationals for his country, establishing a record that would last more than 50 years.

    Over the next six seasons, Woodward racked up 132 appearances for Tottenham, scoring 63 goals, and would establish himself as one of the most popular respected players of his generation. In 1908, Woodward captained the Great Britain side that won the gold medal at the London Olympic Games and would then lead the side when they retained the title four years later in Stockholm. After playing his final match for Spurs in a 1-1 draw at Derby County on 28 April 1909, Woodward shocked many by calling time on his playing career. Retirement proved short-lived, however, and in late 1909 Chelsea coaxed Wooward back into the game and handed him his debut on 27 November 1909 in a 4-1 at The Wednesday.

    Woodward’s time at Chelsea proved to be the most productive of his career and by the end of the 1914/15 season, the dashing forward struck 34 goals in 106 league and 10 FA Cup games. Despite being asked to play in the 1915 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United at Old Trafford, Woodward declined the opportunity and instead insisted Bob Thompson should retain his spot in the side.

    After serving overseas during World War One, Woodward would turn out for Clacton Town following the Armistice and also scored twice for Chelsea in a fund-raising match against the British Army on 15 September 1920.  He would play no further part in top level football, however, and retired from the game for good soon after. In total Woodward scored 29 goals in 23 full internationals and 57 in 44 amateur internationals fro England. He also represented the Southern League and Football League and toured the Unites States with celebrated amateur side ‘the Pilgrims’ in 1905.

    In retirement, Woodward served as a director at Chelsea before becoming a dairy farmer in later life. During the Second World War, Woodward worked as an Air Raid Warden. He died at a nursing home in Ealing, London on 31 January 1954.

    First World War Service

    Woodward initially enlisted in the 1/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) on 8 September 1914 before applying for a commission in the 17th (Service) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (1st Football). Supported by the Chairman of the Football Association, Frederick Wall, Woodward was subsequently commissioned into the Footballers’ Battalion on 29 December 1914 and began training with his men.

    Woodward would later spend time at Cranleigh in Surrey and Clipstone Camp near Mansfield with the battalion, before moving on to Perham Down in August 1915. He also would play for the battalion football team on a number of occasions during this period and was promoted to the rank of captain on 19 October 1915. After leaving Britain on 16 November 1915, the 17th Middlesex disembarked at the French port of Boulogne the following day and moved to Ostrohove Camp. They then moved south to billets at the small village of Les Ciseaux, situated south-west of Hazebrouck. A few days later, they moved to Isbergues.

    In January 1916, Woodward was wounded in the right thigh by a German grenade and was evacuated to hospital in Britain to recover from his injuries. He made good recovery and was soon spotted in the director’s box at Stamford Bridge as he convalesced. Woodward eventually returned to his battalion in August 1916 as the British offensive on the Somme continued to exact heavy losses. The 17th Middlesex had already sustained heavy casualties during bitter fighting at Delville Wood and Guillemont and would suffer again during an attack on the Redan Ridge on 13 November 1916.

    Woodward was posted to the Physical and Recreation Training School Headquarters at Aldershot in March 1917, where he trained as a physical training instructor. He then returned to France in early 1918 as part of First Army. Following the Armistice, Woodward coached the British Army football team and also captained them to victory in the final of the Inter-Theatre-of-War Championship after a 3-2 triumph over the French Army at Stamford bridge. He was finally demobilised on 23 May 1919.

     

    CAREER STATISTICAL RECORD

     

    Season Club League Position FA Cup   League Games League Goals FA Cup Games FA Cup Goals
     
    1897 Asham College              
    1898 Clacton Town              
    1899 Harwich and Parkeston              
    1900 Chelmsford Town              
    1901/02 Tottenham Hotspur 2nd (S.League One) R1          
    1902/03 Tottenham Hotspur 4th (S.League One) QF          
    1903/04 Tottenham Hotspur 2nd (S.League One) QF          
    1904/05 Tottenham Hotspur 5th (S.League One) R2          
    1905/06 Tottenham Hotspur 5th (S.League One) R3          
    1906/07 Tottenham Hotspur 6th (S.League One) R3          
    1907/08 Tottenham Hotspur 7th (S.League One) R1          
    1908/09 Tottenham Hotspur 2nd (Second Division) R3   27 18 4  
    1909 Chelmsford Town              
    1909/10 Chelsea 19th (First Division) R2   13 5 2  
    1910/11 Chelsea 3rd (Second Division) SF   19 6 3 3
    1911/12 Chelsea 2nd (Second Division) R2   14 2    
    1912/13 Chelsea 18th (First Division) R2   27 10 3 1
    1913/14 Chelsea 8th (First Division) R1   27 4 2  
    1914/15 Chelsea 19th (First Division) F   6 3    
    1919 Clacton Town              
    Summary                
      Chelsea       106 30 10 4
      Huddersfield Town              
      Totals       440 127 51 19
    On 07/05/2018 at 08:30, MKBlue said:

    This was the first home game of my first full season going. Missed it cos I was on holiday in a sh*tty caravan in sh*tty Camber Sands, sulked all week as only a 12 year old can.

    We’re you at Madessons or Pontins?  We could have been there at the same time as we did Madessons five years on the trot.  Loved it down there as a kid.

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