4 hours ago, Boyne said:

Was at that game. A cracking header from Nevin after a cross from Dixon. Was normally the other way round. 

I was there as well just to left of the goal. Made up for the 4-0 at the Bridge!

A 1-1 draw at The Bridge against Aston Villa from 1993/94 .

Beating Everton at The Bridge in the FA Cup 4th Rd in 1991/92.

I'd actually forgotten Clive Allen had played for us ! 

Clive Allen played with us for part of season 1991/92.

In the League he played 15 times with another as sub. He scored 7 times.   

In the FA Cup he played 4 times and another as sub, Scoring 2 goals.

He then moved onto West Ham In March 1992 for a fee of £250,000. 

The same fee as we paid Man City for him in early December 1991.

42 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Clive Allen played with us for part of season 1991/92.

In the League he played 15 times with another as sub. He scored 7 times.   

In the FA Cup he played 4 times and another as sub, Scoring 2 goals.

He then moved onto West Ham In March 1992 for a fee of £250,000. 

The same fee as we paid Man City for him in early December 1991.

Yes I remember Clive Allen not that quick yet a good finisher, about the time we also tried Mick Harford

1 hour ago, Strider6003 said:

Yes I remember Clive Allen not that quick yet a good finisher, about the time we also tried Mick Harford

No great technician but a tough bastard was Mick Hartford.

Have we had an alltime hard Chelsea XI on here yet?

16 minutes ago, Ewell CFC said:

No great technician but a tough bastard was Mick Hartford.

Have we had an alltime hard Chelsea XI on here yet?

Vinnie Jones would get a mention and I think he played for us alongside Harford.

1 hour ago, Strider6003 said:

Yes I remember Clive Allen not that quick yet a good finisher, about the time we also tried Mick Harford

Our lack of quality strikers or playing strikers in the twighlight of their career seemed to be common in early 90's, go back to THAT season or following seasons till about 1990 and we Had Dixon, Speedie, Nevin, Wilson, Durie all top quality

That not so great team of ours at the end of the 80s, early 90s contained a few tough nuts. Peter Nicholas, Hartford, Cascarino, Graham Roberts....

The only one I recall putting the boot in was Vinny Jones which I think was the fastest foul in FA Cup history at home to Sheffield Utd.  Fortunately he had the presence of mind later in the game when a Utd player was taking pot shots at him to duck and weave with his hands clearly behind his back.

1 hour ago, Ewell CFC said:

No great technician but a tough bastard was Mick Hartford.

Have we had an alltime hard Chelsea XI on here yet?

Eddie McCreadie surely must be in it.

Here he 'tackles' Billy Bremner in the 1970 FA Cup Final replay..

Ron 'Chopper' Harris. Obviously

Joey Jones too, from that 1983/84 team !

Ron 'Chopper' Harris talks over his amazing career at Chelsea

2 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

The only one I recall putting the boot in was Vinny Jones which I think was the fastest foul in FA Cup history at home to Sheffield Utd.  Fortunately he had the presence of mind later in the game when a Utd player was taking pot shots at him to duck and weave with his hands clearly behind his back.

A good few mates came along to that game because one of our “ gang”, made his professional debut that day for Sheff U- via Sutton United.

We knocked em out the Cup and relegated them at the Bridge in a short space of time.

Corresponding fixture our mate got us into the players lounge after. Good craic

Has a few night outs  in Sheffield- in club VIP areas Utd and Wednesday players didn’t socialise too much, in case their respective fans there saw em getting along!

Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Ewell CFC

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Eddie McCreadie surely must be in it.

Here he 'tackles' Billy Bremner in the 1970 FA Cup Final replay..

Ron 'Chopper' Harris. Obviously

Joey Jones too, from that 1983/84 team !

Noticed that 'tackle' was not on the replay, more like assault for me.

Another striker I recall played for us briefly in the late 80's was David Mitchell.

Could never understand us buying him and he never scored before moving on.

4 hours ago, erskblue said:

Eddie McCreadie surely must be in it.

Here he 'tackles' Billy Bremner in the 1970 FA Cup Final replay..

Ron 'Chopper' Harris. Obviously

Joey Jones too, from that 1983/84 team !

Never a fee kick in a million years!

Ps there’s perple in Wormwood Scrubs for less.

12 hours ago, erskblue said:

Eddie McCreadie surely must be in it.

Here he 'tackles' Billy Bremner in the 1970 FA Cup Final replay..

Ron 'Chopper' Harris. Obviously

Joey Jones too, from that 1983/84 team !

Micky Droy could handle himself as could Erland Johnsen. 

15 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

Yes I remember Clive Allen not that quick yet a good finisher, about the time we also tried Mick Harford

Clive's old man Les played for us in the 50's.

A 1-1 against Everton at The Bridge back on 15th Nov 1969. 

Another game at The Bridge v Everton, from Jan 29th 1972.

Chelsea 4-0 Everton

Scorers: Peter Osgood with 2, John Hollins a penalty and John Dempsey.

Intro of 'The Big Match' first.  

Stumbled across an article on a ex-player of the generation of Jody Morris, Nick Crittenden.

I full appearance and MOTM yet didn't work out for him.

Some interesting insights and he recalls John Terry shouting at Desailly and Lebouf in training.

https://www.planetfootball.com/in-depth/man-played-pl-chelsea-now-yeovils-accountant/

 

 

At The Bridge v Newcastle United in Division One, Oct 3rd 1987.

A 2-2 draw, Dixon and Durie got our goals. 

On 09/11/2018 at 17:49, erskblue said:

Beating Everton at The Bridge in the FA Cup 4th Rd in 1991/92.

I'd actually forgotten Clive Allen had played for us ! 

Whoever designed the Everton shirt needs to be imprisoned.

Today is the 73rd anniversary of the game between Chelsea and Moscow Dynamo. It was estimated that 100,000 were in the ground. A guy I knew - he passed away a couple of years ago - was at the match. At the time he lived in the North End Road and bunked off school to watch the match. Loads of squaddies at the game and I love that there are so many on the roofs of the Shed and the East Stand. Couldn't do that nowadays. A few images from the game.

Home win v Newcastle back in Oct 80.

Looking for footage of our home win v Newcastle in Nov 83 but can't find any.