Beating Liverpool at The Bridge 4-2 back in the spring of 1991.

   This was Graeme Souness's third match in charge of Liverpool and his side were three points behind league leaders Arsenal with three games to play. A win at Stamford Bridge therefore was imperative.

A 2-2 draw away with Bristol City back in 1975 - 76.

What a ball by Ray Wilkins and what a strike by Kenny Swain and strike for our first goal.

The goals.

I might have posted this footage before ?

Great away win that Notts County one.  It was never a great away trip as they didn’t have a mob to speak of unlike Forest.  We had a huge support there that day, one of my favourite away wins. 

8 hours ago, erskblue said:

Beating Liverpool at The Bridge 4-2 back in the spring of 1991.

   This was Graeme Souness's third match in charge of Liverpool and his side were three points behind league leaders Arsenal with three games to play. A win at Stamford Bridge therefore was imperative.

That was one of the great SB days of my supporting time before we won the FA Cup in 97. Cracking atmosphere in the Shed as we destroyed the chance of Souness taking the title.

Its strange how you remember things I thought that first goal was crossed by Durie up by the half-way line yet you can clearly see on the replay that he was much closer, I was at the back of the Middle of the Shed for that one.

3 hours ago, Peckham Blue said:

Great away win that Notts County one.  It was never a great away trip as they didn’t have a mob to speak of unlike Forest.  We had a huge support there that day, one of my favourite away wins. 

Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed the footage

A 3-3 draw at The Bridge v Liverpool on Sat 9th May 1987.

 

A 1-1 draw v Wolves away on 7th May 1977.

Highlights.

Great ball by Ray Wilkins for our goal ,scored by Tommy Langley.

5 hours ago, erskblue said:

A 3-3 draw at The Bridge v Liverpool on Sat 9th May 1987.

 

I was in the shed for that one, Im sure there was a stat that if rush scored they always won...well he did and they didnt..

49 minutes ago, fillerywhereru said:

I was in the shed for that one, Im sure there was a stat that if rush scored they always won...well he did and they didnt..

Which was pleasing for us.

7 hours ago, erskblue said:

A 1-1 draw v Wolves away on 7th May 1977.

Highlights.

Great ball by Ray Wilkins for our goal ,scored by Tommy Langley.

Made his debut for us when he was sweet sixteen did Tommy Langley. Another that went on to the laughing stock of West London, QPR. ...QPR, QPR, QP ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!

On ‎28‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 16:52, Boyne said:

Great picture posted just over a year ago.

Worth another look.

On ‎01‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 14:53, Boyne said:

Same with this one.

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Great picture posted just over a year ago.

Worth another look.

Wolves fa cup quarter final 94 me thinks. First time I saw giant flag in the old shed and blue smoke bombs

Thought I’d get the Xmas tree up!

On ‎28‎/‎09‎/‎2011 at 02:01, Hutch said:

Today's shot of the day, the 1972-73 squad, the squad Dave Sexton dismantled with such disastrous consequences:

Back row:

John Phillips, Eddie McCreadie, Paddy Mulligan, Peter Bonetti, John Boyle, Peter Houseman, Ron Harris, Marvin Hinton, Alan Hudson, David Webb, John Dempsey

Front row:

Tommy Baldwin, Chris Garland, Steve Kember, John Hollins, Peter Osgood, Charlie Cooke

Great picture, strip and squad from early in this thread.

Worth another look.

Some classic haircuts on view. John Dempsey’s Max Wall combeover, Chris “ labradoodle” Garland.

John Dempsey and Ron Harris are the only ones who hair is above the ear.

 

2 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

Some classic haircuts on view. John Dempsey’s Max Wall combeover, Chris “ labradoodle” Garland.

John Dempsey and Ron Harris are the only ones who hair is above the ear.

 

Dempsey's combe over hair, flapping in the wind was a sight to behold !

Edited December 8, 20187 yr by Osgood is Good

Edit: Peter Houseman and Chopper are the only ones with sensible hair

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/11/30/five-on-it?cardIndex=0-8

Five on it

The incredible result in the Midlands on Wednesday got us looking back through the history books to find out when Chelsea were last involved in a scoreline like that, and we have to go back to another World Cup year – only this time the Three Lions went further than the semi-finals, going all the way to the final and lifting the trophy at Wembley Stadium.

Of course, that was in 1966. West Ham United were our opponents at Stamford Bridge in December of that year.

Hammers players went into the 1966/67 campaign riding the crest of a wave after playing their part in England’s famous triumph, with hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst, captain Bobby Moore and the other, oft-forgotten goalscorer from the 4-2 win over West Germany, Martin Peters all plying their trade at the Boleyn Ground.

 

Peters, Moore and Hurst with the World Cup

Those who know their Chelsea history will be aware we brought them down to earth with a bang on the opening day of the season, recording a 2-1 win in which Charlie Cooke, making his league debut for the Blues, had left Moore on his backside before scoring a wonderful goal.

‘If I remember rightly, someone came back to the dressing room before the game and said Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters had just walked around the field with the World Cup,’ recalls Cooke. ‘That was even more incentive – particularly for a Scotsman!’

That result, in turn, gave added incentive to the Hammers ahead of the reverse fixture, which took place the week before Christmas. What followed was a game the fans could scarcely believe, full of twists and turns, ups and downs and, it must be said, some dreadful defending.

West Ham, managed by former Chelsea defender Ron Greenwood, and they took the lead through Peter Brabrook, another ex-Blue who picked up a league winners’ medal at the club alongside the man now managing him.

That lead was doubled by Peters, before Tommy Baldwin reduced the deficit on the stroke of half-time. Incredibly, within 10 minutes of the break we were in front, courtesy of goals from Tony Hateley, our then record signing who was still finding his feet as a replacement for long-term injury absentee Peter Osgood, and Cooke.

 

Charlie Cooke scored home and away against the Hammers

The latter must clearly have enjoyed playing against West Ham; he didn’t score many in his time – certainly too few for a player of his ability – and this was his second of the season versus the Hammers.

‘That was the biggest weakness of my game as far as I’m concerned,’ he said. ‘I had two good feet and I didn’t score nearly enough. To me, scoring goals was unimportant – it was nothing. If you could make goals, that was what was important. It’s the biggest regret of my career. Huge! I think it was so stupid, so short-sighted.’

There was another big twist to come, as John Sissons netted twice in succession to put the Hammers ahead, and then they had a two-goal advantage once again as John Byrne converted the rebound of his own penalty.

Revenge looked to be theirs, but then Bobby Tambling, on his way to becoming Chelsea’s record scorer, netted twice in the final 10 minutes to ensure it was honours even at the end of an incredible afternoon at Stamford Bridge.

 

Tambling's brace saved the day

‘Some matches are memorable for quality, others for courage,’ wrote Ken Jones in his match report for the Daily Mirror. ‘But it was mistakes that brought a breath of fantasy to a goal-starved Stamford Bridge.

‘This week there will be inquests and recriminations. Talk of what might have been and shouldn’t have happened. But there was something for football to reflect on in this crazy pantomime of errors... the crowd loved it.’

As Maurizio Sarri often says, football should be fun – and you’d be hard-pressed to squeeze this much entertainment into a game.

In fact, there has been only one other 5-5 draw in our history, which came way back in 1937 when we drew against Bolton Wanderers.

With around 30 years separating the two matches, and with half a century passing since our most recent 5-5 draw, we’d say we’re long overdue one at the Bridge...

 

Edited December 9, 20187 yr by erskblue

From 1919.

Interesting article about Chelsea players and fans in WW1. Will look out for the book.

https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2018/11/stamford-bridge-trenches-chelsea-and-first-world-war

Chelsea Football Club, formed in 1905, was still in its infancy at the outbreak of the Great War.

There had been preliminary suggestions that it was improper for the Football League to continue, and an impassioned campaign began to suppress the playing of professional matches in particular.

In 1914, though, Britain had not yet reached the point at which the she needed to conscript all of her men into uniform – and the 1914-15 season began.

Chelsea, like all clubs, felt the strain of wartime operation. The club had calculated that a minimum turnover of £700 per game was required to keep it afloat, but crowds were thin.

For those that did attend, there was a heavy emphasis on fundraising. A small legion of local young ladies wearing bright sashes volunteered to help convince supporters to empty their pockets.

They floated through the crowd at matches, shouting ‘pay up and look pleasant!’ and ‘do your bit for the boys who are doing their bit for you!’

Wounded soldiers were entertained at Stamford Bridge, as were numbers of Belgian refugees who were most enthusiastic about the team’s fortunes. Thousands of soldiers were encamped about London and a trip into town for the football was a welcome weekend outing.

While the press continued its endeavours to demonise football, the players at Chelsea had joined those of clubs up and down the country in preparing for the eventuality that they may have to go to war.

After comedic beginnings, rifle drill at Chelsea was beginning to yield results.

Presided over by the apparently terrifying figure of Colour Sergeant Meacher, a ‘very candid critic’, the awkward ‘regiment’ of players, club officials and friends who were too old to enlist lined up in front of him. Bravely they weathered his booming voice under the floodlights in front of the club’s offices.

A group of Chelsea fans made an effort to enlist together in the Royal Sussex Regiment, led by a clerk named Clifford Whitley, who was employed in the offices of the Daily Mail.

 

Armed forces recruitment outside Fulham Town Hall

But the major contribution made by Chelsea in recruitment was to help found the 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.

On 15 December 1914, 500-odd men congregated at Fulham Town Hall to discuss the formation of the 17th Middlesex Regiment.

There were players present from a host of clubs, including Chelsea, Fulham, Clapton Orient, Bradford City, Brighton.

As the meeting concluded thirty-five players, three of them on Chelsea’s books, had signed up for this ‘Footballers Battalion.’

At Christmas the local Chronicle was touting for fans to join it under the heading ‘Any more Chelseaites for Berlin in the spring?’ Men were encouraged to go to the club office to ‘sign on, like an international footballer.’

As 1915 dawned Chelsea were fourth from bottom of the league, but the 1914/15 season would host the only FA Cup run in the competition’s history played out while the country was embroiled in a World War. And the Pensioners reached their first final.

The amount of uniformed spectators in the crowd at Old Trafford lent it the nickname of the ‘Khaki Cup Final.’ At half-time, the band played ‘Tipperary’; and a collection was made for the Red Cross - sheets held out for fans to toss pennies onto.

The light was fading fast when Sheffield United ran out 3-0 winners.

Amateur football was largely petering out of its own accord. By late April still no decision had been taken and in fact it would not be until July that it was ordained that there would be no more competitive matches.

 

Military crowd at Stamford Bridge

No more contracts employing men to play for a living were to be drawn up. Professional football was now on indefinite hiatus.

At Stamford Bridge the makeshift, amateur London Combination league was a profitable venture in entertaining a crowd for the rest of the war. The Blues won it comfortably in 1915/16, and again by a single point in 1917/18 at the expense of West Ham.

The club searched for other ways to fill Stamford Bridge while the war raged on, including hosting a raucous baseball match between the US Navy and US Army: attended by the King on 4 July 1918.

Familiar faces at Stamford Bridge: of fans, players and staff associated with the club, would not return after the armistice. But the Blues survived being shaken to the core by events on a worldwide scale.

One hundred years later Chelsea Football Club lives on.

And sharing the same traditions as long ago, in the remembrance of all of those associated with the club at the centenary of the Great War, so too does a sense of gratitude for those who left the pitch and terraces: to fight, and never return.

Buy Alexandra Churchill’s book – Over Land and Sea: Chelsea FC and the Great War.

Edited December 9, 20187 yr by Boyne

23 hours ago, Osgood is Good said:

Dempsey's combe over hair, flapping in the wind was a sight to behold !

 

Another couple, desperately trying to show that they weren't going bald, but with hilarious results were Bobby Charlton and Ralph Coates.

7 hours ago, old git said:

 

Another couple, desperately trying to show that they weren't going bald, but with hilarious results were Bobby Charlton and Ralph Coates.

Fair play to Terry Hennessey of Forest and Derby for not trying to cover it up.

17 hours ago, Boyne said:

From 1919.

That's a very good picture .

Cheers for posting

Notice no D's on edge of the penalty box. They came into being in 1937.