Same again please Chelsea.

Winning 3-0 away at Spuds in the 1990/91 League Cup.

36 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Same again please Chelsea.

Winning 3-0 away at Spuds in the 1990/91 League Cup.

A great night out. I remember getting home from the game and hoping to watch the highlights but they had been cancelled due to news coverage of the First Gulf War.

Picture has been posted before but a great view of the Bridge. We must have been playing QPR given the poor away support.

4 hours ago, Boyne said:

A great night out. I remember getting home from the game and hoping to watch the highlights but they had been cancelled due to news coverage of the First Gulf War.

I'm pretty sure the first game where le saux  tore them apart and we drew 0-0 was cancelled on tv because of the gulf war, but like you rushed home from game to watch on TV, remember going to the Lane and Townsend totally dominated Gazza, great night, then we messed it up against Wednesday

4 minutes ago, chi blue said:

I'm pretty sure the first game where le saux  tore them apart and we drew 0-0 was cancelled on tv because of the gulf war, but like you rushed home from game to watch on TV, remember going to the Lane and Townsend totally dominated Gazza, great night, then we messed it up against Wednesday

Thanks. You're right. My memory is becoming a blue after all these years: I blame the beer and whisky. The date of the home game was 16 January the same day as the First Gulf War started. I've just remembered getting home after the 3-0 win at WHL being told by the lady I shared a house with at the time not to tell her the score as she wanted to watch the highlights. Was difficult to keep quiet. She must have guessed though due to the smug grin on my face.

21 hours ago, Boyne said:

Picture has been posted before but a great view of the Bridge. We must have been playing QPR given the poor away support.

The cordoned off part of the terracing, with the  blue fence round it looks weird !

Was there an obvious reason (that I have simply forgotten) why it was fenced off ?

Crowd control perhaps (QPR excepted !)

On 06/01/2019 at 10:12, Boyne said:

Speedie looks like he’s doing that weird yogic flying!

Edited January 8, 20197 yr by Ewell CFC

On ‎05‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 21:01, Boyne said:

Winding down after training for me.

6 hours ago, erskblue said:

The cordoned off part of the terracing, with the  blue fence round it looks weird !

Was there an obvious reason (that I have simply forgotten) why it was fenced off ?

Crowd control perhaps (QPR excepted !)

At various stages two parts of the Shed ( by the floodlights and the wrap around to the West Stand), and the North Terrace (by the West Stand), were closed for safety reasons. 

We couldn’t afford to carry out the work to get them up to scratch again. Went on for many years.

1 hour ago, Ewell CFC said:

At various stages two parts of the Shed ( by the floodlights and the wrap around to the West Stand), and the North Terrace (by the West Stand), were closed for safety reasons. 

We couldn’t afford to carry out the work to get them up to scratch again. Went on for many years.

The cordoned off section to the left of the Shed is where my old man and few of his mates used to stand. It's where he took me for my first time when I was 7 yrs old and continued to go with my dad until I was allowed to go on my own at 14 yrs old (1976), at which time I migrated to the Shed.

From memory of that section the concrete steps were cracking and falling apart and there were loose barriers.

1 hour ago, Osgood is Good said:

The cordoned off section to the left of the Shed is where my old man and few of his mates used to stand. It's where he took me for my first time when I was 7 yrs old and continued to go with my dad until I was allowed to go on my own at 14 yrs old (1976), at which time I migrated to the Shed.

From memory of that section the concrete steps were cracking and falling apart and there were loose barriers.

That section was where me and mate climbed into v Liverpool first season back 84/85, shed was rammed, old bill told us to get back, and my mate ripped his Lois cords climbing back into shed!! If you see second hand electric blue Lois cords for sale on eBay with a rip in them you know how, actually might be trendy these days with the rip?

Edited January 8, 20197 yr by chi blue

On 06/01/2019 at 08:34, erskblue said:

Ah, the sports drinks being the team rehydrated on during that season !

Can't imagine that Joe McLaughlin got served, he looks about 14 in that pic.

On 06/01/2019 at 13:39, Boyne said:

I didn't start going until December, but this would have been the start of my first regular season, aah that kit.

On 07/01/2019 at 08:38, Boyne said:

A great night out. I remember getting home from the game and hoping to watch the highlights but they had been cancelled due to news coverage of the First Gulf War.

 

Edited January 8, 20197 yr by MKBlue

On 06/01/2019 at 10:12, Boyne said:

Just Wikipedia’d Speedie.  It says that along with Dixon and Nevin they notched up almost 200 goals in 3 years, which is pretty impressive going.

14 hours ago, MKBlue said:

Can't imagine that Joe McLaughlin got served, he looks about 14 in that pic.

He's from Greenock, (my neck of the woods originally )so  trust me he would have been used to being served alcohol at 14 (allegedly !)

42 minutes ago, Ewell CFC said:

Just Wikipedia’d Speedie.  It says that along with Dixon and Nevin they notched up almost 200 goals in 3 years, which is pretty impressive going.

Indeed. A great front three.

Cheers for the info about the question I asked about the cordoned off part of the terracing yesterday.

On ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 17:36, Carshalton Blue said:

Great picture, worth another look,

On ‎13‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 18:57, Boyne said:

Proper Chelsea team.

5 hours ago, Boyne said:

Indeed. A great front three.

I'd love this picture to be from the 5-0 hammering of Leeds at The Bridge.

During that season...

Our scorers that day were: Mickey Thomas 6th minute, King Kerry Dixon with a hat-trick. Scored in the 18th, 23rd and 52nd minutes.

 And to make it even better for us,Paul Canoville rounding off the scoring in the 89th minute.

1 minute ago, erskblue said:

I'd love this picture to be from the 5-0 hammering of Leeds at The Bridge.

During that season...

Our scorers that day were: Mickey Thomas 6th minute, King Kerry Dixon with a hat-trick. Scored in the 18th, 23rd and 52nd minutes.

 And to make it even better for us,Paul Canoville rounding off the scoring in the 89th minute.

It is from the 5-0 game against Leeds in that season.