i would say definitely Dennis Waterman

1 hour ago, luckywerthers said:

i would say definitely Dennis Waterman

Back then football wasn't as fashionable with celebrities, and I don't remember there being as many who were openly Chelsea fans. Dennis Waterman was certainly one that I remember even back then.  Richard Attenborough, Phil Daniels and Suggs of course, and Michael Crawford.

14 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Back then football wasn't as fashionable with celebrities, and I don't remember there being as many who were openly Chelsea fans. Dennis Waterman was certainly one that I remember even back then.  Richard Attenborough, Phil Daniels and Suggs of course, and Michael Crawford.

and later damon albarn of blur and david baddiel, used to see them both over there

19 minutes ago, luckywerthers said:

and later damon albarn of blur and david baddiel, used to see them both over there

Yes. I can vouch for Damon Albarn. I had a couple of pints with him once (Paul Elliott's Testimonial party) and he is a big fan.

22 hours ago, chi blue said:

Think they were Leeds at home the 5-0 mate, that was our second to last home game and we got promoted, the Barnsley game was our last home game and don't remember it being sunny, what ever game it was, WE WERE BACK!!!

Cheers mate.

We were indeed BACK ! And hammering Leeds 5-0 still brings a smile to my face at the memory

16 hours ago, Boyne said:

Three legends:

Indeed, indeed, three Chelsea Legends,

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Cheers mate.

We were indeed BACK ! And hammering Leeds 5-0 still brings a smile to my face at the memory

Through the 70's and turn of the 80's as a kid we didn't play Leeds that often, but always remember my mum and dad just hating Leeds through and through, obviously stemming back from the late 60's early 70's and the rivalry. Remember though everytime we got knocked out cup or had a poor loss, crowd would sing how ever many weeks it was to Leeds. Time for the rivalry to begin again.

21 hours ago, Boyne said:

Three legends:

I wonder how many times Bonetti and Harris played alongside each other?

They both emerged and finished up playing at the same time, and spent 20 odd years as team mates.

Id wager it would be a record or close to. Top of my head, can’t think of another pairing that racked up their joint appearances.

Edit to above: can’t find anything online regarding most games as teamates in the same side, however looking at various stats, they definately would have lined up together more often than Charlton/ Bremner, Trevor Brooking and Billy Bonds, and few other pairings that spring to mind,

I think they may have been upsurped by Giggs/ Scholes looking at their timeline and appearances, then again they both had their share of injuries so difficult to tell.

21 hours ago, forbzy said:

Back then football wasn't as fashionable with celebrities, and I don't remember there being as many who were openly Chelsea fans. Dennis Waterman was certainly one that I remember even back then.  Richard Attenborough, Phil Daniels and Suggs of course, and Michael Crawford.

Peter Fleming the tennis player and doubles partner of John McEnroe had a season ticket at SB. He married an English girl.

Surprised to see Tv Journalist Fiona Phillips at the Huddersfield game in the MHU

3 hours ago, sxshedboy said:

Peter Fleming the tennis player and doubles partner of John McEnroe had a season ticket at SB. He married an English girl.

Yes. I think he lived close by. I remember walking past him in the street a few times. Another one was Peter Duncan. I remember he did some feature on Steve Francis for Blue Peter.

2 hours ago, Richard P said:

Surprised to see Tv Journalist Fiona Phillips at the Huddersfield game in the MHU

She's a season ticket holder up there with her lad

2 hours ago, forbzy said:

Yes. I think he lived close by. I remember walking past him in the street a few times. Another one was Peter Duncan. I remember he did some feature on Steve Francis for Blue Peter.

Another Chelsea fan was Richard O'Sullivan the actor, who has fallen on hard times in recent years, remember on blue Peter at Christmas Peter Duncan was given Chelsea scarf and hat on the show, Simon Groom his co presenter was  a Derby fan and got a mug, as a young lad all I wanted for Christmas was the female presenter Sarah Greene!!!

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/2/5/classics--taking-notice-of-chelsea-in-europe?cardIndex=1-0

These days it is commonplace to watch Chelsea play in Europe, as we will next week when the Blues meet Malmo. It has not always been the case, though, and the latest in our Classics series revisits the club’s status on the continent 20 years ago through an interview Eddie Newton gave in April 1999.

Chelsea were the Cup Winners’ Cup and Super Cup holders, but still relatively inexperienced abroad, appearing in just our third European venture in the best part of a quarter-century. Newton, a dynamic midfielder who came through our youth system and is now back at the Bridge as a loan technical coach, had been involved in all three campaigns when he spoke to the club programme before the visit of Real Mallorca in the first leg of our latest Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final.

In an extract from the interview, he discussed the pressure of playing for Chelsea, Scandinavian opposition, and the marginal gains that can make a difference, subjects that seem just as relevant this month with the Malmo tie and plenty of other big games ahead…

Eddie Newton has never made any secret of the fact he enjoys the test of European football, and he is looking forward to his third semi-final with Chelsea.

‘Everyone in Europe is taking notice of Chelsea because of what we have done in this competition and that’s good for the players,’ he says.

‘It’s a different style and that helps you to be become a better player. We grew up a lot four years ago [Dennis Wise and Newton are pictured top celebrating the victory over Austria Memphis during the 94/95 Cup Winners’ Cup campaign] but that was slightly different because we weren’t expected to do well, so there was less pressure on us. Now the expectations are so much higher all the way around. With the squad we’ve got now they have to be.

‘We’ve won four trophies in two years so everyone expects us to win more. We’re expected to win everything. As professionals we have to take that on board and deal with that pressure.’

After the Scandinavians of Helsingborg, FC Copenhagen and Valerenga, Mallorca will provide a different test for Eddie and his colleagues. It’s this aspect of European football that the midfielder enjoys most.

‘They’ll be a very different prospect but I’m sure we will be prepared. It’s not like it was 15, 20 years ago when you knew absolutely nothing about the teams you were playing. You have to adapt on the day and that’s difficult. Nowadays you know much more and it’s a question of preparing rather than adapting.

‘We’ve all seen Mallorca on the Spanish football on television and we’ve even got someone in our team who played league football against them last season [Albert Ferrer]. That’s what football is like these days.

‘We’ll watch a few videos and have a chat about them, their strengths and weaknesses. When we go away we’ll practice in their stadium with the balls they use at home. It’s little things like that that count.

‘But the important thing is to try to impose our style of play on them and not worry too much about them. That’s how we’ve managed to do so well in Europe recently.’

Eddie is also looking to the future. With the Cup Winners’ Cup being incorporated into the UEFA Cup from next season, he is hoping there will be a higher standard of opposition to encounter. Even so, he does not agree we were the holders of a devalued trophy.

‘No disrespect to Valerenga because they gave everything they’ve got, but they aren’t the sort of team you expect to reach a European quarter-final. It will be a lot harder next year whichever competition we’re in, but that’s got to be good for the club and the players. We all want to test ourselves against the best and that’s what European football should be all about.

‘I don’t think we got enough credit last season for beating the teams we did, and it’s going to be very difficult again this year. Mallorca must be a very good team to be in the top six in Spain.

‘It worries me a little that a lot of people are saying they expect us to win comfortably and cruise through, because it just won’t be like that. It will be an interesting game because both teams like to play football. We have to be at the top of our game to have a chance.’
 

We weren’t quite, drawing 1-1 at the Bridge before losing by a single goal in the Balearics, ending our defence of the Cup Winners’ Cup. The following campaign, after Newton had moved on to pastures new, we competed in the Champions League for the first time in our history, using the experience gained in the previous years to impressively reach the last eight, beating European giants like Barcelona, Marseille and Galatasaray along the w

22 hours ago, chi blue said:

Through the 70's and turn of the 80's as a kid we didn't play Leeds that often, but always remember my mum and dad just hating Leeds through and through, obviously stemming back from the late 60's early 70's and the rivalry. Remember though everytime we got knocked out cup or had a poor loss, crowd would sing how ever many weeks it was to Leeds. Time for the rivalry to begin again.

Remember watching the 1975 European Cup Final with my old man and he clearly wanted Bayern Munich to beat Leeds and he was delighted when they did !

Any Greek speakers on here who can translate the text in the photo.

10 hours ago, chi blue said:

Another Chelsea fan was Richard O'Sullivan the actor, who has fallen on hard times in recent years, remember on blue Peter at Christmas Peter Duncan was given Chelsea scarf and hat on the show, Simon Groom his co presenter was  a Derby fan and got a mug, as a young lad all I wanted for Christmas was the female presenter Sarah Greene!!!

Phwooooooaar! 

Now your talking. We all liked her. Saw Kenny Lynch and his fur coat in the East Stand many moons ago.

On 04/02/2019 at 20:27, Ewell CFC said:

I never really got the benches. Went there with me old man and brothers as a kid, when allowed to go with me mates it was the Shed, followed by Gate 13 and West Stand.

Funny looking back, how during sell out games, the benches used to self regulate. Ie. No reserved seats, so you all just squeezed up. When you could transfer from the Shed how did they know just how many were on the benches?

 

Did the benches for a couple of seasons, then moved to Gate 13 for That Season, had a mate who got the tickets every week.  Then had a season ticket east stand front middle upper tier, then moved to west stand.

On 05/02/2019 at 18:41, forbzy said:

Back then football wasn't as fashionable with celebrities, and I don't remember there being as many who were openly Chelsea fans. Dennis Waterman was certainly one that I remember even back then.  Richard Attenborough, Phil Daniels and Suggs of course, and Michael Crawford.

Sat next to Phil Daniels once, Spurs away, can’t remember the year, was a late morning kick off, we lost and pretty sure Graham Roberts scored for them. 

Could be wrong as memory fading, so many great away games in the 80s 

On 06/02/2019 at 00:04, luckywerthers said:

i would say definitely Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman's brother Peter was a very good boxer, winning the British and European welter weight titles. After he retired, he used to have a mobile cafe on the edge of Mitcham Common, where all us weekend footballers used get our refreshments

On ‎25‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 21:28, Carshalton Blue said:

Oh Dennis Wise..

 

What a picture of Dennis Wise.

On ‎03‎/‎06‎/‎2016 at 12:28, Carshalton Blue said:

Great view from a different angle

 

Another classic Bridge picture.

Cheers CB

On ‎14‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 14:23, Jezz said:

Great prices...