I had a pair of those Bonetti goalie gloves.

Well ones similar anyway.

5 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Some outstanding keepers the black and white photo is the legendary Russian keeper Lev Yashin.

 

Great goalie pics.

Cheers.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

I had a pair of those Bonetti goalie gloves.

Well ones similar anyway.

Same here mate, not a better  feeling as a kid, dressed in your football kit, just finished tieing your boot laces and the final thing was putting on your Bonetti Gloves and off you went to the park, PlayStation Xbox?....my arse!!!

Phil Parks has got a sod of a haircut. Pat Jennings had a similar one.

30 minutes ago, Boyne said:

What a crap view it must of been in the corner of the Northbank even worse then the middle of the Shed !

5 hours ago, bluehaze said:

What a crap view it must of been in the corner of the Northbank even worse then the middle of the Shed !

I bet the view from the north bank on that August lunchtime in 1984 was even worse with 20k Chelsea all over the ground taking the piss!!

6 hours ago, Boyne said:

So many fantastic pictures on this site over the years, but for me for some reason this one is one of the most iconic 

6 hours ago, Boyne said:

So many fantastic pictures on this site over the years, but for me this is one of the most iconic 

Edited May 14, 20197 yr by chi blue

5 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Speedo could jump, brilliant at flicking ball on with his head.

12 hours ago, Boyne said:

Now that is a picture.

 

12 hours ago, bluehaze said:

What a Chelsea strike force and  with wee Pat on the wing.

14 hours ago, bluehaze said:

What a crap view it must of been in the corner of the Northbank even worse then the middle of the Shed !

They never put a roof on the Clock End because shade would inhibit grass growth- or so a Gooner mate told me.

Not a bad ground Highbury in its day to be fair; never saw us win there till the League Cup in 99.

Edit: when I first went there both stands had enclosures at the bottom. Two big ends- they must have had one of the largest standing/ seating ratios out there when capacity was 63,000

Ps Anyone know when the last 60,000 plus gate was recorded at the Bridge?

Edited May 15, 20197 yr by Ewell CFC

1 hour ago, Ewell CFC said:

They never put a roof on the Clock End because shade would inhibit grass growth- or so a Gooner mate told me.

Not a bad ground Highbury in its day to be fair; never saw us win there till the League Cup in 99.

Edit: when I first went there both stands had enclosures at the bottom. Two big ends- they must have had one of the largest standing/ seating ratios out there when capacity was 63,000

Ps Anyone know when the last 60,000 plus gate was recorded at the Bridge?

The same reason the pitch at the Bridge was so bad the East Stand blocking out natural sunlight.

3 hours ago, bluehaze said:

The same reason the pitch at the Bridge was so bad the East Stand blocking out natural sunlight.

The pitch at the Bridge used to be awful. I remember the game against Charlton a few years back and the pitch looked like a sandpit. 

 

Edited May 15, 20197 yr by Boyne

4 hours ago, Boyne said:

The pitch at the Bridge used to be awful. I remember the game against Charlton a few years back and the pitch looked like a sandpit. 

I think that might be the game or someone like Preston in the cup before the game whoever was in the Sky studio said ''Here's Claudio Ranieri saying the pitch is a beach'' what he actually said was the pitch is sh it.

Edited May 15, 20197 yr by bluehaze

3 hours ago, Boyne said:

 

Graham Wilkins Chelsea's very own Frank Spencer.

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

I think that might be the game or someone like Preston in the cup before the game whoever was in the Sky studio said ''Here's Claudio Ranieri saying the pitch is a beach'' what he actually said was the pitch is sh it.

Plough Lane was another crap surface, but they probably liked it that way cause it stopped the opposition playing it around.

sh*t surface that we had, remenber as a kid being at the front of the benches and noticing the crown and being well impressed- higher in the middle than the flanks to aid drainage I guess- you didn’t see that at the likes of Banana Park Battersea.

22 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

They never put a roof on the Clock End because shade would inhibit grass growth- or so a Gooner mate told me.

Not a bad ground Highbury in its day to be fair; never saw us win there till the League Cup in 99.

Edit: when I first went there both stands had enclosures at the bottom. Two big ends- they must have had one of the largest standing/ seating ratios out there when capacity was 63,000

Ps Anyone know when the last 60,000 plus gate was recorded at the Bridge?

Had a quick look and found 70,123 v Spuds Wed, 8th Jan 1964 at 19:30 FA Cup 3rd Rd Replay.

Will look in depth later.

Picture posted before but today is the 34th anniversary of the game between Chelsea and Rangers to raise funds for the victims of the Bradford City Fire Disaster.

Here's the programme from the game. I did have a copy but gave it to one of my Rangers supporting customers