71 years ago today, 21st August 1948. We won 1-0 and our scorer was Roy Bentley. A great attendance of 60,981 saw it.

The immediate years after World War 2 saw amazing attendances at football matches up an down Britain.

 21st Aug 1996. Another match v Boro on 21st August ! We won 1-0, again ! Roberto Di Matteo scoring in the 86th min.

In front of 28,272 spectators.

 Not a great season, but my first season  supporting The Blues !  A 3-3 draw. We were 3-0 up and threw it away.  23,745 saw it.

Our scorers were: Peter Houseman 5th, Bill Garner 20th and my first Chelsea hero Charlie Cooke in the 45th min, saw us 3-0 up at half time and seeming cruising to victory... 

This should have been a lesson to me in what following Chelsea would be about !!   

Incidentally, this was the late Peter Houseman's last goal for us.
 

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31 minutes ago, erskblue said:

 21st Aug 1996. Another match v Boro on 21st August ! We won 1-0, again ! Roberto Di Matteo scoring in the 86th min.

In front of 28,272 spectators.

That's the game l'm sure when Robbie does that iconic celebration where he lays down puts one arm in the air and some of the others, wisey, lebeouf etc join him in pose. Tried that at football training the following week when playing six a side, didn't quite get the same reaction from my team mates.

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1 minute ago, chi blue said:

That's the game l'm sure when Robbie does that iconic celebration where he lays down puts one arm in the air and some of the others, wisey, lebeouf etc join him in pose. Tried that at football training the following week when playing six a side, didn't quite get the same reaction from my team mates.

Yeah it was mate.

 Robbie's (and Chi Blue's) goal celebration !

 Taken on 5th April 1969: Bobby Tambling tries a shot at goal from an acute angle, as Latcham of Burnley attempts to block him and goalkeeper, Thomson, covers his near post, during a match at Stamford Bridge.

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Bobby Tambling at Craven Cottage, mid 60s.

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 Raquel Welsh in a Chelsea strip.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2902414/When-Hollywood-came-Chelsea-Raquel-Welch-stood-Stamford-Bridge-touchline-shouted-Wooee-bye-bye-Ossie.html

 

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 Bobby Tambling v Leeds at The Bridge  in 1967.

 v Huddersfield Town at The Bridge in a Division 2 match. Early 60s ?

 v AC Milan at The Bridge. Fairs City Cup. The Third Round 2nd Leg  George Graham and a superb strike from Peter Osgood in front of a 59,541 crowd made it 2-1 us (2-1 Milan from First leg) .

This took it to a third tie on 2nd March played n the San Siro, Milan. It was a 1-1 Draw with Barry Bridges scoring in the 13th min for us.

It then went to extra time. No scoring and we on on toss of coin !

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

True ! It'd be interesting ( well to me anyway !) to see how much 4 shillings is worth in todays money and what the average wage was back then .

Just for comparison sake.

And they all look very well dressed. As do the vast majority of Chelsea supporters !

Back in the early seventies my Dad would send me up to the newsagent to buy his cigarettes. A parent couldn't ask a child to do that now. A packet of 20 cigarettes was 25p. I think a packet of cigarettes is now about £10. And as for Saturday morning pictures in 1970 it cost a shilling (5p) to get in as a kid.

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

Back in the early seventies my Dad would send me up to the newsagent to buy his cigarettes. A parent couldn't ask a child to do that now. A packet of 20 cigarettes was 25p. I think a packet of cigarettes is now about £10. And as for Saturday morning pictures in 1970 it cost a shilling (5p) to get in as a kid.

Yeah I remember going to the local ice cram van in the mid - late 1970s to get cigarettes for my Uncle. '20 Senior Service' was the brand of cigarettes he smoked  Funny how you remember things like that, well I do anyway !

This same Uncle of mine had a heart attack in his late 50s and he instantly gave up smoking and has never smoked a single cigarette since.

He's in his mid 80s now.

 It cost £3 to see us play Spuds in Sept 85.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/gallery/2015/feb/17/football-ticket-prices-old-ticket-stubs

Various ticket prices through the years. Various games.

I had a Glasgow Rangers Season Ticket for 1988/89 , Copland Road Stand and it cost me £100.

This got me admission to all Rangers domestic home games, but not the two UEFA Cup home ties.

I paid £4 for a standing terracing ticket for that season's Scottish Cup Final v Celtic. The Mount Florida (traditional Rangers) en) of Hampden.

On ‎20‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 09:32, bluehaze said:

Don't know if this has been posted before.

https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/01/01/dochertys-diamonds-the-innovative-chelsea-side-that-lit-up-the-early-1960s/

Yeah that's a good read.

Cheers mate.

 v Hull City at The Bridge. In an FA Cup tie from 1966.

This was comparing our match day tickets and season in 2014. 1981 and 2014.

Chelsea – 1981 season ticket price: £50* (£162.53 in 2014 prices) compared to £750 for the cheapest ticket this season – *Chelsea were in Division Two in 1981, but today the cheapest match day ticket at Stamford Bridge is  £50

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/9/19/6412279/chelsea-fc

The changing cost of football at Stamford Bridge-the-changing-cost-of-football-at

 

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 It cost £3.50 in 1980 v Cardiff away.

By comparison My old man paid £3.50 for a Scotland v England Main Stand Ticket in May 78.