On ‎25‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 23:33, In the Net said:

1977

Happy Birthday to Peter Bonetti.

The Cat is 78 years young today, 27th Sept.

 Sat, 27th Sep 1958  We beat Forest 4-1 in front of 48,093. Jimmy Greaves with a  hat-trick  and Tony Nicholas  were our scorers . Jimmy's hat trick was scored in the 39th, 80th and 86th mins, whilst Tony's goal was scored in the 27th min.
 

 sat 27th Sept 1969. A 3-0 win v Arsenal,. Our scores were: Alan Birchenall 10th and 52nd and Tommy Baldwin 85th mins,

46,370  saw it

On 26/09/2019 at 05:46, erskblue said:

 Tuesday, 26th Sep 1978 at 8:00pm A friendly match with New York Cosmos who had an all star side. Watched by 39,659.

It was a 1 - 1 draw with Ray Wilkins our scorer.

(I've got more info on this match I'll do an article later.)

The crowd attendance is comedy! It was rammed all round the ground, programmes sold out well before K O. Was a great crowd for a midweek friendly. Enjoyed a lot of testimonials and friendlies around this time.

9 hours ago, Richard P said:

The crowd attendance is comedy! It was rammed all round the ground, programmes sold out well before K O. Was a great crowd for a midweek friendly. Enjoyed a lot of testimonials and friendlies around this time.

Cheers for that info mate. Ill do an article on it soon, if nobody minds.

 Saturday, 28th Sep 1946 at 3:15pm, Drew 2 - 2 with Charlton in front of a great crowd of 63,859.

We were 2-0 up at half time and Charlton equalised in the 90th min !

 Sunday, 28th Sep 1986 at 2:35pm.    We won 1-0 at Old Trafford.   King Kerry Dixon scoring in the 2nd min.   33,340  saw it

Tony Godden saved two pens.    From Olsen and Strachan,

 

Edited September 28, 20196 yr by erskblue

The 1-0 win at Old Trafford in Sept 86, match highlights.

Enjoy !

On 27/09/2019 at 04:48, erskblue said:

Happy Birthday to Peter Bonetti.

The Cat is 78 years young today, 27th Sept.

Never saw Bonetti play, but without doubt a Chelsea icon, those gloves etc

10 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Five ballers right there.

I looked at this after seeing how good his goal ratio was for us.

He broke a record for the most goals scored in several matches 

The first ten minutes is about CFC - Ted Drake spending more time on the golf course than the training pitch, team talk, 'All the best lads'

Ten - 27 mins - England and playing in Italy.

Can't tell the rest except to stay 27+ is Spuds related.

 

 

Hello Chelsea.

Hereford fan here if I am being honest, but I have been to see Chelsea about 30 times over the last 5 seasons with my lad who plucked Chelsea out of the air somewhere in his childhood. I always feel a bit of a tourist at the games, but have been to hundreds of really crap football matches so I reckon that gives me a bit of a free pass. I also came to SB in the mid 80s to see you lose 1-0 at home to Charlton. 

Anyway I find this site a bit addictive. When I first took my lad I thought I had better tune in to the bit of Chelsea I would have been part of behind the modern fan experience Chelsea glitz. And now 4 years later I have a nose on this thread at least weekly. Fan porn.

Speaking of which, I am not sure if you have seen this page. Knock yourself out if you haven't. The SB page isn't great but there are some pearlers elsewhere. Grounds that you have had many a cultural visit to. 

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/3-ian-thompson

Finally, he never played for you as he was understudy to the Cat circa 1970, but Tommy Hughes lives in the next street to me. He put in about 300 games in goal for Hereford in the late seventies. Obviously settled in Hereford. Became a carpet fitter. Just like David Beckham when he retired. He did a fan Q&A once and pointed out that his missus was a receptionist whilst he was a blue and earned more money! He got to be in and around the team at that time though. Not the worst start to adult life.

My lad is properly gone on CFC and will no doubt fully drag me in eventually. I have wasted enough love already.

Cheers

 

 

Edited September 28, 20196 yr by feelingblue

1 hour ago, Strider6003 said:

I looked at this after seeing how good his goal ratio was for us.

He broke a record for the most goals scored in several matches 

The first ten minutes is about CFC - Ted Drake spending more time on the golf course than the training pitch, team talk, 'All the best lads'

Ten - 27 mins - England and playing in Italy.

Can't tell the rest except to stay 27+ is Spuds related.

 

 

Cheers for posting that.

12 hours ago, chi blue said:

Never saw Bonetti play, but without doubt a Chelsea icon, those gloves etc

Met him when he played a few games for Dundee Utd early in 1979/80 after leaving us and moving up to Scotland.

Tommy Hughes is Scottish, I knew that anyway, but just checked him out and he was born in Dalmuir. I didn't realise but he played 11 times for CFC (according to wiki). Very good keeper at our level. 

   Some win 13-0 !

Our scorers were: Peter Osgood got 5 goals.  3rd, 6th, 63rd, 80th and 88th mins

Alan Hudson 11th, John Hollins 13th a pen, David Webb 23rd,  Ron Harris 44th mins

Tommy Baldwin 61st 68th and 90th mins

Peter Houseman 77th mins.

27,621 saw it.

 We followed it up by beating Wolves 3-1 at The Bridge o the Sat.

11 hours ago, Boyne said:

Now that was a team, season, strip ...