Speedway at the Bridge. Late 1920s I think.

Edited March 16, 20206 yr by erskblue

v Leeds mid 1960s.

Edited March 16, 20206 yr by erskblue

The old Lilly bridge stadium just North of present Stamford bridge. Closed down after a riot and fire. Became a huge  British Rail site and was suggested for our new stadium for a while .

11 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

The old Lilly bridge stadium just North of present Stamford bridge. Closed down after a riot and fire. Became a huge  British Rail site and was suggested for our new stadium for a while .

Great pictures.

Am reading a book written in 1905 by C. W. Alcock who was one of the original founders of the Football Association in 1863. The book covers the development of the game in forty years e.g. the split from rugby and the setting up of standard rules for football.

In the book mention is made of a game between Surrey and Kent in 1868 and which was played at West London Running Grounds, Brompton. I'm not sure if that was at the Lillie Bridge Athletic Ground or at the London Athletic Club Grounds. If the latter, the first game of football played on the area where we moved in to in 1905?

Looks like a bombsite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillie_Bridge_Grounds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Athletic_Club

Stamford Bridge Years

In 1904 London Athletic Club moved to a new stadium and grounds at Stamford Bridge.^[6] The old stand it had used there was demolished and the new construction used spoil from excavating the tube lines of the London underground in order to level the land. The result was a grandstand overlooking a football field that was surrounded by a quarter-mile running track, a banked cycling track and terraces that held six thousand spectators. The inaugural meeting of the London Athletic Club at the new ground was held on 10 May 1905 (Chelsea Football Club used the ground in the winter months and its first match there was on 4 September 1905). The Bridge was to remain LAC’s base until 1933.

After Stamford Bridge

During 1933 the track at Stamford Bridge was converted for use as a greyhound racing track and the club moved its base to White City after being evicted by the Greyhound Racing Association.^[7] In 1954 the club moved again to Hurlingham Park stadium, which had been opened by Roger Bannister four months after he had broken the four-minute mile barrier. The club moved its base yet again in 1966 to Crystal Palace, then returned to Hurlingham in 1972 and later used Motspur Park, one of the locations in the film, “Chariots of Fire”. LAC President Sir Arthur Gold appeared in the film’s depiction of the memorial service for Harold Abrahams. Today the club uses Barn Elms athletic track in west London as its base.

The First International Athletics meetings and London Athletic Club[edit]

London Athletic Club was the leading track and field club in the 1870s, illustrated by the fact that its members held every track world record between 220 yards to 10 miles during that decade

Above:Chopper Harris obviously disagrees' with the ref at Highbury in 1967.

Charlie Cooke arriving at The Bridge.

Big Doug v Liverpool at The Bridge,                                                                                  Nigel Spackman v Ipswich at The Bridge.

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Big  Doug 'disagrees ' with Wimbledon.

I know who my money was on !

Moscow Dynamo goal ... 1945 / 46 

A 3-2 win in Div Two in March 89, away at Man City.

Attendance: 40,070

Highlights.

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Beating Arsenal 1-0 at Highbury on Sat, 17th Mar 1990.

John Bumstead our scorer.

4 mins of highlights.

CFC AWAY - WEST HAM 1 CHELSEA 2 85 - 86

paul smith

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/03/17/pat-nevin-recalls-another-time-when-chelsea-football-ground-to-h?cardIndex=0-6

As recommended by Wee Pat on the official site.

 

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Happy Birthday to Paul Elliot, who is 56 years old today.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

CFC AWAY - WEST HAM 1 CHELSEA 2 85 - 86

paul smith

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/03/17/pat-nevin-recalls-another-time-when-chelsea-football-ground-to-h?cardIndex=0-6

As recommended by Wee Pat on the official site.

 

What a great night that was. A cracking header from Pat.

Season 80/81

Not sure if posted before:

The British Army won 3-2.

9 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Not sure if posted before:

The British Army won 3-2.

I recognise the names of B. Slater in goal, Think he played for Dundee.

 J Barnwell, possibly John arnwell the Wolves manager in early 1980s. 

D. Wilson, that might well be Davie Wilson the Rangers and Scotalnd left winger.

Might, of course, be completely wrong.

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Kevin McAllister v Man Utd in the top photo.

Looks like the Met Police brought a big support that day, going by their numbers in the background.

 

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by erskblue

Just now, erskblue said:

I recognise the names of B. Slater in goal, Think he played for Dundee.

 J Barnwell, possibly John arnwell the Wolves manager in early 1980s and D. Wilson. That might well be Davie Wilson the Rangers and Scotalnd left winger.

Yes, it is Davie Wilson of Rangers. Found the pictures on one of Rangers forums on Facebook. In the forum it mentioned that it was Rangers Davie Wilson. It would be interesting to know how many of the British Army players were doing National Service and how many were more permanent members of the Army. 

1960 was the last year that people in this country was called up for National Service and all National Servicemen left the Armed Forces by 1963. My Dad and one of his brothers were called up for National Service in the 1950s. My Dad served in the Royal Engineers from 1953 to 1956. He left the Army in March 1956 but was called up later in the year during the Suez Crisis. In the end, he didn't have to go out to Egypt due to the pressure put on the British Government by the United Nations and the U.S. Government under Eisenhower. My uncle served in RAF and if I remember correctly was on Christmas Island when the the U.K. tested the atomic bomb a few miles from the Island.

8 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Yes, it is Davie Wilson of Rangers. Found the pictures on one of Rangers forums on Facebook. In the forum it mentioned that it was Rangers Davie Wilson. It would be interesting to know how many of the British Army players were doing National Service and how many were more permanent members of the Army. 

1960 was the last year that people in this country was called up for National Service and all National Servicemen left the Armed Forces by 1963. My Dad and one of his brothers were called up for National Service in the 1950s. My Dad served in the Royal Engineers from 1953 to 1956. He left the Army in March 1956 but was called up later in the year during the Suez Crisis. In the end, he didn't have to go out to Egypt due to the pressure put on the British Government by the United Nations and the U.S. Government under Eisenhower. My uncle served in RAF and if I remember correctly was on Christmas Island when the the U.K. tested the atomic bomb a few miles from the Island.

Yeah my old man was called up in 1960, He'd had it deferred until he finished his apprenticeship in the Clydeside shipyards.

So did his lifelong best mate and they both served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

They both played a lot of football during their time in the army !  This happened when an officer was informed they had both played at Junior (Non League) Level in Scotland.