1st Pic Ron Harris introduces Tommy Baldwin to Princess Margaret before the 1970 FA Cup Final .

2nd Pic Tommy v Bob McNab of Arsenal

3rd Pic: Tommy scoring v Arsenal. It was our second Goal in a 2-1 win                 

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I can't even recall this happening !

Not sure if posted before.

Another picture of the game against Moscow Dynamo. One I haven't seen before. I think that the figure of 85,000 is a bit of an underestimation. 

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Not sure if posted before.

Villa Park I think, possibly 1965 ?

15 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Must be v Leeds 1970.   Against spurs in 67 we only had a little group of us in one of those top sections making a noise and chanting amongst all the other Chelsea fans, it was just at the start of it all for us really. Bloke we used to call Jesus had a loudhailer urging us on.

 

Great picture mate.

3 hours ago, Boyne said:

Another picture of the game against Moscow Dynamo. One I haven't seen before. I think that the figure of 85,000 is a bit of an underestimation. 

Superb find mate,  great photo and article

Another picture from the Moscow Dynamo game. Not sure if posted before.

Just now, Boyne said:

Another picture from the Moscow Dynamo game. Not sure if posted before.

Never seen that before  mate, thanks, great pic

3 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Superb find mate,  great photo and article

You're welcome mate. If I could go back in time and be at two games, one would be the 1970 FA Cup Final Replay. The other would be the match against Moscow Dynamo. So much history with that game and others in the tour the Soviets made in 1945.

In the same tour, Moscow Dynamo played Rangers. Here's a picture of the Main Stand at Ibrox. It's probable that some of my relations were at Ibrox that day.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Another picture from the Moscow Dynamo game. Not sure if posted before.

Great picture, 

I wonder what the actual crowd was that day 110,000 ? !

 I know we will never know.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

You're welcome mate. If I could go back in time and be at two games, one would be the 1970 FA Cup Final Replay. The other would be the match against Moscow Dynamo. So much history with that game and others in the tour the Soviets made in 1945.

In the same tour, Moscow Dynamo played Rangers. Here's a picture of the Main Stand at Ibrox. It's probable that some of my relations were at Ibrox that day.

Another great picture,

I know that one of my Grandfather's was at that game.

Just found this one of Moscow Dynamo game.

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3 hours ago, Boyne said:

You're welcome mate. If I could go back in time and be at two games, one would be the 1970 FA Cup Final Replay. The other would be the match against Moscow Dynamo. So much history with that game and others in the tour the Soviets made in 1945.

In the same tour, Moscow Dynamo played Rangers. Here's a picture of the Main Stand at Ibrox. It's probable that some of my relations were at Ibrox that day.

Hey mate, there's a a Russian video of our game on youtube. I don't know how to get it into here, but it's on  Aleks Chistogan channel... " 1945(13.11) Chelsea ( London england) dynamo ( Moscow USSR)... Terrific footage

Some highlights of the Moscow Dynamo game.

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v Millwall at Wembley, League South Cup Final in 1945.

We won 2-0. 

 

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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/about-chelsea/history/key-matches/key-match14

The Pensioners’ first cup final for 29 years meant that, as pre-war, Chelsea ‘will be discussed wherever football is a topic,‘ asserted the Lancashire Evening Post on 4 April 1944. ‘Arsenal may have been the glamour team, but Chelsea were everybody’s favourite.’

However the highlight of the day would prove to be meeting US General Dwight D Eisenhower (pictured below) beforehand, for Charlton lifted the cup following a 3-1 victory. There would be better luck when Birrell’s men returned the following season on 7 April 1945, Millwall the victims on a grand occasion that easily compared to any FA Cup final.

The 1944 League South Cup game had been attended by 85,000, produced a record gate of £26,000, of which £12,000 was taken by the government in Entertainment Tax. Even that figure, a record for any sporting occasion during wartime, was exceeded by the 1945 final. Total receipts exceeded £29,000, with £13,300 going to the tax man – the biggest ever contribution from a sporting event.

An extraordinary £30,000 was returned to people who had applied – unsuccessfully – for tickets for the event (Chelsea were allocated 800 standing and 800 seated). However the only match of the year at Wembley was not played for charity: Chelsea and Millwall each pocketed £4,000. The players were each paid £2.

Oddly, Chelsea wore red, and Millwall white as opposed to the familiar blue of both, and were greeted by the Chelsea-supporting King George VI in his uniform of Admiral of the Fleet. Up in the stands were the Queen in a blue ensemble with a beige fur and the young Princess Elizabeth in her ATS uniform, attending her first club football match.

Although Millwall drew the ‘lucky’ no.1 dressing room, ‘everything today is in [Chelsea’s] favour,’ commented the Daily Worker on the morning of the game. ‘Their defence is sounder, their forwards are all potential match-winners… Their wing-halves, the most important players in any team, have all the experience and stamina necessary.

‘On the other hand,’ the newspaper continued, ‘Chelsea are… Chelsea. Last year they were favourites. In five minutes they were one up and storming the Charlton goal eager for more. But the old Stamford Bridge fever seized them when they were on top and brimful of confidence, and they faded away.’ Not so a year later, despite having the same half-back line.

Skipper Johnny Harris was one of eight guest Pensioners, the others being regulars George Wardle (Exeter City), and Danny Winter (Bolton), Ian Black (Aberdeen), George Hardwick (Middlesbrough) and John McDonald (Bournemouth and Boscombe), while Len Goulden (West Ham) and Les Smith (Brentford) were both debutants. McDonald and Wardle ensured Chelsea won 2-0, and we remain the trophy-holders to this day.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Some highlights of the Moscow Dynamo game.

That's it.!.....cheers mate