1 hour ago, Richard P said:

No one saw the backs of shirts and back then they were numbered 1-12. very really When needed like testimonials they didn’t have shirts with high numbers. 
With a squad of 20 plus there would have been duplicate shirts for the photo call.

Thanks - just struck me as odd that he wasn't wearing the number 8. 

 28th April 1971.

We beat Man City away to go through to the 1971 European Cup Winners Cup Final v Real Madrid.

43,663 saw it,

The Man City keeper Healey is 'credited' with our goal !

Once again, many thanks to bounder. friardale for the above cutting and match programme cover.

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Our goal in 1971.

Our goal in the April 1971 game at Maine Road.

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sp1873

Manchester City v Chelsea ECWC 2nd leg April 1971. 1-0 us.

Highlights and its of 28th April 1971 not 18th as shown at to of footage.

gr8footy

Today 28th April, is the 36th Anniversary  (!) of the 5-0 hammering of Leeds at The Bridge.

That 5-0 hammering, towards the end of that season.

 

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The old press box on top of the old Main Stand, gets a good view of this action.

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5 hours ago, erskblue said:

Manchester City v Chelsea ECWC 2nd leg April 1971. 1-0 us.

Highlights and its of 28th April 1971 not 18th as shown at to of footage.

gr8footy

Cheers for that. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

The link also led to this long-throw masterclass from 1974 (a match played on my 13th birthday, if the date is correct):

 

55 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

Cheers for that. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

The link also led to this long-throw masterclass from 1974 (a match played on my 13th birthday, if the date is correct):

 

I posted the cup winners cup game before there is brief and it's very brief footage of the first leg Derek Smethurst scoring that I'll try and track down it's not on Youtube but I did see it fairly recently.

Looks like we didn't bring numbers to this game nice top though.

 

Palace 82 the infamous Paul Canoville game still comfortably the worse thing I've ever seen as a Chelsea fan. Another memory from this game was Alan Mayes going on a Pat Nevin- Newcastle type run rounding the keeper and missing from about two yards ! 

 

 

24 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

Palace 82 the infamous Paul Canoville game still comfortably the worse thing I've ever seen as a Chelsea fan. Another memory from this game was Alan Mayes going on a Pat Nevin- Newcastle type run rounding the keeper and missing from about two yards ! 

 

 

Doesn't this photo sum up everything that was wrong with crowd control back then? Cram the away fans into the tightest Nun's crotch of a corner of terracing, while the Palace Nigels in the two other pens of the Holmesdale terrace have the freedom of Selhurst Park! I know we had a reputation back then, but even so. 

14 minutes ago, Ewan Hoozarmi said:

Doesn't this photo sum up everything that was wrong with crowd control back then? Cram the away fans into the tightest Nun's crotch of a corner of terracing, while the Palace Nigels in the two other pens of the Holmesdale terrace have the freedom of Selhurst Park! I know we had a reputation back then, but even so. 

I was going to mention that as it goes the same thing happened at Highbury in 87 which was even worse because there was a segregation gap something that I only found out 25 years later after watching the goals on Youtube. I'm 6ft 2 and couldn't see over the crowd I've been in some bad crushes over the years White Hart Lane the same season was nearly as bad but the Highbury one was worse because of the stupidity of the old bill. WHL we had to jump over the fence in the segregated bit between the Park Lane and the Shelf purely for self preservation.

Team pictures from 1986/87 and 1987/88.

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 FA Cup1969-`70. Replay.

Original poster. 

Enki2011                  Highlights

Also on 29th April. This time in  1967 we beats Leeds 1-0 in the FA Cup Semi final at Villa Park.

FA Cup Semi-Final v Leeds (1967)    Brief Highlights.

British Pathé

 

10 hours ago, erskblue said:

On the whole our kits of yesteryear were much better than the ones dished out now a days, but the one in the bottom two shots was definitely one of our worst of years gone by.

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4 hours ago, bluehaze said:

 

Cheers for the footage!

I see refs ignored blatant penalties we should have had even then.