Crystal Palace away FA Cup 3rd round 1971.

2nd Jan 1971 and a 2-2 draw.

Originally Posted on Twitter by Chris Mears

Edited May 8, 20206 yr by erskblue

From Twitter,(again)

Picture states it's 1972.

Peter Bonetti and Bobby Charlton, April 1973.

 The teams walk off at the end of  Bobby Charlton's last ever game for Man Utd.

 

Peter Osgoods last goal at Stamford Bridge v Leeds Utd 1973.

timothy mullins

 

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Peter Bonetti and Bobby Charlton, April 1973.

 The teams walk off at the end of  Bobby Charlton's last ever game for Man Utd.

 

I was there for that game. We'd escaped relegation by the skin of our teeth so the pressure was off. Bobby got a great reception and, if memory serves, he was presented with a gold cigarette case by the Chelsea chairman. Peter Osgood scored the only goal, famously memorialized by his outspread hands and big grin. I saw grown men with tears in their eyes that day.

This is the most coverage I've ever seen of this game. Seems we weren't the only club to have three wheelers parked inside !. Keeper makes a clanger for the goal but makes an outstanding save later on.

 

Ron Harris and Willie Morgan in that April 1973 game.       

22 hours ago, Nitro said:

1976-77 Season Blackpool V Chelsea Scots week. Blackpools large home end packed and split in 2 by a large metal fence. Both sides Blackpool and Chelsea had an extremely large contingent of highly inebriated Scottish Holiday makers enjoying playing throw the glass empties over the dividing fence, lots were watching the game covering their heads with their hands.  I was approached by one individual who asked me which player was David Hay, he was so inebriated he could still not make out David by covering one eye.

He may have been drunk, but that's a pretty tasteless gesture after what happened to Davie Hay.

1 minute ago, bluehaze said:

This is the most coverage I've ever seen of this game. Seems we weren't the only club to have three wheelers parked inside !. Keeper makes a clanger for the goal but makes an outstanding save later on.

 

Cheers for posting that.

Agree with you, the most I have ever seen of this game.

Some highlights of Bobby Charlton's last game at The Bridge in April 1973.

gr8footy

Team sheets from National Football Museum in Manchester.

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54 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Team sheets from National Football Museum in Manchester.

Arnold Sidebottom. There's a blast from the past. We could never come up with a song for him that didn't sound a bit silly. They still wore stockings too. Trevor Anderson on the bench. A young lad from Belfast who secured our 1st Division place with a winner at Elland Road.

43 minutes ago, Stretford Ender said:

Arnold Sidebottom. There's a blast from the past.

And possibly the most Northern name of all time . I'm getting quite nostalgic for when footballers had names like Keith, Derek and Brian.

Victoria Zizkov 94.

 

25 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

And possibly the most Northern name of all time . I'm getting quite nostalgic for when footballers had names like Keith, Derek and Brian.

He played cricket for Yorkshire too as I recall.

6 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

I was there for that game. We'd escaped relegation by the skin of our teeth so the pressure was off. Bobby got a great reception and, if memory serves, he was presented with a gold cigarette case by the Chelsea chairman. Peter Osgood scored the only goal, famously memorialized by his outspread hands and big grin. I saw grown men with tears in their eyes that day.

I was only 11, coming up 12, and this was my first full season. Queued up for hours to get in to this one, and was a little worried that one of our country's footballing heroes would get a bit of bird from the home fans, turned out well though as all 4 sides of the ground gave him a great send off.

2 minutes ago, MKBlue said:

I was only 11, coming up 12, and this was my first full season. Queued up for hours to get in to this one, and was a little worried that one of our country's footballing heroes would get a bit of bird from the home fans, turned out well though as all 4 sides of the ground gave him a great send off.

It was a great send-off. I went to his testimonial game against Celtic earlier that season. Celtic must have brought at least 7000 fans with them because the place was heaving.

5 minutes ago, Stretford Ender said:

It was a great send-off. I went to his testimonial game against Celtic earlier that season. Celtic must have brought at least 7000 fans with them because the place was heaving.

If we'd beaten Croatia 2 years ago then went on to win the WC, I'd hazard a guess that Harry Kane and Dele Alli would have got a similar, warm reception at the Bridge the following season..... or maybe not.

1 hour ago, Stretford Ender said:

He played cricket for Yorkshire too as I recall.

Chris Balderstone, another great northern name, played for Carlisle United and, I think Worcestershire.

6 hours ago, bluehaze said:

This is the most coverage I've ever seen of this game. Seems we weren't the only club to have three wheelers parked inside !. Keeper makes a clanger for the goal but makes an outstanding save later on.

Both teams in away strips for both legs (I think). City were a decent team back then. Albert Alexander, who wrote the welcome message in the programme you posted, was a real gentleman. He backed Joe Mercer against the rival faction who wanted Malcolm Allison to manage on his own. The Allison faction won and Joe was removed. Allison went down in flames (twice) and Joe went on to manage Coventry then England after Revie skedaddled to the desert. Great football men whose like we'll never see again.

12 hours ago, bluehaze said:

And possibly the most Northern name of all time . I'm getting quite nostalgic for when footballers had names like Keith, Derek and Brian.

Funnily enough I met a lovely sort the week before lockdown whose surname is Pickersgill. My hours daily exercise is lying on the bed thinking of her.

Wound her up the other day by saying with a name like that she must keep chickens, to which she replied “ what in a Rainhill dormer bungalow you soft ....”

David Hay was the first CFC transfer I remember, straight after the 74 World Cup

The English club side Chelsea toured Australia in May and June 1965. Fresh from the 1964/5 English First Division season, Chelsea came to Australia with a full strength side that included the likes of English international Barry Bridges and a 22 year old Terry Venables who would go onto be Australian National Team coach for the ill fated 1998 World Cup campaign.
Played: Saturday May 8 1965				Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
New South Wales Ron Corry, Trevor Edwards, Pat Woods, Pat Hughes, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Roy Blitz, John Giacometti, Herbert Ninaus, Les Scheinflug, Vic Reynolds; Coach: Stefan Cambal.	0	-	5	Chelsea (ENG) Peter Bonetti, Marvin Hinton, Ron Harris, Frank Upton, John Hollins, John Mortimore, Albert Murray, George Graham, Peter Osgood, Terry Venables, Bobby Tampling; Coach: Tommy Docherty. Goals: Tambling (x2), Upton, Osgood, Murray
Referee: Tony Boskovic Assistant Referees: Les Rae and Dave Buchan Attendance: 25,116

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