The great man would have been 89 today.

 

Got to say one game I didn't give a rat's arse about all I could think of was the cup final a few weeks later. Even the most optimistic fan knew we were massive underdogs in 94 but 97 was different.

 

 

Probably been posted. Just like it.

26 minutes ago, erskblue said:

 

Probably been posted. Just like it.

First of all before i make a complete twat of me sen ,is that game been played at SB ? It looks like it ,it smells like it and if so our kit is throwing me .

the other team at a educated guess is either man city ( in their red/ black away kit or Plymouth in green/black Home strip ?) if that is denis stuart then its man city and that is never main Road . So why chelsea in change of shirt ? 

Fair comment Donny ,my money is Man City ,looking on Boundair its an fa cup game v City at home.Lost 3 0 date jan 23 1971 

love that site

i seem to recall a few cup games back then had both teams playing in away kits 

4 hours ago, donnyblue said:

First of all before i make a complete twat of me sen ,is that game been played at SB ? It looks like it ,it smells like it and if so our kit is throwing me .

the other team at a educated guess is either man city ( in their red/ black away kit or Plymouth in green/black Home strip ?) if that is denis stuart then its man city and that is never main Road . So why chelsea in change of shirt ? 

I don't know why, but for some reason we used to play in away kits in some cup game. We played in stripes for one of our semi finals in the 60s . I  think that was the first time we had seen that kit.

EDit. It was v Sheffield Wednesday 1964. Inter Milan striped shirts we wore that day.

 

Edited April 14, 20215 yr by The Rising Sun
Explanation added

5 hours ago, donnyblue said:

First of all before i make a complete twat of me sen ,is that game been played at SB ? It looks like it ,it smells like it and if so our kit is throwing me .

the other team at a educated guess is either man city ( in their red/ black away kit or Plymouth in green/black Home strip ?) if that is denis stuart then its man city and that is never main Road . So why chelsea in change of shirt ? 

Yeah it’s against Man City in 1971. I think it’s the FA Cup. City had a few various styles of away strips, back in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Edited April 14, 20215 yr by erskblue

F1905,The Rising Sun and Erskblue Thanks for putting me head back into its normal place ,i could not figure out the change of shirts for a game at SB.

Can't figure this out.

caption says it's Athletics meeting at the Bridge in 1924

The women are wearing Star of David badges on their shirts , but that salute looks a bit dodgy !

can't make out what part of the stadium it is

13 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Can't figure this out.

caption says it's Athletics meeting at the Bridge in 1924

The women are wearing Star of David badges on their shirts , but that salute looks a bit dodgy !

can't make out what part of the stadium it is

Think it’s taken at the bottom bend of the Old Main Stand. Where the Stand ‘meets’ the curved terracing.

Where ‘Chelsea Football Club’ is written.   This photo was taken at the 1921 FA Cup Final, for comparison.

 

I believe the salute in the picture was originally The Olympic Salute . It was used on Olympic Posters for 1924 and 1928.

It was discontinued after the Second World War, due to it’s obvious similarlty to the Nazi Party Salute. These games at The Bridge were also termed a ‘Woman’s Olympiad.’  Hope this helps.

Posted before. Just enjoyed watching it.

A Happy Birthday to this guy, 81 today.  (Image: Mirrorpix)

 

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Posted before. Just enjoyed watching it.

Great night !. Parked up somewhere near the ground but couldn't remember where ! Wandered around trying to look as if we were locals, could hear the sound of ruckus going off in the distance !

10 hours ago, erskblue said:

I believe the salute in the picture was originally The Olympic Salute . It was used on Olympic Posters for 1924 and 1928.

It was discontinued after the Second World War, due to it’s obvious similarlty to the Nazi Party Salute. These games at The Bridge were also termed a ‘Woman’s Olympiad.’  Hope this helps.

Thanks for both posts mate , I've always liked that aerial view of  the packed Stadium.

I wasn't sure though,  because we must be looking toward the shed end, and it looked too small to me ? What do you think Erksy ?

 

 

21 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Thanks for both posts mate , I've always liked that aerial view of  the packed Stadium.

I wasn't sure though,  because we must be looking toward the shed end, and it looked too small to me ? What do you think Erksy ?

 

 

Athletics - British Games - Parade Of Athletes - London - 1931 

 

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Agreed, it’s confusing.   We must be looking in that 1924 picture, towards The Shed End. 

The above picture from 1931 shows the corner your picture was taken at. This time from the opposite corner.

Credit: BBC

The above picture is of Eric Liddell in 1924 and shows the corner where I reckon your picture was taken. Apologies to everyone  else!😀

Edited April 15, 20215 yr by erskblue

Posted before, this  I fully accept !

3 hours ago, erskblue said:

A Happy Birthday to this guy, 81 today.  (Image: Mirrorpix)

You dont seem to see that anymore these days in that photo ? What is that i see that you lot cant see ?

13 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Can't figure this out.

caption says it's Athletics meeting at the Bridge in 1924

The women are wearing Star of David badges on their shirts , but that salute looks a bit dodgy !

can't make out what part of the stadium it is

My question is why is there a area of > No mans land < could this be the first reported  act of end clearing by order of the peaky blinders . 

1 hour ago, donnyblue said:

You dont seem to see that anymore these days in that photo ? What is that i see that you lot cant see ?

Someone smoking a pipe? 😀Someone leaving an umbrella unattended ?😀

34 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Someone smoking a pipe? 😀Someone leaving an umbrella unattended ?😀

A gent smoking the pipe was the answer i was looking for ,as for the unattended brolly i never noticed that inspector erskblue .

Jimmy Jimmy

packed stadium 

Definitely aligns himself with Leeds can't blame him I suppose he did win the league there. Scored that goal against City one of the great away days. New flags in the Shed next to the Greenaway one.

 

38 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

Definitely aligns himself with Leeds can't blame him I suppose he did win the league there. Scored that goal against City one of the great away days. New flags in the Shed next to the Greenaway one.

 

Tony dorigo > that 2-3 goal and win at man city > Sunday game > and that red/ blue/white or was it blue/ red/white away strip . Also Wembley > full members cup final v mboro > Dorigo 1-0 > Thanks for the service .

did i mention that programme neighbours from Australia ,if not that tv programme from Australia neighbours > skippy > wentworth prison `` leave it out B ´´