3 hours ago, Boyne said:

What a team that was, nice to see Allen Young in there. '66?

Jan 1963. Getty Images.

 

I simply like these two pictures. Old Git that I am! Accept they’ve already been posted.

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10 hours ago, Scott said:

What a team that was, nice to see Allen Young in there. '66?

Yes, '66. Agree. a fine team.

 

Not seen this particular picture before against Wet Spam in 84 that's them in the corner. The press implied that one of the lads was on the other bus which wasn't true but did lead to the nickname Chelsea Bedhunters which I have to admit is funny. Never went to Shakes as was pretty notorious pub.

 

 

 

Against Stoke City in 1963.

On 14/12/2022 at 09:07, bluehaze said:

Not seen this particular picture before against Wet Spam in 84 that's them in the corner. The press implied that one of the lads was on the other bus which wasn't true but did lead to the nickname Chelsea Bedhunters which I have to admit is funny. Never went to Shakes as was pretty notorious pub.

 

 

 

That was the mob from the Brit in Plaistow that got in the Gate 13 and The Canning Town Firm were in The West Stand apparently.

I was working close to be Brit about 10 years ago and popped in for a pint. It was still a West Ham pub then with regalia everywhere. It used to be owned by Frank Lampard Sn.

Mark I Escort in the foreground?

 

 

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Grimsby 84 great day has been spoken about many times on here. Not my part of London but surely it would need to be the Tardis to get from Bromley to Lewisham in 5 minutes😆. Tunbridge Wells to SB in an hour with stop offs and picking up geezers who've just staggered out of the boozer in presumably a coach that made a Green Line bus look luxurious ! 

When I was younger I worked with a few older East Enders didn't matter what part they would all say yeah I knew the twins or my brother was mates with them or my auntie worked in their club etc. Hickey's coach seems to have the same mythology about it ask any Chelsea fan over 60 yeah I used to go on it although quite a few are sketchy about the detail 😆

 

 

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Franco and Sparky as the Blues Brothers.

 

 

At Shrewsbury in the FA Cup, January 1986. We won 1-0. It was bloody cold. During the warm-up before the match there was a snowball fight between the fans and the players.

On 15/12/2022 at 09:35, Fruit Bat said:

That was the mob from the Brit in Plaistow that got in the Gate 13 and The Canning Town Firm were in The West Stand apparently.

I was working close to be Brit about 10 years ago and popped in for a pint. It was still a West Ham pub then with regalia everywhere. It used to be owned by Frank Lampard Sn.

I was on the benches opposite Gate 13. Don’t remember them being in the seats behind but do remember them down the front of the shed in-line with the tea bar. Kicked off around the time of Colin Lee’s twice taken penalty! They weren’t in there long.

6 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Grimsby 84 great day has been spoken about many times on here. Not my part of London but surely it would need to be the Tardis to get from Bromley to Lewisham in 5 minutes😆. Tunbridge Wells to SB in an hour with stop offs and picking up geezers who've just staggered out of the boozer in presumably a coach that made a Green Line bus look luxurious ! 

When I was younger I worked with a few older East Enders didn't matter what part they would all say yeah I knew the twins or my brother was mates with them or my auntie worked in their club etc. Hickey's coach seems to have the same mythology about it ask any Chelsea fan over 60 yeah I used to go on it although quite a few are sketchy about the detail 😆

 

 

To be fair, back then at that time of day from the top of Bromley straight road through you could’ve done it. Although not sure about a coach!!

Someone on Twitter asked if anyone remembered these and if someone still had one and remarkably someone did !!

 

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15 hours ago, Richard P said:

I was on the benches opposite Gate 13. Don’t remember them being in the seats behind but do remember them down the front of the shed in-line with the tea bar. Kicked off around the time of Colin Lee’s twice taken penalty! They weren’t in there long.

A good 150 of them in the West Stand who left maybe 15 minutes before full time, everyone knew they were heading for the Shed where the gates would be opened for early birds bailing out; Our lot in the West Stand cottoned on and followed- they run wild  until the people that wanted to get involved  zoned in,  I've got WHU mates who were watching from the North Stand who conceded that from where they were standing they got properly starched out 

A mate sent me a load of pictures of Bruges 95 if anyone is interested I'll post them in a new thread over Christmas bound to get some downtime 👍.

 

On 16/12/2022 at 13:43, Scott said:

Franco and Sparky as the Blues Brothers.

 

 

Thanks for posting Scott. Sent it to Franco yesterday and he had a good laugh about it!

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On 01/12/2022 at 09:36, bluehaze said:

1970 parade quality picture that is, Against West Ham 74 and against Spurs 65 guy drinking the pint is a ringer for Fulton Mackay.

 

Some fun and games going on up in the Shed in the West Ham ‘74 photo.

R. Taylor/S&G and Barratts

December 1969.

1966 against Man United 60,000 at the game. 1992 bloody freezing and boring pretty sure there was a floodlight failure.

 

4 hours ago, bluehaze said:

1966 against Man United 60,000 at the game. 1992 bloody freezing and boring pretty sure there was a floodlight failure.

 

I was going then though don't recall that one against Wimbledon in 92 at Selhurst Park.

Ironic though we had Fleck up front with John Spencer on the bench, sometimes despite time moving on things don't change at least in the striking department.

1945 Football League War Cup Southern Final. We won 2-0. Crowd was 90,000 and the match was played on 7 April a month before VE Day.