I Was Just Woundering what everyone thinks of the recent chelsea compared to how we used to be in the 80's

Stamford bridge seems to be alot more quiet now than how we used to be years ago ,

We seem to have alot of plastic fans now and Over seas fans , my own personal opinion is a true fan goes to the games ( im not saying every week )

I hate fans that wear all the clobber but never goes and ive met chelsea fans at games that cant even name the four sides of the ground its embarassing.

I Just Wanted To See What everyone Else's opions are ?

Take a chill pill, Blue mad Meaney. The costs of tickets nowadays is such that the typical fan of the 80s really cannot afford to go to many games at the Bridge. That, and being a successful team, breeds getting fans of the plastic variety attend matches at home.

If you want more noise, hope for lower ticket prices.

I would rather have plastic fans , than fans that rob tickets off each other , or fight each other.

Yeah Go*rlay is literally doing anything he can to squeeze as much money out of us as possible. However there is nothing more than i want to have been around in the 80s when the Shed was at it's prime and you didn't have stewards trying to make you sit down all the time! However away support is always top class, best in the country and the home support can be really good too, but i agree, way too many plastics and foreigners

Sorry i know it isnt the question but give me the chelsea teams n players from 67 to 74 anytime

Have`nt been a regular since the end of 2002/03 season,mainly due to the cost of tickets going up and up...it`s just to much now.

Recent team has been the best,80's support was much better than present. We had more passionate support.

Have`nt been a regular since the end of 2002/03 season,mainly due to the cost of tickets going up and up...it`s just to much now.

Same here mate i stopped going around about the same time and for the same reason and i must say the vocal support at the bridge sometimes is dissapointing.If it went back to terracing(which it wont) the atmosphere would be a lot more better and more intimidating for visting teams and their supporters because all the nutters(dont take the wrong way lads) could stand together just like the days of the original Shed.

I've always gone at least 3 to 4 times a season, since i was 13, if I could afford it, I'd go every week.

In the 80's the support was 99% males aged 15-40, 99% of those sang at games.

Now it's a much more mixed age/sex range, 10% at most sing.

When Stamford Bridge's capacity is as low as it is and the cost of financing a club keeps going up(bigger and bigger wages for players, etc.), it's no wonder the tickets are as expensive as they are. The situation is far from optimal, but we've yet to break even during the Roman era, so I can't see the ticket prices going down any time soon.

The singing sections of grounds were largely broken up with the advent of all seater stadiums. Fans who had stood together for years suddely found themselves scattered around the ground, many no longer in the same ends. For this reason fans travelling to away matches are louder, they congregate together and the experience is more akin to the older days. Give me standing over seating anyday, the moment I was forced to sit was the start of myself not attending live games on a regular basis.

The singing sections of grounds were largely broken up with the advent of all seater stadiums. Fans who had stood together for years suddely found themselves scattered around the ground, many no longer in the same ends. For this reason fans travelling to away matches are louder, they congregate together and the experience is more akin to the older days. Give me standing over seating anyday, the moment I was forced to sit was the start of myself not attending live games on a regular basis.

This is so very true Charierre,it may not be the p.c.thing to say, but football has always been tribal (like human nature) & given the chance, supporters have always grouped amongst those who they feel, they have the most 'in common' with.

If you wanted to be with the 'top boys' or just wanted to watch the game, you knew where to stand & you were allowed to stand there without a fuss!.(well,mostly anyhow!).

It's this freedom to choose where you stood & who you stood with (and sing with), that creates the atmosphere (& yes,possibly the agg).But in my opinion, the sooner the powers that be allow & embrace this freedom to choose,the sooner they and us as supporters will learn just what is acceptable & what isn't,you just can't contain human nature.

After all,this isn't like the old days & I don't think in all honestly most supporters would want to go back to that,but something vital is missing from most modern games these days IMO.

Maybe we need to look to the 'past' a little so the modern game can move forward?.

I reckon sort out a ryanair system in the mathew harding so you can go where you want. That way the singers can group up and non singers could do the same. I reckon it's a good idea but i can't see it happening...

I've been a Chelsea fan since 1999ish (when I got interested in football). I've never been to a game because it's expensive. Even as a member it's nearly impossible to get tickets because of the loyalty point system. Not slating it, but it makes it difficult for people who don't live in London and go to college/uni 5 days a week.

If I lived near, I would of become a very loyal ticket buyer a long time ago.

I buy their merch, I subscribe to their t.v channel and experience the highs and lows of football with them. If you want to call me a plastic fan because I don't have the money to go to their games, then so be it.

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All i know is toooo many times i end up sitting next to an oriental person who is looking at their phone most of the time and not the match at all.....Makes me want to vomit ectoplasm everywhere...( i meant tourist)

Edited May 8, 201214 yr by Brimstone 2

I don't go anymore for many reasons, most of which have been mentioned here. I just can't understand how whenever we score a goal loads of so-called 'fans' seem more interested in taking pictures than celebrating, weird.

I don't go anymore for many reasons, most of which have been mentioned here. I just can't understand how whenever we score a goal loads of so-called 'fans' seem more interested in taking pictures than celebrating, weird.

That is a pet hate of mine as well. The internet is packed with pictures people can look at, why on earth do you need s low quality one taken on your phone! We just scored, you have two options. Go wild with no control or go wild with marginal control.

I only started going again regularly this season after a break of about 9 years of going maybe twice a season! I gave up going because even back then I always found myself sitting next to a tourist, and it's even worse now! I mean when the American sitting next to you tells you "That uniform your guys wear is pretty cool" shouldn't you be allowed to rip his head off??

I'm considering getting the away membership for next season, so I can avoid the tourists!

I wasn't around in the 80s so have nothing to compare it to but I rarely go to home games now because of the type of fan. if I go I'll only sit in the Shed or MH Lower.

The real fans were priced out years ago. Even in the late 90s when I first went the atmosphere was immense but now it's just corporate.

I go to away games a fair bit as the proper hardcore support is still out there and it's a far more enjoyable day out.

I'm lucky enough to have a season ticket, I grew up with my dad having a season ticket and me and my brother took it in turns going. Now I go to most games and consider myself very lucky.

I have no problem with fans who can't go as it is sometimes hard to get tickets and they are expensive. Just don't like fans who claim their massive fans and don't know much about the team or anything.

That is a pet hate of mine as well. The internet is packed with pictures people can look at, why on earth do you need s low quality one taken on your phone! We just scored, you have two options. Go wild with no control or go wild with marginal control.

This bugs me as well. Clearly these people have never met Gem...

It was the same when JT and the lads where marching up the steps to collect the FA Cup. All you saw around them were all the suits in the corporate box applauding politely then getting their phones out (almost all in unison). What I would have given just to see one person going mental within the rich's impotent ennui and bellowing along to Celery.

I've never had a problem getting a ticket, maybe because I have an international membership. I go to 2 games a year normally(live in the US) but this year I went to 4 while living in Spain.

Here's an idea -- try being grateful that this club has fans all over the world. More fans means more money, which theoretically means more long term success for the club itself.

Sure, it's irritating to meet someone who calls himself a "massive fan" and then can't name half the current squad. But you know what? I'd still rather he call himself a Chelsea fan and spend his money on Chelsea shirts and the like than do so for another club.