1 hour ago, tottonblue said:

Judging by hair and clothes and pic of the bloke near fence& how his scarf is worn I'll have guess 75/76

Don’t think we played at Highbury between 74-75 and 77-78. 

Love the corrugated iron at the back. Half of London seemed to be corrugated iron in the70s

Didn’t we play there in the League Cup 76ish?   I know I was still at school but can’t be certain of the year. 

I'm sure we lost to arsenal in cup match,I was up visiting family for some reason was only 15 at the time remember my uncle was going to game, we travelled back home same evening if my memories right

Leeds 84 I'm out there somewhere. We were on the pitch before the final whistle I could hear Kerry Dixon shouting to Paul Canoville '' Canners, Canners middle it''

 

13 hours ago, tottonblue said:

I'm sure we lost to arsenal in cup match,I was up visiting family for some reason was only 15 at the time remember my uncle was going to game, we travelled back home same evening if my memories right

 

15 hours ago, Peckham Blue said:

Didn’t we play there in the League Cup 76ish?   I know I was still at school but can’t be certain of the year. 

Yes we played them at Highbury in 1976. Lost 2-1 that day.

On 05/02/2020 at 09:00, bluehaze said:

Always a good place to get the programme from any previous away games. I never used to buy a prog on the day away from home, far easier to keep 'em neat buying from there. It was also where we used to book up to travel on the old Supporters Club coaches, back in the school years when it was a far cheaper option than the special, it also helped that they used a Mitcham coach firm, making it an easy 20 minute walk to Fair Green in the morning to get the back seat before setting off for the Bridge, always good for a pound or two on the floor when we were the last passengers aboard for the last half hour or so.

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

Remember that team photo stuck on my bedroom wall back in the day

38 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Remember that team photo stuck on my bedroom wall back in the day

 

On 05/02/2020 at 09:00, bluehaze said:

I bought one of the few Chelsea tops I’ve owned from there. It was white cotton, blue piping on the cuffs and v- neck ( think it was out 3rd choice kit from 81/82)

Not entirely kosher because it didn’t have the Umbro diamond, and by then we’d moved onto to shiny nylon rather than cotton, but I must have liked it other wise I wouldn’t have bought it.

Edited February 12, 20206 yr by Ewell CFC

 

Well said Joey 

 

 

6 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

I bought one of the few Chelsea tops I’ve owned from there. It was white cotton, blue piping on the cuffs and v- neck ( think it was out 3rd choice kit from 81/82)

Not entirely kosher because it didn’t have the Umbro diamond, and by then we’d moved onto to shiny nylon rather than cotton, but I must have liked it other wise I wouldn’t have bought it.

Used to get away tickets from Arthur Meadows in the back of the 547 shop when booking coach tickets always wore a smart blazer with woven badge on the pocket. He would give you a withering look if you started to misbehave. Looking back he was a Chelsea legend. Anyone else remember him?

11 hours ago, bluehaze said:

 

Bluehaze, is that your shirt by any chance? If so, who did you use for the Gulf Air iron-on transfer? I've been thinking about doing the same on my Score Draw home shirt too! 

9 hours ago, Ewan Hoozarmi said:

Bluehaze, is that your shirt by any chance? If so, who did you use for the Gulf Air iron-on transfer? I've been thinking about doing the same on my Score Draw home shirt too! 

It isn't my shirt no. There is a guy on Ebay who does the 81-83 shirts a good repro version he seems to be running out of sizes though.

 

Scarborough 2004.

They had a decent team Brighton and that looks like it reads it Gordon sh*te and after the 83 cup final most Brighton fans would probably agree.

 

Been enjoying looking through this thread.

On 15/02/2020 at 09:05, bluehaze said:

Brings back memories of football specials. The rolling stock was a lot more dated than the Inter City 125. ( Inter City was more open plan whereas the specials I remember tended to have those litttle individual compartments where two rows of seats faced each other- quite intimate a bit like being in a front room)

Last time I got a train north to watch Chelsea was in the Cup v Everton in 2005- Cant remember whether the club organised the train or not- what I do recall was Cath getting in an argument with someone coming back which led to the train being held at Crewe for ages- it got a bit out of hand and someone pulled the communication cord.

 

 

 

Hugh Hastings took some excellent pictures.Looking at the image and the programme ,it looks Ewell they were coming back from Everton as well

no wonder the fella looks rough he’s had at least 6 cokes 

those specials were sh*te ,I must have tried sleeping on the table ,under the table ,on the parcel shelf ,in the doorway between compartments ,everywhere and I never got more than 5 minutes kip before waking up cold ,uncomfortable ,to a kick in the legs ,always accidental I might add ...and then on arrival back in London I had to get across town ,to Waterloo to get another train south

waterloo itself was another battleground and another story !