17 hours ago, erskblue said:

A Team v B Team Trial Match in August 1952.

There’s a structure on the top of the terraces in this picture. Not sure if it’s the same one?

Ersk, you could be right mate, the base of that floodlight??

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Hi Ersk. You posted a while back something on the floodlights and the date when they were installed?

The structure we are puzzling over isn't the floodlight base, although the base of the floodlight midway along the top of the West Terrace was where they used to film from.info below...

"These colossal floodlight towers were erected in the 1950s and 1960s. Because the stadium featured an open, wide oval running track at the time, the large floodlighting columns had to be built with significant concrete bases. These sturdy bases were multi-purpose, often housing not just the electrical equipment but also serving as a structural platform for the stadium's television camera gantries,

The Rising Sun: Cheers for the information. Much appreciated.

Speedway at the Bridge. Late 1920s I think.

http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Stamford%20bridgeaction.jpg

The bottom few pictures are of the legendary Eric Liddell competing at The Bridge.

1930s.

Albert Craig, I'm a Chelsea man through and through.

A packed Bridge watching us draw 3-3 with West Brom in October 1954.

A crowd of 67,440 officially saw it.

Edited July 25Jul 25 by erskblue

On 25/07/2026 at 06:53, erskblue said:

A packed Bridge watching us draw 3-3 with West Brom in October 1954.

A crowd of 67,440 officially saw it.

Great pic Ersk. Love the packed West Terrace 👍

A packed Bridge watch the athletics in 1927.

Looks like a boxing ring in the centre of the pitch. Early - mid 1920s perhaps ?

November 1912: The Danish footballer Middleboe, a newly signed player for Chelsea on the pitch for a match against Derby County at The Bridge.

Circa 1930: It wasn't just football which drew the crowds, athletics was very popular too.

Here, R A Beaver narrowly fails in the pole vault competition at the British Games(Image: London Express/Getty Images)

3 hours ago, erskblue said:

A packed Bridge watch the athletics in 1927.

Looks like a boxing ring in the centre of the pitch. Early - mid 1920s perhaps ?

November 1912: The Danish footballer Middleboe, a newly signed player for Chelsea on the pitch for a match against Derby County at The Bridge.

Circa 1930: It wasn't just football which drew the crowds, athletics was very popular too.

Here, R A Beaver narrowly fails in the pole vault competition at the British Games(Image: London Express/Getty Images)

You could at least have credited the photographer @Boyne.

1 hour ago, dermott said:

You could at least have credited the photographer @Boyne.

I just assumed everyone knew it was Boyne! 😀

Do most humbly apologise!!😀😀

King George V, meets the Chelsea team at The Bridge in 1920.

Looks like a bit of rain at The Bridge!

Some of the crowd of 75,792 who officially packed The Bridge to watch a 2-2 draw with Arsenal.

9th October 1937.

Jimmy Greaves scores one of his five against Wolves!

And scores on his first team debut against Spuds. Sept 1957.

The Austrian team coming onto the pitch before the match between England and Austria at The Bridge.

Wed 7th Dec 1932. A crowd of 42,000 saw England win 4-3. A 2.15pm kick off

Supporters outside the ground before the match.