CHELSEA THE MISSING LINK – CONSEQUENCE OF CHANGE
Back in the late 1970′s TV cameras were only present at a few chosen games. Chelsea would be on TV six or seven times a season, there where no videos, you watched TV on Saturday or Sunday or you missed it. You supported your local team or had family connections to the team you supported. [...]
Chelsea have never taken care of their supporters. Oh sure all the rich people who could put money into the club or hire a box were well received, but where were they on the pre-season tours. What about us, we went every week, spent more money than we could afford and got very little appreciation [...]
Continue reading …TO SWEDEN … AND BEYOND … During the summer John Neal had been appointed manager, it appeared that he had the right qualities to rejuvenate our great club. First division – here we come, but first Sweden. I had a lot of personal concern about the tour in Sweden; I had only been outside the [...]
Continue reading …COME ON YOU CHELSEA LET’S SCORE … Towards the end of the previous season a tour of America had been announced for the start of this season, we were to stay in Fort Lauderdale and play some of the local soccer teams. I investigated the different ways of getting out there but by June it [...]
Continue reading …SO NEAR BUT SO, SO FAR Ray “Butch” Wilkins left us for Man Utd during the summer. Supporters in my age group had grown up with him and had looked to him for the deliverance of trophies to the bridge. It was sad that he had gone, it had looked like he would stay but [...]
Continue reading …OH DEAR WHAT HAPPENED? Having gone on the traditional family holiday to Jersey in August 78 I missed the first league game of the season. That game against Everton (0-1) was the only home game I missed from Easter 1977 to August 83. I had not been able to find out the score all evening, [...]
Continue reading …THE FIRST DIVISION SEASON THAT WE ALL FORGOT Having lost manager Eddie we looked to Ken Sheleto to lead the team in our quest for the double. Although the same feeling was there and the same players (almost), we soon found out the difference between Division 1 and Division 2 was BIG. We lost our [...]
Continue reading …UP, UP AND AWAY IN OUR BEAUTIFUL BALLOON The three teams that finished 4th 5th and 6th in Div. 2 in 74-75 came 1st 2nd and 3rd in 75-76. Notts. County, Southampton and Bolton had come 4th 5th and 6th in 75-76, so according to the first home program this season they would be favourites [...]
Continue reading …With another match with Liverpool getting a little nearer I was thinking about some of the reverse fixtures and my trips to England’s City of Culture. I have to confess that I hate going to Liverpool, and not just because of the results. I have not been for a while, but I doubt that it [...]
Continue reading …With the Carling Cup semi-final coming soon I’m already looking forward to the second leg up in Merseyside. Goodison Park, I have to say one of my favourite grounds, mainly due to the fact that it remained unchanged from the 1966 World Cup until just recently. Chelsea first played Everton at Goodison in 1908, winning 0-3, [...]
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