For some reason I always think back to a game at Stamford Bridge in the 70's. I think it was a Boxing Day game. I remember that we won 3-2 and that Derek Hales scored, but I cannot remember too many other details. I just remember feeling so scared as I celebrated our winning goal and then realising that I was surrounded by Chelsea supporters!! Needless to say I legged it as fast as I could before I got thumped.
Can anybody else remember some more about this particular game?
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I was pretty young at the time and can't really remember it. Remind me LTGTR?
As others have suggested on here, I honestly believe that if you wanted to pick a single moment where the slid started, it was probably following that game.
I remember the tube train pulling into the Embankment Station after the match and there were 100's of Chelsea waiting for us. Needless to say, we didn't get off the train.
Another is a 2-2 draw on Boxing day I think at Selhurst park, think this started an end of season run for us to safety under Lennie, 0-2 down two late goals scaping us a draw.
Of course there is also the 3-0 at Selhurst with Willo getting a couple & Morts screamer near the end.
they had a stand with no roof, and the away fans sat and got spat on by the chelsea fans above.
we were 1 up and sasa illic got knocked out by a rufus/casiraghi knee and was carried off and the fans threw coins at him. chelsea went on to win 2-1 and my chelsea supporting uncle said "we play badly and still win"
hated them ever since.
The 4-2 has to be up there or going back a bit the 4-0 in the seventies when they torched The Valley Club
i remember a similar story, at westham away! when illic got stretchered off, and west ham fans threw stuff at him! we won 1-0 that day!
I foudn the setting totally underwhelming. Crap View, fight outside......
However there was our friend Ms Holes.
This was first day I had first taste of that Legless LADDER pub. That was where Stunner sang out loud "Can you hear the Chelsea sing". Place jammed pack of full of Headhunters probably.
Ahh yes went to The bridge later that year - last minute Lisbie goal?
Quality evening.
Cheers Medders.
the 3-0 Williams got a great goal as well.
Three other things about that game really wound be up:
1. Brian Laudrup was offside at least 17 times without the assistant raising his flag
2. Micheal Duberry playing basket ball in his own box less than 10 yards from the ref and we didn't get a pen
3. Some poxy steward who couldn't have been more than 19 and 10st threatening to chuck me and my mate out for foul and abusive language (mostly directed at the officials after said offsides and penalty claim)
Can anybody else remember some more about this particular game?[/quote]
I remember the tube train pulling into the Embankment Station after the match and there were 100's of Chelsea waiting for us. Needless to say, we didn't get off the train.[/quote]
The tube we were on was, unbeknown to us, already full of Chelsea. In the end someone pulled the communication cord before we left the platform and we manged to get away without too many bruises. Not a lot of fun though!
Sorry Tavern, but the image of you stuffing a pie in his face has cracked me up. Top draw mate!
Now that was maybe the best game ever to be seen at Shithouse Park ...
I was at that game, took an age to get home. Funny though!
The Chelsea fans set a number of fires in the Covered end and I remember them passing paper down to add to the flames.They also had a fire going at the South End, which was an uncovered terrace at the time.They wrecked The Valley Club and somehow managed to demolish the turnstiles in Harvey Gardens.
I was about 14 at the time and usually stood at the back of The Covered End ,but was on the East Terrace as Chelsea had taken it.
I also remember the Spurs game, when Spurs had taken The Covered End.There were rumours all week at school that Millwall were going to turn up and they did.
15 minutes into the first half about 12 Millwall stormed approx 8,000 Spurs in The Covered End and were taking them out like something from "Sharpe".I even remember one Spurs supporter being stretchered off in front of the goal while the game was going on.
The off pitch entertainment has changed a lot these days.
My brother and I went back to Chelsea a couple of weeks later to buy the video of the game from their club shop! We must have watched it dozens of times and always had out hearts in our mouths late on when that little twat Colin West gets brought down by Shirtliff in the box and the ref somehow waved play on.
On the video you don't see Wicks deck Leaburn but you do see big Carl get up and offer him out for about three minutes whilst Jimmy Hendry the physio and a couple of other players restrain him, including the diminuative Garth Crooks. Fair play to Leaburn though, he was absolutely steaming but even as a 19 year-old kid he was enough of a pro to not go after that animal Wicks and got back on to finish the game and get in some great defensive headers from corners and finish the game.
Also, when you watch the video closely there looks like there was a massive ruck after the game in the tunnel with that donkey Joe McLaughlin clearly throwing punches!!!