Saturday 20th November 1976. Nottingham Forest v Chelsea. 36 years ago to the day before my day trip to Turin. A different world for Chelsea. Top of the Second Division with a young, exciting team but with the club completely skint, reduced to collecting ‘Cash For Chelsea’ on special trains and in the ground.
This piece is written in response to Chelsea Chairman Bruce Buck’s extremely interesting interview in The London Evening Standard last Tuesday,13th November.
Next open meeting 18.30 Sunday 28/10 (after Manchester United PL game) Following the positive start-up meeting after the Stoke game, the next open meeting of the Chelsea FC Supporters Trust (open to all Chelsea supporters) will be held at 18.30 on Sunday 28th October (after the Manchester United PL game). The meeting will last no [...]
Saturday 2nd July 1977. Close season, and up to that point a very happy one for Chelsea fans. After promotion back to Division One in May, Chelsea’s young team (Ray Wilkins, Steve Finnieston, Garry Stanley and the rest) were looking forward to the new season under inspirational young manager Eddie McCreadie, starting with an away [...]
Last week I took part in one of the award-winning Chelsea Fancasts, hosted as ever by David Chidgey. In a break from their usual format, this focussed on a single issue, the upcoming Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) EGM. As a result, the usual team of Fancast enthusiasts was replaced by a motley crew of pundits [...]