Canadian checking in

[H2SO4aq]

Hi all,

I’m from Canada, Alberta to be specific. I’ve been a Chelsea supporter since my grandfather took me on a trip over to see England when I was younger, in 2001. He was over during the war and had wanted to show me around. He was a lifelong arsenal fan but when we got to our hotel, he realized it was impossible to find tickets to the arsenal game that weekend. But to my luck, the doorman had Chelsea season tickets and wasn’t gonna go to the game that Saturday and offered them to us. So off we went to watch derby v. Chelsea and Emmanuel petit score the only goal (I think) in a 1-0 home win. 
 

been back a few times since but nothing ever as special as that first visit. And damn was I an annoying kid when all my buddies started jumping on the Chelsea bandwagon in the Roman era and I got to state that I’d actually been a supporter for a few years already haha 

 

 

[Mod]

Welcome on @H2SO4aq Great bit of background there!

It's normally quiet here in the close season but with all the drama around the club at the moment, it's been pretty busy!

 

[BS66]

Welcome fellow Canuck, from a grey southern Ontario. Can you come and get your forest fire smoke please?

I got started with Chelsea way back, when I was at junior school in England with Tommy Langley. As an 8 year-old his enthusiasm for Chelsea was contagious and he was probably responsible for about 100 of us supporting the team. We lost touch when we went to different schools at 11 but it was a great day some years later when he got to live his dream and put on the first team shirt. 
 

Enjoy your time here and try to keep the acidic remarks to a minimum