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Chelsea v West Brom Sept 1905

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Spectators outside The Bridge. England v Austria Friendly International on Wednesday 7th December 1932.

England won 4-3 in front of 40,000 spectators. A 2.15 pm kick off.

 
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Our players looked bemused at the flowers given to them by the Moscow Dynamo players.

You can see spectators have climbed to the top of advertising hoardings to watch the match!

November 1945

 
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Eric Parson scores one of his two goals against Sheffield Wednesday on 23rd April 1955.

We won 3-0 and the victory secured us the League Championship for the first time. After this match, we were then four points ahead of Wolves, with just one match remaining.

A crowd of 51,421 officially witnessed this historic match and moment.

 
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Tommy Lawton scores the second of his two goals against Arsenal. FA Cup Second Replay on 20th January 1947 at White Hart Lane. We won 2-0 in front of 59,590.

A 2pm kick off. There must have been a lot of ‘sick days at work’ that Monday!

 
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Arsenal in August 1949. A 6.15pm kick off on a Wednesday .

A packed Bridge terracing looks on. 63,196 officially saw it
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This was in the days before floodlight games. I wonder if many midweek games were played back then. In the winter I suppose games would kick off in the early afternoon?

During the 3 day week and power cuts back in the 1970s miner strike I know a few midweek games were played in the afternoon, but can't remember that we had any.

 
This was in the days before floodlight games. I wonder if many midweek games were played back then. In the winter I suppose games would kick off in the early afternoon?

During the 3 day week and power cuts back in the 1970s miner strike I know a few midweek games were played in the afternoon, but can't remember that we had any.
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We played QPR in a FA Cup 3rd Round Replay on Tuesday 15th January 1974.

A 1.30 pm kick off. 28,573 saw it. The previous and following Saturdays we kicked off at 2pm.

This was during the 3 Day Week.

Just looked it up the great bounder.friardale site.

 
We played QPR in a FA Cup 3rd Round Replay on Tuesday 15th January 1974.

A 1.30 pm kick off. 28,573 saw it. The previous and following Saturdays we kicked off at 2pm.

This was during the 3 Day Week.

Just looked it up the great bounder.friardale site.
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Cheers Ersk.! Appreciated mate 👍

 
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