Always wondered how true the tale is that some of our main faces got caught up in a card game or something and didn't move up to the Lane with their firms or was it just a bad day at the office? It just had to be those c**ts!
the reason being that they were all locked out, but seeing that not many used to turn up there in previous years, no suprise really. How is it then that they would take more to Coventry for example than Arsenal, Spurs or West Ham?
Never been able to fathom that out either. I can only presume it was down to the reputation certain clubs had at the time, which deterred some from going.
you can replace the word "some" with "a lot". Chelsea in the early seventies were a bit of an easy touch in London, home and away.
you are right about Chelsea always going in late, they would have taken the North Bank Highbury in the League cup game but showed at kick off. The next season got in there early and ...
Yet on the rare occasion, got it together when not expected. I posted elsewhere on here, back in 1971 at the game at Upton Park, when standing in the South Bank, i watched the good mob from Stockwell ( ?) steam into the North Bank for several minutes. Had'nt expected that!. Ironically numbers wise, our firm in the North bank numbered more than we had mustered at the time in the South Bank!.
So many top fella's from Tops firms have quoted us in books or tv as the mob they have had most grief with including Spammers and spuds. Maybe sometimes we are our worst press. We may of never achieved the results of West ham etc but on our day we took it to any team on any occasion. I still remember the turn outs away at man city, Leeds and Wednesday when we were division 2, credit were credit is due!
For starters they should'nt have been allowed in at the West Stand turnstiles. Not difficult to recognise those guys, who have thicker hair on their eyebrows than many of us now have on our heads!
Thicker hair on their eyebrows than many of us now have on our heads, quality comment and sadly true! Like I said before, grass doesn't grow on a busy street. These days its almost a home game for Romanians and I agree shouldn't of been allowed in.
yeh it is pretty stupid to have the tickets saying home supporters only and then let in these geezers wearing steau hats
I had an argument.with stewards and juve fans last season in the west lower. My point was what the f**k are they doing in with home fans. Clubs a joke in that sence.
As did I. My mate and I went down to the stewards but they claimed they couldnt do anything about, saying they didnt have enough staffing. We got a couple of the Steau fans ejected but Im sure plenty of chels fans would be more than happy to 'escort' the steau fans out
I was already after having an argument with a juve fan in a pub in Gloucester rd. Dirty Italian kept staring at my little niece.
Was that the west ham game Steve lomas got sent off in? I was at that at plenty of hammers in west lower. I think you took me up wrong I wasn't grassing on the juve fans I was saying to the steward f**k them out or else I'll end up getting f**ked out. My blood was boiling. It was the first time my niece was at a game and she.was feeling uncomfortable and I'm very protective of her. What pissed me off was I was the only one that was having ago ay them.
I cant remember who scored to be honest mate, the game was a must win as we were still in the title race, i didnt mean to come across as digging you out, i meant fans grassing in general its even worse when its fellow Chelsea fans grassing up our own fans, something that happens more often than not now days sadly.
