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Post by stantheman on Mar 9, 2023 12:24:24 GMT
www.bt.com/sport/football/features/bt-sport-films-presents-pound-land-the-battle-for-stamford-bridgeThis is an interesting watch and shows some good footage of us beating them in 1972, and what a shock to their system it appeared to be. I went to Stamford Bridge at the end of the 1989 season. It was their 2nd to last home game and they were top of the old League 2. The attendance was only 14,984. They won that league and went up with Man City a couple of weeks later. We lost 2-1 (Higgins) and I remember thinking what an absolute dump their ground was. Ken Bates was a nutter, but he did amazingly well for them. It's a good watch and reminds us of what a mess English football was in the 1980's before the big money came in.
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Post by werrington on Mar 9, 2023 12:37:20 GMT
www.bt.com/sport/football/features/bt-sport-films-presents-pound-land-the-battle-for-stamford-bridgeThis is an interesting watch and shows some good footage of us beating them in 1972, and what a shock to their system it appeared to be. I went to Stamford Bridge at the end of the 1989 season. It was their 2nd to last home game and they were top of the old League 2. The attendance was only 14,984. They won that league and went up with Man City a couple of weeks later. We lost 2-1 (Higgins) and I remember thinking what an absolute dump their ground was. Ken Bates was a nutter, but he did amazingly well for them. It's a good watch and reminds us of what a mess English football was in the 1980's before the big money came in. Bank holiday Monday that match |
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Post by stokefc on Mar 9, 2023 12:45:30 GMT
I went that one i remember the shock on the away end when we went in the lead
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 9, 2023 12:52:53 GMT
Looked at the "Battle for Stamford Bridge" header and thought we were in for historical references around the battle for control of England that took place in Yorkshire in September 1066.
One claimant to the English throne was the King of Norway, Harold Hardrada, who arrived off the north coast of England in September with a fleet of 300 ships packed with around 11,000 Vikings, all anxious to help him in his endeavour.
Hardrada’s Viking army was further strengthened by forces recruited by Tostig Godwinson, brother of Harold Godwinson, who had been selected as the next King of England by the Witenagemot (King’s councillors) following death of Edward the Confessor in January of that year.
King Harold marched his troops up the old Roman Road of Ermine Street over a very short five day period and confronted and defeated his enemy at the battle in "Yorkshire."
The Northern forces from Scandinavia may well have had troops from Iceland in their ranks, but I never heard anything of Poundland being mentioned.
Edit: If it helps I can think of at least one good footballer who was both Norwegian, and played at Stamford Bridge, Tore Andre Flo, who actually played for Chelsea.
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Post by Scouse on Mar 9, 2023 13:16:16 GMT
My first visit to SB was for the Friday night friendly .. January 80 .. won 1-0 .. only about 2000 there , you still had to be careful
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Mar 9, 2023 13:49:25 GMT
Only been once, which was our FA Cup defeat during the peak of the Terry/Bridge fiasco.
I dont bear any particular ill will towards Chelsea, but it's one of my least favourite grounds I've been to as I expected so much more.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 9, 2023 13:53:28 GMT
www.bt.com/sport/football/features/bt-sport-films-presents-pound-land-the-battle-for-stamford-bridgeThis is an interesting watch and shows some good footage of us beating them in 1972, and what a shock to their system it appeared to be. I went to Stamford Bridge at the end of the 1989 season. It was their 2nd to last home game and they were top of the old League 2. The attendance was only 14,984. They won that league and went up with Man City a couple of weeks later. We lost 2-1 (Higgins) and I remember thinking what an absolute dump their ground was. Ken Bates was a nutter, but he did amazingly well for them. It's a good watch and reminds us of what a mess English football was in the 1980's before the big money came in. That was my first trip to the Bridge, what a shit hole it was. To be honest it still wasn't great when we won there in the League Cup in the mid0-90's....... |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Mar 9, 2023 14:10:01 GMT
www.bt.com/sport/football/features/bt-sport-films-presents-pound-land-the-battle-for-stamford-bridgeThis is an interesting watch and shows some good footage of us beating them in 1972, and what a shock to their system it appeared to be. I went to Stamford Bridge at the end of the 1989 season. It was their 2nd to last home game and they were top of the old League 2. The attendance was only 14,984. They won that league and went up with Man City a couple of weeks later. We lost 2-1 (Higgins) and I remember thinking what an absolute dump their ground was. Ken Bates was a nutter, but he did amazingly well for them. It's a good watch and reminds us of what a mess English football was in the 1980's before the big money came in. That was my first trip to the Bridge, what a shit hole it was. To be honest it still wasn't great when we won there in the League Cup in the mid0-90's....... It wasn't much better when we were in the Prem and they were rolling in Abramovich's ill gotten riches. Mind you they did do a steak pie and a glass of red wine package at the food outlets. Pretentious tossers. And it cost a fortune. And no I didn't buy one.  |
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Post by stantheman on Mar 9, 2023 16:02:47 GMT
Ken Bates, proudly showing off his newly installed electric fence, was a bit of an eye opener!
The basis of the film title is that Ken Bates bought Chelsea for £1 and later sold it to Abramovic for £120 million
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Post by bingbang on Mar 9, 2023 19:23:52 GMT
I remember going when we were sat in temporary seating and won 1 0 I think. Think Hughes might have been their manager then.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2023 21:03:02 GMT
I remember going when we were sat in temporary seating and won 1 0 I think. Think Hughes might have been their manager then. He was playing up front for them. Pretty sure Ruud Gullit was their manager back then? |
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Post by bingbang on Mar 9, 2023 22:16:04 GMT
I remember going when we were sat in temporary seating and won 1 0 I think. Think Hughes might have been their manager then. He was playing up front for them. Pretty sure Ruud Gullit was their manager back then? Ye remember now, stein scored didn't he ? |
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Post by kingdong on Mar 9, 2023 22:23:34 GMT
He was playing up front for them. Pretty sure Ruud Gullit was their manager back then? Ye remember now, stein scored didn't he ? Pretty sure it was Peschisolido who scored after a crunching tackle by Wallace on Hughes. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2023 22:46:11 GMT
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Post by bingbang on Mar 9, 2023 22:56:30 GMT
Was that Graham Potter taking the corner for us ? Bet he never thought then he would one day manage Chelsea in the champions League.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 10, 2023 7:04:09 GMT
Never been Stamford Bridge. In the old days it looked horrible. A vast empty shell with no atmosphere
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 10, 2023 9:03:31 GMT
1988/89 Season Chelsea (1) 1 Manchester City (1) 3 Date: Tuesday, 20th September 1988 at 19:30 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 19 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 8,858 Chelsea (0) 2 Leicester City (0) 1 Date: Saturday, 1st October 1988 at 15:00 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 13 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 7,050 Chelsea (0) 2 Walsall (0) 0 Date: Tuesday, 4th October 1988 at 19:30 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 9 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 6,747 A number of sub 10,000 attendances: www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/1988.htm |
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 10, 2023 10:55:49 GMT
Ye remember now, stein scored didn't he ? Pretty sure it was Peschisolido who scored after a crunching tackle by Wallace on Hughes. Yeah it was Pescy. I was only a kid at that one but I remember a right good mental we had when he scored 👍 |
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Post by thebet365 on Mar 10, 2023 12:19:58 GMT
I'm in that video, being mobbed by me brother in law after we score  Great night. |
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Post by stantheman on Mar 10, 2023 12:44:30 GMT
1988/89 Season Chelsea (1) 1 Manchester City (1) 3 Date: Tuesday, 20th September 1988 at 19:30 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 19 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 8,858 Chelsea (0) 2 Leicester City (0) 1 Date: Saturday, 1st October 1988 at 15:00 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 13 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 7,050 Chelsea (0) 2 Walsall (0) 0 Date: Tuesday, 4th October 1988 at 19:30 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 9 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 6,747 A number of sub 10,000 attendances: www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/1988.htmTheir 1st home game in 1988/89 was 8,722 v Blackburn. They won the league that season. Also won 3-0 at our place |
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Post by cdf on Mar 10, 2023 12:58:27 GMT
1988/89 Season Chelsea (1) 1 Manchester City (1) 3 Date: Tuesday, 20th September 1988 at 19:30 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 19 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 8,858 Chelsea (0) 2 Leicester City (0) 1 Date: Saturday, 1st October 1988 at 15:00 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 13 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 7,050 Chelsea (0) 2 Walsall (0) 0 Date: Tuesday, 4th October 1988 at 19:30 Teams Table Competition: Football League Division 2 Position 9 Venue: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 6,747 A number of sub 10,000 attendances: www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/1988.htmTheir 1st home game in 1988/89 was 8,722 v Blackburn. They won the league that season. Also won 3-0 at our place Not only did they win 3-0 at our place but I'm pretty certain that Chelsea also had a player sent off within the first 10/15 minutes of the game too |
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Post by matelot1996 on Mar 10, 2023 18:31:08 GMT
Was there that night in the temporary stand. Had a slash in the urinals stood next to Nick Hancock. Interesting times. |
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Great night.
