This game was the last time Chelsea played the Arse away that was not an all ticket game. I could not get in the clock end and managed to get tickets in the west stand sitting next to Micky Droy,those were times when being Chelsea was being part of something.
That was a real day out then - If I remember right it was an early kick off , no matter there must have been 20,000 chelsea there.
Anyone remember the day we had a match rained off and all went to Highbury - think they were playing Wolves and Clock End full of Chelsea ! Best days ever
@ellieandmarthaa: I remember a Forest away game being called off as the trains were about to leave Kings Cross(?). Ipswich were the only team with a game on and I think about 2-300 went to watch them play.
If I was a bull shitter I would say I went as well. But I left my mates to it as I had the flu coming on and decided to go back home, and to bed, where Mum tucked me in and gave me some lemsip!
I was right behind the goal Dixon scored at, and we absolutely mobbed Highbury that day...even their main stands had hundreds of Chelsea in them..........cup finals and Championships have been great since, but it I shall go to my grave with the momory of this game still foremost in my mind!
you have to realise that when we played this game, we'd just spent 5 years in Div 2, playing shit like Cambridge Utd and fuckin Shrewsbury. 'Big' games back then were Sheff. Wed or Newcastle. In 1982/83 our highest home gate - 20,000 - was against fuckin Watford. Only Man.U had a bigger away firm. They were HUGE, but they weren't as ferocious as Chelsea
Now it's hard to get REALLY fired up for a league game against Arsenal.
Barcelona or CL 1/4 or semi/final, is what gets us goin now
@Eduardoisland, I don't go no more mate, i last went in 2005 when murinho was manager and even though we did win the prem that season, the atmosphere never touched the atmosphere that chelsea had back in the day, regardless of the size of the crowds back then, 15, 000 chelsea home fans back then made more noise than 40,000 chelsea home fans do now. the team might be winning titles and cups now but the spirit has gone from the club.
Funny thing is I remember Dixon getting shitloads of abuse from The Shed, "Run Dixon, you lazy ******* ****"! Strange how when the goals began to dry up his overall game improved beyond all recognition. Dixon may have outscored him, something like 3:1 but Speedie was far more popular, because he guaranteed 100%. I even remember Speedie going in goal in a midweek game, I think against Sheffield Wednesday? (I'm probably wrong) in a 1:1 draw. We seemed to play Wednesday every other week back then!
we went propa mental when we scored, bring back terracing and paying on the turnstile i say and the geezer who used to walk round selling peanuts in the shed in his white coat hahaha! classic, old skool chelsea fans in them days
@TheOssieOsgood: Do you feel embarrassed going to the Bridge now? I do. Can't beat this era of football fans. I don't like saying it but my son supports Fulham and we enjoy going there or having a look at Brentford at Griffin Park every now and again. The Bridge feels like a place for tourists now.... such a shame.
propa old skool chelsea fans, we never used to wear our colours back then like they do today, just all crammed in together, posing on the terracing in our fila/taccihni tops n woteva, wedge haircuts haha!, that end shook when we scored, they sure were good days. sitting in the benches on a cold febuary night game, bring back paying on the turnstile and terracing i say and the geezer walking round selling peanuts in his white coat hahaha! classic
@TheOssieOsgood Im 27 and id say that its changed so much from my first season in 92/93, when we were terrible btw. Paying £10 at those crummy turnstiles to sit on the concrete slabs (benches), I'll remember that as being the real Chelsea.
@forumknight Chelsea weren't that terrible back then. They finished mid table in the top flight.....and got to the FA Cup final the following season. About as good as Liverpool now.
wot a day, wot a goal, that ground shook when we scored, i even know wot i was wearing > navy blue fila tracksuit top, lois jean, adidas stan smith, old skool chelsea fans,
wot a day, wot a goal, that ground shook when we scored, i even know wot i was wearing > navy blue fila tracksuit top, lois jean, adidas stan smith, old skool chelsea fans, ya get a boot wrapped roun ya ed ya get a boot wrapped roun ya ed (kool n the gang opps upside ya head)
Ello Ello we are the chelsea boys Ello Ello we are the chelsea boys and if you are an arsenal fan surrender or you'll die we all follow the chelsea. that ground shook when we scored. old skool chelsea fans, they dont make em like they used to
Fucking great after all those years, what a day, and the singing on the tube, never experienced anything like it! Looking forward v Stoke and cup final!
im 16 and im a chelsea st holder but i just cant get enough of this. the fans went bloody nuts. just shows you tough fans these day dnt give a fuk if they score. i went to spurs away nd we scored and i thouht it went nuts then but looking at this just makes support these days look crap. btw dixon is a legend
What a day that was! Best away atmosphere ever! Those who were there remember what phenomenal support we had back then - hard to explain it to the younger generation. To say I/we went freakin mental when Kerry scored would be an understatement. Thanks for posting a better version of this vid.
It's a shame when today's 'fans' talk about history they mean trophies.
Back in the late 70s and 80s Chelsea's history was our incredible away support. We would simply take over away grounds and today's supporters have no understanding of what this was like.
my dad was there and he remembers after the game when dixon popped his head out the window of the dressing room which backed on to a street next to the ground where the fans were,
@fifa3008 Oh yes....I remember that too...a big shout went up, and the whole street erupted with Chelsea fans, it was quite incredible how we totally took over Highbury that day, it was a glorious sunny day too, and I still had a 28inch waist........In terms of away support and my waistline...thouse days are gone forever!
Its interesting to me that most of you seem to be looking back on "the good old days" when you had little or no success in that era and now you win everything
just shows how far football has fallen, its just not the same now, its been ruined by money
and its not as enjoyable NO MATTER HOW MANY TROPHIES YOU WIN
@lesvegas16 the players back then were all outstanding and from the youth team or for littke money, the atmosphere at games best and, in the 70's chelsea were one of the best teams around: fa cup winners, 3rd in the league and cup winner cup champions. i think they were good old days
@lesvegas16 thats exactly how it is yet the pricks that follow alot of other teams just dont get it. i get more of a buzz looking at games from the past that i went to or see on tv. i went many chelsea sheff wed games at chelsea and at sheffield. you go away you get limited to 3.000 tickets yet years ago even when chelsea were in div 2 had alot more more most of the time. chelsea took more away than westham spurs and arsenal in the late 70s early 80s yet were in div 2 they were in div 1!
@razer4660 no love lost with chelsea,but spurs,arsenal brought next to fuck all early to late 70s,west ham didn't show especially in 1975 after the trouble at upton park earlier that season.
As for millwall in 1974,despite the lies in there book the fact was they were chased into london road fire station accross the road from piccadilly station,they did not make old trafford..
Chelsea were the first to make there way up,september 1977,around 1,500 in the old scoreboard end.
YH was a great day was there in there somewhere going mental!!!
hawkeye43 2 months ago
clock end was packed to the rafters with chelsea
freethequeen 5 months ago
First game of the season back in Div1 if I remember correctly. Love to see how Dixon would do in today's team if he were as young again ?.
blueboy680 6 months ago 3
Chelsea here, Chelsea there, Chelsea every fucking where!
whixley 6 months ago 2
Must admit as a icj vet top turn out from chelsea,amazing how many teams used to take the piss out of arsenal at highbury...
jadespics 7 months ago
legend.
Gonzoidzz 7 months ago
Class, chelsea in the 70's and 80's had the biggest away following in london by far and if not the UK.....
LondonFocusRS 8 months ago
This game was the last time Chelsea played the Arse away that was not an all ticket game. I could not get in the clock end and managed to get tickets in the west stand sitting next to Micky Droy,those were times when being Chelsea was being part of something.
chelseafcsw6 10 months ago
That was a real day out then - If I remember right it was an early kick off , no matter there must have been 20,000 chelsea there.
Anyone remember the day we had a match rained off and all went to Highbury - think they were playing Wolves and Clock End full of Chelsea ! Best days ever
ellieandmarthaa 11 months ago
@ellieandmarthaa: I remember a Forest away game being called off as the trains were about to leave Kings Cross(?). Ipswich were the only team with a game on and I think about 2-300 went to watch them play.
If I was a bull shitter I would say I went as well. But I left my mates to it as I had the flu coming on and decided to go back home, and to bed, where Mum tucked me in and gave me some lemsip!
t0mme1981 5 months ago
Get in!
runtinsweet 1 year ago
I was right behind the goal Dixon scored at, and we absolutely mobbed Highbury that day...even their main stands had hundreds of Chelsea in them..........cup finals and Championships have been great since, but it I shall go to my grave with the momory of this game still foremost in my mind!
nigerbify 1 year ago
you have to realise that when we played this game, we'd just spent 5 years in Div 2, playing shit like Cambridge Utd and fuckin Shrewsbury. 'Big' games back then were Sheff. Wed or Newcastle. In 1982/83 our highest home gate - 20,000 - was against fuckin Watford. Only Man.U had a bigger away firm. They were HUGE, but they weren't as ferocious as Chelsea
Now it's hard to get REALLY fired up for a league game against Arsenal.
Barcelona or CL 1/4 or semi/final, is what gets us goin now
kevintheshedend1976 1 year ago
@Eduardoisland, I don't go no more mate, i last went in 2005 when murinho was manager and even though we did win the prem that season, the atmosphere never touched the atmosphere that chelsea had back in the day, regardless of the size of the crowds back then, 15, 000 chelsea home fans back then made more noise than 40,000 chelsea home fans do now. the team might be winning titles and cups now but the spirit has gone from the club.
TheOssieOsgood 1 year ago
@TheOssieOsgood Youre so right,the Bridge is so modern and bland now,sixties,seventies era the best!
buldic 1 year ago
Funny thing is I remember Dixon getting shitloads of abuse from The Shed, "Run Dixon, you lazy ******* ****"! Strange how when the goals began to dry up his overall game improved beyond all recognition. Dixon may have outscored him, something like 3:1 but Speedie was far more popular, because he guaranteed 100%. I even remember Speedie going in goal in a midweek game, I think against Sheffield Wednesday? (I'm probably wrong) in a 1:1 draw. We seemed to play Wednesday every other week back then!
MisAnnThorpe 1 year ago
we went propa mental when we scored, bring back terracing and paying on the turnstile i say and the geezer who used to walk round selling peanuts in the shed in his white coat hahaha! classic, old skool chelsea fans in them days
TheOssieOsgood 1 year ago
@TheOssieOsgood: Do you feel embarrassed going to the Bridge now? I do. Can't beat this era of football fans. I don't like saying it but my son supports Fulham and we enjoy going there or having a look at Brentford at Griffin Park every now and again. The Bridge feels like a place for tourists now.... such a shame.
eduardoisland 1 year ago
propa old skool chelsea fans, we never used to wear our colours back then like they do today, just all crammed in together, posing on the terracing in our fila/taccihni tops n woteva, wedge haircuts haha!, that end shook when we scored, they sure were good days. sitting in the benches on a cold febuary night game, bring back paying on the turnstile and terracing i say and the geezer walking round selling peanuts in his white coat hahaha! classic
TheOssieOsgood 1 year ago
@TheOssieOsgood Im 27 and id say that its changed so much from my first season in 92/93, when we were terrible btw. Paying £10 at those crummy turnstiles to sit on the concrete slabs (benches), I'll remember that as being the real Chelsea.
forumknight 1 year ago
@forumknight Chelsea weren't that terrible back then. They finished mid table in the top flight.....and got to the FA Cup final the following season. About as good as Liverpool now.
viallimcbeal 1 year ago
wot a day, wot a goal, that ground shook when we scored, i even know wot i was wearing > navy blue fila tracksuit top, lois jean, adidas stan smith, old skool chelsea fans,
TheOssieOsgood 1 year ago
wot a day, wot a goal, that ground shook when we scored, i even know wot i was wearing > navy blue fila tracksuit top, lois jean, adidas stan smith, old skool chelsea fans, ya get a boot wrapped roun ya ed ya get a boot wrapped roun ya ed (kool n the gang opps upside ya head)
TheOssieOsgood 1 year ago
Ello Ello we are the chelsea boys Ello Ello we are the chelsea boys and if you are an arsenal fan surrender or you'll die we all follow the chelsea. that ground shook when we scored. old skool chelsea fans, they dont make em like they used to
TheOssieOsgood 1 year ago
Was a good day to be back in div 1, their was chelsea everywhere, we took over that part ov north london that day
BishieBoshie 1 year ago
Fucking great after all those years, what a day, and the singing on the tube, never experienced anything like it! Looking forward v Stoke and cup final!
Wembley is our second home at last!
tgfootie 1 year ago
Biggest away following in the Clock End (ever?)and most of em casual'd up. One of the greatest moments of being a CFC fan.
strangetown22 2 years ago
im 16 and im a chelsea st holder but i just cant get enough of this. the fans went bloody nuts. just shows you tough fans these day dnt give a fuk if they score. i went to spurs away nd we scored and i thouht it went nuts then but looking at this just makes support these days look crap. btw dixon is a legend
230793ew 2 years ago
Kerry Dixon, what an all-time legend. RIP Ian Porterfield but I can never forgive you for what you did.
gmartin1985 2 years ago
What a day that was! Best away atmosphere ever! Those who were there remember what phenomenal support we had back then - hard to explain it to the younger generation. To say I/we went freakin mental when Kerry scored would be an understatement. Thanks for posting a better version of this vid.
srebuck 2 years ago 4
It's a shame when today's 'fans' talk about history they mean trophies.
Back in the late 70s and 80s Chelsea's history was our incredible away support. We would simply take over away grounds and today's supporters have no understanding of what this was like.
eduardoisland 2 years ago 7
my mum used to date this guy !! thats pretty cool :):)
booshies4569 2 years ago
I've been going since 1973, was there, love this goal, chelsea till I die!
tgfootie444 2 years ago
where were we when we were shit ?on the clock end taking the piss
oldpatcole 2 years ago 23
We were everywhere, great on the tube!
tgfootie444 2 years ago
yea was a great day i was there with my ex wife to the left of jennings..he was getting some stick that day.great post
mzungu1960 2 years ago
I was there with my dad, best era ever. Dixon was my hero
stephenhem1 2 years ago
my dad was there and he remembers after the game when dixon popped his head out the window of the dressing room which backed on to a street next to the ground where the fans were,
fifa3008 2 years ago
@fifa3008 Oh yes....I remember that too...a big shout went up, and the whole street erupted with Chelsea fans, it was quite incredible how we totally took over Highbury that day, it was a glorious sunny day too, and I still had a 28inch waist........In terms of away support and my waistline...thouse days are gone forever!
NYJALB 9 months ago 3
Great day back in 84 Chelsea filled the clock end,Chelsea Are Back.
MountLongdon82 2 years ago 3
great goal....who remembers doug rougvis tackle on viv anderson.!
cockneymark 2 years ago 2
My old man said be a Tottenham fan
I said fuck off, bollocks, you're a cunt
We'll take the North stand in half a minute
We'll take the South End and all that's in it
With hatchets and hammers
Carving knives and spanners
We'll show them Tottenham bastards what to do
You'll be dead in a minute, if your hearts not in it
And you're not wearing the blue
kdjksgrehgv 2 years ago 19
dragster172 I AGREE
been going home and away for 25 years now and the headhunters have been replaced with the gloryhunters
rember some of the good old songs...
kdjksgrehgv 2 years ago
The days when we had real proper hardcore fans and none of this crap we see at the bridge these days....
dragster172 2 years ago 4
gr8 strike from one of our best
FamousCFC66 2 years ago 2
One Kerry Dixon, there's only one Kerry Dixon....
grahampl 2 years ago 3
@grahampl
Im a Sheffield Wednesday fan
Its interesting to me that most of you seem to be looking back on "the good old days" when you had little or no success in that era and now you win everything
just shows how far football has fallen, its just not the same now, its been ruined by money
and its not as enjoyable NO MATTER HOW MANY TROPHIES YOU WIN
lesvegas16 1 year ago
@lesvegas16 the players back then were all outstanding and from the youth team or for littke money, the atmosphere at games best and, in the 70's chelsea were one of the best teams around: fa cup winners, 3rd in the league and cup winner cup champions. i think they were good old days
MRaserious1 1 year ago
@lesvegas16 thats exactly how it is yet the pricks that follow alot of other teams just dont get it. i get more of a buzz looking at games from the past that i went to or see on tv. i went many chelsea sheff wed games at chelsea and at sheffield. you go away you get limited to 3.000 tickets yet years ago even when chelsea were in div 2 had alot more more most of the time. chelsea took more away than westham spurs and arsenal in the late 70s early 80s yet were in div 2 they were in div 1!
razer4660 1 year ago
@razer4660 no love lost with chelsea,but spurs,arsenal brought next to fuck all early to late 70s,west ham didn't show especially in 1975 after the trouble at upton park earlier that season.
As for millwall in 1974,despite the lies in there book the fact was they were chased into london road fire station accross the road from piccadilly station,they did not make old trafford..
Chelsea were the first to make there way up,september 1977,around 1,500 in the old scoreboard end.
jadespics 7 months ago
@lesvegas16 you talk you urself buddy, ive just watched sunderland 2 chelsea 4 and what a game. and yes it was 2010-11 season.
chelseamassive 1 year ago