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We've Met Before – Crystal Palace
In the lead up to our Semi-Final clash at Wembley on Sunday, Paul Waterhouse looks back at previous FA Cup encounters against Crystal...
paulhay0
Apr 14, 2022


Flying home
Newcastle 1 Chelsea 2 - 19th April 1957 In the bygone years of football many players would travel to games by train, often accompanied by...
debscoady
Mar 13, 2022


Faith, Hopeless and the 1955 Charity Shield
The Charity Shield was not played at Wembley until 1974. Only in the past few decades has it, and successor the Community Shield, been...
debscoady
Mar 13, 2022


We've Met Before - Newcastle
Paul Waterhouse looks at games between Chelsea and Newcastle up to 1950. Encounters between Chelsea and Newcastle United stretch back...
debscoady
Mar 13, 2022


The Doc and The Lord
Today's game against Burnley could be lively, but probably not as edgy as such games were sixty years ago. Encounters between Chelsea and Burnley in the early- and mid-1960s were often enlivened by an ongoing spat between Chelsea boss Tommy Docherty and controversial Burnley chairman Bob Lord, christened ‘The Khrushchev of Burnley’ by journalist Arthur Hopcraft. Lord became notorious for speaking his mind but some of his public comments, including an appallingly antisemitic o
paulhay0
Mar 4, 2022


Forget your history, we’re going to Moscow
@ChelseaChadder looks back at a memorable European night against Liverpool Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2 30th April 2008 UEFA Champions League...
paulhay0
Feb 24, 2022


The FA Cup comeback
ChelseaChadder looks back at remarkable FA Cup match against Liverpool in 1997 Chelsea 4 Liverpool 2 26th January 1997 FA Cup Round 4...
paulhay0
Feb 24, 2022


Chelsea V Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in the F.A.Cup 3rd Round. 1978
Paul Waterhouse recalls 7th January 1978 when Chelsea played Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in the F.A.Cup 3rd Round. After a two year...
paulhay0
Feb 24, 2022


Jack Leslie v Chelsea
Ahead of the Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle game Greg Foxsmith of the Jack Leslie Campaign tells the story of former Argyle player, Jack...
paulhay0
Feb 3, 2022


We've Met Before – Plymouth Argyle
Paul Waterhouse of Bygone Chelsea 1905-99 looks at our past record against Saturday’s FA Cup opponents. League encounters between Chelsea...
paulhay0
Feb 2, 2022


Chelsea’s Youngest Ever Player and Goalscorer
by @ChelseaChadder Long before foreign owners came to buy up English football clubs, teams would rely on local talent including the use...
paulhay0
Jan 21, 2022


We've Met Before – Tottenham Hotspur
Paul Waterhouse of Bygone Chelsea 1905-99 recounts some of our famous encounters over the years with our next league opponents, Tottenham...
paulhay0
Jan 21, 2022
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