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Good Days and Bad Games
Nov 21st 64: W 1-6...Goalscorers: Mortimore, Graham 3, McCalliog
2
Dec 16th 88: W 1-4...Goalscorers: Dixon 2 Durie 2
Aug 28th 49: W 0-3...Goalscorers: Bentley, Williams 2
Sept 11th 73: W 2-4...Goalscorers: Hudson, Osgood, Baldwin 2
Dec 31st 77: W 4-5...Goalscorer: Garner. Langley 3, Walker
Mar 11th 80: L 5-1...Goalscorer: Langley
Oct 25th 30: L 6-2...Goalscorers: Law, Gallacher
Apr 30th 32: L 4-0
Apr 25th 59: L 4-1...Goalscorer: Tindall
Nov 5th 55: L 3-0
Manager Profile:
Our next manager was a Chelsea man through and through. Ken Shellito started
out at Chelsea as a teenager. He was capped at an early age for England,
where it was going to be a formality that he would be the right back for
years to come. But after four operations on his left knee it was time to
quit. He had played 123 games, scoring 2 goals. After spending numerous
years on the Chelsea backroom staff Ken was appointed manager of the first
team in July 77,his first game being at West Brom,we lost 3-0.Ken had
inherited a bunch of players who had grown up with him through the schoolboy
and reserve teams. In his first and only full season Ken had us finish a
decent 16th, which with the players we had and no money
available, wasn’t as bad as it looked. The following season was a disaster,
having won just two games up to December the board decided to let Ken go.
Ken’s record was played 65 won 15, drew 19, lost 31, a win percentage of
just 23%, which unfortunately doesn’t tell the whole story of what Ken
Shellito did for Chelsea.
On This Day: With the pop charts being dominated by those lovable scally’s from Liverpool, and with Lyndon Johnson about to be sworn in as the 36th US President, Chelsea had more pressing matters, mainly trying to negotiate Spaghetti Junction. It couldn’t have been that hard as the “true” blues came away with our biggest ever win at St Andrews…Our team that day was…Bonetti, Hinton, McCreadie, Hollins, Mortimore, Harris, Murray, Graham, Bridges, Venables, Tambling.
Unsung
Hero:
Ok so he played for Arsenal and Man Utd and he was also manager of Arsenal,
Spurs and dirty Leeds. But he still played for Chelsea. George Graham is
probably remembered more for what he done after he left Chelsea but as an
inside forward/midfielder he scored on average a goal every two games,
collecting a League Cup Medal along the way. During his time at the Bridge
he formed a terrific partnership with Barry Bridges. Graham was only with us
for just over two seasons, but in that time he managed 46 goals in 102
games.
Flashback:
As the roaring twenties are coming to a close, Chelsea are looking to
getting out of the second division, and after consecutive finishes of 5th,3rd,4th
and 3rd in the previous four seasons, maybe this was to be the
year.
We started off at the end of August with two wins against Swansea, 4-1 and
away at Bradford, 2-1. Our win streak was to continue for another four
games, letting in just one goal, and beating the mighty Middlesbrough 2-0,
we dropped a point Vs Bristol City, but thankfully we had a nice 3-0 win Vs
Nottingham Forest.
October didn’t start that well for us as we lost our first game, vs West
Bromwich Albion, in-fact October was a bad month as we didn’t collect
maximum points in any games. November wasn’t much better as we only got one
win, against Preston 2-1.
December was a busy month for the boys in blue as we had to play eight games
in 28 days, the last four in seven days brought us 3 wins and a draw.
The beginning of January saw us lose our first game at home to Blackpool,
and things were not about to get any easier, as we had to travel up to
Ayresome Park to play Middlesbrough, and another win was achieved as we came
away with a 4-5 win. The rest of January saw us win in the FA Cup twice and
in the League twice, but February was the turning point in our season,
having lost in the FA Cup to Portsmouth we started losing in the League.
March was a very hard month as we only picked up maximum points once, and
that was in the middle of a nine game losing streak. April saw us start with
a win, but the rest of the month saw us draw one, lose three and win our
last game of the season, at home to Reading 2-1.
We ended up finishing a disappointing 9th. Our leading appearance
maker this season was Tommy Law playing 39 of 42 games. Our top scorers were
George Biswell and Andy Wilson, both with 9. Our WDL’S were, 17, 10, 15, GF
64, GA 64, Pts 44. Still one place and one point better off than Spurs. Our
total attendance was 595,967 with an average gate of 28,379. The top
attendance was Vs Middlesbrough 48,775.
Route to the Final:
European Cup Winners Cup 1970-71
Rd 1: (1st leg) Sept 16th Vs Aris Thessalonikis
(Greece) (A) 1-1...Hutchinson
Rd 1: (2nd leg) Sept 30th Vs
Aris Thessalonikis (H) 5-1...Hollins 2, Hutchinson 2, Hinton...Agg
6-2
Rd 2: (1st leg) Oct 21st Vs Cfka Sredets (Bulgaria)
(A) 1-0...Baldwin
Rd 2 (2nd leg) Nov 4th Vs Cfka Sredets (A)...Webb...Agg
2-0
Rd 3(1st leg) Mar 10th Vs RFC Bruges (Belgium) (A) 2-0
Rd 3 (2nd leg) Mar 24th Vs RFC Bruges (H) 4-0 aet...Houseman,
Osgood 2, Baldwin...Agg 4-2
Semi Final (1st leg) Apr 14th Vs Manchester City (H)
1-0...Smethurst
Semi Final (2nd leg) Apr 28th Vs Manchester City (A)
0-1...OG
European Cup Winners Cup Final May 19th Vs Real Madrid. In Athens
1-1 aet...Osgood...Att 41,000
European Cup winners Cup Final replay May 21st Vs Real Madrid In
Athens...Dempsey, Osgood...Att 24,000
Bonetti, Boyle, Harris, Cooke, Dempsey, Webb, Weller, Baldwin, Osgood,
Hudson, Houseman. Sub...Smethurst
Games
Played This Week in Past Years:
Jan 18th 86 Vs West Bromwich Albion (A) W 0-3...Goalscorers:
Nevin, Speedie, Murphy...Att 10,300
Jan 20th 96 Vs Nottingham Forest (H) W 1-0...Goalscorer:
Spencer...Att 24,482
Jan 15th 06 Vs Sunderland (A) W 1-2...Goalscorers: Crespo, Robben...Att
32,420
Who Am
I?
I came through the Chelsea youth team to make my debut in 1989
I left in Mar 93
I played 36 times for England
I rejoined in Aug 97
I played mainly as a defender but also in midfield
I kept my same number from my Chelsea debut to my last game as a Chelsea
player
Robbie fowler is not my number 1 fan
Who Am
I?
Last weeks answer: Ray Lewington
Next week’s fixture:
Portsmouth (Away)
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