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Your Chelsea History Lesson
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
Good Days and Bad Games
Mar 13th 02: W 4-0: Goalscorers...Lampard, Hasselbaink 3
Oct 29th 00: W 3-0: Goalscorers... Zola, Hasselbaink 2
Oct 29th 96: W 3-1: Goalscorers... Lee, Di Matteo, Gullit
Sept 13th 03: W 4-2: Goalscorers...Lampard, Hasselbaink, Mutu 2
Dec 28th 85: W 2-0: Goalscorers... Spackman, Dixon
Oct 16th 20: L 0-4
Sept 30th 33: L 0-4
Sept 21st 63: L 0-3
Nov 18th 78: L 1-3...Goalscorer... Langley
Dec21st 57: L 2-4...Goalscorers...Bellett, McNichol
Top Appearance
Makers Vs Tottenham Hotspur:
Bonetti 24, P Sillett 11, Le Saux 11, Hollins 21, Hinton 14, Clarke 13, Saunders 12, Ford 12, Bentley 12, Dixon 14, Blunstone 11
On This Day:
It was a cold and wet December day and at Spurs we had to play. It was
December 6th 97, and after coming off four straight victories it
was off to 3 point lane, only this time we not only won, we won big, 1-6 to
be precise. In a game that was so one sided Spurs complained to the ref that
they wanted a ball as we wouldn’t give them the one we had…Our team that day
was…De Goey, Sinclair, Babayaro, Duberry, Leboeuf, Le Saux, Di Matteo,
Petrescu, Flo, Zola, Wise…Goalscorers..Petrescu, Di Matteo, Flo 3, Nicholls
Unsung
Hero:
This week’s unsung is someone who took a load of abuse from so called
“Chelsea fans”, I’m talking about Paul Canoville. Paul was our first
black player, making his first appearance as a sub in a 1-0 win Vs Crystal
Palace. Paul was a very pacey winger and had great ball control, none more
so than in the classic 4-4 draw at Sheffield Weds, a game which Paul, again
as a sub turned a certain defeat into a near victory. After 103 games and 15
goals and a load of unwarranted abuse Paul left for Reading. Towards the end
of his career Paul received unwanted media attention when he got involved
with drugs, which led to a court case. His health has not been the best in
recent years but now, thankfully with
the boo boys gone he is a welcome and regular visitor to the Bridge.
Flashback:
It’s now season 1976-77 and after finishing halfway up the Division two
table McCreadie’s young team were set to light up the Division…we hope!! We
still had the Cat in goal, still playing at the ripe old age of 35, in fact
apart from David Hay the rest of the team on opening day were from the youth
team.
We started off with an away game at Orient and thanks to a Steve Finnieston
goal we came back home with two points, our next two games were at home, of
which we picked up a draw and a win. Our first game in September was a trip
to “Harry the Dog country”...Millwall, we promptly got beat up, losing
3-0.But our form was to get better as we then went on a run seven wins in
eight games, Swain and “Jock” Finnieston were scoring goals at will. The
beginning of November saw us close to the top of the table with just Wolves
and Forest above us. Our form did dip slightly but throughout November we
did go unbeaten, winning two and drawing two.
December saw us have six fixtures, from Dec 3rd through to Dec 29th.Sandwiched
between two defeats we managed to get three draws and just one victory, mind
you the win was against Fulham in front of a phenomenal crowd of 55,003(I
think the 3 were me my dad and my friend!!!),thanks to goals from Droy and
Kenny Swain.
The start of the Queens jubilee year saw us at home to Hereford Utd ,and as
form would suggest we stuffed then 5-1.The FA Cup saw us fall at the first
hurdle losing in a replay at home to Southampton(well they were the
holders).Our league form had dipped in recent weeks, but thankfully so had
Forest’s.
From the beginning of February until mid March we only won one game, and
that was away at lowly Carlisle. Jock and Swain were still banging in the
goals, with a little (no pun intended) help from Ian Britton. Between them
they had scored 28 goals, with Finnieston getting 16.Swain was in good form
having scored six goals in eight games. Our results were getting better and
Forest were struggling, Wolves had also slipped up so we had the chance of
not just going up but winning the League. April was a heavy month as we had
to play eight games in just 28 days, we lost a couple but more importantly
we beat Forest. There were two games left to play in May, the first being a
very important away game at Wolves, both teams got the point they needed to
go up, but unfortunately we wouldn’t go up as Champions. Our last game was
exhibition stuff as we thrashed Hull City 4-0, with Jock grabbing a hat
trick. Our Wdl’s were 21, 13, 8, GF 73, GA 53, Pts 55. Our leading
appearance makers Locke, Wilkins and Lewington all on 42 games, Finnieston
was top scorer with 24 from 39 games. The player or the year was Ray
Wilkins. 643,302 passed through the old Bovril gates, with an average of 30,
633, not bad for a second division team. Our best attendance was the win
over Fulham just after Christmas.
Route to the Final:
League Cup Final 1972
Rd 2: Sept 8th 71 Vs
Plymouth (H) W 2-0...Goalscorers...Hollins, Houseman...Att 23,011
Rd 3: Oct 6th 71 Vs Nottingham Forest (A) D 1-1...Goalscorer...Webb...Att
16,811
Rd 3 rep: Oct 11th 71 Vs Nottingham Forest (H) W 2-1...Goalscorers...Osgood,
Baldwin...Att 24,817
Rd 4: Oct 27th Vs Bolton Wdrs (H) D 1-1...Goalscorer...Hudson...Att
27,679
Rd 4 rep: Nov 8th Bolton Wdrs (A) W 0-6...Goalscorers... Hollins
2, Cooke, Baldwin 3...Att29, 805
Rd 5: Nov 17th Norwich City (A) W 0-1...Goalscorer...Osgood...Att
35,927
S/F (1st leg) Dec 22nd Vs Tottenham Hotspur (H) W
3-2...Goalscorers...Hollins, Osgood, Garland...Att 43,330
S/F (2nd leg) Jan 5th 72 Vs Tottenham Hotspur (A) D...Goalscorers...Hudson,
Garland...Att 52,755
Final Vs Stoke City at Wembley Stadium
March 4th 1972
Bonetti, Mulligan, Harris, Hollins, Dempsey, Webb, Cooke, Garland, Osgood,
Hudson, Houseman...Sub Baldwin...L 1-2...Goalscorer...Osgood...Att 100,000
Games
Played This Week in Past Years:
Jan 8th 66: Vs Tottenham Hotspur (H) W 2-1: Goalscorers...Osgood,
Graham...Att 48,529
Jan 12th 02: Vs Bolton Wdrs (A) D 2-2: Goalscorers...Gudjohnsen,
Forsell...Att 23,891
Jan 11th 86: Vs Luton Town (H) W 1-0: Goalscorer...Speedie...Att
21,102
Who Am
I?
I was born in Lambeth, South London
I signed schoolboy forms in 1971
I made my debut as a sub in Feb 76
The following season I was an ever present
I used to play in midfield
I made 92 appearances and scored just 4 goals
I moved into management at Fulham aged 29
Who Am
I?
Last weeks answer: Robert Huth
Next week’s fixture:
Birmingham City (Away)
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