THIS WEEK'S FIXTURE - -Chelsea Vs Spurs 

So how many of you see this as revenge part 1 for taking away our record of unbeaten games?  Looking at our FA Cup games against them we haven’t done too well, in fact in 8 games we have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4.  Our goals for and against are the same on 11.  The first time we played Spurs in the FA cup was way back in 1910 when we lost at home 0-1 in round 2.  The first time we beat them was a replay in Jan 64 winning 2-0 with goals from Murray and Tambling in front of a massive crowd of 70,123.  There was the final in 67 but we leave that alone as we didn’t play too well that day!!!  The last time we played them in the FA Cup was quite recent, Mar 2002, where we ran out comfortable winners 4-0 with goals from Gallas, Le Saux, & a brace from Eidur.  We later went on to the cup final at Cardiff to play Arsenal.

 

Games from this week in years gone by:

FA Cup 6^TH round games: Mar 4^{th 39} Vs Grimsby Town (H) L 0-1...Att 42,409

Mar 14^th 70 Vs QPR (A) W 4-2...Goalscorers...Osgood 3 Webb...Att 33,572

Feb 19^th 00 Vs Gillingham (H) W 5-0...Goalscorers...Terry Morris Weah Zola Flo...Att...34,205

CHELSEA LEGEND: This week’s legend is probably the most local boy ever to play for Chelsea, it is of course Alan Hudson.Huddy was born in the King’s Road and started out life on schoolboy forms, signing in 65 and after serving his apprenticeship he signed Professional forms in1968.Huddy made his debut in Feb 69 at Southampton (L 0-5).The following season his gained a regular spot and almost immediately shot to stardom. A gifted player with an uncanny ability to pass the ball,ALA, Wilkins,Hoddle,Gullit.Huddy missed the 1970 Cup final due to a foot injury but he returned to full fitness to help us win our first European trophy a year later.Huddy was one of the most gifted players of his era and was rewarded with just two England caps, a prophetic return for such a gifted player, but the England manager at the time was not into “flair” players as Tony Currie Rodney Marsh & Don Rogers could all testify.Huddy played his last game for Chelsea in Jan 74 in a 0-1 loss to Liverpool. One game I can remember which Huddy will always be remembered for is the one where he scored “that ghost goal” Vs Ipswich in Sept 70.Houseman went down the left, beat two men and slipped the ball through to Huddy,who cracked a low first time shot with his right foot. It hit the side netting, rebounded off the stanchion back onto the pitch. The goalie was about to take a goal kick but the ref pointed to the center spot for a goal, pandemonium ensued but the goal was going to stand…The story goes on  and on but I will write more on “the goal that never was” in another lesson. He left to play for Stoke City for a fee of 240,000GBP.He had played a total oh 189 games and scored a total of 14 goals.Huddy was a crowd favorite for all his silky skills and can often been seen in or around the shed bar chugging a few beers with the fans. Alan Hudson a local boy done good and a true…CHELSEA LEGEND! 

CHELSEA TRIVIA: Cant see this happening in the near future: players signed from non league: D Barnard-Woking, P Canoville- Hillingdon Boro, I Hutchinson-Cambridge Utd, K Swain- Wycombe Wdrs, M Droy- Slough Town, V Woodley-Windsor & Eton, And C Hutchings- Harrow Boro.

Until Next Time Then…….Cheerio!  Tel