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cfc069
21 Apr 2004, 01:40 PM
Apart from the obvious
FA Cup Final Wins
European Cup Winners Cup Wins
European Super Cup Win
League Cup Wins
FA Charity Shield Wins
Old Division Two Championship Wins
Full Members Cup
and of course not forgetting our only League Title in 1955, three years to early for me - What's Your Fav Chelsea Memory?
Actually I have loads. I could probably write a book
for example
Tromso in the Snow
Slovan Bratislava - My 1st European Trip
Chelsea beating Bruges 4-2 a.e.t in the 70s, after being 2-0 down
Chelsea beating Jeunesse Hautcharage 13-0 at the Bridge, Ossie getting five and they had a one-armed pot bellied full back - You get my drift.
But my fav memory was when Chelsea won the Old Division 2 title in 1989 and our last league was away at Portsmouth and I gate-crashed the Chelsea dressing room and got told to ************ Off by Bobby Campbell the Chelsea Manager at the time. I can still see Kerry Dixon sitting in the corner of the dressing room, killing himself with laughter. My appearance couldn't have distracted the players that match, because Chelsea won 3-2. :)
Clan
21 Apr 2004, 03:59 PM
Blundel Park in '84 - when we won the second division.
Wee pat crossed in for Dixon to nod into the top right corner for the only goal of the game.
Myself and 5 mates went in a mini-van for the game.Stayed away from the specials as they were targeted too much - if you know what i mean ;)
Went mental when he scored and started giving it large to their lot.
About three or four weeks before the game - sheff weds had 2 games in hand on us for a while there at the end - the Grimsby manager was quoted in all the rags as saying "i don't fancy Chelsea" when asked about who he thought would win the division.Grimsby themselves were in the hunt also for quite a while and actually beat us at the Bridge over the hols.It was a terrific athmosphere, the chanting, singing, mickey taking, threats, coppers giving it to us...from a distance...generally a great buzz in the ground.
Close second would be when we beat the bloody scousers in the FA Cup when they were the reigning Europen Cup holders :)
servotron
22 Apr 2004, 01:48 PM
I'm a new fan, but I'd have to say Zola. Zola is my favorite Chelsea memory. The guy was awesome to watch, a true gentleman and sportsman, and that REALLY reflected well on Chelsea. I feel Chelsea can thank Gianfranco Zola just as much as Roman or Claudio for being where they are in the CL right now.
paulo
22 Apr 2004, 05:56 PM
zola's close-post flick goal (has it been 2 years now?) It set the tone for him from the start for his best ever Chelsea season at 36 years old.
Tony the French
22 Apr 2004, 06:02 PM
my favorite chelsea memory was the champions league match: Marseille/chelsea.
And l'OM won the match : 1-0 goal by Pires.
Sorry.
Lowecifer
22 Apr 2004, 06:10 PM
zola's close-post flick goal (has it been 2 years now?) It set the tone for him from the start for his best ever Chelsea season at 36 years old.
The one against Norwich? That was magnificent.
paulo
22 Apr 2004, 06:13 PM
The one against Norwich? That was magnificent.
i think so. was it an early FA Cup fixture in fall 2001? I have been so intensely writing my thesis for several weeks now I can't seem to remember anything (including my way home).
Clan
22 Apr 2004, 07:10 PM
my favorite chelsea memory was the champions league match: Marseille/chelsea.
And l'OM won the match : 1-0 goal by Pires.
Sorry.
The return match was even better - non?
the101er
22 Apr 2004, 09:10 PM
Well, I haven't been a fan that long, and in that time the EPL coverage has grown tremendously here in the States. I think it was after the 2000 FA Cup win, when Chelsea played Man United in the Charity Shield, and Ken Bates tried to give Sir Alex Ferguson the award for being "Better than Sliced Bread".
Also, the FA Cup win, when Dennis Wise of all people, started the ritual of bringing the baby onto the field for the lap of glory. For of all people, Dennis Wise, to do something so genuine and fatherly struck me as pleasantly ironic.
On the field, I think it was a game last year when Chelsea were up by a couple goals in stoppage time and Zola still made a run and scored one touch, chipping the keeper. It was the combination of workrate, skill and vision that made it a great goal.
Sorry about the FA Cup and Charity Shield references but I felt they were not related to the actual games.
leftwing
22 Apr 2004, 11:40 PM
Hate to say it, as it's rather mean spirited, but my favorite moment was very recent. It was when the cameras showed the stunned Arse fans after the boys knocked them out of the Champs League. God that was great.
cfc069
23 Apr 2004, 07:36 AM
Hate to say it, as it's rather mean spirited, but my favorite moment was very recent. It was when the cameras showed the stunned Arse fans after the boys knocked them out of the Champs League. God that was great.
It is always good when the cameras panned onto the other teams fans and you see the look on their faces!!!! LOL :)
Supporting Chelsea is like opening up a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get. I wouldn't want it anyother way.
Course I would like to see the boys win lots of trophies. Course I would like to see Chelsea emulate the great teams of the past - Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U - I hate to say and Man U now, but Chelsea is Chelsea. Spectacularly consistently inconsistent. Although they are losing the inconsistent tag.
I have been a blue since I can remember and we are talking over 40 years. I love the club. I love the history. I love the location. I love the ground. Everything about Chelsea FC I love, and that will never change.
Never ever will you go in the World and find a rollercoaster ride that is better than supporting Chelsea Football Club. They do and will continue to take you on a ride of a lifetime. That is the best part of supporting Chelsea.
ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
COME ON CHELSEA!!! :)