Your Chelsea FC Memories

[Ollie 4,400]

Edited my first post. Probably wrote too much but read if you want. My arm aches....

[zolayes 14,489]

God... i'm gonna have to add the UCL Final now, that really has completed the journey in a way. I know there will be many more ups and down but it just feels that the journey is over. I will be gutted tho if we fail to win the club world cup. That would be EVERYTHING (except Europa League lol).

Eva still has to win Miss World

[lockaby 0]

The 4-4 draw with the dippers in the Champions League, specifically this:

Carvalho's duck

Agree.Exciting time.

[Ollie 4,400]

That 4-4 was probably the most emotionally draining game of all time tbh. I think i died twice.

[Chrisb 33]

Watching Chelsea v Leeds at Elland road in about 1991 and Gordon Strachan fell over right in front of us, we gave him so much shit about being a dirty ginger Scottish bastard etc,etc. He picked himself and just bowed at us and ran off. We were all gobsmacked, but since that day I always had respect for him. Before that game I got pissed on by a police horse too, not the best start to a match day but something I'll always remember!

Zola's unbelievable goal against Norwich from a corner. Had to see it on the T.V. replays to believe he actually meant it!

[Liquidator 5,176]

In terms of best ones for me in my 17 years:

1- Drogba's penalty in Munich hitting the back of the net. The sheer elation I felt at that moment is something I have never experienced before and will probably never feel again in football. Absolutely amazing

2- Torres going round Valdez and scoring to win us the semi final tie against Barca. The most brilliant, disciplined performance I have ever seen by a Chelsea side. The organization and focus from the players and the way they defended so admirably against the best side in club football with a messed up defence and 10 men on the pitch was incredible. When I watch that clip of Torres running towards the goal I sometimes get flashbacks to Iniesta's last minute winner against us and Garcia's goal that never was and then Torres scoring just cancels them out

3- The counter attack against Bolton in 2004/05 with Lampard and Carvalho and Lampard rounding the keeper to win us the league after 50 years. Incredible feeling

4- Lampard's penalty vs Liverpool. The OP sums it up perfectly, nothing to add.

5- Destroying Wigan 8-0 on the final day to win the league was special

6- Winning the FA Cup in 1997. I have very vague memories of the mad celebrations in my house, I was only 2 at the time.

7- Beating Man U 3-0 to win the league in 2005/06. We were the best team on the planet at the time IMO and it was amazing to see us turn over the scum

8- 4-1 against Napoli. Went through every emotion that night

9- G*llas' last minute screamer against Spurs

10- THAT Hasselbaink goal against Man U at Old Trafford

11- Beating Man U 5-0

12- Dicking on Liverpool 4-1 at Anfield in 2005/06

[Martina 210]

I'll never forget Ballack chasing the referee - Ballack was one of my favourite players.

And Petr Cech's injury…we got tickets (mostly because of Cech, my son is his biggest fan) for Czech Republic - Denmark friendly (I'm Czech but have been living in Denmark since 1987) and Cech got injured a week or so before the match and obviously didn't play.

[Rmpr 8,977]

@Ollie, it took me all day to read your post, amazing stuff!

[Ollie 4,400]

Took me all day to write it ... But thanks

[Rmpr 8,977]

Took me all day to write it ... But thanks

I only have one big memory and that is actually the Sunday morning of May 20th...

I woke up at around 7-8am after parting and drinking like a crazy dude and the city was so quiet and so beautiful (it was strangely sunny) that I decided to leave the hotel and show off my Chelsea top. I think our win hadnt yet sinked, so walking alone around random streets close to Marienplatz, I had an enormous breakdown, I started celebrating and crying like if I had Autism and I had finally realised we were Champions of Europe and remembered everything we went through to get there! It was my weird little moment, but I will never forget.

The rest of our glory moments were me alone in the couch celebrating, since there are obvious no "Chelsea friends" or "Rivals to prank" in Brazil. I cant go to any parade the day after as well.

[Ollie 4,400]

I got up on May 20th obviously very hung hung over with a few bruises and went straight to Stamford Bridge for the parade and drunk all day again, that really was some weekend. Really hope for another like it soon, will hopefully do a mini version if we win the UEL. Would never have thought back in the day that we'd be on the verge of winning every European trophy after winning every domestic honour. Must admit though, the Club World Cup still hurts a lot, that's the one thing missing but then again at least it gives us something to aim for. I can see us winning the UCL again soon, just need to get over the line for top 4 this season and carry on building. It may take another 3 years but it will happen.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I got up on May 20th obviously very hung hung over with a few bruises and went straight to Stamford Bridge for the parade and drunk all day again, that really was some weekend. Really hope for another like it soon, will hopefully do a mini version if we win the UEL. Would never have thought back in the day that we'd be on the verge of winning every European trophy after winning every domestic honour. Must admit though, the Club World Cup still hurts a lot, that's the one thing missing but then again at least it gives us something to aim for. I can see us winning the UCL again soon, just need to get over the line for top 4 this season and carry on building. It may take another 3 years but it will happen.

The parade must have really been something, I tried to go, but my girlfriend at the time had her birthday at the 22nd, meaning I would not get in time for it if I had not taken the plane at the 20th.

The next UCL I will definetly go to London to watch the game, I have already been at the Stadium, now I want to be at the city!

I thought we would win UCL every year until Carlo left, then I thought we would never win it because the opportunities had passed (a bit like Palmeiras with Libertadores, who tried hard to win and only did it after losing the first 4 finals). But I agree with you, if Mou comes back, I think he will win UCL in the course of his 3-4 years with us!

[Ollie 4,400]

They say things happen when you least expect it. We should've won 3 UCL's by the time we actually did (AT LEAST!!) and indeed i too gave up hope as many here did i think, it was a jynx we were never going to win it. That's what was so ironic about how we won it. After deserving to have won it in previous years, being desperately unlucky and having absolutely nothing go our way, we did the absolute opposite to win it undeservedly with everything going our way. I think we won it the perfect way because of the past, it let us erase the pain of the past by correcting all the wrongs all in that 1 extraordinary campaign.

When people say we were lucky and fluked it, they just don't remember the other side of the coin.

TC meet up for our next UCL final

[Rmpr 8,977]

They say things happen when you least expect it. We should've won 3 UCL's by the time we actually did (AT LEAST!!) and indeed i too gave up hope as many here did i think, it was a jynx we were never going to win it. That's what was so ironic about how we won it. After deserving to have won it in previous years, being desperately unlucky and having absolutely nothing go our way, we did the absolute opposite to win it undeservedly with everything going our way. I think we won it the perfect way because of the past, it let us erase the pain of the past by correcting all the wrongs all in that 1 extraordinary campaign.

When people say we were lucky and fluked it, they just don't remember the other side of the coin.

TC meet up for our next UCL final

I dont think it was undeserving, I know it has been against all odds and we were the underdogs, but luck and efficiency is part of the game. It is ugly to only defend, but it is not against the rules...I would only put it as undeserved if we had robbed or if the ref did a major mistake that helped us!

TC meet up for our next UCL final would be epic!

[Stingray 9,441]

TC meet up for our next UCL final would be epic!