OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 36 minutes ago, Iggy Doonican said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 39 secs on the vid who was that goal against Orient perhaps ? Yes it was in that fateful FA Cup 5th round tie in 1972. I think that was a mammoth game in the history of our club. The game which marked the start of our decline from perennial challengers to wilderness dwellers. Shortly before half-time in that game we were favourites for the league title, had a two-nil lead and one foot in the quarter-finals of the cup (a simply huge deal back then), a date with Stoke at Wembley for the League Cup Final, and a top-five hit single in the charts. Life was good and Blue really was the colour. Little did we know that it would be pretty much all downhill from there. Not just for the next forty-five minutes, not just at Wembley 7 days later, but for most of the next twenty-six years. It took us that long to recover from Orient's fight back that day and took me a fair while too. Webby had a great chance to snatch a draw late in the game but fired over. I remember watching it on Match of the Day that night with my uncle. Although I knew the result, I didn't know about that miss. Instant reaction when I saw it was head in hands and a scream of, "Kill yourself." My poor unc tried earnestly to explain that it was just a game and there was no call for me to shout things like that about Chelsea players. Just a game? What did he know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,186 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 3 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: Yes it was in that fateful FA Cup 5th round tie in 1972. I think that was a mammoth game in the history of our club. The game which marked the start of our decline from perennial challengers to wilderness dwellers. Shortly before half-time in that game we were favourites for the league title, had a two-nil lead and one foot in the quarter-finals of the cup (a simply huge deal back then), a date with Stoke at Wembley for the League Cup Final, and a top-five hit single in the charts. Life was good and Blue really was the colour. Little did we know that it would be pretty much all downhill from there. Not just for the next forty-five minutes, not just at Wembley 7 days later, but for most of the next twenty-six years. It took us that long to recover from Orient's fight back that day and took me a fair while too. Webby had a great chance to snatch a draw late in the game but fired over. I remember watching it on Match of the Day that night with my uncle. Although I knew the result, I didn't know about that miss. Instant reaction when I saw it was head in hands and a scream of, "Kill yourself." My poor unc tried earnestly to explain that it was just a game and there was no call for me to shout things like that about Chelsea players. Just a game? What did he know. I mentioned it somewhere else on the forum that Orient game was the first time I remember getting the piss taken out of me over a Chelsea game I was six years old. The worse ever was when we lost 1-0 to Wigan in the cup in 1980 I was at the game and the piss taking was so bad I feigned illness and went home early from school ha ha. I still have the programme we were so potless then that we couldn't change the cover so it said Chelsea vs Wigan or Northwich Victoria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 On 20/02/2016 at 10:45 AM, Vincent said: Will always be the King of Stamford Bridge. RIP King Ossie. Rest In Power Ossy! :cfc: -- NB: Good to see you around @Vincent - Hope all is well now regarding your circumstances! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent 403 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On 23-2-2016 at 4:14 PM, LDN Blue said: Rest In Power Ossy! :cfc: -- NB: Good to see you around @Vincent - Hope all is well now regarding your circumstances! I'm doing better than before! Cool to see that someone still remember me, lots of new members i've noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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