Stamford Bridge Thread

[zolayes 14,489]

sorry if this has already been posted but such brilliant pictures of the Bridge

http://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/chelseas-stamford-bridge-then-and-now

THANKS ,, they can never be shown too often ,, The 1945 photo is the best known ,, but all are worth seeing .. THANKS again

[boshman 1,073]

Fantastic!! Such an incredible transformation

[Term-X 7,891]

Brilliant photo of then and now Stamford Bridge

http://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/chelseas-stamford-bridge-then-and-now

The last pic is amazing, zero diversity and I only managed to spot one women.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Club are apparently flirting with the idea of moving the dugouts to the west stand and away fans back to the east lower

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Would make sense.give us the shed back n all

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Club are apparently flirting with the idea of moving the dugouts to the west stand and away fans back to the east lower

Should've been done years ago. They'd be in direct view of the main TV camera and away fans would be out of the Shed, don't know why they're only flirting.

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

The last pic is amazing, zero diversity and I only managed to spot one women.

One too many.

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

Club are apparently flirting with the idea of moving the dugouts to the west stand and away fans back to the east lower

Sacrilege away fans allowed in the shed. They never took it before redevelopment, though the yids reckon they did, and then ironically the club allows them in after introduction of seating

[Laylabelle 9,359]

One too many.

Oh dear :-P.

Still cracks me up bout the guy sat with me n my mum once.His logic was men play football so makes sense for them to watch it whereas woman knit and give birth so should watch that instead ...not sure of the logic lol

[zolayes 14,489]

Oh dear :-P.

Still cracks me up bout the guy sat with me n my mum once.His logic was men play football so makes sense for them to watch it whereas woman knit and give birth so should watch that instead ...not sure of the logic lol

the trouble with football crowds ,,, NOT enough women ,,, Baseball does it so much better

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

quote name="Laylabelle" post="1026963" timestamp="1418945270"]Oh dear :-P.

Still cracks me up bout the guy sat with me n my mum once.His logic was men play football so makes sense for them to watch it whereas woman knit and give birth so should watch that instead ...not sure of the logic lol

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[zolayes 14,489]

quote name="Laylabelle" post="1026963" timestamp="1418945270"]Oh dear :-P.

Still cracks me up bout the guy sat with me n my mum once.His logic was men play football so makes sense for them to watch it whereas woman knit and give birth so should watch that instead ...not sure of the logic lol

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Sexist remarks are as bad as racist ,, Pity we have no female mods on here ,, though we do have some excellent female members.

NOT enough though

[guddy6969 188]

Oh dear Zola... Calm down.

[Madmax 9,219]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/18/premier-league-clubs-charge-600-children-mascots

One of only 9 clubs in the league to not charge money from the kids that act as matchday mascots. But I was told we have no class?

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I'm surprised the Guardian had anything that could be interpreted as being even remotely positive about our club considering how virulently anti-Chelsea they always are. Pictures of the old Stamford Bridge filled to the brim with CFC fans further illustrate how hopelessly addled the thought process of the typical Chelsea hating Kopite is.

They're very quick to forget we won a European trophy before them and that "history" is not restricted to a certain period in a club's existence. Reading through the article, they're at it again talking shit about Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea. Sad bunch. Weird even.

As for the actual article, the Old Stamford Bridge (I can only speak of 1997-2003 period, so not so far back) is in some ways, believe it or not, better than it is now and not just for nostalgic reasons. I remember going to see us crush Everton 3-0 with a brace from Jimmy, 2001, think it was. The atmosphere was electric from every corner/stand. And it generally was in those days, even in games when we expected to win. Nowadays, they're only up for it in the big Champions league games, as it was when I went for the 3-2 win over Liverpool, under Grant. Even the big London derbies are pretty tepid affairs, noise wise. Obviously it's not just us, it's the whole country. And it's a problem that sooner or later, has to be addressed by the league.

[zolayes 14,489]

read the Mail today ,, Positive views from our Oldies

[supporter 3,088]

We know something new about of the future of Stamford Bridge ?. This ruled out the option of switching to Battersea Power Station?.

Large europes teams like Real Madrid, Bayern ... are making or have made changes in their stadiums to improve their fields, have more seats for fans and especially putting malls to enhance its economy through advertising. I think an improvement could help us become a reference team in the world in the coming years.

I'm not from London but I've been there several times and have seen our stadium and I saw that on the same block are other buildings and I had read that Chelsea was trying to buy these buildings to expand the stadium. It´s true?

I also think putting a cover on would improve stadium (no offense to anyone with this comment) quality of our lawn because London is a city where it rains a lot (I love London and the London weather) and a teams like ours when it's raining play worse and facilitates plays the game for the small teams that rain.

I just wanted to ask how are the plans for the reform of Stamford Bridge and I think it would be nice we talked about proposals for improvement the Bridge. I propose to put a deck stadium to ensure that our lawn is in perfect condition (I know that in England many matches are played in the rain - I apologize for all the people that could be offended with my comment-). I'm sure that the atmosphere would be much more exciting.

[supporter 3,088]

I leave for all 6 images so you can see different examples of football stadiums that have covered and can serve for the new Standford Bridge. I do not know exactly what word to use properly to explain-I am not English and I do not know that words used in England when I speak of cover. Other word can be ceiling. I hope you may understand me.

As you see in the images are stadiums with retractable roof with a transparent structure that allows light between 100% to reach the grass. The cover can be put on and off according to our needs, being discovered when does a sunny day and also cover when raining. Besides this new cover allows air conditioning at the stadium which benefits the fans and players who'd be more protected in days of very cold or very hot days.

The benefits in economic terms is that we could use the stadium to host concert (as in stadiums like Santiago Bernabeu for example) during the summer months when no competition is not playing. Last summer, The Rolling Stones or Bruce Springsteen made his concert at the Santiago Bernabeu and such events generate much money we could help us with the Financial Fair Play.

I hope your comments.