Correct it was the Saturday after losing to wolves in the league cup. We also lost at Leeds. Stood in that shithole cow shed and only about 200 blues turned up that day. Even Leeds couldn’t be bothered giving us a kicking
old work colleague who used to watch rags in the 70's said there version was "we don't carry axes, we don't carry lead, we only wear doc martens to bury in your head"
Wife grew up in SW6, her dad was Fulham but all her cousins real Chelsea Chelsea boys. When her aunt was 70 went to a big party for her at a pub near the Bridge many of the guests shaven headed blokes in their 50s and 60s with Chelsea lion tatoos on their forearms.They all looked like they where veterans of hundreds of terrace battles. As we had come so far to go to the party they made us very welcome and were very friendly, but I thought if I'd encountered them in that pub 30 years ago doubt I'd have got out in one piece. They don't seem to have any problem with City these days but great dislike for Spurs and the rags.
Some of em maybe died on the kippax street?
I would imagine a lot of Chelsea's support back in the day was local, Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Battersea, Putney, Chiswick, there are probably not so many white working class "lad" types around these areas up for a scrap at a football match these days.
