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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

English Leagues in the 70s : Chelsea Watford FA Cup 1969 1970

14 March 1970
White Hart Lane,
London
Attendance: 55,209
Referee: Gordon W Hill

This was a great FA cup year. There was lower division interest until the latter stages, moments of sensational individual brilliance, and a classic, albeit brutal, final. Right from the first round, the shocks arrived. Even before the flawed genius of an ageing and alcoholic Jirnmy Greaves arrived, Brentwood showed dial they carried a threat. Their win over Reading was a major surprise, as Reading had half an eye on promotion to Division Two. The West Midlands Regional League doesn't sound terribly glamorous. The reality reflected that feeling; it was an outpost of non-league football, and one of its teams, Tamworth, had done well to even reach the first round. Their opponents, Torquay United, were in the Third Division but possessed no Cup pedigree, having only once ventured beyond the third round, and that had been in 1955. Despite taking the lead. Torquay remained true to form, losing 2-1 to goals from Tamworth's prolific forwards Graham Jessop, a clay-worker, and Ray Holmes, a car plant man. Gillingham showed how to take care of lesser teams in the next round, beating Tamworth 6-0 at a canter. Tamworth have never since made the draw for the Second Round. Pride of place in the third round went to Sheffield United, who hosted eventual Champions Everton. The Toffees boasted the midfield 'holy trinity' of Kendall, Harvey and Ball, who were sent cursing back to Goodison after a 2-1 defeat. The Blades' 'reward' was a tough trip to Derby, where the Rains gave Everton a lesson in professionalism. John O'Hare grabbed a couple in a 3-0 win.

A Blackpool side good enough to win promotion (for one year) were also too good for Arsenal. After a creditable 1 -1 draw at Highbury, the Gunners were spiked 3-2. Having cleared Becher's Brook, Blackpool then fell at the water-jump, Non-league Sutton United made it into the hat by winning their third match in the competition proper — all against other non-league teams. At last a prize draw — the mighty Leeds at home. Unfortunately for Sutton, Revie's machine was in good working order, Allan Clarke helping himself to four and Peter Lorimer to two in a 6-0 caning. As far as top flight opponents were concerned, Sutton were sent to Coventry for nearly twenty years until . . . read on. Second Division teams were having a good time. By the time the Cup was down to the last sixteen. Division Two had as many representatives as Division One. While all the lower division teams fell, four Second Division sides won through, but none of them drew each other. Swindon, after their League Cup heroics the previous year, were scoring for fun until they too were steamrollered by Leeds with two more for 'Sniffer' Clarke; Leeds were giving no quarter. Middlesbrough had seen off a poor West Ham in round three, and met Manchester United in the last eight. They fought tooth and nail, only going down 2-1 in a replay. This was a creditable effort considering the merciless way United had crushed the aspirations of Fourth Division Northampton in the previous round. You would have put your shirt on George Best's mind being elsewhere at the prospect of the County Ground in February. Maybe there was a desperately attractive blonde in the crowd who tempted George to turn on the style. Whatever the reason. Best showed his full repertoire in an amazing performance, scoring six in an 8-2 rout. It was Willie Morgan, one of the many shaggily-coiffured forwards to labour under the sobriquet of'the new George Best, who saw United through with the winner against Middlesbrough.

Chelsea, in the main, had made light of some heavy opposition. Wins against Birmingham and Burnley — in a replay, after a faltering performance in a 2-2 draw at home — were despatched before a convincing 4-1 away win at Crystal Palace saw them into the last eight. More London opposition in near neighbours QPR stood in their way. Another four goals away from home was a convincing response from the Kings Road dandies, Peter Osgood continuing his score-in-every-round streak with a classy hat-trick. Only Watford of the Second Division sides prevailed. Bill Shankly ungraciously described them as the worst team ever to have beaten Liverpool. Beat them they did, all the same, with a Barry Endean header from a cross by the man of the match, the inspirational man with the film-star name, Ray Lugg. It wasn't a fluke, Liverpool were very poor. Chelsea got the luck of the draw. Watford's course was run. They were hammered out of sight at White Hart Lane; the 5-1 scoreline reflects the game. Chelsea later won the final...

Watford Walker, Welbourne, Williams, Lugg, Lees, Walley, Scullion, Garbett, Endean, Packer, Owen (Garvey 65) Scorer Garbett 12 Manager Ken Furphy
Chelsea 1 Peter Bonetti, 2 David Webb, 3 Eddie McCreadie, 4 John Hollins, 5 John Dempsey, 6 Ron Harris, 7 Charlie Cooke, 8 Alan Hudson, 9 Peter Osgood, 10 Ian Hutchinson, 11 Peter Houseman Scorers Webb 3, Osgood 58, Houseman 73, Hutchinson 75, Houseman 79 Sub Not Used Hinton Manager Dave Sexton

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P.L. 2011 2012 Manchester City Chelsea

21 March 2012
Etihad Stadium,
Manchester
Referee: M. Dean

After their elimination from the Europa League, Manchester United and Manchester City have no choice but to focus absolutely on their Premier League face-off. The context of the rivalry only heightens the intensity: there are no consolations for the club that comes second. United have the one point advantage and will seek to extend that lead at struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers, knowing that Manchester City have to face a resurgent Chelsea on Wednesday. This is how it is going to be from here on in. Which club is better positioned? Manchester United certainly have the momentum, having won seven of their last eight league games. What happened in the other game? They came back from 3-0 down to draw with Chelsea. Their domestic confidence has been in complete contrast to their European fragility.

Di Matteo was installed as interim head coach until the end of the season after Andre Villas-Boas was sacked following poor results, strange starting line-ups and tensions with certain players. Di Matteo, a midfielder at Chelsea between 1996 and 2002, has brought some calm to the dressing-room, restored senior players such as Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba and introduced a successful 4-2-3-1 system. The team have won all four games under him. “He understood quickly what he has in the team,’’ Cech said. “You can see he’s Chelsea through and through, a Chelsea legend. "It helped in terms of the general atmosphere and the reception of the fans. When you have a person who is a legend at the club leading the team, the fans give you more time and give you a chance. "The atmosphere at the stadium was much more positive. Wednesday against Napoli was absolutely amazing. It reminded me of the game we played against Barcelona in my first season when the stadium was rocking.

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English Leagues the 70s: Manchester City Chelsea Division One 1978 1979

20 January 1979
Main Road,
Manchester
Attendance: 31,876
Referee: Mike G Peck

Never at any time during the nine long months of the 1978-79 season did it seem remotely likely that Chelsea could avoid another relegation experience. One bad result followed another with depressing regularity and when Shellito resigned in December the position was once again one of desperation. By appointing the legendary Danny Blanchflower, the famous Irish international and captain of the Spurs 'double' side, as his successor, the directors took a gamble. Since his playing career ended in 1963 be bad been out of the game and working as a sports journalist. He simply loved football. He was a theorist who would expound his ideas to many an enthralled audience who might, or might not, he able to follow his reasoning. Certainly his players at Chelsea never responded to his rhetoric, or fully understood where he was trying to take them. Players moved out. Some like Bill Garner were pensioned off, others brought in cash to fill up the empty coffers, among them Steve Wicks and Kenny Swain who threw in their lot with Derby County and Aston Villa respectively. Blanchflower's recruits included Duncan McKenzie, a mercurial figure and brilliant artist with the ball, and Kamonn Bannon a Scottish half-back from Heart of Midlothian who, sadly, never settled into the Knglish game. And with Bonetti's 21-year Chelsea career finally over, his successor was the Yugoslav keeper Petar Borota. Brilliant one day, awful the next. Never consistent, he loved to entertain the crowd with his unique brand of showmanship and clowning. The Chelsea fans took him to their hearts, prepared to overlook his blunders and frequent disasters. Meanwhile, Chelsea managed a mere five League victories and their total of 20 points was a new, and unwanted club 'record'.

At City, Brian Kidd started the 1978-79 season in fine form with three goals in three games. The dependable Mike Doyle had moved on and was replaced by the £350,000 record signing Paul Futcher, from Luton. In November, Polish World Cup captain Kaziu Deyna signed from Legia Warsaw, for, according to Peter Swales, 'A small amount of cash, some typewriters and medical equipment. It was a strange signing! City had most success in the UEFA Cup that term. Drawn away in the first round first leg, Dave Watson scored a valuable away goal in a 1-1 draw with FC Twente Enschede. City won a tight return leg 3-2 for a 4-3 aggregate score. In round two, the Blues beat the Belgian side Standard Liege 4-0, a scoreline that could have been much closer had it not been for three goals in the last five minutes. Although Liege won 2-0 two weeks later, City had done enough to progress to a third round meeting with Italian giants AC Milan. Thick fog postponed the first game in the San Siro; instead of a Wednesday night, the game was played on a Thursday afternoon, and this reduced the noise level considerably for the home support. Amazingly Brian Kidd and Paul Power gave City a 2-0 lead and were on the verge of being the first British side ever to beat Milan at home. Milan then began to play their best football and had the ball in City's net five times. Fortunately for the Blues only two of them stood, the others all being ruled out for offside. The 2-2 was terrific for City and they also had the advantage of what could be crucial away goals. In the end away goals never entered the equation. Milan were overrun by the Blues in the return leg at Maine Road with goals from Booth, Hartford and Kidd (all in the first half) sealing a 3-0 victory. Since the days of Mercer and Allison when City had been the dominant force in Manchester football, the nearest they'd come since was in 1976-77 when they narrowly missed out on the title to Liverpool. In the words of Peter Swales, 'It was now time for the final push'. His plan was revealed in January when Malcolm Allison returned to the club as 'Coaching Overlord', primarily to work alongside manager Tony Book. Unfortunately it was a plan destined for failure and would eventually cost both men their jobs and the club a lot more into the bargain. Having been knocked out of the League Cup (albeit in the fifth round) by Southampton, the first indication of things to come was in an embarrassing fourth round FA Cup defeat at Shrewsbury - then of Division 3. Inconsistent league form followed and City finished 15th, their lowest position for 11 seasons, or put another way, their first season back after promotion from Division 2 in 1966-67. The UEFA Cup was the only way of securing a trophy, and in the quarter-final, played in March, City had the misfortune to be drawn against the strongest side in the tournament, Borussia Monchengladbach. A goal from Mike Channon in the first leg at Maine Road was later ruled out by a German equaliser which gave Monchengladbach the upper hand for the return leg. Eighteen year-old Nicky Reid made his debut in the first leg, the first of many shock changes Allison would make during his second spell at Maine Road. Reid played well enough to retain his place for the return leg, but unfortunately the Germans ran out 3-1 winners. City's late consolation goal was scored by Deyna and it is the club's last goal in Europe to date.

Manchester City Corrigan, Donachie, Power, Owen, Booth (R Futcher 35), P Futcher, Channon, Deyna, Kidd, Hartford, Barnes
Scorers Power 1st, P Futcher 38 Manager Tony Book
Chelsea 1 Peter Bonetti, 2 Graham Wilkins, 3 David Stride, 4 Ron Harris, 5 Micky Droy, 6 Steve Wicks, 7 Garry Stanley, 8 Duncan McKenzie, 9 Peter Osgood, 10 Tommy Langley, 11 Clive Walker
Scorers McKenzie 2nd, Osgood 75, Walker 79 Manager Danny Blanchflower

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Old Uefa Cup) 1965 1966 Milan Ac Chelsea

2nd March 1966

Milan, San Siro

Fairs Cup Round 3 (Playoff)
Attendance: 40,000

Referee: H Baumgartner

Without doubt, Chelsea were regarded as London's most glamorous football club in the bigining of the 1965-66 season, on the verge of realising that potential foreseen by Gus Mears and Frederick Parker in those long ago Edwardian days. Disappointingly, the team was never seriously in contention for the League championship, Liverpool maintaining a formidable lead from Christmas onwards, and a final sixth place was considered less than satisfactory. To prevent fixture congestion Chelsea made the decision not to defend their Football League Cup in view of qualification for European competition.

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was now more prestigious, and more highly organised, than when the Blues made an earlier brief appearance in 1958-59, with AC Milan, Barcelona, Standard Liege and Sporting Lisbon this time among the entrants. And immediately it caught the imagination and attracted large crowds. With 36,000 terrace spaces available at tour shillings (aop) and top-priced seats 15 shillings (75p), Chelsea's five home fixtures in that competition managed to bank over £100,000. AS Roma provided the first opposition, a 1-1 victory in the first leg at Stamford Bridge virtually deciding the outcome, this game including the sending off of Eddie McCreadie. Seeming not to be particularly significant at the time, the repercussions in Home a fortnight later were horrendous. Bottles, aimed at Chelsea players, were thrown on to the pitch, one of them hitting John Boyle, and after somehow holding out for a goalless draw their retreat to the airport was marked by further outbreaks of violence with the team coach, the primary target, suffering considerable damage.

After Wiener Sport-Club, from Austria, had been beaten in the second round, AC Milan were Chelsea's next opponents, a stunning goal from Osgood at The Bridge enabling the tie to be squared at 3-3, both teams winning their home fixtures, 2-1. With such unwanted intrusions as penalty shoot-outs unheard of in those days, it was back to the San Siro Stadium for the third instalment, skipper Ron Harris losing the toss for the right to stage the match. But 'Chopper' was never one to accept defeat lightly, and when an epic play-off, ending in deadlock at l-l, had still failed to separate the teams, Harris once more found himself in the guessing business. This time his correct call of'heads' may have provided an unworthy conclusion to a memorable five and a half hour contest, but at least most neutral observers made Chelsea winners on merit. Docherty's team were fast learners and rapidly becoming 'streetwise'.

TSV Munchen proved less of an obstacle, a 3-2 aggregate win providing a passport into the semifinal and a meeting with mighty CF Barcelona. Despite so much solid achievement and so much progress within the dub, rifts were beginning to appear between manager and certain players. Ven-ables had masterminded his own tactical plan for the team in Rome six months earlier, successfully using Marvin H in ton as 'sweeper' to protect Chelsea's three-goal lead, with Docherty completely unaware of such scheming behind his back. McCreadie had become disillusioned and was openly expressing his dissatisfaction, and Bridges, also, was none too happy after returning from England's close-season tour to find his club place in jeopardy. A two-goal deficit from the first semi-final leg in Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium was cancelled by a similar score in Chelsea's favour at The Bridge, both goals being attributed to Spanish defenders.

But, after again failing to guess correctly in the toss for choice of venue, the third chapter ended decisively 5-0 in Barcelona's favour. McCreadie, Venables and Bridges were, significantly, among the absentees. A month earlier Chelsea's FA Cup aspirations had again been halted in a Villa Park semi-final, 'underdogs' Sheffield Wednesday cantering home to a win, considerably easier than the score suggested. After the final whistle Docherty, unable to hide his feelings, was clearly furious. Chelsea's best team up to that time and, collectively, still some way short of their peak, was about to be broken up. Venables was transferred to Spurs, Britlges and Murray to Birmingham City, and George Graham departed to Arsenal. The dissatisfaction of others was, in some cases, temporarily hidden beneath the fallen masonry. Even so, the damage which such wanton destruction caused was never wholly to be restored.