All done - I have completed the Stair Climbing Challenge at Stamford Bridge and have raised ยฃ393 for
@MindCharity
!
It was tough but great. Well done to the other participants and thank you to all the Mind staff and volunteers involved, they did an amazing job. ๐
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Being a
#Chelsea
fan does NOT mean that you support Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
I am a
#Chelsea
fan and I
#StandWithUkriane
as anybody with a heart and a conscience would do.
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@saulniguez
We are happy that you joined us, Saรบl. Your time at
#Chelsea
went too quickly and it would have been great to have you with us for longer. Good luck for the future. Once a blue, always a blue!
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Some David Speedie and Kerry Dixon for your Wednesday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans.
The definition of an iconic duo!
Have a lovely day.
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#CFCHeritage
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Here he is with his wonderful teammates Peter Houseman, Alan Hudson, Ian Hutchinson and Charlie Cooke. I love this photo!๐ธ
Have a great week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#CFCHeritage
A Thursday throwback for my fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐๏ธ
Kerry Dixon sitting on the shoulders of a fan after the club won the Second Division Championship. May 1984.
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Does anyone know who the fan is? maybe he is on Twitter! ๐ง
#CFC
#KTBFFH
#Chelsea
fans spending the night at Euston Station, waiting for the 1970 FA Cup victory parade which will start there the next day. ๐
Did anybody go to that parade? if so, I would love to hear your memories! ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
#FACup
A bit of Kerry Dixon for your Wednesday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans.
Photographed here with his teammates in the Directors Box after our 5-0 win over Leeds United. 28th April 1984.
Look at that crowd! were any of you there that day?
#ChelseaFC
#CFC
#CFCHeritage
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A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
This is a nice one - having a cup of tea with his mum, Ivy. ๐ซ
Have a great week. ๐
A big thank you to everyone who has read my post for my blog - Remembering Peter Houseman.
I wasn't expecting it to reach so many people and I am so glad that it has. I really appreciate all of the lovely comments and feedback. ๐
#Chelsea
#CFC
A bit of the lovely Peter
#Osgood
for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
The cheeky look on his face here! ๐
Have a wonderful week. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
I have had a really bad time at work lately and I handed my notice in today ๐ข
Fellow
#Chelsea
fans - please can you send me some GIFS to help cheer me up? ๐
Happy Birthday to the best football club in the world
@ChelseaFC
!
Established on the 10th of March 1905.
"Cheer us on through the sun and rain, 'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name."
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#Chelsea
#CFC
#KTBFFH
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans.
Looking good in yellow! ๐ธ
Have a wonderful week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
Here is a bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
He would have turned 75 this Sunday. Gone but never forgotten. ๐ผ
Have a great week. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Here he is at Stamford Bridge in 1992, with a few other former Chelsea players, for our match against Manchester City.
Have a great week. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
#StamfordBridge
Happy Birthday to Mason Mount, who turns 2๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ today! Born Mason Tony Mount in Portsmouth. He has been training at
#Chelsea
since he was six years old and made his senior debut for England in October 2019.
Have a great day, Mason! ๐๐๐
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Here he is with Ian Hutchinson on the opening night of their pub in Windsor, The Union Inn. Did anybody visit it during their tenure?
Have a great week. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
Peter Houseman, who played for
#Chelsea
between 1963 and 1975, died 47 years ago today at the age of 31 alongside his wife Sally and two friends, Allan and Janice Gilham.
I wrote this piece to remember Peter for my blog last year.
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The Chelsea v Bayern Munich Legends match yesterday was fantastic, and for an incredible cause.
I am sure that Gianluca was smiling down on us.
This rendition of 'Nessun Dorma' by Stuart Pendred just before kick off was really lovely.
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#Chelsea
#CFC
#Vialli
Here it is, the new post for my Little Blue Chelsea Blog - remembering the late Peter Houseman. โ๏ธ
I hope that you enjoy reading it - I would love to hear what you think. ๐
#Chelsea
#CFC
A bit of Gianluca Vialli for your Sunday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans.
I am sure that his is keeping watch over us from above. Very much missed, never forgotten.
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One for my fellow
#Chelsea
fans here....
I am watching 'The Italian Job' (1969) for the millionth time, and I have only just noticed that the van they used decorated supporting England has 'Osgood is good' written on the side!
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Some Kerry Dixon for your Sunday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐ธ
Do you think if we asked him really nicely he would come out of retirement? Asking for a friend! โบ๏ธ
Have a great day. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
As you can probably tell, I love tweeting about Peter Osgood! He was a fantastic player and a legend of our club who deserves to be remembered.
Have a great week. ๐
#CFC
#KYBFFH
A flashback for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐ธ
Doug Rougvie looking rather suave here! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Have a great week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
I love the fact that Dennis Wise and Roberto Di Matteo have been involved in the photo shoot and promotion for
#Chelsea
's 2023/24 home shirt.
Always great to see these two!
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Happy Birthday to former
#Chelsea
player Kerry Dixon, who turns 6โฃ1โฃ today! Born in Luton.
He signed for us in August 1983 and has scored the third highest amount of goals for our club (193 โฝ๏ธ). He also played for England.
Have a great day, Kerry! ๐๐๐
Happy Birthday to Kerry Dixon, who turns 6โฃ2โฃ today! Born in Luton.
Our third highest ever goal scorer, he signed for the club in 1983 from Reading and departed in 1992. He also played for England.
A fan favourite. Have a great day, Kerry!
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#Chelsea
#CFC
I took my friend Iwona to Stamford Bridge last night to support
@ChelseaFCW
. It was her first time there and she really loved it.
She doesn't support a particular team, but I am working on turning her into a
#Chelsea
fan!
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#CFCW
#UWCL
#CHEOL
Some Kerry Dixon for your Wednesday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐ธ
Which match was this and how many goals did Kerry score?
Have a great day! ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
Happy Thursday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. I hope that you are all well.
I will be writing a new post for my Chelsea blog before the end of the year and it will be all about this gentleman.
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#CFC
#KTBFFH
Happy Friday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans and happy 1st of March! ๐ธ
This is probably one of my favourite Chelsea photographs. ๐ธ
Some of these gentlemen are sadly no longer with us but the fans will always help to keep their memories alive. ๐
#CFCHeritage
#KTBFFH
Today marks 46 years since Peter Houseman died at the age of 31.
Peter, along with his wife Sally and their two friends Allan and Janice Gilham were killed in a car crash.
I wrote this blog to remember him.
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#Chelsea
#CFC
Some Kerry Dixon for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐ธ
Who is he shaking hands with? ๐ค
Have a wonderful week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
Thanks to my fellow
#Chelsea
fans for pointing out that the player in the photo is Kevin Wilson.
To make up up for me not knowing who he was, here is a tribute post to the man!
Born 18th April 1961, played for us between 1987 and 1992.
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Here is some of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Tuesday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans! ๐๐
Photographed here at Euston station in 1967, ready to travel with the rest of the team for their away match against West Bromwich Albion ๐
Have a great week! โบ๏ธ
#CFC
#KTBFFH
A photograph of the wonderful Jimmy Greaves to brighten up your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐ธ
Have a great week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Here he is with his wonderful teammates Charlie Cooke and John Hollins.
Have a great week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#CFCHeritage
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Here he is with some of his teammates - Peter Houseman, Alan Hudson and Eddie McCreadie recording 'Blue Is The Colour'.
Have a great week & please stay safe in this heat! ๐
#CFC
#CFCHeritage
#KTBFFH
I know that this needed to be done but it still makes me feel very sad. I really, really, really wanted it to work out for Graham
#Potter
at
#Chelsea
. ๐
He is a lovely man. Good luck to him for whatever the future holds. I am sure he will find a club that is a good fit.๐
Happy Saturday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans!
Have a great weekend, whatever you are doing, and let's hope for a good performance tomorrow!
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#CFC
#KTBFFH
Peter Osgood, the King of Stamford Bridge, sadly passed away on this day in 2006 at the age of 59.
Never forgotten. Rest in peace, Ossie.
Here he is having a cup of tea with his mum, Ivy.
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#Chelsea
#CFC
Happy Birthday to His Majesty King Charles III, who turns 75 today.
Born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his grandfather King George VI.
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The late Ian Hutchinson was born on this day in 1948 in Derby.
He played for the club between 1968 and 1976, later becoming a publican alongside Peter Osgood, and sadly passed away in September 2002 at the age of 54.
Rest in peace, Ian.
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#Chelsea
#CFC
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans.
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Here he is after winning the Evening News Sportsman of the Month award. ๐
Have a wonderful week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
As I am a proud half Scot, I thought it would be nice to create a thread to show appreciation for some of the lovely Scottish footballers who have played for/currently play for
#Chelsea
. Apologies for those I have missed out! Here we goโฆ.. ๐งต
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#CFC
#CFCHeritage
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Photographed here with Ron Harris and John Dempsey at a reception at the Old Town Hall in Chelsea to celebrate winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Have a great week. ๐
#CFC
#KTBFFH
The King of Stamford Bridge, Peter Osgood, passed away on this day in 2006 at the age of 59.
His statue adorns the West Stand entrance and was unveiled in October 2010 by his wife Lynn and Bruce Buck.
Never forgotten. Rest in peace, Ossie.
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#Chelsea
#CFC
Happy Saturday, everyone! โ๏ธ
I am on my way to Stamford Bridge to take part in the Stair Climb Challenge to raise money for Mind.
Have a great day, whatever you are doing. ๐งก
A bit of the lovely Peter Osgood for your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans. ๐
Here he is with John Terry. ๐ธ
Two much-loved figures. It is great to see players together from different generations.
Have a wonderful week and look after yourselves. ๐
#CFC
#CFCHeritage
When I see things like this, it makes me sad. I question how much the owners understand the significance of former players like Pat and why the fans respect and admire them so much. This club wouldn't be where it is today without them.
#Chelsea
Thank you once again to everyone who read and commented on my piece about the late Peter Houseman. ๐
I am open to suggestions for the topic of my next post - maybe a player or an era that is not written/talked about very often? โ๏ธ
#Chelsea
#CFC
#Chelsea
have announced their new manager: ME! ๐
I promise to work hard to turn around results and sort out the players with poor attitudes - I have a zero tolerance approach to dealing with it, so they had better watch out! No room for egos in my team! ๐๐
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Coming onto Twitter today, seeing all of the grief for this wonderful man and reading the tributes, it is easy to see how well loved and respected he was. A
#Chelsea
giant.
Rest in peace, Gianluca. There will never be anyone else like you. โฅ๏ธ
#RIPLegend
#GianlucaVialli
Closer ties between New Zealand & the UK is the obvious choice after Brexit.
Let's get CANZUK done!
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#nzpol
#ukpolitics
On my way to Stamford Bridge.
I thought thought that I would go for the Graham Potter black roll neck jumper look! โบ๏ธ
Hopefully see some of you there! ๐
#CHEZAG
#Chelsea
#CFC
#UCL
As Saturday was National Hugging Day, I thought that this photograph for my usual weekly Peter Osgood tweet would be appropriate! ๐ธ
Getting a big hug here from his teammate Alan Hudson (I think!)
Have a wonderful week and look after yourselves. ๐
#Chelsea
#CFC
#KTBFFH
A smile from the lovely Roberto Di Matteo to brighten up your Monday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans!
Have a great week and look after yourselves.
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#CFC
#KTBFFH
#CFCHeritage
Happy Mauricio Pochettino day, fellow
#Chelsea
fans!
New month, new manager. I am really looking forward to this new era, and I hope that you are as well!
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#CFC
#Pochettino
#KTBFFH
Happy Sunday, fellow
#Chelsea
fans! โ๏ธ
I will be writing a new post for my Chelsea blog at the end of the month. โ๏ธ๐
It will be all about this gentleman.......
I love Bollywood films/Hindi cinema and just watched the thriller 'Ittefaq' on Netflix with Sidharth Malhotra, Akshaye Khanna and Sonakshi Sinha.
It is brilliant! I would definitely recommend it if you are looking for a good film. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐งก