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1 goalkeeper and 10 players in blue shirts playing the best football you could ever see......! What game am I watching I hear you ask....? Maybe I should ask my friend VT'er and huge Chelsea fan whitecliff ;-)
Stamford Bridge officially opened on 28 April 1877. For the first 28 years of its existence it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletic Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not for football at all. In 1904 the ownership of the ground changed hands when Mr H A (Gus) Mears and his brother, Mr J T Mears, obtained the deeds, having previously acquired additional land (formerly a large market garden) with the aim of establishing a football team there on the now 12.5 acre site.
Initially the stadium was offered to Fulham FC to play there, they turned down the chance and so instead a new side, Chelsea FC, was born in 1905 and moved into the new Stamford Bridge stadium. Leave a Comment Theme: Sports WatchingAddress: Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HSPhone: 020 7385 5545Directions: By Train: The nearest tube station is Fulham Broadway on the District Line, take a train to Earls Court and change for Wimbledon bound trains.Website: http://www.chelseafc.co.uk
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London does not have the reputation as a 'footballing town' in the way that Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle do, but there is quite a range of professional football teams in the Capital for you to see the beautiful game in all it's glory.
This is Sourbuggers' indispensible guide. It deals in well-worn cliches, sterotypes and and generalisations.
ARSENAL : Top of the food chain. Commonly referred to as 'boring, boring Arsenal'. Despite their supposed style of play, it has not prevented them picking up most of the Premiership titles and Cups over the past few years.
Their great rivals are Tottenham in London and Man U in the Premiership. Virtually impossible to get a ticket.
CHELSEA : Currently (DEC 2004) beating everybody in sight after the Russian oil tycoon spent millions and millions on assembling an all-star team. But what happens when Roman gets bored with his plaything ? Based in west London, tickets are the most expensive in the Premiership - and again like Golddust.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR : They may win the FA cup every 10 years or so, but this Premiership teams have been perennial under-achievers for along time now. They change their manager about once every three weeks.
FULHAM : A once mighty club (in the 1960's) who dropped right down the pecking order. Now a team with Harrod's millions behind them who can give the bigger boys a good run for their money.
WEST HAM : Again a team living off past glories, but the Upton Park faithful still support their team in their weekly uphill struggles.
CHARLTON : Suprisingly, a Premiership outfit. Based south of the river they are perhaps better known in recent years for their epic political battle to bring football back to 'The valley'
CRYSTAL PALACE : A south London outfit again. Their supporters sing "Oh South London, Oh South london, It's full of T*ts, F***y and Place, Oh south London is wonderful". Avoid.
MILLWALL : Their supporters have a 'boisterious' reputation. Maps of London where their ground is (the New Den) are marked 'There be dragons'.
QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS : West London underachievers. Rivals of Fulham.
WATFORD : Almost Yorkshire to most Londoners. Used to have Elton John as the Chariman. Strugglers.
LEYTON ORIENT, BRENTFORD, BARNET Somewhere down the football food chain just below plankton.
WIMBLEDON : Thankfully. they no longer exist, as the crazy gang have moved to Milton Keynes to become the MK Dons.
Tickets are easier to get the further you move down the professional leagues. Leave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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