Redrascal2 Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 Two of my grandchildren were mascots for Chelsea on Friday versus Luton. Their Dad is a long time season ticket holder. I was reading the programme today and there was a nice piece in there commemorating Chris Garland. I never realised that he was in the squad that recorded "Blue is the colour". And as they said every time it is played at Chelsea, Chris can be heard. What a nice thought. 15 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 It was Chelsea's song for the '72 league Cup final against Stoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 23 minutes ago, Redrascal2 said: Two of my grandchildren were mascots for Chelsea on Friday versus Luton. Their Dad is a long time season ticket holder. I was reading the programme today and there was a nice piece in there commemorating Chris Garland. I never realised that he was in the squad that recorded "Blue is the colour". And as they said every time it is played at Chelsea, Chris can be heard. What a nice thought. As a kid Chris Garland was the primary reason I fell in love with City and idolised him so much I became a City & Chelsea fan when he moved , and ‘Blue is the colour’ , which I still have somewhere ,was the first record I ever bought Great memories all round 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 After the Ashton Gate 8 period, Chris and Geoff Merrick went to play in Hong Kong together, and were housed in an apartment about 8 stories up. If you read Geoff Merrick's autobiography, he tells the story of how one night Garland wanted to go out on the town but Merrick didn't so off Chris went, forgetting his front door key, so after Geoff had gone to bed, he heard a knocking on the window. Chris had climbed the 8 stories up to the room to be let in, but couldn't as there were bars on the window. He had to go all the way down again, with Chinese voices shouting at him. R.I.P to City legend. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 hours ago, Redrascal2 said: Two of my grandchildren were mascots for Chelsea on Friday versus Luton. Their Dad is a long time season ticket holder. I was reading the programme today and there was a nice piece in there commemorating Chris Garland. I never realised that he was in the squad that recorded "Blue is the colour". And as they said every time it is played at Chelsea, Chris can be heard. What a nice thought. Two days ago we said goodbye to Chris. You might like this... 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, spudski said: Two days ago we said goodbye to Chris. You might like this... Blimey, I'm glad OTIB (or the Derby equivalent) wasn't around then for the marking on that third goal! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 Loved Chris. City to the very core. Getting on the end of the goals against Liverpool was nuts. I was given special permission to be there as I was in “boarding school”. But the bloke wanted to pour forward against Coventry at 2/2 and Geoff had to tell him to shut the eff up and sit behind the half way line. Not so sure about his maths. Kids talk about legends because it’s a 21st century sound bite. This bloke was a bloody hero! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 13 hours ago, spudski said: Two days ago we said goodbye to Chris. You might like this... Listen to the roars of the crowd, and not just when the ball hits the back of the net. Fantastic atmosphere, exactly what attracted me to the game. You forget how good it used to be. Football matches are so much quieter now with a far slower tempo, far less excitement and crowd involvement, and all too often plain boring. You get the odd good game, but so much that made attending football matches special has gone now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Listen to the roars of the crowd, and not just when the ball hits the back of the net. Fantastic atmosphere, exactly what attracted me to the game. You forget how good it used to be. Football matches are so much quieter now with a far slower tempo, far less excitement and crowd involvement, and all too often plain boring. You get the odd good game, but so much that made attending football matches special has gone now. Yes...atmospheres were definitely better. As for the football...it's become diluted because we are saturated with it. You can watch it 24/7. Back then you couldn't. It was an occasion back then. Now it's just something we do. I've also spoken about it before...where sports becomes too perfect. Football at a higher levels is. It's the imperfections and mistakes that can make sport more exciting to watch for the spectator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, spudski said: Yes...atmospheres were definitely better. As for the football...it's become diluted because we are saturated with it. You can watch it 24/7. Back then you couldn't. It was an occasion back then. Now it's just something we do. I've also spoken about it before...where sports becomes too perfect. Football at a higher levels is. It's the imperfections and mistakes that can make sport more exciting to watch for the spectator. Before my time but my broad understanding was.. Something like. Big Match with Selected games and or Regional highlights. MOTD Major tournaments and obviously Home Nations Internationals live. The FA Cup final Odd selected European Cup game Odd live League game? That was your lot. Edited August 28, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Listen to the roars of the crowd, and not just when the ball hits the back of the net. Fantastic atmosphere, exactly what attracted me to the game. You forget how good it used to be. Football matches are so much quieter now with a far slower tempo, far less excitement and crowd involvement, and all too often plain boring. You get the odd good game, but so much that made attending football matches special has gone now. That is true in our memories but if you watch a lot of games from the 70s on YouTube it's striking how often the crowd is rather quiet. You can often hear individual voices in the crowd. Though Brian Moore was not compelled to apologise if we heard any bad language at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Before my time but my broad understanding was.. Something like. Big Match with Selected games and or Regional highlights. MOTD Major tournaments and obviously Home Nations Internationals live. The FA Cup final Odd selected European Cup game Odd live League game? That was your lot. Radio 2 would transmit European cup and European CWC games live. I remember huddling around a Robert’s in the late 60s and early 70s 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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