See all the
players'pictures and League career totals on Nigel
Mercer's site at
FKS 1970-71 - Chelsea
Chelsea
with the F.A. Cup 1970
Chelsea came into the 1970-71 season as F.A.Cup holders.
They had snatched victory from Leeds after extra time in
a thrilling replay at Old Trafford. This win reversed
their Cup Final defeat to Spurs in 1967, and the team
went on to win their first European trophy, the Cup
Winner's Cup, in 1970 -71.
This along with the
League Cup win in 1965 show that this was a golden era
for Chelsea, but there was a sense that the team never
fully exploited it's potential. Teams always seemed to
break up at the point when it should have been maturing,
and by the mid-Seventies and Eighties, the club straddled
between the top two divisions with uncertainty.
The set of players
here contains three future managers who tried to restore
the club to the success they had enjoyed themselves:
Eddie McCreadie, John Hollins, and David Webb. Only John
Hollins succeeded - winning the Full Members' Cup in 1986
... OK so he failed, too.
Arsenal v Chelsea in
1974-75 season was my very first ever game. I wanted
Arsenal to win because my sister, Elise, used to tease me
relentlessly that she was a Chelsea fan. And the game
Dixon (see The Kerry Dixon Homepage) scored a hatrick against Leeds
to secure promotion to the top division in 1984, was the
closest I've been to being a victim to football violence.
But any Leeds fan who remembers this Seventies era will
consider the Chelsea game a Cup Final re-match, hence I
now hold a grudging respect for the club.
In recent years
Chelsea have finally superceded the success of this 70s
side. There was the European Cup Winners' Cup win in
1998, the Super Cup in 1999, the FA Cup wins in 1997 and
2000, and the League Cup win in 1998. But it is the new
found wealth of Roman Abramovich, which has seen Chelsea
become the new Man U.
Fifty years after the
first League Championship win the club won back to back
Premiership titles in 2005 and 2006, reached back to back
Champions League Semi Finals in 2004 and 2005, and are
now the favourites to win every competition they enter.
So far though, the only the only double they have won is
the League and League Cup in 2005.
See the results
from Chelsea's 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup
Campaign
Manager : Dave Sexton
46. Tommy Baldwin.
Born : Gateshead, 10
June, 1945.
47. Peter Bonetti.
 Click to see more information on Peter
Born : Putney, 27
September, 1941.
See 'My
Career at Chelsea' by Peter Bonetti written in 1971.
See about the band
named after Peter at Bonetti
Where are they now ? :
See Peter's own page
48. John Boyle.
Born : Motherwell, 25
December, 1946.
Where are they now ? Richard
Whitehead
49. Charlie Cooke.
Born : St. Monance
(Fife), 14 October, 1942.
Releases a book The Bonnie Prince: Charlie Cooke - My Football Life, see
Spring 2007 News and Books
50. John Dempsey.
Born : Hampstead, 1946.
51. Ron Harris. Click to see a picture of Ron.
 Born : Hackney, 13 November, 1944.
Played : 1961-83 Chelsea,
Brentford.
Chelsea League
appearances : 655 games (current Chelsea record), 13 goals.
Career League
appearances : 716 games, 13 goals. (See 700+
Club)
Where are they now ? :
See January 2000 Where are they now ?
52. Marvin Hinton.
Born : Norwood, 2
February, 1940.
Where are they now ? Richard
Whitehead
53. John Hollins.
Born : Guilford, 16
July, 1946.
Where are they now ?
See profile at SWANSEA CITY FC - Profile of
Hollins
Now that Hollins is
sacked from Swansea, I have archived this profile at July 2000 News
Swansea City
Champions see May, 2000 News
Swansea City
relegated again, see April 2001 News
Sacked from Swansea
City, see September 2001 News
Appointed manager
of Rochdale, see December 2001 News
Out of contract
with Rochdale, see July 2002
John becomes
Caretaker manager of Stockport County, see September 2003
Steps down as
Caretaker manager, see October 2003
Commentator on
Radio 5, see March 2004
Becomes assistant
manager of Raith Rovers, see Summer 2004
Leaves Raith
Rovers, 25 September, 2004
Takes over
Conference National side, Crawley Town, 23 November
2006
Sacked by Crawley
Town of Conference National, 30 October 2006
Career 1999- : 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2005-2006, 2006-2007.
See Sons and
Daughters: Sons, Brother, and see Email May 2006
See Commentators
See Frozen in Time
On other sites see...
Nigel Mercer's
tribute to John Hollins
54. Peter Houseman.
 Click to see pictures and more
information on Peter
Born : Battersea, 24
December, 1945. Died, 1977.
55. Alan Hudson.
Born : Chelsea, 21
June, 1951.
Further links on this
site, see...
See Alan's Chelsea fashion ...
Alan was featured
in a 'FourFourTwo' Action Replay article, see December 2001 News
Alan was awarded a
dodgy goal in 70-71, see Email Winter 2004
See Books
For links on other
sites see...
See ArseWEB presents... Alan
Hudson
(Alan did have a
regular column for the www.stokecity.co.uk site, but this has now
ended.)
56. Ian Hutchinson.
Born : Derby, 4 August,
1948. Died 19 September, 2002
See about Ian's
long throw-in at News
Ian wore white
football boots, see Football Boots: Hummel
Ian's 1970 Cup
Final (black Addidas) boots sell for 920 pounds on
ebay, see Autumn 2005
See Obituary
57. Eddie McCreadie.
Born : Glasgow, 15
April, 1940. Died, 1 March 2006.
58. Peter Osgood. Click to see a picture of
Peter.
 Born : Windsor, 20 February,
1947.
See Chelsea Legends - The Official
Peter Osgood Website
59. David Webb.
Born : Stratford, 9
April, 1946.
See August
2000 Where are they Now ?,
See
Appointed Southend United manager, see October
2000 News.
Resigns as
Southend United manager, see October
2001 News
Becomes
Caretaker manager at Southend United, see November
2003
David buys
Yeovil Town from Jon Goddard-Watts 29 December 2005,
takes over as Chief Executive
David
resigns as Chief Executive of Yeovil Town, 20
February 2006
David sells
his 92 per cent share of Yeovil Town to John Fry, 22
June 2006
Career
2001- See 2001-2002, 2005-2006
On other sites try ...
David Webb and David Webb Interview - 11th
March 2000
60. Keith Weller.
Born : Islington, 11
June, 1946. Died 12 November, 2004.
Other links on this
site include...
See Keith's dodgy
World of Soccer Stars picture at Emails July 2001
See Obituary
On other sites see...
England Players - Keith
Weller
Further Squad players included in Rothmans
1970-71
Joe Cruickshank
Ian Delacour
Alan Dovey
Peter Feely.
Anyone know where
Peter is now ? See February Where...?
Yes ... see March 2003
A. Frewin
Stewart Houston: future Manchester United
regular and Scottish cap.
See Takes charge at
Tottenham Hotspur, 15 April 2000.
Left Spurs, August 2001
Has one month at
Walsall (and quick career review), September 2002.
Tommy Hughes
Moved to Aston
Villa in
June 1971.
Patrick 'Paddy' Mulligan: capped 50 times for the
Republic of Ireland, whilst at Shamrock Rovers, Chelsea,
Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion.
Derek Vaughan
Additional Players ...
(Listed in the Official
Handbook as 'Permit Players')
Richard Gomes
Derek Smethurst
Players who arrived at
Chelsea in the 1970-71 season include...
John Phillips who
arrived from Aston Villa £25,000 in August 1970
Additional Staff
(Listed in the Official
Handbook)
Secretary: John
Battersby
Head Trainer: Harry Medhurst
Assistant-Trainer: Tony Green
Assistant Team-Manager: Ron Suart
Assistant Trainer: Norman Medhurst
(Youth Section)
Manager: Ken Shellito
Trainer: Dick Spence
London Representative: Eddie Heath(Listed in the Official
Handbook as 'Permit Players')
Try these Chelsea Links
...
Click to see A&BC Gum
Cards
plus all the details of the 1970-71 Chelsea season at:
Nigel Mercer's Galleries of English Football Cards
1965-75
Click to see Chelsea 70-71 autographs at Lennart
Kristiansson's site:
English Football League
70-71 Autographs
The Official Chelsea FC Website - Home Page
Be sure to visit the
site's gallery at Official Chelsea FC Website
Picture Gallery
An interesting new 60s
and 70s site can be found at http--members.lycos.co.uk-chelsea60s_70s-index2.html
Note: Birth information and League career
statistics from:
"The PFA Premier and Football League Players'
Records 1946-1998"
Edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman. Lennard Queen
Anne Press, 1998.
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