Right... first of all sorry for not getting this up last night. Got home at about 8.15pm and tbh wasn't in the best of states to write a report on the day! Met my mate in Birmingham at about 10 and got to the away pub for 10.30. Loads of Chels were in there and by 11 it was rammed with beer flying everywhere and people going mental... Caught up with loads of people which was good and just generally had a top time before heading to the match. My mate was chucked out of the pub though for taking a piss in the ladies toilets as the queue for the mens was too long! Even the police laughed at that when he told them! Was 'kin hilarious! Here's a video I took of our fans chanting in the pub: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bivkyQihN3M So as my mate was chucked out we got into the ground 25 minutes before kick off. We had sold out the 3000 allocation and Villa had sold all their tickets too for the first time this season so it was bound to be a cracking atmosphere! Benteke got the early goal for Villa... Cue smoke bombs to our right as they celebrated and started with all the usual 'Yippee aye eh' bollocks and the '**** support my lord, **** support' followed by 'cockney scum my lord, cockney scum'... Yeah yeah very funny. We all appreciated the Petrov 19th minute applause. Proper footballer and a great guy and I wish him all the best. Ramires got a booking for a late foul on Benteke and just before half time he got another.. It was clear to see he was gunna get sent off as he had made some earlier challenges as well. It was a poor first half. One of the worst with only Lampard hitting the post anything to note from us. Oh and Ba one on one with the keeper. We were very impressive in the second half though. Luiz changed the game when he came on. Benteke got rightly sent off and Lamps equalled the record soon after to cue mad scenes in the away end. He's finally done it and we were chuffed for him! Both teams were then finding each other out for the next 25 minutes while there was a ferocious atmosphere inside the ground from both sets of fans. Terry went off on a stretcher and the Villa fans mocked him. They mock a player on a stretcher while we respect their captain... ****ing twats of the highest order. Then the moment which I'll never forget. Hazard playing a lovely one two with Cole to cross the ball for Lamps to get goal 203 and break the record. At a league footie match, at 19 years old, I've never seen celebrations like it. Lamps ran to the away end, fell to his knees, the players jumped on him, loads of Chelsea fans ran onto the pitch in a pitch invasion... We were near the back of the lower tier but seats were flying everywhere, people falling down 3 rows... Mental scenes... ****ing brilliant. Some fans got nicked for the celebrations as police stormed the away end but we didn't care quite frankly. It was nuts. Here is a video I took of us celebrating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRXRMgJLAqc At the final whistle the whole team came over to the away end but there was only one man who took the spotlight. The moment when Lamps was held high on Cech's shoulders... It was very emotional and fans admitted to tears in their eyes. What a legend. He adores this club. He adores us fans and we adore him. We stayed in the ground to celebrate a while longer before everyone went to their different pubs to continue the celebrations and champions league footie was confirmed. On the train back to Birmingham the Chelsea fans were singing non stop and again in the pubs. This is my last domestic away game for about a year and a half as I go to China for my uni course and what a game to leave on. One of the best ever. The fans were ****ing class and Villa fans were saying they have never seen a set of fans go as mental as we did. The pitch invasion was awesome. Words can't really describe the mental scenes tbh. Everyone got ****ing hooned and yeah... What a day. Lampard... well deserved 203 goals. You are Chelsea legend.
Thanks Bucks always a good read . Its also great that at your age you are now experiencing for 'real' all those great match day feeling many of us have had in the past, there's nothing like it eh and it shows in what and how you write. Mind you I never did the pub at 10.30am bit lol. I do think the Chelsea supporters need to dig out some of the old songs, or make new ones though as we only seem to hear a few same ol' chants, repeated lines etc. What happens now the 'Champs of europe' one will be outdated. (well just for a short while ) Good luck in your Uni course, what will you be studying in China ?
Good story BB! Happy days! Always used to love my trips to Villa Park! Always remember getting off a coach when we had an FA Cup semi there and it parked outside the players entrance where the Chelsea coach turned up! Ken Bates who was on board got out and the windy conditions blew his hair all over the place! He said to my group "has anyone got a comb they could led me?" and I gave him mine! Weren't any fleas in it afterwards either!
Yeah this was a bit of a mental one as it was the last domestic one of the season! Saw loads of mates there and a top group of us went which made it a top day. There is a good group of us that go now and that I've got to know through going to the away games this season and it makes away days ****ing brilliant! I study Chinese and Spanish at uni so Im going to Shanghai in September for 8-9 months to study at Shanghai Uni...
Aha no fleas!? Shock horror! Yeah it was a nuts day mate.. Last domestic one of the season and everyone in party mode. Got smashed, had a great time... Was mental.. 2nd best this season as a day out for me
I had planned to go but in the Villa end as I live next to the ground (literally). Family stuff popped up though so had to go back to London at around 6am.
Gutting mate... You missed a cracker! Could have joined in in the celebrations in the various pubs afterwards!
Went there before the game and for a pint after before then heading into Birmingham city centre... The video I posted in the original post was of us in the Witton Arms.. Went mental in there
