From Charlie Cooke to Ernie Moss , legends of Chelsea and the Spireites.
Choosing Chelsea. The first mention of football in our house was Chelsea, surprising for a small village in mid-Derbyshire but it was the club of choice for my brother, Alan. It was the glory hunter in all of us that the Blues from Stamford Bridge were the team chosen. The 9 year old Alan checked who were top of the League before answering the question of “who do you support”. In that 1964/65 season Chelsea were chasing the treble of Championship, FA Cup & League Cup, it was the latter that they had to settle for with a 3-2 aggregate win over Leicester City. Chelsea's iconic Shed. Early leaders in Division 1, losing top spot after a 1-0 home defeat to Burnley at the end of October, they did regain the leadership in February but good runs in the FA Cup, reaching the Semi-Final and that League Cup win probably took some attention away from the title challenge. One win in the final 5 league games didn’t help as they dropped to 3rd and it would be another 40 years before they man