The follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Kings of the King's Road: The Great CHelsea Team of the 60s and 70s, this goes back in time to the 1980s when Stamford Bridge was a crumbling wreck of a stadium. Yet, despite one financial crisis after another and the threat of property developers moving in, relegation to the Second Division and hooliganism on the crumbling terraces, it is an era still fondly remembered by Chelsea fans. Batty has tracked down the players and the fans who remember this troubled era with affection and the result is a colourful trip down memory lane.
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The follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Kings of the King's Road: The Great CHelsea Team of the 60s and 70s, this goes back in time to the 1980s when Stamford Bridge was a crumbling wreck of a stadium. Yet, despite one financial crisis after another and the threat of property developers moving in, relegation to the Second Division and hooliganism on the crumbling terraces, it is an era still fondly remembered by Chelsea fans. Batty has tracked down the players and the fans who remember this troubled era with affection and the result is a colourful trip down memory lane.
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