The CSG are pleased to announce our ‘Christmas Giveaway’ winners for 2024
This festive season we will have given away two book prizes (as shown below) to our two winners. Many thanks to the two authors for supplying the prizes, Mark Worrall (@gate17marco) and Tim Rolls (@tim_rolls)
Those winners were drawn from a hat today by the head of Chelsea FC Supporter Liasion, Mike Cornall
The two winners are:
Current CSG Members: Keith Chambers (“Chelsea: The First Time”)
New CSG Members: Paula Verden (“Double, Double, Double”)
These prizes will be forwarded to the winners in the near future once personally signed and recieved from the authors.
Many congratulations to them and, thank you all for your entries this festive season.
Keep a look out for the New Year 2025 competition coming soon.
‘Givaway One’ (New CSG Members)
“Double Double Double”:
In the history of English football only eight clubs have managed to win both the top-flight league title and FA Cup in the same season, Chelsea is one of them. Featuring a kaleidoscope of colourful characters, controversy, high drama, a glut of goals, and a whole lot of love, ‘Double! Double! Double!’ tells the story from a supporter’s perspective of the 2009-2010 season when the Blues achieved this notable feat.
Ahead of the campaign, as author Mark Worrall enthuses about the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as Chelsea manager and following the team over land and sea, he receives the unexpected news he is to become a father for the first time! Suddenly there is more to life than football to consider. Sacrifices will have to be made, but temptation is never far away.
As excitement builds at home, at Stamford Bridge, and beyond, details of every Chelsea game are woven into the fabric of Mark’s rapidly changing world as he shares his experiences juggling parenting with keeping the blue flag flying high.
‘Double! Double! Double!’ is a gloriously unpredictable, emotional rollercoaster ride that will keep you strapped in from the first page to the last.
(You can purchase this new book direct from Amazon here in time for Christmas)
‘Giveaway Two’ (Current CSG Members)
“Chelsea: The First Time”:
This new book from Tim is due to be launched by the end of November so you can be one of the first to get a copy!
‘Chelsea: The First Time’ contains the first-game memories of over 200 Chelsea supporters. The earliest dates back to 1951, the latest is from 2019.
Some are utterly hilarious, others deeply moving. Memories of a time gone by, of relations and friends no longer with us. Of a very different Stamford Bridge, of a very different atmosphere and crowd make-up.
The matches. 13-0 and 7-0 victories. 7-1 defeats. Glorious comebacks. Abject surrenders. Tedious draws.
The stars. Roy Bentley. Jimmy Greaves. Bobby Tambling. Peter Osgood. Charlie Cooke. Alan Hudson. Ray Wilkins. Kerry Dixon. Pat Nevin. Ruud Gullit. Gianluca Vialli. Gianfranco Zola. John Terry. Frank Lampard. Didier Drogba. Eden Hazard. Fran Kirby.
Packed tube trains and buses. Being parked outside the pub with a bottle of pop while dad drank with his mates. Streets packed with spectators, an entirely new experience for wide-eyed youngsters. Vendors selling hot dogs, peanuts, rosettes and programmes. The smell of fried onions, unsavoury toilets, horse sh*t and cigarette smoke. The turnstiles. The packed (or not so packed) terracing. The first sight of the pitch. The players. The match itself (often a blur). The journey home. The company of family and friends.
The memories combine to give a wonderful impression of what watching Chelsea was like for impressionable youngsters over a period of nearly 70 years.
(You can purchase this new book direct from Ebay here in time for Christmas)
‘Chelsea Supporters Group’ can also be found on ‘X’ and Facebook
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