viv_andersons_nana
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Boro haven’t won at Stamford Bridge since March 1975. In my lifetime, we’ve never won there. The last time we kept a clean sheet there I was 8 months old - I was glued to the wireless, obvs, as we battled to a 0-0 draw in September 1983.
We’ve played there 59 times since 1907 and won 5 times. 4 of those wins were in 1912, 1926, 1933 and 1938.
We’ve only managed to draw 13 of the 59 matches. If my maths are correct we’ve lost roughly 78% of our games at Stamford Bridge in 117 years of travelling there.
It’s not exactly a lucky ground for Boro. This is before you factor in the gulf in budgets, quality, experience levels, the missing players, etc.
It was going to take a massive, massive effort to not get well beaten tonight. The difference tonight is that Chelsea took the presentable chances they created - or were presented with in some cases - whereas in the first leg they didn’t and we caught them out. We then sat in, kept our shape, defended resolutely and occasionally rode our luck.
It obviously hurts to lose a game of football 6-1 and concede poor goals but it was a mammoth task to begin with.
We can now focus on winning the playoffs and winning promotion… and seeing what happened tonight happen 3 weeks in every 4
We’ve played there 59 times since 1907 and won 5 times. 4 of those wins were in 1912, 1926, 1933 and 1938.
We’ve only managed to draw 13 of the 59 matches. If my maths are correct we’ve lost roughly 78% of our games at Stamford Bridge in 117 years of travelling there.
It’s not exactly a lucky ground for Boro. This is before you factor in the gulf in budgets, quality, experience levels, the missing players, etc.
It was going to take a massive, massive effort to not get well beaten tonight. The difference tonight is that Chelsea took the presentable chances they created - or were presented with in some cases - whereas in the first leg they didn’t and we caught them out. We then sat in, kept our shape, defended resolutely and occasionally rode our luck.
It obviously hurts to lose a game of football 6-1 and concede poor goals but it was a mammoth task to begin with.
We can now focus on winning the playoffs and winning promotion… and seeing what happened tonight happen 3 weeks in every 4