Without doubt my biggest interest is Chelsea Football Club. I have been a season ticket holder since the 1987/88 season and have now been regularly attending matches at Stamford Bridge for 30 years. So 'why Chelsea?' I hear you ask. Well, to say 'because I was born there' seems a rather vague reason. The statement is true however but it is not really a reason in itself is it? I guess the best answer to the question is quite simply that my dad started taking me regularly to watch Chelsea when I was a boy of 11 or 12. My dad is a Chelsea fan because his dad took him as a boy. So when I say Chelsea is in my blood it is probably as near as you can get. My first Chelsea hero was Steve Finnieston and his last game for the club was in April 1978. I am not sure what my first match was but I can remember seeing players like Graham and Ray Wilkins, Micky Droy, Ian Britton and Ray Lewington. I would say my first match was probably in about 1976.

Training Complex Cobham 18th March 2009	Didier Drogba	Nicholas Anelka

Chelsea FC invited me and the other fans forum representatives to their training complex in Cobham to view the facilities, watch the training and meet the players and management. We watched the players begin their training session and were then given a guided tour of the first team building while they were training and saw the gym, saunas and pools, the rest rooms and the canteen and were then taken across the road to view the Acadamy. We then watched the end of the training session and met the players and management. Each player stopped by each rep to sign footballs, programmes or whatever and for a photo. We then had a bite to eat in the press room and Guus Hiddink came in to answer any questions we had.
		Ashley Cole

John Terry	Frank Lampard	Michael Essien

Family of the Season 2008/09

L to R Ron Harris, Lee Perry, Terry Law, Clare Forrester, David Law, Joe Perry, Pam Law, myself, Laura Perry, Katie Perry, Louise Perry & David Harris	L to R Joe Cole, Carlo Cudicini, Terry Law, David Law myself & Stuart Law

As Chelsea's Family of the season 08/09 we were presented with an engraved silver plate (above right) at the museum re-launch on the evening of Thursday 25th September and received a signed shirt (on my lap, above left) on the pitch before the Aston Villa game on Sunday 5th October. We were subsequently invited by the club on a tour of Stamford Bridge in November. This included a visit to the museum where the pictures below were taken. For a more detailed write up including how my ataxia has effected my support of the club click here.

Domestic Cup Double 06/07	Back to Back Premiership Champions 04/05 & 05/06	193 goals for Chelsea then Kerry Dixons' lifetime highlight... he meets me in the pressroom at stamford Bridge! (June 07)

Stamford Bridge 2007

The picture to the left was taken from a helicopter on one of the most dramatic days of the clubs history. It was the day that Jose Mourinho left Chelsea Football Club. 20th September 2007 will go down in history... and not only because it was my 39th birthday! You can see Stamford Bridge towards the centre of the photo, with the gas works nearer the camera, the railway track to the right of the stadium (adjascent to the east Stand), the cemetry next to that and the Empess State Building (owned by the MoD) in the distance.

On Thursday 16th February 2006 Chelsea Football Club announced an intention to set up a Chelsea Disabled Supporters Association (CDSA) in order to improve the relationship between the club and its' disabled supporters. I subsequently applied to become a committee member of the CDSA and was selected a few weeks later. The formation of the CDSA was officially announced in a press conference at Stamford Bridge on 23th March 2006 and our first meeting with the Club was on April 24th. I feel honoured to be playing a part in Chelsea's exciting future and will be doing all I can to help the club improve facilities for disabled supporters at the club.

This picture was taken shortly after the 1997 FA Cup Final in which Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0. Pictured with me are my sister, mother and father.

I have a large collection of Chelsea programmes as you can see on the right. At the end of the 2010/11 season the collection consisted of 1629 programmes (plus 52 more on neutral grounds). Since World War 2, I now have the programme for every completed, competitive home match ever played by Chelsea's first team. I now also have all programmes for Chelsea matches played on a neutral ground. See a brakedown of programmes in the collection season by season. (Opens new Window)