#LiverpoolAway 2014 - a thread #GerrardsSlip #DembaBa @Cfcaway @WeAre_TheShed @Chelsea_HQ
Story of my day....
Left Windsor at 7.45am feeling faithful that today is going to be a good day and Chelsea will get at least a result...
Story of my day....
Left Windsor at 7.45am feeling faithful that today is going to be a good day and Chelsea will get at least a result...
8.30am - stop at Oxford services and get some breakfast to settle our stomachs and stop us thinking about Gerrard scoring at the kop to win them the title... 🤮
We continue our journey, crack open our first beers and things are looking good...
We continue our journey, crack open our first beers and things are looking good...
9.15am - We get just past J11 on the m40 by Gaydon and the car conks out due to a dead battery. We call AA and get told we may have to wait up until 10.45 for someone to get to us. Things aren't looking good!
10.20am - Some strange looking brummy (had no interest in football) tells us it's not the battery, it's the alternator that's broke so we are completely f*cked now. He charges the car up but tells us we only have about 1 hours left of drive in it & we won't make it to Anfield.
10.55am - We hit the road again and decide to rent a car from @enterprisecares & we're still hopeful to make the game. We get told by them on the phone that they have one ready to drive away now in birmingham city centre so we put our foot down and try to get there ASAP.
11.35am - We get to Birmingham city centre enterprise only to be told they have no cars available and that the we should have been directed to the airport instead... We can’t believe it!
“If we make it to the game now, we're definitely going to win".
“If we make it to the game now, we're definitely going to win".
11.55am - We finally get to Birmingham airport to rent a car. We're told we can't get one in less we have a counterpart driving licence (which none of us have). Feeling defeated and pissed off, we try one more time and explain we're Chelsea fans trying to get to the big game...
To our delight, the lovely looking bird behind the counter decides to bend the rules and put it through anyway.
We fill out some paper and start to believe we can make it for at least the 20th minute...
No turning back now boys!
We fill out some paper and start to believe we can make it for at least the 20th minute...
No turning back now boys!
12.20pm - Depart from B’ham airport... Right, let's f*cking get a move on!!!
1.55pm - Miraculously we've made it. The streets are empty and we manage to find a space right outside the ground. We park it up, take down Chelsea scarf & and make a dash for it.
1.55pm - Miraculously we've made it. The streets are empty and we manage to find a space right outside the ground. We park it up, take down Chelsea scarf & and make a dash for it.
2.02pm - We get to our seats just as they finish singing YNWA... Absolutely perfect timing!
We look at the line up only to see we’ve put out a B team but after they journey we’ve had... We have a funny feeling we could park the bus and snatch a draw...
Come on Chelsea!
We look at the line up only to see we’ve put out a B team but after they journey we’ve had... We have a funny feeling we could park the bus and snatch a draw...
Come on Chelsea!
2.05 - First half...
Game starts decent and we stop Liverpool playing... Their usual 20 minutes of non stop attack is sucked up by Chelsea and we start to get into the game... 29th minute though and things turn shit again...
Game starts decent and we stop Liverpool playing... Their usual 20 minutes of non stop attack is sucked up by Chelsea and we start to get into the game... 29th minute though and things turn shit again...
...Our mate Phil is kicked out for 'foul and abusive language' by a jobsworth Scouse police officer...
Even though the entire away end is shouting and swearing.. If anything, Phil was probably the calmest of us all...
Even though the entire away end is shouting and swearing.. If anything, Phil was probably the calmest of us all...
Simon argues for a while but the police don't wanna know and threaten to kick all 5 of us out if we don't shut up, despite us all being sober, and doing nothing wrong...
But they won't have it and Phil is gone...
F*cked off and a man down we return to our seats..
But they won't have it and Phil is gone...
F*cked off and a man down we return to our seats..
Just after, Liverpool create a great chance and Sakho blasts over from close range... Phew!
Just approaching half time we're happy going in at 0-0...
But then...
Just approaching half time we're happy going in at 0-0...
But then...
Gerrard has done the unthinkable. Slipped after saying... “This does not slip”...
Anfield is stunned.
We erupt!
"Steven Gerrard... he's done it before!"
Anfield is stunned.
We erupt!
"Steven Gerrard... he's done it before!"
Half time finally comes despite the ref trying to play until they score...
The 3000 Chels are bouncing as a depressed Anfield tried to figure out what just happened...
In the concourse, I see a few more innocent Chelsea fans kicked out by the jobsworths we keep our heads down
The 3000 Chels are bouncing as a depressed Anfield tried to figure out what just happened...
In the concourse, I see a few more innocent Chelsea fans kicked out by the jobsworths we keep our heads down
3.10 - Second half...
Chelsea weather the early storm apart from a few desperate Gerrard efforts we still look solid.
30 to go!
20 to go!
10 to go!
This is pure Jose Shithousery. We love playing this way, the Chelsea way. Maybe our "B" team could actually pull this off..
Chelsea weather the early storm apart from a few desperate Gerrard efforts we still look solid.
30 to go!
20 to go!
10 to go!
This is pure Jose Shithousery. We love playing this way, the Chelsea way. Maybe our "B" team could actually pull this off..
Liverpool thrown men forward in a desperate attempt to equalise...
Just as I bite off my last finger nail, the next thing I know we're in injury time and a Chelsea counter attack leads to Torres bearing in on goal, one on one with Mignolet... Is this actually going to happen?!.
Just as I bite off my last finger nail, the next thing I know we're in injury time and a Chelsea counter attack leads to Torres bearing in on goal, one on one with Mignolet... Is this actually going to happen?!.
Surely it couldn’t... Could it? (We’ve seen this before)
Torres decides to do what's best for the team and plays it squares it to Willian to secure the win...
Jose runs down the touch line and the limbs in the away end are like nothing you’ve ever seen...
Jose runs down the touch line and the limbs in the away end are like nothing you’ve ever seen...
The ever so dim chorus of YNWA rings round anfield once more before the whistle goes...
That's it! We've done it! We've completely pissed on their party and it couldn't of happened any more perfectly!
To think, 1 hour and 45 before kick off we were still in Birmingham...
That's it! We've done it! We've completely pissed on their party and it couldn't of happened any more perfectly!
To think, 1 hour and 45 before kick off we were still in Birmingham...
And not only did we make kick off. We won the game!
Chelsea give it large to the scousers and especially the copper that kicked phil out earlier who looks a bit glum and depressed.
"Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league?"
Chelsea give it large to the scousers and especially the copper that kicked phil out earlier who looks a bit glum and depressed.
"Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league?"
As we get out the ground we try our best to avoid the trouble happening around us... This Scouse lot aren’t very happy with our new song... 
4.30pm - We make it back to the car and we find Phil who looks scared for his life! Poor lad couldn't find a pub that'd let him in, so watched the second half through a pub window whilst pretending to be a scouser.
8.00pm - after a day of ups, downs, shits and giggles! We return home with 3 priceless points and still a chance of our greatest season yet! Bring on Atletico.
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