Cambridge United 4-3 Chelsea (1969-70 Friendlies)

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1 May 1970	CAMBRIDGE UNITED	4 – 3	CHELSEA	Venue:. Abbey Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mr. J E Cooke
	Cruickshank Smethurst Boyle Gomes		Birchenall 44" Baldwin 70"

CAMBRIDGE UNITED: GK 1 R Slack RB 2 J Thompson LB 3 Grant RH 4 D Walker CH 5 T Eades LH 6 Slack OR 7 Horrey IR 8 Gregson CF 9 Lindsay IL 10 Cassidy OL 11 George Harris Substitutes: SB 12 Hardy SB 13 McKinven Manager: Bill Leivers

CHELSEA: GK 1 Alan Dovey RB 2 David Webb LB 3 Ron Harris RH 4 John Dempsey CH 5 Marvin Hinton LH 6 Tommy Baldwin OR 7 Charlie Cooke IR 8 Ian Hutchinson CF 9 Alan Birchenall IL 10 Peter Houseman IOL 11 Bobby Tambling Substitutes: SB 12 Paddy Mulligan SB 13 Manager: Dave Sexton

2nd. 45-minute match

CHELSEA RESERVES: GK 1 Keith Barker RB 2 Ian Delacourt LB 3 Tony Frewin RH 4 Joe Cruickshank CH 5 Derek Vaughan LH 6 John Boyle OR 7 Laurie Churchill IR 8 Derek Smethurst CF 9 Peter Feely IL 10 Bobby Tambling OL 11 Richard Gomes Substitutes: SB 12 SB 13 Manager:

CHELSEA: GK 1 RB 2 LB 3 RH 4 CH 5 LH 6 OR 7 IR 8 CF 9 IL 10 IOL 11 Substitutes: SB 12 SB 13 Manager: Dave Webb

Notes

This truly was “a game of 2 halves” or, more to the point, 2 games each of 45 minutes duration.
The day after this match Cambridge were due to play Margate, needing a victory to retain their Southern League Championship – something which they succeeded in doing – so their manager did not wish to risk his players for a full 90- minute match.
Accordingly after “half-time”, the Cambridge team consisted of their goalkeeper plus the Chelsea reserve players.
It is assumed that the "Chelsea" side was unaltered.
In effect, Chelsea beat Cambridge 1-0, in the first game and were beaten 4-2 by their reserves in the second game!
For this reason, this template is probably unique in this whole Wiki!

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