Chelsea Stadium Tour - 30th March 2016

Today I went on the Chelsea Football stadium tour.

Waking up the next morning after Wembley.  Still proudly wearing my scarf.

Breakfast time.

Time for a tour of Chelsea Stadium.

But I'm not a Chelsea fan!

First the museum.

Models of  the current and new stadium.

The trophies.

Not as many as Manchester United!

Testing my reaction times.

More trophies.

Jose Mourinho.

Testing my shooting  skills.

How the seats were in the old days.

Willian or William?

Part of the winning team, last years league champions.

Our first look at the pitch.  From the Matthew Harding stand.

In the press room.

Talking to the media.  Where the man of the match is given his bottle of champagne.  There are lots of dents on the wall from the corks flying out.

In the away changing rooms.  

The legends have all sat here.

Johan Cruyff.

The home changing rooms.  John Terry's locker.  The one with the club logo used to be Frank Lampard's.

Everybody has their picture on their locker.

Down the players tunnel to the pitch.

The heaters are repairing the grass.

The Away bench.

Can you see the curve of the pitch?

The Home bench.

The stadium seems very small and square, compared to watching on the television.

Now at the famous Shed end (named after where the greyhounds used to be between races).  The stands are so close to the pitch now, that there is no space for a run up when players are taking a corner.

Look at the size of this shop, two floors.

This is what I bought.

A programme playing against the best team.

I told our tour guide at the end of the tour, 'I enjoyed the tour, but I will never be a Chelsea fan'!

Here's my souvenir ticket and lanyard.