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Tim Rolls

@tim-rolls.bsky.social
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Legacy Chelsea supporter. CST member. CPO shareholder. cfcuk scribe. Park Runner. Walking footballer. New book 'Chelsea: The First Time' out now on eBay and Amazon. t.co/LyGdRxHvea

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Wow. On Tuesday 107 MPs met frontline sewage campaigners, including those featured in Channel 4’s 'Dirty Business', to hear directly about their experience and what needs to change. Campaigners, including prominent figures like Feargal Sharkey, had one clear message: it’s time for public ownership.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Due on BBC Radio London at c18.20 to discuss Chelsea issues. No shortage of topics. As ever.
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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
#StopKillingHorses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup race ends with third death this week
Envoi Allen, due to retire after this week, collapsed on the walk back to the stables.
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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
They should put a monkey on the £50 note and a pony on the £10 note to confuse the hell out cockneys.
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eddiemacbawa.bsky.social @eddiemacbawa.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I am once again fundraising and helping organise 2026 Big Stamford Bridge Sleep Out at ChelseaFC. I am fundraising for Barons Court Project and Stoll Foundation. Please check out my Just Giving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/mark-me...
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The Big Stamford Bridge Sleep Out 2026
Help mark meehan raise money to support The Stoll Foundation
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Only Sky Sports show more Darts than BBC Four #totp
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Given that Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Robbie Williams & Oasis have all played Knebworth, I suspect that Kenny & Mungo Jerry (who made a couple of great records but 5 years earlier) may've struggled to match their ticket sales, despite appearances by Gerry Francis, Leonard Parkin & Damsel Of The Day...
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The Chelsea Podcast @chelseapodcast.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
ARSENAL PREVIEW: Chas., @robertrea.bsky.social and @tim-rolls.bsky.social look forward to the big match on Sunday - and surprisingly, it's not all negativity.... #CFC #ChelseaFC #TheChelseaPodcast #KTBFFH open.spotify.com/episode/1GY7...
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The Arsenal (away 25/26) Preview
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The Chelsea Podcast @chelseapodcast.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NEW EPISODE: Chas. and guest host @robertrea.bsky.social are joined by CST member and author of numerous Blues-related books Tim Rolls to discuss last weekend's disappointment against Burnley. #CCF #ChelseaFC #ktbffh open.spotify.com/episode/41Uv...
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The Dubai-abolical Episode
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
49 years ago tomorrow Chelsea, backed by thousands of exuberant supporters, travelled to Bolton for a crucial Division Two promotion clash. Here are my memories of that eventful and chaotic day, in a piece for Chelsea Heritage Partnership. www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/a-long-...
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A Long Life (Or Six) And A Lively Day In Bolton
Saturday 26th February 1977. Another Saturday, another away trip. This time a long haul by train to Bolton, fellow promotion chasers. Chelsea were top of Division Two but had only won one game since N...
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Julia Childs @juliachilds.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Local authority adult education ‘leisure’ classes were cut or had massive price increases. It was impossible to objectively measure societal impact but those of us in the sector knew that the weekly art class or sewing group improved wellbeing. I’m sure that those connections helped save the nhs £.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
gofund.me/b30a2c9d2 Many of you'll have known Adam (Valky) Walczak, a lifelong CFC supporter, avid badge collector & a genuinely lovely guy. If so, you'll have been as shocked as I was to hear of his tragic, sudden death. This crowdfunder is to support his wife Agata & their three girls.
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Donate to In Memory of Adam Walczak - Supporting Agata and the Girls, organized by Chris Hall
Tragically, on 9th February, we lost our much-loved and admired … Chris Hall needs your support for In Memory of Adam Walczak - Supporting Agata and the Girls
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davidcamburn.bsky.social @davidcamburn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This week’s reading is a re-read of this excellent book from @tim-rolls.bsky.social Remembering the great Eddie McCreadie #Chelsea #BookSky
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
CPO AGM this afternoon. I doubt it will be as volatile or far-reaching as the 2011 one, but hopefully will still be of interest.
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gillybee66 ⭐⭐ @gillybee66.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Update from the Chelsea Supporters Trust
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Chelsea have seriously missed a trick today. Surely they could have sold a 'Hand Maresca his P45' package for at least £20,000? Package to include a private moment with the sacked manager, as well as a bowl of finger food and access to an exclusive cash bar.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
E-mail from the club about the Napoli trips. "This trip offers a refined way to cheer the Blues on" We are in Basil Fawlty 'no riff-raff' territory here
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Happy birthday to home and away stalwart @martinwickham.bsky.social . Have a good one, Martin
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Unsure how many fans the problem re non-arrival of Cardiff tickets affects. If you, E-mail tickets@chelseafc.com before 1200 tomorrow & give yr supporter number, type of ticket (eg U16, senior), lead booker & name of supporter collecting. You'll need Photo ID when collecting from Cardiff tkt off
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The only Black Friday that actually has any relevance youtu.be/h3Pw4t_Falo?...
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STEELY DAN "Black Friday" 1975 HQ
YouTube video by Larry Hinze
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Topper @topperuk.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Airport police say that the number of people smuggling helium balloons into their luggage is under control. But cases continue to rise.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I will be at the cfcuk stall opp FB tube from c1730-c1915 this evening with a limited quantity of my new book 'From Soviet Banners To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971'. £10 a copy. If you can't get there tonight it is available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6
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From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971. | eBay UK
An epic and utterly chaotic friendly against Moscow Dynamo, a few months after WW2 ended, whereSoviet Bouquets were presented to bemused Chelsea players, really caught the public imagination.Shed Bann...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out. It covers incident-strewn European adventures from Moscow Dynamo 80 years ago to Athens triumph in 1971. Victories, defeats, controversies & much more. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p.
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Pardon our interruption...
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Instead of Secret Santa, we're doing something similar but for colleagues' kids this year. I've been paired with a chap who always speaks over me. I'm getting his kids glitter and glue. I hope they love it.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
80 years ago CFC played Moscow Dynamo in an epic friendly. My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out now. Beginning with that Dynamo game, it ends 26 years later in Athens triumph. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p
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From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971. | eBay UK
An epic and utterly chaotic friendly against Moscow Dynamo, a few months after WW2 ended, whereSoviet Bouquets were presented to bemused Chelsea players, really caught the public imagination.Shed Bann...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
80 yrs ago today CFC played Moscow Dynamo in an epic friendly. My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out today. Beginning with that Dynamo game, it ends 26 years later in Athens triumph. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p
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From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971. | eBay UK
An epic and utterly chaotic friendly against Moscow Dynamo, a few months after WW2 ended, whereSoviet Bouquets were presented to bemused Chelsea players, really caught the public imagination.Shed Bann...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
mirror.co.uk/sport/footba... Cracking Daily Mirror piece on the epic Chelsea v Moscow Dynamo game, played 80 years ago tomorrow. Includes quotes from Chelsea historian @rickglanvill.bsky.social and extracts from my new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners', available on eBay from tomorrow
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Chelsea's record crowd when 100,000 crammed in to watch Blues vs Moscow Dynamo
Biggest ever crowd at a club ground in England came to watch Chelsea play the Russian side Moscow Dynamo in 1945 just after the end of World War Two
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Dog lovers. Can anyone identify this breed of dog? I need it for a writing project. Many thanks
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hard to believe but 31 yrs ago reaching an FACQF v Sat's opponents Wolves caused huge supporter excitement This Chelsea Heritage Partnership article looks at that game & includes a Mark Meehan piece on the Blue Flag, which made its debut that day www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/bridge-...
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Bridge Rocks As Peacock Knocks Out Flagging Wolves
March 1994. Thirty-one years ago but a lifetime ago in Chelsea terms. The Shed was still open, the ground undeveloped, though the North Stand was being rebuilt, hence a reduced capacity. There were re...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hard to believe but 31 yrs ago reaching an FACQF v Sat's opponents Wolves caused huge supporter excitement This Chelsea Heritage Partnership article looks at that game & includes a Mark Meehan piece on the Blue Flag, which made its debut that day www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/bridge-...
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Bridge Rocks As Peacock Knocks Out Flagging Wolves
March 1994. Thirty-one years ago but a lifetime ago in Chelsea terms. The Shed was still open, the ground undeveloped, though the North Stand was being rebuilt, hence a reduced capacity. There were re...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Well done to all those diehard Chelsea supporters who travelled out to Baku. I'm sure you're disappointed with the result, as most/all of us are, but hopefully a quality trip has made up for it.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
These pieces look at 3 memorable SB games vs Wolves. Crucial 1955 win en route to D1 title chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/sillett... 1976 3-3 draw on way to promotion chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/i-m-afr... Epic 1994 FACQF win www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/bridge-...
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The 'Riyadh Comedy Festival' reminds me of the story of Freddie Starr performing in the Middle East, under instruction not to swear or refer directly to Prince Hussein. He came on and said 'Which one of you fuckers is Prince Hussein?' and the curtain immediately came down.
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Topper @topperuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I’m selling a limited-edition bottle of Tippex. It’s a corrector’s item.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
CMAT was superb in Kingston last night - a real force of nature. She was solo, not with her band, but was still utterly captivating. If you get the chance to see her live, do - she is going to be a major star.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Happy Temptations Day, one and all
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Off to see CMAT tonight in Kingston. Incredibly lucky to get a ticket and genuinely excited, which is very rare for me. The album is brilliant, she is going to be massive. Can't wait.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Be fascinating to see how Digital Day goes at SB. DigiDelight or #DigiShambles? My guess is most STH and members using their own tickets will be OK, though they may well have to queue longer to get in. It might be those trying to use transferred tickets that have more issues.
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
#BookSky
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Happy birthday to matchday hub and cfcuk stall holder, multi-book author, publisher (as I massively appreciate) and all-round good guy@gate17marco.bsky.social
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Just the three players who used to be on Chelsea's books, then
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Lovely day at The Festival Hall yesterday for Aimee's graduation
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This will be well worth popping into pre-match. Vintage shirts and ex-players in the Tea Bar, next to the ticket office.
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Nizaar Kinsella @nizaarkinsella.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
💫The definitive Tyrique George story. - how he busted the loan journey to go straight into the first-team, - how he was middling in Chelsea’s academy, - but then showed extraordinary dedication to hire a goalkeeper and private coach. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Tyrique George: How teenager broke into £1bn Chelsea squad without a loan
A personal coach at 10 and Friday night Power League sessions - how teenage Tyrique George broke into Chelsea's £1bn squad.
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/our-fir... On Thursday Chelsea play Djurgarden, a meeting that should have taken place in the 1955/56 European Cup. This piece for @cfcheritage.bsky.social explains why that encounter never took place.
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Our First Meeting With Djurgarden. 70 Years Late.
On Thursday Chelsea travel to Djurgarden to play their semi-final first leg. The Swedish side are not a big European name and many will not have heard of them. However, almost seventy years ago they s...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/those-were-the-days-heritage-event-returns-to-the-stamford-bridge-tea-bar Before the Liverpool game, @cfcheritage.bsky.social are putting on an event in the Tea Bar (near the ticket office). Well worth a visit. More info here.
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Those Were the Days... heritage event returns to the Stamford Bridge Tea Bar
On Sunday 4th May the Chelsea Heritage Partnership’s Those Were the Days matchday heritage event returns to the Tea Bar at Stamford Bridge. Renamed Those Were the Shirts for this special event, we tak...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/redempt... 41 years ago today one of the greatest, most memorable, days in my decades watching Chelsea. Beating Leeds 5-0 to clinch promotion. Unsurpassable.
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Redemption And Promotion As Leeds Thrashed 5-0
Late April 1984. Heady times indeed for Chelsea supporters. After the club had spent four seasons in the Division Two doldrums, manager John Neal had created an exciting charismatic side who, backed b...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/our-fir... Next week Chelsea play Djurgarden, a meeting that should have taken place in the 1955/56 European Cup. This piece explains why that encounter never took place .
chelseaheritagepartnership.com
Our First Meeting With Djurgarden. 70 Years Late.
Next week Chelsea travel to Djurgarden to play their semi-final first leg. The Swedish side are not a big European name and many will not have heard of them. However, almost seventy years ago they sho...
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Tim Rolls @tim-rolls.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/our-fir... Next week Chelsea play Djurgarden, a meeting that should have taken place in the 1955/56 European Cup. This piece explains why that encounter never took place .
chelseaheritagepartnership.com
Our First Meeting With Djurgarden. 70 Years Late.
Next week Chelsea travel to Djurgarden to play their semi-final first leg. The Swedish side are not a big European name and many will not have heard of them. However, almost seventy years ago they sho...
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