Chelsea and Stoke legend Alan Hudson talks about his love of the bright lights, why playing for Chelsea meant the end of his England career and which player had they started in every match, England would have won the Euros.
Listen to Neil Harman and John Richardson aka The Old Spice Boys as they talk with Chelsea, Arsenal and Stoke Legend Alan Hudson who was the cock of the walk along the Kings Road in the early 1970s and played his football with a delightful, uninhibited swagger.
Alan Hudson was born in Chelsea and his boyhood dream was to play for Fulham, who rejected him. He signed for Chelsea and was a galvanising spirit at Stamford Bridge, before becoming arguably the best piece of business Tony Waddington ever did as manager of Stoke City when he moved there in 1974. Waddington described his talents as “the working man’s ballet."
They reminisce about
- His love of the bright lights - in hospital as well as on the field of play
- Why playing for Chelsea meant the end of his England career under Don Revie
- The day that the Stoke-on-Trent fire brigade flooded the Victoria Ground.
- If this player had started in every match at the Euros this summer, England would have won the trophy.
- How he only overcame not playing in the 1970 FA Cup Final for Chelsea 27 years after the event.
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