Chelsea FC Profile: Barry Bridges

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Full Name: Barry John Bridges

Born: Tuesday, 29th April 1941 (age: 81)
Place of birth: Horsford (Near Norwich), England
Height: 5' 9 1/4"

Involvement with Chelsea:

Player from 1958 to 1966

Playing Career:

Chelsea (May 1958 to May 1966) - From Chelsea Juniors
Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers
Millwall
Brighton And Hove Albion
Highlands Park (South Africa)
St Patrick's Athletic
Sligo Rovers

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Debut: Saturday, 7th February 1959, Chelsea 3 - 2 West Ham United

Age on debut: 17 years 9 months 9 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 1st February 1964, Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Chelsea

200th Appearance: Saturday, 26th March 1966, Chelsea 2 - 2 Hull City

Last Appearance: Saturday, 23rd April 1966, Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 0 Chelsea

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1958 / 59 2 0 0 0 0 2 1959 / 60 1 0 0 0 0 1 1960 / 61 2 0 0 0 0 2 1961 / 62 32 1 0 0 0 33 1962 / 63 36 2 0 0 0 38 1963 / 64 33 3 0 0 0 36 1964 / 65 41 5 5 0 0 51 1965 / 66 29 (2) 6 0 7 0 42 (2) Total 176 (2) 17 5 7 0 205 (2)

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1958 / 59 1 0 0 0 0 1 1960 / 61 1 0 0 0 0 1 1961 / 62 19 1 0 0 0 20 1962 / 63 15 2 0 0 0 17 1963 / 64 15 0 0 0 0 15 1964 / 65 20 4 3 0 0 27 1965 / 66 9 2 0 1 0 12 Total 80 9 3 1 0 93

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Barry Bridges made 205 appearances for Chelsea, of which 2 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	7th Feb 1959	Chelsea	3	2	West Ham United	52,968
League	21st Feb 1959	Chelsea	1	3	Burnley	27,564
League	10th Oct 1959	Chelsea	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	28,702
League	4th Feb 1961	Chelsea	2	1	Fulham	39,185
League	11th Feb 1961	Chelsea	2	2	Blackpool	21,993
League	30th Aug 1961	Chelsea	2	0	Manchester United	42,248
League	2nd Sep 1961	Chelsea	0	0	Fulham	37,998
League	6th Sep 1961	Cardiff City	5	2	Chelsea	20,883
League	9th Sep 1961	Chelsea	6	1	Sheffield United	22,066
League	16th Sep 1961	West Ham United	2	1	Chelsea	27,530
League	23rd Sep 1961	Chelsea	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	23,301
League	30th Sep 1961	Blackpool	4	0	Chelsea	24,191
League	7th Oct 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	5	3	Chelsea	28,093
League	21st Oct 1961	Birmingham City	3	2	Chelsea	20,079
League	28th Oct 1961	Chelsea	1	1	Everton	25,535
League	4th Nov 1961	Arsenal	0	3	Chelsea	37,604
League	11th Nov 1961	Chelsea	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	12,404
League	18th Nov 1961	Manchester City	2	2	Chelsea	16,583
League	25th Nov 1961	Chelsea	4	1	West Bromwich Albion	25,025
League	2nd Dec 1961	Ipswich Town	5	2	Chelsea	22,726
League	9th Dec 1961	Chelsea	1	2	Burnley	33,296
League	16th Dec 1961	Nottingham Forest	3	0	Chelsea	17,419
League	23rd Dec 1961	Chelsea	1	0	Aston Villa	20,538
League	26th Dec 1961	Chelsea	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	51,282
League	30th Dec 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	Chelsea	44,630
F.A. Cup	6th Jan 1962	Liverpool	4	3	Chelsea	48,455
League	13th Jan 1962	Fulham	3	4	Chelsea	35,640
League	20th Jan 1962	Sheffield United	3	1	Chelsea	19,626
League	9th Mar 1962	Chelsea	1	1	Birmingham City	23,959
League	17th Mar 1962	Everton	4	0	Chelsea	37,215
League	24th Mar 1962	Chelsea	2	3	Arsenal	31,016
League	31st Mar 1962	Bolton Wanderers	4	2	Chelsea	15,495
League	7th Apr 1962	Chelsea	1	1	Manchester City	18,629
League	11th Apr 1962	Leicester City	2	0	Chelsea	15,184
League	14th Apr 1962	West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Chelsea	14,573
League	20th Apr 1962	Chelsea	4	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31,221
League	21st Apr 1962	Chelsea	2	2	Ipswich Town	28,462
League	23rd Apr 1962	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	14,597
League	18th Aug 1962	Rotherham United	0	1	Chelsea	11,268
League	22nd Aug 1962	Chelsea	3	0	Scunthorpe United	18,377
League	25th Aug 1962	Chelsea	5	0	Charlton Athletic	24,683
League	28th Aug 1962	Scunthorpe United	3	0	Chelsea	11,196
League	1st Sep 1962	Stoke City	0	0	Chelsea	19,470
League	8th Sep 1962	Chelsea	1	0	Sunderland	32,901
League	10th Sep 1962	Chelsea	2	0	Southampton	18,890
League	15th Sep 1962	Leeds United	2	0	Chelsea	27,620
League	19th Sep 1962	Southampton	2	1	Chelsea	18,717
League	22nd Sep 1962	Chelsea	2	2	Swansea Town	22,693
League	29th Sep 1962	Portsmouth	0	2	Chelsea	22,627
League	6th Oct 1962	Chelsea	6	0	Cardiff City	25,434
League	13th Oct 1962	Huddersfield Town	1	0	Chelsea	23,936
League	20th Oct 1962	Chelsea	3	2	Middlesbrough	32,551
League	27th Oct 1962	Derby County	1	3	Chelsea	12,653
League	3rd Nov 1962	Chelsea	4	2	Newcastle United	34,428
League	10th Nov 1962	Walsall	1	5	Chelsea	8,492
League	17th Nov 1962	Chelsea	2	0	Norwich City	28,816
League	24th Nov 1962	Grimsby Town	0	3	Chelsea	10,823
League	1st Dec 1962	Chelsea	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	29,829
League	8th Dec 1962	Preston North End	1	3	Chelsea	14,487
League	15th Dec 1962	Chelsea	3	0	Rotherham United	19,735
League	22nd Dec 1962	Charlton Athletic	1	4	Chelsea	21,307
League	26th Dec 1962	Luton Town	0	2	Chelsea	11,867
F.A. Cup	5th Jan 1963	Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Chelsea	17,162
F.A. Cup	30th Jan 1963	Chelsea	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	20,505
League	9th Feb 1963	Swansea Town	2	0	Chelsea	13,359
League	23rd Feb 1963	Cardiff City	1	0	Chelsea	16,108
League	9th Mar 1963	Middlesbrough	1	0	Chelsea	24,781
League	30th Mar 1963	Chelsea	0	1	Walsall	19,625
League	1st Apr 1963	Chelsea	3	1	Luton Town	21,211
League	6th Apr 1963	Norwich City	4	1	Chelsea	20,205
League	12th Apr 1963	Chelsea	2	0	Bury	45,069
League	13th Apr 1963	Chelsea	2	1	Grimsby Town	21,768
League	16th Apr 1963	Bury	2	0	Chelsea	11,936
League	27th Apr 1963	Chelsea	2	0	Preston North End	23,770
League	30th Apr 1963	Chelsea	2	2	Leeds United	24,387
League	11th May 1963	Chelsea	0	1	Stoke City	66,199
League	31st Aug 1963	Sheffield United	1	1	Chelsea	18,125
League	11th Sep 1963	Chelsea	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	27,384
League	14th Sep 1963	Aston Villa	2	0	Chelsea	23,720
League	16th Sep 1963	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Chelsea	23,217
League	21st Sep 1963	Chelsea	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	57,401
League	28th Sep 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	Chelsea	20,762
League	2nd Oct 1963	Chelsea	1	1	Manchester United	45,351
League	5th Oct 1963	Chelsea	3	3	Stoke City	29,204
League	12th Oct 1963	Ipswich Town	1	3	Chelsea	15,703
League	9th Nov 1963	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Chelsea	16,267
League	16th Nov 1963	Chelsea	3	1	Arsenal	47,050
League	23rd Nov 1963	Leicester City	2	4	Chelsea	23,315
League	30th Nov 1963	Chelsea	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	19,969
League	7th Dec 1963	Everton	1	1	Chelsea	39,538
League	14th Dec 1963	West Ham United	2	2	Chelsea	21,950
League	21st Dec 1963	Chelsea	3	2	Sheffield United	19,505
League	26th Dec 1963	Blackpool	1	5	Chelsea	17,563
League	28th Dec 1963	Chelsea	1	0	Blackpool	34,380
F.A. Cup	4th Jan 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Chelsea	49,382
F.A. Cup	8th Jan 1964	Chelsea	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	70,123
League	11th Jan 1964	Liverpool	2	1	Chelsea	46,460
League	18th Jan 1964	Chelsea	1	0	Aston Villa	23,968
F.A. Cup	25th Jan 1964	Chelsea	1	2	Huddersfield Town	39,036
League	1st Feb 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Chelsea	51,007
League	8th Feb 1964	Chelsea	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26,131
League	22nd Feb 1964	Chelsea	4	0	Ipswich Town	20,703
League	29th Feb 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	Chelsea	19,416
League	14th Mar 1964	Arsenal	2	4	Chelsea	25,513
League	21st Mar 1964	Chelsea	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	19,434
League	23rd Mar 1964	Manchester United	1	1	Chelsea	43,172
League	28th Mar 1964	Birmingham City	3	4	Chelsea	14,485
League	30th Mar 1964	Chelsea	1	0	Nottingham Forest	26,086
League	31st Mar 1964	Nottingham Forest	0	1	Chelsea	16,453
League	6th Apr 1964	Chelsea	1	0	Leicester City	25,315
League	11th Apr 1964	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Chelsea	18,868
League	18th Apr 1964	Chelsea	1	0	Everton	37,963
League	22nd Aug 1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	3	Chelsea	25,181
League	26th Aug 1964	Chelsea	2	1	Aston Villa	30,389
League	29th Aug 1964	Chelsea	3	1	Sunderland	46,710
League	31st Aug 1964	Aston Villa	2	2	Chelsea	19,740
League	5th Sep 1964	Leicester City	1	1	Chelsea	22,186
League	9th Sep 1964	Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	31,973
League	12th Sep 1964	Chelsea	1	0	Fulham	41,472
League	16th Sep 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	2	3	Chelsea	18,176
League	19th Sep 1964	Chelsea	2	0	Leeds United	38,006
League	26th Sep 1964	Arsenal	1	3	Chelsea	54,936
League	30th Sep 1964	Chelsea	0	2	Manchester United	60,769
League	3rd Oct 1964	Chelsea	5	1	Blackburn Rovers	34,913
League	10th Oct 1964	Nottingham Forest	2	2	Chelsea	35,320
League	17th Oct 1964	Chelsea	4	0	Stoke City	28,650
League	24th Oct 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Chelsea	52,927
League Cup	26th Oct 1964	Chelsea	4	0	Notts County	6,596
League	31st Oct 1964	Chelsea	0	1	Burnley	29,040
League	7th Nov 1964	Sheffield United	0	2	Chelsea	23,505
League	14th Nov 1964	Chelsea	5	1	Everton	30,716
League	21st Nov 1964	Birmingham City	1	6	Chelsea	19,803
League Cup	25th Nov 1964	Workington	2	2	Chelsea	18,000
League	28th Nov 1964	Chelsea	0	3	West Ham United	44,204
League	5th Dec 1964	West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Chelsea	15,518
League	12th Dec 1964	Chelsea	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20,952
League	19th Dec 1964	Sunderland	3	0	Chelsea	41,236
League	26th Dec 1964	Chelsea	2	0	Blackpool	30,581
League	2nd Jan 1965	Chelsea	4	1	Leicester City	28,344
F.A. Cup	9th Jan 1965	Chelsea	4	1	Northampton Town	44,335
League	16th Jan 1965	Fulham	1	2	Chelsea	26,400
League Cup	20th Jan 1965	Aston Villa	2	3	Chelsea	12,022
League	23rd Jan 1965	Leeds United	2	2	Chelsea	47,109
F.A. Cup	30th Jan 1965	West Ham United	0	1	Chelsea	37,000
League	6th Feb 1965	Chelsea	2	1	Arsenal	46,798
League Cup	10th Feb 1965	Chelsea	1	1	Aston Villa	17,425
League	13th Feb 1965	Blackburn Rovers	0	3	Chelsea	16,683
F.A. Cup	20th Feb 1965	Chelsea	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	63,205
League	22nd Feb 1965	Chelsea	0	1	Nottingham Forest	29,038
League	27th Feb 1965	Stoke City	0	2	Chelsea	28,005
F.A. Cup	6th Mar 1965	Chelsea	5	1	Peterborough United	63,635
League	10th Mar 1965	Chelsea	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	51,390
League	13th Mar 1965	Manchester United	4	0	Chelsea	56,261
League	22nd Mar 1965	Chelsea	3	0	Sheffield United	31,837
F.A. Cup	27th Mar 1965	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	67,686
League	31st Mar 1965	Everton	1	1	Chelsea	40,384
League	3rd Apr 1965	Chelsea	3	1	Birmingham City	28,975
League Cup	5th Apr 1965	Leicester City	0	0	Chelsea	26,957
League	12th Apr 1965	West Ham United	3	2	Chelsea	33,288
League	16th Apr 1965	Chelsea	4	0	Liverpool	62,587
League	17th Apr 1965	Chelsea	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	30,792
League	19th Apr 1965	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	41,847
League	26th Apr 1965	Blackpool	3	2	Chelsea	16,008
League	21st Aug 1965	Chelsea	1	1	Burnley	34,067
League	25th Aug 1965	Stoke City	2	2	Chelsea	28,549
League	28th Aug 1965	Fulham	0	3	Chelsea	34,027
League	1st Sep 1965	Chelsea	1	2	Stoke City	25,071
League	4th Sep 1965	Arsenal	1	3	Chelsea	45,456
League	11th Sep 1965	Chelsea	3	1	Everton	29,816
League	15th Sep 1965	Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	26,183
League	18th Sep 1965	Manchester United	4	1	Chelsea	37,917
Europe	22nd Sep 1965	Chelsea	4	1	Roma	32,753
League	25th Sep 1965	Chelsea	1	1	Newcastle United	30,856
League	2nd Oct 1965	West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Chelsea	23,049
Europe	6th Oct 1965	Roma	0	0	Chelsea	40,000
League	9th Oct 1965	Chelsea	0	1	Blackpool	28,022
League	16th Oct 1965	Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Chelsea	16,167
League	23rd Oct 1965	Chelsea	0	2	Leicester City	30,400
League	30th Oct 1965	Sheffield United	1	2	Chelsea	20,795
League	6th Nov 1965	Chelsea	1	0	Leeds United	39,373
League	11th Dec 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	Chelsea	42,299
League	27th Dec 1965	Northampton Town	2	3	Chelsea	23,325
League	28th Dec 1965	Chelsea	1	0	Northampton Town	17,635
League	1st Jan 1966	Blackpool	1	2	Chelsea	14,065
League	8th Jan 1966	Chelsea	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	48,529
F.A. Cup	22nd Jan 1966	Liverpool	1	2	Chelsea	54,097
League	5th Feb 1966	Chelsea	2	1	Fulham	34,247
Europe	9th Feb 1966	A.C. Milan	2	1	Chelsea	11,411
F.A. Cup	12th Feb 1966	Chelsea	1	0	Leeds United	57,847
Europe	16th Feb 1966	Chelsea	2	1	A.C. Milan	59,541
League	19th Feb 1966	Chelsea	0	0	Arsenal	48,641
League	22nd Feb 1966	Chelsea	3	2	Sunderland	20,828
League	26th Feb 1966	Everton	2	1	Chelsea	52,752
Europe	2nd Mar 1966	A.C. Milan	1	1	Chelsea	30,620
F.A. Cup	5th Mar 1966	Chelsea	3	2	Shrewsbury Town	51,144
League	12th Mar 1966	Chelsea	2	0	Manchester United	60,269
Europe	15th Mar 1966	T.S.V. Munich 1860	2	2	Chelsea	11,000
League	19th Mar 1966	Newcastle United	0	1	Chelsea	35,118
League	21st Mar 1966	Leicester City	1	1	Chelsea	25,363
F.A. Cup	26th Mar 1966	Chelsea	2	2	Hull City	46,924
Europe	29th Mar 1966	Chelsea	1	0	T.S.V. Munich 1860	42,224
F.A. Cup	31st Mar 1966	Hull City	1	3	Chelsea	45,328
League	9th Apr 1966	Chelsea	6	2	West Ham United	35,958
League	11th Apr 1966	Chelsea	1	0	Nottingham Forest	39,380
F.A. Cup	23rd Apr 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Chelsea	61,321

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Games Won:	104
Win Percentage:	50.73%
Total Bookings:	2
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 205 appearances, Barry Bridges played alongside the following 53 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Les Allen (1)
Sylvan Anderton (6)
Jim Barron (1)
Frank Blunstone (88)
Gordon Bolland (1)
Peter Bonetti (179)
John Boyle (39)
Peter Brabrook (34)
Terry Bradbury (13)
Johnny Brooks (2)
Dennis Brown (8)
Dennis Butler (13)
David Cliss (7)
Stan Crowther (3)
Tommy Docherty (3)
John Dunn (13)
Bobby Evans (2)
Joe Fascione (14)
George Graham (76)
Jimmy Greaves (5)
Tommy Harmer (5)
Allan Harris (53)
Ron Harris (130)
Mike Harrison (20)
Marvin Hinton (105)
John Hollins (88)
Peter Houseman (14)
Derek Kevan (2)
Joe Kirkup (10)
Tommy Knox (20)
Andy Malcolm (23)
Reg Matthews (3)
Jim McCalliog (9)
Eddie McCreadie (131)
Errol McNally (8)
Graham Moore (56)
John Mortimore (125)
James Mulholland (4)
Bert Murray (150)
Peter Osgood (30)
Mike Pinner (1)
Tommy Robson (2)
Mel Scott (30)
Ken Shellito (94)
John Sillett (10)
Peter Sillett (5)
Dennis Sorrell (1)
Bobby Tambling (162)
Ron Tindall (1)
Frank Upton (71)
Terry Venables (164)
Ian Watson (7)
Allan Young (18)