Talk:Alan Hudson

Decline of Chelsea.
It was stated that a spiral of decline began after the sale of key players.

This isn't really accurate. Several players were sold but they were deemed past their peak.

Bobby Tambling was no longer a key player by the time he left Chelsea he did not feature much in the 1970 and 1971 cup victory campaigns. The problem was the later signings Ian Hutchinson, Bill Garner and Chris Garland proved to be inadaquate replacements. In Hutchinson's case as he was injured for a considerable time.

Tommy Baldwin was suffering from liver disease as a result of alcholism.

Charlie Cooke moved down to a lower division with Crystal Palace before returning after the sale of Hudson. He was replaced by Steve Kember, who arrived from the same club, in a more holding role. Kember at £175,000 was the 4th most expensive player in England when he signed for Chelsea in 1971.

Marvin Hinton had lost his first team place before the 1970 cup final but remained a squad player for many years after. Like wise John Dempsey who played in the FA cup and Cup Winner's cup final remained at the club for a considerable time.

When Eddie McCreadie retired, no left back was signed to relace him, Ron Harris moved to left back and Gary Locke proved to be an excellent right back until hit by injury.

Hudson himself was sold for £240,000 and was replaced by David Hay from Celtic for a club record of £225,000.

It was only after this that Chelsea found themselves lacking quality players in key positions and lacking the money to address the problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.179.216 (talk) 17:19, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Time at Stoke:

It is stated that Hudson only missed 1 game out of 162 at Stoke but he only played 105 games league for Stoke between January 1974 - January 1976 2 half seasons and 2 full seasons and he missed 8 in 1975/76

It is stated that Hudson was sold to Arsenal after damage to a stand at Stoke in January 1976 but then states the sale was in December 1975. The summery make it appear that Hudson played 40 times for Stoke in 1976/77 but that would have been impossible if he joined Arsenal in January 1976. The total of 40 games must have been spilt between Stoke and Arsenal, so should be entered separately under each club.

His Stats for Stoke read Jan 74 - May 74 Played 18 :August 74-May 75 Played 42 :Sept 75-May 76 Played 34 :August 76 - Jan 77 Played 11 90.242.174.11 (talk) 09:39, 10 August 2023 (UTC)