East Stirlingshire chairman Tony Ford has still to hear back from Chelsea after they said they would look into his audacious bid for the sides to play a friendly fixture that has been outstanding for more than 50 years.
Ford contacted the English Premiership giants at the beginning of last week after discovering the paperwork for the 1962 transfer of Eddie McCreadie to Stamford Bridge.
The fee was £5,000 along with home and away games between the clubs and, whilst the money was received and a game took place at his side’s former Firs Park home in 1963, the meeting in London never happened.
Ford said: “I am not sure if the people at Chelsea believed me at first however the subsequent publicity has helped push our case.
“We have not demanded the game or anything like that - we have just said in a friendly way that we have found this transfer document and it looks like we are due a game.
“The response to our request has been amazing with a good number of Chelsea fans getting in touch by e-mail to say that they hope something can be arranged. Eddie McCreadie remains a massive favourite with them and they see this game as a way to say thank you to him.
“With players away to the World Cup and a complex pre-season programme I do not think Chelsea will be looking to schedule us in this pre-season, but maybe next year.”
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