Peter Osgood is one of only a handful of players to have scored in every round of the FA Cup. The difficulty of achieving this task is measured by the fact no-one has repeated the feat since he did it some 33 years ago.

Don’t miss the ex-Chelsea, Southampton and England star at the Chelsea Legends Sporting Dinner, where he is joined by former boss Tommy Docherty, team mate Ron “Chopper” Harris and comedian Alan Reed.

- Have you done many of these sportsmen’s dinners before?

I’ve been doing them for 12 or 13 years now and I’ve done hundreds. I do between 80 and 120 a year.

- What is on the agenda for your after-dinner speech?

It depends on the audience. Obviously we have to be careful with mixed audiences. With the lads you can push things a little further but we just see how things go. I’m not blue — there are plenty of comedians who do that. I talk a little about my life and playing career, how I was signed by Tommy Docherty, my life as a bricklayer and how I got discovered.

- How did you get discovered?

I was captain of Berkshire and was scoring 80 goals a season but nobody fancied me. I thought I had missed the boat because I left school at 15 and was working with my dad as a bricklayer. Then, when I was 16, I played a trial game at Chelsea and was pulled off after half an hour by their scout, Dick Foss.

- I heard you had a trial for Reading?

I did but they turned me down. The guy said he would give me a ring. I thought that was funny because I didn’t have a phone.

- Who goes on stage first?

I go on first and then the governor (Docherty) goes on later. He is top man and is fantastic. He is one of my best mates. I’ve been very fortunate in that I’ve always got on with the managers I played for so I’m good mates with Dave Sexton and Laurie McMenemy.

- What was The Doc like to play for?

He was wonderful for a young lad. He tells you straight. When I got into the first team he said ‘I’m going to play you for 10 games son and you prove yourself to the fans, not to me, because I know you can play’. It was a lovely thing for him to do because there was no pressure. I made my debut against Workington and scored two goals but he had a way of bringing you down to earth because I was playing in the reserves the following night!

- Tell me one of your favourite stories

Chelsea were playing a big game against Inter Milan and a couple of players were injured. It was raining a bit so the boss [Docherty] got the local fire brigade in to flood the pitch. When the referee came to inspect the pitch the next day — in his wellies, may I add — he had to abandon it as unplayable.

- Chopper Harris is going to be there. Ever been on the receiving end of one of his tackles?

I played a couple of times against Chopper when I was at Southampton and I gave him a smack. It was lovely to see him go down after I elbowed him but I wish I hadn’t because I was kicked from pillar to post after that.

- Was he the toughest defender at that time?

Chopper was the hardest man I ever saw. People talk about Tommy Smith (Liverpool), Norman Hunter (Leeds United) and big Ron Yeats (Liverpool) but Chopper was lethal. He was like a weapon on legs. He was good to have on your side and a great captain who led from the front.

- I heard you were working in hospitality at Chelsea. Are you still there?

Unfortunately Mr [Ken] Bates got rid of me last year. I only work at Southampton on match days now.

- I also heard you would like to put Ken Bates into Room 101. Is that still the case?

Absolutely! He’s not a nice man and I don’t really want to talk about him to be honest. If you’re more popular than him he doesn’t like it and gets rid of you — as Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Vialli, myself and Dennis Wise have found out. But I’m in good company. I’m a Chelsea man through and through and everyone knows I’m a Blue. I always will be and I go to every game I can.

- Do you commentate on games too?

No, I love working in hospitality. I get to meet the punters and the fans and sign autographs. It’s a much more personal thing for me.

- Scoring a goal in an FA Cup final — life doesn’t get much better than that does it!

I was the last player to score in every round. I think there were five before me but the record has stuck for 33 years, which is nice.

- Which is your favourite winners’ medal — FA Cup 1970, 1976 or your European Cup Winners’ Cup medal in 1971?

The one in 1976 for Southampton because it was played at Wembley and it is every boy’s dream to play there in a cup final. I love my 1970 FA Cup winner’s medal for Chelsea but unfortunately it was won in a replay at Old Trafford. 1976 was also the last time the Queen went to the cup final so that made it special too.

- Who is your all-time favourite player?

Jimmy Greaves was my idol as a kid but Bobby Moore was the main man and I loved him to death. He was good company, a great player and fantastic personality.

- Favourite present-day player?

James Beattie is doing a fantastic job at Southampton. Matt Le Tissier was one of my favourites and Zola at Chelsea as well as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, who is a super striker.

- Your generation of footballers were never angels on or off the football field. How do the antics of your time compare with today’s footballers?

I think it is ridiculous the way some players go on today. We went out to pubs and went clubbing but we were closer to the fans than today’s players. They are more aloof today whereas we were more approachable. I know they are high-profile and feel sorry for them in some respects but with the money they earn they should respect it more. They must have problems with their chat-up lines because we just had to ask the girls and they said yes.

- Who is to blame, the players, the club or both?

It is down to the players at the end of the day. The club look after them when they are there but they can’t do any more than that. In their spare time it is down to the lads. Unfortunately it always seems to be the English players and not the foreign players who are letting themselves down big-time. The European players have brought some fantastic things to the game in terms of discipline — they could teach our lads a thing or two. On the other hand, the cheating on the pitch is down to them.

- Will Chelsea win the league this season?

I think they have got a great chance if they can just find the right blend but I think Ranieri has to pick his best side instead of tinkering with it all the time.

- What team would you pick if you were Chelsea manager?

Veron is very disappointing. Makelele would be in midfield with Lampard, I would like to see Joe Cole play a bit more because he has got great flair and imagination. I would play Duff wide-left and Geremi wide-right. Up front you could pick any two from Crespo, Mutu, Hasslebank or Gudjohnsen. At the back I would have Johnson, and Bridge as full backs and two from Desailly, Gallas or Terry as centre backs.

- Who is the funniest man in football?

Gazza was a one-off wasn’t he? He was one of the funniest guys ever — and he could play a bit too. Him aside it would have to be Tommy Docherty. He is hilarious. Some of the things he got up to couldn’t go into a family paper. He’s a one-off character.

-- Chelsea Legends Sporting Dinner, Peter Osgood, Tommy Docherty, Ron “Chopper” Harris and comedian Alan Reed, Nov 6, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley Hill, Bromley, 7.30pm, £35, 01322 385874.