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MALOUDA SHINES AS ZOLA STRUGGLES

MALOUDA SHINES AS ZOLA STRUGGLES

By Martyn Landi • on March 15, 2010 • 153 views

Chelsea went back to the top of the Premier League with a convincing 4-1 over London rivals West Ham. Florent Malouda was the star of the show for Carlo Ancelotti’s side as he made two and scored one as the Blues’ overpowered Gianfranco Zola’s strugglers. It was from the Frenchmen’s cross from which Alex headed home after 16 minutes after being ...

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Youth and Reserve Team

LOAN ROUND-UP MAR 8-14 – BERTRAND GRABS FIRST EVER SENIOR GOAL

LOAN ROUND-UP MAR 8-14 – BERTRAND GRABS FIRST EVER SENIOR GOAL

By Philip Rolfe • on March 14, 2010
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It took a long time coming – 129 games to be precise – but Ryan Bertrand finally put his name on a professional scoresheet this past week. ...

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FRANK TALKING

FRANK TALKING

By Philip Rolfe • on March 14, 2010
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Saturday’s matchday programme featured an interview with Frank Arnesen on all things Chelsea academy related. The Blues’ Sporting Director ...

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CHELSEA U18S 2-0 BIRMINGHAM U18S: YOUTHS WIN AS CUP SEMI LOOMS LARGE

CHELSEA U18S 2-0 BIRMINGHAM U18S: YOUTHS WIN AS CUP SEMI LOOMS LARGE

By Philip Rolfe • on March 14, 2010
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In their final match before the biggest occasion of the season to date, Chelsea’s Under-18s cruised through Saturday’s academy league fixture ...

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Match Previews

RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA

RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on March 12, 2010
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Two potentially season-defining games lay in wait for the Blues in quick succession, starting this weekend with a visit from West Ham United. While all ...

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CARLO WILL BE SURE CROSS IF FURTHER INJURIES SUSTAINED AGAINST THE POTTERS

CARLO WILL BE SURE CROSS IF FURTHER INJURIES SUSTAINED AGAINST THE POTTERS

By Darren Mantle • on March 6, 2010
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A bad end to February will hopefully be put behind us tomorrow as we aim to make it into the semi final of the F.A Cup for the fourth time in five years, ...

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BRIDGE AT THE BRIDGE

BRIDGE AT THE BRIDGE

By Justin Weible • on February 26, 2010
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Saturday’s clash between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge has as many twists and turns in the storyline as a daytime soap opera, in addition ...

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Match Reports

TERRY ENDS STOKE’S WEMBLEY HOPES

TERRY ENDS STOKE’S WEMBLEY HOPES

By Rupert Cane • on March 8, 2010
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Chelsea eased into yet another FA Cup Semi-Final with a routine 2-0 home win against Stoke City. The English duo of Frank Lampard and John Terry supplied ...

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NO HANDSHAKE, NO POINTS

NO HANDSHAKE, NO POINTS

By Matt Connellan • on March 1, 2010
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For those of us that were here when we were not so good, our capitulation at the hands of Manchester City was a throwback to those heady days. From 1-0 ...

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INTER 2-1 CHELSEA: KALOU NETS AWAY TO LAY FOUNDATIONS AT HOME

INTER 2-1 CHELSEA: KALOU NETS AWAY TO LAY FOUNDATIONS AT HOME

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on February 24, 2010
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So that’s what it’s like to lose to José Mourinho. All those teams he left trailing in his wake were joined by Chelsea tonight, as goals from Diego ...

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WEMBLEY STADIUM PARKING FOR SEMI FINAL

WEMBLEY STADIUM PARKING FOR SEMI FINAL

By admin • on March 11, 2010
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Car, mini-bus and coach parking within Wembley Stadium/Arena estate unconnected with Wembley National Stadium Plc. WembleyCarPark.co.uk operates private ...

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FREE DOWNLOAD: CHELSEA IS OUR NAME – ISSUE 8

FREE DOWNLOAD: CHELSEA IS OUR NAME – ISSUE 8

By admin • on March 8, 2010
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At the beginning of August 2009 CFCnet launched Chelsea FC’s first ever unofficial electronic fanzine. Each issue contains the best features that have ...

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WHAT WOULD YOUR TEAM TALK BE?

WHAT WOULD YOUR TEAM TALK BE?

By admin • on March 5, 2010
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Give the best England Team Talk, and win big! It’s full time in the final of the World Cup, and the game is drawn. The England team have played their ...

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THAT WAS THE WEEK WHEN, 168 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, A SPECTOR IS HAUNTED BY A EUROPEAN

By James Edwards • on March 15, 2010
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Tuesday 9 March We could be in trouble with the law again. It seems that Mitchell Thomas represented Shaun Wright-Phillips when he signed for us from Manchester City. Mitchell Thomas was a Luton, Spurs ...

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HAMMERED! THE CHELSEA FOOTBALL FANCAST #109

By admin • on March 14, 2010
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The boys are in good voice after Chelsea do a proper job on the Hammers which puts us back in pole position at the top of the table. The boys discuss the game, and give their celery, Guinness, man and ...

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WE’D LIKE TO SHOW THE WORLD THE WAY TO … SING!

By David Stamford Chidge Chidgey • on March 11, 2010
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Passion. Tribalism. Noise and fried onions. Tension. And lots of singing! That’s what football and supporting Chelsea have always been about for me. When I first moved to the manor in the mid ‘80’s ...

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TEN PLAYERS WHO CAME BACK TO HAUNT US

By Clive Batty • on March 11, 2010
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With the impending returns of Franco Zola and Jose Mourinho, Clive Batty reminds us of some players who came back to haunt us after we sold them … 1. Dave Beasant ‘Lurch’ dropped a few clangers ...

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MICHAEL MANCIENNE: SOMEDAY BABY

By Rob Hobson • on March 11, 2010
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This article was originally written around a year ago. It was  first publicised in a magazine that CFCnet helped to find articles for. This piece was written by Rob Hobson who helped steer the good ship ...

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CHELSEA HERE, CHELSEA THERE

By Kelvin Barker • on March 11, 2010
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If you have been anywhere near a radio over the past forty years, the chances are that at some point you will have heard some smug music aficionado extolling the virtues of The Beatles’ album Sergeant ...

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CARLO CUDICINI

By admin • on March 11, 2010
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Much like his successor Petr Cech, Carlo Cudicini was a virtual unknown when Chelsea rescued him from Castel di Sangro. However, the extent of Cudicini’s talent was known by his fellow Italian Gianluca ...

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CHELSEA RES 3-0 STOKE RES – STURRIDGE LEADS STRONG TEAM TO WIN

By Philip Rolfe • on March 10, 2010
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Back in October, Chelsea’s Reserves travelled to Stoke’s Brittania Stadium to face a team in which every member had football league experience, and came away with a last-minute 3-2 defeat. ...

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WORLD CUP TO FA CUP

By James Edwards • on March 10, 2010
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Monday 1 March Petr Cech has been voted the Czech player of the year for 2009, it is the third time he has won. The big lunk goalkeeper picked up the award in 2005 and 2008. Breaking hypocrisy news: (or ...

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FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE TO WEMBLEY! THE CHELSEA FOOTBALL FANCAST #108

By admin • on March 10, 2010
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On this week’s show, sticking it up Stoke to get a Wembley semi! Plus Jez Walters from CFCnet talks about the CFCnet website and takes the “60 Second Fan” challenge, as well as our match awards, ...

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TEN THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO RIGHT FOR US TO BEAT INTER

By Richard Micallef • on March 9, 2010
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Despite the West Ham game next Saturday being an absolutely must win game my mind is very much tuned in to the Champions League tie against Inter the following Tuesday. What with the return of Jose’, ...

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