Dave McCrossen pays tribute to Chelsea legend Roberto Di Matteo, following the Italian midfielder’s announcement that he has retired from football after failing to recovery from his horrendous leg injury. Being a Chelsea fan has always been a roller coaster ride. You get a bit cocky and form the view that nothing that goes on [...]
Claudio Ranieri is in the fortunate position of having three quality goalkeepers to choose from. Mark Wheeler assesses the merits of each one and considers which of them deserves to be thought of as Chelsea’s number one number one. The first dilemma faced by Claudio Ranieri at the beginning of the new season was who [...]
Continue reading …If ever a game had ‘banana skin’ written all over it, this was the one. Pilloried by the press if we lost, yet hardly a murmur if we won, this was a no-win situation.
Continue reading …Chelsea travelled to Villa Park on the back of a run of three straight wins in the Premiership — their best series of the season. So perhaps a fourth successive victory was too much to hope for, especially as Villa were playing their first match under new management, with Graham Taylor back at the helm. [...]
Continue reading …Wednesday night started badly but ended brilliantly. Delays on the District Line meant that many supporters did not make it to Upton Park in time for the kick-off.
Continue reading …Chelsea’s goal-scoring machine, otherwise known as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, proved the team’s saviour at Filbert Street.
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