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CHELSEA CUP LEGEND DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

CHELSEA CUP LEGEND DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

By Mark Wheeler • on September 19, 2002

Ian Hutchinson, the man with the long throw who famously set up David Webb’s winning goal in the 1970 FA Cup final replay, has died aged 54 after a long illness. He was a Chelsea player for eight seasons, from 1968 to 1976. After his playing career had finished, he was once infamously thrown out of Stamford Bridge by Ken Bates when paying a visit ...

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CHELSEA 3-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED

CHELSEA 3-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED

By Dave McCrossen • on September 14, 2002

Who on Earth could possibly come up with the daft — no, totally crazy — idea of playing Mario Stanic as a left back? I think that we should make every effort to find out, because after the performance he put in today, I want that guy’s lottery numbers. He was everywhere, tackling, running forward, ...

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BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-3 CHELSEA

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-3 CHELSEA

By Dave McCrossen • on September 11, 2002

I can count on one finger (probably the middle one) the number of enjoyable trips we have had to this godforsaken place. Four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire? More like four thousand points lost or given away. I am not one of those people who keep records of previous games, but by my reckoning ...

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