
I am, however, one of those fortunate people who has a reasonable amount of control over when and how I do my work. It’s partly because my output is supposed to be “creative”, which gives me a bit of latitude with deadlines, and partly because I’m a misanthropic sod and I suspect that a fair […]

Chelsea and Portsmouth played out a scrappy, yet engaging match at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s 1-0 win their 65th consecutive match at home without defeat. John Terry made his 300th start for the Blues, whilst Claudio Pizarro replaced Salomon Kalou in attack, the only change to the side that drew with Liverpool last weekend. Thus, Michael […]

When the statisticians at UEFA finally declared that Chelsea had amassed sufficient ‘coefficient points’ to merit a place among the Champions League’s top eight seeds I’d rubbed my hands together in glee … for less than obvious reasons.
The fact that the Blues performances in Europe over the past five years, coupled with the FA’s own […]

Since Portsmouth gained promotion to the Premier League back in 2003, meetings with Chelsea have been far from happy occasions for the South Coast side. The Blues have been winners each and every time, with Harry Redknapp’s side scoring just the one goal against John Terry and company while conceding 18. Surely this will be […]

Well, it’d been a tough week. It’s never good when you walk out into the street on a sunny Monday morning to find your car door wrenched open and all your aquadrops (apple flavour) stolen, but then sometimes life throws you curveballs like that just to see how you respond.
On the plus side, I told […]

It’s not often you’ll find this two bit journo praising the men in black, despite being qualified as one (yes, by all means put the hate mail in the post). Yet after yesterday’s escapades at the Scouse home of thievery, it was in fact the boys in blue who managed to steal a point, courtesy […]

Before I begin today’s rant, I’d like to make it clear that I am neither related to, friends with, a supporter of, or in any way influenced by the work of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. I hold no great love for our cousins from Merseyside, but I certainly don’t think of them as hysterical […]

It’s time for the first “Super-Sensational-Spectacular Sunday” of the season with two of the Premier League’s “big four” facing off, and yet again it’s the turn of Liverpool and Chelsea to entertain the nation.
We seem to see more of our Scouse friends then we really should, with League games often accompanied by FA Cup clashes, […]