From the diary this month: Peter Kenyon’s gob, Didier Drobga’s bum, speed dating at the G14, Peter Bonetti World Cup winner, Energie Cottbus in autumnal sunlight. Quotes of the month: “Abramovich is ready to pay for every one of Modric’s kilos.” Tomislav Marcinko of Dinamo Zagreb, starts looking for his paying in book. Thursday 1 [...]
Having run the gauntlet of West Ham fan’s for their own version of “View from the North Stand” I met up with the man known only as Graham, and after putting him straight on a few facts – I asked him some for his thoughts on Saturday’s game. Firstly though – the facts. As regular readers will know the [...]
Continue reading …Champions League duty over, it’s back to the Premier League for the Blues and not just any old game for us to look forward to on Saturday afternoon. It’s a visit from our not-so neighbourly London counterparts West Ham United, and sparks usually fly when we meet. Chelsea go into the game looking to extend [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea provided a performance which lit up a chilly evening in Norway, as a 4-0 win sent the Blues through to the last 16 of the Champions League. A Didier Drogba brace was followed by strikes from Alex and Joe Cole and, in truth, the result was never in doubt. Avram Grant recalled Claude Makelele, [...]
Continue reading …Last time we met Rosenberg it marked the beginning of the end for our special one. A 1-1 draw was deemed not good enough, and the straw which broke the camel’s back unfolded in front of all of us that night at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho took flight, but since then, Avram Grant has propelled Chelsea [...]
Continue reading …Once upon a time, I recall Chelsea (pre Abramovich) being accused of destroying the British game by picking teams full of foreigners. Jon Harley (remember him?) and co were wheeled out as examples of how the best British talent was being wasted in favour of the quick fix of foreign players who were actually no [...]
Continue reading …Perhaps it was the pressure of playing under the watching eyes of Avram Grant, Henk Ten Cate, and Frank Arnesen. Perhaps it’s that it was cold. Or perhaps it was the difference of teenagers playing against men. Whatever it was, Chelsea were thoroughly outclassed by Birmingham in this Reserve fixture and fell to their fifth [...]
Continue reading …After an international break, in which six of Chelsea’s starters, and all of our substitutes apart from Hilario, took part in, a trip to Pride Park was the next game against bottom side Derby. Derby, a team with six points, one win and a very low goal difference, was probably assumed to lose by at [...]
Continue reading …This Monday sees Chelsea’s final home Reserve fixture of 2007, a year of progress and an ever-increasing focus on youth development. The visitors to Griffin Park are Birmingham City, who are likely to be more experienced than their hosts. But then what’s new? The fixture will be only Chelsea’s second in November, following a close [...]
Continue reading …Ahead of our trip to the Midlands on Saturday, I’ve been catching up with Steve Eyre, webmaster of Derby County – the acclaimed website of Steve Eyre. Despite appearances he’s an unassuming & modest chap, who, once he recovered from the memory of our 6-4 victory at the Baseball Ground in 1990, took some time [...]
Continue reading …As much as I love the Drog, am I the only one tired of his press pronouncements? It would be alright if he was performing on the pitch but whilst his displays have been workmanlike; his body language says it all. For some fans, the final straw was how he felt disgusted at taking Roman’s [...]
Continue reading …A week is a long time in football. Last weekend Israel were flavour of the month, not just because of our own Avram Grant, but thanks to the football Gods smiling down on a relived England, a pint was raised to our Israeli friends up and down every boozer in the land. How we rejoiced. [...]
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