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CHELSEA - A CLUB WITHOUT HISTORY?

CHELSEA - A CLUB WITHOUT HISTORY?

By Dave Feasey • on December 31, 2007

Anyone remember Chelsea in 1976/77? Penniless, seemingly doomed? Violence at every game? Sexy football? Ray Wilkins with hair? Those were the days… Well, to me as an impressionable 13year old it didn’t get any better. Apparently, according to many rival fans, Chelsea has no history. Our two successive Premiership titles are undeserved, they ...

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WHERE WERE YOU? - EVERTON

WHERE WERE YOU? - EVERTON

By Peter Sampson • on December 31, 2007

With the Carling Cup semi-final coming soon I’m already looking forward to the second leg up in Merseyside. Goodison Park, I have to say one of my favourite grounds, mainly due to the fact that it remained unchanged from the 1966 World Cup until just recently. Chelsea first played Everton at Goodison ...

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AVRAM NEEDS TO GRANT CHELSEA NEW YEAR WISHES

AVRAM NEEDS TO GRANT CHELSEA NEW YEAR WISHES

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on December 31, 2007

Chelsea have already seen off three managers this season but as we travel the very short distance to Fulham on New Year’s Day it’s a welcome to their new boss Roy Hodgson, who will be looking to get off to the best possible start at Craven Cottage. Hodgson is not the only manager with a point ...

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GO BY TRAIN… GO BY CAR…

GO BY TRAIN… GO BY CAR…

By Mark Worrall • on December 31, 2007

There are plenty of Chelsea chants that fill me with mirth. The contemporary lyrical reworking of the Only Fools and Horses theme tune, ‘He stuck a Veron in his pocket, he nicked Glen Johnson from West Ham, cos if you want the best uns and you don’t ask questions then Roman he’s your man. ...

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KALOU CLOSES THE GAP

KALOU CLOSES THE GAP

By Matt Connellan • on December 31, 2007

A depleted Chelsea side managed to scrape past Newcastle United with a 2-1 win, courtesy of goals from Michael Essien and Salomon Kalou, albeit the winner was proven to be incorrectly allowed as he was in an offside position. The win proved to be even more valuable as news of Manchester United’s ...

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THE CHRISTMAS INTERVIEW – KERRY DIXON

THE CHRISTMAS INTERVIEW – KERRY DIXON

By Toby Brown • on December 27, 2007

Deck the halls, and all that. Here’s another little Xmas offering from us here at CFCnet Towers this festive season, the biggest and best being a new website, coming very soon. Before that happens though, we have for you a quick chat with the man and legend; Kerry Dixon. Kerry, what did you think about ...

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CHELSEA TO END BIG SAM’S REIGN?

CHELSEA TO END BIG SAM’S REIGN?

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on December 27, 2007

 4-4! Four-four! Four-all! No matter how many times I write it, I still can’t believe it. 4-4 against Aston Villa on Boxing Day was a post-Christmas shambles, we were all still full up with turkey and all the trimmings yet that debacle was still rammed down our throats. Now, just three days later, ...

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THRILLER AGAINST VILLA

THRILLER AGAINST VILLA

By Matt Connellan • on December 27, 2007

Chelsea’s festive season got off to an entertaining, if costly start at Stamford Bridge, with an incredible 4-4 draw against Aston Villa. Three red cards, two penalties, a free kick and a scorcher from Shevchenko all part of this Christmas cracker; a game destined to go down in Premiership history ...

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NO CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR VILLA

NO CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR VILLA

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on December 25, 2007

One game down, three to go in the hectic Christmas and New Year period, a busy time for players, coaches and of course, preview writers. With Newcastle at home on the 29th and Fulham on New Year’s Day, we first must turn our attentions to Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Villa have been ...

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COLE STUNNER RATTLES ROVERS

COLE STUNNER RATTLES ROVERS

By Alan McKeown • on December 24, 2007

Chelsea resumed winning ways after a first half stunner from Joe Cole secured all three points at Ewood Park, and Rovers miserable form continues. Blackburn had started the early part of the game really well and put the blues under extreme pressure in the early stages of the first half, but only for ...

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WHEN THE LEAGUE CUP WAS KING

WHEN THE LEAGUE CUP WAS KING

By Kelvin Barker • on December 24, 2007

After so many years in the doldrums, it strikes me that the League/Carling Cup has regained some of its lustre this year. With teams like Leicester City and Tranmere Rovers contesting recent finals, the competition was clearly in danger of becoming as important to some of the country’s top clubs as ...

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IT’S CHRISTMAS QUIZ TIME…

IT’S CHRISTMAS QUIZ TIME…

By Mark Daniell • on December 21, 2007

What time of year is this? And for a bonus point, what should every self-respecting website have at this time of the year? You guessed it, it’s Christmas Quiz Time at CFCnet. For the simple reason that there’s not enough football on TV to keep you busy in between eating too much turkey and eating ...

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VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND – BLACKBURN ROVERS

VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND – BLACKBURN ROVERS

By Dan Davies • on December 21, 2007

My travels around the country have today taken me to the heart of industrial Lancashire, and there - nestling amongst the cotton mills, the floodlights of Ewood Park shine out and illuminate a man known only as “Hughes da Man” - the editor of the Vital Blackburn Site. Quickly, before the ...

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