It’s official. Avram Grant is now as good as José Mourinho.This has come as something of a surprise to many of us, who expected Avram to be the very definition of the stopgap manager; the interim measure before a bright young star appeared on the horizon in a sharp suit. Deschamps, Klinsmann, even the expectorating [...]
Tuesday 1 January Fulham 1:2 Chelsea Another anti-entertainment afternoon, many with hangovers will count themselves blessed if they woke up in time to discover the score. In fact after the minute applause for Phil O’Donnell not much else really happened. Fulham have a new manager to impress and spent the start of the first period [...]
Continue reading …More CFCnet gold. This time a feature from Steve Symonds whom wrote to us back in 2000. The Symmons family from Battersea have been crossing the river to get to Stamford Bridge for nearly a century now. Throughout that time, one constantly recurring thought has become something of a family mantra: “Typical bloody Chelsea.” Chelsea [...]
Continue reading …Here’s another piece from the CFCnet vault. Today it’s an A-Z guide of the beautiful game put originally together by Dave McCrossen in 2002. Enjoy. With football’s trendiness fading faster than the highlights in Enrique de Lucas’s hair, new supporters are at a premium. So to make things easier for fledgling fans, David McCrossen presents [...]
Continue reading …This Thursday sees Chelsea return to Stamford Bridge for an FA Youth Cup tie for the first time since 2003, when they suffered a defeat to Aston Villa that could encapsulate their fortunes in the competition in recent years. However, going into a Fifth Round without Manchester United and Arsenal, and in good form, The [...]
Continue reading …After recent successful sprints in the cup competitions, its back to the marathon that is the Premier League, with Chelsea hosting Reading at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. With both sides missing players through injury and participation in the African Cup of Nations, squads are thin on the ground but not bereft of talent. One [...]
Continue reading …This time round I’ve dug out issue one of the Carefree fanzine. It was a little different to the other fanzines of the time and become my favourite over its very short lifetime. Although to be honest I can’t remember why it became my favourite? Maybe my memory will get a jolt as I review [...]
Continue reading …As you guys spend your spare time with family and friends. Maybe venturing down to the local with your mates. Here are CFCnet our families no longer remember what we look like and as for going down the pub, that was something we used to do pre-2000 and when we had some sort of social [...]
Continue reading …Dear Chelsea Fan A belated Happy New Year – we hope you had a great festive period and that 2008 brings you goals galore! We’re kicking off the new year with a search to find the best Football Fanzines of 2007/2008. (Fanzine as in fan’s web site). Do you have a favourite fanzine, writer or [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea took another step closer to defending their title as FA Cup winners, by knocking Premier League side Wigan out of the fourth round. Nicolas Anelka netted his first goal for Chelsea, whilst Wright-Phillips continued his rich vein of form by scoring his third goal in five matches. An Antoine Sibierski stunner was the consolation [...]
Continue reading …Diametrically opposed in every way to his predecessor Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, aided and abetted by a run of form that has seen Chelsea thrive in the league, surge into the Carling Cup Final, secure a berth in the second phase of the Champions League and romp into the 5th Round of the FA Cup, [...]
Continue reading …More FA Cup related archive contributions. This time Pete Bull took a moment to look back at recent campaigns before the 2002 Cup Final. He recalls the pleasure, pain and family bust-ups that they have caused him. Being a Chelsea fan in the mid 1970s, the 1980s and the early part of the 1990s was a [...]
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