Archive for January, 2008
FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE TO CARDIFF VIA VILLA PARK
Another topical FA Cup contribution to CFCnet. This one recalls Chelsea’s first Cup Final in Cardiff. After getting stuck in the traffic chaos returning from the FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park, Peter Sampson was not going to take any chances on the notoriously congested motorway to Cardiff for the cup final. For me, the trip to Cardiff for the ...
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Today being a cup day and all that, I’ve found a piece we had on the site a few years ago. As it’s topical I thought I’d run it again for all you newbie CFCnet readers. With Chelsea’s appearance in the 2002 FA Cup final rapidly approaching, Mark Wheeler looks back at some of the ...
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CHELSEA HEAD WEMBLEY WAY
Carling Cup holders Chelsea advanced to our third Carling Cup final since 2005, having won that year against Liverpool and last year against Arsenal. Avram Grant takes his side to Wembley for the first time, where our opposition will be Juande Ramos’ Tottenham Hotspur. Petr Čech became a father ...
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BATTLING BLUES TRAVEL TO WET, WINDY WIGAN
After reaching our third League Cup Final in four years last week, attention now turns to the senior cup competition in England, the oldest cup competition in the world, the FA Cup, and a fourth round tie away at Wigan. The JJB Stadium will host the game, and they have more than made up for what is likely ...
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ROBBEN: A MADRID DISASTER
They say hindsight’s a wonderful thing but foresight’s not bad either, and the Club have certainly made the right decision with Arjen Robben. If you remember, CFCnet ran a feature on Robben back ...
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SOME SPURS SUPPORTERS ARE HUMAN TOO
As we are painstakingly adding some of the old CFCnet content to this new web masterpiece we occasionally come across some articles that you probably never seen before and may even be relevant to recent events. Here’s one we received from Ian Camlett 7 years ago. Greater love hath no man for his ...
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BUY THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE CFCNET MAGAZINE
It looks like CFCnet have become the first Chelsea FC related website to offer a fully fledged 100% Chelsea FC publication online. Are you watching Peter Kenyon? Using one of the best “page turn” applications on the market you can now sit back and relax, and see the CFCnet magazine for yourself, ...
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TEARS BEFORE BEDTIME
Here’s a question for the more ‘mature’ readers – say 28 years old and above. Think back to when you were in the 17-19 years old bracket… could you have been classed as ‘a bit of a lad’? Did you know exactly where you wanted to be tomorrow, never mind in ten ...
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STOP THE CLOCKS
Chelsea Birmingham, 0-0, second half well underway and I’m beginning to think, ‘Come on guys, you’re all over them, don’t screw this up now.’ When what should flash across the screen but a small statistic stating quite simply “2nd half possession: Birmingham 24% Chelsea 76%” Well, much ...
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CFCNET – THE FANZINE SCENE
This week it’s the turn of issue 8 of the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association’s Chelsea Independent. Issue 8 was published in September 1988. Chelsea has just been relegated and were truly the “Boys in Blue Division 2″. For me 1988/89, until the last two Champion’s ...
INJURY HIT BLUES TO GRANT AVRAM’S FIRST WEMBLEY FINAL?
Following a thrilling 2-1 win over Everton two weeks ago, Chelsea are now just 90 minutes away from a Wembley date and a place in the League Cup Final. The Toffees are standing in the way however, and after moving up to fourth place in the Premier League on Sunday, a tough task lies ahead. It was made ...
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CLUB CFCNET UPDATE
As you know there have been some significant changes to the CFCnet web site over the last few months. Mainly the introduction of Club CFCnet, which is an additional, paid for area. To access Club CFCnet you will need to become a member of Club CFCnet which has a small membership charge of just £1 per ...
PIZARRO GETS BRUM RUSH
Avram Grant’s Chelsea downed Alex McLeish’s spirited Birmingham City side at St. Andrews, a late goal from Claudio Pizarro enough to keep the fluro-yellow Chelsea bandwagon rolling. Grant made just one change to the Chelsea lineup after the 2-0 win over Tottenham last weekend, £15m forward ...
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