Chelsea helped themselves to their regular serving of three points against Tottenham, the vital incredients being the scintillating strikes from Juliano Belletti and Shaun Wright-Phillips. It was Chelsea’s fifth consecutive win and our 74th consecutive unbeaten match in the Premiership at Stamford Bridge. Petr Čech made a timely comeback from injury in goal, as did [...]
Continue reading …After weeks of speculation and plenty of press gossip, Avram Grant finally got his man as the long-awaited signing of Nicolas Anelka was announced on Friday evening. It is a huge relief for Grant, who has seen strikers Claudio Pizarro and Andriy Shevchenko misfire and Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba leave for the African Cup [...]
Continue reading …It is one of life’s great conundrums that in the fickle, febrile, highly competitive 21st century reality-TV dominated world we inhabit, Chelsea Football Club possesses the ultimate in the type of brand allegiance that multi-national conglomerates covet and throw trillions of pounds at trying to secure. ‘Where were you when you were sh*t?’ It’s only [...]
Continue reading …Unusually for “View from the North Stand”, I’m not about to spin you some elaborate charade to get you to believe that I spend every waking minute charging up and down the country looking for appropriately attired supporters of our near future opponents and thrusting a microphone in their faces. This time I put my questions [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea today confirmed on their website that a fee of £15 million has been agreed for the transfer of Nicolas Anelka. With the loss of Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou to the African Nations, and the lack of form shown by Shevchenko and Pizarro, the signing of a striker proven at the top level was [...]
Continue reading …Struggling Spurs are the visitors this weekend to the Bridge in a game us fans look forward to all season. It’s a chance to face our fierce rivals on our own turf, an opportunity to enjoy a boisterous atmosphere, and of course, a guaranteed three points! In truth, a win may come that much easier [...]
Continue reading …Founded in 2000 with six readers, CFCnet arose out of the ashes of the Chelsea Independent fanzine which was sold on the Fulham Road from 1987 to 2000. Eight years on and CFCnet is one of the largest collection of Chelsea fans with over 200,000 unique visitors to the site each month and a mailing [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea took a one goal advantage into the second leg of the Carling Cup semi final against Everton, a last minute own goal from Joleon Lescott currently separating the two sides, despite the sending off of Africa-bound Jon Obi Mikel.Carlo Cudicini, Florent Malouda and Ricardo Carvalho were all available for selection by Avram Grant; however [...]
Continue reading …Last week I had a look at the first ever issue of Matthew Harding’s Blue and White Army. This week it’s the 107th issue of the Chelsea Independent. It was the Chelsea Independent that hatched CFCnet 8 years ago two years after Mark Wheeler had first fertilised the web with the original “Indy” site. I’ve chosen [...]
Continue reading …Didier Drogba would like to leave Chelsea. This in itself is nothing unusual: history is littered with similar instances.Ruud van Nistelrooy was hardly a spent force when he left United two years ago, and his goal record for Real Madrid is still reasonably impressive. It certainly seems as though Thierry Henry had had his head [...]
Continue reading …This incident has previously been posted within the CFCnet forum and other Chelsea FC related web sites. We know Cliff personally and we sincerely hope that he recovers very soon if he hasn’t already. This has been sent in my his son James. This story is for everyone who knows my Dad Cliff, known also [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea returned to Under 18 action on Saturday morning after a brief break for Christmas with a dramatic late 3-2 victory over London rivals West Ham. The game took a remarkable turn after half-time, with all the goals coming in the second 45 minutes, including a penalty in the closing stages.Niclas Heimann returned to the [...]
Continue reading …FA Cup holders Chelsea advanced to the next round with a drab 1-0 win at home to Queens Park Rangers. An own goal from QPR goalkeeper Lee Camp was enough to give the Blues their passage through.Avram Grant decided to deploy the 4-2-3-1 formation again, with Pizarro playing in behind Kalou. There was a start [...]
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