CROSS BAR KEEPS CHELSEA IN TITLE CHALLENGE

Written by Matt Connellan on 31st March, 2008 • 389 views

Chelsea survived a late scare as Middlesbrough thrice hit the woodwork, but in the end Ricardo Carvalho’s fifth minute goal, his first of the season, was enough to give the Blues another valuable three points, as the title race reaches its climax.With Frank Lampard missing through illness and Petr Čech still struggling with his ankle […]

CHELSEA VERSUS MIDDLESBROUGH - PLAYER RATINGS

Written by Graham Parley on 31st March, 2008 • 544 views

Well, that was crap. Crap, crap, crap, crap. The couple of thousand who stayed away were smart — if they chose not to waste their time and watch it on TV.
Conserving energy for the Champions League is all well and good, but this game was played at a slower pace than a warm down. In […]

SAVED BY THE WOODWORK

Written by Toby Brown on 30th March, 2008 • 480 views

In a forgettable match at Stamford Bridge this afternoon, Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 1-0 courtesy of an early goal from Ricardo Carvalho, gaining three points to keep the pressure on in the chase for the Premier League title.
With a performance many will be hoping isn’t repeated away in Turkey next week, Avram Grants’ men were out […]

VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND - BORO

Written by Dan Davies on 30th March, 2008 • 281 views

My travels this week have taken me up, through the smog, to seek out Robert Nichols (no relation to the ‘great’ Mark!), who’s a leading light behind superior Middlesborough website fly me to the moon - (http://www.fmttmboro.com).
Wasting little time for introductions and other such niceties, I asked him for his thoughts ahead of this weekends […]

SCORE IN A MINUTE

Written by Rowan Farnham-Long on 29th March, 2008 • 448 views

After proving our title ambitions with that brilliant turnaround against Arsenal last Sunday, it’s now Middlesbrough’s turn to attempt to de-rail us at the Bridge this weekend. Having proved ourselves against the big boys, it is worth noting that wins against the Boro’s of this World are also worth three points, and therefore just as […]

SHAFTED, EVERTON FIXTURE CHANGE

Written by Peter Sampson on 28th March, 2008 • 593 views

I would just like add my personal displeasure (for what it’s worth) to the emails I’ve received and messages seen within the CFCnet forum concerning Sky TV/Premier League’s decision to completely shaft Chelsea’s away support by moving the fixture against Everton to a Thursday night. This fixture change has quite clearly not taken into any consideration the travelling […]

A PUB LIKE NO OTHER

Written by Peter Sampson on 28th March, 2008 • 792 views

Football fans brought closer to the match with Sony High Definition
Sony, official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, is bringing fans closer to the match with specially designed High Definition pubs. Chelsea legend Roberto Di Matteo will be hosting the first ‘Ultimate Fans Event’ during the quarter-final first leg on April 2nd.
The Morrison at 648 […]

DEEP BLUE INTERVIEW

Written by Jez Walters on 28th March, 2008 • 413 views

“Chelsea fan Hugh Hastings was the club’s Official Photographer between 1977 and 1986 (and matchday programme editor 1980-86), a time when being the same age as the players enabled him to build a trust with the team and gain access to their lives away from the matchday spotlight - such as it was in that […]

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