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Young midfielder Liam Bridcutt has issued a strong statement of support for his fellow Chelsea team-mates ahead of their crucial FA Youth Cup semi-final second leg against Aston Villa on Wednesday night.18-year-old Bridcutt was the top appearance maker for Chelsea’s youth side last season but is currently away from Stamford Bridge and on loan at [...]

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Here is the chance for retribution. The Carling Cup debacle still lies heavy in every Chelsea fans’ mind, and why shouldn’t it? Losing to Tottenham, playing so badly, losing to Tottenham, relinquishing our grasp on the League Cup, losing to Tottenham. But now, almost a month later, in a game postponed to make way for [...]

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IN CONTINENT

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To manage “on the continent” is to be beset by uncertainty, one eye ever to windward, awaiting the moment when the mute with the bowstring calls time on your career. So much are we told by the columnists. We icy Albion islanders are not of this breed. We have learned the true lesson of our [...]

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LAMPARD SHOWS HIS CLASS

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Frank Lampard stormed back up the Actim Index, the official player ratings system of the Barclays Premier League, after helping himself to a century of points over the last week. The England star netted 75 points after his four-goal haul against Derby last midweek – the second highest individual match score of the season. And [...]

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LUXURY COACH TRAVEL TO THE CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM Travel to the Manchester City fixture in true Chelsea style. Chelsea FC play Man City on the 5th of April (to be confirmed) and needs YOUR support. With tickets still on sale to Members and Season Ticket holders and luxury travel offered via CFCnet for just [...]

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CHELSEA TAKE ON BRAVE CHALLENGE

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Chelsea Football Club’s commitment to its former players is being recognised tomorrow (Tuesday, March 17) in a specially organised match. Chelsea FC’s Old Boys team is playing host to the Boston Braves, a team from the United States who travel the world to promote veterans football and friendship through the game. Before the match at [...]

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CARLO AND JT SEE BLUES THROUGH

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Chelsea travelled to the Stadium of Light and saw off a spirited Sunderland side, Carlo Cudicini’s inspired performance between the sticks denying the home team any chance of taking points off Avram Grant’s side, who are well and truly back in the title race. Alex, Mikel and Drogba were all selected by the Israeli manager, [...]

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YOUTH LOSE TO WATFORD

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A Chelsea team that could easily be described as makeshift battled hard on Saturday morning but visitors Watford battled harder and came away with a 3-2 victory in a tense and exciting end-to-end game. With coach Paul Clement deciding to rest key names ahead of Wednesday night’s FA Youth Cup Semi Final second leg away [...]

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TERRY SEALS SCRAPPY WIN

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Chelsea captain John Terry scored an early goal to seal a vital three points, in a scrappy away win at Sunderland today. In what was never going to be an easy match, given the strong home form of Roy Keanes men, Chelsea weathered the physical approach and managed to see through the result that was [...]

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VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND – SUNDERLAND

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For another view of our upcoming Premier League game v Sunderland, I took the time to meet up with the mysterious “Craig” of www.BlackCatChat.net. Whilst wondering if superstition was all that Sunderland fan’s have to base their hope of survival amongst the big boys on, I managed to focus for long enough to ask him [...]

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AVRAM TACKLES KEANO

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One relegation candidate put to the sword on Wednesday, one hopefully going the same way on Saturday, as Chelsea travel to Roy Keane’s struggling Sunderland side looking for another three points to boost our late title challenge. After the 6-1 mid-week demolition of Derby County, the Blues sit just five points behind league leaders Arsenal [...]

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VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND – SUNDERLAND

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I caught up with Keith Chapman, who writes for Sunderland AFC’s Official Matchday Programme “Red and White” and official club magazine Legion of Light. For his sins, the man a followed Sunderland for 20 years and also a has been a season ticket holder since 1990. Though I struggled to hear him above the din [...]

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WATFORD YOUTH AT COBHAM

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With the successes in the FA Youth Cup, Chelsea’s FA Premier Academy League action has taken a back seat in both interest and form in recent weeks, and with the all-important Second Leg of the Semi Final approaching next week, Saturday’s game against Watford could go the same way. But, a league fixture is a [...]

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