One leg down, one to go this Wednesday evening as the Blues welcome Liverpool to Stamford Bridge in a Champions League semi-final second leg. They will be looking to go one better than in previous last four encounters with Rafael Benitez’s side, and this time Chelsea have a valuable away goal heading (no pun intended) [...]
We welcomed Paul Canoville back to Stamford Bridge last Saturday. Our former left-winger did a book-signing in Borders in the morning, which was so well attended that the shop sold out of copies of his autobiography within an hour. He then spent some time on the cfcuk stall, where he was again well received, before [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea drew level with Manchester United at the top of the English Premier League after our pulsating, epic victory at Stamford Bridge. It was a sunny early afternoon in SW6 as a timely double from Michael Ballack ensured that Chelsea were able to dedicate a fantastic victory to Pat Lampard, Frank’s mother, who tragically died [...]
Continue reading …Ahh the delicious irony of it all. With just two Premiership games left of what has been the most unpredictable season in living memory, (glorious will be pre-fixed to unpredictable should Manchester United drop points against either, or preferably both of their final opponents West Ham and Wigan Athletic whilst the Blues fare better against [...]
Continue reading …Football takes a back seat to begin with in this preview, with the tragic news of Frank Lampard’s mother Pat’s passing, after suffering with pneumonia. All our thoughts are with Frank at this time, and I personally would like to extend my condolences to the Lampard family, as well as my gratitude to all of [...]
Continue reading …“Lucky twat!” – The words were spoken softly and dejectedly behind me as a Liverpool fan made his way to the pub door. I nodded in agreement, there was no doubt about it: the injury time goal had been lucky, and the way I’d jumped up and cheered had been a bit twattish, so I [...]
Continue reading …It’s a massive week. Two games so colossal you wouldn’t think they could possibly squeeze them into time it self. Ninety minutes? For a game this size? Surely not? Your mind can only squirm, or possibly boggle, at the prospect. These games are that big I can’t even think about what happens after them. You [...]
Continue reading …On behalf of everyone here at CFCnet, we would like to express our sadness in response to the untimely death of Frank Lampard’s mother, Pat – who sadly passed away from pneumonia, aged 58. Chelsea today released a statement confirming what some of us had heard whispers of, but were praying wouldn’t come to anything. [...]
Continue reading …This “absorbing” Champions League semi final first leg ended in a 1-1 draw after a 90 minute arm wrestle between Rafa Benitez and Avram Grant, also known as Liverpool and Chelsea. The game was only made more unbearable by the shocking commentary of SBS’ Gary Bloom, who proceeded to cheer when John Terry was booked [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea’s final match of the 2007/08 Reserve season ended in an exciting 1-1 stalemate with late drama. Franco Di Santo appeared to have given Brendan Rodgers’ team all three points with ten minutes remaining but Aston Villa scored a deserved equaliser to leave them still in pole position to win the Reserve League South and [...]
Continue reading …Joe Lovejoy, of the Times, ran an article today that you can read here. In it, He takes the Avram Grant comments from a recent press conference and runs with them. Boy, does he run with them. If Maurice Green run sub-10 seconds a record number of times, Joe looks to be making a spirited [...]
Continue reading …In November, Chelsea’s Reserve season hit the lowest point as a young side travelled to Villa Park and returned having suffered a humiliating 6-0 defeat. On Monday night, the season closes with the return fixture, and a chance for revenge after the initial match was postponed due to a frozen pitch back in February. Of [...]
Continue reading …It’s becoming almost an annual event isn’t it? Chelsea head to Anfield for the third time in four years for a Champions League semi-final on Tuesday night, with just a two-legged encounter standing between the Blues and a first ever final appearance in Europe’s premier club competition. Needless to say, the last two semis against [...]
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