Following a disappointing 1-1 draw with Wigan Athletic on Monday, Chelsea’s title hopes have gone from slim to size zero, so a game less than 72 hours later against Everton at Goodison Park could really kill off any league ambitions we may have. This ludicrously arranged Thursday evening game provides a larger hurdle than usual, [...]
Continue reading …For 90 minutes it seemed as though we could remain on United’s coat tails, then in added time the sucker punch was landed. A draw leaves us five points adrift of United, with only a few games left in which to make up the ground. Barring a miracle, our title dream for this season is [...]
Continue reading …If Avram Grant was a biscuit he’d be a McVitie’s digestive. Fit for purpose but the sort of biscuit that wouldn’t be seen dead in any of London’s finest eateries. Workman-like, efficient, yet easily crushed to make ma’s apple crumble.. ….you get the drift. Despite a creditable showing of eight wins, one draw and two [...]
Continue reading …Daily Dose: 14 April 2006 Dan Davies jogs memories once again as he looks back to events on April 14 in years gone past: PLAYERS SHORT LISTED 14 April 2006 and recognition for our amazing season continues with the nominations for the PFA Player & Young Player of the Year Awards. In the senior category, [...]
Continue reading …If Cardiff are one of the worst teams in the FA Premier Academy League this season (based on their league record) they certainly didn’t show it on Saturday morning at Cobham. It took two Jacob Mellis goals towards the end of the first half to earn Chelsea a point in the end, and despite having [...]
Continue reading …Today’s batch of historical events remembers a special day at Highbury, a comprehensive victory over Leeds, yet another defeat over Tottenham and a record attendance. END OF AN ERA This day in 2006 sees Chelsea come to an agreement with Ken Bates to settle the litigation he issued against the club following on from Roman’s [...]
Continue reading …I have held my council since the 27th February when I posted my open letter to Peter Kenyon on this site, coming as it was after the most dismal month in Chelsea’s history in many a year. I have done so mainly because in all honesty I cannot make out what is going on at [...]
Continue reading …Thanks to the Premier League, the FA, Setanta and Sky, we do not have another fixture this season which takes place in the traditional timeslot of three o’clock on a Saturday afternoon. Instead, we have games like this which have been unceremoniously shunted into more ‘convenient’ days and times. For further rants on this subject, [...]
Continue reading …Dan Davies takes us on a trawl through the history books as we look back to the events of 12 April in years gone by: INTO THE SEMI’S A 3-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in Germany on this day in 2006 is not enough to prevent our progress to a second Champions League Semi Final [...]
Continue reading …On the day that the PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year nominees were announced, a worrying truth was revealed to us Chelsea fans. Examine the names of the players eagerly hoping for enough of their peers votes to award them the individual honour (or at least second place behind Cristiano [...]
Continue reading …For many teams, the Under 18 season is coming to a close and with little to play for, new faces for next season are being tried. That doesn’t quite apply to Chelsea, with the next seven days being the biggest thus far in the football careers of the players involved. On Wednesday the boys take [...]
Continue reading …A look back on significant past events on 11 April in years gone by as we remember the 1970 FA Cup Final: BLUES IN GERMANY Three years ago today and Chelsea were in Munich, preparing for the second leg of their European Cup Winners Cup Quarter Final tie against Bayern. The main concern in the [...]
Continue reading …I wonder… do Liverpool fans view the upcoming pair of fixtures against Chelsea with the same sense of impending tedium as I do? Probably not. Victory, as any modern Chelsea fan will tell you, goes a long way to relieving the spirit-crushing boredom of a soulless game. Before the high-pitching whining begins, I’d like to [...]
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