Chelsea eased to their first league victory under new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, after beating Portsmouth 4-0 at Stamford Bridge. Now unbeaten in 83 home league matches, the Blues played impressively throughout and delighted the Chelsea fans with slick passing and robust attacking. They struck incisively through Joe Cole’s low effort on 12 minutes after [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea are back. Oh yes, Chelsea are back all right. Since the mid-Summer appointment of Luiz Felipe Scolari the expectations of Blues fans have been steadily growing, gaining momentum as the players we hold dear to our hearts have enthusiastically endorsed the new regime. “He understands football and he understands the lads,” gushed John Terry. [...]
Continue reading …For the third Under 18 home pre-season game in a row, Chelsea couldn’t find a win and were left with a draw. Much like the QPR game at the end of July, today’s affair was an end-to-end affair with plenty of entertainment and goals, as the two teams christened the new academy match pitch with [...]
Continue reading …Claudio Pizarro has joined German side Werder Bremen on a year-long loan deal, only one season after signing for Chelsea. Pizarro, 29, has returned to the Bundesliga, despite attracting interest from recently promoted Premier League sides Hull City and Stoke City. However, the Peruvian international striker decided on Bremen, after Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari [...]
Continue reading …It’s all gone quiet…. Listen, look around and you too may notice an unusual calm about the place. With less than 24 hours to go until the ‘best league in the world’ kicks off, it all seems a bit tame, just too peaceful. Read the sports pages or trawl through NewsNow, and aside from the [...]
Continue reading …Once again, it has seemed a long summer. Even though it’s been a summer with an International tournament, showcasing a feast of footy; even though we’ve had no football to watch for, let’s think, all of about three tedious weeks, it’s still seemed long. (I say summer but it’s apparently what passes for those spasmodic [...]
Continue reading …After what seems like an eternity, Premiership football is back on the menu at Stamford Bridge, with Porstmouth their first guests in what the 42,000 crowd on Saturday will hope is a feast of entertainment. To get the Pompey view for the season opener, I caught up with a mate of mine, and a top [...]
Continue reading …Adrian Mutu has been ordered by Fifa to pay Chelsea £13.68m, after breach of contract and drug abuse damage charges. The ex-Chelsea striker was told to pay compensation by Fifa’s Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC), which resolves legal disputes with players and clubs, including contractual, work and training matters. Chelsea had signed the striker in August [...]
Continue reading …Around twelve weeks ago, John Terry stepped up to take a penalty in the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. He slipped. The mourning began shortly after. Euro 2008 came and went, Wimbledon followed, and when we weren’t sat inside passing the time, we went on holiday (complete with food poisoning and sunburn) and were dragged on endless [...]
Continue reading …Tipping Point. There’s an expression that’s popped up out of nowhere and spread like an itchy rash. Tipping Point. I’ll bet if you’d said those words five years ago people would have assumed you were talking about the point at which the service in a restaurant stopped being within the realm of the discretionary 12.5% [...]
Continue reading …The importance of Lampard at Chelsea cannot be underestimated. But why is Lampard so vital? Besides his unrivalled goals tally from the middle of the park, where he surpassed even Dennis Wise’s invaluable Chelsea career return of 76 goals, his range of passing from differing angles under pressure and his numerous assists in difficult matches, [...]
Continue reading …Salomon Kalou continued his good form at the Beijing Olympics by scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory over Australia in Group A today. Chelsea’s Kalou, 23, struck nine minutes from time to send the Ivory Coast to the last eight of the tournament. After Argentina’s qualification on Sunday, the Ivory Coast striker was determined [...]
Continue reading …Frank Lampard today signed a new deal with Chelsea that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until he is 35. Frank had been the subject of various approaches from former boss Jose Mourinho, as he attempted to lure the midfielder to join him at Inter Milan. The Serie A outfit bid for Lampard in July, [...]
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