Saturday 18 April Arsenal 1:2 Chelsea 1947-2009, Arsenal’s FA Cup run against us has, finally, come to an end and you can add another date to the end of this season. We will now play our ninth cup final and our second at the new Wembley. The new place looked good in the sunshine this [...]
Continue reading …There are around 50 people who help to manage CFCnet. How many are going to the FA Cup Final? Three. A big thank you must therefore be extended to the Football Association for inviting everybody to the Final except those who count – the real fans.With an allocation of just 25,000 tickets for Chelsea and 25,000 [...]
Continue reading …On a nice sunny afternoon, Chelsea see off West Ham comfortably with a 1-0 win at Upton Park. Chelsea would rest players with a trip to the Camp Nou on the horizon, making five changes to the side that faced Everton on Wednesday. Starts would be handed to Michael Mancienne at right back, with Branislav [...]
Continue reading …Following the bore draw against Everton on Wednesday night, Chelsea head to West Ham this weekend for what is the first game of our final five of the season. Although winning the title is now as realistic as the FA caring about football fans, say with regards to a showpiece cup final for example, there [...]
Continue reading …If that was a taster for the FA Cup final then perhaps the ticket pricing for the Wembley showpiece should be altered somewhat. Anyone fancy shelling out £93 to see all that again? Chelsea and Everton played out a tepid goalless draw at the Bridge, and when you’re left rueing a John Terry 40-yard, left-footed [...]
Continue reading …If I lived anywhere in the UK and had the slightest interest in football I would be standing behind the door of my local MP’s surgery inquiring whether he was part of the All Party Parliamentary Football Group. And if his/her answer is a yes, I would tell him/her to stick to his day job [...]
Continue reading …The last game at Cobham for Chelsea’s Under-18s may have had an end-of-season feel to it, but it was nonetheless a great opportunity to right some recent wrongs and impress against the unfortunate yet hapless MK Dons. The Dons have just one win all season, and on the back of their heavy defeat Saturday morning, [...]
Continue reading …Put this night down as an experiment for Chelsea’s second string. With a bunch of games coming in the next month, competition for places in the first team will be rife. Match fitness and versatility will come to the fore. That was the focus of a fine London night as West Brom came to town, [...]
Continue reading …Fresh off wins in the FA Cup Semi-Finals last Saturday, Chelsea and Everton will meet Wednesday at Stamford Bridge in league competition. This will be the 2nd meeting between these two teams in the league, with the first meeting ending in a 0-0 draw at Goodison Park that saw Chelsea captain John Terry sent off [...]
Continue reading …Reporter interviewing a figure glowing white: “Mr Jesus, now you have returned to earth after 2,000 years can you please answer one question?” “Of course my son.” “Will Hiddink stay at Chelsea at the end of the season or return to his job with the Russian national side?” Jesus looks up, “They’re not ready…” Monday [...]
Continue reading …The Guus Hiddink juggernaut continued overnight, as Chelsea defeated Arsenal at Wembley, thereby securing their spot in the FA Cup Final. Chelsea came from behind strongly, winning 2-1, Theo Walcott’s opener made redundant by goals from Florent Malouda and the revitalised Didier Drogba.There were just two changes from the side that drew 4-4 in the [...]
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