Ex-Chelsea midfielder and all-round good guy Roberto Di Matteo has been appointed as the new manager of recently relegated West Bromwich Albion. The Hawthorns side – who will play in the Championship this season having dropped out of the Premier League despite playing better football than, oh I don’t know, Stoke for example – were [...]
With the new man starting his reign tomorrow, the Guus hiddink chapter comes to a close. So here’s a final summary and thanks to the Dutchman. With a record that speaks for itself, Guus Hiddink must be able to take an enormous amount of pride in his achievements in the Stamford Bridge dugout. With just [...]
Continue reading …February would see a major change at Chelsea, as Luis Felipe Scolari’s short reign as manager came to an end after a disjointed period in charge of the club. Those Blues fans who had been calling for his head in previous weeks – and even months – were given more ammunition to use against the [...]
Continue reading …Saturday 20 June Spain and South Africa progress from their group in the confederations cup despite Spain’s 2-0 win over the hosts. Ivory Coast’s big lad up front, Didier Drogba scored their third in a 3-2 win away to previously unbeaten Burkina Faso. Michael Essien’s Ghana beat Sudan 2-0 away. Meanwhile Nigeria with Obi John [...]
Continue reading …New Year, and a continuation of a season which had so far flattered to deceive. At times we looked unstoppable, yet there were still occasions where we never even got started in games. The latter had been happening more often than the former as 2008 drew to a close and pressure was increasing on manager [...]
Continue reading …This article was first sent to us in 2007 and in light of the current transfer in-activity I thought it may fill a few minutes of your time whilst we while away the boredom of Wimbledon. Football clubs are like people, they have unique personalities and play parts like actors, in their own private dramas. [...]
Continue reading …Tuesday 16 June Carlos Tevez is apparently top of our shopping list, it is probably time to talk about his appearance, if Chelsea really want to become a global brand we are going to have to insist on no close-ups. Portsmouth have accepted £18.5m from Liverpool for Glen Johnson which will save us from having [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea’s barren summer of signings has finally been brought to life this evening, with a reported deal for Manchester City’s young striker Daniel Sturridge allegedly all but completed. Sturridge’s contract with Mark Hughes’ side will come to an end on June 31st, and with the young hitman rumoured to be haggling over a £70,000 a [...]
Continue reading …As you may or may not have read in various news outlets whilst enjoying a relaxing Sunday, Jan Šebek is supposedly joining Chelsea this summer, signing a professional contract on July 2nd. However, it is CFCnet’s desire to inform you of the inaccuracies in these reports, and set the record as straight as it can [...]
Continue reading …QPR are ruining football. Loaded with the billions of Messrs Mittal, Ecclestone and Briatore, they are set to take football by storm over the next decade, buying the very best talent available to them and sweeping up every honour in sight. On Saturday at Wembley Arena they collected the best players on the Masters circuit [...]
Continue reading …For those younger than 30, Ken Monkou was Chelsea’s Player of the Year in 1990 and became our first black player to win the award. He can now be found flipping pancakes at his pancake house in Holland as well as playing for this weekend’s Chelsea Masters team. Ken recently met with CFCnet to discuss [...]
Continue reading …Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. When Deco joined Chelsea at the start of the season it seemed as if we had managed a major transfer coup. The neat playmaker arrived from Barcelona on a three year deal for £8m on the last day of June 2008, but by the first day of July 2009 [...]
Continue reading …Carlo Ancelotti begins his tenure at home against Hull City on August 15th, before a midweek match against Sunderland just days later, with the much simpler journey to Craven Cottage the following weekend (August 22nd). Our first match against one of the Big Four is Liverpool on October 3rd, the last time we played them [...]
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