September began with an incident which was as surreal as it was disappointing. Chelsea were outbid in a transfer deal. By Manchester City. Transfer deadline day was shifted to September 1st as the final day of August fell on a Sunday, and with one outrageous bid we all found another reason to hate Mondays. Although [...]
Continue reading …The votes are in, the totals have been tallied, and the calculators have been put away. CFCnet can now announce our very own Player of the Season award, as judged by users of the Live Match forum throughout this exciting 2008/09 campaign. After every win, defeat or draw, CFCnet users voted for their man of [...]
Continue reading …Carlo Ancelotti today signed a three year contract to manage Chelsea F.C. Ancelotti, who left AC Milan by mutual consent yesterday after eight years at the Rossineri, officially takes over the reigns on July 1st, when he will be 50. Playing Career The Italian was a midfielder throughout his career, he started his playing career [...]
Continue reading …Whatever you think about Ancelotti, and there’s a significant minority who are against his appointment, we’ve got to get behind him. If nothing less, he deserves our respect for what’s he’s achieved at AC Milan and we should be proud that he’s chosen our Club. Let’s go through some of the concerns: 1. His English [...]
Continue reading …Two little words, the key to a world of dreams. Just twelve years ago we celebrated like mad having won our first major trophy for twenty six years. At the risk of incurring Ken Bates’s wrath, I have conveniently forgotten that we won the Simod Cup and the Zenith Data Systems trophy. And the Cross [...]
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