You may like to know that the most read piece on the Guardian’s website today was an article with the headline “Why women have sex”. I wonder why (not why women has sex but why so many people read it). I read it mainly because there hasn’t been too much good CFC news to read [...]
Tuesday 22 September Both Joe Cole and Yuri Zhirkov will play tomorrow night and there will be chances for some of the reserve regulars and fringe players (we weren’t aware that Chelsea’s squad was big enough to have a fringe). It will be good to have Joe back around the place he will be playing [...]
Continue reading …The Champions League. Europe’s elite competition. The caviar of footballing competition. The tournament everyone wants to be involved in. The Promised Land. Throwing up epic clashes between European powerhouses on a near-fortnightly basis. Guaranteed titanic tussles intended to send every football fan into a fevered state of over-excitement. Games like Bayern Munich V Juventus (wow!), [...]
Continue reading …It was a far more positive weekend of loanee action for Chelsea’s youngsters this weekend, with many returning from injury to make a notable impact. On the negative side, news breaks of an illness for Matej Delac which could keep him sidelined for a considerable period of time.
Continue reading …Chelsea crashed to their first defeat of the season against Wigan at the DW Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Didier Drogba’s equaliser straight after half time looked to have got the Blues back on track after they had endured a torrid first half. Moments later, however, Petr Cech was sent off for felling Hugo Rodallega and [...]
Continue reading …It’s now three wins and three defeats this academy season for Chelsea’s Under-18s, as they suffered a second consecutive away defeat on Saturday (and a third in four away games), falling 2-1 at Norwich City.
Continue reading …At the beginning of August we launched the first issue of an electronic magazine which contained the very best of the CFCnet website. The second issue is now available and contains 40 pages that cover the best contributions of August 2009. There’s a diverse selection of topics, with one looking at the first month of [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea travel to Wigan for Ancelotti’s latest test, in what is just our second Saturday 3pm kick off of the season. In the league Ancelotti has been known to change formation away from home, and with Joe Cole and Yuri Zhirkov back in the fold, perhaps he has another change up his sleeve? Drogba has [...]
Continue reading …Before the Spurs match the first fans forum meeting of the season took place, a lot was covered but nothing close to ground breaking emerged in a very tame meeting. The key points were – Ossie statue to be ready in 12-18 months, will be situated outside the West Stand – 16-21’s will be looked [...]
Continue reading …The Carling Cup kicks off tonight for Chelsea, as the seemingly unstoppable force meets West London rivals Queen’s Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge. QPR’s newfound status as economic high flyers has seen their profile rise in the last year or so, although their owner Flavio Briatore has had his personal reputation blown to smithereens over [...]
Continue reading …So we come around to another year of the Carling Cup, and all that comes with it. Particularly, your attention turns to the opportunity to rest key players and rotate the squad. With that comes the possibility of giving some youngsters their first taste of professional action, something Arsenal have done extensively in recent years, [...]
Continue reading …Sunday saw Spurs lose to Chelsea courtesy of some dodgy refereeing, and less significantly, spending the second half being outclassed. ‘Arry woznt appy in his interview after the match either. Both sets of fans were up for it from the get go, and the first half got off to a flier, Jose Bosingwa rifled a [...]
Continue reading …Monday 14 September New rules on the make up of Premiership squads have been announced; basically each team will have a squad limited to 25 players over the age of 21 eight of whom must have gone through youth development in England or Wales. Clubs will have a second, limitless, list of players under 21; [...]
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