International weeks often mean a flurry of activity, so a double-header of game action this past weekend and in the week ahead means that alongside your usual loan action at home, there’s lots to talk about and cover in this latest round-up.
Continue reading …Monday 5 October Arsenal reserves 2:0 Chelsea reserves Well, at least captain Joe Cole got 90 minutes under his belt but like the rest of the team looked off the pace as Arsenal ran the Blues ragged and could have won by more. The highlight of the match for Chelsea was probably Jeffery Bruma’s first-half [...]
Continue reading …A vastly weakened Chelsea Under-18 team travelled to Southampton this weekend looking to start improving on a dismal away record which has seen them take just three points from a possible twelve so far this season, but fell short on the road once again. For the second week in a row Dermott Drummy’s boys were [...]
Continue reading …Today marks the 100th day since Carlo took the reigns at our club, so here’s a look back thus far at the man at the helm. If we want to talk approval ratings, Ancelotti’s percentage can’t be far off his amount of days in charge, can it? Who can forget that belter when he announced [...]
Continue reading …Attracting much media attention this week is the news that England’s World Cup Qualifier away to the Ukraine on Saturday will only be available to British viewers over the internet, due to the collapse of Setanta. In a similar development, England’s Under-21s will play their home European Championship Qualifier against Macedonia at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena [...]
Continue reading …“Give a little, Take a little… Let your poor heart break a little.” Sound advice from our boy Dean to newlyweds, and so I knew I had a responsibility to watch the X Factor on Sunday evening after my wife had let me listen to the Chelsea game for the entire duration of our drive [...]
Continue reading …I envy those who make a living writing about football. Just imagine the landlord paying you to utter football nonsense when you’re drunk in a pub and you have a rough idea of what it’s like to be a football journo. In the space of eight days we went from being world beaters (Saturday 26th [...]
Continue reading …Monday 28 September Chris Sutton has stunned the football world by being appointed as the new Lincoln City manager, Sutton will take charge at Sincil Bank on Wednesday, wisely missing the league two pasting from Notts County on Tuesday night. Tuesday 29 September Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves 0:1 Chelsea reserves Paulo Ferreira captained the reserves continuing [...]
Continue reading …Arsenal’s unbeaten second string beat Chelsea’s on Monday night in comfortable fashion, running out 2-0 winners against a Chelsea team captained by Joe Cole, still making his way back towards full match fitness. Goals from Craig Eastmond and Sanchez Watt ensured a torrid night for the Blues, who were outclassed for the majority of the [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea found themselves atop the league once more heading into the international break, courtesy of a hugely impressive 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge, one that further dents Liverpool’s title aspirations, even at this early stage of the season. The Blues were missing Petr Cech (suspended) and Jose Bosingwa (injured), so the popular Hilario started between [...]
Continue reading …It’s been another weekend of ups and downs for Chelsea’s loan congtinent, with a mix of positive performances and contributions and negative outings and continued disappointments as we get ever deeper into the season.
Continue reading …For the second season in a row, Chelsea’s Under-18s faced a battling Fulham academy and came out on top in a seven goal thriller. Last year saw a Frank Nouble hat-trick seal a fantastic midweek comeback, whereas this season saw four different goalscorers ensure comebacks from behind twice and seal a win in the season’s [...]
Continue reading …Stamford Bridge is once again the venue for the opening clash between Liverpool and Chelsea in this Premier League season. This rivalry has seen the two clubs meet a total of 24 times in all competitions since 2004, so suffice it to say, both teams are quite familiar with the other. Even the two managers, [...]
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