For another week at least, the loan round-up will be centred around Miroslav Stoch. The Slovakian international winger scored both goals in FC Twente’s 2-1 Europa League win against Sheriff Tiraspol and followed it up on Sunday by playing in the Eredivisie leaders’ 1-0 victory over Ajax, which keeps them both top, and unbeaten.
Continue reading …Yes, that’s a two-pronged headline. Chelsea’s 100% home record in academy league action continued this morning in a hard-working 3-2 victory over Portsmouth courtesy of goals from Bobby Devyne, Billy Knott and Kaby. It wasn’t the best of performances from the Blues, but Billy Knott had an outstanding game and continued his scoring run, with [...]
Continue reading …Ron Gourlay’s fourth day faux pas has attracted plenty of controversy amongst fans of Chelsea, as the new Chief Executive took the seat recently vacated by Peter ‘he wasn’t that bad after all’ Kenyon, and promptly put his foot in it. Taking a leaf out of NewcastleUnited.org or whatever Mike@Ashley has them monikered now, Gourlay [...]
Continue reading …Man United travel to The Bridge on Remembrance Sunday for the biggest test to date of Ancelotti’s so far impressive tenure. We’ve nearly a full strength side to pick from, Zhirkov, Mikel and Bosingwa are all hopeful of being fit, but so far everyone else is fit. Our last league match was the 4-0 win [...]
Continue reading …Yesterday, on his fourth day in charge, Ron Gourlay, Chelsea’s new Chief Executive, announced that the club would consider the naming rights for Stamford Bridge, provided that the words Stamford Bridge were also kept in the title. This was met with obvious discontent, and we at CFCnet decided to run a poll to gauge the [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea drew 2-2 with Atletico Madrid away from home in the Champions League and with FC Porto defeating APOEL Nicosia in the other game, Chelsea guaranteed their place in the knockout round. In a game that only truly came to life in the final ten minutes, star strikers Sergio Aguero and Didier Drogba each netted [...]
Continue reading …Monday 26 October The Times reveals that, in Italy, to describe someone as a genius doesn’t have the same weight as it does here, meaning instead that Joe is a creative influence in his position. Tuesday 27 October Lee Sawyer has left Southend under something of a cloud. Lee asked for the termination of his [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea swept aside Bolton Wanderers 4-0, for the second time this week, this time at the Reebok Stadium. Lampard’s twenty second consecutive penalty, followed by an own goal, a beautiful Deco strike and a late Drogba volley, guaranteed Chelsea the points. It could have been more, were it not for the heroics of Jussi Jaaskelainen [...]
Continue reading …Since being moved to left-back, England Under-17 international Billy Knott has re-found his goalscoring form. After missing three-quarters of a year with a cruciate ligament injury, he has ironically found goalscoring form since being moved to left back to aid his defensive development. The most recent of the goals came Saturday, as Dermot Drummy’s boys [...]
Continue reading …Atlético Madrid are currently perilously close to the foot of La Liga, they recently sacked Abel Resino from the managerial hotseat after a poor start to the season, and in their last five games, the beleaguered Spanish side have scored just three goals and shipped an unhealthy nine, winning only one game. Meanwhile, north of [...]
Continue reading …For the second week in a row and the fourth time this season, Miroslav Stoch found the net for FC Twente in a win which keeps Steve McClaren’s charges at the top of the Eredivisie. As usual, however, it wasn’t exactly a tale of positivity for other Chelsea loanees.
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