It was an ugly game at Goodison Park as Chelsea came off 2nd best to see their lead at the top of the Premier League cut to a point. Louis Saha gave Ancelotti’s side a taste of what Arsenal had to deal with against Didier Drogba on Sunday as he dominated Terry and Carvalho, and [...]
Continue reading …For the fourth consecutive match against ‘the’ Arsenal, Chelsea ran out comfortably winners and ended the Gunners’ already faint title hopes. An emphatic Didier Drogba brace sealed the 2-0 victory which saw Chelsea march back to the top of the table.
Continue reading …Stamford Bridge hosted title pretenders Arsenal on Sunday. The Blues fans helped back the team in our bid to regain top spot, as well as show our unwavered support for our club captain. Terry played his first home game since hitting the front page headlines, our fans stepped it up and as many newspapers acknowledged, [...]
Continue reading …So first things first. How come no one has yet said anything about the ridiculous new turnstiles they’ve put in place at the Bridge? You know the ones, they have to be manned by stewards because they don’t work properly. As with all genius ideas, on paper the plan was perfect: Replace humans with robots [...]
Continue reading …Arsene Wenger is known to some as ‘The Professor’. To others, he is known as much worse, but for now we’ll stick with the initial moniker. He may have to give up that title – along with any chance at winning the Premier League title – though. Why? Because on Sunday, it was Chelsea who [...]
Continue reading …Monday 1 February Aston Villa reserves 3:1 Chelsea reserves The confidence and performance were still there for the reserves but the habit of letting in unfortunate goals was back as well. Kakuta made things happen in midfield, Conor Clifford scared the goalkeeper with a long range lobbed bomb that smacked the bar. But, still, we [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a tough week for Chelsea’s loanees, with wins largely at a premium. Jack Cork once again joined the ranks of those at temporary homes, but was unable to make his debut, whilst elsewhere Miroslav Stoch’s FC Twente lost their long unbeaten league record.
Continue reading …No sooner had Arsenal crashed to another defeat to Chelsea – their fourth in less than a year – than Sky Sports had thrust a microphone in front of Arsene Wenger. What did the learned professor say? “We felt we were the better team and I’m very proud of our performance”.
Continue reading …John Terry’s private life has been splashed across every media outlet for the past week and Fabio Capello finally made the decision to drop him as England captain. JT is a great player, a world class defender and a colossus at the back but also a monumental prat for his off-field antics. But should this [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a tough first year in England for Austrian striker Philipp Prosenik. After a useful pre-season and first few weeks of the campaign proper, and a handful of goals to his name, injuries have made things tough for the former Rapid Vienna striker. But, in an interview with Nachrichten, he revealed that rehabilitation is [...]
Continue reading …According to latest circulation figures The Sun sells 2.86 million copies every day. Its readership nudges 8 million. Its Sunday sister, The News of the World has very similar circulation and readership figures. That means more than one in seven of you Brits have The Sun and The NOTW as their staple newspaper diet. To [...]
Continue reading …The annual academy league clash between Chelsea and Arsenal is one of the most keenly anticipated on the calendar, and a healthy crowd was attracted to a cold and overcast Cobham on Saturday morning. The game failed to live up to its billing for the large part, finishing goalless, but despite the majority of the [...]
Continue reading …Twenty-four hours have passed since Chelsea announced that after deliberations with FIFA, RC Lens and the CAS, all sanctions placed on the club and Gael Kakuta last September would be lifted with immediate effect. The last day has given us time to reflect on the original decision, how it was reported and reacted to, and [...]
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