Given that Roman Abramovich doesn’t have a senior moment because he didn’t win the Champions League and sacks him, Carlo Ancelotti looks likely to be the man to lead Chelsea into next season. However his squad does have a few holes and a few threadbare patches that need some urgent attention if they are to [...]
Monday 22 March Chelsea youth 4:0 Blackburn Rovers youth How the first team could have done with a result like this. A rampant youth team stormed into the FA Youth Cup final by obliterating Blackburn 5-0 on aggregate. Sent off in the first leg but oddly not suspended until Wednesday Kaby Djalo was able to [...]
Continue reading …“I just want to play football for Chelsea,” said Joe Cole, in an interview with the Sun newspaper last week. How many times have we heard that down the years from players whose contract talks have stalled? Have you lost count already? As supporters, we would all love to play for Chelsea Football Club, sadly though, [...]
Continue reading …The 2010 Dallas Cup is well underway now, with two days of action completed, and it’s been a mixed bag for Chelsea. An impressive opening afternoon victory over the host team was followed Monday evening by a disappointing reverse at the hands of Costa Rican opposition, meaning everything is still to play for on Wednesday.
Continue reading …Frank Lampard found the back of the net four times for his 151st goal in a Chelsea shirt as Chelsea romped 7-1 over a hapless Villa side at Stamford Bridge. Florent Malouda got on scoresheet twice for the Blues, with Salomon Kalou adding one to the tally also as Chelsea clinched a vital win ahead [...]
Continue reading …“Peter Withe, Andy Gray, Stan Collymore, Big Ron, David Platt, Paul McGrath, Ron Saunders and Archie Hunter…your boys took one hell of a beating!” When the Premiership’s highest goal scorers met the Premiership’s surest defence, we knew that something would had to give. Little did we expect, and neither did the bookmakers at 120 to one, [...]
Continue reading …As our usual visitors know it’s this time of year when the rumors start going around about the new Chelsea FC home kit. We’ve been sent quite a few variations over the last few weeks but the one pictured is the one that we think will be closest to the final version. What do you [...]
Continue reading …The loanee ranks increased one in the last seven days as Ben Gordon became the club’s third left back to find a temporary home this season, joining Tranmere Rovers on a one month deal. He made his senior debut this week, whilst Miroslav Stoch missed two consecutive matches for the first time all season after [...]
Continue reading …This evening sees the start of Chelsea’s latest overseas youth adventure, as the club returns to the Dallas Cup intent on going one better than they did in 2007, and win the competition.
Continue reading …In a curious twist of fate, two of this weekend’s fixtures mirror the FA Cup semi-final draw, with Spurs taking on Portsmouth and Aston Villa providing the opposition for Chelsea at the Bridge. The Wembley date will be shunted to the back of the mind temporarily though as the Premier League comes first, and with [...]
Continue reading …I don’t tend to venture away from covering the youth and reserve teams on this website, but this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. Give me the chance to take aim at Nick Metcalfe and the Daily Mail? I’m there.
Continue reading …Chelsea returned to winning ways at Fratton Park last night with a 5-0 demolition of Portsmouth. The Blues were gifted the lead in the 32nd minute following a fairly insipid start to the game. A nasty bobble took a Deco header over the unfortunate David James leaving Didier Drogba with the simple task of tapping [...]
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