Much like his successor Petr Cech, Carlo Cudicini was a virtual unknown when Chelsea rescued him from Castel di Sangro. However, the extent of Cudicini’s talent was known by his fellow Italian Gianluca Vialli, who initially signed him on loan in 1999. Nine and half years and 141 league appearances later, Carlo Cudicini had firmly [...]
Continue reading …Back in October, Chelsea’s Reserves travelled to Stoke’s Brittania Stadium to face a team in which every member had football league experience, and came away with a last-minute 3-2 defeat. In the return fixture on Wednesday evening, Steve Holland’s boys won for the first time in four games in impressive fashion, for this time theirs [...]
Continue reading …Monday 1 March Petr Cech has been voted the Czech player of the year for 2009, it is the third time he has won. The big lunk goalkeeper picked up the award in 2005 and 2008. Breaking hypocrisy news: (or should that be breathtaking hypocrisy news) Fabio Capello has explained that his captains must set [...]
Continue reading …Despite the West Ham game next Saturday being an absolutely must win game my mind is very much tuned in to the Champions League tie against Inter the following Tuesday. What with the return of Jose’, our run of bad luck at crucial moments in the competition and the desire of finally being able to [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea eased into yet another FA Cup Semi-Final with a routine 2-0 home win against Stoke City. The English duo of Frank Lampard and John Terry supplied the goals either side of the interval. Carlo Ancelotti brought Alex back into the starting eleven to help cope with Stoke’s aerial threat, whilst Paulo Ferreira and Salomon [...]
Continue reading …The weekly loan review gets that little bit shorter again this week after Patrick van Aanholt returned to Chelsea after his spell at Newcastle, but there was still a lack of major news, by and large. Ryan Bertrand saw his FA Cup run with Reading come to a grinding second-half halt, whilst there were also [...]
Continue reading …A bad end to February will hopefully be put behind us tomorrow as we aim to make it into the semi final of the F.A Cup for the fourth time in five years, earning a trip to whats becoming our second home, Wembley Stadium. Stoke are the visitors this time for the 4.00 kick off, [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea’s Under-18s dropped two points at home in the FA Premier Academy League on Saturday morning, drawing 2-2 with Southampton. Having led 2-0 in the first half, defensive lapses and one error of monumental proportions allowed the visitors to come away with a deserved share of the spoils in what was an engrossing affair.
Continue reading …No, not another exposé of players private lives, but as last months article on the subject highlighted, the chairman of Chelsea Pitch Owners finally officially re-stated what he had casually said to raised eyebrows at the end of the AGM in 2006 (and then denied several times since); that he did not necessarily see CPO’s purpose was to stop CFC moving away from [...]
Continue reading …I normally hate international weeks but this one couldn’t have come at a better time. At least it gets our minds off the catastrophic week that came to an end with the home defeat against Man City. On the plus side we can say that the result and performance at the San Siro give us [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a busy midweek of youth international representation for young Blues, with notable achievements for at least half a dozen of the burgeoning talents as they headed away from Cobham to play for their countries. With a lot to cover, let’s dive in.
Continue reading …Forgive the Wizard of Oz reference in the title if you will. There are times when news breaks concerning the Chelsea Youth and Reserve team, but it might not warrant a full article for one reason or another. There is an alternative, and growing means of news reporting. Intrigued? Please, do read on.
Continue reading …Tuesday 23 February As the speculation about Ashley Cole continues to fly the club announce that Yuri Zhirkov has not shaken off the knock he picked up at Wolves and that Paulo Ferreira is not registered for the Champions League. So who, you might ask, as the squad catch a flight to Italy, is going [...]
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