Carlo Ancelotti is clearly not in the business to make friends. Although goals from Branislav Ivanovic and Nicolas Anelka helped Chelsea to a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers, Stamford Bridge was still a subdued arena at the final whistle on Saturday evening. More routine than rousing, the victory helped those disillusioned Blues fans remember what [...]
Continue reading …Carpe Diem Chelsea, carpe diem!! Seize the day Chelsea, seize the day! This is it; this really is our last chance saloon. If Chelsea fail to beat Blackburn Rovers at the Bridge on Saturday, a day before Tottenham challenge Man Utd’s unbeaten run, then it really is all over, for this year. We can argue [...]
Continue reading …TALKING BLUES Nick Browns editorial reflects on a “piss poor” start to the season, although October saw a little improvement. Nick witnessed crushes outside the Shed End mainly down to club members not having enough turnstiles to enter though. The official gate figure for the fixture was 26,000 although the CISA indicates that it was [...]
Continue reading …Last week I was still reeling from another multi-goal thriller at the Bridge featuring us and Aston Villa, nursing a feeling that yet again we had merely papered over some gaping cracks in this crumbling season. Still, three points from the Bolton game and the draw with Villa had kept us in reasonable touch with [...]
Continue reading …Tuesday 21 December Finally something happens: Gaël Kakuta has signed a four-and-a-half year contract which squashes the possibility of him walking out to Join any of the Spanish or Italian giants in the summer.
Continue reading …Chelsea’s recent love affair with the FA Cup continued at Stamford Bridge this afternoon with a 7-0 mauling of Ipswich Town. This was the FA Cup holders’ thirteenth consecutive win in the competition and the seven goals meant twenty four have been scored in the past seven cup matches. The win sets up a 4th [...]
Continue reading …After seventeen years, Wolves finally conquered Chelsea, and with the 1-0 victory they consigned the Champions to even more misery. The loss leaves Chelsea hanging perilously outside the Champions League places, and now face an uphill struggle to re-enter the world’s premier club competition – never mind defending their historic title. Even if Chelsea were [...]
Continue reading …Sunday, Chelsea begin their defence of yet another trophy, the FA Cup, at Stamford Bridge. Though overshadowed by another massive fixture the same day, the Blues will look to find a win as their recent league form sees them take just 10 out of a possible 30 pts. Their opponents, Ipswich Town, are having a [...]
Continue reading …Issue 25 of the Chelsea Independent is next up for my fanzine reviews. This editorial team for this issue was Nick Brown and Jim Ross. This issue was published in August 1991. The front cover features a photo of the scoreboard at the City Ground Nottingham. Although the final score was 7 – 0 to [...]
Continue reading …Another game, another woeful performance from the champions as Wolves beat Chelsea 1-0 thanks to Jose Bosingwa’s own goal. Didier Drogba did hit the outside of the post in the second half, and both Salomon Kalou and Florent Malouda went close, but The Blues look a broken side as they ran out of ideas against [...]
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Continue reading …What seemed like a dramatic late winner from Terry was cancelled out by Ciaran Clark’s header in the dying moments in a game that really summed up a horrid run of form for Chelsea. Just the one win from eight Premier League games has been the real cause for alarm amongst the faithful, and whilst [...]
Continue reading …Stumbling, spluttering, nervous but spirited and improving, Chelsea travel to the home of the bottom club, Wolves, on Wednesday night. This match will be the turning point of our recent slump and see the Champions return to winning ways, IF, Carlo plays the 4-4-2, we are all craving. I received a lot of feedback, following [...]
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