After a couple of weeks off due to Internationals its back to the important business of gaining another 3 points at the Stadium of Light in sunny Mackem land. With the transfer window now shut it will be interesting to see what team AVB will choose especially now we are strengthened by the return from [...]
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This is something that I wrote a few years ago for the FA Cup game versus recent opponents Norwich City in 2005. I love to recycle old rubbish so here it is again.
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A focused Andre Villas Boas faced the press at Cobham today as Chelsea prepare to travel to the North East on Saturday to face Sunderland as the Premier League gets back underway after the international break. With many Blues stars in action over the break it was also a chance for injured players to continue [...]
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Chelsea’s players return to club action after the international break and Sunderland are the next opponents. If Chelsea have had a slightly slow start to the season then Sunderland have certainly had a slow start, picking up just two points from their first three games. It is therefore no surprise to see Chelsea odds on [...]
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Monday 29 August Raul Meireles is being whispered about more and more as Modric seems unable to find a way out of White Hart Lane. Stoke City asked nicely if they could borrow Lukaku but the club, and probably the player, said no. Tuesday 30 August Chelsea reserves 1:1 Blackburn Rovers reserves A slightly frustrating [...]
Continue reading …Rick Glanvill is a recognisable name amongst Chelsea fans, having penned the club’s official centenary biography and the ‘History in Pictures’ book, and then gone on to be the club’s first official historian. Here CFCnet chats to Glanvill as he opens up on the perks of his job, his secret to finding those stats and the day he sang a duet with Salomon Kalou.
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It seems that Andre Villas-Boas still hasn’t decided who his best striker is for the season but according to the bookies Fernando Torres is likely to outscore his team mate Didier Drogba as well as Frank Lampard and the new signings at Stamford Bridge this season. Last season Didier Drogba was the main man for [...]
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So the footballing world continues to ignore the depressing financial realities the rest of Earth lives in, presumably by plugging it’s ears and whistling merrily, as a cool £485 million was splurged in this transfer window. Now I love the undeniable excitement of transfer deadline day as much as the next man ( unless that [...]
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