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A BELATED AND FINAL THANKS GUUS

A BELATED AND FINAL THANKS GUUS

By Darren Mantle • on June 30, 2009

With the new man starting his reign tomorrow, the Guus hiddink chapter comes to a close. So here’s a final summary and thanks to the Dutchman. With a record that speaks for itself, Guus Hiddink must be able to take an enormous ...

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CHELSEA FIXTURES FOR THE 2009/10 SEASON

CHELSEA FIXTURES FOR THE 2009/10 SEASON

By Darren Mantle • on June 17, 2009

Carlo Ancelotti begins his tenure at home against Hull City on August 15th, before a midweek match against Sunderland just days later, with the much simpler journey to Craven Cottage the following weekend (August 22nd). Our first ...

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CHELSEA IN AMERICA - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

CHELSEA IN AMERICA - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

By Darren Mantle • on June 13, 2009

If you are thinking about going to any of the matches in the U.S tour this summer, then Chelsea in America still have tickets left for all the matches, at a discounted rate to other official outlets, and I’d strongly urge people ...

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CARLO ANCELOTTI PROFILE

CARLO ANCELOTTI PROFILE

By Darren Mantle • on June 1, 2009

Carlo Ancelotti today signed a three year contract to manage Chelsea F.C. Ancelotti, who left AC Milan by mutual consent yesterday after eight years at the Rossineri, officially takes over the reigns on July 1st, when he will ...

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CHELSEA WIN FINAL LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON

CHELSEA WIN FINAL LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON

By Darren Mantle • on May 25, 2009

Guus Hiddink said goodbye to the Premiership with a win in his final match.  For us, there was little at stake, having all but come third.  For Sunderland it was the polar opposite, still in relegation danger, a win would have ...

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A SAD FAREWELL ON A MEMORABLE DAY

A SAD FAREWELL ON A MEMORABLE DAY

By Darren Mantle • on May 18, 2009

Chelsea beating Blackburn two nil was almost a side note yesterday, a great header from the born again Malouda after just four minutes was followed in the second half by a Premier League Golden Boot equalling 18th goal for Nicolas ...

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FINAL FANS FORUM OF SEASON

FINAL FANS FORUM OF SEASON

By Darren Mantle • on May 14, 2009

With a lighter then usual agenda, this meeting was expected to be more relaxed and possibly shorter then previous ones, this didn’t prove to be the case. The Key Points were: • F.A will offer Cup Final duplicate tickets • ...

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BARCA BRIEFING

Tonight we stroll into our holiday home for the first leg of the Champions League Semi Final, our fifth visit to the Nou Camp in nine years. Results against the Catalan giants in the CL have got progressively

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CHELSEA KNOCK-OUT LIVERPOOL IN EPIC ENCOUNTER

Chelsea knocked Liverpool out the Champions League for the second consecutive season in surely one of the most epic encounters the Champions League has ever seen. A Frank Lampard brace, an Alex free kick,

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CHELSEA AIM FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL

Chelsea play Liverpool tomorrow night in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final, and, pending no large miracle happening, the winners will be facing Barcelona in the semi finals, another

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WINNING IN THE RAIN

Chelsea were the 1-0 victors at a rain swept Fratton Park, against a Portsmouth team undefeated under Paul Hart. Our first real chance came in the 15th minute, when Ashley Cole drove the ball across low

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UNRESERVED SEATING TRIAL FOR NEXT SEASON

The latest Fans Forum (before the Hull match) was all about ticketing, with not much else to report.  The main points I took from the meeting are as detailed below. I was unhappy at the lack of time allocated

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FANS FORUM: STADIUM PLANS AND TRANSFER POLICY HIGHLIGHTED

Due to a late change in Jez Walters’ schedule, the fans forum was attended by myself to represent CFCnet. Present from the club were Graham Smith, Peter Kenyon, Simon Greenberg and Ed Ashwell. Neil

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