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Chelsea face Spurs this weekend in a 4pm Kick Off, with the teams currently in the top four positions playing each other on Sunday. Spurs have had a good start to the season, winning four and losing one, last Sunday against Man United after going a goal up.  In our most recent league loss, Redknapp’s [...]

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Chelsea visit Stoke for our first Saturday 3pm Kick Off of the season. The match comes after an international break, and hopefully we can pick up where we left off with another great Chelsea display. A win would equal a club record of ten straight Premier League wins. Currently top on Goal Difference, with Spurs [...]

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Hull City visit the Bridge for the opening day of the season tomorrow. The early Kick Off means if either side win then they go top for at least a couple of hours. Ancelotti will be feeling pressure to get the season started on the right foot and install confidence in the fans and team [...]

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Chelsea maintained their European dominance by beating Inter Milan in the World Challenge Cup trophy thing that we’re playing for. Having seen Sturridge and Lampard put Seattle Sounders to bed, today saw Lampard and Drogba with the goals. We started with the diamond formation, with Essien on the right, Malouda on the left, Mikel holding [...]

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Chelsea Supporters from as far as Italy came to our Cobham training ground on Sunday 12th July for the second annual Chelsea Supporters Tournament. The weather forecast predictions earlier in the week were proved wrong, with rain barely surfacing. Hundreds of people turned up for it, and it was yet again a complete success. Interest [...]

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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 amount of pride in his achievements in the Stamford Bridge dugout. With just [...]

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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 match against one of the Big Four is Liverpool on October 3rd, the last time we played them [...]

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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 to explore this avenue before any others. Having looked into buying five tickets [...]

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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 be 50. Playing Career The Italian was a midfielder throughout his career, he started his playing career [...]

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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 ensured Premier League survival. Drogba’s effort hitting the roof of the net within the [...]

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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 Anelka. Two of the CFCnet banners were reversed and had the words ‘Thanks Guus’ spray [...]

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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 • No on pitch F.A Cup Final beamback • No parade after the F.A Cup Final [...]

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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 better, having lost the first two encounters and drawing the second two, then true to form tonight [...]

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