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, a Guus Hiddink rant and a dodgy Spanish keeper helped Chelsea set up yet another clash with Barcelona. In a very [...]
Continue reading …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 familiar occurrence for us. The waiter is in unfamiliar territory, having to juggle more then one competition at once is proving to take [...]
Continue reading …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 and hard from near the byline, the ball went past James but the sliding Drogba also couldn’t connect. In [...]
Continue reading …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 to talking about the away tickets split. The huge majority of the time was spent on [...]
Continue reading …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 Barnett of Chelsea TV fame also attended to observe the meeting. Personally I felt the meeting went really well. Kenyon, who [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea beat West Brom 2-0 today in a one sided encounter at Stamford Bridge, having not won our previous three home matches, with Sunderland on the first day of November being our last home win it was essential that we did not drop yet some more points at home. Lampard was captain in place of [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea face FC Cluj tonight in the final matchday of the Champions League group stages knowing only a win will ensure qualification. Scolari faces the enviable position of having Drogba and Anelka available up front, Lampard is suspended following his two bookings in France a fortnight ago but Ballack and Deco are both available tonight. [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea succumbed to their second home defeat of a still relatively early the season, this time at the hands of an underperforming Arsenal side. Chelsea lined up with Cech in goal, A. Cole, Terry, Ivanovic and Bosingwa in defence, Mikel holding the midfield, Ballack and Lamps in the centre, Deco out more on the left, [...]
Continue reading …First plays fifth today as Chelsea take on an Arsenal side ten points behind us in the last of our home matches against the ‘big four’. Arsenal are always a hard team to play, added to a so far unimpressive home record, which has more draws or defeats then is does wins (W3, D3, L1), [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea drew 1-1 tonight in the south of France to a Bordeaux team who were worthy of at least a draw. The first half saw so limited Chelsea chances we finished the half without any shots on target, the first three real chances of the half all fell to Laurent Blanc’s side in the first [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea play Bordeaux tonight for the return encounter in Group A of the Champions League. The meeting back in September at Stamford Bridge saw Laurent Blanc’s side destroyed 4-0, with first half goals from Frank Lampard and Joey Cole added to after the break by Florent Malouda and then in stoppage time Nicolas Anelka tapped [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea beat Blackburn 2-0 thanks to a brace from Nicolas Anelka. In a rainswept first half Chelsea were the much better team. With the pitch in a very bad condition, puddles were forming and passes along the floor were often failing to reach the intended destination. Chelsea were again without Drogba and Joe Cole, as [...]
Continue reading …Sunderland were the latest victims to be bored by a Chelsea team ready to sit back scarping a win. Chelsea, lead out by the pensioners, started slow, with a Malouda long ranger glancing wide and Alex’s free kick hitting the wall. The first good attempt came on the 15th minute, when Lampard played a beautiful [...]
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