For many who overindulge during the festive period, the hangover that follows presents an opportunity to reflect upon the past, make resolutions for the future, and contemplate the meaning of life in general. The older we get, the more we experience the mutability of time. Depending on our state of sobriety we feel it speed [...]
cfcuk available on Kindle In the wake of CFC’s recent, unsuccessful, attempt to secure the support required to initiate a transfer of the freehold of Stamford Bridge from the CPO, for me, the recent news that the club were re-examining the merits of the Battersea Power Station site as a suitable venue for a new [...]
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My alarm clock-radio clicked on at 5.55am, the same as it always did. A couple of hours sleep hadn’t done me too many favours, I rubbed my eyes and lay in the darkness waiting for the 6am news bulletin whilst questioning the sanity of my trip to Burnden Park the previous evening to watch Premier [...]
Continue reading …For everyone associated with Chelsea FC, in particular those of us of a certain age, the untimely death four years ago of Peter Osgood was particularly heart-rending. The king of Stamford Bridge was the primary reason that I began to follow the Blues at the tail end of the ‘60s. I don’t hold many memories from [...]
Continue reading …With celebratory hangovers waning and the Blues season triumphantly over, many fans will have returned to the humdrum normality of day-to-day life still pinching themselves now and again to check they are awake and that the events that unfolded over the last couple of months of this campaign were not part of an elaborate dream. [...]
Continue reading …“I just want to play football for Chelsea,” said Joe Cole, in an interview with the Sun newspaper last week. How many times have we heard that down the years from players whose contract talks have stalled? Have you lost count already? As supporters, we would all love to play for Chelsea Football Club, sadly though, [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea’s forthcoming fixture with Manchester City will see the British media descend on SW6 for the latest instalment in a drama that has kept the nations tabloid gossip columnists in a state of permanent erection since the story first broke about Blues skipper John Terry’s indiscretions with the ex-girlfriend of former teammate Wayne Bridge.
Continue reading …Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way … oh what fun it is to sing when Chelsea win away hey. If only eh?
Continue reading …The referential term ‘legend’ is so hackneyed in modern vocabulary that the impact of its usage, particularly in football parlance, has become somewhat diluted. In order to emphasise the achievements of an individual we now find ourselves referring to them as a ‘genuine legend or ‘true legend’. Peter Osgood, Kerry Dixon, Gianfranco Zola, John Terry [...]
Continue reading …For Chelsea supporters of a certain age, the trophy-laden Abramovich-era represents payback time. Every time John goes up to lift the this-that-or-other cup, opposing fans jealously enquire where we were when we were not quite as good as we are today … though less politely. It makes me smile. During my formative years as a [...]
Continue reading …In an exclusive extract from Mark Worrall’s most recent publication ‘One Man Went To Mow’ Mark Worrall takes a wry look at terrace clobber and the contrasting fortunes of two clothing brands that have enjoyed ‘must-have’ status in recent years amongst the style conscious fans that follow Chelsea Football Club. In 1856 when Thomas Burberry [...]
Continue reading …They say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but what about the road to Wembley? It’s hardly been a street paved with gold for Chelsea this season; indeed there’s been more of a cobbled feel to it as the Blues had to huff and puff their way past some of this [...]
Continue reading …The most capped English cricketer of all time in both Test Matches and One Day Internationals, Alec Stewart OBE enjoyed a prolific career as an aggressive opening batsman and wicketkeeper for both his county team Surrey and the England national team. With his playing days behind him, Alec now divides his time between coaching, player [...]
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