
Trudging disconsolately down Wembley Way after witnessing the embarrassingly slip-shod on-field debacle that had culminated in Chelsea’s meek surrender of the Carling Cup to an effervescent Rottenham Dropspur, I’d cast a cursory glance over my shoulder.
The magnificent illuminated arch arcing over the brand new stadium lit up the darkening early evening sky which as if […]

There can have been few people more pleased than ex-Blue Frank Sinclair when the draw for the fifth round of this seasons FA Cup competition pitched his current club Huddersfield Town against Chelsea. The Terriers, currently plying their trade in League One are a club steeped in history and tradition whose long-suffering supporters can often […]

Diametrically opposed in every way to his predecessor Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, aided and abetted by a run of form that has seen Chelsea thrive in the league, surge into the Carling Cup Final, secure a berth in the second phase of the Champions League and romp into the 5th Round of the FA Cup, […]

It is one of life’s great conundrums that in the fickle, febrile, highly competitive 21st century reality-TV dominated world we inhabit, Chelsea Football Club possesses the ultimate in the type of brand allegiance that multi-national conglomerates covet and throw trillions of pounds at trying to secure.
‘Where were you when you were sh*t?’ It’s only the […]

There are plenty of Chelsea chants that fill me with mirth. The contemporary lyrical reworking of the Only Fools and Horses theme tune, ‘He stuck a Veron in his pocket, he nicked Glen Johnson from West Ham, cos if you want the best uns and you don’t ask questions then Roman he’s your man. Where […]

Blues fans the shrinking world over cant fail but to have been seduced by the epic drama unfolding at Stamford Bridge this season. The opinions, aphorisms and heretical thoughts that cascaded along the ever flowing river that is Chelsea Football Club at the time of Jose Mourinho’s dramatic departure less than three months ago have […]

I was having a drink with Tony Millard, proprietor of fabled North Cheam Chelsea stronghold hostelry Tones Bar, a few weeks ago when he mentioned that he planned to host a tribute evening in his drinker in honour of the incomparable Blues legend Alan Hudson, with the great man himself being the guest of honour.
I’m […]

According to the AA Route planner, it’s 543 miles from Wigan to Gelsenkirchen, plus another 30 odd miles on top of that to cater for the English Channel. It doesn’t sound too far really now does it?
Of course not, but there’s always a catch when it comes to following Chelsea over land and sea … […]