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Yesterday, at the opening ceremony of The World Cup, the staff here at CFCnet Towers crowded around our black & white portable TV to watch through a flickering screen the first game of the tournament between South Africa and Mexico. Thankfully the fridge was full of fizzy stuff – I told Peter not to open [...]

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Starting today, here at CFCnet Towers, we give you the official line. This is official information, news and views from inside our club. From new signings, to information regarding the new season, you can see it here by clicking on the links provided. Prior to starting today, official news from yesterday gave us the fact [...]

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THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CHELSEA IN THE FA CUP

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More FA Cup related archive contributions. This time Pete Bull took a moment to look back at recent campaigns before the 2002 Cup Final. He recalls the pleasure, pain and family bust-ups that they have caused him. Being a Chelsea fan in the mid 1970s, the 1980s and the early part of the 1990s was a [...]

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After what seems to have been a summer of miserable weather in the UK, our attentions now turn to something that will brighten us all up; yes the weekend brings the start of the new 2007/08 Premiership season and on Sunday Chelsea take to the pitch to battle it out with newcomers Birmingham City. For [...]

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Our season ended on a low note as we came away from Newcastle losing 1-0. This was our second consecutive defeat, the other being against Blackburn on Tuesday, when again we lost 1-0; unfortunately losing in two consecutive matches in the Premiership hadn’t happened to José Mourinho before at Chelsea since his arrival from Porto.

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After scoring in the Carling Cup Final last week, Mateja Kezman repeated the dose today to help us win at Carrow Road thus cementing our place at the top of the Premiership. Earlier in the day a 0-0 score line between ten men Crystal Palace and Manchester United had given us the chance to go [...]

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LIVERPOOL 2-3 CHELSEA

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After five years without winning a trophy, John Terry lifted the Carling Cup in Cardiff yesterday. It was the first major trophy lifted by our inspirational young captain, the first trophy under Jose Mourinho and the first under Roman Abramovich, I’m certain it won’t be the last by any means as this team have a [...]

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EVERTON 0-1 CHELSEA

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Eidur Gudjohnsen grabbed the winner at Goodison Park today to put us twelve points clear ahead of the Manchester City Manchester United game tomorrow. On a very windy day at Goodison Park where the pitch was looking dreadful, we outplayed Everton and came away with the three points, which crucially gave the team, and us [...]

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The last team to beat Chelsea in the Premiership were Man City back in October last year, that day David James made some vital saves to keep us out. Today he made two good saves that stopped us getting the vital win to go back 11pts clear.

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It was back down to business again today for Jose Mourinho and Chelsea, as it was FA Cup Fourth Round day. We’d been drawn against Birmingham City and Sky had chosen the match as their Sunday game. Mario Melchiot was welcomed back to Stamford Bridge before the game collecting a memento for his time at [...]

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After the first leg at Stamford Bridge both clubs went into the second leg of this Carling Cup tie level at 0-0, so it was all to play for this evening at Old Trafford. The winners were guaranteed a place at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to play Liverpool, and in true award style fashion, the [...]

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Just under a month ago we travelled to Portsmouth and won 0-2. On that day goals by Arjen Robben and Joe Cole kept us on track for maximum points over the Christmas and New Year period.

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The stats don’t lie regarding this fixture, as all Chelsea fans know, we often beat Spurs at Three Point Lane and of course Stamford Bridge. The record reads, 29 games unbeaten, this stretches back to the old First Division and of course the Premiership.

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