Articles written by Rowan Farnham-Long
Chelsea welcome Stoke City to Stamford Bridge for Saturday’s Premier League game, safe in the knowledge that the season has started in the best possible way. Two league games played, two 6-0 wins, and – along with QPR ...
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After the perfect start to the 2010/11 season last weekend with a 6-0 romping at home to West Brom, Carlo Ancelotti takes his side to bipolar Wigan Athletic this weekend. Aiming to make it two on the trot to potentially stay top ...
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Some friends of CFCnet are writing a book, and they need your help. Andy Pringle and Neil Fissler are documenting the whereabouts of a plethora of ex-Blues, but some are proving to be tricky to track down.
As part of their Where ...
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Once again, it’s been a season of many ups and few downs. With the highlights come heroes, and with the low points, scapegoats are created. Week in, week out, you, the CFCnet forum users, have been voting in your droves to ensure ...
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By rights, the biggest games of the season are played at the end of each campaign. The FA Cup final, the final day of the Premier League ...
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Has there ever been this much trepidation over a visit from Wigan Athletic? Not just at Stamford Bridge either, but ever in the history of football? The permeations are well-known; win and we become champions, and the history ...
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Maybe it’s because we won the supposed ‘title decider’ against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Maybe it’s because Blackburn Rovers then held a toothless United on Sunday. Maybe it’s because games against Bolton Wanderers ...
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