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THE IMMOVABLE STOKE AIM TO STOP IRREPRESSIBLE BLUES

THE IMMOVABLE STOKE AIM TO STOP IRREPRESSIBLE BLUES

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on August 27, 2010

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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LACKLUSTRE LATICS OUT TO SHOCK BLUES

LACKLUSTRE LATICS OUT TO SHOCK BLUES

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on August 20, 2010

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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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on July 1, 2010

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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CFCnet’s PLAYER OF THE SEASON, 2009/10

CFCnet’s PLAYER OF THE SEASON, 2009/10

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on June 22, 2010

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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MY LIFE AS A FOOTBALLER

MY LIFE AS A FOOTBALLER

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on May 26, 2010

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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90 MINUTES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BLUE DAY

90 MINUTES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BLUE DAY

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on May 7, 2010

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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WANDERERS TRAVEL DOWN TO HIJACK CHELSEA HOPES

WANDERERS TRAVEL DOWN TO HIJACK CHELSEA HOPES

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on April 12, 2010

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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FROM WEMBLEY TO… WEMBLEY, AS BLUES CLAIM ANOTHER CUP FINAL SPOT

Chelsea will head to their second home Wembley for another FA Cup Final in May, after goals from Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard saw the Blues end up comfortable winners against Aston

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SATURDAY MATINEE AT THE THEATRE PROMISES ACTION

Saturday 27 March 2010: Chelsea thump Aston Villa 7-1 in the Premier League. Tuesday 30 April 2010: Chelsea do not have to play a mid-week Champions League game, because, well you know, we sort of went

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TIME FOR HEROES V VILLAINS

In a curious twist of fate, two of this weekend’s fixtures mirror the FA Cup semi-final draw, with Spurs taking on Portsmouth and Aston Villa providing the opposition for Chelsea at the Bridge. The Wembley

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RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA

Two potentially season-defining games lay in wait for the Blues in quick succession, starting this weekend with a visit from West Ham United. While all eyes may be on Tuesday’s huge Champions League

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INTER 2-1 CHELSEA: KALOU NETS AWAY TO LAY FOUNDATIONS AT HOME

So that’s what it’s like to lose to José Mourinho. All those teams he left trailing in his wake were joined by Chelsea tonight, as goals from Diego Milito and Esteban Cambiasso either side of a Salomon

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SWAGGERING BLUES HEAD FOR MERSEYSIDE

Arsene Wenger is known to some as ‘The Professor’. To others, he is known as much worse, but for now we’ll stick with the initial moniker. He may have to give up that title – along with any chance

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