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RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA

RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on March 12, 2010

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 match against Inter Milan, ...

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

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

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on February 24, 2010

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 Kalou strike handed ...

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SWAGGERING BLUES HEAD FOR MERSEYSIDE

SWAGGERING BLUES HEAD FOR MERSEYSIDE

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on February 8, 2010

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 at winning the Premier ...

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BURNLEY NEXT FOR BOUYANT BLUES

BURNLEY NEXT FOR BOUYANT BLUES

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on January 29, 2010

After briefly falling from the top of the Premier League table to the lowly depths of third position, last week saw a re-awakening of sorts as we thundered our way back up to pole position with a convincing win over Champions ...

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BLUES FANS PRAY FOR BLUE SKIES ON SATURDAY

BLUES FANS PRAY FOR BLUE SKIES ON SATURDAY

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on January 15, 2010

Football. Anyone remember it? For those of you who have let it slip your minds, it used to be this intriguing ball game which was played on lush, green grass, you know, when England still had lush, green grass. But that was before ...

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ALL WE WANT FOR XMAS IS THREE POINTS AT BIRMINGHAM…

ALL WE WANT FOR XMAS IS THREE POINTS AT BIRMINGHAM…

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on December 23, 2009

In a torrid December which has seen the Blues win just once, Christmas cheer has so far been scarce. Boxing Day sees Carlo Ancelotti’s side travel to England’s second city in an attempt to bring all Chelsea fans a belated ...

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW HERALDS A SECOND COMING

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW HERALDS A SECOND COMING

By Rowan Farnham-Long • on December 18, 2009

As sure as night follows day, severe weather warnings follow a smattering of snow in England, and a penalty follows a blatant Steven Gerrard dive, Chelsea were almost destined to follow the name ‘Inter Milan’ in Friday’s ...

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GRANT RETURNS BUT NO TIME FOR PLEASANTRIES

First and foremost, welcome back Avram Grant. Champions League runner-up, chief ship-steadier, and a nice bloke to boot; or a traitor, tactically incompetent, puppet on a string depending on which side

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‘PLUCKY’ APOEL VISIT THE BRIDGE

For the corresponding fixture preview I got a bit of stick from some APOEL fans for not taking them seriously as a team and for not bothering to do my research and find the English section of their club’s

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MIGHTY BLUES’ CUP ROADTRIP STOPS AT EWOOD PARK

After a performance at the Emirates Stadium which can be considered imperious, resilient, and magnificent, Chelsea follow on from their thrashing of Arsenal this week with a trip north to Ewood Park, where

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WOUNDED BLUES WILL STILL ROAR AGAINST WOLVES

After a seemingly endless and probably pointless international break it’s back to Premier League action this weekend, as Wolverhampton Wanderers make the trip to Stamford Bridge to battle against Chelsea’s

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…FORMERLY KNOWN AS STAMFORD BRIDGE

Ron Gourlay’s fourth day faux pas has attracted plenty of controversy amongst fans of Chelsea, as the new Chief Executive took the seat recently vacated by Peter ‘he wasn’t that bad after all’

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BLUES TO HEAP MISERY ON MADRID

Atlético Madrid are currently perilously close to the foot of La Liga, they recently sacked Abel Resino from the managerial hotseat after a poor start to the season, and in their last five games, the

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