Odds on Chelsea winning the FA Cup? 9/2. Odds on QPR winning the FA Cup? 50/1. Odds on Saturday afternoon’s football match finding itself overshadowed by a minority of knuckle-dragging, moronic, and ignorant fools? Unfortunately, very likely. When the draw for the FA Cup fourth round was made, QPR V Chelsea was accompanied by a [...]
Across the country this morning there’ll be sore heads, a sense of embarrassment and regret, a feeling of ‘what did I do last night’? Big mistakes were made, people got upset and some may never be the same again. Nothing to do with New Year’s Eve, just the aftermath of a 3-1 home defeat at [...]
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What a difference a game can make. Prior to Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Valencia, Stamford Bridge sat beneath a cloud of anxiety and unease. Confidence, belief and faith were absent; excuses, damnations and treachery were overwhelming. But then, a resurgent Didier Drogba, a fleet-footed Juan Mata, and an unstoppable Ramires – supported by eight other [...]
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Bayer Leverkusen fought back from a goal down to earn a win against Chelsea in their Champions League Group E match. Didier Drogba opened the scoring early in the second-half, but substitute Eren Derdiyok capitalised on another defensive error by Chelsea’s shaky defence to equalise, before Manuel Friedrich headed a dramatic winner in injury-time. Following [...]
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A poor second-half cost Chelsea dear against Arsenal in an enthralling London derby which saw eight goals during a mad ninety minutes. Goals from Frank Lampard, John Terry and Juan Mata were not enough, as the away side profited from strikes by Robin van Persie – who netted a hat-trick – Andre Santos and Theo [...]
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Chelsea showed their superiority at the Reebok Stadium with a Frank Lampard-inspired 5-1 win against a struggling Bolton Wanderers side on Sunday afternoon. Lampard netted a hat-trick while former Bolton loanee Daniel Sturridge added the other two, with Owen Coyle’s men replying through a Dedryck Boyata header early in the second-half. Bolton stay bottom of [...]
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Can it really be a ‘big one’ if it occurs before September is even over? With the new season less than two months old, Chelsea travel to the Premier League title holders, Manchester United, with apparently everything already on the line. Despite the gigantic elephant in the room which is Manchester City, both United and [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea eased into the final of the Barclays Asian Trophy with a 4-0 win over Kitchee in Hong Kong. A Frank Lampard penalty was followed by an own-goal and further strikes from Didier Drogba and Daniel Sturridge in a game which didn’t really test Andres Villa-Boas’ side. Chelsea continued their warm-up to the new football [...]
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There it is again, swooping in from out of the blue, just when you thought it had disappeared for another season. It was long gone, completely out of our minds, and just like that, two specific results bring it back, audaciously and completely unexpectedly. Newcastle United 0-0 Manchester United followed by Chelsea 3-1 Birmingham. Ladies [...]
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Following Chelsea’s Champions League elimination earlier this week, the Blues bounced back by netting three times in under 25 first-half minutes to beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1. Peter Odemwingie had opened the scoring for the Baggies on their home turf, but subsequent strikes from Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Frank Lampard sealed the points for [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea head to Old Trafford aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit following their first-leg defeat against Manchester United in the Champions League Quarter-Finals. The weekend’s round of Premier League matches saw both sides take it easy, with United’s routine 2-0 win over Fulham easily eclipsing the Blues’ drab one-goal victory at home against Wigan. The [...]
Continue reading …There is probably no sweeter word in the English dictionary. Say it aloud and see how it makes you feel. It’s almost impossible to utter this word and not smile immediately afterwards. Go on, shout it loud and proud: WIGAN! Until fairly recently, it was about as important as any other word, but that was [...]
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It’s a good job swearing is now officially banned after Wayne Rooney was caught cussing up Upton Park last weekend, or this match report would be pretty expletive-laden. That man Rooney scored the only goal of a tight game to hand Manchester United the advantage heading into next week’s second leg, but again controversy struck [...]
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