Arsenal. Didier Drogba. Chelsea win. The three sentences which tell you everything you need to know about a modern-day Blues V Gunners battle at Stamford Bridge. Once again, the Ivorian striker proved to be more than a thorn in the side of Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger, who saw his team thwarted by a Chelsea eleven with [...]
Continue reading …If the media is to be believed, Saturday afternoon is where our season begins. They discount our previous five games – and five wins – due to the supposed weak nature of our opposition, refuse to accept that we are top of the Premier League because we are the best team in the Premier League, [...]
Continue reading …The win over West Ham on the weekend not only saw Chelsea continue their perfect start to the 2010/11 Premier League season, but it also saw a rare occurrence which only happens a handful of times a season at most. After a recent hernia operation, Frank Lampard missed a match. With his near impeccable attendance [...]
Continue reading …In August 2003, a Chelsea side with newly acquired billionaire owner Roman Abramovich embarked upon a Champions League campaign which, at the time, was highly publicised and extremely poignant. Just months before, the Blues were reportedly on the brink of financial meltdown, with Champions League qualification – and the millions it adds to a clubs [...]
Continue reading …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 and Torquay – one of just three sides in English football to have recorded maximum points from [...]
Continue reading …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 of the embryonic Premier League, Chelsea face a side who have made wild [...]
Continue reading …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 Are They Now? book, they’re looking to provide an extensive piece of work [...]
Continue reading …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 that we are given a bigger picture at the end of the season. [...]
Continue reading …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 season, the Champions League final, the Blue Square South play-off final, we all know the list. But tucked in amongst these matches was an epic encounter at Stamford [...]
Continue reading …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 books gain an extra Blue chapter. The unthinkable alternative is purely that: unthinkable. Wigan arrive at the [...]
Continue reading …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 will always evoke memories of that beautiful day in April at the Reebok Stadium when we sealed our second top-flight title [...]
Continue reading …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 Villa. After a stodgy first-half, the Blues controlled the second period of the semi-final, but the scoreline was slightly harsh on [...]
Continue reading …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 out of the competition. Tuesday 30 April (again, but later): Wayne Rooney hobbles off the pitch in Manchester United’s [...]
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