The champions of England and France meet at Stamford Bridge tomorrow in matchday 2 of the Champions League. Didier Deschamps brings his Marseille side to the ground where he plied his trade during the 1999/2000 season, most notable from a Chelsea perspective for a memorable first campaign in the Champions League, a campaign of which [...]
Continue reading …A night of high drama and changing emotions at Stamford Bridge last night eventually ended with the Blues going out of the Carling Cup.
Continue reading …A trip to the far east awaits Chelsea tomorrow afternoon, although for the player’s sakes let’s hope they have an easier journey than that which the 3,000 travelling Blues will have to undertake. With both the District and Hammersmith and City lines closed, Chelsea fans are being forced to improve their knowledge of the key [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea hit their opponents for six for the second successive week as they trounced a demoralised Wigan side by the same scoreline with which West Brom had been dispatched the previous Saturday.
Continue reading …Chelsea slumped to their third consecutive pre-season friendly defeat yesterday, going down by two goals to one in Hamburg’s Imtech Arena. The damage was done in the final twenty minutes as the Blues threw away their goal advantage.
Continue reading …Michael Essien’s first appearance in a Chelsea shirt in 2010 ended well after the Ghanaian midfielder scored the only goal against Crystal Palace in the Blues first pre-season friendly of the campaign. It was a youthful squad which travelled to Selhurst Park on Saturday with a number of first-team players either injured or yet to [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea won the Double for the first time in their history with a 1-0 victory in the FA Cup Final against Portsmouth at Wembley. Didier Drogba’s pinpoint free-kick midway through the second half proved divisive in an extraordinary match. Carlo Ancelotti stuck with the same starting eleven that beat Liverpool and Wigan with such ease [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea moved one step closer to securing their first Premier League title since 2006 with a 2-0 win at Anfield against Liverpool. Goals in either half from Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard mean the Blues head into their final league fixture next weekend, at home to Wigan Athletic, knowing a win will guarantee top spot. [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea mauled Stoke City 7-0 to return to the summit of the Premier League with only two games to go. Salomon Kalou netted a hat-trick, Frank Lampard got another two whilst Daniel Sturridge and Florent Malouda also got in on the act late on. Manchester United had apparently ‘piled’ the pressure on Chelsea going into [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea returned to winning ways at Fratton Park last night with a 5-0 demolition of Portsmouth. The Blues were gifted the lead in the 32nd minute following a fairly insipid start to the game. A nasty bobble took a Deco header over the unfortunate David James leaving Didier Drogba with the simple task of tapping [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea travel to Ewood Park on Sunday afternoon in a potential season-defining game. Outthought and outclassed by Inter Milan on Tuesday evening, the Blues require an instant return to winning ways to ensure they keep their noses ahead of both Manchester United and Arsenal in the title race. Arsenal have what looks like a comfortable [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea eased into yet another FA Cup Semi-Final with a routine 2-0 home win against Stoke City. The English duo of Frank Lampard and John Terry supplied the goals either side of the interval. Carlo Ancelotti brought Alex back into the starting eleven to help cope with Stoke’s aerial threat, whilst Paulo Ferreira and Salomon [...]
Continue reading …For the fourth consecutive match against ‘the’ Arsenal, Chelsea ran out comfortably winners and ended the Gunners’ already faint title hopes. An emphatic Didier Drogba brace sealed the 2-0 victory which saw Chelsea march back to the top of the table.
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