The unwelcome impact of the global credit crunch has been felt by many people in many different ways. Scarcely a day passes without more depressing news about the economy assaulting our senses from every angle. Chelsea Football Club, bankrolled by Roman Abramovich, remains unaffected. They say that money goes to money, and in Mr Abramovich’s [...]
Continue reading …As the Blues search for a reputable manager to replace ‘nearly man’ Avram Grant becomes mired in farce and subterfuge I’m left wondering exactly whom at Chelsea Football Club owner Mr Abramovich should hold accountable for this shabby state of affairs which has left many supporters feeling deeply frustrated and alienated?Himself? Don’t be ridiculous. Autocratic [...]
Continue reading …That Avram Grant’s brief tenure at the Stamford Bridge managerial helm is over will have come as no surprise to anyone who follows the fortunes of Chelsea Football Club. The timing and manner of his dismissal, coming so soon after the painful Champions League final defeat in Moscow indicates that the decision had already been [...]
Continue reading …‘We’re going to Moscow, we’re going to Moscow … f*ck your history … we’re going to Moscow’. If Johnny Cash were alive today, I’m sure he would have endorsed the darkly comic lyrical re-working of ‘I want to go home’ a traditional West Indies folk song which appeared on his sixth album ‘Songs of Our [...]
Continue reading …Ahh the delicious irony of it all. With just two Premiership games left of what has been the most unpredictable season in living memory, (glorious will be pre-fixed to unpredictable should Manchester United drop points against either, or preferably both of their final opponents West Ham and Wigan Athletic whilst the Blues fare better against [...]
Continue reading …The well-worn sporting cliché which asserts that ‘a week is a long time in football’ has been applicable to the fortunes of Chelsea FC and its die-hard followers on a number of occasions during the course of this season and I have no doubt that following the dramatic events at Stamford Bridge in the Champions [...]
Continue reading …‘F*ck all … you’re gonna win f*ck all, you’re gonna win f*ck all, you’re gonna win f*ck all’. The chant had rung loudly in my ears, tinnitus-like, as I’d made my way down Tottenham High Road in the direction of Seven Sisters tube station last Wednesday night. The yellow light from the streetlamps illuminated the [...]
Continue reading …Avram Grant’s hangdog expression has become an all too familiar sight in recent weeks. The mixture of misery and self pity suffused with a subtle hint of exasperation is there for all to see. “This is the most disappointing day since I came to Chelsea,” he observed ruefully as he reflected on Barnsley’s ‘shock’ FA [...]
Continue reading …Trudging disconsolately down Wembley Way after witnessing the embarrassingly slip-shod on-field debacle that had culminated in Chelsea’s meek surrender of the Carling Cup to an effervescent Rottenham Dropspur, I’d cast a cursory glance over my shoulder. The magnificent illuminated arch arcing over the brand new stadium lit up the darkening early evening sky which as [...]
Continue reading …There can have been few people more pleased than ex-Blue Frank Sinclair when the draw for the fifth round of this seasons FA Cup competition pitched his current club Huddersfield Town against Chelsea. The Terriers, currently plying their trade in League One are a club steeped in history and tradition whose long-suffering supporters can often [...]
Continue reading …Diametrically opposed in every way to his predecessor Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, aided and abetted by a run of form that has seen Chelsea thrive in the league, surge into the Carling Cup Final, secure a berth in the second phase of the Champions League and romp into the 5th Round of the FA Cup, [...]
Continue reading …It is one of life’s great conundrums that in the fickle, febrile, highly competitive 21st century reality-TV dominated world we inhabit, Chelsea Football Club possesses the ultimate in the type of brand allegiance that multi-national conglomerates covet and throw trillions of pounds at trying to secure. ‘Where were you when you were sh*t?’ It’s only [...]
Continue reading …There are plenty of Chelsea chants that fill me with mirth. The contemporary lyrical reworking of the Only Fools and Horses theme tune, ‘He stuck a Veron in his pocket, he nicked Glen Johnson from West Ham, cos if you want the best uns and you don’t ask questions then Roman he’s your man. Where [...]
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