This week it’s the turn of issue 8 of the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association’s Chelsea Independent. Issue 8 was published in September 1988. Chelsea has just been relegated and were truly the “Boys in Blue Division 2″. For me 1988/89, until the last two Champion’s seasons, was my most enjoyable time following the Blues home [...]

This week I’m turning the clock back nearly 20 years to issue 4 of the Chelsea Independent, the fanzine of the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association (CISA). Issue 4 came out in Dec 1988 when Chelsea were not so good and I was not so fat. In the season 1988/89 the CISA team consisted of Chair Editor – [...]

Last week I had a look at the first ever issue of Matthew Harding’s Blue and White Army. This week it’s the 107th issue of the Chelsea Independent. It was the Chelsea Independent that hatched CFCnet 8 years ago two years after Mark Wheeler had first fertilised the web with the original “Indy” site. I’ve chosen [...]