CFCNET MEETS RICK GLANVILL
Rick Glanvill is a recognisable name amongst Chelsea fans, having penned the club’s official centenary biography and the ‘History in Pictures’ book, and then gone on to be the club’s first official historian. Here CFCnet chats to Glanvill as he opens up on the perks of his job, his secret to finding those stats and the day he sang a duet with Salomon Kalou.
Much of the summer of 2011 has been seen Chelsea chase a new playmaker to add to the squad, after a midfield impressed last season with effort and work rate but failed in the creativity department. This short fall in the squad was quickly identified by the top office that runs transfers, as Chelsea began [...]
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At the age of 33 he has shown all the signs to become one of the greatest. As a player he never had the talent to make it to the highest level, but as a coach he has exceeded all expectations, backed by plaudits of some of the greatest and a philosophy that encapsulates everything [...]
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At a club like Chelsea where we have gone through six managers in seven years (and will appoint no.7 sooner rather than later… hopefully) it comes a time where fans become frustrated with the management from above, a supposed hierarchy who have no idea about football despite it being their working life ruining it for [...]
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Yuri Zhirkov has been a complicated mess of a player since he signed in the summer of 2008, as word would have it, under Hiddink’s recommendation. He cost the club eighteen million of our owner’s finest, three more than Arsenal paid for Andrei Arshavin. Let’s face it, Russians and London don’t mix. You’d pretty hard [...]
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The Brazilian centre back was overshadowed on deadline day by a certain Fernando Torres, but he went on to outshine the Spaniard anyway both on the goals chart and in terms of individual performances. The technically-excellent volley against Manchester United especially will go down as one of the highlights in an otherwise disappointing season for [...]
Continue reading …The Blues came back from a stunning Sandro strike to score two [lucky] goals and record an important win ahead of a top-of-the-table clash next Sunday. Having scored his first Chelsea goal last week against West Ham, there was a lot of talk pre-match of Fernando Torres’ position within the starting line-up. Would Ancelotti disturb [...]
Continue reading …A rare European clash between the two sides who have a duopoly on the Premier League since 2004, but have only met in the Champions League once during those six years. The Moscow final is painfully remembered by Chelsea fans and the quarter finals gives the Pensioners a chance to avenge for the missed opportunity. [...]
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