Man of the match? Has to be Man Utd stalwart Howard Webb who had an awful afternoon from a Chelsea point of view including a shocking penalty for a ‘foul’ on Danny Welbeck. Sky’s Man Utd bias came to the fore with a laughable decision to make Wayne Rooney their man of the match simply [...]
Amidst the drama of the morning, where the English FA announced the removal of John Terry as captain, there’s still a match to be played on Sunday at Stamford Bridge. Ironically, the opposition goes by the name “United,” which is exactly what the players must be thinking at the moment. Terry, himself, will play no [...]
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A Jose Bosingwa deflected equaliser denied former reserve team coach Brendan Rogers’s Swansea team a famous victory , on our first trip to Wales for a top flight league clash for over fifty years, and our first outing at the Liberty Stadium. With the Blue’s two longest serving players Terry and Lampard both out, Petr [...]
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For the first time in the Premier League era Chelsea travel to a different country to play a league fixture, heading west to south Wales to take on Swansea City.
Continue reading …Chelsea gained a narrow win over QPR in the FA Cup at the weekend and it is a quick return to Premiership action on Tuesday night with a tough looking fixture in Wales awaiting Chelsea. In the summer an away trip to Swansea may have seemed an easy three points but looking at the league [...]
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John Terry A controversial Juan Mata penalty was the difference between Chelsea and QPR during a largely uneventful match that saw Chelsea progress to the 5th round of the FA Cup. FA intervention meant the customary handshakes between the clubs did not happen but it did nothing to quell the ill feeling towards John Terry [...]
Continue reading …Odds on Chelsea winning the FA Cup? 9/2. Odds on QPR winning the FA Cup? 50/1. Odds on Saturday afternoon’s football match finding itself overshadowed by a minority of knuckle-dragging, moronic, and ignorant fools? Unfortunately, very likely. When the draw for the FA Cup fourth round was made, QPR V Chelsea was accompanied by a [...]
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Saturday’s Premier League early (12.45) kick-off sees Chelsea travel to East Anglia to face a prickly Norwich side which has exceeded expectation this season.
Continue reading …Frank Lampard’s 181st Chelsea goal was enough to end Sunderland’s good run under new manager Martin O’Neil. Lampard was the quickest to react after Fernando Torres’ stunning bicycle kick almost shattered the crossbar at the Shed End, stabbing home the rebound. In truth though the Blues were lucky their visitors didn’t leave with at least [...]
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Saturday sees Martin O’Neills revitalised Sunderland visit the Bridge for another ‘must win’ game for AVB’s Chelsea. Since the arrival of O’Neill Sunderland’s no hopers have suddenly turned in performances only dreamed of under the hapless Steve Bruce. Looking at Sunderland’s team of Fergie’s cast offs and journeymen footballers its hard to comprehend why they [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea take on Sunderland on Saturday and this will be an opportunity for Chelsea to move four points clear of Arsenal with the Gunners not in action until Sunday, and they have a tough looking match away at Swansea. This won’t be an easy three points for Chelsea though, Martin O’Neill has turned Sunderland from [...]
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But in the end, it was a late brace from Ramires that sealed the deal, with Frank Lampard adding a late goal in the dying moments of stoppage time. Things didn’t get off to a very good start for the Blues when just 30 seconds in, Dave Kitson found himself in space, only to see [...]
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Chelsea take on Championship side Portsmouth at home in the FA Cup this Sunday, hoping to build on Monday’s 2-1 win at Wolves, their first victory in five games. How many of the team that started that game will start this one is debatable, with it being fairly likely that Andre will shuffle the pack [...]
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