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STUDGE LIFTS U21′s WHILST MALOUDA’s NIGHTMARE CONTINUES
Several Chelsea stars featured for their nations in international fixtures last night, with mixed results for many of the senior stars. Ashley Cole played the full 90 minutes as England continued to exorcise their world cup demons after an inexorable summer as the Three Lions demolished Bulgaria 4-0 at Wembley. Ash played a part in the first goal after ...
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BLUES OUTCLASS POTTERS TO MAKE IT NINE POINTS OUT OF NINE
Chelsea made it three wins from three with Drogba and Malouda adding to their impressive early tallies with another goal each. Stoke fans failed to take their whole allocation, with plenty of empty seats in their end, at fifty quid a pop and getting drubbed 7-0 at the end of last season you can’t ...
MERCILESS CHELSEA HIT SIX MORE
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. Again the result somewhat flattered the Blues who were actually under pressure for much of the opening period, ...
GOAL DROUGHT CONTINUES FOR OVER RATED DROGBA
Chelsea began the defence of their Premier League title with the biggest opening day win in the history of the league. Blues legend Roberto Di Matteo wouldn’t have enjoyed his return to Stamford Bridge as he saw he side pulled apart. Didier Drogba carried one where he left off last season by making ...
CHELSEA LOSE ENTERTAINING PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY
Chelsea rounded off a difficult pre-season with a fourth straight defeat, surrendering the Community Shield to Manchester United. Carlo Ancelotti sent out a strong side at Wembley, with only Cech, Drogba and arguably Alex the only first teamers missing. In a break with tradition it was a relatively lively ...
NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK
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. Carlo Ancelotti fielded a strong starting eleven, indeed the one he ...
CHELSEA HOPE TO CLEAN UP IN AJAX
Friday evening at 17:00 (BST) Chelsea play away in the Amsterdam Arena against the side want away manager Martin Jol was confirmed to be staying at, Ajax. The friendly with Palace saw Essien’s goal scoring return to football, as well as Mikel, Sturridge, Sinclair and Di Santo all featuring for us. ...
ESSIEN BACK WITH A BANG
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 ...
DROGBA DRIVES BLUES TO DOUBLE GLORY
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 ...
LAMPARD HELPS SET UP POSSIBLE LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE
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 ...
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
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 ...
SUBSTANCE PREVAILS OVER STYLE AGAINST BOLTON
Chelsea kept the Bridge faithful on edge with an underwhelming 1-0 victory over Bolton on Tuesday night. Nicolas Anelka’s header before half-time provided the winner and it sends Chelsea four points clear of Manchester United with four matches left to go. Chelsea, fresh off a win over Villa on Saturday, ...
FROM WEMBLEY TO… WEMBLEY, AS BLUES CLAIM ANOTHER CUP FINAL SPOT
Chelsea will head to their second home Wembley for another FA Cup Final in May, after goals from Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard saw the Blues end up comfortable winners against Aston Villa. After a stodgy first-half, the Blues controlled the second period of the semi-final, but the ...
