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WE’D LIKE TO SHOW THE WORLD THE WAY TO … SING!
Passion. Tribalism. Noise and fried onions. Tension. And lots of singing! That’s what football and supporting Chelsea have always been about for me. When I first moved to the manor in the mid ‘80’s and was supporting the Chels from the pub (we didn’t have armchairs and Sky Sports in those days!), I was enticed and finally drawn to the Bridge ...
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TEN PLAYERS WHO CAME BACK TO HAUNT US
With the impending returns of Franco Zola and Jose Mourinho, Clive Batty reminds us of some players who came back to haunt us after we sold them … 1. Dave Beasant ‘Lurch’ dropped a few clangers during his time at the Bridge in the early 1990s but always performed well when facing the Blues ...
MICHAEL MANCIENNE: SOMEDAY BABY
This article was originally written around a year ago. It was first publicised in a magazine that CFCnet helped to find articles for. This piece was written by Rob Hobson who helped steer the good ship CFCnet for a few years around the time that Roman purchased the club. Hopefully some of you may find ...
CHELSEA HERE, CHELSEA THERE
If you have been anywhere near a radio over the past forty years, the chances are that at some point you will have heard some smug music aficionado extolling the virtues of The Beatles’ album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Whether that particular record fully warrants the acclaim it ...
RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA
Two potentially season-defining games lay in wait for the Blues in quick succession, starting this weekend with a visit from West Ham United. While all eyes may be on Tuesday’s huge Champions League match against Inter Milan, it’s the bread and butter of the league which will dominate our attention ...
CARLO CUDICINI
Much like his successor Petr Cech, Carlo Cudicini was a virtual unknown when Chelsea rescued him from Castel di Sangro. However, the extent of Cudicini’s talent was known by his fellow Italian Gianluca Vialli, who initially signed him on loan in 1999. Nine and half years and 141 league appearances ...
WEMBLEY STADIUM PARKING FOR SEMI FINAL
Car, mini-bus and coach parking within Wembley Stadium/Arena estate unconnected with Wembley National Stadium Plc. WembleyCarPark.co.uk operates private vehicle parking in close proximity to Wembley Stadium, Arena, Fountain Studios, ...
CHELSEA RES 3-0 STOKE RES – STURRIDGE LEADS STRONG TEAM TO WIN
Back in October, Chelsea’s Reserves travelled to Stoke’s Brittania Stadium to face a team in which every member had football league experience, and came away with a last-minute 3-2 defeat. In the return fixture on Wednesday evening, Steve Holland’s boys won for the first time in four ...
WORLD CUP TO FA CUP
Monday 1 March Petr Cech has been voted the Czech player of the year for 2009, it is the third time he has won. The big lunk goalkeeper picked up the award in 2005 and 2008. Breaking hypocrisy news: (or should that be breathtaking hypocrisy news) Fabio Capello has explained that his captains must set ...
FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE TO WEMBLEY! THE CHELSEA FOOTBALL FANCAST #108
On this week’s show, sticking it up Stoke to get a Wembley semi! Plus Jez Walters from CFCnet talks about the CFCnet website and takes the “60 Second Fan” challenge, as well as our match awards, “Goal of the Month”, “Dear Mart”, a classic song or two and “You’re on CFFC”! [
TEN THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO RIGHT FOR US TO BEAT INTER
Despite the West Ham game next Saturday being an absolutely must win game my mind is very much tuned in to the Champions League tie against Inter the following Tuesday. What with the return of Jose’, our run of bad luck at crucial moments in the competition and the desire of finally being able to call ...
FREE DOWNLOAD: CHELSEA IS OUR NAME – ISSUE 8
At the beginning of August 2009 CFCnet launched Chelsea FC’s first ever unofficial electronic fanzine. Each issue contains the best features that have been inspired by Chelsea FC related news and performances during the previous month and been written by CFCnet contributors. ...
TERRY ENDS STOKE’S WEMBLEY HOPES
Chelsea eased into yet another FA Cup Semi-Final with a routine 2-0 home win against Stoke City. The English duo of Frank Lampard and John Terry supplied the goals either side of the interval. Carlo Ancelotti brought Alex back into the starting eleven to help cope with Stoke’s aerial threat, whilst ...
