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THAT WAS THE WEEK WHEN, 168 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, A SPECTOR IS HAUNTED BY A EUROPEAN
Tuesday 9 March We could be in trouble with the law again. It seems that Mitchell Thomas represented Shaun Wright-Phillips when he signed for us from Manchester City. Mitchell Thomas was a Luton, Spurs and West Ham defender but he is also an unlicensed agent, punishments for using unlicensed agents range from fines to a possible deduction of points. ...
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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 ...
THAT WAS THE WEEK TO FORGET …
Tuesday 23 February As the speculation about Ashley Cole continues to fly the club announce that Yuri Zhirkov has not shaken off the knock he picked up at Wolves and that Paulo Ferreira is not registered for the Champions League. So who, you might ask, as the squad catch a flight to Italy, is going to ...
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Monday 15 February Chelsea reserves 1:2 Arsenal reserves A freezing cold night in Brentford could have been warmed up with a win but Fabio Borini didn’t have his shooting boots on. He hit the woodwork twice and the goalkeeper but not the back of the net. Lobs, shots and headers from the young Italian ...
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Monday 8 February John Terry will travel with the squad for Wednesday’s game at Goodison Park. He did not train today to rest his dead leg but everyone seems to believe he’ll be fine. Watford youth beat Liverpool at Anfield to set up a FA youth cup tie with Chelsea. Liverpool were our conquerors ...
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Monday 1 February Aston Villa reserves 3:1 Chelsea reserves The confidence and performance were still there for the reserves but the habit of letting in unfortunate goals was back as well. Kakuta made things happen in midfield, Conor Clifford scared the goalkeeper with a long range lobbed bomb that smacked ...
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Monday 25 January Obi John is into the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations with Nigeria after scoring in the penalty shootout against Zambia. Obi John did have a shot saved in regular time but everyone fell asleep long before the end, thankfully a few journalists set their alarm for penalties. Frank ...
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Monday 18 January Chelsea reserves 2:0 Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves The reserves home game was switched from Griffin Park to Cobham because the Bees have a home FA Cup replay on Tuesday. ...
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Monday 11 January Côte d’Ivoire struggled against Burkina Faso on a day when Didier Drogba misfired and Salomon Kalou only made it off the bench at the end. ...
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Sunday 3 January Chelsea 5:0 Watford After a quiet week with little bitching L’Equipe publish an interview with Florent Malouda in which he moans about not playing in the big matches and how Frank Lampard gets picked however well he is playing – Happy New Year Florent. ...
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Monday 21 December Celtic reserves 5:3 Chelsea reserves A good strong reserve side travelled north and showed a touch of naivety in the most open game you’ll ever see we galloped forward leaving all kinds of space for five Celtic regulars to pick us off. ...
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Monday 14 December Charlton Athletic youth 1:2 Chelsea youth Ultimately a comfortable victory for an curious Chelsea youth team Jeffrey Bruma dropped down to play in his third season of youth cup games alongside him in defence was a schoolboy, Daniel Mills Pappoe. Josh McEachran, Conor Clifford (captain ...
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Tuesday 8 December Chelsea 2:2 Apoel On the bright side, Gaël Kakuta continues to shine, playing at the tip of the diamond he found passes and angles others wouldn’t have thought of, his pass to Zhirkov to set up the second goal was a beauty to behold. Carlo wasn’t really looking on the bright side, ...
