Graeme Le Saux Interview
Firstly, Graeme, when I was living in Mallorca in 1996 I met you in Deia, Mallorca, when you had a plaster cast on following your broken ankle. It was during Euro 96 – which you missed through the ankle break - and you were on holiday. You were politeness personified, and chatted with me for a short [...]
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.
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It’s been a good week for Frank Lampard. A few days before I met him at the club’s training ground in Cobham he had skippered the Blues to a dramatic victory over Stoke, scoring the winning goal with virtually the last kick of the match. The game had also been his 400th for the club, a [...]
Continue reading …Two days ago we bumped into Ken Monkou, Chelsea Player of the Year in 1990, who kindly agreed to do a ten minute pre-season video interview.
Continue reading …If you could have changed anything from your playing days, what would it have been? I wished I had been another yard or two quicker that I was. I lacked a yard or two in pace. It would have been nice to have been picked for England. However I captained the under 23s or the [...]
Continue reading …CFCnet have again caught up with former defender and current Chelsea Old Boy David Lee to find out his thoughts on the Blues’ last month. With a first defeat of the season, some valuable contract renewals, and the distraction of international week, there was plenty for the Bristolian to discuss. …DAVID LEE ON…THE WIGAN DEBACLE… [...]
Continue reading …CFCnet met up with ex-Blues defender David Lee again this week, as he dissected the start to the 2009/10 season. Lee, a development coach at Bristol City, and also a regular contributor to CFCnet, discussed all things Chelsea as he analysed the perfect starts to the Premier League and Champions League campaigns, the impending transfer [...]
Continue reading …CFCnet’s new marquee summer signing has arrived, as former centre-back David Lee has kindly agreed to share his views on all things Chelsea each month as the season progresses. Bristol-born Lee made almost 200 appearances for the Blues in ten years at the club from the late 1980′s to the late 1990′s, scoring 13 goals [...]
Continue reading …This interview took place a few months ago, however it’s the first time that this interview has appeared anywhere online. Michael Ballack has been an extremely busy man of late, playing and scoring in a couple of World Cup qualifiers for Germany against Liechtenstein and Wales before returning to Chelsea with the rest of the [...]
Continue reading …For those younger than 30, Ken Monkou was Chelsea’s Player of the Year in 1990 and became our first black player to win the award. He can now be found flipping pancakes at his pancake house in Holland as well as playing for this weekend’s Chelsea Masters team. Ken recently met with CFCnet to discuss [...]
Continue reading …The most capped English cricketer of all time in both Test Matches and One Day Internationals, Alec Stewart OBE enjoyed a prolific career as an aggressive opening batsman and wicketkeeper for both his county team Surrey and the England national team. With his playing days behind him, Alec now divides his time between coaching, player [...]
Continue reading …The most capped English cricketer of all time in both Test Matches and One Day Internationals, Alec Stewart OBE enjoyed a prolific career as an aggressive opening batsman and wicketkeeper for both his county team Surrey and the England national team. With his playing days behind him, Alec now divides his time between coaching, player [...]
Continue reading …Mickey Thomas – Chelsea legend – welcome home. We don’t see you very often down here. I actually come down here more often than people think. Obviously I report on all Manchester United games nowadays so I can’t get to that many Chelsea matches, but I’m often in London doing media work, and regularly find [...]
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