
Luis Felipe Scolari’s walking wounded welcome Martin O’Neill’s unchangeables this weekend, as Aston Villa - who have fielded the same XI in every Premier League game so far this season - come to the Bridge after a mid-week round of European matches.
While the Blues were battling to a 0-0 draw against a stubborn and impressive [...]

Chelsea go from one strange, foreign land to another following the 2-0 win at Stoke over the weekend, with a trip to Romanian champions CFR Cluj. Cluj shocked the world and brought some entertainment to the usually stale group stages of the Champions League by taking three points from Roma in the Stadio Olimpico on [...]

An emphatic mid-week win against Pompey sets us up nicely for the trip to Stoke City this Saturday as we return to league action at the Britannia Stadium. Stoke have upset a few teams already this season with their physical approach, beating Aston Villa and most notably holding Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield, [...]

Despite the fact we are still waiting to take that last-minute free-kick against Manchester United (and its Monday morning by now, I‘m losing hope on that one), another game appears on the horizon with a League Cup clash against Portsmouth on Wednesday.
We travel to the atmospheric Fratton Park on the back of the United game [...]

It’s been a bumpy old week. There have been more ups and downs at the Bridge over the last ten days than if tabloid fodder Winehouse and Spears shared a sea saw. In the International break Lampard found his England form again, Joe Cole bagged a classy brace and then Essien went and did his [...]

Revenge is the buzzword around Stamford Bridge this weekend, with Manchester United the visitors on Sunday. The history between the two sides goes without saying, especially in recent years, and the meeting of the title contenders will no doubt have as much drama as the last few Chelsea - United battles.
United travel to SW6 after [...]

Following the “clash of the cash” win over Man City on Saturday comes another money-spinning game which brings the start of the 2008/09 Champions League tournament. Chelsea - the number one side in Europe according to UEFA’s ranking system - host Bordeaux in the opener, with Roma welcoming Romanian side CFR Cluj in the other [...]

Chelsea and West Ham have never really had the most hostile of relationships - admittedly mirrored to a hyperbolic level by their respective fans - and the strains have continue this past weekend with the controversy over Steve Clarke joining the Hammers as Gianfranco Zola’s Assistant Manager (or not, it remains to be seen). On [...]