Back to winning ways . . .
Wednesday 5 April
Chelsea 2:1 Manchester City
What a great way to bounce back as Eden Hazard lashed in our first after a deflection and tipped in the rebound after his penalty had been saved. City had plenty of possession but...
The week we lost to Palace …
Tuesday 28 March
Spain beat France 0-2 in Paris as Pedro got the better of N’Golo Kante. The match saw the trial of a video assistant referee which meant France were denied an opener shortly after the break because of...
The week England played …
Monday 20 March
The women have been drawn at home in the FA Cup, Sunderland will, with indecent haste, turn up on Sunday at Stains Town. The FA Cup is being rushed and the spring series has been invented to...
That was the week that was …
Thursday 2 March
The London Football Awards named Antonio Conte and N’Golo Kante as manager and player of the season despite the season not actually being over ... yet.
Frank Lampard was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the same dinner.
Monday...
King Ossie
Location Malta. Date July 1966. On my dad’s insistence I was made to watch some of the World Cup games on our black and white telly with Italian commentary. I was still a month from my seventh birthday, and...
The King of Stamford Bridge
I had been a Chelsea supporter for nearly a year before my father took me to my first game at Stamford Bridge, against West Brom in January 1971. I was hugely looking forward to seeing all the players I...
That was the week that was …
Monday 20 February
Chelsea 3:0 LSK Kvinner
Ramona Bachmann grabbed two and Erin Cuthbert added the third in a first-half burst of scoring that saw off another Champions League side this time one who beat PSG before being eliminated.
The women’s team...
