I know this is the silly season, but never would I have thought that any Chelsea fan with a genuine sense of history would let its silliness infect them. Some of the most irresponsible comments anyone can make against the club are now being spouted by supposed fans, who, deluded in the comfortable knowledge that [...]
- by Kenn Emetulu · Permalink · 2108 views · 21 comments
- Tagged: Barcelona, Bruce Buck, Chelsea, Daniel Alves, Gianluca Zambrotta, Jose Maria del Nido, Jose Mourinho, Juliano Belletti, Peter Kenyon, Roman Abramovich, Sevilla
Did the earth move? Was the season lit with fireworks? Did Andriy Shevchenko seduce you with silky skills? Did Didier Drogba’s drive and dynamism send shivers down your spine? Did the essence of Michael Essien send you into a dreamy haze?
Or did it seem like the interminable season from hell at times? Did you look [...]
- by Tony Glover · Permalink · 10703 views · 144 comments
- Tagged: Alex Ferguson, Andriy Shevchenko, Anfield, Arjen Robben, Arsenal, Ashley Cole, Asier Del Horno, Barcelona, Bobby Robson, Carlo Cudicini, Champions League, Chelsea, Claude Makelele, Claudio Ranieri, Didier Drogba, FA Cup, Frank Lampard, Geremi, Gianluca Vialli, Glenn Roeder, Graeme Souness, Henrique Hilario, Joe Cole, John Obi Mikel, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, Ken Bates, Kenny Dalglish, Kevin Keegan, Khalid Boulahrouz, Lassana Diarra, League Cup, Manchester United, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Paulo Ferreira, Peter Schmeichel, Petr Cech, Premiership, PSV Eindhoven, Reading, Real Madrid, Ricardo Carvalho, Roman Abramovich, Ruud Gullit, Salomon Kalou, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Spurs, Stamford Bridge, Tottenham Hotspur, Wayne Bridge, Wembley, William Gallas
The official club website has opened the voting for Chelsea fans to select the 2006/7 Goal of the Season.
To refresh memories I’ve crawled YouTube for videos of the short-listed goals and posted them below. Enjoy.
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 3903 views · 31 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arsenal, Barcelona, Camp Nou, Didier Drogba, Emirates Stadium, Everton, Frank Lampard, Goodison Park, Liverpool, Michael Essien, Stamford Bridge, Tottenham Hotspur, Upton Park, White Hart Lane
Roman, for the time being at least, seems to have done roamin’. He came back from his self-imposed exile / business commitments / massive sulk to see his boys make the last eight of the FA Cup in reasonable style. Or maybe to meet Delia and swap salted cod recipes, I’m not sure [...]
- by Jonathan Dyer · Permalink · 1987 views · 8 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Ashley Cole, Barcelona, Champions League, Chelsea, FA Cup, Frank Rijkaard, Jose Mourinho, Khalid Boulahrouz, League Cup, Liverpool, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, Norwich City, Rafael Benitez, Roman Abramovich, Stamford Bridge
Match reports
Sunday Telegraph, Colin Malam: “Chelsea moved comfortably into the last eight of the FA Cup without having to exert themselves unduly. Goals by Shaun Wright-Phillips, only the third of his Chelsea career, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien and Andrei Shevchenko proved more than enough.”
Sunday Times, Joe Lovejoy: “Jose Mourinho was able to rest important [...]
- by Tony Glover · Permalink · 1769 views · 14 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arjen Robben, Ashley Cole, Barcelona, Chelsea, Claude Makelele, Didier Drogba, Gianfranco Zola, Joe Cole, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, Ken Bates, Khalid Boulahrouz, Lassana Diarra, Michael Essien, Norwich City, Premiership, Roman Abramovich, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stamford Bridge
It seems incredible that after two consecutive Premierships, currently in the hunt for a third and alive and well in the Champions League, that anyone should want to doubt Jose Mourinho. But for me at least, the nagging doubts have surfaced.
OK, I’m not sure who is really calling the shots at Chelsea these days – [...]
- by Stephen Gibson · Permalink · 2403 views · 35 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arsenal, Ashley Cole, Barcelona, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jose Mourinho, Khalid Boulahrouz, Manchester United, Michael Ballack, Robert Huth, Salomon Kalou, William Gallas
It’s been a weird month or so for us Chelsea fans hasn’t it? Depending on what your choice of journal from the Fourth Estate is we’ve gone from well run Premiership/FA Cup/Carling Cup/Champions League contenders to a strife torn dysfunctional bunch of headless chickens. We are apparently a club in crisis on and off the [...]
- by Tony Glover · Permalink · 2660 views · 77 comments
- Tagged: Alex Ferguson, Arjen Robben, Arsene Wenger, Avram Grant, Barcelona, Blackburn Rovers, Champions League, Chelsea, Chris Coleman, Claudio Ranieri, David Beckham, Ex-players, Fabio Capello, Frank Arnesen, Frank Lampard, Frank Rijkaard, Fulham, Harry Redknapp, Joe Cole, Jose Mourinho, Ken Bates, Khalid Boulahrouz, Manchester City, Manchester United, Marcello Lippi, Mark Hughes, Martin O'Neill, Peter Kenyon, Real Madrid, Robert Huth, Roman Abramovich, Simon Greenberg, Stamford Bridge, Steve Coppell, Stuart Pearce, Wigan Athletic, William Gallas
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Christopher Ogden, and I was born in 14 BA, which stands for Before Abramovich (I felt that the year of our saviour’s arrival deserves to be recognised as an epoch). In the Gregorian calendar, this would be 1989, and therefore I am currently nearing the grand old [...]
- by Chris Ogden · Permalink · 2233 views · 16 comments
- Tagged: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Chris Ogden, David Speedie, Eidur Gudjohnsen, John Hollins, John Neal, Kerry Dixon, League Cup, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nigel Spackman, Pat Nevin, Roman Abramovich
First half bad, second half good – this might well be the chanted mantra of the average Chelsea supporting alpha male these days as he tears off more meat with his teeth whilst his wife toils away at the ironing and washing (well maybe that’s just my house on a cold Sunday afternoon when we [...]
- by Tony Glover · Permalink · 2706 views · 13 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Andy Johnson, Arjen Robben, Arsenal, Barcelona, Carlo Cudicini, Chelsea, Didier Drogba, Everton, Frank Lampard, Geremi Njitap, Goodison Park, Joe Cole, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, Khalid Boulahrouz, Matches, Newcastle United, Petr Cech, Premiership, Ricardo Carvalho, Salomon Kalou, Shaun Wright-Phillips, The Hammers, Victor Anichebe, Werder Bremen, West Ham United
In response to the media’s portrayal of tomorrow’s game between Arsenal and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as “Beauty versus the Beast”, Danny Broderick makes a case for Chelsea’s winning style of football.
Beauty versus the beast, with us cast as the beast, of course. But is it that simple? Isn’t beauty in the eye of the [...]
