I had originally been scheduled to work last week in Southern California so I could attend both games knowing the airfare and hotel was being paid for. Of course, that fell through so that I was obliged to watch both games on TV (the Stanford game was televised on a Spanish only channel I don’t [...]

A few links I’ve come across recently that you might enjoy: Highlights video of Chelsea’s win over LA Galaxy - See John Terry’s excellent left foot strike, and Steve Sidwell’s “welcome to the game” tackle on David Beckham. Nice one, Steve. Terry scored two great goals during the pre-season tour of California: see his other game-winner, [...]

Chelsea’s pre-season in America resumes early tomorrow morning with a game against David Beckham’s new club LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in Carson City, California. Kick-off is 2am UK time. Defeats of Mexican side Club América and South Korean champions Suwon Bluewings in the last seven days have left Jose Mourinho pleased at how [...]

Chelsea will play Valencia in the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League. All three English sides left in the competition were drawn against foreign teams. Quarter-final draw: AC Milan v. Bayern Munich PSV Eindhoven v. Liverpool Roma v. Manchester United Chelsea v. Valencia First legs to be played on 3rd/4th April and second legs on 10th/11th April. The winners of the Chelsea versus [...]

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 [...]

Roman Abramovich is plotting Real Madrid raid: Claudio Ranieri has confirmed Chelsea’s interest in signing Ronaldo and David Beckham, according to Italian daily Tuttosport. The Turin-based newspaper claims Ranieri has said he has an open mind over his future as reports continue to indicate that the Italian will leave Stamford Bridge, with Porto coach Jose Mourinho strong [...]

According to yesterday’s Sunday Mirror, David Beckham will be playing in the Premiership next season. He’s reported to have vowed to return to England in a bid to save his marriage. Chelsea have made no secret of their desire to sign Beckham and build a team around him. And if he does make the move to [...]

Former managing director Colin Hutchinson: “I cannot believe that a club of Chelsea’s standing have become involved in briefing the media off the record against Claudio Ranieri when they have absolutely failed to make his position clear to him. It’s made worse by talking to Sven-Goran Eriksson in the background while failing to clarify the current [...]