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FA Cup preview: Chelsea v. Nottingham Forest
Former European Cup winners Nottingham Forest visit Stamford Bridge for a fourth round FA Cup tie, Chelsea’s second cup game in five days. Tuesday’s League Cup semi-final second leg win over Wycombe Wanderers lifted players and fans alike. News that John Terry is fit again after a prolonged spell on the sidelines will raise hopes of a [...]
A monkey off our back; time to move on…
For many years, the team that we all adore, our beloved Chelsea Football Club, has paraded itself around the top tier of English football. Occasionally there have been brief sojourns into the tier below (the Championship nee Division 1 nee Division 2) and sometimes short flirtations with the unmentionable division below that, thankfully avoided due [...]
Letter from America: Chelsea’s star in the ascendant
I’m a regular reader of the Chelsea Blog - I wait patiently after every game to get the blog team’s views. I live in Portland, Oregon, and though a long time fan, sadly confess to having seen the Blues in the flesh only once since 1975 or thereabouts (in Seattle when they played Celtic a [...]
Osgood ashes laid to rest at Stamford Bridge
The ashes of Chelsea legend Peter Osgood were laid to rest under the penalty spot at the Shed end of Stamford Bridge at the conclusion of a memorial service this lunchtime. 2,700 fans, former stars, current players, family and friends gathered to pay their tribute. Peter Osgood died suddenly on March 1st aged 59. He scored [...]
Bates demands £24m from Chelsea
Former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has demanded £24m for Michael Woods and Tom Taiwo, the two youth team players Chelsea signed from Bates’ current club Leeds United. Bates alleges improper conduct on Chelsea’s part and has threatened to report the club to FIFA, confident that a 12-point deduction would be meted out if he carried out [...]
FA Cup Team of Heroes
The 125th season of the FA Cup is being marked by the selection of the all-time FA Cup Team of Heroes. Seven Chelsea names who played a big part in the club’s three triumphant campaigns in the competition can be voted for: David Webb, Peter Osgood, Peter Bonetti from the 1970 winning team, Ruud Gullit [...]
The Chelsea question - football ‘expert’ Dr. Rogan Taylor enters the debate…
I’ve always been in awe of people who dedicate their lives to study and academia; nuclear fission, the reproductive system of the European earthworm or whatever. It must be quite an achievement to be the leading expert in the field on that particular subject. It brings to mind watching the news and seeing [...]
50 great Chelsea moments
The official club website is asking fans to vote for their greatest Chelsea moment from the last 100 years. You can leave your vote (and/or nomination) here. The top 50 will be shown on Chelsea TV in the new year.
One-hundred years of Roman rule
In the foreword to a new book celebrating the club’s centenary, Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, Roman Abramovich writes of his strategy to make Chelsea the most successful football club in the world. “This book tells the story of the great history and tradition of Chelsea Football Club and this is something I have the utmost [...]
September 2nd, 1905
One-hundred years ago today Chelsea Football Club played their first ever game away to Stockport County in the old Division Two — a game they eventually lost 1-0 in front of a (then) record 7000 crowd. The goal was scored by Bob Manson from a rebound after Chelsea’s goalkeeper and captain Willie ‘Fatty (he weighed [...]
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