Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Chelsea D
The draw has been made for the third round of this year’s FA Cup and it see’s Chelsea entertain Southend at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool travel to Preston, United are away at Southampton, whilst Arsenal have got Plymouth at the Emirates.
Full draw:
Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham v Barnsley
Middlesbrough [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Chelsea D
TheChelseaBlog did a quick interview with Arsenal Insider in the run up to today’s game. You can check it out here.
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Chelsea D
Rumour has it Chelsea could be about to lose a defender it took them long enough to see to start with.
With some of us wondering whether this ‘supposed’ defender really existed when he failed to materialise anywhere near Stamford Bridge, Branislav Ivanovic recovered from the injury that kept him out of sight, just in time [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Chelsea D
So, after much verbal to-ing and fro-ing in the press this week, today sees Chelsea ‘welcome’ Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, although with William Gallas in the side, ‘welcome’ probably isn’t the best word to use.
Chelsea’s home form leaves a lot to be desired and they’ll be looking for only their fourth win at Stamford [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Chelsea D
So here we go again lads and lasses, the Ivorian has been chatting to the boys from the press for a change. And what might today’s episode in the life of Didier Drogba teach us? Well, in the words of Jackanory…….today boys and girls, I’m going to tell you a story about a poor, lonely [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Chelsea D
It’s probably fair to say Ashley Cole isn’t your average gooner’s favourite player. The nature of his transfer to Chelsea was never going to go down well and just to cement their hatred, his autobiography confirmed what they already thought of him. So, it’s a foregone conclusion the left-back will get his fair share of [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Chelsea D
Y’know I’ve often wished players would just keep quiet before games instead of giving the press tit-bits to feed off and blow up into headlines alluding to over-confident predictions.
Unfortunately though, this week Michael Ballack has fed the vultures ahead of Sunday’s derby against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge by stating “We are on top of the [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Chelsea D
MANCHESTER UNITED 2-3 CHELSEA
See the highlights as Chelsea beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Third Round.
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Chelsea D
This made me frown as much as laugh when I saw it on another site if I’m honest. Because, whilst filming an Adidas advert, Michael Ballack decided to demonstrate a bit of ball control….
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Let’s hope his shooting is a bit more accurate tomorrow.
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Posted on November 28th, 2008 by Chelsea D
CHELSEA vs ARSENAL
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Date: Sunday, 30 November
Kick-off: 1600 GMT
Sunday afternoon sees us do battle at home to Arsenal. You can watch the video preview here.
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