Fulham vs CHELSEA: Preview

             FULHAM vs CHELSEA                  Venue: Craven Cottage         Date: Sunday, 23 August 2009                  Kick-off: 1600 BST   Chelsea face their toughest game so far this season when we make the short trip to Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon. Not just because it’s a derby game but also because Roy Hodgson has undoubtedly made [...]

Chelsea Insist: No New Deal For Cole Yet

Contrary to reports earlier this morning in the Daily Mail, Ashley Cole has not agreed a new contract with Chelsea. Not quite sure where the journo’s get their information from but they’d told us Cole had become the world’s highest paid full-back on a tidy £120,000 a week having just put pen to paper on [...]

Chelsea Briefs: Pick of the Day

Here’s a pick of today’s stories from some of the other Chelsea sites:   My favourite piece of the day has to be Vital Chelsea asking ‘Where will it go wrong?’ – could almost have written that myself, lol.   CFC UK dedicates some time to focusing on the merits of Frank Lampard.   Whilst [...]

Roman’s Latest Cost Cutting Measure At Chelsea? (video)

What was with our players walking into the Stadium of Light last night? Is Roman Abramovich on another one of his economy drives or what?  

Bruce praises ‘excellent’ Chelsea

When an opposing manager admits that your team deserved a victory, you know that you have put on a decent display. This was the case last night as Chelsea ran out 3-1 winners over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Speaking after the game, Steve Bruce said that ‘sometimes you have to hold your hands [...]

Sunderland 1-3 CHELSEA: Another Second Half Showing

Carlo Ancelotti obviously hadn’t been impressed by what he’d seen against Hull and waded into his second Premier League game with four changes to the starting line-up. Out went Nicolas Anelka, Ricardo Carvalho, John Obi Mikel and Florent Malouda and in came  Ivanovic, Ballack, Deco and Kalou from the off. Sunderland certainly weren’t afraid to [...]

CHELSEA 2-1 Hull: Here We Go Again

Three words pretty much summed up my reaction to Chelsea’s start to the 2009/10 season – ‘for fuck sake!’  And such was the repetition with which these three words were used throughout the game that anyone within earshot must have surely concluded I was stricken with Tourette’s.  But alas no, I was merely watching a [...]

CHELSEA 2-1 Hull: Goals (video)

Frank Lampard on Chelsea’s Strength, This Year’s Challenge and Manchester United’s Luck

The new Premier League season gets underway this lunchtime, with our game against Hull and Frank Lampard seems to be as up for it as ever. And whilst he’s obviously cautious enough not to make any sweeping predictions right now (thank the lord), even with the possibility of others breaking into the top four this [...]

CHELSEA vs Hull: Preview

CHELSEA vs HULL Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Saturday 15 August Kick-off: 12.45 BST Chelsea kick-off the first game of the 2009/10 Premier League season with an early game at home to Hull today. As seems to be the norm, we have a new manager to take us into the new season, what with our last [...]