How they did anything out there today beyond mud-wrestling is anyone’s guess and yet, whilst I kept trying to convince my son the conditions, not to mention a battle with Barcelona, would leave a lot of heavy legs, our players showed little, if any signs of either.

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              Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Sunday, 29 April Kick-off: 13.30 BST   Have we come back down to earth yet? Well, we probably haven’t but let’s hope the players have because after the excitement of the Champions League, it’s back to the Premier League today and our opponents are [...]

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              Right, back to the Premier League today – which also means back to the brilliant stats served up for us by Kickoff.co.uk. So, get yourselves over there now for the usual pre-match treat.

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We’d only just got into March, we’d just lost at West Brom and yet another Chelsea manager had bitten the dust. Down and out? You’d have thought so – and our critics certainly hoped so – then up stepped Roberto Di Matteo and less than 2 months on, we’ve fought our way into not just [...]

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With the biggest game in four years on the horizon for Chelsea (certainly in the eyes of Roman Abramovich) and a depleted squad to draw from, Roberto Di Matteo will have to put a lot of tactical thought into how he approaches not just the Champions League final, but also the games in between.

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It was a memorable night for Chelsea on Tuesday evening in Barcelona when they defied all the odds and progressed to the Champions League final after beating the Spanish giants 3-2 on aggregate.

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Venue: Nou Camp Date: Tuesday 24 April Kick-off: 1945 BST   Whilst last week’s semi-final against Barcelona provoked the odd bitten nail, we at least went into it with nothing to lose considering we’d already been written off.  Obviously we’re still expected to lose but this time, we go into it with a 1-0 lead, [...]

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So, I finally got around to going to one of our youth games – albeit the first leg of the FA Cup because I’m just a big bloody glory hunter really – and all things considered, I came away pretty impressed.

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