Like a lot of you, I’ve tried pretty hard to push our last Champions League final aside and concentrate on the here and now – but it’s imposible. It has its relevance, whether it’s because we still have some of the key players who played a significant role that night at the Luzhniki Stadium or [...]

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So, with last night’s defeat to Liverpool, we won’t be qualifying for next season’s Champions League via the Premier League. In fact, unless we somehow manage to beat Bayern Munich in their own backyard in the Champions League final on 19th May, we will be in the Europa League next season.

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Strange the perception of Chelsea only really being in the top four since Roman’s arrival, particularly since we’d already ventured there a few times before he got here, and back in the 1999/2000 season, we weren’t just playing against the likes of Barcelona – we were actually getting results against them at Stamford Bridge.

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So, the club with ‘no history’ celebrates its 107th birthday today – and may there be many more.   THEN   NOW   THEN   NOW  

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Roman Abramovich eh? Just when we’re ready to write him off as a very benevolent pain in the arse, he offers us something by way of redemption.  If I’m honest, whilst I’ve always maintained my respect and appreciation in terms of what he’s given us as a club, his sacking of AVB yesterday had me [...]

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I was watching some old Chelsea videos at the weekend – well let’s face it, it was preferable to our highlights against Birmingham wasn’t it? With everything that’s going on at the club right now, particularly the pressure AVB is under and the (mis)reported chants for the return of Mourinho, there’s definitely a feel that [...]

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I know it’s predictable but when a goal is this special, it has to be done!    

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(Picture omitted for fear of scaring off reader’s) I didn’t get to see this one, since there seemed to be a bit of a blackout, so just like the 50s it was down to the radio to provide the entertainment for the day. Well ok, it wasn’t really like the 50s, since listening to it [...]

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Franck Leboeuf is giving us the benefit of his advice ahead of our game against City tomorrow. Not that we’re already way behind in the league already or anything but the former Chelsea defender thinks we should look at it as a cup game.

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Ahead of tonight’s game I’ve been having a watch of some classic Carling Cup stuff.  It goes without saying I’d have to dig this one out.  The 2005 final v Liverpool. A bit of pre-helmet Cech, some vintage Makelele, Mourinho pissing the crowd off in true Mourinho fashion and to top it off, a Gerrard [...]

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