John Terry – ‘Captain, Leader, Legend’ – a description regally displayed by the home support and royally piss-taken by the opposition. Not that the Stamford Bridge faithful could care less, after all, he’s Mr Chelsea isn’t he? The fact he lives and breathes the club makes him untouchable, right?

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In spite of his lack of goals since arriving in January, there’s still plenty of us with complete faith in Fernando Torres and former Chelsea striker Kerry Dixon is one of them.

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In the summer of 2003, Claudio Ranieri brought Claude Makelele to Chelsea for 16.8 million, suggesting he would be the ‘battery’ of the side – and as it happened, he was right. In fact, for the next five years, Makelele was to establish himself as such a legend at Stamford Bridge and the Premier League, he [...]

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Today see’s United and Chelsea in what has to be the biggest clash of the season, ahead of the battle on the pitch though, TheChelseaBlog has had its usual head-to-head with Scott the Red from TheRepublikof Mancunia. Yesterday it was Scott posing the questions but today, it’s payback:

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Finally, we have a fitting tribute to Peter Osgood, as the unveiling of his statue outside the West Stand took place last night: “Without a doubt (Peter Osgood) should be the one with a statue here. This is a wonderful tribute to what he brought to the club. We will never forget him because he [...]

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The news that former Chelsea goalkeeper Petar Borota (56) died on Friday will certainly have saddened a few of our older supporters although I’m sure the memories of him will have raised a few smiles as well. Signed by Danny Blanchflower in 1979 from Partizan Belgrade, Borota made an impressive debut in a 0-0 draw [...]

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