All the talk this summer has been about the battle between the two Manchester clubs for the Premier League title with some people already suggesting that it is a straight battle between City and United for top spot. What about the Champions League and FA Cup holders though? Chelsea have to be big contenders for [...]

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CHELSEA 2-3 CITY Oh well, yesterday wrapped up a pre-season we’ll have no trouble forgetting eh? I’d already said I was probably more excited about the Olympics finally coming to an end than the Community Shield anyway – and the game itself did nothing to change that. I didn’t expect us to play a la [...]

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Venue: Villa Park Date: Sunday, 12 August Kick-off: 13:30 BST     Finally, we’re at the end of the Olympics (or will be later) and our final game of pre-season – or new season curtain raiser, depending on how you view it – sees us take on Man City in the Community Shield.

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I decided to hold off writing another post until after last night’s match and then look forward to what we do post USA Tour. I’ve begun to make mini match reports so I can remember observations moving forward. In this post I will talk about both what I observed and what should probably be looked [...]

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It seems that now he’s finally at a club that looks to the future rather than the past, Fernando Torres hopes to get used to this winning trophies lark.

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Many people, Chelsea supporters and non-Chelsea supporters were left wondering what was taking the club so long to give Roberto Di Matteo a new contract after the sensational turn around last season leading the club to two trophies (Champion’s League being by far the most significant). The club were aware that this was an important [...]

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Going into the 2012/13 season, our first ever season as Champions of Europe, The Chelsea Blog will be hearing a bit more from its own readers – God knows you could probably all do with a break from my opinion from time to time! We’ll also be introducing more regular contributions from their own unique [...]

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I love Gary Cahill – not literally because I don’t do the player-crush thing but you know what I mean, as a Chelsea player he’s just class.  It’s not just because he seemed to come in and do a great job for us, for me, it’s all about his attitude – it’s spot on.

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Ahead of our second pre-season game, Roberto Di Matteo already has his mind on what we need to do next season.

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