Tony Glover, Author at Chelsea FC Blog

Chelsea 0-0 West Ham United – All in All it’s Just Another Brick in the Wall

A little preamble Time huh? Bloody hell. To paraphrase a rather well known purple-nosed old soak currently bothering young athletes..

Premier League

30 Jan

Chelsea 2-2 West Brom – Cliché Klaxon! Get Out of Jail Free with CFC

A little preamble A sad day for our little band of travellers from the Deep South of England into the..

Premier League

11 Nov

Newcastle United 2-0 Chelsea – Stars Beaten by Stripes

A little preamble So, you’re sat at home, satisfied that as The Dear Leader of the blog and Generalissimo of..

Premier League

3 Nov

Norwich City 1-3 Chelsea – Willian? Was He Only Joking?

A little preamble The headline for this article? You can blame our beloved Jonny Dyer (@KaiserJonny) for that. He cracked..

Premier League

6 Oct

Everton 1-0 Chelsea – Take it on the Chin

A Little Preamble It’s been some time hasn’t it? In fact such is the low key nature of the season..

Premier League

15 Sep

So, Darling… How Was It for You?

Monday, 20th May 2013 A hotel room somewhere in South West London, the sun is rising through hazy clouds, there..

Best-of

12 Jun

Benfica 1-2 Chelsea – Trophy after Trophy after Trophy

A Little Preamble Around this time last year I started my Champions League final report with this well known phrase..

Best-of

16 May

Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea – Wake Me Up When August Comes Round

The Preamble Due to sheer and utter football fatigue this will be a brief report covering the game yesterday between..

Premier League

6 May

The Thatcherisation of Football

Football has been consumed by the ogre that is the Champions League. Being of a certain age I remember with..

Best-of

20 Apr

Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland – Tired Old Swing

“He’s not a racist, he’s a very naughty boy,” as Paolo Di Canio’s mum has probably never said. I will..

Premier League

7 Apr

Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Preamble Late Saturday night our Dear Leader, Nick emailed me to kindly ask if I fancied doing a match..

Best-of

24 Feb

Brentford 2-2 Chelsea – Stung by the Bees

The Preamble I woke gently at 8:30am to a warm, sunny Sunday morning in Britain after the big freeze of..

FA Cup

27 Jan

Leeds United 1-5 Chelsea – We All Hate Leeds

Prologue I hate Leeds. I’ve hated Leeds since around 1970. I hated everything they stood for. I hated Don Revie..

League Cup

20 Dec

West Ham United 3-1 Chelsea – Dear Roman …

Dear Roman (I assume you are OK with the informal approach), As a long-standing devotee of Chelsea Football Club for..

Premier League

2 Dec

Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea – States of Mata and Energy

The prologue It never ever, ever gets boring beating Spurs. But for me there’s an even bigger joy in beating..

Best-of

21 Oct

Chelsea 2-2 Juventus – In Black and White

A little preamble Well well well. The mojo is slowly returning. I can remove myself from the self-imposed exile I’ve..

Champions League

20 Sep

Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea (aet; Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties) – Prose to Joy

A little preamble Football eh? Bloody hell! Yes, the exact same quote I used for the Barcelona review still stands..

Best-of

21 May

Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea (2-3 on agg) – Our Reign in Spain Destroys the Mainly Vain

A little preamble Football eh? Bloody hell! So said Sir Rednose Baconface of Salford Quays once upon a time. A..

Champions League

25 Apr

Chelsea 2-1 Benfica (3-1 agg) – Hotel Barcelona

A little preamble Well well well. Just a week or so after putting in a fine display as the backup..

Champions League

5 Apr

Benfica 0-1 Chelsea – Eagles Tamed

The preamble A recall to duty for me tonight. To be honest I nearly pulled out, the thought of extending..

Champions League

27 Mar

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Chelsea – Hangover Blues

A little preamble So we’ve finally turned the corner have we? Last week’s perfunctory victory over Bolton was the pivotal..

Premier League

4 Mar

Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa – Better the Devil You Know

Updated Tuesday, 3 January: Added the Wolves match reports and goal videos. The preamble Well don’t I just get all..

Premier League

1 Jan

Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City – Out with the Old, In with the… err… Old

The preamble It’s a bit of a misnomer that title, in reality it was out with the old, well to..

Premier League

13 Dec

Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool – No Country for Old Men

This was an odd film. A film where the marvellous Javier Bardem walks through the entire 120 minutes on a..

Premier League

20 Nov

Chelsea 4-1 Swansea City – Swans Reflecting Mice

Newspaper reports The Independent on Sunday, Russell Kempson: “Just when Fernando Torres thought it could not get much worse, the..

Premier League

25 Sep

The Bipolar Express: The Wall*

So ya, thought ya, thought ya might like to go to the show? To feel the warm thrill of confusion,..

Feature

25 May

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur – The Bipolar Express Match Report

Newspaper reports The Observer, Dominic Fifield: “Even freakish good fortune is propelling Chelsea on to the leaders’ shoulders at present...

Premier League

1 May

Chelsea 1-1 Everton (Everton win 4-3 on penalties) – Newspaper Reaction, Goal Videos, Match Report, Player Ratings

FA Cup: Chelsea 1-1 Everton (3-4 on penalties)

FA Cup

19 Feb

The Bipolar Express: What Makes Me a REAL Fan?

On Monday night I settled into the sofa, remote in one hand, drink in the other, ready to watch our..

Best-of

18 Feb

The Bipolar Express: The Apathy Show

As any connoisseur of music knows, the very best songs, the ones that live in the memory that can pierce..

Best-of

8 Feb

The Bipolar Express: Dr Know (Nothing)

The world is an odd place. There I am working every day beavering away quietly and suddenly the Egyptian people..

Best-of

3 Feb

Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa – The Bipolar Express Match Report

Newspaper reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “This draw raised as many doubts about Chelsea as a defeat would have generated...

Premier League

2 Jan

All posts by Tony Glover

Chelsea 0-0 West Ham United – All in All it’s Just Another Brick in the Wall

Chelsea 2-2 West Brom – Cliché Klaxon! Get Out of Jail Free with CFC

Newcastle United 2-0 Chelsea – Stars Beaten by Stripes

Norwich City 1-3 Chelsea – Willian? Was He Only Joking?

Everton 1-0 Chelsea – Take it on the Chin

So, Darling… How Was It for You?

Benfica 1-2 Chelsea – Trophy after Trophy after Trophy

Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea – Wake Me Up When August Comes Round

The Thatcherisation of Football

Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland – Tired Old Swing

Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

Brentford 2-2 Chelsea – Stung by the Bees

Leeds United 1-5 Chelsea – We All Hate Leeds

West Ham United 3-1 Chelsea – Dear Roman …

Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea – States of Mata and Energy

Chelsea 2-2 Juventus – In Black and White

Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea (aet; Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties) – Prose to Joy

Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea (2-3 on agg) – Our Reign in Spain Destroys the Mainly Vain

Chelsea 2-1 Benfica (3-1 agg) – Hotel Barcelona

Benfica 0-1 Chelsea – Eagles Tamed

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Chelsea – Hangover Blues

Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa – Better the Devil You Know

Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City – Out with the Old, In with the… err… Old

Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool – No Country for Old Men

Chelsea 4-1 Swansea City – Swans Reflecting Mice

The Bipolar Express: The Wall*

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur – The Bipolar Express Match Report

Chelsea 1-1 Everton (Everton win 4-3 on penalties) – Newspaper Reaction, Goal Videos, Match Report, Player Ratings

The Bipolar Express: What Makes Me a REAL Fan?

The Bipolar Express: The Apathy Show

The Bipolar Express: Dr Know (Nothing)

Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa – The Bipolar Express Match Report

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