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The Blues’ Evolution: A Glimpse into Chelsea’s Tactical Journey

Pre-Abramovich Era: Foundations and Footholds In the football world, understanding a club’s evolution requires going way back. Chelsea, established in..

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25 Sep

Safe Standing Survey for Chelsea Supporters

We are jointly running a survey to gather Chelsea supporters’ attitudes to Safe Standing at football grounds in collaboration with..

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24 Feb

Jose Must Sign a Striker or Risk Title

It has been well-documented that it is the only flaw in our starting eleven. A goalscorer. Yes, we have Fernando..

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6 Jan

Of Loans and Moans: The Great Chelsea Giveaway that Never Was

I hear some grumblings in the Chelsea fandom over the Romelu Lukaku loan to Everton and Victor Moses’s loan to..

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4 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..

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12 Jun

Jose Mourinho: Last Stand in Madrid

Now, I wonder how many of us watched Jose Mourinho’s last match against Osasuna at the Bernabeu. Forget the media..

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2 Jun

It Was 20 Years Ago Today…

… That Glenn Hoddle taught the team to play. OK, maybe not quite true and probably not the best adaptation..

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29 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..

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20 Apr

Let’s Hope Torres’ Nose Stays Broken

It has been a while since my last post and as expected there has been much development in the world..

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19 Apr

What Does Chelsea Mean to You?

I almost subconsciously started this article with the title ‘What does Mrs Thatcher mean to you?’ such is the reaction..

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10 Apr

We Were There

Hard as it might be to believe, although the internet was with us, within the last dozen years, it was..

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21 Mar

One of the Most Significant Chelsea Matches of the Last 20 Years

Question: what’s one of the most significant Chelsea matches of the last 20 years? Beating Bayern Munich last May? Winning..

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13 Mar

Rafael Benitez – Enough is Enough

I was one of the few who didn’t hate Rafael Benitez. Maybe because I am, after all, not a real..

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17 Jan

Tinker Waiter Soup Bowl Fly

(with suitable apologies and homage to John Le Carre) (Author’s Note: The main character of George Smallie should be imagined..

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27 Nov

The Referee’s a Wonderful Man

If you hadn’t worked it out from the title, this is a post about referees, and in case you think..

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14 Nov

The Lone Ranger

The curious headline is prompted by young Junior, scion of the noble House of Bayou, who made his competitive feetballs..

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17 Oct

John Terry, Ashley Cole and Three Little Words…

In 1971, the late, great Peter Osgood was handed an eight week ban and a £160 fine by the Football..

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9 Oct

50 Shades of Racism

Listening to the radio and reading the press it’s clear that many hold the view that racism is racism, it’s..

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28 Sep

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

“Oh yes, that would be so nice” – memorable lyrics from the enigmatic Brazilian chanteuse of the 1960s, Astrud Gilberto...

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30 Aug

Another Shed Load

You will have noted that Nick, blog owner and master of Podding Acres, wherein lies the humble structure from whence..

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28 Aug

AVB is the Reason We Won the Champions League

On this blog there have been detractors of the Champions League competition but personally I’ve never been as affected and..

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4 Jun

Chelsea v Barcelona: Standing on the Edge (Reprise)

It’s the night before Barcelona. God, I detest the Champions League. It’s a vile, overblown, self-important and elitist clique that..

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17 Apr

The England Poppy Ban – Why the FA Should Defy FIFA

The picture above is a memorial in Flanders to the legendary (if somewhat disputed) ‘No Man’s Land’ football match that..

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6 Nov

Gaul’s Well That Ends Well

Just before I went “in absentia” or if you like “in feriae”, as Julius Caesar might have put it although..

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8 Sep

Trailer Trash? Or Will We Smoke Ol’ Stokey On the Road to Being Kings Again?

A Season Opener (For Sale or Rent) (with sincere apologies to Roger Miller) I sat down to write this wondering..

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9 Aug

Shipping News

By Random Chandlery The sign on the door says Doc. Bayou. Data Analysis. But that doesn’t tell half the story...

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7 Jun

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,..

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25 May

Another New Coach? Are They Taking the Pelham?

(Or How Close to Barking Can You Get a Sphinx?) In keeping with the melancholy and wistful mood engendered by..

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20 May

Sagging into Some Kind of Nothingness (for a while)

[We’re thinking of this: ‘Sagging’ is the direct opposite of hogging. When a vessel is supported at bow and stern by..

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20 Apr

Turnips and Hamstered Jam

“Now it’s Spring again, I’ll sing again, ’bout turnips and hamstered jam” (an excerpt from “Bygrave’s Songs, But Only Dimly..

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30 Mar

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

A question worth pondering; if something is indeed rotten behind the scenes at Chelsea as most of us believe to..

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21 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..

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18 Feb

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The Blues’ Evolution: A Glimpse into Chelsea’s Tactical Journey

Safe Standing Survey for Chelsea Supporters

Jose Must Sign a Striker or Risk Title

Of Loans and Moans: The Great Chelsea Giveaway that Never Was

So, Darling… How Was It for You?

Jose Mourinho: Last Stand in Madrid

It Was 20 Years Ago Today…

The Thatcherisation of Football

Let’s Hope Torres’ Nose Stays Broken

What Does Chelsea Mean to You?

We Were There

One of the Most Significant Chelsea Matches of the Last 20 Years

Rafael Benitez – Enough is Enough

Tinker Waiter Soup Bowl Fly

The Referee’s a Wonderful Man

The Lone Ranger

John Terry, Ashley Cole and Three Little Words…

50 Shades of Racism

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Another Shed Load

AVB is the Reason We Won the Champions League

Chelsea v Barcelona: Standing on the Edge (Reprise)

The England Poppy Ban – Why the FA Should Defy FIFA

Gaul’s Well That Ends Well

Trailer Trash? Or Will We Smoke Ol’ Stokey On the Road to Being Kings Again?

Shipping News

The Bipolar Express: The Wall*

Another New Coach? Are They Taking the Pelham?

Sagging into Some Kind of Nothingness (for a while)

Turnips and Hamstered Jam

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

The Bipolar Express: What Makes Me a REAL Fan?

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