When Chelsea last made an appearance in the second round of the League Cup, Peter Andre stood atop the charts..
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As Chelsea trudged from the field at the Britannia Stadium on Tuesday night, you would think another defeat to mid-table..
Match reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “Those “psychological effects” to which Arsène Wenger had referred when considering the significance of..
Introduction I’m writing this report on the 9:28 First Great Western return trip from Swansea. It was recently announced that..
Prologue I hate Leeds. I’ve hated Leeds since around 1970. I hated everything they stood for. I hated Don Revie..
The match reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “John Terry will have enjoyed this brief respite. His had been a tumultuous..
Ah, the Carling Cup. It’s a competition that might have been designed purely to take the sting out of defeat...
The match reports The Guardian, Andy Hunter: “The garish camouflage kit worn by Everton’s goalkeepers does not disguise their embarrassment...
The newspaper reports The Independent, Jack Pitt-Brooke: “For all of Andre Villas-Boas’s insistence that he wants to impose a new..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Jamie Jackson: “Newcastle arrived in west London with a team showing 10 changes from the one..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Paul Wilson: “Gaël Kakuta saw his last penalty of the shoot-out saved as Chelsea crashed out..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “The competition may change, the advertising hoardings spinning to proclaim Champions League or Premier..
Match reports The Guardian, David Hytner: “Joe Cole had dreamed of this moment for eight long months. From time to..
Match reports The Guardian, Mike Adamson: "In 1956 these two teams played an FA Cup tie that lasted five matches..
I didn’t see the match. It wasn’t covered live here in England, and I couldn’t find an Internet stream for..
Match reports The Times, Martin Samuel: “If this was a triumph for Jonathan Woodgate, Tottenham and Juande Ramos – who..
There must have been a full moon sometime over the last few days. Everywhere you look this week, some very..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Tim Rich: “Avram Grant’s attempt to convince the world that Chelsea were not especially bothered by..
If a week is a long time in politics, then three months in football is surely an eternity (including tea..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Henry Winter: “After Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ayegbeni Yakubu had exchanged fine goals, this semi-final first leg..
I asked a friend who watched the game to sum it up in one sentence. Here’s his somewhat festive response:..
Unfortunately we missed this game and had to make do with radio commentary here in England because of a lack..
Match reports The Guardian, Louise Taylor: “Jose who? Admittedly it was against a Championship side in the Carling Cup but..
Someone help me out here. I thought us Brits were fond of a good, old-fashioned ‘have-a-go hero’. You know the..
Match reports The Times, Matt Dickinson: “John Terry was concussed, the rest of us were just stunned by a Carling..
Jose Mourinho has told Radio Five Live that John Terry is “fine” following his sickening head injury in this afternoon’s..
John Terry is expected to start. Chelsea released a statement this afternoon confirming that Terry came through a full training..
Match reports The Guardian, Simon Burnton: “These have been a testing few weeks for Chelsea but, although they have been..
League Two’s Wycombe Wanderers stand in the way of Jose Mourinho reaching his second League Cup final in three years...
Match reports The Guardian, Jon Brodkin: “Never mind that Chelsea remain overwhelming favourites to reach the Carling Cup final. Being..
For the second time in five days Chelsea play League Two opposition in a domestic cup game. Having swept aside..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Tim Rich: “Newcastle’s search for a trophy has come to grief at Chelsea’s hands with what..
