1. Filipe Luis needs to play football We’ve seen precious little of Filipe Luis during his first season at The..
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Chelsea v Liverpool Stamford Bridge, 10th May 2015 The Blues are back at the Bridge this weekend to round out..
Chelsea U21 4-3 Liverpool U21 7th May 2015 First Half The man of the moment Dominic Solanke scored a hat-trick..
In many ways, 2013 has been a mixed year for Chelsea Football Club and its supporters. From failing to reach..
I hear some grumblings in the Chelsea fandom over the Romelu Lukaku loan to Everton and Victor Moses’s loan to..
More drama and another two points down the drain then. I’m bloody exhausted. First Half Terminally dull. Neither team showed..
(with suitable apologies and homage to John Le Carre) (Author’s Note: The main character of George Smallie should be imagined..
Stamford Bridge. 4.00pm. Remembrance Sunday, 11th November. An immaculately observed minute’s silence to remember those who gave their lives for..
The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall It is difficult to credit now, but there was a time when..
Ah, the Carling Cup. It’s a competition that might have been designed purely to take the sting out of defeat...
This was an odd film. A film where the marvellous Javier Bardem walks through the entire 120 minutes on a..
Oh man. Stonking hangover. Gonna regret this. Anyway, here we go. Transfer deadline day – live! I’m going to do..
On Monday night I settled into the sofa, remote in one hand, drink in the other, ready to watch our..
As any connoisseur of music knows, the very best songs, the ones that live in the memory that can pierce..
Premier League: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
The world is an odd place. There I am working every day beavering away quietly and suddenly the Egyptian people..
In my well-documented meanderings around York, I purchased a “press out and glue” cardboard model of a Viking Ship for..
Premier League: Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
While lost down the digital rabbit hole earlier this evening I found myself killing time by watching videos of classic..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “Memories of Moscow have haunted Chelsea’s recent history, though this will have served as..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “A tepid match inflamed the hearts of the visiting supporters who witnessed Chelsea putting..
Deeplinks have been renamed Shorts, for obvious reasons. I considered Deep-lying Links, but I prefer Shorts. —————————————- Prior to Sunday’s..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Predictability was a delight for Chelsea. The side must reduce their opponents to fatalism..
"Monday, Monday, so good to me Monday, Monday, it was all I hoped it would be." So sang The Mama’s..
After Wednesday’s first leg, as the adrenalin receded, I had a chance to calmly appreciate the night’s events. The residual..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Henry Winter: “This was epic stuff, one of the most memorable, fluctuating games in the history..
Stevie Wonder, despite being eminently qualified to become a Premiership referee, was probably more of a fan at heart. “Very..
Bob Quick must be looking at Guus Hiddink and wondering exactly where he went wrong. Britain’s most hapless copper (well,..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Liverpool’s disbelief must be very nearly as great as their despair. Nobody had anticipated..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: "Lampard had been sent off by Mike Riley after an hour, despite making contact..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: "Victory for Liverpool was fully deserved, as is their place at the top of..
With just a few weeks before the new football season starts, it’s time to look in my crystal balls (I..