53 ViewsChelsea vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers : 20 January 2025 I said it. You said it. Even educated fleas said it. “This is a must-win” game. And it was. With just three points out of fifteen in our previous five league games, things were starting to slip for Chelsea Football Club. Back in August, at our…
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Tales From A Second-Half Fade
49 ViewsChelsea vs. Bournemouth : 14 January 2025 After the 3pm kick-off on the previous Saturday, I felt rather off-kilter as I made my way up to London with PD and Parky for a Tuesday evening game at home to Bournemouth. There is always a nice and natural rhythm to a run of Saturday games…
Tales From The Top Of The Conference League
125 ViewsChelsea vs. Shamrock Rovers : 19 December 2024 This UEFA Conference League campaign had been a long-drawn-out affair this autumn and winter, yet it was coming to a halt at an alarming rate with two final games in just eight days. However, after the excitement and adventure with the Astana game in Almaty, the…
The Blues Brothers
107 ViewsAfter changing my place of work for the very first time, not the last however, I found myself working in a tall skyscraper right outside London Bridge station during the summer of 1980. I’d previously worked around the Holborn/Chancery Lane area of Central London so the change of scenery meant a different view from…
Tales From Forty Years Apart
190 ViewsChelsea vs. Aston Villa : 1 December 2024 The Famous Five were back together again for the home game against Aston Villa; I was on the road at 6.30am and by 7.30am my four passengers had been securely collected. I was alongside PD in the front while Glenn, Parky and Ron were squeezed into…
Tales From Foxes, Tigers And A Stray Dog
243 ViewsLeicester City vs. Chelsea : 23 November 2024 With the latest International Break behind us, real football was back on the agenda. Leicester City would host Chelsea at the King Power Stadium, with an early kick-off at 12.30pm. I collected the three amigos – PD, Glenn, Parky – by 7.30am as Storm Bert, don’t…
Fans Forum Minutes: November 2024
900 Views Fans Forum Minutes CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB MEN’S FANS FORUM 2024-25, 2nd MEETING MINUTES Meeting held in the Vialli suite at 6.30pm on Tuesday 12th November 2024 Attendees Club title/ group represented Beckwith, Gary Fan Advisory Board liaison Beerman, Clayton Home season ticket (“ST”) Brooker, John UK away scheme Clark, Dawn Access Clarkson, Megan Club Senior Supporter Services…
Tales From Two Trips
351 ViewsChelsea vs. Newcastle United : 27 October 2024. This was the oldest fixture in my particular book of Chelsea games. My first-ever game was Newcastle United at home in March 1974. This one would be my forty-third such fixture. In all of those previous forty-two matches, Newcastle’s record at Stamford Bridge has been wretched….
Tales From The Football Road
237 ViewsLiverpool vs. Chelsea : 20 October 2024 That bloody concourse. That bloody away end. That bloody announcer. Those bloody anthems. That bloody song. Those bloody scarves. That bloody clock. A day out on Merseyside, a day out in Liverpool, a day out at Anfield. And a few other things to talk about too. But…
Revised Academy Ticket Prices At Kingsmeadow: STHs, Members and Under-20s Now Go Free!
1,141 ViewsChelsea have today announced revised ticket pricing for all academy matches at Kingsmeadow, effective immediately, headlined by the fact that Season Ticket Holders, Members, and all fans Under-20 (regardless of STH or Membership status) can now attend for free. All other fans will now be charged £4, down from £7 (£5 for concessions) since…