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31 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…
341 ViewsChelsea vs. Gent : 3 October 2024 I love Thursday Night Football. I always have. For those of us that live miles away from Stamford Bridge, travelling to and from games can be tiresome affairs, especially those that take place during the week. But I always love the fact that no matter how late…
1,252 ViewsChelsea vs. Crystal Palace : 1 September 2024 Since we last spoke… …two Frome Town matches. On Bank Holiday Monday, a healthy 738 assembled at Badgers Hill, but the home team unfortunately went down 0-2 to our cross-county rivals Taunton Town. Frome weren’t outclassed but just lacked a killer punch in front of goal….
1,017 ViewsChelsea vs. Servette : 22 August 2024 New tag : #conferenceleague The first midweek game at Stamford Bridge of the new season meant that I needed to swap my shift at work to 6am to 2pm. I was up early, at 4.30am, and I left the house at 5.30am. During the last few minutes…
349 ViewsChelsea vs. Manchester City : 17 August 2024 Welcome to Chelsea 2024/25. This is my fifty-second season of continuous attendance at Chelsea games and the seventeenth year of these match reports. Last season, I celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of my first-ever Chelsea game and also the first season of attending every single Chelsea match….
484 ViewsChelsea vs. West Ham United : 5 May 2024 With my good friend Alan’s absence from the Chelsea vs. West Ham game due to Bromley’s participation in the National League play-off final at Wembley, there was an extra space in The Sleepy Hollow. Clive had originally given his ticket to Glenn, but it was…
529 ViewsArsenal vs. Chelsea : 23 April 2024 I was up early, around 4.45am, with yet another long day ahead. As I pottered about the house in a semi-conscious state, for some reason I kept thinking of that ridiculously chirpy – certainly for 5am on a week-day morning – Arsenal ditty that goes on about…
579 ViewsChelsea vs. Manchester City : 20 April 2024 “Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light. Wind was blowing, time stood still. Eagle flew out of the night.” It was just before 7.45pm on Wednesday 17 April and the PA at Larkhall Athletic’s picturesque Plain Ham ground, high on a hill,…
616 ViewsChelsea vs. Liverpool : 25 February 2024 We just weren’t good enough were we? This was always my fear. Despite a resurgence in our play over the past month – high points at Villa, the second-half at Palace and at City – there was still a niggling doubt that whatever team was selected to…
749 ViewsCrystal Palace vs. Chelsea : 12 February 2024 As we travelled up to South London for the away game at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace, we wondered if the performance of the season at Villa Park would turn out to be a solid stepping stone for the rest of the campaign. Or just a…