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33 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…
92 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…
86 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…
389 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…
1,289 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….
1,057 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…
383 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….
523 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…
565 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…
607 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,…