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545 ViewsChelsea vs. Brighton And Hove Albion : 3 December 2023 There was a black and white photograph of Terry Venables on the front of the match programme. The news of his sad passing, at the age of eighty, came through while we were sat at a café in Gateshead on the day after the…
694 ViewsNewcastle United vs. Chelsea : 25 November 2023 Where does the back story begin for this game? How about October 1973? Let me explain. No matter what this season brings, no matter how successful, how disappointing, or even how uneventful this campaign turns out to be, it will always be an important one for…
636 ViewsChelsea vs. Manchester City : 12 November 2023 After the euphoria and shock of our 4-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur on Monday, we were now presented with another equally tough opponent. The league fixture list had provided us with a home game against the current English and European Champions Manchester City. During the first…
980 ViewsTottenham Hotspur vs. Chelsea : 6 November 2023 Not much happened in this game, eh? Without further ado, let’s try and cobble together some sort of coherent description of a ridiculous night of football in North London, though I am not sure that I am going to be able to sufficiently contain it all…
891 ViewsChelsea vs. Brentford : 28 October 2023 It seemed that everyone had been talking about our run of league fixtures that were looming on the horizon, stretching into December, and how difficult they would be. I had to agree. If I was pressed, I would have said that it was only our home game…
594 ViewsBurnley vs. Chelsea : 7 October 2023 Oops, I had best call it a proper fun time. It seems to me that everyone in London, and maybe beyond, uses “proper” at every opportunity these days. Here’s how it happened. The planning for this game in Lancashire began a long time ago. When it became…
1,079 ViewsFulham vs. Chelsea : 2 October 2023 After our pleasing, but narrow, win at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the League Cup, one game dominated my thoughts. But it wasn’t our next game, the SW6 Derby at Craven Cottage. It was Frome Town’s FA Cup tie at Ramsgate in Kent. I had…
599 ViewsChelsea vs. Brighton And Hove Albion : 28 September 2023 After defeating AFC Wimbledon in the Second Round of the League Cup, we could have been drawn away to Salford City, Exeter City, Ipswich Town, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United, Bradford City, Port Vale, Sutton United or Lincoln City in the next round. I have…
987 ViewsChelsea vs. Aston Villa : 24 September 2023 On the drive up to London early on Sunday morning, none of us were feeling confident of a pleasing performance against Aston Villa. “Just can’t see where the next goal is coming from.” “If we are driving back down the M4 tonight with a 2-0 win…
521 ViewsBournemouth vs. Chelsea : 17 September 2023 The Chelsea website would call this an entertaining game. I beg to differ. Here’s my take on the match at the Vitality Stadium, plus a few other football-related anecdotes thrown in for good measure. Our home loss against Nottingham Forest – that match feels like it took…