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710 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…
1,210 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…
738 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…
1,099 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…
651 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…
1,000 ViewsWest Ham United vs. Chelsea : 20 August 2023 There were several instances during the build-up to our game against West Ham at the London Stadium where I told my match-day companions that I fancied us to win. And I honestly believed it. Despite me venturing to the Stratford wastelands on six previous occasions…
1,123 ViewsChelsea vs. Liverpool : 13 August 2023 Within the final match report of last season, there were a few references to my first ever Chelsea game. Sadly, during the summer, the Chelsea family lost two players from the team that played Newcastle United on that day back in 1974. The then captain John Hollins…
1,154 ViewsChelsea vs. Newcastle United : 28 May 2023 A month or so ago I mentioned that Ron Hockings, one of our greatest ever supporters, celebrated his 1,400th first team Chelsea game with our away match at Craven Cottage in April 1983. At the time, as a seventeen-year-old from Somerset, I could only dream of…
800 ViewsManchester City vs. Chelsea : 21 May 2023 There was an old-fashioned 1982/83 feel to Saturday afternoon, the day before our game at the Etihad against Manchester City. I sat on my sofa in the living room and listened to Radio Five Live for the football commentary and was more than happy to hear…
668 ViewsArsenal vs. Chelsea : 2 May 2023 My season-long companions were missing for the trip to North London and the away game at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. Over the weekend, PD collapsed twice while away at his static caravan and had been admitted on the Sunday to a hospital in Taunton. On the morning of…