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1,462 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…
1,287 ViewsChelsea vs. Brighton And Hove Albion : 15 April 2023 Just as I was driving away from my usual parking space at Chelsea after the game with Brighton, I summed things up to PD in the seat alongside me : “Out-played, out-shot, out-fought, out-thought.” In a season of sub-par performances, this perhaps had been…
1,627 ViewsWolverhampton Wanderers vs. Chelsea : 8 April 2023 After the 0-0 draw at home to Liverpool on Tuesday, things only remained quiet at Stamford Bridge for a couple of days. While rumours swirled around about potential new managers – Julian Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique being the favourites – by the time we reached Thursday,…
1,309 ViewsChelsea vs. Liverpool : 4 April 2023 While I was finishing off the closing sentences of my match report for the Aston Villa game on Sunday evening, PD sent me a brief message : “Potter sacked.” I suspect that I experienced the same initial thoughts as many Chelsea supporters. “Blimey, they did it then?…
1,292 ViewsChelsea vs. Aston Villa : 1 April 2023 There are three games to detail in this edition; two from 1983 and one from forty years later. Let’s do things chronologically. On Saturday 19 March 1983, Chelsea played a London Derby against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. With Chelsea eager to pick up as many…
1,422 ViewsLeicester City vs. Chelsea : 11 March 2023 We stepped into “The Counting House” at 11.30am. This pub, formerly part of an old cattle market, is equidistant between Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road stadium and the Leicester City Foxes’ King Power Stadium. It must do a great trade during these two sporting seasons. We only…
1,487 ViewsChelsea vs. Borussia Dortmund : 7 March 2023. On a night of high drama at a wonderfully noisy Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea undoubtedly produced the finest performance of a deeply frustrating season, we defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 with goals in each half from the boots of Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz, this from a…
1,657 ViewsChelsea vs. Leeds United : 4 March 2023. Chelsea versus Leeds United. It sets off something in the brain doesn’t it? It triggers, for me anyway, a deep link to my childhood and beyond. It’s a classic football rivalry, forged almost sixty years ago. The memories of the 1967 FA Cup semi-final, the epic…
1,458 ViewsBorussia Dortmund vs. Chelsea : 15 February 2023. There is no doubt at all that the Footballing Gods – Stadia Division – have been very kind to me in this season’s Champions League trail around Europe. Back in August, I craved a first-ever trip with Chelsea to the San Siro. I was granted my…
1,354 ViewsWest Ham United vs. Chelsea : 11 February 2023. You know what it’s like when the alarm sounds and there is a day of football that lies ahead, but you just don’t feel the love? That’s what it was like on the morning of our game at West Ham United. I had set the…