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483 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…
526 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…
578 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,…
641 ViewsIn recent meetings with the club’s Fan Advisory Board (FAB), fan representatives posed a series of questions they are commonly asked by other supporters. We continue to answer those questions in a new series… The third edition of ‘The FAB asks the club…’ deals with the online process for buying tickets for Chelsea games…
584 Views“Elvis Presley’s died!” I exclaimed as I knocked on Mum & Dad’s bedroom door at our house in Kentish Town, north London after moving back to a form of civilisation from the wilds of Barking, Essex. I was promptly told not to joke about things like that, it was morbid and it wasn’t nice…
606 ViewsEarlier this week, the Premier League announced that three Chelsea fixtures in April would move for television. Two of those three changes subsequently left supporters from both clubs involved (Chelsea vs Man Utd, Chelsea vs Everton) facing midweek journeys between London and the North West during the working week with no direct public transport…
615 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…
748 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…
752 ViewsChelsea vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers : 4 February 2024 Away games are all well and good, but there is something strangely comforting about a home match at Stamford Bridge. It’s our base camp, the place where we return every fortnight or so, and a place where we, hopefully, feel at home, at ease. I felt…
630 ViewsLiverpool vs. Chelsea : 31 January 2024 Although our heads seem full of the two domestic cups for the moment, here was a sobering trip back to normality and the league campaign. They really don’t get much tougher than this one. Liverpool vs. Chelsea. Gulp. I was up early, at 5.30am, and I soon…