856 ViewsMiddlesbrough vs. Chelsea : 9 January 2024 In the build up to our League Cup semi-final first leg at the Riverside Stadium, I had read somewhere that Chelsea had won every single one of the previous nine games against Middlesbrough, encompassing both venues and across all competitions. From February 2007 to March 2022, Chelsea…
Tales From The North End Road
1,040 ViewsChelsea vs. Preston North End : 6 January 2024 With the Christmas period over, our first match of 2024 saw us paired in a home FA Cup tie against Preston North End. Our paths do not cross much these days; this only would be our ninth head-to-head since 1963. I recollected the previous two,…
Tales From Memory Lane Café
993 ViewsChelsea vs. Crystal Palace : 27 December 2023 The drive up to London had been horrible. Due to traffic congestion throughout the journey, and not helped by persistent rain, it took four hours rather than the usual three. I had set off from my house at 10.30am, then collected the three others, but wasn’t…
Tales From Christmas Eve
830 ViewsWolverhampton Wanderers vs. Chelsea : 24 December 2023 There was much negative press surrounding the Premier League’s decision to allow Sky TV to move our match at Molineux to Christmas Eve. I felt sorry for those normal match-goers from both sides who had made solid arrangements for other activities on that day and were…
Tales From Chelsea World
771 ViewsChelsea vs. Newcastle United : 19 December 2023 The League Cup Quarter-Final at home to Newcastle United was positioned just before the rush of football games over Christmas and the New Year. In this heady period – from Friday 22 December to Monday 1 January – there would be three Chelsea games and three…
Statement On European Super League Developments
757 ViewsChelsea Supporters Club once again reiterates its collective and full-throated opposition to any suggestion of a European Super League following today’s decision by the European Court of Justice and subsequent announcement of proposals from A22. Last February we issued a statement that we continue to endorse, and intend to provide even more robust support…
Tales From The Loyal Three Thousand
849 ViewsManchester United vs. Chelsea : 6 December 2023 Originally the plan was to stay up in the North-West for four nights, taking in the matches at Manchester United and Everton without the need to travel up and back twice. I had booked accommodation near Piccadilly for Wednesday night, and accommodation near Goodison Park for…
Leeds Beckett University: Supporter Help Request (FFP)
744 ViewsHello everyone, I am a sports journalist at Leeds Beckett University currently writing a piece of work on the politics around the FFP laws and the recent 10 points deduction handed to Everton. I am looking to get a comment from a member of a supporters group of another Premier League club, and as…
Tales From A Ball Of Confusion
730 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…
Medical assistance at Stamford Bridge
712 ViewsChelsea Football Club would like to make supporters and visitors aware of important information and guidance to ensure the health and safety of everyone attending matches at Stamford Bridge. The club takes the safety of supporters and visitors seriously, with a Matchday Medical Plan and dedicated crowd medical teams. The Crowd Safety Medical Team…