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Chelsea FC '08/'09 Season Review Part Three: Seconds Make Seasons
April brought the first leg of the Champions' League Quarter Final with Liverpool at Anfield. The Reds were ahead after six minutes with an admittedly superb Fernando Torres strike, and although ...
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Chelsea FC '08/'09 Season Review Part Two: New Year, New Faces
The New Year did not start well for Chelsea, with a last minute equaliser from Southend forcing a replay in the FA Cup third round tie, an extra fixture that an injury stretched squad and an under pressure manager could scarcely afford to concede...
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Chelsea FC '08-'09 Season Review Part One: It Started Off So Well...
Another turbulent season at Stamford Bridge is behind us, and what a season it was. From the giddy heights of the beginning, to the crushing defeat at the hands of Barcelona, the '08-'09 season ...
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Scolari Sacked As Chelsea Look To a Familiar Face To Stop The Rot
"You don't know what you're doing!" This is the chant that has been echoing around Stamford Bridge with increasing frequency and volume in recent weeks...
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Scolari v. Mourinho: The Eggs and Omelette Debate
Chelsea are currently in the midst of what some might call an injury crisis. A minimum of seven first-choice first team players are out injured, leaving Luis Felipe Scolari without much choice in his team sheet, or so you would think...
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Chelsea's Reality Check Lost in the Post
Since the takeover of Chelsea FC by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in 2003, there are plenty of people who have held their breath, waiting for the club to fail...
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Sing When You're Winning (Or Losing)
As supporters of the beautiful game, we all want to see magic football played. We want to watch skill, class, and goals galore. However, if all you want to do is watch, I am of the opinion that there are better ways to do it than going to the game...
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Magic Football Returns to Stamford Bridge: Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth
Sunday saw the opening game of Chelsea's campaign to regain the Premiership title, and what a start it was. From the first whistle they dominated, playing the kind of football that owner Roman Abramovich craves...
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You Can't Predict the Unpredictable: Premier League 08/09
Despite perfectly acceptable football substitutes being available, and enjoyed, the last 13 weeks have dragged for me. This is due entirely to the lack of Premiership football. There is no other competition quite like it—and I've missed it...
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Tottenham Are Looking Rather Tasty
As the '08-'09 season looms ever closer, for the first time in many years there are several teams outside of the "Big Four" that have a chance of bagging a Champions League place for '09-'10...
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Nicolas Anelka: "Penalty Miss Was More Difficult For Me Than For John Terry"
Of all the things to come out of that awful night in Moscow, I never dreamed that one of them would be a competition about who feels worse about not winning...
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"Modern Slavery" & Sepp Blatter: The Fool At The Head Of FIFA
Sepp Blatter is an irresponsible moron. Maybe if he’d read a couple of history books before opening his mouth wide enough to fit both feet in, he might have the teeniest comprehension of what slavery is...
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Four Is More Than Three, Why Chelsea Need To Win Everything Next Season
As a Chelsea fan of 13 years, I want to see every piece of silverware available arriving at Stamford Bridge next season. This is not because I am greedy, but because I truly believe that we have the players and potential to do it...
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Which Didier Drogba Will Show Up to Play for Chelsea?
The 08/09 Premiership season kicks off in three weeks time, and like many Chelsea fans, I'm unsure who I'm going to see play against Portsmouth...
