From Russia with Love, Chelsea to face Rubin Kazan
Chelsea are to face Rubin Kazan at home in the first leg on the 4th of April and then on the 11th of April in Russia. The semi-final draw will be held on the 12th of April. This causes a massive fixture pileup for Chelsea, and something Rafael Benitez does not want. Our upcoming fixtures […]
The Golden Boy: Roberto Di Matteo
It’s been roughly 5 months since the departure of our player/manager hero, Robbie Di Matteo. A lot has happened in that time, and it’s getting to that time of the season where we start to assess player and managers’ futures. Never was it a great idea appointing Robbie if Roman and the board were after […]
Friday Quiz 15 March: West Ham and Chelsea players
Ahead of this round’s West Ham match, we have a special Friday Quiz. The following shadows belong to footballers who have spent time at both Chelsea and West Ham, but can you guess who is who? Last week’s Drogba answers: 2010 2010 2007 and 2010 Four: 2007, 09, 10 and 12 24 Never: second place […]
What We Learned: Steaua Bucharest
A thrilling Europa League 2nd leg for all the right reasons (result wise). Despite the 3-1 result which sends us through to the last 8, we didn’t play our best for a majority of the match despite a very strong squad. Juan Mata opened the scoring and a period of Chelsea domination followed only to […]
Match Report : Chelsea v Steaua Bucharest
Chelsea are through to the next round of the Europa League after a 3-1 win over Steaua Bucharest at Stamford Bridge in front of 28,000 fans (lowest since 2007) Juan Mata’s strike cancelled out the away side’s 1-0 first-leg advantage before Vlad Chiriches levelled proceedings from a corner just prior to the half-time interval. A […]