The Origins of Chelsea
If you have recently started watching football or have finally come to your senses and have decided that Chelsea is the team to support, you may want to arm yourself with some important and not-so-important facts about this dynamic team. On 10 March 1905 Chelsea was found at a pub called the Rising Sun, which […]
No England recall for former Captain Terry says Hodgson
England coach Roy Hodgson has shut down talk of recalling Chelsea captain John Terry. Terry featured in all four of England’s Euro 2012 matches under Hodgson and retired from international football following the World Cup qualifying win in Moldova – the last of his 78 caps – prior to being banned by the FA for […]
Oscar almost signed for Mourinho’s Madrid
Oscar has revealed that he came close to signing for Real Madrid before completing a switch to Chelsea in 2012. It was decided, though, that Real were already well stocked in the attacking department and the way was cleared for Chelsea to wrap up a big-money deal. Oscar told Globoesporte on the saga which took […]
LOAN WATCH: Bamford receives England U21 call & van Aanholt gets Holland call-up
Patrick Bamford has won a call-up to the England U21 team on the back of his scintillating form for loan club MK Dons. The 20-year old striker, who is on a six-month loan with the League One club from Chelsea, has been called up by Gareth Southgate for Tuesday’s European U21 qualifier against San Marino […]
Demba Ba hoping to hear from Besiktas
Chelsea striker Demba Ba is ready to move to Turkey in January. The London Evening Standard says a number of English sides were looking into the possibility of either buying or loaning Ba in the new year, including West Ham United and Arsenal. But the 28-year-old is also a target for Besiktas and significantly a […]
Over to you Jose..
Losing to Newcastle away and managing to scrape a point at home against the Baggies has floated a few question marks over Jose Mourinho’s return to The Bridge. The 2-0 defeat at St James’ was an unmitigated disaster, especially given the fact that Liverpool and Arsenal met each other on the same day and Liverpool […]
Azonto Epistle 27: It Was A Precious Point After All
From a winning position to a suffocating losing position where Jose has to make his emergency SOS substitutions of taking out the left back for an attacker reared its ugly head once more and this time at our own Stamford Bridge home. A place where gallants fall, Schalke had been put to the sword there […]
Azonto Epistle 26: Away In A Rainy Day At St. James Park
A perfect October harshly bid us goodbye for a not so welcoming month of November for Chelsea fans to remember. Over the course of our recent past, many of our bad patches of form began with November. A November to remember for our under performances, Di Matteo’s woes and Rafa’s arrival. Even, the great Ancelotti […]
What we learned? – London is Blue
What a fantastic last couple of days this has been, first Manchester City at home and today a fantastic performance by the boys at the Emirates. Wenger going into the game had never beaten Jose in the last 8 meetings and at full time Jose’s run continues. First half goal from Cesar Azpilicueta following a […]
Match Report: Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea (Capital One Cup 4th Round)
A brilliant team display ensured that Mourinho’s side heaped misery on Arsenal and proceed into the quarter finals of the capital One Cup. Two Spaniard’s were the men who found the net for the blues! Firstly it was Cesar Azpilicueta capitalizing on a Jenkinson mistake, scoring his first goal for Chelsea. Secondly it was the […]