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It is generally recognised by those of a certain age that the atmosphere for the Cup-Winners’ Cup quarter-final second-leg against Bruges...
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tjrolls
Mar 15, 2023
Quality Street Chelsea Dump Stale Toffees
It was January 1972. Chelsea had had a mixed season to date, with the shock European elimination by Swedish unknowns Atvidaberg, but...
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tjrolls
Mar 8, 2023
Leicester Pay A Controversial Cup Penalty
On Sunday Chelsea meet Leicester City in the FA Cup Sixth Round. The sides met in the same competition in the late 1990s, an encounter...
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tjrolls
Feb 15, 2023
Francis In As The Saints Go Marching Out
It was early October 1981. Chelsea were spending their third season in the Second Division with a young, workmanlike side and no money to...
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tjrolls
Feb 8, 2023
Diamonds sparkle in Upton Park FA Cup win
In late January 1965 Chelsea were considered credible candidates for an unprecedented treble. They were second in the League, were in the...
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debscoady
Feb 3, 2023
The First Season We Met - Fulham
Despite being close neighbours, games between Chelsea and Fulham are not as numerous as one would think. Fulham certainly are much older...
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tjrolls
Feb 1, 2023
Fulham Thrashed As Neal's Chelsea Hit Four
It was April 7th 1984. After four grim seasons of misery and disappointment, Chelsea finally looked as though promotion back to Division...
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tjrolls
Jan 18, 2023
‘Ee-aye-addio, Liverpool’s out the Cup’. The Doc’s Finest Hour?
Fifty-eight years ago, Chelsea played in a momentous FA Cup tie at Anfield against the holders. They were a disappointing seventh in the...
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tjrolls
Jan 13, 2023
Vialli Double as Palace Hit For Six
It was March 1998. Gianluca Vialli had been Chelsea manager for five games, taking the reins after the controversial departure of Ruud...
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tjrolls
Jan 5, 2023
An Icy Welcome From Tranmere
Sixty years ago this week Chelsea played an FA Cup-tie at Tranmere. It was a game, a round and a season like no other. In the modern era...
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tjrolls
Jan 2, 2023
Just The One Lump Thanks, Tony
On Thursday, Chelsea play Manchester City in what is likely to be an extremely tough game given the quality of the visitors and our...
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debscoady
Dec 31, 2022
We Hate Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 6 Chelsea 0 Wednesday 28 March 1979 “We hate Nottingham Forest, we hate Arsenal too (and Leicester) We hate West Ham...
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