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‘Ee-aye-addio, Liverpool’s out the Cup’. The Doc’s Finest Hour?
Fifty-nine years ago today, Chelsea played in a momentous FA Cup tie at Anfield against the holders. They were a disappointing seventh in...
tjrolls
Jan 18, 2023
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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...
tjrolls
Jan 13, 2023
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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...
tjrolls
Jan 5, 2023
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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...
tjrolls
Jan 2, 2023
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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...
debscoady
Dec 31, 2022
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Greaves’ Goodbye Gift
By @ChelseaChadder Chelsea 4 Nottingham Forest 3 29th April 1961 Football League Division One Stamford Bridge Chelsea; Peter Bonetti,...
debscoady
Dec 31, 2022
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The First Season We Met - Bournemouth
Despite Bournemouth and Chelsea being formed in 1899 and 1905 respectively it wasn't until 1988 that the two clubs crossed paths in...
debscoady
Dec 21, 2022
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I’m Afraid We Don’t Have A Shirt Quite Big Enough, Dr Kissinger
It was December 1976. Off the pitch, they were real dog days for Chelsea FC. A financial morass, years in the making, was sufficiently...
tjrolls
Dec 9, 2022
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Paying our regards at Brompton Cemetery
Many of our match going supporters walk through Brompton Cemetery on their way to Stamford Bridge, the underbelly of the rear of the East...
debscoady
Nov 29, 2022
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Greaves To The Four At St James Park
A few years back, whilst killing time in a Newcastle café before Chelsea played at St James Park, which they visit this weekend, an...
tjrolls
Nov 9, 2022
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Brompton Cemetery Clean Up Session - Saturday 19th November 2022
It's been a good while since the Chelsea Supporters' Trust last arranged a proper clean up session at Brompton Cemetery, long before the...
debscoady
Nov 4, 2022
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The First Season We Met - Arsenal
The rivalry between Chelsea and Arsenal is one of the most intense in English football stretching back all the way to 1907. The Arsenal...
debscoady
Nov 4, 2022
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