September, 2019 | The Good Life

Penalty miss proves costly 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 17th September 2019
The second half of Chelsea v Valencia – Frank Lampard’s first Champions League game as manager – is about to begin, with the match goalless. While goalkeeper Kepa is attended to be one of the trainers, substitute Ross Barkley begins his preparations to come on, to try to snatch the goal that would set the
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Engman blossoms 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 16th September 2019
Adelina Engman – that’s her leaving the pitch two steps behind the distinctive figure of Millie Bright – is an underestimated talent. The quiet 5ft 6in Finn, who turns 25 next month, got Chelsea out of jail at Brighton last weekend, coming on as a sub to score a leveller when all looked lost in
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Taking cider with Toni 0
- Food
- 15th September 2019
Half a tonne of apples have been pressed and made into 12 gallons of cider with the help of a team of cheerful volunteers. The back garden of The Lamb, Brighton Road, was a hive of activity as members of Abundance Kingston chopped cookers and eaters, then mashed them through a cider press. It took
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5:2 – a diet of goals!0
- Chelsea First Team
- 15th September 2019
If you thought 5-2 was a diet, think again. The outrageous scoreline represented one of Chelsea’s finest Premier League away wins… all the more so as each goal was scored by the youngsters that Frank Lampard has entrusted with weathering a difficult season in which the club has been barred from bringing in experienced players.
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Is it off to the Bridge again?0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 12th September 2019
Could Chelsea Women v Manchester United Women be the second fixture in the Women’s Super League to be switched from Kingsmeadow to Stamford Bridge? The Blues’ management and marketing teams are currently in discussion about whether to stage the tie at Kingsmeadow (with a 5,000 full house), or move it to SW6 and go all-out
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We’ve won a lot today: Hayes 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 11th September 2019
What’s the answer to attracting paying crowds to watch women’s football? The World Cup in France, and the huge TV audiences it generated in the UK, prove there’s an appetite… but how do you get the fans to turn up, week in week out, at ordinary Women’s Super League stadiums such as Chelsea’s Kingsmeadow? The
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