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How to grind out a result 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 19th October 2019
Sometimes you win handsomely, sometimes you have to grind out a result. Chelsea’s 1-0 win against Newcastle at the Bridge fell firmly into the second category. With Frank Lampard and ‘Stephen Roger Bruce’, as the teamsheet rather formally referred to the Magpies’ manager, urging their sides on from the dugout after a goalless first half,
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Give us a rest: Blues boss 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 18th October 2019
The international break for men needs to be mirrored by the international break for women, says Blues manager Emma Hayes, criticising the authorities in women’s football for not taking a more robust approach to fixture planning to protect players from injury by factoring in more recovery time. Hayes cited the case of Ji So Yun
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Raising the roof 0
- Food
- 17th October 2019
Surbiton’s restaurant strip has a new eatery – The Brewhouse – behind the Antelope in Maple Road. The flaming wood-fired grill creates an atmosphere in the stable block which housed the Big Smoke microbrewery until its move to Esher. “We struggled to keep up with demand for food in the pub, so now we can
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Emma’s strictly confidential 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 17th October 2019
Blues manager Emma Hayes – pictured lapping up the fans’ adulation after defeating the Gunners – is keeping her tactical secrets to herself, rather than telegraphing them to other coaches. She refused to reveal the precise instructions she gave her team at half-time in the London derby against Arsenal, who bounced back from their weekend
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Emma: Ditch the Conti Cup 1
- Chelsea FC Women
- 16th October 2019
Ditch the Continental Cup, says Blues manager Emma Hayes in her most outspoken attack yet on a competition that she believes is little more than an annoying distraction. Hayes went on the warpath after defeating Arsenal in the league, to go second in the WSL table. “Get rid of it! Make more league fixtures!” she
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Move up a gear: Emma’s plea 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 15th October 2019
Ending Arsenal’s unbeaten league run stretching back nearly 10 months was one of the most satisfying moments in Blues gaffer Emma Hayes’ career to date, but she still feels her side have more to give. A strangely subdued first half against the Gunners at a boisterous Kingsmeadow, in which Chelsea fell behind to a Danni
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