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Work like Ben Stokes!0
- Chelsea First Team
- 30th August 2019
If Chelsea can adopt the work ethic of cricketing superhero Ben Stokes, then success will be theirs. That’s the message from Frank Lampard, Blues gaffer, who admits he’s still in a state of delighted shock at England’s barnstorming fightback in the Ashes test at Headingley in which Stokes almost single-handedly reversed what appeared to be
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Summer: ice cream, vomit & stress 0
- Opinion
- 30th August 2019
A maths puzzle. What is the sum of 372 hours queuing at Chessington World of Adventures + 211 trips to the Kingfisher x 78 cups of coffee consumed while staring into the middle distance in soft play areas + 102 laps of Richmond Park trying to find a parking space ÷ 3 minutes of frisbee
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Scouting supremo of Tolworth for 60 years 0
- Notable Surbitonians
- 30th August 2019
One of the area’s most respected and inspirational scout leaders, Alan Thomas, has died at the age of 91. Emmanuel church in Grand Avenue was filled with generations of scouts on July 15 for his memorial service. Born David Alan Thomas in Forest Hill, south east London, in 1927, he was three when his parents
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Hammers ahoy 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 27th August 2019
With the unveiling of the first Conti Cup matches, Chelsea Women now have their first PROPER home game firmly fixed, after the all-singing, all-dancing opening spectacular against Spurs at Stamford Bridge. Kingsmeadow hosts the clash with West Ham on Sunday September 22 at 2pm… unfortunately making it all-but impossible for fans to catch both the
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First win for Super Frank 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 24th August 2019
The pavement graffiti that has popped up all around Fulham Broadway tube station – on the gum-spattered slabs – seems to have done the trick. The Blues grabbed all three points for Super Frank’s first victory as manager in a thrilling, end-to-end clash with Norwich City at sun-drenched Carrow Road. Afterwards, Lampard described it as
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England for England!0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 20th August 2019
Chelsea striker Beth England has finally got the call-up to the national squad! Along with Chelsea Women’s keeper Carly Telford, she has been picked for Phil Neville’s England group with two friendlies looming, against Belgium and Norway. The in-form forward, who wears 15 for the Blues and who was mysteriously overlooked last season despite displaying
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