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Blues in Conti Cup action 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 17th August 2018
Chelsea begin their attempt to wrest the Continental Cup from reigning holders Arsenal with a game against Brighton at Kingsmeadow on Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile Arsenal will be playing London rivals West Ham. There are 22 women’s clubs competing for the trophy, with Manchester City away to Birmingham, and new girls Manchester United facing Liverpool.
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Season starts, lion purrs 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 13th August 2018
Fleetingly, Chelsea topped the new Premier League table after last weekend’s satisfying 3-0 away win at Huddersfield, but what was even more pleasing was the way things clicked. Morrie Sarri had played down prospects, saying that real synchronicity could be up to three months away. But with N’Golo Kante knocking in a surprise opener, new
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I’m a good bet, says Kepa 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 9th August 2018
He came across as a well-grounded, measured, thoughtful and mature young man. The 23-year-old Kepa Arrizabalaga was unveiled as the Blues’ new first-choice keeper at Stamford Bridge this afternoon, giving a strong, confident display in front of a school of sharks in the press lounge beneath the east stand. Helped by a Spanish interpreter –
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Stitched up like a Kepa!0
- Chelsea First Team
- 9th August 2018
It’s been all change on the goalkeeping front at Stamford Bridge in a hectic few days of high-level negotiation and splurging, with young Spanish international Kepa Arrizabalaga arriving from Athletic Bilbao for an eye-watering £71.6million, bolshy beanpole Thibaut Courtois being sold to Real Madrid after failing to report back for training, and ancient mariner Rob
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Emma’s back 4 experiment 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 9th August 2018
She insisted it was just an experiment, and was merely one of a string of different formations that she was going to try out in the coming weeks, but Emma Hayes has given Chelsea Women a taste of four at the back, instead of the three which carried the club to double success last season.
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“Three months” for transition 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 8th August 2018
It’s going to take three months for Chelsea to get into their stride, predicts new boss Morrie Sarri, after an animated touchline display on Tuesday night in which he paced back and forwards like the man in the condemned cell awaiting execution. Chelsea beat Lyon 5-4 on penalties – Eden Hazard scoring the winner after
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