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The frustration of desperation 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 9th May 2018
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that desperation is every bit as powerful a driver as ambition. Huddersfield Town came to Stamford Bridge in dire straits on the edge of the drop zone, and left with a point that means jobs are safe, salaries are secure, fans have salvaged survival from the jaws of disaster, and
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Blues creating history 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 7th May 2018
There’s always something special about beating Liverpool, and it has a lot to do with the Reds’ superiority complex. While Scousers bleat on about other clubs not having any history, the irony seems to be lost that a glittering past can actually be a millstone round the neck; a golden backstory that merely serves to
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Ladies win the FA Cup 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 5th May 2018
In front of a record crowd for a Women’s FA Cup final, Chelsea Ladies triumphed over Arsenal to lift the trophy. The 3-1 win was a fair result, with the Blues superior to the Gunners in almost every department. Cheered on by a Mexican wave-crazy crowd of 45,423 – average age about 16 – a
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Arsenal? No fear!0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 3rd May 2018
Do Chelsea Ladies fear Arsenal ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final at Wembley? Not a bit, insisted Maren Mjelde, left, who has played in a couple of cup finals back home in Norway, but has never enjoyed the experience under the big arch before now. “Fear? No!” insisted Mjelde. “If I went out on to
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Fran just got smaller!0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 3rd May 2018
Fran Kirby just got smaller! The prolific pint-sized Chelsea markswoman has been miniaturised as part of what will certainly become a collectors’ item – a Subbuteo version of this weekend’s Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley. Now she’s shrunk from 5ft 2in to barely a couple of centimetres! The box set is the world’s first all-female
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Kids go free at Wem-ber-lee 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 1st May 2018
Kids go free at the SSE Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday as Arsenal and Chelsea Ladies go toe-to-toe in the most prestigious domestic cup competition in women’s football. Last year’s final saw a record attendance of 35,271, with Saturday afternoon’s event (kick off if at 5.30pm) looking set to break that figure.
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