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Sprinting duo lead the charge 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 4th October 2017
A dramatic salmon-pink sunset over Surbiton was the backdrop for Chelsea Ladies’ first European night under the floodlights at Kingsmeadow, with Bayern Munich the illustrious visitors. That the Blues achieved a 1-0 victory, with backs against the wall, augers well, while the 2,136 attendance proves there is a local appetite for affordable top-flight women’s football
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These Ladies have ‘six’ appeal 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 24th September 2017
Anything you can do, we can do better, whistled Chelsea Ladies while demolishing Bristol City 6-0 at Kingsmeadow… the day after the boys beat Stoke 4-0 away. Hard to say which is more impressive; the Ladies breezing to glory without six of their strongest players, or the men making it look easy at the daunting
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I trust them all: Conte 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 17th September 2017
When Chelsea won the league last season, the team – and formation – could have been printed in the programme, just as it was in the good old days when brass bands entertained the crowds, er, rather like they still do at Stamford Bridge. There were so few changes that the Blues became champions with,
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Striker finds his feet 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 11th September 2017
After Chelsea’s first European action for an age comes the mouth-watering prospect of a serious London derby. The Blues v Arsenal needs no hype, but with new striker Alvaro Morata enjoying a rich streak of form, it’s a game to relish. The Spaniard looked all at sea for his first couple of games; uncertain about
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Wrong Number 0
- Poetry Cheese
- 1st August 2015
I’ve grown to hate my landline, I dread each time it rings. It’s never Eve or Mildred… It’s people flogging things Or conmen trying to trick me, Or saying: “Your laptop’s slow” Or kidding me their survey Will improve my status quo The preference scheme is useless, It doesn’t stop the calls And if you
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Kiosk Lament 0
- Poetry Cheese
- 1st June 2015
Unloved, unnoticed, Barbie pink This pavement obelisk’s in sync With nothing… and yet here it waits: A monolith bereft of mates. Twelve years ago the kiosk came, An iPlus net phone booth, by name. It would, they said, transform our lives, The proud installers swapped high fives. Report graffiti, pay a fine, A streetlight’s out,
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