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  • A book in full sail

    A book in full sail0

    Magnificently illustrated and exhaustively researched, Mark Laity’s book celebrating 150 years of the Thames Sailing Club in Portsmouth Road (opposite the junction with Grove Road) is a triumph. Princess Anne was guest of honour at the launch (above), her late father Prince Philip having penned a foreword shortly before his death. He had been the

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  • Bring on the She Wolves

    Bring on the She Wolves0

    Posing for a selfie with a fan at the Chelsea v Brighton game are Lauren James and Maren Mjelde. “I’ll be back soon,” Mjelde told the supporter when asked about her return to fitness   Brighton were exactly the kind of challenging opposition Chelsea Women needed ahead of the all-important hosting of Wolfsburg in the

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  • We’re singing in the rain

    We’re singing in the rain0

    Picture: Chelsea FC   It’s a rare day when Chelsea’s women and men BOTH win 3-1 at home, on the same afternoon and in the kind of incessant monsoon rain that shrieks ‘climate change’. But it happened on Saturday, with the women’s kick-off time against Hope Powell’s Brighton & Hove Albion brought forward to 11.30am

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  • Blues face City in the cup

    Blues face City in the cup0

    Chelsea have been drawn away to Manchester City in one of the semi-finals of the (delayed) FA Cup from last season, with the tie due to take place on Halloween. In the other cup semi, Arsenal have a seemingly easier home tie against Brighton. At stake, a place in the final at Wembley on December

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  • Saints fans, keep your cash

    Saints fans, keep your cash0

    Spare a thought for Chelsea’s programme sellers, who are left with boxfuls of unsold £3.50 souvenir mags… because Stamford Bridge has gone cashless. Even in last weekend’s important clash against Man City, as the European champs faced the English champs, many programmes failed to shift as baffled away fans offered coins and fivers, only to

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  • Blues put SIX past United

    Blues put SIX past United0

    In a majestic away performance in Manchester, Chelsea Women offered a textbook example of teamwork and squadwork, putting six goals past United to underline just how good the side are, from top to toe. Even the evergreen Drew Spence got in on the act, coming on as one of the subs to score her first

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