I'm so proud of Daddy!
- Chelsea First Team
- 5th May 2019
Chelsea have to win the Conti Cup this weekend to stop manager Emma Hayes wittering on about it, says the Blues captain with a grin. “It’s been our mantra for the whole year – winning the Continental Cup,” said Magda Eriksson ahead of Saturday’s final against Arsenal. “We’ve been talking about it all year! We’ve
READ MOREThe Blues’ next generation have won through to the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup – a trophy that Chelsea have largely made their own in recent years, notching up seven trophies in a decade – with a ground-out 1-0 victory over Millwall in front of boisterous (and numerous) support for the south Londoners. On
READ MOREThere are two Helens officiating at the first final of the women’s football season at the weekend. Helen Conley, a Durham referee, will be the woman-in-the-middle for the 2020 FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal on Saturday, at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground. Running the line will be another Helen, Helen
READ MOREEmma Hayes wasn’t a picture of contentment after the 3-3 draw at Manchester City, but she’s a realist and she knows the critical importance of even a single point as we approach the sharp end of this eventful season. “It was more like a basketball match than a chess match,” she said, shaking her head
READ MOREWhen they clashed in the league at White Hart Lane, the former student Frank Lampard had the tactical beating of his old mentor Jose Mourinho. It happened again at Stamford Bridge, where Lampard’s 3-4-2-1 formation worked a treat with Olivier Giroud (still smarting after his ‘goal’ was ruled offside against Manchester United on Monday) had
READ MOREChelsea manager Emma Hayes is relishing this weekend’s crunch game up at Manchester City’s Academy stadium, with both Ji So-Yun and Sam Kerr back in the reckoning for starting places. It is, she feels, time to end a strange jinx that has plagued the Blues for years as – remarkably – Chelsea have never managed
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