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Zola returns to the Bridge 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 25th September 2021
What a treat! Franco Zola back at Stamford Bridge; sitting in the press box for the Chelsea v Manchester City game. And how Chelsea needed him! If only we could have turned back the clock, handed him a blue shirt with 25 on the back and given him free rein in the second half, the
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Short, snappy, but determined 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 10th September 2021
Chelsea Women’s manager Emma Hayes was prickly and short with questions ahead of the team’s first home match of the new season, against Everton on Sunday lunchtime. She batted off journalists’ queries without her customary warmth and bonhomie, perhaps feeling the pressure after last weekend’s defeat at the hands of Arsenal. Although she is keen
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Blues stutter against the Gunners 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 5th September 2021
Arsenal Women had already played three competitive matches ahead of the opening weekend’s Women’s Super League clash with Chelsea at the Emirates… and boy did it show! Last season the Blues lost just one league game in the entire campaign. This time, they stumbled at the first hurdle – succumbing to a 3-2 defeat in
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Blues pin Emma down 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 2nd July 2021
Anxious that she might be tempted to manage a men’s Premier League club, Chelsea have pinned Emma Hayes down to an extended contract to lead the women’s team. Hayes – who has been receiving plaudits for her insightful analysis and TV commentary at the Euros – has been given a hefty pay rise, making her
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The Blues go Dutch 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 12th May 2021
Chelsea Women have signed a new defender to bolster their chances of completing a third straight league win on the spin next season. The new arrival is 22-year-old Dutch defender Aniek Nouwen, who has agreed a three-year deal which will keep her at the club until the summer of 2024. “I’m proud to be blue
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Maren? She’s one in a million!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 11th November 2020
Chelsea defender Maren Mjelde turned 31 last week, making her the oldest outfield player in the first team and, says manager Emma Hayes, one of the most treasured and valued. “She’s one in a million,” is the Blues gaffer’s verdict. The right back, one of the players of the match in Sunday’s 4-0 victory over
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