Chelsea

The Cat dies at 78 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 13th April 2020
It was more of a surprise when The Cat wasn’t playing. I’d meet the others from school, noon on Saturday, on the bridge linking the platforms at Wimbledon. Up the now-redundant stairs at Fulham Broadway, we’d push through the boys’ turnstile to stand as close to the nasty bit of The Shed as we dared.
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They’re off!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 13th March 2020
And they’re off! Football has been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The decision was taken at a meeting of the great and the good on Friday, with an indefinite – and inevitable – suspension of games. Confirmation that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi had tested positive led first
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Emma is tipped for top job 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 12th March 2020
It’s news that fans of Chelsea Women will dread hearing… but Emma Hayes now seems likely to be offered the chance to take over as Lionesses manager this summer. Insiders say the Blues gaffer could be offered the post by the Football Association as early as next month (when an England training camp is scheduled,
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The kids are alright 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 8th March 2020
When it comes to Chelsea, the kids are alright. Everyone knows that Frank Lampard and assistant Jody Morris are building something special at Stamford Bridge, but the Blues’ 4-0 defeat of (an admittedly lacklustre and plodding) Everton made a few more converts among the neutrals. Chelsea were 2-0 up after 21 minutes of Sunday afternoon’s
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Choose Beth, Phil!0
- Chelsea FC Women, News, Sport
- 7th March 2020
Beth England’s absence from the starting line-up as the Lionesses succumbed to a 2-0 defeat to the USA hosts at the start of the SheBelieves Cup in Orlando has been widely criticised by pundits and experts. The in-form Chelsea striker, whose two goals clinched the FA Women’s Continental League Cup just a week ago, was
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Ann of Beany Cables 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 4th March 2020
In her cable-knit beany hat, cagoule and double tracksuit bottoms, Chelsea Women’s goalie Ann-Katrin Berger shivered in the cold and modestly deflected the praise away from her and towards her defence as she was acclaimed the heroine of the hour for enabling the Blues to lift the Conti Cup. “Everyone is praising what I did
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