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Blues top the Xmas tree 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 12th December 2022
That, laughed Chelsea Women’s manager Emma Hayes, was a tense early Christmas treat for fans. And she was right. There was an unexpectedly tight, nervy finish to the Blues’ last Women’s Super League match before the winter break, but they clung on to beat Reading 3-2 to guarantee being top of the tree through the
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These girls have flare 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 27th October 2022
Dwarfed by the cloud of smoke that engulfed the north stand at Kingsmeadow, Chelsea keeper Zecira Musovic kept her cool as the Women’s Champions League match against Vllaznia approached the final whistle. Chelsea’s eight-goal demolition of the Albanian title-holders under the floodlights on Wednesday night was the perfect pick-me-up for recuperating Blues manager Emma Hayes,
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Blues steady the ship 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 30th September 2022
As yet another international interruption dislocates an already fractured season, Chelsea Women seem to have steadied the ship after coming from behind to beat London rivals West Ham at Kingsmeadow. A 3-1 victory means the Blues are level top of the Women’s Super League, although they have played one match more than rivals Arsenal, Man
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Lauren & Maren star in victory 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 25th September 2022
Pic: Chelsea FC After the season’s bizarre opening fixture at Liverpool, which Chelsea Women lost 2-1 in a blizzard of penalties, yet another penalty clinched three points for the Blues, with Maren Mjelde clinching a 2-0 win over arch-rivals Man City. Chelsea dominated last weekend’s game, but – as seems to be the way while
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Jo is Blues’ fifth signing 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 8th August 2022
You’ll struggle to stencil her name on the back of your replica shirt, but Johanna Rytting Kaneyrd has joined Chelsea Women on a three-year deal. Remember THAT goal? Alessia Russo’s cheeky backheel in the 68th minute of the England v Sweden semi? One of those watching in disbelief was Swedish international Rytting Kaneyrd, who had
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Use men’s grounds for Europe!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 28th April 2022
Blues boss Emma Hayes wants English women’s teams who compete in the Champions League to play those matches at the men’s grounds. She believes that making it mandatory to stage European football nights at big stadiums will help boost the women’s game. She has also flagged up serious concerns about the state of some pitches
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