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It’s time to nail the jinx 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 20th February 2020
Chelsea 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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Catapult to glory 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 23rd December 2019
Could Chelsea use a throw-in specialist? In the recent Chelsea Women v Manchester City Women clash at Kingsmeadow, City’s second sub proved to be a near-deadly secret weapon. Caroline Weir had put the light blues ahead on 59 minutes, hammering home Keira Walsh’s long looping cross, before Chelsea responded with two quick-fire goals with barely
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The writing’s on the wall 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 5th December 2019
The writing’s on the wall at Kingsmeadow, where one of the crunch matches in the Women’s Super League is being staged this Sunday. Poster girl Jonna Andersson, set against a Christmassy backdrop, is plugging the Chelsea Women v Man City game, which could have a big influence on the final placings in a closely fought
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Oh no… it’s you again 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 18th March 2019
Officially, she’ll take on anyone in the Women’s FA Cup semis, but unofficially Emma Hayes is a teeny bit disappointed that the live Breakfast TV draw for the last four of the prestigious competition has paired Chelsea with Manchester City… again. Worse. It’s up at their place – the swanky, but draughty, baby stadium next
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‘Players to pick goalie’0
- Chelsea First Team
- 27th February 2019
All eyes will be on the teamsheet at Stamford Bridge this evening, where Spurs are the visitors. Will it be Kepa Arrizabalaga between the sticks, or Willy Caballero? Or perhaps a maverick left-field choice, such as 39-year-old Robert Green, who is – presumably – stored in a cupboard somewhere under the east stand. To be
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No whitewash, no blue rinse 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 25th February 2019
With everyone confidently predicting a one-sided whitewash – or possibly a blue rinse – from Manchester City against the Chelsea team they had thrashed 6-0 just a fortnight ago, this Carabao Cup Final was a surprise. A largely dull surprise, but still a surprise. That Chelsea held on for the whole of normal time and
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