The football season may be over, but over the summer there’ll be a trickle of events that will keep the denizens of SW6 in touch with each other. The Chelsea Supporters Tournament will be held in early July, some low-key pre-season friendlies at Wycombe Wanderers and AFC Wimbledon will provide relief to those desperate for a footy fix, and, even more importantly, the Fans Summit, organised jointly by the Football…
In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was print. James A. Catton was the earliest significant figure in football journalism, writing for the Preston Herald in 1875. Forty years later, he recalled “”In days long ago when Association football players wore beards and breeches, instead of being clean shaven and donning shorts or running pants, newspapers, as a whole, took very little notice of matches. The reports were…
“Pitch Owners Fancast (POF) – crazed sect who meet in a Putney bar back room every Monday.” – Those Pitch Owners Factions, A Cut-Out-And-Keep Group by Group Guide by Tim Rolls, Plains of Almeria blog, 18/01/12″ Over the past few years, there’s been an explosion in football fans getting their fix of the beautiful game through emerging media rather than traditional print and broadcast sources, a topic this column will…
“They seek him here/they seek him there/those Frenchies seek him everywhere/Is he in heaven?/Or is he in hell?/The demn’d elusive Pimpernel” The Scarlet Pimpernel – Baroness Emma Orczy The arrival of The Special One in London this week on a not so secret visit has sparked a frenzy of speculation amongst the media, who are linking him with not only every post at the top end of English club management…
We have a brand new collection for you over at TheChels.biz, celebrating some of the players and personalities from Chelsea’s past who have etched themselves in the club’s history. Included are the likes of 1970 FA Cup winning captain Ron ‘Chopper Harris’, Peter ‘The Cat’ Bonetti’, Scottish wizards Cooke and Nevin, as well as Clive Walker and goal machine Kerry Dixon. Also included are more modern legends of the 90’s and…
If you’ve not seen our quality clobber over at TheChels.biz yet, then where have you been? Fortunately for you, we’ve just added a whole lot more to our already extensive catalogue of Chelsea tops and t-shirts. Our new Varsity Collection features designs with retro text styles, customised with player names, nicknames, and numbers. We’ve now got over 630 different designs, styles and colours for men and women, so you’re bound…
So it’s been confirmed that Andy Gray has been sacked, should Richard Keys be waxed to death? We love women in football, especially cute ones in football gear, there isn’t much on this planet more pleasing on the eye. So being topical and humorous as we can sometimes be, we’ve knocked up these new designs to poke a little fun at Sky Sports and their sexist presenters antics. There’s a nice design…
It’s nearly Christmas and as were in a festive and happy mood, we’ve decided to knock a whopping 15% off all items on TheChels.biz! All you have to do is buy as normal, then when you reach the checkout, just add the code YOUMADEIT as you make payment to earn your discount. Currently we only have our smart and funny designs available on t-shirts and tops, yet we will be…
We know that winter isn’t the best time to shout about t-shirts, but when have we ever been conventional? With Christmas around the corner, now is the time to get your loved one the perfect Chelsea gift! Currently we only have our smart and funny designs available on t-shirts and tops, yet we will be expanding this in the new year, as well as adding new designs as we go…
No, that’s not a typo in the title… bear with me. We know that winter isn’t the best time to shout about t-shirts, but when have we ever been conventional? Today we are proud to launch our Online Store, also known as TheChels.biz. This site is our seventh and final site in terms of our offering as TheChels.org. Currently we only have our smart and funny designs available on t-shirts…