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A quiet Tuesday evening in June. The nation awaits the next instalment of World Cup games later that night and the publication of the fixture list for next season the following day. Then, out of the blue, a statement is published on the Chelsea FC website announcing that Roman Abramovich has commissioned a “study of the area from Fulham Broadway town centre to Stamford Bridge and beyond … This study will…
The last few years have seen an interesting shift in how footballers and managers are prepared to be openly critical in their feelings for certain clubs. There was a time when you’d never see a footballer criticise another club in print, with the result that the press would magnify what was simply a polite answer such as “Barcelona are a fantastic club and have great players” into “PLAYER X SET…
As you may or may not have seen from other media sources, the results of the Safe Standing Survey, carried out by a number of websites, fanzines and supporters’ groups, have now been published. You can read the full report here, together with the thoughts of CST Chairman Tim Rolls, but the headlines are:- Over 96% of Chelsea supporters surveyed are in favour of implementing Safe Standing at Stamford Bridge 90% stated…
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…
With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in Spain. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Thibaut Courtois,Atlético Madrid,55,0,0 Marko Marin,Sevilla,31,2,6 Oriol Romeu,Valencia,18,0,0 Ulises Dávila,Córdoba,31,5,n/a Jhon Pirez,Leganés,17,1,0 [/table] The Story? Courtois pieced together what would almost go down as the storybook year. Already a Copa del Rey, UEFA Europa…
With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in England. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Ryan Bertrand,Aston Villa,16,0,0 Romelu Lukaku,Everton,33,16,6 Victor Moses,Liverpool,22,2,0 Patrick Bamford,MK Dons/Derby,52,25,5 Billy Clifford,Yeovil,1,0,0 Nathaniel Chalobah,Nottm Forest/Middlesbrough,24,3,0 Sam Hutchinson,Sheff Wed,10,1,1 Todd Kane,Blackburn,28,2,3 Josh McEachran, Watford/Wigan,19,0,1 Kenneth Omeruo,Middlesbrough,14,0,1 Milan Lalkovic,Walsall,42,6,4 Daniel Pappoe, Colchester/Kingstonian,14,0,0 George Saville,Brentford,44,3,4 Sam…
More than thirty Chelsea players combined for upwards of forty different loan moves during the 2013-14 season. Naturally, they combined to register a series of landmarks that are unlikely to be surpassed in the near future if at all. At least one of them scored for 37 consecutive weeks of the club campaign, falling short of an unbroken streak at the final hurdle. Twenty-one of them found the back of…
With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Colombia. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Matej Delac,FK Vojdovina/FK Sarajevo,25,0,0 Mario Pašalić,Hajduk Split,16,5,4 Joao Rodriguez,Uniautónoma,6,1,1 [/table] The Story Delac’s nomadic career took in two new destinations over the last nine months as he stopped in…
With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in Belgium, France and Italy. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Kurt Zouma,Saint Etienne,9,0,1 Gael Kakuta,Lazio,2,0,0 Wallace,Inter,4,0,0 Thorgan Hazard,Zulte Waregem,50,17,20 Billy Clifford,Antwerp,4,0,0 [/table] (Zouma’s appearances count from when he signed for Chelsea) The Story? Signed during the January transfer window and…
With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in The Netherlands. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Christian Atsu,Vitesse,28,5,6 Cristian Cuevas,Vitesse/FC Eindhoven,15,1,0 Sam Hutchinson,Vitesse,2,0,0 Gael Kakuta,Vitesse,14,3,1 Lucas Piazon,Vitesse,31,11,8 Stipe Perica,NAC Breda,26,6,1 Patrick van Aanholt,Vitesse,34,5,3 Bertrand Traore,Vitesse,15,3,0 [/table] The Story It was a season of what could have been in…