Chelsea host Watford in the FA Cup Third Round this Saturday in the first match of the New Year, and indeed the new decade. Chelsea ended 2009 with a rather shaky December and will be looking to kick start 2010 with a strong January, beginning with this FA Cup tie. Expect the likes of Gael Kakuta, Fabio Borini and Daniel Sturridge to feature heavily as Chelsea are without Didier Drogba,…

Debt Free
It’s fair to say that one of the most common snipes from opposition supporters since Roman bought the club back in 2003, was that we’d be up the creek should he ever decide to leave us. This wasn’t strictly true, but with the ‘debt’ millstone around our necks, many took aim and fired without seeing the irony of their own situation. Yes supporters of Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, I…

TheChels.net Launches!
So here WE are! The last but most certainly not least of the initial triumvirate of TheChels sites, designed to provide you with whatever Chelsea FC fix it is you are seeking. You may have noticed we’re a bit of a wordy bunch over here at the TheChels.net, that’s simply because it’s what we do. Here we hope to provide you with match reports and previews that aren’t boring and…

Happy New Year
Christmas is over and tonight is the last big hurrah before thoughts turn to a long January month of work ahead. So before you all head off out on your respective New Years Eve journeys, we’d just like to wish you all a very happy new year, and hope you have a great evening. Remember to have fun, stay carefree and keep the blue flag flying high. TheChels

Congratulations Roman
We would like to send our congratulations to Roman Abramovich on the birth of his baby son. Roman was reported to be “ecstatic” last night after becoming a father for the sixth time. Roman’s girlfriend, fellow Russian Dasha Zhukova, gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday afternoon with his Roman at her bedside. The pair have decided to name the child Aaron Alexander Abramovich. Abramovich, 42, also has two…

TheChels.net Goes Beta
Well here it is, the very first real post on our shiny new website. We deleted all the test ones, if anyone had seen them we’d have been visited by the men in coats and carted off to the loony bin. However, we’re now on our way and those of you who are with us at this stage will probably know about our video site over at TheChels.tv, and also…