http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/ en Copyright 2012 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:59:54 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss With Olympic fever consuming London as records tumble and gold flows across the nation, the start of the football season has approached with all the stealth of a Lockheed Bomber. There are just days to go until English football’s traditional curtain raiser, the FA Community Shield, yet talk has been at a premium with the advent of the Premier League currently flying under the radar. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/08/patience_should_be_a_virtue_at.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/08/patience_should_be_a_virtue_at.php Blog Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:59:54 +0000 Due to the murky nature of the allegations and the sensitive nature of the case, this blog had hoped to steer clear of the recent John Terry trial. However, having monitored every element of the proceedings on a minute-by-minute basis and seen the extreme reactions to the not guilty verdict, an opinion had to be ventured. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/07/antiracism_message_harmed_by_r.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/07/antiracism_message_harmed_by_r.php Blog Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:51:04 +0000 While the furore surrounding John Terry's date in court dominates the headlines, a notable admission from Roberto Di Matteo has caught this blog's eye. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/07/lynchpin_lampard_has_rightly_e.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/07/lynchpin_lampard_has_rightly_e.php Blog Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:35:06 +0000 With Euro 2012 having finished the world's attention will once again switch to domestic matters. But before events in Poland and Ukraine fade into black and white, let's assess the impact that the Chelsea contingent made upon the tournament. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/07/torres_chelseas_brightest_star.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/07/torres_chelseas_brightest_star.php Blog Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:38:55 +0000 After watching the first matches of the 2012 European Championships, one sentiment has echoed around press conferences and television studios with regard to the approach demanded from the underdogs in the tournament . It’s called ‘doing a Chelsea’. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/06/approaching_euro_2012_the_chel.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/06/approaching_euro_2012_the_chel.php Blog Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:55:48 +0000 The last 15 years have seen Chelsea emerge from being a mid-table top flight team into a club renowned around the world. The last step on that path was taken when the European Cup was hoisted aloft by Frank Lampard and co on a heady night in Munich. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/06/abramovich_ambition_ensures_fu.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/06/abramovich_ambition_ensures_fu.php Blog Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:45:16 +0000 Lifting the European Cup for the very first time should be a cause for unbounded joy and delirium. For Chelsea fans the 19th May 2012 was a date that evoked those very emotions yet in the days afterwards there was a tinge of sadness appended to this chapter in the club’s history - the departure of Didier Drogba. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/farewell_drogbahello_hazard.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/farewell_drogbahello_hazard.php Blog Mon, 28 May 2012 19:48:42 +0000 Chelsea - Champions of Europe. Sounds good doesn't it? Yet although I saw it happen in Munich and then made it back to London for the parade on Sunday, it still seems so unreal. I've read countless articles and watched the match again and while I know it happened, there remains part of me that can't quite get my head round it. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/chelsea_immortals_reduce_grown.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/chelsea_immortals_reduce_grown.php Blog Mon, 21 May 2012 19:41:53 +0000 Manchester City may have won the Premier League title in the most dramatic manner since Michael Thomas stole the championship for Arsenal in the dying seconds at Anfield in 1989 and England manager Roy Hodgson might have selected an attacking player without a single league goal or assist this season in his Euro 2012 squad in the shape of Stewart Downing, but if you are a Chelsea fan there is only one thing that dominates your thoughts – the Champions League final. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/belief_and_butterflies_ahead_o.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/belief_and_butterflies_ahead_o.php Blog Wed, 16 May 2012 18:48:43 +0000 The recent double-header against Liverpool may have resulted in a 5-3 aggregate loss but there cannot be any doubt as to which was the happier team after the completion of the two matches. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/to_chelsea_the_spoils_to_liver.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/to_chelsea_the_spoils_to_liver.php Blog Sat, 12 May 2012 19:29:21 +0000 It seems quite strange that on the eve of English football’s showpiece event, all the talk is not about the FA Cup final but about the news that Chelsea FC have submitted an offer to buy and develop the site of the defunct Battersea Power Station. While that would seem to be the appropriate intro for me to preview events at Wembley, instead I am going to add my two pennies worth to the mix. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/battersea_power_station_move_g.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/05/battersea_power_station_move_g.php Blog Fri, 04 May 2012 19:04:12 +0000 In the hours that I have had to digest that glorious performance in Barcelona, I have been trying continually to make sense of what happened but I’m not sure that I can. The sheer scale of achievement against such seemingly insurmountable odds is breathtaking. And it was done by the team that I have followed for my entire life. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/dispair_disbelief_and_ecstasy.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/dispair_disbelief_and_ecstasy.php Blog Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:22:02 +0000 The last week of following Chelsea has been like stepping into a time machine. The resolve and resilience displayed in the matches against Barcelona and Arsenal has borne more than a passing resemblance to the character of those sides sent on to the field by Jose Mourinho and Guus Hiddink. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/familiar_chelsea_recreated_by.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/familiar_chelsea_recreated_by.php Blog arsenal barcelona chelsea di matteo didier drogba john terry lampard Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:32:44 +0000 Who Will Lead The Line Against Barcelona? ]]> http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/chelsea_51_tottenham_the_talki.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/chelsea_51_tottenham_the_talki.php Blog Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:52:38 +0000 Another week of football, another week of contentious officiating. The last seven days have seen the airwaves strain to the sounds of injustice and newspaper columns burst with condemnation for the men in black. But,to make a very pleasant change, Chelsea have largely been on the right side of the referee’s whistle. http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/lady_luck_smiles_on_chelsea_bu.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/chelsea/archives/2012/04/lady_luck_smiles_on_chelsea_bu.php Blog champions league chelsea fulham kalou lampard wigan Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:02:44 +0000