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September 30th, 2007

Clint Dempsey’s Elbow Leaves A Texas Star Imprint on JT’s Face

By: Andy | Comments 8 Comments

Three minutes into yesterday’s West London derby, Fulham’s Clint Dempsey rose in a challenge with Chelsea’s captain John Terry and left the mark of Dempsey’s home state of Texas across the cheek of JT’s face.
A deliberate elbow because I saw it as Dempsey’s elbow struck JT’s face I was in line of it from my [...]



September 29th, 2007

Preview: Chelsea v Fulham

By: Andy | Comments 14 Comments

Fulham are the visitors to Stamford Bridge this afternoon in the first Premiership game since Jose Mourinho left the club and the match is new coach Avram Grant’s first home game in charge. I believe there is still lots of anger and resentment at the way Jose departed and it will be interesting to see [...]

September 27th, 2007

Hull City 0-4 Chelsea

By: Andy | Comments 3 Comments

At the moment Chelsea fans who are still in shock over Jose’s departure and the very quick appointment of Avram Grant shouldn’t go too mad about the win at Hull City last night. I mean no disrespect to Hull City and their fans, I am past the days of ’slagging off’ other teams nowadays, unless [...]

September 26th, 2007

Carling Cup: Hull City v Chelsea

By: Andy | Comments 19 Comments

Its been almost SEVEN days since Jose left, and it feels like a lifetime. I still can’t get my head around WHY Chelsea and Jose parted the way they did!!! To me the most appropriate time to part company should have been at the end of last season, especially with all the press speculation from [...]

September 23rd, 2007

Sing When You’re Cheated, Sing When You’re Cheated!!

By: Andy | Comments 6 Comments

What can you say? Jose loses his job on Wednesday, Chelsea has to play the Champions on Sunday, Chelsea appoint a new manager on Thursday, Chelsea still have to go to Old Trafford to play the Champions on Sunday.
OK you take it on the chin, you look at all the previous stats, records and acheivements [...]



September 23rd, 2007

Man Utd v Chelsea - The Fall-Out Continues

By: Andy | Comments 13 Comments

So the day has arrived. Chelsea’s first game since the shock departure of Jose Mourinho earlier this week. And what a game to play to try to restore some order and stability into a football club that has been rocked to its foundations.
There are some sensational newspapers headlines in England today. Ranging from Turncoat Terry [...]

September 22nd, 2007

So I Have Been Told for 40+ Years I Support Chelsea and Not the Manager…. Sorry Mourinho, Ranieri, Vialli, Gullit, Hoddle etc etc etc!!

By: Andy | Comments No Comments

About this time last week I was bemoaning the 0-0 draw against Blackburn and how so WRONG WRONG WRONG the assistant Referee Peter Kirkup was in disallowing a perfectly good goal from Salomon Kalou for offside.
My how a week can change. Tuesday, Chelsea was all over Norway’s Rosenborg in the Champions League but only [...]

September 21st, 2007

Jose’s Children Leave their London School Today

By: Andy | Comments 8 Comments

Remember this post from earlier today?
I implied that Jose may leave England with his family - well reports are suggesting that Jose, his wife and the two children, said their final and emotional farewell’s to the teachers and staff at the school where Jose Jnr and his sister attend and are OFF to sunnier climes [...]

September 21st, 2007

Jose’s Final Words

By: Andy | Comments 2 Comments

For the benefit of Chelsea fans Jose last night issued the following statement. It reads:
“I am very proud of my work in Chelsea Football Club and I think my decision in May 2004 to come to England was an excellent one.”
“It was a beautiful and rich period of my career. I want to thank all [...]

September 20th, 2007

My Jose Statement and There WILL BE More to Come

By: Andy | Comments 9 Comments

I really do not know where to start. I did post earlier this morning once I had found out the news and that was it. After all I could hardly ring in work to go sick!!! Could I?
Anyway as the day progressed I have gone from ’shock, unbelievable’ to disbelief and extreme anger. Why anger [...]






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