Author archives: tim_rolls

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  Benefit Night for Ian Britton

  Oct 9, 13 • 3781 Views • Player Features, Tim Rolls • tim_rolls • 1 Comment

  Ian Britton joined Chelsea in 1971, playing 289 games for the club and scoring 34 goals over 10 seasons. He played the majority of his games in teams that were either in decline or well on the way there, with one glorious exception. He was an integral part of...

  

• Chelsea Supporters Trust - Launch Meeting Sat 9th Feb (after Wigan game)

  Feb 3, 13 • 453 Views • Featured, Tim Rolls • tim_rolls • No Comments

  The Chelsea Supporters Trust - Make Your Voice Heard! Saturday 9th February 17.45 (after the Wigan game) CIU club, 71, Britannia Road, SW6 2JR (3 minutes from ground, down the road from So Bar) Launch Meeting with special guest: Kerry Dixon Fed up...

  

• Rafa - Losing His Balance?

  Jan 28, 13 • 1913 Views • Opinion, Tim Rolls • tim_rolls • 6 Comments

  As we were drinking tea behind corner of the away terrace at Brentford about 15 minutes before kick off, a friend noticed Rafa being interviewed live by ESPN about 20 yards away, the other side of a fence and near to the Dressing Room area. Within seconds, a...

  

• No Love Lost. How Chelsea And Leeds Teams Learned to Actively Dislike Each Other

  Dec 17, 12 • 1190 Views • History, Tim Rolls • tim_rolls • 4 Comments

  There are few footballing rivalries that merit their own Wikipedia page. The hostility between Leeds United and Chelsea is one of these...

  

• Messing About By the River (Trent)

  Nov 19, 12 • 444 Views • History, Tim Rolls • tim_rolls • 2 Comments

  Saturday 20th November 1976. Nottingham Forest v Chelsea. 36 years ago to the day before my day trip to Turin. A different world for Chelsea. Top of the Second Division with a young, exciting team but with the club completely skint, reduced to collecting...