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Apr 12, 12 •
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A Chelsea team that has underachieved in the league against a background of player dissent, playing two games a week in April, with an FA Cup Semi final and a European semi final against Barcelona inside four days coming up? Sound familiar? Indeed it is....
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Sep 16, 11 •
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There has been a lot of comment recently about the lack of singing at Chelsea games, both home and away, and the reasons for this. Before addressing the issue directly, it might be instructive (and entertaining) to go back to the mid 1960’s and look at...
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Sep 16, 11 •
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On Sunday Chelsea play away at Old Trafford. About 3,000 Chelsea fans will travel, and going on my experiences in recent seasons, there will be plenty of singing and chanting, but almost certainly very little aggravation, inside or outside the ground. ...
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Jul 22, 11 •
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You Just Can’t Ban A Chelsea Fan – Eddie McCreadie’s Blue & White Army (Part 2) I have read accounts of this day, and the build up, that differ slightly from mine, perhaps unsurprising given that it was over 34 years ago. This is as I remember it,...
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Jun 25, 11 •
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As with my previous piece, this is how I (and others I was there with) remember the day. I also did a little research using programmes and national/local papers. Others who went may recollect events differently. Such differences would be hardly surprising...
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