Plains Of Almería

This piece is written in response to Chelsea Chairman Bruce Buck’s extremely interesting interview in The London Evening Standard last Tuesday,13th November.

Next open meeting 18.30 Sunday 28/10 (after Manchester United PL game) Following the positive start-up meeting after the Stoke game, the next open meeting of the Chelsea FC Supporters Trust (open to all Chelsea supporters) will be held at 18.30 on Sunday 28th October (after the Manchester United PL game). The meeting will last no [...]

Turbulent, unpredictable and chaotic, Andre Villas-Boas’ eight-month reign at Stamford Bridge will go down in the history books as anything but uneventful. What started as something so promising, heralded as the beginning of a new era in SW6, ended with the eventual European Champions looking like a shadow of their actual selves; dishevelled, demoralised and [...]

Dear Mr Platini, First of all, can I please thank you and your organisation’s premier competition for giving me some of the greatest nights of my life this season. I watched my team beat Napoli at home having been 3-1 down, watched them beat Barcelona at home, watched them heroically defend their lead in the [...]

A failing restaurant, unaware of its own shortcomings, telephones a successful restaurateur and world class chef for help. The world class chef then troubleshoots the restaurant for a week, often pinpointing the owners’ lack of skill, the menu and ultimately the décor itself for the demise. So spins the familiar concept that is Gordon Ramsay’s [...]