October 2009

To celebrate Didier Drogba scoring 100 goals for Chelsea, the club have nominated today as DROGBA DAY! What this basically means is that Chelsea TV will spend tonight celebrating Drogba's time at Chelsea. There will be a showing of ALL of…

France Football and Goal.com have joined forces to calculate the World's top ten highest paid footballers. Unsurprisingly, David Beckham is number One in the list, despite only playing for the small-time MLS team, Los Angeles Galaxy. But…

Despite the transfer ban, Chelsea are continually being linked with several players, even more so now that they have asked for the ban to be suspended pending the appeal. Ray Wilkins added fuel to the fire when he told the press that…

The Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole played his first game for the Blues in eight months to a rousing reception from the fans, and he didn't disappoint them. All his old tricks were on show as he mesmerised the Blackburn defence as Chelsea went…

The Blackburn manager, Sam Allardyce, didn't have any good words for his team after their 5-0 defeat to Chelsea, and bemoaned the team's lack of understanding, especially in the second half. "The second half was pathetic," said Allardyce.…

Chelsea face Blackburn today hoping to keep up their 100% home record this season. They have only conceded one goal at the Bridge all season, and the 2-0 win against Liverpool a fortnight ago just showed how confident they are on their…

With Joe Cole close to returning to the team, and Alex also nearing full fitness. And with Bosingwa, Zhirkov and Mikel expected back soon as well, Ray Wilkins believes that Chelsea will have fantastic strength and depth in the squad when…

The Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole is close to full recovery from his cruciate ligament and cartilage surgery, and believes he is ready to play a part in the first team again, but he is not wanting to rush into things. "I don't want to put…

In Ancelotti's absence, Ray Wilkins has given the pre-match conference for Chelsea's game against Blackburn, and has said that there will be three players missing on Saturday, after assessing the players after the Champions League match…

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is presently in Italy to be with his father who is seriously ill, so Ray Wilkins is taking charge of training, and may have to lead the team against Blackburn this weekend if Carlo can't make it back in…