Six FA Cup Semi-Finals
It seems almost difficult to believe in this day and age, but there was a time that FA Cup semi-finals mattered. Getting to Wembley was an end to itself. The...
Posts Tagged: "Chelsea"
Match Of The Midweek: Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool
How, then, do you hype up a match that most commentators have already decided is a done deal? It’s a serious dilemma for ITV Sport. Liverpool vs Chelsea is, according...
Scolari Sacked: Chelsea’s Slow Descent Into Madness Continues Apace
It’s now the second week in February. At the weekend, Chelsea were held at home by Hull City and were shunted into fourth place by Aston Villa. Their season is...
Panic On The Streets Of Chelsea?
I have been trying not to mention the Premier League in conjunction with Euro 2008 but, my word, Portugal made it difficult for me last night. While ITV was, predictably...
The Burden Of Expectation
It was simultaneously the most and least surprising decision of the summer. Avram Grant, who has had the gaunt, tired look of the dead man walking since his appointment last...
The Champions League Final – Live!
Well, this is it. This is IMPORTANT. Everyone must pick a side. Blue or red. You must choose. It’s the biggest match in world football since 1966. In about four...
You’re Not Trying Hard Enough, Europe.
Let joy be unconfined. It’s Manchester United against Chelsea in the European Cup final. Actually, I’m going to try to not be too down-hearted about it all. If you strip...
Men Behaving Badly
The moralistic tone of the nation’s newspapers was hardly surprising. Considering the nature of the behaviour of Ashley Cole during last week’s match between Spurs and Chelsea and Javier Mascherano’s...
Goodbye Lenin
On the “6-0-6″ BBC Radio phone-in show, BBC football commentator and apparently self-styled “Voice Of The People” Alan Green stated that he thinks that, should two English teams make it...
Another Fabulous FA Fudge
You wouldn’t have expected an outright condemnation straight away, would you? I mean, it would surely be asking too much for the FA to take one look at Scudamore’s Insane...
Fiddling While Roman Burns
At the time of writing, Manchester United and Chelsea are huffing and puffing their way around the Old Trafford pitch. From what I’ve caught of it so far, United are...
Blue Is The Colour
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last twelve hours, you’ll be fully aware that Chelsea have sacked Jose Mourinho. Coming hot on the heels of the Brian...