by Ste | May 10, 2013 | Chelsea, Clubs, Features, Main Features
by Stuart Moriarty-Patten 12 May 1906: George “Gatling Gun” Hilsdon signs for Chelsea George Hilsdon, nicknamed “Gatling Gun” after a Chelsea programme in 1906 described his shooting as “simply unstoppable and which travel like shots from a gun,” was...
by Ste | Mar 27, 2013 | Chelsea, Clubs, Features, Main Features
by Steven Bell There has been a lot said about Thibaut Courtois since his arrival at Chelsea in 2011. Highly rated, the young goalkeeper looks set to take over as the Chelsea No.1 in a few years, assuming Chelsea can fend off interest from some of Europe’s best clubs....
by Ste | Feb 28, 2013 | Chelsea, Clubs, Features, Main Features
Back in January Liam McConville wrote this about Rafa at the Bridge. The writing was on the wall from the very start…. 44 days. That’s how long that the legendary Brian Clough lasted in his troubled tenure at Leeds United. That story is immortalised in a brilliant...
by Ste | Feb 27, 2013 | Chelsea, Clubs, Features, Main Features
by Andy Robinson Browsing through the darker reaches of the football internet earlier in the week I came across a story about Andre Villas Boas and his departure from Chelsea. It is a widely held belief that player power not for the first time at that club resulted in...
by Ste | Dec 3, 2012 | Chelsea, Clubs, Features, Main Features
by Liam McConville 44 days. That’s how long that the legendary Brian Clough lasted in his troubled tenure at Leeds United. That story is immortalised in a brilliant book by David Peace and an equally excellent film so I’ll only briefly touch on it. Clough...
by Ste | Nov 26, 2012 | Chelsea, Clubs, Features, Main Features
by Chris Tobin The support of your football team and indeed your club is for most, a rite of passage, which will comprise an emotional rollercoaster, that will eventually lead to a point when nothing will, or can replace the feeling of belonging that we get from the...
