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A GAME WHAT SAW CHELSEA THROW AWAY A 1-0 LEAD RIGHT AT THE END OF THE GAME, BLACKBURN EQUALISING IN INJURY TIME WITH ONLY THEIR SECOND EFFORT ON TARGET IN 90 MINUTES, A NIGHT OF MISSED CHANCES WAS THE REASON FOR ENDING UP WITH ONLY A DRAW, AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT WINNING YOUR HOME GAMES ESPECIALLY AGAINST INFERIOR OPPOSITION AS BLACKBURN. ALSO TOO BLAME WAS THE REFEREE URIAH RENNIE WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY A DISGRACE AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REFEREE ANY PREMIERSHIP MATCHES NEXT SEASON, HAVING SAID THAT, A EXCELLENT VOLLEY BY JODY MORRIS KEPT OUR SPIRITS HIGH

CHELSEA V BLACKBURN ROVERS DE GOEY, LAMBOURDE, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, MORRIS, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, ZOLA, VIALLI SUBS USED NEWTON, GODBAEK, FORSSELL SCORERS MORRIS

FINNISH WONDER KID WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW SCORING A GOAL IN THE 4 TH MINUTE, AND CREATE HAVOC TO THE FOREST DEFENCE RIGHT THROUGH THE GAME, TO GIVE CHELSEA THEIR 13th PREMIERSHIP WIN OF THE SEASON. WITH FLO MAKING HIS LONG AWAITED RETURN TO ACTION AS A SUB IN THE SECOND HALF AND TWO GREAT GOALS FROM BJARNE GOLDBAEK KILLED OFF ANY FOREST INTEREST IN THE GAME

NOTTINGHAM F V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, LAMBOURDE, LEBOEUF, BABAYARO, PETRESCU, DESAILLY, MORRIS, GOLDBAEK, ZOLA, FORSSELL SUBS USED NEWTON, FLO, NICHOLLS SCORERS GOLDBAEK 2, FORSSELL

IN A GAME WE WERE CRUSING IN, WE LET LIVERPOOL BACK INTO THE GAME IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES, GIVING ALL CHELSEA FANS THE WHITE KNUCKLE TREATMENT AGAIN, "WILL WE LET IT SLIP", "WONT WE LET IT SLIP". AFTER BABB HANDLING THE BALL IN THE BOX, LEBOEUF WAS ON HAND AGAIN TO SCORE ANOTHER PENALTY FOR US, IN ADDITION GOLDBAEK SCORED AGAIN WHO IS BECOMING THE BARGAIN OF THE SEASON. THE GAME WILL BE REMEMBED FOR FOWLER BENDING OVER SHOWIN HIS ARSE TO LE SAUX CALLING HIM A QUEER, AND LE SAUX'S PUNCH AT FOWLER GAVE REF PAUL DURKIN NO OPTION BUT TO BOOK BOTH PLAYERS AND TO REPORT THEM TO THE F.A POSSIBLE BAN ON THE CARDS HERE, FUNNY INCIDENT THOUGH

CHELSEA V LIVERPOOL DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, MORRIS, DI MATTEO, GOLDBAEK, ZOLA, FLO SUBS USED LAMBOURDE, NEWTON, FORSSELL SCORERS LEBOEUF ( PEN), GOLDBAEK

CHELSEA V VALERENGA DE GOEY, FERRER, LAMBOURDE, DESAILLY, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, WISE, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, ZOLA, VIALLI. SUBS USED FLO SCORERS WISE, BABAYARO, ZOLA

A PROFFESIONAL DISPLAY SAW CHELSEA CRUISE TO 3-0 VICTORY IN THIS QUARTER FINAL FIRST-LEG CUP WINNERS CUP MATCH. GOALS FROM ZOLA AND BABAYARO IN THE FIRST HALF AND A LATE GOAL IN THE 2 ND HALF FROM WISE WHERE ENOUGH TO GIVE CHELSEA A NICE ADVANTAGE IN THE 2ND LEG IN OSLO IN TWO WEEKS TIME, A GAME I WILL BE GOING TO.

A GAME WITH OUR OLD RIVALS THIS WAS A GAME OF EPIC PROPORTIONS IN THIS F.A. CUP QUARTER FINAL MATCH AT OLD TRAFFORD, A GROUND WHERE WE HAVE SUCH A BRILLIANT RECORD AT. SADLY TO BE HONEST THE GAME DIED WHEN DI MATTEO WAS SENT OFF FOR HIS 2ND YELLOW CARD AND CHELSEA HAD NO OPTION BUT TO DEFEND IN NUMBERS AND STOP MAN U, THIS SOMEHOW WE ACHIEVED DUE TO ONE MAN " MARCEL DESAILLY" THE ROCK HE WAS MAGNIFICENT, UNBEATABLE LIKE A BRICK WALL A COLLOSUS AT THE BACK, WITHOUT HIM WE WOULD SURELY OF PERISHED. A DRAW IT ENDED AND FORWARD ONTO THE BRIDGE FOR THE REPLAY

MANCHESTER UNITED V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, LAMBOURDE, DESAILLY, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, MORRIS, DI MATTEO, GOLDBAEK, ZOLA, FLO NEWTON, FORSSELL, MYERS SCORERS

CHELSEA BOWED OUT OF THE FA CUP AFTER GOING DOWN 2-0 IN THIS QUARTER FINAL F.A CUP REPLAY ON A FRUSTRATING NIGHT , AFTER CONCEDING A GOAL FROM DWIGHT YORKE A TYPICAL CHELSEA DEFENSIVE ERROR IN THE OPENING MINUTES,WE BATTLED ON AND HAD ALL THE POSSETION AND MISSED SO MANY CHANCES THAT WE COULD OF EASILY BEATEN THEM. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT TAKE YOUR CHANCES , YOU DONT WIN THE GAME, MAN U HAD 2 CHANCES IN THE WHOLE MATCH, AND SCORED FROM BOTH OF THEM ENOUGH SAID!!

CHELSEA V MANCHESTER UNITED DE GOEY, LAMBOURDE, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, WISE, DI MATTEO, MORRIS, BABAYARO, ZOLA, FLO SUBS USED MYERS, GOLDBAEK, FORSSELL SCORERS

CHELSEA V WEST HAM DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, MYERS, LE SAUX, GOLDBAEK, WISE, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, ZOLA, FLO SUBS USED DUBERRY, PETRESCU, FORSSELL SCORERS

WEST HAM CAME TO THE BRIDGE DETERMINED NOT TO LOOSE AND AS SUCH PLAYED WITH TEN MEN BEHIND THE BALL FOR MOST OF THE GAME.THE GAME WAS SIMILAR TO THE MAN U GAME, HAVING ALL THE POSSETION BUT UNABLE TO SCORE. YOU ALWAYS FEARED THE WORSE IN THIS GAME AND A QUICK BREAK BY THE HAMMERS THE WORSE POSSIBLE SENARIO HAPPENED, THEY SCORED COMPLETLY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY, AND LEFT STAMFORD BRIDGE AND US TOTALLY PISSED OFF, THATS OUR CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE FINISHED WITH.

GOOD TO SEE JOHN TERRY MAKE A START IN THE FIRST TEAM, AND ALSO FOR A RARE GOAL BY BERNARD LAMBOURDE. IN WINTERY CONDITIONS CHELSEA BATTLED AWAY WITH FURTHER GOALS FROM FLO AND VIALLI,,LEAVING US WITH FOND MEMORIES OF OSLO, AND I HAD A GREAT TIME WHILE THERE, BIT PRICEY THE THE BOOZE, NICE TO HAVE A BEER WITH THE VALERENGA SUPPORTERS IN A BAR NEAR THE GROUND

VALERENGA V CHELSEA DE GOEY, TERRY, DUBERRY, LAMBOURDE, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, WISE, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, VIALLI, FLO SUBS USED MYERS, NICHOLLS, NEWTON SCORERS LAMBOURDE, VIALLI, FLO

A GAME WE HAD TO WIN, AND WIN WE DID VERY COMFORTABLY, WITH TWO WELL TAKEN GOALS WHO WAS EXCELLENT IN THIS EARLY MORNING KICK OFF MATCH, AND ALSO GOLDBAEK YET AGAIN GETTING ON THE SCORESHEET. IN FAIRNESS VILLA WERE NEVER IN THIS GAME, AND THEY ARE JUST NOT IN THE SAME CLASS AS CHELSEA, WE HAVE OUR EYES BACK ON THE PREMIERSHIP, ALL BE IT WITH ONE EYE CLOSED.

ASTON VILLA V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, WISE, MORRIS, GOLDBAEK, ZOLA, FLO SUBS USED LAMBOURDE, NICHOLLS SCORERS GOLDBAEK 2, FLO

A CLASH OF THE MAJORS VS THE MINORS, CHELSEA STRUGGLED DURING THE GAME TO CREATE MUCH AT ALL, FLO AND FERRER GOING CLOSE, IT WAS LEFT FOR ROBBIE DI MATTEO TO CLEAR UP ON A CHARLTON DEFENSIVE MISTAKE TO TAKE AWAY A HARD EARNED 3 PONTS FRO THE VALLEY, ED DE GOEY WAS TAKEN OFF AT HALF TIME DUE TO A BUG, IT WAS NICE TO SEE HITCHY HAVE A RUN OUT FOR THE BLUES AS DE GOEYS REPLACEMENT

CHARLTON ATHLETIC V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, GOLDBAEK, WISE, MORRIS, DI MATTEO, ZOLA, FLO SUBS USED HITCHCOCK, POYET, DUBERRY SCORERS DI MATTEO

CHELSEA HAVE LEFT THEMSELFS WITH A TOUGH AWAY LEG FOLLOWING THIS SEMI-FINAL CUP WINNERS CUP MATCH AGAINST STRONG SPANISH SIDE MALLORCA. ANOTHER FRUSTRATING NIGHT THAT SAW MALLORCA SCORE THE FIRST GOAL, CHELSEA WERE UNABLE TO BREAK THEM DOWN IN THE FIRST HALF AS MALLORCA HAVE A FINE ORGANISED DEFENCE. LUCA TO HIS CREDIT CHANGED OUR TACTICS IN THE SECOND HALF BRINGING ON FLO AND CHANGING TO A 4-3-3 FORMATION HOPING TO SCORE A FEW GOALS TO TAKE TO MALLORCA WITH. IT WORKED WITH FLO SCORING AND REDUCING THE DEFICIT, BUT WE WERE TERRIBLE WITH OUR FINISHING AND HAVE LEFT OURSELFS A BIG MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.

CHELSEA V REAL MALLORCA DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, PETRESCU, WISE, MORRIS, BABAYARO, ZOLA, VIALLI, VIALLI SUBS USED FLO, POYET, LAMBOURDE SCORERS FLO

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