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The Magic Of Blue 💙 | Chelsea Christmas Ad 2025 The Magic of Blue 💙 With 700,000 Londoners experiencing loneliness, we're coming together with @Chelseafcfoundation, Chelsea Supports’ Trust and local charities to donate gifts and raise funds supporting those who may be spending Christmas alone.Help make Christmas a little brighter for those that need it most. ✨ To find out more about The Magic of Blue, Chelsea Foundation beneficiaries involved and our charity partners for the festive campaign, head to: https://www.chelseafc.com/en/the-magic-of-blue Chelsea Football Club and Chelsea Foundation have launched The Magic of Blue, a powerful new Christmas film that highlights the growing epidemic of loneliness in London and beyond. There is a chance to contribute to the campaign by donating gifts or purchasing from a festive range of merchandise. Research commissioned by the Greater London Authority found that a large number of Londoners, 700,000, say they are ‘often or always lonely’, with 15 per cent of over-65s and nine per cent of young people spending Christmas alone according to a study by the Policy Institute at King's College London. As society becomes more digitally connected, many are feeling increasingly isolated, but football, with all its emotions and passion, offers a place to belong. Christmas film At its heart, The Magic of Blue is a story about community, imagination and the unexpected bonds that can form between strangers. It follows the story of a young girl and her elderly neighbour, both facing loneliness in different ways. When the neighbour gifts her a Chelsea shirt for Christmas, a magical journey begins - one that transforms not only her day but his as well. The young girl, Molly, unwraps her first Chelsea shirt on Christmas morning and is instantly transported into a world of wonder and escapism. In her imagination, her London townhouse becomes a stadium; her quiet play turns into a match alongside stars like Enzo Fernandez, Joao Pedro, Lauren James and Naomi Girma, and her everyday surroundings transform into something truly magical. Meanwhile, her elderly neighbour, spending Christmas alone, is surprised when Molly returns the gift by inviting him into her family home to share the joy of the season. It is a full-circle moment that captures the true meaning of togetherness and reminds us that football is more than just a game – it is a way to belong. The Magic of Blue features cameos from Leo Woodall (A-list actor from One Day and The White Lotus) and WWE superstar Jey Uso, as well as players from Chelsea’s men’s and women’s squads including Moises Caicedo, Estevao Willian, Alejandro Garnacho and Millie Bright. Donations welcome The Chelsea family are invited to join efforts in the build-up to Christmas this year and make a difference by donating thoughtful gifts that can offer comfort and joy to someone who may otherwise be spending Christmas alone. From 20 November to 13 December, Chelsea Foundation, in partnership with the Chelsea Supporters' Trust, will host Magic of Blue collection points for supporters to donate gifts on upcoming matchdays at both Stamford Bridge and Kingsmeadow. This covers the following home games: Chelsea Women vs Barcelona Femini - UEFA Women's Champions League - Thursday 20 November Chelsea vs Barcelona - UEFA Champions League - Tuesday 25 November Chelsea vs Arsenal - Premier League - Sunday 30 November Chelsea Women vs Everton Women - Women's Super League - Sunday 7 December Chelsea Women vs Roma Femminile - UEFA Women's Champions League - Wednesday 10 December Chelsea vs Everton - Premier League - Saturday 13 December Items welcome for donation include (all gifts need to be in their original packaging and we are not able to accept food or drink items): Soft cosy blankets Unisex warm socks/slipper socks (with grip bottoms) Gloves Mittens Hats Scarves Craft kits Puzzles Crossword books Photo albums Notebooks 2026 diaries and calendars Posh pens Christmas decorations At Stamford Bridge, the matchday drop-off point will be situated at Stamford Gate behind the security checkpoints. At Kingsmeadow, it will be near the merchandise outlet and ticket office. Look out for the Chelsea Foundation/Magic of Blue gazebo. There will also be Magic of Blue roaming fundraisers giving you the chance to donate money to support loneliness. Those who will not be able to make it to Stamford Bridge or Kingsmeadow and who wish to support with an online donation can do so via this Magic of Blue donation link As part of the campaign, a festive range featuring a Chelsea-inspired Christmas jumper (which sold out last year), winter accessories and gifting options will all be available in the Stamford Bridge Megastore and through our online store. A percentage of all sales from the club’s Christmas range will be donated to fundraising efforts, with expert charities including Age UK and Shepherd’s Star distributing donated items and funding to support those experiencing loneliness within our communities. Donated gifts will also be shared with the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust’s chosen charities. Campaign charity partners Players from the men’s and women’s teams will learn about the work our charity partners do by spending time with beneficiaries in the build-up to Christmas, and Chelsea Foundation will once again open the doors to Stamford Bridge and welcome vulnerable members of our local community when hosting its yearly Christmas lunch. Age UK Age UK is the UK's leading charity working with and for older people. The organisation is dedicated to providing essential services and support to help older people make the most of their later life. Age UK's work includes campaigning, local support, advice and friendship, aiming to change the way older people are treated and represented in society. Shepherd’s Star Shepherd’s Star is a community initiative dedicated to reducing isolation and empowering adults facing hardship in south-west London. Through skills introduction workshops, social connection, shared meals and signposting to support services, it helps individuals rebuild confidence, develop new skills and re-engage with their communities. Chelsea Foundation beneficiaries Chelsea Foundation arranged for five participants in its programmes to feature in The Magic of Blue film and they are introduced here: Catalina is 65 and from the Philippines. She attends walking football and walking tennis regularly and became involved through Age UK. She is married to Frank (details below). Frank is 67 and attends walking football and walking tennis. He also got involved through Age UK and has self-reported that he experiences low levels of social interaction in a recent survey. Abdul became involved with Chelsea Foundation following a heart attack. He now attends walking tennis and other sessions regularly. He lives alone and self-reported experiencing isolation in a recent survey as well as qualitatively to staff several times. Freya is in Year 5 at school and is really into her football. She is part of the girls’ team at school and has taken part in our Players’ Project from the start. She suffers with communication and language barriers. Elias is a super-enthusiastic boy and is a massive football fan. He takes part in our Players’ Project. He met Millie Bright at our World Book Day event last March, which was also the launch of the Players' Project. Laura Cordingley, CEO Chelsea Foundation, said: 'The Magic of Blue is about bringing people together and spreading kindness at a time of year that can feel especially lonely. 'Recent reports have confirmed that one in nine people will be spending Christmas Day alone and so the need for connection has never been greater. This campaign celebrates the power of community. Whether that's between generations, neighbours or fans, they are all united by their love of Chelsea. 'Through initiatives like our Walking Football, we’ve seen how simple moments of connection can transform lives. After just five months engagement with the programme participants, participants who said they feel isolated had dropped from 15% to just 2.5%. 'This Christmas, we’re helping make the season a little brighter for those who need it most - because the real magic of Chelsea lies not just in football but in the compassion and togetherness of our community.' Jess Millwood, CEO Age UK Kensington and Chelsea, added:‘We see every day how loneliness can affect older people — especially at this time of year. Partnering with the Chelsea Foundation on The Magic of Blue helps us end this crisis hidden in plain sight and reminds us of the incredible power of community, kindness, and connection to bring people together.' The Magic of Blue follows Chelsea FC and Chelsea Foundation’s 2024 festive campaign Wrap Up Warm, which saw over £90,000 raised and 3,600 items of warm clothing donated to support those in London affected by homelessness.

Again away early kick off after the international break just like Nottingham in October...

we need to put our strongest team and no rotation for ucl game

Pre/Post Match Discussion, Live Chat & Analysis Saturday November 22nd, 2025 Turf Moor 12:30 PM UK

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Israel Considers Instituting a Death Penalty for Palestinians—but Not for Jews Today on TAP: Determined to prove that Zionism is indeed racism, a sizable minority of Knesset members backed that legislation. https://prospect.org/2025/11/11/israel-considers-instituting-death-penalty-for-palestinians-but-not-jews/ A significant share of the current Israeli government appears bound and determined to show the world that Zionism is racism. Yesterday, the Knesset voted by a 39-to-16 margin to advance legislation that would impose a mandatory death penalty on Palestinians who kill Jewish Israelis, while Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians—a not-infrequent occurrence in the West Bank—would suffer no such consequences (currently, they invariably incur no penalties at all). The bill has not been passed. It now has to go to committee, and if passed there, it has to be put before the Knesset two more times, where it would require 61 votes (that is, a majority of the 120-member Knesset) to be enacted. But while the bill was introduced by Itamar Ben-Gvir’s far-right Jewish Power party, whose support Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu needs to keep his government in power, the two far-right parties in the Knesset have fewer than 39 members. Some members of Bibi’s own Likud party also voted for the measure. Now, it’s possible that Bibi allowed them to vote that way just to show his far-right backers that he hadn’t sold them out to occasional Middle East peacenik Donald Trump, and that he will rein in his backers on subsequent readings so that they deprive the bill of a majority. The legislation is so outrageous that a majority of Knesset members boycotted the vote altogether, reflecting the opposition coming not only from Israeli Arabs, but also from the nation’s centrists and its shrunken left, determined to resist the nation’s formal embrace of lynch-law racism. Or it’s just possible—unlikely, but possible—that the hatred in which Bibi’s government holds Palestinians, and its need to retain Ben-Gvir’s support, could eclipse all other considerations. If the bill were to become law, those considerations would include the very real possibility that those nations that recently recognized a Palestinian state—chiefly, Israel’s longtime European and Anglophone (except the U.S.) allies—might feel compelled to sever diplomatic and other relations with the state of Israel. They’d certainly come under popular pressure to do that. The bill’s enactment would almost surely push those nations toward adopting a policy of BDS—boycott, divestment, and sanctions—against Israel. Since it was founded in 1948, trials in Israel’s civilian courts have led to just one execution: that of Nazi genocide COO Adolf Eichmann in 1962. That, as the saying goes, was then.

Ange Postecoglou linked with Leeds job

word is (FWIW, it's probably bullshit) that Palace want £150m for Wharton

I agree that he cuases a lot of chaos for oppossing teams and I deffo would take him over ANY of our current LWers, but I just do not agree that he is 'the best winger in the EPL' atm. I would say he IS perhaps the 2nd best LWer after Antoine Semenyo atm. and then there are multiple RWers I rate over him (as a winger in general) atm: Bukayo Saka (the best winger overall in the EPL atm IMHO) Phil Foden (is rounding back into WC form after a difficult spell, I know he is hated here but he is a crazy good player when firing on all cylinders) Bryan Mbeumo (close and if Doku starts scoring more he will pass him up IMHO) Estêvão (if not now, then he soon will be better than Doku IMHO) Mohamed Salah is complicated. Up until until this season he was THE best winger in the EPL (no one else was close, not even Saka), if not the world (along with Yamine Lamal, and probably Michael Olise, as Mbappe and Ousmane Dembélé are now almost exclusively CF's, plus Vini Jr is in real turmoil and I rate all those listed in this sentence (save for Salah atm and a Vini Jr in current turmoil) over Raphinha, who is nonetheless a superb winger who I would kill to have on Chels) BUT Salah and Pool are both struggling a lot this season, and it looks like age may have finally caught with a 33yo Mo.

This one isn’t a transfer rumour of the day article because the source of this news is just…View the full article

We'd be lucky to get him, he won't be short on options next summer

It's weird to predict a team who's won 6 of the last 10 titles will do so again? Not really pal

yes he need to go

Wharton is a player I really like, Lavia is finished

Confirmed that it’s another long injury. Love his talent, love his personality, love the IDEA of Lavia and what he could’ve been. We would quite comfortably have the best midfield 3 in the league and probably all of Europe if he was able to stay as fit as Caicedo & Enzo and play every match. But he’s got to go in the summer. If anyone would even take someone with his injury record. We just cannot continue with this “play a game or two and then disappear for months” shit for yet another season. I truly hope that buzz and rumor about Adam Wharton are accurate and we go big for him next summer. Would be the perfect replacement.

Maresca coach these players to increase their price and clownlake to flip them for profit like Madueke , Veiga , Petrovic . These so many rotation will not lead to the title .

The guy draws the attention of entire teams and is pulling them away from their position. He is responsible for so many hockey type assists or close moments.

“Enzo Fernandez is my player of the match. He has led by example with his quality,” pundit Alan…View the full article

Well the plan is for him to be back for both: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13463768/cole-palmer-injury-enzo-maresca-hopes-Chelsea-forward-will-be-fit-to-face-barcelona-and-arsenal-in-november

false framing it is not Americanising football at all to say scoring only 3 or 4 goals over 40 odd games (what he is tracking to atm) is NOT the stuff of the 'best winger in the EPL'

He has been okay. The goal and assist contributions are nice, but I think he is a passenger for a lot of the game - kind of like Alonso was back in the day for us.

When did we Americanize football? I'll just sit here and pretend Bruno Fernandes is in a class above Iniesta and Zidane because of stats.

Nope. He has been the best winger in the EPL. His end product and finishing are absolutely fine - this isn't the same player from a season and a bit ago.

Could be wrong, but Palmer is out till at least December right? Don't think he'll make it for the Barcelona/Arsenal games. Wouldn't want him to start either, unless his match fitness is up.