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we drew away at Hull

PLEASE let us draw MILLWALL!!!!!!

LIVE NOW on Twitter stream https://twitter.com/i/events/1213193164883783681 The Emirates FA Cup Show The draw for the fourth round of the world's oldest association football competition takes place prior to Mikel Arteta's Arsenal hosting Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United in a third round tie. It will also be on YT

Chelsea not interested as West Ham & Flamengo chase Inter-owned Gabriel Barbosa https://www.goal.com/en/news/chelsea-not-interested-as-west-ham-flamengo-chase-inter/fgiy92dizg4o10d19zny2b1ee next, lol

Aston Villa make Danny Drinkwater transfer decision after Chelsea wage demands emerge Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater is looking for a new club after cutting short his loan at Burnley. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1224737/Aston-Villa-transfer-news-Danny-Drinkwater-wages-Chelsea-loan-Burnley Aston Villa have decided they will not pay Danny Drinkwater’s £110,000-a-week wages which Chelsea are demanding are stumped up in full for them to sanction a loan move for the midfielder. Drinkwater recently returned to Chelsea after cutting short his spell at Burnley. Having become a peripheral figure at Chelsea, Drinkwater barely got the chance to put himself in the shop window under Sean Dyche, but made just two appearances in all competitions this season. The 29-year-old’s stint at Turf Moor, which was initially a half-season deal, was marred by an incident at a nightclub which resulted in him sustaining an ankle injury. Villa nonetheless expressed an interest in temporarily signing the one-time Premier League winner due to John McGinn’s ankle injury which sideline for a further few months. But Villa Park chiefs were told by their Chelsea counterparts that they would have to cover Drinkwater’s £110,000-a-week wages in full. snip

I call bullshit and of course they arrested a Chels punter on the same thing within a day or 2

Chelsea owe East Stirlingshire friendly from 1962 deal https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27780121 East Stirlingshire FC have requested a friendly with English Premier League giants Chelsea as part of a 52-year-old transfer deal. The Scottish League Two side want a fixture at Stamford Bridge as part of the transfer deal which saw Eddie McCreadie head south in 1962. Scotland full-back McCreadie was sold to Chelsea for a fee of £5,000 plus home and away friendlies. The sides met at Firs Park in 1963, but the match in London was never played. Shire chairman Tony Ford said he had made a "friendly" approach to Chelsea to see about getting the fixture fulfilled after uncovering documents about the transfer. He said: "When Eddie McCreadie went from the Shire to Chelsea the agreement was that there would be a couple of friendlies, home and away, and while the one here happened the away game didn't - and now it's 50 years later. "At the end of the day, we kept our end of the bargain. The ball is in their court, in a friendly way. "We've enlisted the help of Pat Nevin, who's done some work for Chelsea TV, and he's banging the drum for us. "You never know what might happen, there's always a chance." After the transfer McCreadie went on to make over 300 appearances for the Blues before taking over as their manager in 1975, and won 23 Scotland caps. Last year the Shire managed to recover a Scotland jersey worn by the left-back, which is now on display in the football museum at Hampden. we need to finish this deal bad karma to have let it slide for 58 years East Stirlingshire v Chelsea official programme 28/10/1963

Osgood's broken leg was suffered in a challenge by Blackpool's Emlyn Hughes in the League Cup on 5 October 1966. more general highlights

looooove the finishing line.... 'And so Chelsea knock Liverpool out of the FA Cup!' make it so again!!! btw, the pitch was just pure mud, it is crazy how poor the playing surfaces were back then

More video from ChelseaTV https://www.chelseafc.com/en/videos/v/2020/01/05/lampard-live---clean-sheet-was-brilliant--pleased-with-our-perfo-hxdWgwajE6ddYiefHgh7iNMSfJzLTmc6

Callum Hudson-Odoi makes injury admission after starring role in Chelsea win v Nottingham Forest https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/callum-hudson-odoi-makes-injury-21221764 Callum Hudson-Odoi insisted he has not suffered another injury despite looking in pain at one point during the Blues' 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup. The England international opened the scoring after six minutes with a low drive into the bottom corner and then created the second goal when Ross Barkley tucked in after his shot was saved. Hudson-Odoi missed the end of last season after injuring his Achilles tendon during a game against Brighton , and there were worries for a moment that he could be set for the sidelines again when he went down holding the same Achilles against Forest. But speaking to Chelsea TV Hudson-Odoi said: "As I was walking back the player trod on my Achilles and I felt a bit of pain, but I'm alright now so it's all good. The news will come as a welcome relief to Blues fans, with the youngster looking like getting back to his best following his frustrating spell out. Video he talks about his original injury in depth https://www.chelseafc.com/en/videos/v/2020/01/05/callum-hudson-odoi-on-injury-concern--retro-fa-cup-kit---his-goa-FqdmgwajE6fLXpUWUKx9UiMpvIiNXFpa

btw, I accidentally put in two pics from the 1971 Cup Winners Cup in that big pic post these 2 the rest are 1970 FA Cup related

lol at 'screwed over' tell that to Giroud, see what he thinks about Pulisic's minutes compared to his, or better, his compared to Bat's Lampard, like us all, has strengths and faults, but one thing I have not seen him do is play mind games he is bloody straight up about most things you want to see more yanks play with the big boys, then outlaw that viscous body and brain destroying thugball that is 'American football' and get those lads into real football same for the shorter basketball players you have the best athletes on the planet, but NO your country overall ridicules the biggest sport on the planet (partially because you cannot dominate it like you try to dominate with EVERYTHING) you lot have 330 million people in your nation state in descending order my 3 nations of birth and then lineage (and citizenship) have 66 million (UK) (England 56m of that) 10.3 million (Sweden) 285,000 (Barbados) 2 of the 3 have great football histories, England more than Sweden, but twice we were the 2nd best team at the WC ('58 and '94 even though we got 3rd in 94 we were better than Italy that year) but lost out to great Brasilian teams both times (1958 WC was here in Stockholm and was the 17yo Pele coming out global party that made modern soccer, 1994 was actually in the US, but I was less than 2 years old then and in Hong Kong and we almost beat Brasil in the Semifinal) and even little shite Bim almost beat the US the last time they played (and that was a WC qualifier so a competitive match) nil 1 was the final score, but Bim hit the post and also had a goal taken back for a marginal offsides you have NO excuses to not have an insane national team other than your culture you want it all, you want it huge, you want it violent, you want it fast, you want it NOW and you want it supersized......... life and sports and all else when I have been in the states (earned a post grad MBA in NYC and have visited a lot) and talk football, sooo many yanks say one thing over and over BORING, (because there is not enough scoring so it isn't giving enough cheap-thrill plazzy rewards) which is madness and goes right back to your cultural zeitgeist issues that you yourself are putting on parade by whinging on and demanding (and slurring arguably the greatest English MFer ever) all over a recently-turned 21yo kid who has been in the toughest football league on the PLANET for all of SIX MONTHS

great fairly good quality colour video of the highlights from Wembley and then the entire replay at OT in '70

Chelsea 'demand Danny Drinkwater's full wages paid in any loan exit' https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/chelsea/transfer-talk/news/chelsea-demand-drinkwaters-full-wages-paid-in-any-loan-exit_385153.html Aston Villa will reportedly have to shell out the entirety of Danny Drinkwater's wages if they are to sign the midfielder on loan from Chelsea this month. The Midlands side are desperate to add midfield reinforcements this month following a severe injury to John McGinn at the end of last month. Drinkwater started the 2019-20 season on loan at Burnley but has since returned to Stamford Bridge after failing to nail down a regular spot in Sean Dyche's side. According to The Sun, Villa must front all of Drinkwater's wages, thought to be around £110,000 a week, in order to sign the player on loan until the end of the season. The Englishman, who was part of Leicester City's remarkable Premier League triumph, has struggled since completing a move to Chelsea in 2017. Villa boss Dean Smith is also on the search for emergency reinforcements up front after an injury to new signing Wesley ruled him out for the entire season. snip

“Strong possibility” of loan for promising Chelsea youngster according to insider https://www.chelsea-news.co/2020/01/strong-possibility-loan-promising-chelsea-youngster-according/ Chelsea have just beaten Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, and there was one notable absence. Marc Guehi had been superb in two Carabao Cup ties for us, and it seemed likely he would get at least a chance off the bench today, if not a start. Instead Frank Lampard went with two of his senior defenders, meaning Guehi has missed another chance for first team action. Twitter insider CareFree Youth has indicted on Twitter that a loan move for the defender for the rest of the season is now a “strong possibility”, given our cup games are out of the way and there are just 10 development squad games left in the season.

Chelsea: Fans prefer Gabigol over Moussa Dembele https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league/chelsea/chelsea-fans-prefer-gabigol-over-moussa-dembele/

ironically He worked (the article is from 2001) with adults with autism and learning difficulties in a daycentre in the London Borough of Barnet. lololol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dempsey_(footballer,_born_1946) https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/indepth/features/37635.chelsea_legend_dempsey_still_a_star/

that shite has to STOP

what about girls? LOLOLOL

Chelsea F.C. ‎– Souvenir Record Album Of The 1970 F.A. Cup Final: Chelsea's Cup Label: Quality Recordings Ltd. ‎– QP4/70 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Non-Music Style: Spoken Word https://picclick.co.uk/QP4-70-Vinyl-1970-FA-Cup-Final-Chelsea-FC-392455799275.html

eeeeek not good but you got huge revenge beat a superb Portugal team IN PORTUGAL for the 2004 Euro championship I had a fit (I looooove Figo) I was only 11 (very advanced 11yo, lolol) but it gutted me