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Was passing the ground today so had a look in the shop. Looks a lot better in person, the lions don't stand out quite as much. Not as shiny as it looks in the promo shots either.

There is a popular spot in Richmond Park where you can see St Paul's cathedral: You can see the top of the west stand in there aswell, they don't want to make the ground any taller as it would block the view of St Pauls.

If you watch old footage of when the ground was a bowl with just the east stand you can see the tunnel was right on the halfway line, the pitch was moved over a bit when the old shed and north stands were knocked down. I like these little quirks, reminds you of how things got where they are today.

Hope he scores the winner on Sunday.

Damn, wish I'd seen this a bit sooner. Been after the Munich ball for a while and can't find one for a reasonable price. Anyone know where I can get one, happy to have size 5 or 1.

All this talk of entertaining football, tell you what there's few things more entertaining than going from row 33 to the very front of the away end and not knowing how you got there. The time wasting, the slip, home fans proper seething, I had a right good time. Had to sit in the luggage rack on the packed train home full of miserable 'scousers'. One sniff at the title and they all come out of the woodwork worse than Man Utd.

These look great, I believe there is actually one more with the super cup on but health and safety say one at a time. Maybe all 4 for the semi?

Scenes when Demba scored, my knees are in a right state. Love CFC

Very boring and a big step down from the current one IMO, looks alright on the players though which is the main thing,

The blue shirts, blue shorts, white socks combination is sacred and should never be interfered with.

There are no names on tickets so anyone can use them.

You will need their member number, post code and surname. Go to the friends and family tab on the member log in page and click add member. Thats it.

If you are buying 3 on one membership then just 3 points. If it is 3 memberships they will get 3 points each. So basically 3 points only.

You go to buy tickets, select how many you want in the stand you want and then assign a member to each ticket on the next page.

Here is the price list: http://www.chelseafc.com/tickets-article/article/2640813/title/ticket-prices-2013-14 Southampton will be a category B fixture.

They aim to get tickets on sale 42 days before the match but this is obviously not possible for some cup games and replays, there is no notification when they have been dispatched. It's really not something you need to worry about, its unlikely you wont get them in time and if you don't just call and explain. The member log in page is very simple, just has your details, linked memberships, loyalty points and tickets currently on sale.

Only cup finals/semi-finals are sent out recorded. All other tickets are just first class. It has happened to me before and there was no fee.

Sports Direct are not cheap, its just the megastore is expensive.

If they don't arrive in the post just call the day before and tell them, they will put you on the duplicate list and you can pick them up on matchday. They charge £5 for duplicates if you have lost or damaged the ticket yourself but the post is out of your control so they won't charge.

Well once again sky and bt screwed us up with Man Utd on a Monday night, Everton 5.30 with the last train back to London leaving around 20 mins after final whistle and Newcastle lunchtime kick off. Sunderland is also scheduled for a Tuesday night so this will be good news for many, probably be coaches though which aren't much fun..

From that article seems Sky now have the Sat 5.30 KO slot, wouldn't mind that for the Hull game. Wish they would hurry up, trains to book.

Is Hilario still here or not? He is listed on the website but I though he was released.

There is no waiting list, at the moment if you are a member who got 80 points last season you can apply and will probably get one. This will be lowered next Friday if any remain.

Dont know about 60000 every game at this stage but events such as the parades we have had recently show that our fanbase is bigger than the 40000 at home games every week, they just simply can't afford tickets. Prices for league games in particular are outrageous, if I was to give up my ST I doubt I would go to league games at all having to buy tickets every couple of weeks at ~£50. Build it (get the ticket prices right) and they will come.

I hope this time we actually get to see the white-white-blue combo worn.