James Harrop 
Since Todd Boehly took over from Roman Abramovich as Chelsea owner last year, the West London giants have dominated world football in one category: spending money! In just three transfer windows, the club have spent over £1 billion on new players, despite finishing 12th in the 2022/23 Premier League. This summer alone, the Blues have … Read more
Celery, the most boring yet surprisingly versatile vegetable of all time, the James Milner of veg, has had a rather unusual association with Chelsea Football Club over the years. The green vegetable, favoured in salads and as a base to stocks, sauces and stews (OK, cooking lesson over!) was regularly hurled onto Stamford Bridge’s hallowed … Read more
In the 2022 FA Cup final, where Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool took on fellow German Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea, observers may have noticed one unusual detail: Chelsea were playing in yellow kits, rather than their trademark blue. Football purists will be unhappy with this change, as teams normally always play in their home kit for games played … Read more
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich, then owner of Chelsea Football Club, saw his assets frozen by the British government. Due to his ties to Vladimir Putin’s regime, Abramovich was effectively forced to sell the west London club, ending a 19-year stint as owner that was characterised by almost … Read more
The famous “Chelsea Pensioners” are the 300 elderly residents of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, a 66-acre nursing and retirement home for former British army servicemen and women. It is located in the borough of Chelsea, less than two miles from Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea FC. Over the years, these pensioners have been closely … Read more
Chelsea Football Club, to use its full and proper name, was founded in 1905 and many younger fans know the side as the Blues. However, a more historic, and less prosaic, nickname for the club is the Pensioners, but where does that name originate? Why Are Chelsea Known as the Pensioners? Chelsea’s nickname of “Pensioners”, … Read more
Unlike fellow London sides, Arsenal and Tottenham, the Blues do not have a long-established, undisputed great local rival, and therefore any number of clubs could be classed as their “biggest rivals”, depending on which Chelsea fan you ask. Geographically speaking, Chelsea’s local rivals are Fulham, yet this rivalry has lacked intensity due to the gulf … Read more
In the 2009/10 season, Chelsea managed to pull off the rare feat of winning both the Premier League and FA Cup, an achievement commonly known as the domestic “double”. This remains the only time that the Blues have managed to win the two most prized domestic competitions in the same season. Whilst it has become … Read more
Chelsea FC have entered the UEFA Europa League twice in the last decade and have won it on both occasions. In fact, when we look at the competition solely in its guise as the Europa League (since 2009), Chelsea have won it every single time they have ever played in it. Not a bad strike … Read more
Chelsea have won the prestigious UEFA Champions League on two occasions, with the Blues first crowned champions of Europe in the 2011/12 season, before repeating the feat in 2020/21. These two victories in the competition make Chelsea the third-most successful English team in the Champions League (and its predecessor the European Cup), behind Manchester United … Read more