2022/23 was undoubtedly a season Chelsea fans will want to forget. Despite some lavish spending and lots of hope, results were poor. However, should you actually want to relive the rather dire campaign, or at the very least check out any particular results or see just how bad the Blues really were, our season review … Read more
Over the years Chelsea have played out countless 0-0 draws, including three in a row in 2018 and four during a dour 2022/23 Premier League campaign that Blues fans will not want to remember. They have also suffered some heavy losses in their long history but thankfully we aren’t here to dwell on those. No, … 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
Although Chelsea players may live in a variety of different locations, the vast majority are split between suburbs around the club’s training ground, in Cobham, Surrey, and the area surrounding Stamford Bridge, in Fulham. Cobham is situated in Surrey’s “golden triangle” and is therefore a hugely desirable location in which to live, although it doesn’t have … Read more
On the 30th of May, 2022, Roman Abramovich’s 19-year reign as Chelsea owner officially came to an end. The Russian billionaire had purchased Chelsea back in 2003, thus kicking off a golden period for the club. During Abramovich’s tenure, the Blues won an astounding 21 trophies, including five Premier Leagues and two Champions Leagues. This … 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