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Premier League weekend review

21 Sep 2010 by Jamie Casey in Premier League 2010-2011

Manchester United’s Dimitar Berbatov produced a simply magnificent hat-trick to ruin Liverpool’s Old Trafford revival while Chelsea have yet to drop a point after five rounds of the Premier League.

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Premier League weekend review

24 Aug 2010 by Jamie Casey in Premier League 2010-2011

It was goals galore again this weekend as Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle each hit their opponents for six on the second weekend of the Premier League 2010-11 season.

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Drogba backs Chelsea to cope

06 Oct 2009 by Lewis Doe in Chelsea

Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba, has backed his club to get through January without any major trip ups. January sees the start of the African Cup of Nations and a lot of Chelsea players will leave Premier League action to go and represent their countries. This leaves the West London club in a very tricky position [...]

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Arsenal set to lose important striker

25 Jun 2009 by Dan Brown in Arsenal

The reported departure from Arsenal of striker, Emanuel Adebayor, to AC Milan now looks a step closer as the Italian club have failed to land a number of their other targets. Adebayor was linked with a big move to Milan only a month or two ago and wouldn’t hesitate at moving because it has been [...]

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“Shut up and put up?”

20 Jun 2009 by Dan Brown in Chelsea

Chelsea have lodged an appeal against disciplinary action handed out by UEFA.That’s not much of a surprise given the Blues’ utter disappointment at losing the Champions League semi-final to Barcelona in such controversial circumstances.The knock-out still hurts and though the outcome can never be reversed, Chelsea intend to make a point, regardless of whether they [...]

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Chelsea will appeal over bans and fine

18 Jun 2009 by Dan Brown in Chelsea

Chelsea will appeal over the European bans to players, Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa. Drogba received a four match ban and Bosingwa is also banned for three matches following the antics of the pair, which marked their semi-final loss to Barcelona in the Champions League last season. Drogba was seen shouting at television cameras after [...]

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Guus Hiddink farewell

01 Jun 2009 by Dan Brown in Chelsea

No farewell blues for Hiddink Chelsea fan or not, there can be few football impartials who would deny outgoing caretaker boss Guus Hiddink the pleasure of lifting the FA Cup. After just 22 matches in charge, this amiable Russian obviously won the hearts of both players and supporters alike and victory was the most fitting [...]

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Chelsea wins more than just cup final

01 Jun 2009 by Ian Palmer in FA Cup

Everton striker Louis Saha made English FA Cup Final history today (May 30th) at Wembley Stadium in London, England, as he scored after just 25 seconds, before most of the crowd of 89,000 had settled into their seats. It eclipsed the old mark of 30 seconds set by Aston Villa’s Bob Chatt against West Brom [...]

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UEFA action

25 May 2009 by Dan Brown in UEFA Champions League

Innocent until proven guilty may be the old adage but it will be interesting to see how Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa defend themselves against UEFA action. Both have now been charged by the governing body after Chelsea lost their Champions League semi-final to Barcelona. The disciplinary action claims they insulted the referee and made [...]

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FA Cup build up has already begun.

23 May 2009 by Dan Brown in FA Cup

The FA Cup final on May 30 may look quite one sided on paper but it is much more likely to be the opposite. Everton and Chelsea will go head to head in a match that seems quite refreshing to the football neutral. Both sides played well in their semi-finals but the fact Everton have [...]

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