Chelsea team up with Refuge to help those at risk of domestic abuse
5 DAYS AGO - Chelsea teams back campaign to support potential victimsEmma Hayes: ‘It is important we support Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Chelsea teams back campaign to support potential victimsEmma Hayes: ‘It is important we support the vulnerable’Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverageChelsea have teamed up with the domestic abuse charity Refuge to help provide support for people forced to self-isolate in vulnerable situations because of the coronavirus pandemic.Experts have warned the coronavirus crisis will lead to “a domestic abuse pandemic”, with self-isolation potentially aggravating existing abusive behaviour and women in danger of finding it harder to report abuse and seek support. The manager of Chelsea Women, Emma Hayes, and male and female players are taking part in a digital campaign to raise awareness and funds for the charity, with the Premier League club promising to match all donations received in the next six weeks. Related: Coronavirus leaves Aaron Cresswell 'petrified' for his newborn baby Continue reading... Collapse
Eight West Ham players in self-isolation with mild coronavirus symptoms
28/03/2020 - Karren Brady says unnamed players ‘seem to be well’Chelsea’s Pedro is separated from family by Expand
28/03/2020 - Karren Brady says unnamed players ‘seem to be well’Chelsea’s Pedro is separated from family by lockdownCoronavirus – latest updates | See all our coverageWest Ham have eight players in self-isolation showing mild symptoms of coronavirus, according to the club’s vice-chair, Karren Brady.In her weekly column in The Sun, Brady wrote: “I am relieved to say they are all showing mild symptoms and, along with their families, seem to be well. But it is no more than a handshake, sneeze or cough away from any of us, so no one should be complacent.” Related: Football clubs' good deeds go a long way but shutdown exposes financial faultlines | Paul Wilson Continue reading... Collapse
When football played on during world war one and inflamed a London derby
24/03/2020 - The 1914-15 season, which was played out to the backdrop of a world war, is one of the most Expand
24/03/2020 - The 1914-15 season, which was played out to the backdrop of a world war, is one of the most controversial in historyBy Richard Foster for the Guardian Sport NetworkThese are unprecedented times, but the Football League also had to face the prospect of postponing or cancelling the season when war was declared on 4 August 1914. The league’s management committee met a few days later and concluded that it was business as usual, with one caveat: a number of grounds would be used for mobilisation purposes. White Hart Lane was requisitioned as a site for manufacturing protection equipment, such as gas marks, so Tottenham had to play their home matches at Highbury.Many people believed the war would not last for longer than a few months. So, on 1 September, the Division One season kicked off with two fixtures. Manchester City beat Bradford City 4-1 in front of 9,000 fans at their Hyde Road ground while a crowd of 12,000 saw The Wednesday (they did not become Sheffield Wednesday until 1929) Collapse
Chelsea open up Stamford Bridge hotel to NHS staff amid coronavirus pandemic
18/03/2020 - NHS staff will be able to stay at Millennium Hotel for freeChelsea owner Roman Abramovich will Expand
18/03/2020 - NHS staff will be able to stay at Millennium Hotel for freeChelsea owner Roman Abramovich will cover costsRoman Abramovich will accommodate NHS staff working in London hospitals at the Millennium Hotel on Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium site as the club do their bit to help the response to the coronavirus pandemic.The Chelsea owner has decided the best way he and his club can assist is by providing rooms for medical staff, many of whom are working around the clock and might struggle to get home, particularly after late shifts. Related: 'It's our time to give back': football rallies to fight coronavirus depression Continue reading... Collapse
Who should play attacking midfield for England at Euro 2020?
11/03/2020 - Jesse Lingard was England’s creator in chief at the World Cup in 2018. Who should take his place Expand
11/03/2020 - Jesse Lingard was England’s creator in chief at the World Cup in 2018. Who should take his place this time around?By Martin Laurence for WhoScoredWhile the FA work out whether England will play their scheduled friendlies against Italy and Denmark later this month – or in the continent-wide Euro 2020 in the summer – Gareth Southgate faces a few big decisions of his own. The England manager is sweating on the fitness of forwards Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford, but he has no such concerns when it comes to attacking midfielders. Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard started for England in the World Cup semi-final in 2018, but Alli is clinging on to his place in the squad and Lingard will almost certainly miss out. Southgate is facing a conundrum: who should come into the squad and who should start in that slot behind the forwards? Related: How a football shirt number is being used to oppose homophobia in Brazil Continue reading... Collapse
Frank Lampard says Chelsea still face a major fight for fourth
08/03/2020 - Manager warns against complacency after Everton routCarlo Ancelotti still eyeing Europa League Expand
08/03/2020 - Manager warns against complacency after Everton routCarlo Ancelotti still eyeing Europa League spotFrank Lampard said that Chelsea have to keep their feet on the ground after his side tightened their grip on fourth place with a 4-0 victory over Everton at Stamford Bridge.Goals from Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud, Pedro Rodríguez and Willian secured Chelsea’s biggest home win of the season and kept them three points clear of Manchester United with nine games left, but Lampard insisted that there is a long way to go in the race to qualify for the Champions League. Related: Olivier Giroud continues fine form to cap Chelsea's 4-0 cruise past Everton Continue reading... Collapse
Chelsea v Everton: match preview
07/03/2020 - Carlo Ancelotti returns to Stamford Bridge with a familiar face in Frank Lampard in charge of Expand
07/03/2020 - Carlo Ancelotti returns to Stamford Bridge with a familiar face in Frank Lampard in charge of Chelsea. Lampard describes the Italian as a gentleman and a fantastic manager and his work with Everton has shown as such. Fans adore him and the side’s improvement is plain to see. European football is now a possibility and Ancelotti will be keen to demonstrate what his former club are missing. Chelsea soothed the pain of their Champions League nightmare by beating Liverpool in the Cup but with a gathering pack of clubs hungry for a taste next season Lampard needs to find the same performances in the league to make sure his side qualify. The large number of missing players, especially in midfield, is a headache he could do without. Graham SearlesSunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... Collapse
Chelsea's little big man Billy Gilmour relishing his learning curve
04/03/2020 - The teenage midfielder who impressed against Liverpool has learned from a tussle with Manchester Expand
04/03/2020 - The teenage midfielder who impressed against Liverpool has learned from a tussle with Manchester United’s Harry MaguireThe way Billy Gilmour tells the story it was a rite of passage, rather like a little schoolboy being shaken down for his lunch money by the big, bad bully. The Chelsea midfielder still looks like that schoolboy and – for the other role in the scene – please read the Manchester United captain, Harry Maguire, who stands at 6ft 4in and is most surely not a guy to mess with.It was Gilmour’s third appearance for Chelsea in the Carabao Cup tie against United at Stamford Bridge last October, which ended in a 2-1 defeat, and the 18-year-old Scot, who is 5ft 6in, remembers how things turned ugly. Related: Ross Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight Related: Italy's Serie A considering matches behind closed doors due to coronavirus Continue reading... Collapse
Liverpool enter wobble territory as Chelsea peak behind full-backs
03/03/2020 - Three defeats in four games for Jurgen Klopp’s side hint at a vulnerability to be found on the Expand
03/03/2020 - Three defeats in four games for Jurgen Klopp’s side hint at a vulnerability to be found on the flanksEnter: the wobble. On a chilly, slightly wild night at Stamford Bridge Chelsea progressed to the quarter-finals of the FA cup at the expense of the team previously known as Jürgen Klopp’s Irresistible Red Machine.Sport loves a premature note of crisis. Perhaps one or two will now be offered, although Klopp has probably earned a little breathing space before the cleaver is unsheathed. Liverpool played well in patches and might have wrenched the game their way with better finishing. But there was something else here too, a sense of a pattern emerging. Even, whisper it, of some more systemic vulnerability being winkled out. Related: Ross Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight Related: Watford’s Sarr blitzes Liverpool to end dream of matching Invincibles Continue reading... Collapse
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Pay cuts, furlough or deferrals: what are the Premier League clubs doing?
5 DAYS AGO - From Arsenal to Wolves, we look at what the clubs are doing regarding pay for players, non-playing Expand
5 DAYS AGO - From Arsenal to Wolves, we look at what the clubs are doing regarding pay for players, non-playing staff and casual staffArsenal continue to monitor the situation regarding player and staff wages and are playing an active role in the Premier League’s discussions. But there has been no decision taken and the focus has been on ensuring casual employees are looked after. All will be paid as normal until 30 April with the situation reviewed thereafter. Full-time employees were paid for the month on 27 March, as expected. For now there is little appetite to make redundancies. Nick Ames Related: Premier League clubs fail the smell test by furloughing their staff | Paul MacInnes Continue reading... Collapse
My favourite game: Chelsea v Napoli 2012 | Luke McLaughlin
27/03/2020 - As this unforgettable night wore on, the teams abandoned their tactical systems and went for the Expand
27/03/2020 - As this unforgettable night wore on, the teams abandoned their tactical systems and went for the jugular Eamon Dunphy once described a hectic, high-scoring Premier League encounter as “like watching two drunks fighting in an alley”. He wasn’t being wholly complimentary about that spectacle, but still acknowledged the thrill of seeing two sides cast off any pretence of tactical discipline and go for broke. Dunphy’s phrase came back to me at Stamford Bridge in March 2012. Trailing 3-1 from the first leg in Naples, a 2-0 victory would have sent Chelsea into the Champions League last eight. Walter Mazzarri’s Napoli, playing 3-4-3, arrived aiming to hit on the break.The context was fascinating. Chelsea’s first-leg defeat hastened the dismissal of André Villa-Boas, lured from Porto less than a year earlier. Roberto Di Matteo took caretaker charge of a battle-hardened team who had hated Villas-Boas’s methods: John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba among them. They had an unhappy recent Collapse
Chelsea 2-1 Leeds United (aet): 1970 FA Cup final replay – as it happened
21/03/2020 - Our new twice-weekly retro MBM feature begins with one of the most notorious FA Cup finals of all Expand
21/03/2020 - Our new twice-weekly retro MBM feature begins with one of the most notorious FA Cup finals of all time. Ding ding! 5.49pm GMT So after a 65-year wait, Chelsea have finally won the FA Cup! Congratulations to them, and commiserations to Leeds, for whom a 51-year quest goes on. Thanks for reading this retro As It Happened minute-by-minute report; comments are open below for your leisure and pleasure. Fingers crossed that the knee injury suffered by Peter Bonetti (he’ll have treatment tomorrow) won’t keep him out of the World Cup in Mexico, eh readers? 5.44pm GMT Eric Todd’s match report has landed. Here’s how it looks. 5.40pm GMT By way of contrast, here’s the delighted winning manager Dave Sexton! “I am very happy and very proud. We didn’t get in the game in a footballing sense for a long time, but we held on as we did at Wembley. I am sure the trouble was nerves, but towards the end we began to show our worth and I thought we were value for our win. We return on the 10 o’clock train Collapse
Mason Mount warned by Chelsea after breaking coronavirus self-isolation
16/03/2020 - Mount was playing five-a-side with West Ham’s Declan RiceCallum Hudson-Odoi has tested positive Expand
16/03/2020 - Mount was playing five-a-side with West Ham’s Declan RiceCallum Hudson-Odoi has tested positive for coronavirusMason Mount will be reminded of his responsibilities by Chelsea after the England international broke his self-isolation at the weekend, it is is understood. Related: Questions abound but resolutions unclear for football’s shutdown | David Conn Continue reading... Collapse
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
09/03/2020 - Phil Foden gets a reality check, Chelsea’s veterans show their worth and West Ham’s board have a Expand
09/03/2020 - Phil Foden gets a reality check, Chelsea’s veterans show their worth and West Ham’s board have a decision to makeThe rehabilitation of Luke Shaw has been a success of Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s reign. A player given harsh treatment by José Mourinho may never turn into the first-choice England left-back he looked set to be as a teenager at Southampton but his recent repurposing as a left-sided centre-back has revealed extra dimensions to his game. It is a highly specialised position, one only really suited to those games where Solskjær sets his team up to soak up pressure, but since Shaw was deployed there at Liverpool in January, 3-5-2 has been the default formation for United’s more testing fixtures. Shaw’s presence also gave Brandon Williams licence to overlap, though both were put through plenty of defensive work by Manchester City. At 24, Shaw has become a senior figure guiding young blood through matches, something inconceivable under Mourinho. John Brewin Related: Manchester United Collapse
Chelsea 4-0 Everton: Premier League – as it happened
08/03/2020 - Goals from Mason Mount, Pedro, Willian and Olivier Giroud helped Chelsea to a resounding 4-0 Expand
08/03/2020 - Goals from Mason Mount, Pedro, Willian and Olivier Giroud helped Chelsea to a resounding 4-0 victory over Everton at Stamford Bridge• Giroud continues fine form to cap cruise past Everton 4.13pm GMT Read Jacob Steinberg’s match report: Related: Olivier Giroud continues fine form to cap Chelsea's 4-0 cruise past Everton 4.05pm GMT Now, do join Simon Burnton for the Manchester derby: Related: Manchester United v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 4.01pm GMT Some Chelsea reaction from Billy Gilmour, who was ruddy brilliant in midfield on his league debut. “It was amazing, a dream come true to make my full debut in the Premier League on my debut. I found out I was playing this morning in the team meeting.” Giroud adds: “He’s done very well again today, he’s got a great maturity and he’s got a nice future in front of him if he stays like that.” 3.57pm GMT After making so many positive strides in recent weeks, this afternoon Everton were absolutely atrocious from start to finish. In Collapse
Everton's Carlo Ancelotti says he holds no grudge against Chelsea over sacking
06/03/2020 - Ancelotti reflects on ‘two fantastic years’ before Bridge returnDominic Calvert-Lewin joins Expand
06/03/2020 - Ancelotti reflects on ‘two fantastic years’ before Bridge returnDominic Calvert-Lewin joins Holgate with new five-year dealCarlo Ancelotti has said he holds no grudges against Roman Abramovich or Chelsea as the Everton manager prepares to face his former club for the first time since his ruthless dismissal in 2011. Related: Carlo Ancelotti orders Everton backroom staff to improve their English Continue reading... Collapse
The best team won': Liverpool players and Klopp speak after Chelsea loss – video
04/03/2020 - A 2-0 defeat away at Chelsea saw Liverpool slip to their third defeat in four games. Jürgen Expand
04/03/2020 - A 2-0 defeat away at Chelsea saw Liverpool slip to their third defeat in four games. Jürgen Klopp’s side are still over 20 points clear in the Premier League table but are now out of the FA Cup and 1-0 down to Atlético Madrid in the Champions LeagueRoss Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight Continue reading... Collapse
Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool: FA Cup fifth round – as it happened
03/03/2020 - Scottish teenager Billy Gilmour ran Chelsea’s midfield, while Willian and Ross Barkley scored the Expand
03/03/2020 - Scottish teenager Billy Gilmour ran Chelsea’s midfield, while Willian and Ross Barkley scored the goals Read David Hytner’s match report from Stamford Bridge 10.08pm GMT Billy Gilmour put in a man of the match-winning performance as Chelsea consigned Liverpool to their third defeat in four games across three different competitions. David Hytner was there ... Related: Ross Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight 10.00pm GMT Elsewhere in the FA Cup: Reading and Sheffield United are playing extra time after it finished all square at the Madejski Stadium after 90 minutes. At the Hawthorns, Newcastle survived a later scare to beat West Brom by the odd goal of five. 9.54pm GMT Ross Barkley speaks: In an interview with the BBC, Chelsea’s midfielder sings the praises of his young team-mate Billy Gilmour, who looks about 11 years old but has the kind of name any proper old school footballer from the 1950s would be proud of. “Billy was brilliant,” he says. Collapse
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Luiz Felipe Scolari: 'Everything I did as a manager, I learned as a teacher
30/03/2020 - Big Phil chats about his tussles with England, winning the World Cup with Brazil, Ronaldinho’s Expand
30/03/2020 - Big Phil chats about his tussles with England, winning the World Cup with Brazil, Ronaldinho’s cross, the 7-1, why it did not work for him at Chelsea and why he loves English fansBy Joshua Law for Yellow & Green FootballAsk any of the footballers who have ever been managed by Luiz Felipe Scolari and they will all say the same thing: Felipão is not to be messed with. But, on a sunny morning in São Paulo, behind his aviator sunglasses and neatly trimmed moustache, he looks relaxed and content. Well he might. We are talking before the coronavirus pandemic shook the world and Scolari has been kicking back at home. “I’ve been on the beach for two months, every day,” he says. “It’s the first time I’ve been able to do that in 50 years.”Scolari has been out of work since being sacked by Palmeiras in September and has been spending time in his native Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, to plan his next steps and mull over the last half century. There is rather a lot to reflect Collapse
The footballers who have already agreed to switch clubs this summer
25/03/2020 - Chelsea, Barcelona, Ajax, Benfica and Bayern Munich are all expecting to welcome new players Expand
25/03/2020 - Chelsea, Barcelona, Ajax, Benfica and Bayern Munich are all expecting to welcome new players onboard this summerBy Martin Laurence for WhoScoredWith football quite rightly postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic, there is so much up in the air. Leagues will need to be restructured drastically when the 2019-20 season resumes. There is also the issue of expiring contracts, with clubs potentially offering short-term extensions to players who would otherwise leave before the season concludes. Some players have already signed pre-contract deals with other clubs and are due to make their moves in June.Whatever happens, with so much uncertainty over the summer transfer window, those teams who had secured new signatures in preparation for the next campaign will be pleased to have done so. Here are five notable signings and the roles they will play for their new clubs when football eventually returns. Related: Chelsea agree €40m deal to sign Hakim Ziyech from Ajax in summer Continue Collapse
English football should prepare for a new financial reality after coronavirus
20/03/2020 - The pandemic will have a huge financial impact on footballers, with many already fearful of losing Expand
20/03/2020 - The pandemic will have a huge financial impact on footballers, with many already fearful of losing their livelihoodsBy Gavin Willacy for Playing in the ShadowsThe decision of Barnet chairman Tony Kleanthous to lay off all non-playing staff at the club may look drastic, but he is unlikely to be the last owner to voluntarily lower his club’s status. English football is going to have to press the reset button in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The same concerns are everywhere.Even where TV money is the major income, revenue is going to collapse. Almost every club in the country pays players more than it should, in most cases, more than the club can really afford. Players will have to take a reality check and reduced pay cheques. The £5,000-a-week League One star has to accept his next contract could be half that, unless he can secure a move to the Championship. Instead of being offered £40,000 a year, players in League Two may have to take the national layman’s £25,000. The Collapse
Chelsea in lockdown after Callum Hudson-Odoi tests positive for Covid-19
13/03/2020 - Entire squad in self-isolation as club closes buildingsWinger ‘doing well’ and looking forward to Expand
13/03/2020 - Entire squad in self-isolation as club closes buildingsWinger ‘doing well’ and looking forward to returningChelsea’s full squad have gone into self-isolation after winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive to the coronavirus, the club said in a statement. Hudson-Odoi displayed cold symptoms on Monday morning and has stayed away from the club since then. His test result was returned on Thursday night. Related: Premier League prepares for suspension after Arteta tests positive for Covid-19 Continue reading... Collapse
Lampard praises midfielder Billy Gilmour after 4-0 win against Everton – video
08/03/2020 - The Chelsea manager Frank Lampard praised Billy Gilmour after the team’s 4-0 showcase against Expand
08/03/2020 - The Chelsea manager Frank Lampard praised Billy Gilmour after the team’s 4-0 showcase against Everton, saying the midfielder had the ‘balls’ needed to perform in difficult areas of the pitch. Meanwhile, Everton’s manager Carlo Ancelotti said that ‘today it was wrong from the beginning’ as the team had their worst performance since appointing him in DecemberOlivier Giroud continues fine form to cap Chelsea’s 4-0 cruise past EvertonCarlo Ancelotti agrees deal with Everton to take over as managerChelsea’s little big man Billy Gilmour relishing his learning curve Continue reading... Collapse
Olivier Giroud continues fine form to cap Chelsea's 4-0 cruise past Everton
08/03/2020 - Chelsea took a grip on fourth place thanks to their biggest home win of the season, crushing Expand
08/03/2020 - Chelsea took a grip on fourth place thanks to their biggest home win of the season, crushing Everton with a brilliant attacking display. Goals from Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud, Pedro Rodríguez and Willian were enough for them to move five points clear of fifth-placed Wolves and ensure that Carlo Ancelotti endured an unhappy return to Stamford Bridge.This was comfortably Everton’s worst display since his appointment in December. They defended woefully and barely created anything on a ground where they have not won in 25 visits. Their hopes of a late push for European football are all but over. Related: Chelsea v Everton: Premier League – live! Continue reading... Collapse
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
06/03/2020 - A chance for Bournemouth at Anfield, Burnley and Spurs battle for European slots and Fernandes can Expand
06/03/2020 - A chance for Bournemouth at Anfield, Burnley and Spurs battle for European slots and Fernandes can seize big derby stageGiven their 22-point lead at the top of the table, no one at Liverpool is likely to be concerned by three recent defeats in four games across three different competitions. Of course, while a win against Bournemouth would help steady the ship and halt the onset of anything approaching mild jitters, Eddie Howe’s men will head to Anfield to face hosts recently derobed of what had previously resembled a cloak of invincibility. With Fabinho in poor form and Jordan Henderson still sidelined with injury, Liverpool look uncharacteristically vulnerable in midfield and are crying out for on-field leadership. While it ought to come in the form of James Milner, who returned from injury during their midweek FA Cup defeat at the hands of Chelsea, Bournemouth will still fancy their chances. There is never a good time for a relegation-threatened team to venture into the belly of Collapse
Jürgen Klopp concerned by Liverpool losing their defensive solidity
04/03/2020 - Chelsea knocked Liverpool out of FA Cup with 2-0 win‘In the last four games, we conceded Expand
04/03/2020 - Chelsea knocked Liverpool out of FA Cup with 2-0 win‘In the last four games, we conceded absolutely too many goals’Jürgen Klopp lamented the defensive lapses that he felt condemned Liverpool to a 2-0 FA Cup exit at Chelsea but he maintained his team could regain their momentum as they look ahead to next Wednesday’s Champions League showdown against Atlético Madrid. Related: Ross Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight Related: Liverpool enter wobble territory as Chelsea peek behind full-backs Continue reading... Collapse
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