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West Brom is really a surprise team it seems. Really great story!
From Russia With Love: A Chelsea FC Story
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March 2012 Part 1
"Come and get us": Lavezzi Taunts Title Challengers
Summer signing, Ezequiel Lavezzi, has laid down the gauntlet to Manchester United and Manchester City ahead of two Premier League games against Liverpool and Arsenal, who have struggled so far. Chelsea find themselves top of the table, but only by a point. Lavezzi spoke in an interview with the Sun about Chelsea's season so far. "We have one trophy already and I am very happy with that, but we must go for more and on the top of our list is the Premiership. We are top of the table and the only way we will not be top if Man United and Man City can catch us." Lavezzi signed for Chelsea in the summer from Napoli and has been a key part to the side this season and has scored 8 goals in 36 starts in all competitions, as well as 20 assists.
Chelsea will play Liverpool in todays early kick off, whilst later in the day Manchester United play away at Stoke and Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur in a superb schedule to kick off the month. Liverpool lost 5-0 at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season and have lost their last two matches. Chelsea will be hoping to be 4 points clear of 2nd place come 3 o'clock.
Barclays Premier League
Anfield
Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea
(Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Torres)
Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Lavezzi stole the show on Merseyside as his quality performance ensure 3 points to his club. After his strong words were put on the back pages of most newspapers over the week, the winger showed that he isn't all talk and when the time is right he can step up and become a match winner. A goalless first half left fans wondering whether a goal was going to come. However after Ryan Bertrand and Fernando Torres came off the bench, Chelsea looked like a changed team as instantly the two substitutes combined to put Lavezzi through on goal to put Chelsea 1-0 up. In the 1st minute of injury time Fernando Torres sealed the victory with a goal back at Anfield, he refused to celebrate after the goal despite being booed as he came on the pitch. Liverpool left it very late to get a consolation goal through Luiz Suarez, but it wasn't enough and Chelsea marched on.
In the other games, Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at Stoke, whilst Man City drew 0-0 with Spurs.
European Champions League First Knock Out Round
2nd Leg
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 5-1 AC Milan AET (5-4 Agg)
(Fernando Torres x3, Didier Drogba x2)
Fernando Torres
Massimo Ambrosini
Chelsea pulled off the impossible in what will go down as the best performance a team has ever made. Chelsea had two goals disallowed in what seemed a mammoth task to come from 3-0 behind to beat AC Milan. Milan looked to be going through on away goals in extra time, but Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres' goals secured Chelsea a win that will be one that'll be remembered by everyone in football. Pavel Glazkov ran onto the pitch after his sides heroics at the final whistle to celebrate with them as though they had won the trophy.
Chelsea trailed 3-0 from the first leg and knew exactly what was expected of them in front of their own fans. It took Fernando Torres 3 minutes to score his first. He scored his second after 37 minutes after a superb pass from Sime Vrsaljko. Pavel Glazkov's side were 1 goal away from equalling Milan at half time and must have gave a team-talk of a life time as his side came raring out of the tunnel and 7 minutes later Didier Drogba scored after some brilliant wing-play from Ezequiel Lavezzi.
Frank Lampard was replaced by Ibrahim Affelay as he struggled for fitness and Chelsea thought they had won it through Fernando Torres, but his goal was judged to be offside. Replays show the officials had been wrong on that occasion. Petr Cech made several brilliant saves to keep Chelsea within a shout of winning the game in extra time, and he did exactly that as the teams finished 90 minutes at 3-3 on aggregate.
Minutes after extra time started Fernando Torres thought he scored his hat trick but to again be pulled back by the referee as it didn't seem to be Chelsea's night after all. Moments later it looked like the end as Pablo Aimar sent the AC Milan fans into raptures 10 minutes into extra time. Chelsea never looked down and threw the kitchen sink at Milan. Ibrahim Affelay was the mastermind behind Didier Drogba's goal which levelled the scores at 4-4. but with AC Milan still going through on away goals.
Pavel Glazkov gathered his troops at the half way mark in extra time and looked the calmest man in the stadium as he issued instructions on what was to happen next. Romelu Lukaku replaced Ryan Bertrand and David Luiz replaced Sime Vrsaljko.
Chelsea had 15 minutes to score a goal. Massimo Ambrosini was shown a second yellow to give Chelsea a glimmer of hope as Chelsea kept bombarding the Milan area with long balls. John Terry picked the ball up on the half way line. He played it out wide to Juan Mata who took on two Milan players. He rolled the ball back to Ibrahim Affelay who found Fernando Torres in space and Torres scored the goal of his career to get his hat-trick. A beautiful half volley into the net. The rippling net was the most beautiful site any Chelsea fan could behold as Torres ran towards the supporters. Chelsea sat back and defended until the final whistle blew.
Chelsea made it through to the quarter finals in a heroic performance.
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I am sorry about the short update guys, I thought that those two performances were worth their own update. I actually celebrated at the computer that win against Milan, it's one of the proudest moments in the game so far. I may do the rest of March later. Thanks a lot for your support and time in reading my story
"Come and get us": Lavezzi Taunts Title Challengers
Summer signing, Ezequiel Lavezzi, has laid down the gauntlet to Manchester United and Manchester City ahead of two Premier League games against Liverpool and Arsenal, who have struggled so far. Chelsea find themselves top of the table, but only by a point. Lavezzi spoke in an interview with the Sun about Chelsea's season so far. "We have one trophy already and I am very happy with that, but we must go for more and on the top of our list is the Premiership. We are top of the table and the only way we will not be top if Man United and Man City can catch us." Lavezzi signed for Chelsea in the summer from Napoli and has been a key part to the side this season and has scored 8 goals in 36 starts in all competitions, as well as 20 assists.
Chelsea will play Liverpool in todays early kick off, whilst later in the day Manchester United play away at Stoke and Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur in a superb schedule to kick off the month. Liverpool lost 5-0 at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season and have lost their last two matches. Chelsea will be hoping to be 4 points clear of 2nd place come 3 o'clock.
Barclays Premier League
Anfield
Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea
(Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Torres)
Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Lavezzi stole the show on Merseyside as his quality performance ensure 3 points to his club. After his strong words were put on the back pages of most newspapers over the week, the winger showed that he isn't all talk and when the time is right he can step up and become a match winner. A goalless first half left fans wondering whether a goal was going to come. However after Ryan Bertrand and Fernando Torres came off the bench, Chelsea looked like a changed team as instantly the two substitutes combined to put Lavezzi through on goal to put Chelsea 1-0 up. In the 1st minute of injury time Fernando Torres sealed the victory with a goal back at Anfield, he refused to celebrate after the goal despite being booed as he came on the pitch. Liverpool left it very late to get a consolation goal through Luiz Suarez, but it wasn't enough and Chelsea marched on.
In the other games, Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at Stoke, whilst Man City drew 0-0 with Spurs.
European Champions League First Knock Out Round
2nd Leg
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 5-1 AC Milan AET (5-4 Agg)
(Fernando Torres x3, Didier Drogba x2)
Fernando Torres
Massimo Ambrosini
Chelsea pulled off the impossible in what will go down as the best performance a team has ever made. Chelsea had two goals disallowed in what seemed a mammoth task to come from 3-0 behind to beat AC Milan. Milan looked to be going through on away goals in extra time, but Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres' goals secured Chelsea a win that will be one that'll be remembered by everyone in football. Pavel Glazkov ran onto the pitch after his sides heroics at the final whistle to celebrate with them as though they had won the trophy.
Chelsea trailed 3-0 from the first leg and knew exactly what was expected of them in front of their own fans. It took Fernando Torres 3 minutes to score his first. He scored his second after 37 minutes after a superb pass from Sime Vrsaljko. Pavel Glazkov's side were 1 goal away from equalling Milan at half time and must have gave a team-talk of a life time as his side came raring out of the tunnel and 7 minutes later Didier Drogba scored after some brilliant wing-play from Ezequiel Lavezzi.
Frank Lampard was replaced by Ibrahim Affelay as he struggled for fitness and Chelsea thought they had won it through Fernando Torres, but his goal was judged to be offside. Replays show the officials had been wrong on that occasion. Petr Cech made several brilliant saves to keep Chelsea within a shout of winning the game in extra time, and he did exactly that as the teams finished 90 minutes at 3-3 on aggregate.
Minutes after extra time started Fernando Torres thought he scored his hat trick but to again be pulled back by the referee as it didn't seem to be Chelsea's night after all. Moments later it looked like the end as Pablo Aimar sent the AC Milan fans into raptures 10 minutes into extra time. Chelsea never looked down and threw the kitchen sink at Milan. Ibrahim Affelay was the mastermind behind Didier Drogba's goal which levelled the scores at 4-4. but with AC Milan still going through on away goals.
Pavel Glazkov gathered his troops at the half way mark in extra time and looked the calmest man in the stadium as he issued instructions on what was to happen next. Romelu Lukaku replaced Ryan Bertrand and David Luiz replaced Sime Vrsaljko.
Chelsea had 15 minutes to score a goal. Massimo Ambrosini was shown a second yellow to give Chelsea a glimmer of hope as Chelsea kept bombarding the Milan area with long balls. John Terry picked the ball up on the half way line. He played it out wide to Juan Mata who took on two Milan players. He rolled the ball back to Ibrahim Affelay who found Fernando Torres in space and Torres scored the goal of his career to get his hat-trick. A beautiful half volley into the net. The rippling net was the most beautiful site any Chelsea fan could behold as Torres ran towards the supporters. Chelsea sat back and defended until the final whistle blew.
Chelsea made it through to the quarter finals in a heroic performance.
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I am sorry about the short update guys, I thought that those two performances were worth their own update. I actually celebrated at the computer that win against Milan, it's one of the proudest moments in the game so far. I may do the rest of March later. Thanks a lot for your support and time in reading my story
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great to see someone else doing a chelsea story check mine out comments would be appreciated http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/football-manager-2012-stories/95652-di-matteo-chelsea-not.html
March 2012 Part 2
Pavel Glazkov: "Bring it on!"
Chelsea's Russian manager, Pavel Glazkov, held a press conference at Stamford Bridge following their heroic win in Europe before a Premier League clash against Arsenal. "We face Arsenal on Saturday and our players are very tired from mid-week. But let that not misguide you. We are very much looking forward to settling some scores against Arsenal as we should have won last time, but I won't talk about that again." When asked about the clash against Arsenal and the clubs title challenge Glazkov said, "Bring it on! We are in great form and the players are on a high. Every player is playing well at the moment I really don't know who to play."
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 3-0 Arsenal
(Didier Drogba x3)
Didier Drogba
Arsenal suffered a massive defeat at the hands of Chelsea and the combination of Juan Mata and Didier Drogba. Drogba connected with Juan Mata's cross to put the Blues 1-0 up after 15 minutes. After 23 minutes Torres was pulled down by Vermalen. Frank Lampard's spot kick was saved by Szczesny and Torres came close with the follow up. Arsenal were useless going forward and Chelsea held on to their lead at half time. 8 minutes after the break Mata's pass found Drogba who got his second of the game. Finally, Drogba got his hat-trick doing what Frank Lampard failed to do previously. Juan Mata was tripped by Andre Santos in the box and Drogba converted the spot kick. That was his 20th league goal in 22 games, equalling Rooney's 20 to make him top of the goal scoring charts the day before his 34th birthday.
FA Cup Quarter Final
Craven Cottage
Fulham 0-4 Chelsea
(Didier Drogba, Romelu Lukaku x2, Mbaye Niang)
Romelu Lukaku
John Arne Risse, Danny Murphy
Chelsea's demolition against 9-man Fulham, was soured by an injury that could see the end of Didier Drogba's season. The Ivorian striker got his team 1 up after 7 minutes against an in-form Fulham, who now sit 5th in the table. John Arne Risse was controversially sent off for a two-footed tackle on Raul Meireles, who was accused of diving. The first half ended at 1-0, but 3 minutes later Didier Drogba seemed in a lot of pain and was stretchered off, to a round of applause from every person in the stadium. It was later confirmed Didier had suffered a torn hamstring. Romelu Lukaku came on for Drogba and settled in straight away, with two goals before Danny Murphy was shown a straight red card for a two-footed tackle on Lucas Digne and tempers flared as Chelsea players were obviously upset with the horrific challenges in the game. It was Chelsea who had the last laugh as 17 year old, Mbaye Niang, scored his 5th goal in the FA Cup this season to complete the rout and send Chelsea into the FA Cup semi final at Wembley.
FA Cup Semi Final Draw
Newcastle knocked out Man Utd in the quarter finals and will be favourites to get into the final. Chelsea will play either Leicester City or Bolton Wanderers to get to the final. A possible all-Championship final is still on the cards.
Breaking Injury News
Ashley Cole has broken his foot in training yesterday. He will join Didier Drogba on the casualty list and will miss the remainder of the season and possibly Euro 2012. Youngsters; Ryan Bertrand and Lucas Digne, will have to step up into the left back role for the remainder of the season. On a better note, Sven Bender has resumed normal training following his groin strain, he remains doubtful for the clash against Stoke City.
Barclays Premier League
Brittania Stadium
Stoke City 1-0 Chelsea
Matthew Etherington
Chelsea's winning run in the Premier League came to an abrupt end at the Brittania Stadium. Peter Crouch's first half header was all that was need to see off Chelsea, as well as a string of good saves from Asmir Begovic as Pavel Glazkov was left wandering how his side didn't score. The defeat was worsened by the news of Sime Vrsaljko limping off, it was later stated that he will miss 5 weeks with a strained knee ligament. Sime will be the third first-team casualty of the week as Chelsea's squad gets smaller. Branislav Ivanovic is still not fit to play after his broken wrist. The loss ends Chelsea's 10-game winning streak in the League.
Champions League Quarter/Semi Final Draw
Perhaps, the greatest teams in the planet will all feature in the Champions League Quarter finals. Chelsea take on a mammoth take of defeated Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid. One of which will play the winner of the Manchester derby. Bayern Munich and Arsenal will play it out to decide who will play either Inter Milan or favourites, Barcelona. What a draw!
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 3-1 Aston Villa
(Frank Lampard x2, Fernando Torres)
Frank Lampard
Pavel Glazkov rallied his depleted squad to get back to winning ways in a repeat of the Carling Cup final. 7 minutes in Stephen Warnock handled the ball and Lampard converted the penalty. Moments later Lampard played in Torres to double Chelsea's lead. In the second half Lucas Digne's cross was smashed in by Lampard for his 8th league goal of the season. There was more frustration for Chelsea as Romelu Lukaku limped off after pulling his hamstring and will see him out for 3 weeks. He is the fourth major loss of the month for Chelsea and could be a severe dent in their title aspirations.
European Champions League Quarter Final
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid
(Juan Mata x2)
Juan Mata
Pepe
What a win for Chelsea. A squad plagued by injury overcame Real Madrid's strongest team and Glazkov will be delighted with his victory over Chelsea's former manager, Jose Mourinho. Juan Mata will grab the headlines with two first half goals and, to be honest, he should have had a hat trick. David Luiz's headed pass was prodded in by Juan Mata only 14 minutes in. After 26 minutes Daniel Sturridge's lay off was enough for Mata to grab his second. Cristiano Ronaldo thought he scored moments before half time but it was ruled out for offside. Pepe was shown a straight red for a late challenge on Daniel Sturridge. Sturridge was taken off injured from the challenge and will be out for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle. A great win for Chelsea and Champions League glory looks a real possibility this season.
In Other News
Bolton Wanderers beat Leicester 5-0 to play Chelsea in the FA Cup semi final. Leeds beat Birmingham to play Newcastle in the other semi-final. The question on everyone's lips right now seems to be; "Will Chelsea win a quadruple this season?!"
Barclays Premier League
Carrow Road
Norwich 3-6 Chelsea
(Frank Lampard x4, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Ibrahim Affelay)
Frank Lampard
It rained goals at Carrow Road in an amazing game in the Barclays Premier League. 4 goals from Frank Lampard was the key to Chelsea's success to go three points ahead at the top of the table due to Man United losing to Man City. Mbaye Niang was hauled down in the area after 14mins and Lampard converted the penalty. Ezequiel Lavezzi made it two shortly before half time. Lampard put Chelsea 3-0 up after 49 minutes. Norwich pulled one back through Steve Morison, but Lampard scored again to seal his hat trick.
In the last 10 minutes of the game it was goals-galore in a mad ten minutes. Grant Holt made it 4-2, but Lampard's fourth put Chelsea 3 goals ahead again. Steve Morison scored his second to make it 5-3, but it still wasn't over as Ibrahim Affelay scored his first league goal for Chelsea in injury time.
Chelsea Player of the Month
There is no player of the month. I feel the whole team were brilliant and amazing results against; Liverpool, Arsenal and Norwich in the league followed by two heroic efforts against AC Milan and Real Madrid in the Champions League. It would be unfair to single out someone as the whole team has been brilliant.
Barclays Premier League Table
Chelsea still sit 3 points ahead of United with a superior goal difference. Fulham have stormed up the table and Wolves have pulled away from the bottom three, as Wigan drop into it. QPR won all their games in March and are now only 6 points off safety. QPR manager, Mike Phelan, won manager of the month for his efforts.
Pavel Glazkov: "Bring it on!"
Chelsea's Russian manager, Pavel Glazkov, held a press conference at Stamford Bridge following their heroic win in Europe before a Premier League clash against Arsenal. "We face Arsenal on Saturday and our players are very tired from mid-week. But let that not misguide you. We are very much looking forward to settling some scores against Arsenal as we should have won last time, but I won't talk about that again." When asked about the clash against Arsenal and the clubs title challenge Glazkov said, "Bring it on! We are in great form and the players are on a high. Every player is playing well at the moment I really don't know who to play."
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 3-0 Arsenal
(Didier Drogba x3)
Didier Drogba
Arsenal suffered a massive defeat at the hands of Chelsea and the combination of Juan Mata and Didier Drogba. Drogba connected with Juan Mata's cross to put the Blues 1-0 up after 15 minutes. After 23 minutes Torres was pulled down by Vermalen. Frank Lampard's spot kick was saved by Szczesny and Torres came close with the follow up. Arsenal were useless going forward and Chelsea held on to their lead at half time. 8 minutes after the break Mata's pass found Drogba who got his second of the game. Finally, Drogba got his hat-trick doing what Frank Lampard failed to do previously. Juan Mata was tripped by Andre Santos in the box and Drogba converted the spot kick. That was his 20th league goal in 22 games, equalling Rooney's 20 to make him top of the goal scoring charts the day before his 34th birthday.
FA Cup Quarter Final
Craven Cottage
Fulham 0-4 Chelsea
(Didier Drogba, Romelu Lukaku x2, Mbaye Niang)
Romelu Lukaku
John Arne Risse, Danny Murphy
Chelsea's demolition against 9-man Fulham, was soured by an injury that could see the end of Didier Drogba's season. The Ivorian striker got his team 1 up after 7 minutes against an in-form Fulham, who now sit 5th in the table. John Arne Risse was controversially sent off for a two-footed tackle on Raul Meireles, who was accused of diving. The first half ended at 1-0, but 3 minutes later Didier Drogba seemed in a lot of pain and was stretchered off, to a round of applause from every person in the stadium. It was later confirmed Didier had suffered a torn hamstring. Romelu Lukaku came on for Drogba and settled in straight away, with two goals before Danny Murphy was shown a straight red card for a two-footed tackle on Lucas Digne and tempers flared as Chelsea players were obviously upset with the horrific challenges in the game. It was Chelsea who had the last laugh as 17 year old, Mbaye Niang, scored his 5th goal in the FA Cup this season to complete the rout and send Chelsea into the FA Cup semi final at Wembley.
FA Cup Semi Final Draw
Newcastle knocked out Man Utd in the quarter finals and will be favourites to get into the final. Chelsea will play either Leicester City or Bolton Wanderers to get to the final. A possible all-Championship final is still on the cards.
Breaking Injury News
Ashley Cole has broken his foot in training yesterday. He will join Didier Drogba on the casualty list and will miss the remainder of the season and possibly Euro 2012. Youngsters; Ryan Bertrand and Lucas Digne, will have to step up into the left back role for the remainder of the season. On a better note, Sven Bender has resumed normal training following his groin strain, he remains doubtful for the clash against Stoke City.
Barclays Premier League
Brittania Stadium
Stoke City 1-0 Chelsea
Matthew Etherington
Chelsea's winning run in the Premier League came to an abrupt end at the Brittania Stadium. Peter Crouch's first half header was all that was need to see off Chelsea, as well as a string of good saves from Asmir Begovic as Pavel Glazkov was left wandering how his side didn't score. The defeat was worsened by the news of Sime Vrsaljko limping off, it was later stated that he will miss 5 weeks with a strained knee ligament. Sime will be the third first-team casualty of the week as Chelsea's squad gets smaller. Branislav Ivanovic is still not fit to play after his broken wrist. The loss ends Chelsea's 10-game winning streak in the League.
Champions League Quarter/Semi Final Draw
Perhaps, the greatest teams in the planet will all feature in the Champions League Quarter finals. Chelsea take on a mammoth take of defeated Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid. One of which will play the winner of the Manchester derby. Bayern Munich and Arsenal will play it out to decide who will play either Inter Milan or favourites, Barcelona. What a draw!
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 3-1 Aston Villa
(Frank Lampard x2, Fernando Torres)
Frank Lampard
Pavel Glazkov rallied his depleted squad to get back to winning ways in a repeat of the Carling Cup final. 7 minutes in Stephen Warnock handled the ball and Lampard converted the penalty. Moments later Lampard played in Torres to double Chelsea's lead. In the second half Lucas Digne's cross was smashed in by Lampard for his 8th league goal of the season. There was more frustration for Chelsea as Romelu Lukaku limped off after pulling his hamstring and will see him out for 3 weeks. He is the fourth major loss of the month for Chelsea and could be a severe dent in their title aspirations.
European Champions League Quarter Final
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid
(Juan Mata x2)
Juan Mata
Pepe
What a win for Chelsea. A squad plagued by injury overcame Real Madrid's strongest team and Glazkov will be delighted with his victory over Chelsea's former manager, Jose Mourinho. Juan Mata will grab the headlines with two first half goals and, to be honest, he should have had a hat trick. David Luiz's headed pass was prodded in by Juan Mata only 14 minutes in. After 26 minutes Daniel Sturridge's lay off was enough for Mata to grab his second. Cristiano Ronaldo thought he scored moments before half time but it was ruled out for offside. Pepe was shown a straight red for a late challenge on Daniel Sturridge. Sturridge was taken off injured from the challenge and will be out for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle. A great win for Chelsea and Champions League glory looks a real possibility this season.
In Other News
Bolton Wanderers beat Leicester 5-0 to play Chelsea in the FA Cup semi final. Leeds beat Birmingham to play Newcastle in the other semi-final. The question on everyone's lips right now seems to be; "Will Chelsea win a quadruple this season?!"
Barclays Premier League
Carrow Road
Norwich 3-6 Chelsea
(Frank Lampard x4, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Ibrahim Affelay)
Frank Lampard
It rained goals at Carrow Road in an amazing game in the Barclays Premier League. 4 goals from Frank Lampard was the key to Chelsea's success to go three points ahead at the top of the table due to Man United losing to Man City. Mbaye Niang was hauled down in the area after 14mins and Lampard converted the penalty. Ezequiel Lavezzi made it two shortly before half time. Lampard put Chelsea 3-0 up after 49 minutes. Norwich pulled one back through Steve Morison, but Lampard scored again to seal his hat trick.
In the last 10 minutes of the game it was goals-galore in a mad ten minutes. Grant Holt made it 4-2, but Lampard's fourth put Chelsea 3 goals ahead again. Steve Morison scored his second to make it 5-3, but it still wasn't over as Ibrahim Affelay scored his first league goal for Chelsea in injury time.
Chelsea Player of the Month
There is no player of the month. I feel the whole team were brilliant and amazing results against; Liverpool, Arsenal and Norwich in the league followed by two heroic efforts against AC Milan and Real Madrid in the Champions League. It would be unfair to single out someone as the whole team has been brilliant.
Barclays Premier League Table
Chelsea still sit 3 points ahead of United with a superior goal difference. Fulham have stormed up the table and Wolves have pulled away from the bottom three, as Wigan drop into it. QPR won all their games in March and are now only 6 points off safety. QPR manager, Mike Phelan, won manager of the month for his efforts.
April 2012
European Champions League Quarter Final 2nd Leg
Santiago Bernabeu
Real Madrid 5-0 Chelsea (5-2 Agg)
Kaka
Injuries and suspensions finally caught up on a depleted Chelsea team as they were thrashed by Real Madrid. Chelsea put up a good fight up until half time and were only 1-0 down through Kaka and were looking for the away goal that would have won the tie. However, a very tired Chelsea team conceded 4 goals in the second half, despite the Blues playing quite well. Kaka completed his hat-trick and goals from Marcelo and Gonzalo Higuian were enough to finish off Chelsea's Champions League aspirations for the season.
Pavel Glazkov Slams FA
In a post-match news conference at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager, Pavel Glazkov, slated the FA's decision to make Chelsea play two league games with only one day of rest between two games against West Brom and Manchester City. "It is ridiculous. We just played Real Madrid on Wednesday so why not play West Brom on Sunday? And then to play Man City on Monday when we don't have any matches in the week. I am very angry and we have made an official complaint to the FA. They will be the ones who pay for this when John Terry and Lampard miss the Euros through injury because of this. Ashley Cole is already out for it. They're shooting themselves in the foot, we all saw what happened to Muamba and I am so angry that the FA think that these players can do this."
Glazkov's fury was obvious in his face and other managers in the Premier League seemed to back his decision. Sir Alex Ferguson stated; "He is right. These are human beings not robots." Man City manager, Roberto Mancini faces the same problem and has stood up for the Russian manager. "The FA need to look at this it is not good. In Italy this never happens and Italy win major competitions."
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
(Fernando Torres, Ibrahim Affelay)
Fernando Torres
Chelsea saw off West Brom by two goals in a hard-fought encounter. There was another injury to a striker for Chelsea as Mbaye Niang was caught by Yousuff Mulumbu and suffered broken ribs. This leaves Pavel Glazkov wondering who will partner Torres up front against Man City. After 10 minutes, Juan Mata played Torres through on goal and he confidently slotted the ball past Ben Foster. The game was very tiring on Chelsea legs and this could be seen through Mata and David Luiz being taken off at half time. In the 3rd minute of injury time Ibrahim Affelay got his 2nd league goal for the club after Torres' pass.
Barclays Premier League
Etihad Stadium
Manchester City 4-1 Chelsea
(Fernando Torres)
Samir Nasri
Another big defeat for Chelsea left the world of football wondering whether they have enough about them to win the title. Manchester United are on the same amount of points as Chelsea with 5 games to go, with City being 3 off the pace. Lucas Piazon made his first Chelsea start, as Pavel Glazkovs desperation left him with nowhere else to go. Man City took the a 3-0 lead into half time. Fernando Torres got a goal just after the break, but his team mates failed to rally and conceded once more. This is Chelsea's 2nd heavy loss in 3 games and it is starting to look very difficult for them to win anything, with an FA Cup Semi Final on the horizon.
FA Cup Semi Final
Wembley
Bolton 0-4 Chelsea
(Romelu Lukaku x2, Fernando Torres x2)
Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku came back from injury to send Chelsea into the 2012 FA Cup final against Leeds United. Juan Mata's two crosses were both met by Lukaku to put Chelsea 2-0 up. Fernando Torres got a brace to put Chelsea into their 4th final in 6 years. Romelu Lukaku's showed the fans what they were missing with his fantastic performance. The 18-year old showed the entire football world his capability.
Chelsea will play Leeds United in this seasons FA Cup final at Wembley. The Championship side overcame Newcastle to win 2-0 the day before. This will be there 5th FA Cup final, they have only won it once.
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 5-1 Blackburn
(Fernando Torres x3, Romelu Lukaku, Juan Mata)
Fernando Torres
A big win for Chelsea against bottom-side, Blackburn, saw another two injuries to Chelsea players. Lucas Digne and Ezequiel Lavezzi both suffered groin strains and will be out for up to 3 weeks. Torres scored the first after 4 minutes and Lukaku doubled the lead after 12. Torres and Mata then made sure Chelsea were 4-0 up at half time, shortly after Ezequiel Lavezzi was forced off after over-reaching for the ball. Yakubu scored for Blackburn, but Torres finished off his hat-trick and got his 7th goal of the month so far as Chelsea got back to winning ways.
Barclays Premier League
Loftus Park
QPR 0-3 Chelsea
(Romelu Lukaku, Fernando Torres, Daniel Sturridge)
Juan Mata
Chelsea demolished QPR in this London derby to promote their title chances and also pushed QPR into further relegation trouble. Romelu Lukaku started the goals with a powerful header from Juan Mata's cross. Mata then played in Torres to score his 20th league goal of the season. Daniel Sturridge made his first appearance after injury by replacing Lukaku and scored a good header in injury time. Juan Mata picked up his 26th league assist of the season in the game and his 5th man of the match.
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 9-0 Newcastle
(Fernando Torres, Romelu Lukaku x3, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Daniel Sturridge x3)
Romelu Lukaku
Well, what a way to finish off the month and to strike fear into the hearts of all who are associated with Manchester United and Manchester City. Pavel Glazkov lead his team to equal the largest win in the Premier League and put them 5 points clear of Manchester United, as both Manchester sides dropped points against London opposition. Torres got Chelsea off to a flyer after only 2 minutes. Lukaku got the second after 9 minutes. Olexy Gai handled the ball in the area and Lampard converted the penalty. Lukaku got his second before the half time whistle with a screamer. Coloccini gave away a penalty in the second half and Lukaku converted for his hat trick. Demba Ba had a goal disallowed for a foul on John Terry. Michael Essien got his first goal of the season and that was followed by an 11 minute hat-trick by Daniel Sturridge, a Premier League record.
Chelsea Player of the Month
Fernando Torres
The Spaniard hit 9 goals during April to become Chelsea's top scorer of the season.
Barclays Premier League
As you can see Manchester United have a game in hand, but Chelsea still hold the 5 point lead with 2 games left against Everton and Tottenham. The top four have confirmed their Champions League status next season. Blackburn Rovers have been relegated and QPR look set to join them in the Championship next season.
The Title Race Fixtures
Chelsea - Everton Away, Tottenham Home
Manchester United - Newcastle Home, Swansea Away, Fulham Home
Manchester City's inferior goal difference rules them out of contention for their first Premier League title.
European Champions League Quarter Final 2nd Leg
Santiago Bernabeu
Real Madrid 5-0 Chelsea (5-2 Agg)
Kaka
Injuries and suspensions finally caught up on a depleted Chelsea team as they were thrashed by Real Madrid. Chelsea put up a good fight up until half time and were only 1-0 down through Kaka and were looking for the away goal that would have won the tie. However, a very tired Chelsea team conceded 4 goals in the second half, despite the Blues playing quite well. Kaka completed his hat-trick and goals from Marcelo and Gonzalo Higuian were enough to finish off Chelsea's Champions League aspirations for the season.
Pavel Glazkov Slams FA
In a post-match news conference at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager, Pavel Glazkov, slated the FA's decision to make Chelsea play two league games with only one day of rest between two games against West Brom and Manchester City. "It is ridiculous. We just played Real Madrid on Wednesday so why not play West Brom on Sunday? And then to play Man City on Monday when we don't have any matches in the week. I am very angry and we have made an official complaint to the FA. They will be the ones who pay for this when John Terry and Lampard miss the Euros through injury because of this. Ashley Cole is already out for it. They're shooting themselves in the foot, we all saw what happened to Muamba and I am so angry that the FA think that these players can do this."
Glazkov's fury was obvious in his face and other managers in the Premier League seemed to back his decision. Sir Alex Ferguson stated; "He is right. These are human beings not robots." Man City manager, Roberto Mancini faces the same problem and has stood up for the Russian manager. "The FA need to look at this it is not good. In Italy this never happens and Italy win major competitions."
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
(Fernando Torres, Ibrahim Affelay)
Fernando Torres
Chelsea saw off West Brom by two goals in a hard-fought encounter. There was another injury to a striker for Chelsea as Mbaye Niang was caught by Yousuff Mulumbu and suffered broken ribs. This leaves Pavel Glazkov wondering who will partner Torres up front against Man City. After 10 minutes, Juan Mata played Torres through on goal and he confidently slotted the ball past Ben Foster. The game was very tiring on Chelsea legs and this could be seen through Mata and David Luiz being taken off at half time. In the 3rd minute of injury time Ibrahim Affelay got his 2nd league goal for the club after Torres' pass.
Barclays Premier League
Etihad Stadium
Manchester City 4-1 Chelsea
(Fernando Torres)
Samir Nasri
Another big defeat for Chelsea left the world of football wondering whether they have enough about them to win the title. Manchester United are on the same amount of points as Chelsea with 5 games to go, with City being 3 off the pace. Lucas Piazon made his first Chelsea start, as Pavel Glazkovs desperation left him with nowhere else to go. Man City took the a 3-0 lead into half time. Fernando Torres got a goal just after the break, but his team mates failed to rally and conceded once more. This is Chelsea's 2nd heavy loss in 3 games and it is starting to look very difficult for them to win anything, with an FA Cup Semi Final on the horizon.
FA Cup Semi Final
Wembley
Bolton 0-4 Chelsea
(Romelu Lukaku x2, Fernando Torres x2)
Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku came back from injury to send Chelsea into the 2012 FA Cup final against Leeds United. Juan Mata's two crosses were both met by Lukaku to put Chelsea 2-0 up. Fernando Torres got a brace to put Chelsea into their 4th final in 6 years. Romelu Lukaku's showed the fans what they were missing with his fantastic performance. The 18-year old showed the entire football world his capability.
Chelsea will play Leeds United in this seasons FA Cup final at Wembley. The Championship side overcame Newcastle to win 2-0 the day before. This will be there 5th FA Cup final, they have only won it once.
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 5-1 Blackburn
(Fernando Torres x3, Romelu Lukaku, Juan Mata)
Fernando Torres
A big win for Chelsea against bottom-side, Blackburn, saw another two injuries to Chelsea players. Lucas Digne and Ezequiel Lavezzi both suffered groin strains and will be out for up to 3 weeks. Torres scored the first after 4 minutes and Lukaku doubled the lead after 12. Torres and Mata then made sure Chelsea were 4-0 up at half time, shortly after Ezequiel Lavezzi was forced off after over-reaching for the ball. Yakubu scored for Blackburn, but Torres finished off his hat-trick and got his 7th goal of the month so far as Chelsea got back to winning ways.
Barclays Premier League
Loftus Park
QPR 0-3 Chelsea
(Romelu Lukaku, Fernando Torres, Daniel Sturridge)
Juan Mata
Chelsea demolished QPR in this London derby to promote their title chances and also pushed QPR into further relegation trouble. Romelu Lukaku started the goals with a powerful header from Juan Mata's cross. Mata then played in Torres to score his 20th league goal of the season. Daniel Sturridge made his first appearance after injury by replacing Lukaku and scored a good header in injury time. Juan Mata picked up his 26th league assist of the season in the game and his 5th man of the match.
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 9-0 Newcastle
(Fernando Torres, Romelu Lukaku x3, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Daniel Sturridge x3)
Romelu Lukaku
Well, what a way to finish off the month and to strike fear into the hearts of all who are associated with Manchester United and Manchester City. Pavel Glazkov lead his team to equal the largest win in the Premier League and put them 5 points clear of Manchester United, as both Manchester sides dropped points against London opposition. Torres got Chelsea off to a flyer after only 2 minutes. Lukaku got the second after 9 minutes. Olexy Gai handled the ball in the area and Lampard converted the penalty. Lukaku got his second before the half time whistle with a screamer. Coloccini gave away a penalty in the second half and Lukaku converted for his hat trick. Demba Ba had a goal disallowed for a foul on John Terry. Michael Essien got his first goal of the season and that was followed by an 11 minute hat-trick by Daniel Sturridge, a Premier League record.
Chelsea Player of the Month
Fernando Torres
The Spaniard hit 9 goals during April to become Chelsea's top scorer of the season.
Barclays Premier League
As you can see Manchester United have a game in hand, but Chelsea still hold the 5 point lead with 2 games left against Everton and Tottenham. The top four have confirmed their Champions League status next season. Blackburn Rovers have been relegated and QPR look set to join them in the Championship next season.
The Title Race Fixtures
Chelsea - Everton Away, Tottenham Home
Manchester United - Newcastle Home, Swansea Away, Fulham Home
Manchester City's inferior goal difference rules them out of contention for their first Premier League title.
May 2012
Barclays Premier League
Goodison Park
Everton 1-4 Chelsea
(Romelu Lukaku, Fernando Torres, Ibrahim Afellay, Daniel Sturridge)
Ibrahim Afellay
Chelsea put themselves in pole position going into their final game of the Premiership season. A great performance from Ibrahim Afellay ensured victory for the Blues. Romelu Lukaku headed in Ryan Bertrand's cross after only 14 minutes and within 60 seconds later Fernando Torres caught Sylvain Distin in possession to go on and score. After 55 minutes Afellay found himself in a one-on-one situation and slotted the ball past Tim Howard. Daniel Sturridge was put through by Afellay and scored after coming on for Lukaku. Diniyar Bilyadetdinov got a late consolation for Everton as Chelsea marched on towards the title.
FA Cup Final 2012
Wembley
Chelsea 3-0 Leeds United
(Romelu Lukaku x2, Juan Mata)
Romelu Lukaku
Chelsea's first half demolition at Wembley gave them enough to see off Leeds United and win the 2012 FA Cup. Mikael Forssell nearly put Leeds infront after 5 minutes against his former club. However, it was Romelu Lukaku who stole the show as he latched onto Ibrahim Afellay's cross to put Chelsea 1-0 up. Two minutes later, Juan Mata's corner was headed in by the big-Belgian to make it 2-0 to Chelsea. After 29 minutes, Fernando Torres played the ball back to Juan Mata to put Chelsea 3-0 up.
Neither team managed to get a decent chance on goal in the second half until Leeds had a late goal disallowed for a hand-ball in the build up. Chelsea kept the ball and made sure there was no upset on the cards at Wembley, as they won the FA Cup and their second trophy of the season, without conceding a goal in the whole competition.
Chelsea Win the Premier League!
Swansea confirmed their Premier League status next season as they beat 10 men Manchester United, 1-0. Rafael was sent off after 2 minutes and a Wayne Routledge goal in the 93rd minute of the game consigned Manchester United to defeat and ensured Chelsea would win the Premier League title. The late, late goal means that Chelsea are 5 points ahead of Manchester United going into their final game against Tottenham Hotspur, who will hold a guard of honour as the Chelsea players emerge from the tunnel. Swansea's win means that the bottom 3 are confirmed as Blackburn, QPR and Wigan. Well done you Swans!
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur
(Juan Mata, Fernando Torres x2, Ezequiel Lavezzi)
Fernando Torres
Chelsea lifted the Barclays Premier League trophy at the end of a great win over Tottenham Hotspur. Pavel Glazkov lead his team out with John Terry to a guard of honour held by the Spurs players. The Russian manager would be delighted with his teams focus and determination to go out with a big win. Juan Mata put Chelsea 1-0 up after 14 minutes with a fierce strike from outside the area. Torres poached a goal just before half time to double his sides lead. Torres then scored another before half time to put Chelsea 3-0 up. Adebayor scored for Spurs as they looked to rally late on, but when Mbaye Niang found Lavezzi on the edge of the area, it was all over and Chelsea showed how good a team they have been over the season and win a domestic treble.
Final Barclays Premier League Table 2011-12
Chelsea win the Premier League after a great season and scoring a lot of goals. Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur clinch Champions League places next season, with Arsenal and Liverpool getting Europa League places with Leeds United who are back in Europe. Liverpool later sacked Kenny Dalglish to be replaced by Louis Van Gaal. West Brom came close to appearing in Europe next season as the surprise package of the season. Swansea, Norwich and Sunderland all escaped relegation after being in the mix most of the season. Wigan, QPR and Blackburn will be playing Championship football next season. West Ham, Leicester and Reading have been promoted.
Barclays Premier League
Goodison Park
Everton 1-4 Chelsea
(Romelu Lukaku, Fernando Torres, Ibrahim Afellay, Daniel Sturridge)
Ibrahim Afellay
Chelsea put themselves in pole position going into their final game of the Premiership season. A great performance from Ibrahim Afellay ensured victory for the Blues. Romelu Lukaku headed in Ryan Bertrand's cross after only 14 minutes and within 60 seconds later Fernando Torres caught Sylvain Distin in possession to go on and score. After 55 minutes Afellay found himself in a one-on-one situation and slotted the ball past Tim Howard. Daniel Sturridge was put through by Afellay and scored after coming on for Lukaku. Diniyar Bilyadetdinov got a late consolation for Everton as Chelsea marched on towards the title.
FA Cup Final 2012
Wembley
Chelsea 3-0 Leeds United
(Romelu Lukaku x2, Juan Mata)
Romelu Lukaku
Chelsea's first half demolition at Wembley gave them enough to see off Leeds United and win the 2012 FA Cup. Mikael Forssell nearly put Leeds infront after 5 minutes against his former club. However, it was Romelu Lukaku who stole the show as he latched onto Ibrahim Afellay's cross to put Chelsea 1-0 up. Two minutes later, Juan Mata's corner was headed in by the big-Belgian to make it 2-0 to Chelsea. After 29 minutes, Fernando Torres played the ball back to Juan Mata to put Chelsea 3-0 up.
Neither team managed to get a decent chance on goal in the second half until Leeds had a late goal disallowed for a hand-ball in the build up. Chelsea kept the ball and made sure there was no upset on the cards at Wembley, as they won the FA Cup and their second trophy of the season, without conceding a goal in the whole competition.
Chelsea Win the Premier League!
Swansea confirmed their Premier League status next season as they beat 10 men Manchester United, 1-0. Rafael was sent off after 2 minutes and a Wayne Routledge goal in the 93rd minute of the game consigned Manchester United to defeat and ensured Chelsea would win the Premier League title. The late, late goal means that Chelsea are 5 points ahead of Manchester United going into their final game against Tottenham Hotspur, who will hold a guard of honour as the Chelsea players emerge from the tunnel. Swansea's win means that the bottom 3 are confirmed as Blackburn, QPR and Wigan. Well done you Swans!
Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur
(Juan Mata, Fernando Torres x2, Ezequiel Lavezzi)
Fernando Torres
Chelsea lifted the Barclays Premier League trophy at the end of a great win over Tottenham Hotspur. Pavel Glazkov lead his team out with John Terry to a guard of honour held by the Spurs players. The Russian manager would be delighted with his teams focus and determination to go out with a big win. Juan Mata put Chelsea 1-0 up after 14 minutes with a fierce strike from outside the area. Torres poached a goal just before half time to double his sides lead. Torres then scored another before half time to put Chelsea 3-0 up. Adebayor scored for Spurs as they looked to rally late on, but when Mbaye Niang found Lavezzi on the edge of the area, it was all over and Chelsea showed how good a team they have been over the season and win a domestic treble.
Final Barclays Premier League Table 2011-12
Chelsea win the Premier League after a great season and scoring a lot of goals. Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur clinch Champions League places next season, with Arsenal and Liverpool getting Europa League places with Leeds United who are back in Europe. Liverpool later sacked Kenny Dalglish to be replaced by Louis Van Gaal. West Brom came close to appearing in Europe next season as the surprise package of the season. Swansea, Norwich and Sunderland all escaped relegation after being in the mix most of the season. Wigan, QPR and Blackburn will be playing Championship football next season. West Ham, Leicester and Reading have been promoted.
End of Season Awards
Chelsea Youth Player of the Season
Nominees: Nathaniel Chalobah, Adam Nditi, Ismael Seremba, Todd Kane
Winner: Nathaniel Chalobah
At the age of 16, Nathaniel broke into the Chelsea first team to play against the likes of Bayer Leverkusen, Blackburn and Millwall. He scored 4 goals at centre back for the Chelsea U18s and led them to 3rd in the U18 League.
Breakthough Player of the Season
Nominees: Nathaniel Chalobah, Mbaye Niang, Sime Vrsalkjo, Ryan Bertrand, Lucas Digne, Romelu Lukaku
Winner: Romelu Lukaku
Arriving from Anderlecht at the age of 18, Romelu Lukaku broke into the first team at Chelsea to replace Didier Drogba for a long period of the season. He made 25 starts in all competitions with 19 substitute appearances, scoring 30 goals in all competitions, including two that helped Chelsea win the FA Cup.
Performance of the Season
Nominees: Liverpool 5-0, Man Utd 4-1, AC Milan 5-1 (5-4 Agg), Real Madrid 2-0, Newcastle 9-0, Tottenham 4-1
Winner: AC Milan 5-1 (5-4 Agg)
Who can forget that night in London? Chelsea lost the first leg 3-0 and had to do everything they could do reverse the tie. Chelsea went 3-0 up after 90mins and in extra time, despite an away goal for AC Milan, Chelsea defied the odds and won the game to progress. Didier Drogba (2) and Fernando Torres (3) were amongst the goals.
Fans Player of the Season
Nominees: Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Romelu Lukaku, Juan Mata, Frank Lampard
Winner: Juan Mata
The Spaniard lit up the Bridge throughout the season and created 34 goals in all competitions, as well as scoring 14. His role on the left wing gave the strikers the ammunition to get the goals in the season and his dribbling skills left defences dumbfounded. A brilliant debut season for the club.
Barclays Premier League Awards
Golden Glove: 1. Gomes - 2. Petr Cech - 3. Joe Hart
Goal of the Season: Tom Huddlestone vs Newcastle
Player's Young Player: 1. Sergio Aguero - 2. Javier Hernandez - 3. Ganso
Player's Player of the Year: 1. Luka Modric - 2. Romelu Lukaku - 3. Samir Nasri
Top Goalscorer: 1. Wayne Rooney (26) - 2. Fernando Torres (24) - 3. Robin Van Persie (22)
Player's Team of the Year: Gomes, Zabaleta, Vidic, Kompany, Clichy, Lavezzi, Modric, Nasri, Mata, Lukaku, Rooney
Footballer of the Year: 1. Juan Mata - 2. Wayne Rooney - 3. Ezequiel Lavezzi
Manager of the Year: 1. Pavel Glazkov - 2. Roy Hodgson - 3. Sir Alex Ferguson
Chelsea Youth Player of the Season
Nominees: Nathaniel Chalobah, Adam Nditi, Ismael Seremba, Todd Kane
Winner: Nathaniel Chalobah
At the age of 16, Nathaniel broke into the Chelsea first team to play against the likes of Bayer Leverkusen, Blackburn and Millwall. He scored 4 goals at centre back for the Chelsea U18s and led them to 3rd in the U18 League.
Breakthough Player of the Season
Nominees: Nathaniel Chalobah, Mbaye Niang, Sime Vrsalkjo, Ryan Bertrand, Lucas Digne, Romelu Lukaku
Winner: Romelu Lukaku
Arriving from Anderlecht at the age of 18, Romelu Lukaku broke into the first team at Chelsea to replace Didier Drogba for a long period of the season. He made 25 starts in all competitions with 19 substitute appearances, scoring 30 goals in all competitions, including two that helped Chelsea win the FA Cup.
Performance of the Season
Nominees: Liverpool 5-0, Man Utd 4-1, AC Milan 5-1 (5-4 Agg), Real Madrid 2-0, Newcastle 9-0, Tottenham 4-1
Winner: AC Milan 5-1 (5-4 Agg)
Who can forget that night in London? Chelsea lost the first leg 3-0 and had to do everything they could do reverse the tie. Chelsea went 3-0 up after 90mins and in extra time, despite an away goal for AC Milan, Chelsea defied the odds and won the game to progress. Didier Drogba (2) and Fernando Torres (3) were amongst the goals.
Fans Player of the Season
Nominees: Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Romelu Lukaku, Juan Mata, Frank Lampard
Winner: Juan Mata
The Spaniard lit up the Bridge throughout the season and created 34 goals in all competitions, as well as scoring 14. His role on the left wing gave the strikers the ammunition to get the goals in the season and his dribbling skills left defences dumbfounded. A brilliant debut season for the club.
Barclays Premier League Awards
Golden Glove: 1. Gomes - 2. Petr Cech - 3. Joe Hart
Goal of the Season: Tom Huddlestone vs Newcastle
Player's Young Player: 1. Sergio Aguero - 2. Javier Hernandez - 3. Ganso
Player's Player of the Year: 1. Luka Modric - 2. Romelu Lukaku - 3. Samir Nasri
Top Goalscorer: 1. Wayne Rooney (26) - 2. Fernando Torres (24) - 3. Robin Van Persie (22)
Player's Team of the Year: Gomes, Zabaleta, Vidic, Kompany, Clichy, Lavezzi, Modric, Nasri, Mata, Lukaku, Rooney
Footballer of the Year: 1. Juan Mata - 2. Wayne Rooney - 3. Ezequiel Lavezzi
Manager of the Year: 1. Pavel Glazkov - 2. Roy Hodgson - 3. Sir Alex Ferguson
Club Announcement
Chelsea FC have today announced a new sponsorship with Sony. The deal will last 6 years and the club will receive 100k each year, the previous deal with Samsung was worth 83k per year. Sony have recently released the PSVita, which will be the main sponsor on the kits for next season. Chelsea FC will also release images of their new kits for the upcoming 2012-13 season. The kits will from now on be made by Nike, rather than Adidas, as Roman Abramovich is looking to revamp the look of the club over the summer with planned youth facilities work to be announced soon.
Chelsea FC have today announced a new sponsorship with Sony. The deal will last 6 years and the club will receive 100k each year, the previous deal with Samsung was worth 83k per year. Sony have recently released the PSVita, which will be the main sponsor on the kits for next season. Chelsea FC will also release images of their new kits for the upcoming 2012-13 season. The kits will from now on be made by Nike, rather than Adidas, as Roman Abramovich is looking to revamp the look of the club over the summer with planned youth facilities work to be announced soon.
Thanks a lot.. As its the end of the season I would like to just ask for some feedback off people. What do you like about the story? What can I do to change it? What exciting things could happen over the next season? Also, any signings? Thanks a lot guys
Thanks a lot guysThis is a sensational read mate. I love they layout, the writing and the fact that your re-juvinating Chelski! Lukaku has been unstoppable and looks like a player I may have to look into signing for my Barcelona game. I think you should have a look at Javi Martinez, Muniain, Ganso, Pastore or Rodwell for signings this summer, but hey it's your game do your thing. honestly mate, This and Klippy's Athletic story are my fav reads atm! Keep it up!!
Thanks a lot Tobe I am definitely looking at Rodwell, Martinez and Muniain. Pastore will be out of my price range and Ganso hasn't long joined City :/ I might try to change how I lay things about for the next season.
The next update will probably come on Thursday as I have a long day at work tomorrow and I haven't got the time tonight.
I am definitely looking at Rodwell, Martinez and Muniain. Pastore will be out of my price range and Ganso hasn't long joined City :/ I might try to change how I lay things about for the next season. The next update will probably come on Thursday as I have a long day at work tomorrow and I haven't got the time tonight.
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I love everything about the story mate and if you want to chage the lay out for the better, that will be difficult, so good luck! I absolutely love the kits, there brilliant, like this story is!!!
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Good job Danny.
June 2012
John Obi Mikel Joins PSG
Today, it has been announced that Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, will leave Chelsea to join Paris St. Germain for a fee of £17m. Mikel made over 100 appearances during his time at Chelsea and will join the French, Ligue 1 runners-up, PSG after publicly stating his frustration over his lack of first team football. In all competitions last season, Mikel made 18 appearances with only 10 starts for the English Treble winners, under new manager, Pavel Glazkov. The midfielder played second fiddle to Sven Bender most the season who joined the club for £13m last summer.
This is the first major transfer activity the club has been involved in this season. On the same day, Lucas Piazon joined Vitesse on loan for the season and Oriol Romeu joined up with Watford on loan for the season. Chelsea hold the right to recall either players at any time.
Chelsea Invest In Youth
Chelsea have confirmed the signings of 4 players this month. The club have reportedly paid a fee of £4.1m for Croatian midfielder, Mateo Kovacic from Dinamo as well as £850k for French teenager, Lenny Nangis who joins from Stade Halherbe Caen, the former club of Mbaye Niang.
Chelsea have also picked up former Barcelona defender, Marc Muniesa for a free after he was released by the Spanish club. Pavel Glazkov has also revealed the signing of 15-year old German midfielder, Misa Spasic, for £1m from German side, Mainz.
Kovacic made 11 starts for Dinamo in last seasons Champions League making 7 assists.
In Other News..
Ukraine won the 2012 European Championships on home soil in a surprise final against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ukraine defeated Germany in the semi final whilst Bosnia beat Holland, the surprise being how they got that far in the first place. England failed to get past the group stage. They beat Spain 2-0 in their first group game but then lost to Turkey and Portugal as they finish bottom of their group. Dickheads.
John Obi Mikel Joins PSG
Today, it has been announced that Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, will leave Chelsea to join Paris St. Germain for a fee of £17m. Mikel made over 100 appearances during his time at Chelsea and will join the French, Ligue 1 runners-up, PSG after publicly stating his frustration over his lack of first team football. In all competitions last season, Mikel made 18 appearances with only 10 starts for the English Treble winners, under new manager, Pavel Glazkov. The midfielder played second fiddle to Sven Bender most the season who joined the club for £13m last summer.
This is the first major transfer activity the club has been involved in this season. On the same day, Lucas Piazon joined Vitesse on loan for the season and Oriol Romeu joined up with Watford on loan for the season. Chelsea hold the right to recall either players at any time.
Chelsea Invest In Youth
Chelsea have confirmed the signings of 4 players this month. The club have reportedly paid a fee of £4.1m for Croatian midfielder, Mateo Kovacic from Dinamo as well as £850k for French teenager, Lenny Nangis who joins from Stade Halherbe Caen, the former club of Mbaye Niang.
Chelsea have also picked up former Barcelona defender, Marc Muniesa for a free after he was released by the Spanish club. Pavel Glazkov has also revealed the signing of 15-year old German midfielder, Misa Spasic, for £1m from German side, Mainz.
Kovacic made 11 starts for Dinamo in last seasons Champions League making 7 assists.
In Other News..
Ukraine won the 2012 European Championships on home soil in a surprise final against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ukraine defeated Germany in the semi final whilst Bosnia beat Holland, the surprise being how they got that far in the first place. England failed to get past the group stage. They beat Spain 2-0 in their first group game but then lost to Turkey and Portugal as they finish bottom of their group. Dickheads.
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