En direct de Stamford Bridge

Chelsea vs Arsenal

L'affiche de ce dimanche entre Chelsea et Arsenal est le plus ancien des derby de Londres au top niveau. Le 1er match entre les 2 clubs remonte au mois de novembre 1907 et avait vu la victoire des Pensioners 2 1 face à Woolwich Arsenal.


CHELSEA V ARSENAL - Paul Dutton
Chelsea are hoping to extend our record unbeaten league run at Stamford Bridge to 78 games.

Our last home defeat against the Gunners was in fact our last at home in the Premier League on the 21st February 2004. Eidur Gudjohnsen scored his first against Arsenal after 29 seconds from Gérémi's cross. 14 minutes later Arsenal hit back with two goals in six minutes from Patrick Vieira and Edu. Gudjohnsen was sent off in the second half for two yellows.
A total of 29,700 minutes of Premier League football have been played by 23 members of the Arsenal squad this season: of that just 894 minutes (3%) have been the work of Englishmen. Two Englishman: Theo Walcott and Justin Hoyte.

Just over a third of Arsenal's league goals this season have been scored in the final ten minutes.
Only Man Utd (61) have scored more goals this term than Arsenal's 58.

We are unbeaten in 13 in the Premier League since our defeat at the Emirates in December.

Chelsea have been beaten four times (Man Utd away, Arsenal away, Tottenham at Wembley and Barnsley away) in 41 games in all competitions under Avram Grant in a run that has seen 28 wins and 25 clean sheets.
Chelsea have played 49 games in all competitions winning 31, drawing 13 and losing five. We have scored 86 goals, conceded 34 and have kept 27 clean sheets. We have failed to score on 10 occasions.
Our Premier League record at Stamford Bridge against Arsenal is as follows:
1992/93 Chelsea won 1-0
1993/94 Arsenal won 2-0
1994/95 Chelsea won 2-1
1995/96 Chelsea won 1-0
1996/97 Arsenal won 3-0
1997/98 Arsenal won 3-2
1998/99 Drew 0-0
1999/00 Arsenal won 3-2
2000/01 Drew 2-2
2001/02 Drew 1-1
2002/03 Drew 1-1
2003/04 Arsenal won 2-1
2004/05 Drew 0-0
2005/06 Chelsea won 1-0
2006/07 Drew 1-1
The Gunners away league record is won seven (Tottenham 3-1, West Ham 1-0, Reading 3-1, Aston Villa 2-1, Everton 4-1, Fulham 3-0, Man City 3-1), lost one (Middlesbrough 1-2) and drawn six (Blackburn 1-1, Liverpool 1-1, Newcastle 1-1, Portsmouth 0-0, Birmingham 2-2, Wigan 0-0).
Arsenal's last six games
Feb 20 AC Milan (UCL h) D 0-0
Feb 23 Birmingham (a) D 2-2
Mar 1 Aston Villa (h) D 1-1
Mar 4 AC Milan (UCL a) W 2-0
Mar 9 Wigan (a) D 0-0
Mar 15 Middlesbrough (h) D 1-1

The other Premier League games this weekend featuring clubs at the top are: Everton v West Ham (Sat 5.15pm) and Man Utd v Liverpool (Sun 1.30pm).
Chelsea remain third after Wednesday's games. With eight games to go Man Utd lead with 70 points, Arsenal 67, Chelsea 65, Liverpool 59, Everton 56 and Portsmouth 50.

The last five years in the Premier League
2002/03 Arsenal runners-up, 78 pts, Chelsea fourth, 67 pts
2003/04 Arsenal champions, 90 pts , Chelsea runners-up, 79 pts
2004/05 Chelsea champions, 95 pts, Arsenal runners-up, 83 pts
2005/06 Chelsea champions, 91 pts, Arsenal fourth, 67 pts
2006/07 Chelsea runners-up, 83 pts, Arsenal fourth, 68 pts

A welcome back to the Bridge for the first occasion to William Gallas since his move across town in 2006.
There are no suspensions on either side.
The referee is Mark Clattenburg.
Arsenal have won the Premier League three times in 1997/98, 2001/02 and 2003/04. Their last piece of silverware was the FA Cup in 2005 when they defeated Man Utd on penalties at the Millennium Stadium.

Chelsea's overall record against Arsenal in all competitions is: played 167, won 48, drawn 51, lost 68.
Head-to-head in the league at Stamford Bridge: played 70, won 22, drawn 25, lost 23.
LAST SEASON'S
Chelsea 1 Arsenal 1
Premiership, Sunday December 10th 2006, Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea (4-1-2-1-2) Hilário; Gérémi (Wright-Phillips 66), Carvalho, Terry (c), A Cole; Makelele; Essien, Lampard; Ballack; Shevchenko (Robben 66), Drogba.
Manager Jose Mourinho.
Scorer Essien (84)
Booked A Cole, Drogba
Arsenal (4-5-1): Lehmann; Eboué, Djourou, Senderos, Clichy; Hleb, Fàbregas, Gilberto (c), Flamini, van Persie (Ljungberg 82); Abedayor.
Manager Arsène Wenger.
Scorer Flamini (7
Booked Flamini, Lehmann
Referee Alan Wiley.
Crowd 41,917.
Michael Essien scored Chelsea's goal of the season.

Un bon match à tous...

Ca va être un match de folie!

Le bridge en feu dimanche!

CHELSEA V MIDDLESBROUGH - Paul Dutton


The full record is: played 18, won 12, drawn 6, lost 0, goals for 28, against 5.
1977/78 Div 1 Drew 0-0
1978/79 Div 1 Chelsea won 2-1
1982/83 Div 2 Drew 0-0
1983/84 Div 2 Drew 0-0
1987/88 Play-offs Chelsea won 1-0
1992/83 FAPL Chelsea won 4-0
1995/96 FAPL Chelsea won 5-0
1996/97 FAPL Chelsea won 1-0
1998/99 FAPL Chelsea won 2-0
1999/00 FAPL Drew 1-1
2000/01 FAPL Chelsea won 2-1
2001/02 FAPL Drew 2-2
2002/03 FAPL Chelsea won 1-0
2002/03 FA Cup Chelsea won 1-0
2003/04 FAPL Drew 0-0
2004/05 FAPL Chelsea won 2-0
2005/06 FAPL Chelsea won 1-0
2006/07 FAPL Chelsea won 3-0

The last occasion Boro won all three points at the Bridge was at the end of our relegation season 1974/75 when John Sparrow scored our only goal in a 2-1 defeat. John Craggs and Alan Willey scored for Boro and Terry Cooper was sent off in the 48th minute. The teams that day were: Chelsea Phillips, Locke, Sparrow, Hollins (c), Harris, Hay, Britton, R Wilkins, Langley, Kember, Cooke. Middlesbrough Platt, Craggs, Cooper, Souness, Boam (c), Maddren, Murdoch, Mills, Willey, Foggon, Armstrong.

An Alen Boksic penalty six-and-a-half-years ago was the last occasion Boro hit the back of our net at Stamford Bridge They have drawn a blank in over seven-and-a-half hours of play since.

Chelsea are looking to extend our record unbeaten league run at Stamford Bridge to 79 games since our last defeat against Arsenal on February 21st 2004.

Boro have received more cards than any other club - 76 (74 yellow, two red).
Stewart Downing is one of only 13 players to play in every Premier League game this term. There are none from Chelsea.
Chelsea and Middlesbrough are the only clubs to have defeated Arsenal in the league this season.

In the reverse fixture at the Riverside in October, a Didier Drogba strike after seven minutes and a 35-yard out-swinging free kick into the top corner from Alex in the second half won the game for the Blues following defeats there in the previous two seasons.
Stewart Downing is Boro's leading scorer in all competitions with seven. Frank Lampard heads Chelsea's scoring chart with 17 and is looking to achieve 20 goals for the third successive season following his 19 in 2004/05.
Chelsea have been beaten four times (Man Utd away, Arsenal away, Tottenham at Wembley and Barnsley away) in 42 games in all competitions under Avram Grant in a run that has seen 29 wins and 25 clean sheets. Grant's win percentage is now an impressive 69%.
Chelsea have played 50 games in all competitions winning 32, drawing 13 and losing five. We have scored 88 goals, conceded 35 and have kept 27 clean sheets. We have failed to score on 10 occasions.

Boro's last six games
Feb 27 Sheffield Utd (FA Cup h) W 1-0
Mar 1 Reading (h) L 0-1
Mar 9 Cardiff (FA Cup h) L 0-2
Mar 12 Aston Villa (a) D 1-1
Mar 15 Arsenal (a) D 1-1
Mar 22 Derby (h) W 1-0

A warm welcome back to the Bridge to Robert Huth for the first occasion since his move north in the summer of 2006. Due to injury he has only started 17 of 69 Premier League games for Boro and has been playing regularly since December although he missed out last weekend due to a foot injury.
Fabio Rochemback and Mido are suspended for Middlesbrough.
Ricardo Carvalho, if selected, will make his 150th start in a blue shirt.
Congratulations to Tal Ben-Haim who celebrates his 26th birthday on Monday.
The referee is Phil Dowd.
Their only major piece of silverware is the Carling Cup in 2004.
Chelsea's overall record against Middlesbrough in all competitions is: played 110, won 50, drawn 29, lost 31.
Head-to-head in the league at Stamford Bridge: played 50, won 32, drawn 13, lost 5.
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING MATCH
Chelsea 3 Middlesbrough 0
Premiership, Saturday February 10th 2007, Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea (4-3-3) Cech; Ferreira, Essien, Terry (c), Bridge; Diarra (Robben 64), Makelele, Lampard; Shevchenko (Gérémi 8, Drogba, Kalou (Wright-Phillips 85).
Manager José Mourinho.
Scorers Drogba (45+2, 82), Xavier own goal (65),
Booked None
Middlesbrough (4-4-2): Schwarzer; Davies, Xavier, Pogatetz, Taylor; Morrison (Euell 72), Boateng (c), Arca (Rochemback 83), Downing; Viduka (Christie 83), Yakubu.
Manager Gareth Southgate.
Booked Downing,
Referee Chris Foy.
Crowd 41,699.

But de Carvalho a la 5eme
1-0

Everton - Chelsea du 17 avril :


Chelsea Football Club has continued to make very strong representations for the date of the Everton away game to be changed. This now seems unlikely.

Under these circumstances Chelsea FC believes it would be inappropriate to profit from the television fee for this match as per normal. This decision has been taken due to the unique circumstances of this one-off case.

Instead the fee will be used to purchase the available away tickets at no charge to our supporters and to procure as many trains and/or coaches as possible needed to get them to the game and home safely, also at no charge.

Some fans have already bought tickets and this cost will be refunded. Full details on refunds and how fans can get tickets will be available from midday, tomorrow (Friday) on this website.

Once again the club would like to reiterate our strong opposition to the decision to switch the game on sporting integrity, fan and precedent grounds



C'est la 4ème fois de la saison que le Chelsea FC offre le déplacement à ses fans. Et concernant ce déplacement à Everton, les tickets du match sont également offerts.

Par ailleurs coté - de 18 :

FA Youth Cup final first leg against Manchester City youth at Stamford Bridge on Thursday April 3, 2008.
Chelsea (4-3-3) Taylor; Ofori-Twumasi, Bruma, Van Aanholt, Gordon; Woods, Tejera, Mellis; Stoch, Nielsen (Phillip 62), Kakuta.
Unused subs: Heimann, Taiwo, Philliskirk, Nouble.
Coach Paul Clement
Manchester City (4-4-2) Hartley; Trippier, Boyota, Mee, McGivern; Weiss, Tutte, Kay, McDermott (Tsiaklis 71); Ball (Ibrahim 86), Sturridge.
Unused subs: Nimley, Mentel, Poole.
Manager Alex Gibson
Referee Peter Walton
Environment: A mild and surprisingly light evening in west London.
Attendance: 11,980

3.000 supporters invités à Everton

Le club de Chelsea va faire un geste pour ses supporters suite au décalage du match face à Everton au 17 avril. Le club londonien va prendre en charge le déplacement et les billets au stade pour ce match.

La colère des supporters de Chelsea a eu raison des dirigeants des Blues. Ces derniers ont décidé de financer le voyage et les places des 3.000 supporters habituels qui suivent l'équipe sur tout les stades anglais et qui se rendront à Everton le 17 avril prochain. Le match ayant été avancé de deux jours, celui-ci a lieu un jeudi soir en pleine semaine.

Footanglais365.com

Chelsea : Mancini pour remplacer Grant ? Rédaction 365

La presse italienne révèle ce vendredi que l'agent de Roberto Mancini est en contact avec Chelsea et Manchester City.

Roberto Mancini, l'actuel entraineur de l'Inter Milan pourrait débarquer en Premier League la saison prochaine. Le quotidien italien Tuttosport révèle dans son édition du jour que l'agent du technicien italien discute actuellement avec les dirigeants de Chelsea et de Manchester City.

Si à Chelsea, le coach intériste remplacerait Avram Grant, à Manchester City, il s'agirait de devenir l'adjoint de Sven-Goran Eriksson précise le journal.

Beaucoup de rumeurs circulent autour du tacticien italien.

Après l'élimination par le FC Liverpool, en Champion's League, il avait effectivement émis le souhait de quitter San Siro en fin de saison.

Par la suite, il était revenu sur sa décision et la mettant sur le compte de la déception et avait décidé d'honorer son contrat jusqu'au bout.

Le voilà maintenant à Chelsea.

Je pense qu'on le citera certainement ailleurs aussi...

Mouais j'aimerais bien revoir un tacticien Britannique moi. Big Sam est libre.

Le principal c'est qu'il soit meilleur que Gran( pas dur a trouver)

Chelsea : Cech forfait ?

Petr Cech a subi une opération suite à un choc à la tête avec un partenaire lors d'un entrainement de Chelsea.

Déjà absent depuis plusieurs semaines en raison d'une blessure à la cheville, Petr Cech devrait manquer le quart de finale retour de la Ligue des Champions mardi face à Fenerbahce. Le gardien de Chelsea a été victime d'une blessure à la lèvre et au menton qui a entraîné une opération chirurgicale pour le joueur tchèque indique lundi le club londonien.

Rédaction 365

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/40545/Oh-no-not-again


Aie aie aie aie aie. "50 stitches after the second horror injury of his career."
“It seemed part of Cech’s face was virtually hanging off.”

Ceux qui comprennent l'Anglais compatissent avec moi.

D E G O U T E !
Il lui arrive que des mauvaises bricole à Petr...

Bonne récupération à lui, encore une fois à la tête, c'est vraiment dommage pour le football aussi de perdre un de ses meilleurs gardiens ...

Saison terminée pour lui et participation a l'euro compromise!

Finalement il est absent 2 semaines.

2 semaines pour ce remettre de ca... Ca parait invraisemblable.

Moi jai lu un article qui disait que sa saison été terminé... 50 points de suture c'est quand meme impressionant!!

L'article du SUN http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle1019903.ece

http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2008/0...89520-20378130/

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/arti...p;in_page_id=43

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1773

Soirée après avoir gagner contre Fenerbahçe, il y a de ces têtes.
Même le jeune gardien Pidgeley est prit par des gardes.
Et puis bah les filles, certaines.