“Oh yes, that would be so nice” - memorable lyrics from the enigmatic Brazilian chanteuse of the 1960s, Astrud Gilberto. I was reminded of this Bossa Nova.
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Northwood FC 0-0 Chelsea Reserves - Let's Take a Ride, and Run with the Dogs Tonight, in Suburbia
With 1905 suburbs in the Greater London area it’s deeply flattering to me that Chelsea choose to play an annual pre-season friendly in my home suburb of.
Chelsea v Barcelona: Standing on the Edge (Reprise)
It’s the night before Barcelona. God, I detest the Champions League. It’s a vile, overblown, self-important and elitist clique that makes the Bullingdon.
The Podding Shed Needs You Again!
As it's an international week, in the next episode of the Podding Shed we will be discussing the experiences of our overseas brethren, including expats.
Football - a subject guaranteed to turn normally rational men and women of science, evidence and cold hard fact into superstitious, God-fearing folk who.
Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool - Second String (Theory)
Ah, the Carling Cup. It's a competition that might have been designed purely to take the sting out of defeat. (Unless of course the defeat is at Wembley.
The England Poppy Ban - Why the FA Should Defy FIFA
The picture above is a memorial in Flanders to the legendary (if somewhat disputed) ‘No Man’s Land’ football match that apparently took place between.
Chelsea 5-0 Racing Genk - A Loon and Palely Loitering
(with apologies to J. Keats) Given that Genk is in the Limburg Province of Belgium, a region known until around the 14th century as Loon, the title is a.
Just before I went “in absentia” or if you like “in feriae”, as Julius Caesar might have put it although he, unlike myself was in “Gaul” for business not.
Chelsea 3-1 Norwich City - Heart of the Mata
The newspaper reports The Sunday Telegraph , Duncan White : "What with Juan Mata scoring on his debut and Chelsea briefly going top of the table, this.
Trailer Trash? Or Will We Smoke Ol’ Stokey On the Road to Being Kings Again?
A Season Opener (For Sale or Rent) (with sincere apologies to Roger Miller) I sat down to write this wondering whether to start with an almost painfully.