As the campaign draws to a close, thoughts turn to Chelsea’s end-of-season awards. Player of the Year and Top Goalscorer are just two of the trophies that will be dished out, while the club will also anoint its Goal of the Season – permed, in recent years, from the results of a fan vote. In […]
Given the demanding nature of professional sport, it’s perhaps good when a footballer has confidence to spare. It means that they can insulate themselves from poor performances and criticism, believing in their talent to the point that they feel a return to form is just around the corner. There’s confidence, there’s hubris and then there’s […]
When you spend as much as Chelsea have on players over the past two decades – and turn over your squad at a rate of knots – there’s always likely to be an expensive flop or two along the way. That likelihood has intensified in the Todd Boehly era, with the Blues owner only too […]
Chelsea’s ladies team made history in January by breaking the world record transfer fee for a female player. Naomi Girma has made the move from San Diego Wave to London for a fee of £900,000… and the first time in history that the $1 million ceiling had been broken in the women’s game. The previous […]
Cole Palmer is no ordinary footballer… and at the age of just 22, he could go on to break all sorts of records for Chelsea and the Premier League as a whole. Incredibly, Palmer has already broken one long-standing EPL record already in 2024/25, while closing in on a club landmark that hasn’t been matched […]
At the time of writing, Raheem Sterling has played more than 80 games for England and has made almost 400 Premier League appearances (split between Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea). At the age of just 29, Sterling is widely considered to have plenty to offer… but perhaps that opinion is not shared by the current […]
First springing to life in Fulham in 1905, Chelsea took a little while to find their stride. It wasn’t until the 1954/55 season that the club’s owners first enjoyed perching a trophy aboard a shelf in the previously barren trophy cabinet. However, that initial league title signalled the beginning of a steady trickle of honours […]