Articles tagged with "roman-abramovich"
The 10 Richest Men in Soccer (According to Forbes)
By Daryl | November 19th, 2008Last week, Forbes announced it's list of the 10 Richest Men in Football. None of them are footballers. Though playing the game is spectacularly well ...
Time to worry?
By Jack | November 8th, 2008No, this question does not regard our loss in Rome in midweek nor does it revolve around our current problems in attack (just because we're ...
Top Four Part 3: I don't believe we can crack the top four
By Martini Extra Dry | November 2nd, 2008How bad is that? - The player who spent all summer long trying to leave Villa is confident in our Champions League potential. - Alex Ferguson, the ...
Martin O'Neill offered £30 million to bring in the good times
By Martini Extra Dry | October 16th, 2008Well at least that's what the rumours claim. In reality, this appears to be a story created by the Daily Mirror to make a stir ...
Daily Dose 10.07.08
By Laurie | October 7th, 2008Some news to read as you use a military plane to fly penguins home: Watch out for those sun outages; they could spoil your footy-watching fun. ...
Cobham training facility unveiled
By Jack | August 23rd, 2008Chelsea broke in its newest addition today with the official opening of the new academy at Cobham. Among those on hand for the shindig included ...
What's new at Loftus Road
By Martin | August 22nd, 2008This video shows some of the changes made to the club and to the stadium since Flavio and Co. took over. While the changes ...
Randy, we love you, Randy, we do
By Martini Extra Dry | August 9th, 2008I awoke this morning (at 5.27am because of a screaming hungry baby I might add) with a text on my phone from a friend, that ...
Quote of the Day: Uli Hoeneß takes on the Oil Mafia
By Jan | August 7th, 2008SPOX: What bothers you? Hoeneß: I'm bothered when I drive to a petrol station once a week. This oil mafia squeezes money out of my pockets ...
Be proud... Be very proud
By Martini Extra Dry | July 7th, 2008Villa have today unveiled the new kits for the 2008-9 season which features our new sponsor; local charity Acorns Children's Hospice. This new charity deal ...
Chelsea: Five Years Later
By Jack | July 2nd, 2008Today marks the fifth anniversary of Roman Abramovich's takeover of Chelsea. It was the biggest in British football history at the time --£140 million -- ...
Worried about the ongoing search for a manager?
By Jack | June 6th, 2008Don't be. Why you ask? Well, our owner isn't too caught up in the fiasco. Instead of interviewing candidates, Roman's been busy tossing benjis around Switzerland. No, ...
Why Roman should just buy Liverpool
By Jack | May 18th, 2008We've all seen the atrocious rumors. "Chelsea plan audacious bid for Fernando Torres." "Chelsea fail with £40million Torres bid" This stuff is ridiculous, and I love ...
Best Football-Related Disclaimer/Retraction Ever
By Laurie | May 13th, 2008This was a little tidbit from today's Daily Mail: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH In our article 'Abramovich snaps after Russia blow it against Israel' 21 November 2007, we reported ...
Chelsea try 'cheeky' Torres bid
By Rob | May 13th, 2008With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he's wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea's general unwillingness to ...
Step away from the Bridge
By Matt | May 8th, 2008As the summer quickly approaches, the EPL tends to become a bit like a middle school cafeteria in it's propagation of nasty ...
Photos of the Day: Or In Soviet Russia Photoshop Edits YOU!
By Rob | May 8th, 2008Over on the Guardian they've got you the people, to photoshop lots of amusing images to celebrate the upcoming Chelsea/Man United Champions League final. Most ...
No Need For Real Players Anymore
By chris | May 7th, 2008That's it, ladies and gents. It's only a matter of time before Big Bucks Abramovich is swooping down in his helicopter and he's buying up ...
Roman ready to make it rain
By Jack | May 7th, 2008We've all read the rumors regarding Leo Messi's proposed move to Chelsea. Now comes word that Roman noodles is dropping more wads. This time, it's in ...
Is an Abramovich-type buy out the only way to cope?
By Rob | May 3rd, 2008As the Roma buyout saga continues with lots of 'I'd like to' 'you've done nothing' 'what's going on?' type newstories, Born-in-England-Italian-Roma Midfielder Simeone Perrotta has ...
The Champions League Semi-Final Drinking Games
By Rob | April 27th, 2008So we are just a couple of days away from the mammoth second legs in the Champions League semi-finals. To make them even more fun, ...
Roman pulls major coup
By Jack | April 23rd, 2008With this signing, our beloved owner has taken the cake -- and given it to his daughter, Anna. Rome has secured the musical services of slightly ...
Episode 13: Copa Libertadores, France, and Trouble at Chelsea
By Ian Rose | March 5th, 2008This week, Anne, Inara, and Christian join me for the lucky 13th episode of the podcast. Christian updates us on the Copa Libertadores, as ...
QPR are Now the Richest Club in the World, Sort Of
By Daryl | December 22nd, 2007Step aside Roman Abramovich. Steel magnate and richest man in Britain Lakshmi N. Mittal has just bought a 20% share in Queens Park Rangers. With ...
Lessons from the Premiership 10.07.07
By Daryl | October 7th, 2007The entire Premier League seemed to be caught inbetween two parties this weekend. Nursing a hangover from the midweek European discothèque but with one eye ...
Ten Things We Learned From the Premiership This Week 09.23.07
By Daryl | September 23rd, 2007Big spending in the summer may have made the Premiership a little more open, but now a certain Russian billionaire's dissatisfaction with big spending will ...
Man Utd v Chelsea - The Fall-Out Continues
By Andy | September 23rd, 2007So the day has arrived. Chelsea's first game since the shock departure of Jose Mourinho earlier this week. And what a game to play to ...
The Trouble with Directors of Football
By Daryl | September 22nd, 2007Whatever else Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich disagreed about (Shevchenko vs Drogba, entertainment vs trophies, vodka vs port) they definitely disagreed about former Director of ...
My Take on Andriy Shevchenko
By Andy | September 16th, 2007Daryl from The Offside eluded after Sheva's game against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday that Sheva should pack his bags and move on. I know there ...
Sheva Misses His Chance
By Daryl | September 15th, 2007Andriy Shevchenko finally got to play for Chelsea today. After scoring for Ukraine against Italy in midweek, and with Jose Mourinho's first choice Didier Drogba ...
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