Match Recap: Reason to worry?

A gift (from Frank Lampard) + dreadful second half + an opponent content to defend = a monotonous 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham at ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, Tottenham 1

Ronaldo Wins Again, Ignores Sir Alex

Ronaldo picked up a few more awards to add to his insane trophy haul from last season by being named both the European Club Player ...

Full Prem Preview - Week 2

So after the initial rush of excitement that was Week One in the Prem, and then the crushing expeirence that was watching England in midweek, ...

England - proof that 11 great players don't always make a good team

They've tried changing the manager over and over, but it seems like every person who takes charge is faced with the same problem; the England ...

Match Recap: Throwing down the gauntlet

So much for settling in. Uncle Phil set Stamford Bridge ablaze on his debut, guiding Chelsea to a superlative 4-0 win over Portsmouth in the Premiership ...

Chelsea Vs Portsmouth Liveblog!

Last years Champions League and Prem runners up Chelsea, kick off thier season today with a tough game against FA Cup winners Portsmouth. Its on ...

Seriously Fabio, no Ashley Young?!

Fabio Capello yesterday named his England squad for the friendly against the Czech Republic, but the HUGE surprise for me is the omission of Ashley ...

Prem Preview: Let the games begin

The time has finally arrived. Word. Chelsea begins a new era today as it opens the 2008-09 season against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. The match marks ...

08-09 Club Preview

The 2007-08 season was an unprecedented one for Chelsea Football Club. The Blues reached their first-ever Champions League final. They also amassed an impressive 85 ...

Daily Dose: 08.14.08

Stuff to do while you pop out a human being on your front lawn...... Chatting up the always good Rafael Honigstein. (Bundesliga Talk) A glimpse at Frank's ...

Mutu Owes Chelsea €17.17 Million. Does That Seem Fair?

It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For ...

Frank Lampard is Now the Premier League's Top Earner

And so Frank Lampard has got himself the contract he wanted. To be fair to Frank, he only ever asked for one thing: loads of ...

Daily Dose: 08.13.08

Stuff to read while you get robbed by Winnie the Pooh...... Stevie G's new £350,000 garden ornament. (The Spoiler) Franky Lamps is staying in London forever and ...

Preview to the Season - Part I (Arsenal-Chelsea)

So the entire country (and a fair few from elsewhere) breathes a sigh of relief on Saturday when the season finally kicks off again. After ...

Lampard: Chelsea 4 Life

Finally, we can rid our minds of the most annoying, tiresome saga of the past couple of years. Yes, Frank Lampard has commited to ...

Don't believe everything you read

Villa are about to spend £30 million on one player! Well, thats if you believe what half of the papers are reporting today. The truth of the ...

£15 million for David Bentley? Why Are Englishmen So Expensive?

You've likely heard by now that Spurs have signed David Bentley from Blackburn for £15 million. Good move for the player, but that's a big ...

Footballer Fired for Being Too Fat

Fat footballers are part of the modern game. Whether it's players actually letting themselves go (see: Ronaldinho recently) or players who get lumped with the ...

Controversial Footballers #3 Samuel Eto'o

As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel ...

Kaká: Its the money and stuff.

I'm going to open up a pub debate* to you all Offsiders. Kaká as you will know by now, is wanted by Chelsea, they apparently ...

Is the Ronaldinho Saga a lesson to Manchester United

Cast your mind back to those heady days of 2005. Greece were European Champions. Frank Lampard was voted England's player of the year. Zidane was ...

Transfer Talk: Brazilians on the Move

Latest transfer talk has all three of the above men involved in some kind of prospective transfer. Seems Ronaldinho is finally leaving Barcelona for AC Milan ...

Is this the slowest, dullest, longest Transfer Window ever?

Remember when you were young, summers lasted forever, Blur on the stereo, all your friends messing around in the sun, kicking a ball around, pretending ...

Is Inter desperate to land Lampard?

It sure seems that way. According to the Guardian, the Milan club are prepared to offer £15 million plus -- yes, plus -- Adriano. Are you ...

Chelsea want Lampard to see out his contract. Why?

Chelsea chief exec Peter Kenyon today announced the club had turned down an £8m approach from Inter Milan for Frank Lampard, but they refused the ...

Video: Hitler v. Lampard

Thanks to Chelsea Offside reader Rosh for pointing me toward this absolutely hilarious clip. From the movie Downfall -- outstanding flick, by the way -- ...

Scolari says Lamps stays; Lamps not so sure

Luiz Felipe Scolari rolled the out the broken English -- I actually thought he was fairly decent -- today, and other than calling his management ...

Lampard Not Going Anywhere?

The big news to come out of new Chelsea manager Luis Scolari's first press conference at the club is that midfielder Frank Lampard isn't going ...

The Net 7.3

Chelsea Ladies sign Arsenal Pair Power in the Premier League, ladies that is, may be shifting. Chelsea has inked a pair of former Gunners, Lianne Sanderson and ...