Mar

27

Arsenal and Chelsea fined £100,000

Filed Under Carling Cup, The FA | 3 Comments

In a statement today the FA have fined both Arsenal and Chelsea £100,000 for the Carling Cup handbags. It does seem a little harsh though. Compare it to the following:
Tottenham Hotspur FC
Tottenham Hotspur FC v Middlesbrough FC
FA Premier League, 5 December 2006
Denied breach of FA Rule E20(a) – failing to ensure that its players conducted [...]

Feb

26

Pathetic

Filed Under Carling Cup, Injuries | 6 Comments

Miracle man? What a load of bollocks. I read last night about Terry’s ‘remarkable’ recovery.
Now, what happened to him wasn’t nice to see but there really is nothing miraculous or remarkable about a somebody regaining consciousness. It happens all the fucking time.

Feb

26

Keith Hackett on the Arsenal v Chelsea ‘brawl’

Filed Under Carling Cup, Fights, The FA | 3 Comments

I think players came together and I have no doubt the FA will look at the videos carefully and they will deal with it in their usual manner.
So, shoddily and with hilarious incompetence then.
Video of the incident with Chinese commentary. Well, it’s better than listening to Andy fucking Gray.

Jan

8

Where are Chelsea’s young players?

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I read yesterday that Chelsea will play Michael Essien (midfielder) and Paulo Ferreira (right back) as centre-halves for the Carling Cup quarter final against Wycombe Wanderers.
With John Terry and Boolaroloolaroooz injured and Carvalho suspended the manager certainly has to shuffle his pack but with the opposition far from mighty wouldn’t this have been a good [...]