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    Top bins, the spider's web, where the owls sleep and Declan Rice

    I’m obviously hoping that Real beat Arsenal 4-0 back at the Bernabeu, but I enjoyed the different descriptions of where Declan Rice put his free kicks

    “My old goalkeeper coach at West Ham, Ludek Miklosko, used to call that top corner of the goal next to the stanchion ‘the spiders’ web'. When I worked on an England game with John Murray for BBC Radio 5 Live last month, he said that in Brazil they call it ‘where the owls sleep’. Every country has a different saying for it - we know it as ‘top bins’.”

    Rice’s free kicks analyzed

    I love pop music and I love Chelsea (Pat was a great Chelsea player in the ’80s)

    The sentence below will keep me awake at nights

    Pat Nevin has musical memories "even better than scoring a diving header against Arsenal"

    Currently reading: Blue was the colour by andy hamilton 📚

    book cover

    This won’t be a popular view amongst football fans, but the Third Round of the FA Cup does make me think more kindly of VAR ⚽

    Are the Gooners cos-playing Real Madrid because they’ve won the Champions League so many times 😆 ⚽

    I’m very fortunate to be #ChelseaFc….but I wish it wasn’t so ruddy difficult to get tickets

    Stamford Bridge ticketing thing

    The German rendering of Ben Lyttleton’s Twelve Yards reads like it’s about monitoring elves

    I’d read that book too

    Cover of book about soccer penalties rendered in German as Elf Meter

    Thoughts on yesterday’s Tottenham - Chelsea match ⚽

    • wasn’t it marvellous?

    • caicedo was maybe lucky to stay on, but not as lucky as Kulusevski

    • Spurs need to take action against the daft people who chucked stuff at our players, and the FA need to take action against the daft club that gave them the stuff to throw

    • I love all sorts of music…but “Tottenham Hotspur, it’s happening again” is my favourite song

    • The Athletic: Palmer’s Panenka penalty was as brilliant as it was utterly disrespectful.

    • as I say…. marvellous

    Thoughts on the Chelsea match this afternoon

    • lovely to see a bit of proper ice-cold Cole Palmer magic again

    • Caicedo man of the match imho

    • great tackle by Cucarellla for the first goal

    • indirect free kicks in the box seem really tough to score from

    • the Arsenal are ahead of us in the League on alphabet. We need to change our name to AFC Chelsea ⚽

    rotating Chelsea badge

    I have to say I prefer it when we’re 6-0 up at half time #CheArs ⚽

    I enjoyed the cover of this month’s Cfcuk…I remember a similar cover featuring David Luiz

    Also, nice to know that at least a couple of the Undertones are Chelsea

    ⚽ #ChelseaFC

    <img src=“https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139254/2024/img-20241108-0919182.jpg" width=“436” height=“600” alt=“A magazine cover titled “cfcuk” features multiple identical black-and-white photos of a man arranged on a soccer field layout with a picture of Cole Palmer in every position “>

    Thoughts on this evening at Chelsea Vs Noah

    • Mudryk often needs to drop 5-10 yards. He’s fast enough that he doesn’t need to be level with the right back

    • it felt a bit mean to sing ‘we want ten’…but I did want ten

    • I would sing ‘we want ten’ at the Arsenal match on Sunday

    • Nkunku looked frustrated for a lot of the match. No balloon when he scored even

    • the penalty was a bit soft

    • I thought it was funny the way the players went over to watch the VAR replay, over the referee’s shoulder

    • Joao Felix MOTM…he hates the Arsenal

    • Noah were a bit better than 8-0 really

    • the 211 to Battersea Power Station, then the Northern Line isn’t a bad way back to Waterloo, and it was pretty at night

    • we’re Top of the League

    ⚽ #ChelseaFC

    A football match is taking place at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium, with a packed crowd in attendance.

    The view from under the banner in the Matthew Harding Lower , #ChelseaFC ⚽

    A group of people is gathered under a large blue fabric, with some reaching up towards it.

    We had a good night tonight but managed to miss one of the highlights

    there was some light relief near the home bench. Nicolas Jackson was very pleased with himself after balancing a cup of soup on Marc Cucurella’s head.

    João Félix leads the onslaught as Chelsea hammer eight past Noah - The Guardian

    ⚽ #ChelseaFC

    Like James Brown, I’ve taken it to the Bridge

    Not before time tbh
    ⚽ #ChelseaFc

    A soccer stadium is shown with people in the stands and players on the field under bright lights.

    We missed out on Southampton - Chelsea tickets….I think my hit rate is down to 1 in 5

    I didn’t know this existed but I want to read it

    One of my favourite comics has written a memoir about following my favourite team

    ⚽📖 #ChelseaFC

    Auto-generated description: A young boy wearing a blue sports outfit sits on stairs, holding a trophy, featured on the cover of Blue was the Colour: A Tale of Tarnished Love by Andy Hamilton.

    The hashtag for Man United Vs Chelsea always reminds me of …..

    ⚽ #MunChe

    (annual-ish toot / tweet / post)

    Munch's The Scream

    ““Fifa always shout that they want the game to be inclusive, and they want the game to lead by example. Well, if so, then make sure that you align with sponsorships that are leading by example.”

    Women footballers urge Fifa to end Saudi oil deal

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