Chelsea Football Club Results and Comments

Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Carling Cup

Everton	0-1 (HT 0-0) (agg 1-3)	Chelsea
		J Cole 69
Bookings: Carsley 25 Fernandes 73 Nuno Valente 80 Neville 82		Bookings: Makelele 66 Belletti 75

One more win of Chelsea FC

A brilliantly executed counter-attack goal from Joe Cole and an all-round quality display from Chelsea means the club will contest the sixth League Cup

Saturday, 19 January 2008
Barclays Premier League

Birmingham	0-1 (HT 0-0)	Chelsea
		Pizarro 79
Bookings: Muamba 11		Bookings: Pizarro 77

The Blues defeated Birmingham

Claudio Pizarro's second-half header, his first goal since the opening day against this very same opposition, made the difference in a tight encounter

Saturday, 12 January 2008

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge

Ref: Alan Wiley )

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	2-0 (HT 1-0)	Tottenham
Belletti 19 Wright-Phillips 80
Bookings: Makelele 58 Ballack 68		Bookings: Boateng 23 Malbranque 53 O'Hara 75 Lennon 78

Juliano Belletti's put Chelsea ahead

Tottenham struggled to create clear chances, with Steed Malbranque going closest with a well-struck volley. Nicolas Anelka hit the bar after making his Chelsea debut off the bench and Shaun Wright-Phillips sealed the win with a low shot past Radek Cerny

Tuesday, 08 January 2008

(19:45 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Peter Walton )

Carling Cup

Chelsea	2-1 (HT 1-0)	Everton
Wright-Phillips 26 Lescott o.g. 90		Yakubu 64
Bookings: Cole 52 Belletti 76		Bookings: Carsley 8 Hibbert 31 Neville 49 Johnson 66
Sent off: Obi 55

Everton were defeated by the Blues

Within nine minutes of Chelsea's enforced reshuffle, Everton were back on level footing, Yakubu's half-volley stunning the Bridge. After almost an hour misplacing passes, Moyes' side found their man: James McFadden's free-kick was flapped at by Hilario at the far post and buried by the Nigerian, with a full-blooded swipe of the right boot

Saturday, 05 January 2008

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge )

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON

Chelsea	1-0 (HT 1-0)	QPR
Camp o.g. 28
		Bookings: Hall 73

Chelsea unbeaten home run

FA Cup holders Chelsea began their defence of the trophy with a fortuitous 1-0 victory over west London neighbours Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge

Tuesday, 01 January 2008

(12:45 at Craven Cottage
Ref: Mark Halsey )

Barclays Premier League

Fulham	1-2 (HT 1-0)	Chelsea
Murphy (pen) 10		Kalou 54 Ballack (pen) 62
Bookings: Stefanovic 67

Chelsea 2 Fulham 1

Danny Murphy blasted Fulham ahead with a 10th minute penalty, a lead which deservedly remained intact until the interval. But Chelsea ....

Saturday, 29 December 2007

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Mike Riley )

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	2-1 (HT 1-0)	Newcastle
Essien 29 Kalou 87		Butt 56
Bookings: Alex 5		Bookings: Faye 12 Given 88

The Blues won a match against Newcastle

Salomon Kalou grabbed a controversial late winner as Avram Grant became the target for the Chelsea boo-boys for the first time since taking charge three months ago

Wednesday, 26 December 2007

(13:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Phil Dowd )

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	4-4 (HT 1-2)	Aston Villa
Shevchenko (pen) 45 Shevchenko 50 Alex 66 Ballack 88		Maloney 14 Maloney 44 Laursen 72 Barry (pen) 90
Bookings: Essien 19 Ballack 90 Alex 90		Bookings: Reo-Coker 55 Harewood 90
Sent off: Carvalho 80 Cole 90		Sent off: Knight 45

4-4 draw game against Aston Villa

Gareth Barry's injury-time penalty rescued a deserved 4-4 draw for Aston Villa at Chelsea to cap a thrilling game which produced eight goals and three red cards

Sunday, 23 December 2007

(16:10 at Ewood Park
Ref: Steve Bennett )

Barclays Premier League

Blackburn	0-1 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Cole 22
Bookings: Dunn 37		Bookings: Alex 10 Carvalho 79

Joe Cole' victorious goal against Blackburn

Joe Cole kept Chelsea in touch with leaders Arsenal and Manchester United as Blackburn crashed to a fourth successive defeat after a 1-0 loss

Wednesday, 19 December 2007

(19:45 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Martin Atkinson )

Carling Cup

Chelsea	2-0 (HT 0-0)	Liverpool
Lampard 59 Shevchenko 90
		Bookings: Alonso 27 Lucas 42 Sissoko 86
		Sent off: Crouch 60

Peter Crouch saw red

Lampard's deflected 59th minute opener was followed, seconds later, by a moment of madness from Crouch who was red-carded for a disgraceful two-footed lunge on Mikel John Obi

Sunday, 16 December 2007

(16:00 at Emirates stadium
Ref: Alan Wiley)

Barclays Premier League

Arsenal	1-0 (HT 1-0)	Chelsea
Gallas 45
Bookings: Adebayor 22 Eboue 35 Flamini 63 Fabregas 90		Bookings: Terry 30 Lampard 30 Cole 67 Ben-Haim 74 Obi 84

William Gallas's rejoicing

William Gallas accepted the compliments of the season from his old club Chelsea in the feistiest of London derbies which Arsenal won 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

(19:45 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Gregorz Gilewski )

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Valencia
		Bookings: Canizares 90

Chelsea 0-0 Valencia

The Blues had already qualified for the Champions League knockout stages as Group B winners, regardless of tonight's result at Stamford Bridge, and for long spells they looked like a team with nothing to play for

Saturday, 08 December 2007

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Peter Walton )

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	2-0 (HT 1-0)	Sunderland
Shevchenko 23 Lampard (pen) 75
		Bookings: Wallace 40
		Sent off: Miller 88

Shevchenko was star of the match

Andriy Shevchenko celebrated his Chelsea return by spearheading a 2-0 Premier League home victory over Sunderland

Saturday, 01 December 2007

(12:45 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Howard Webb)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	1-0 (HT 0-0)	West Ham
Cole 76
Bookings: Obi 37 Kalou 41 Belletti 55 Lampard 71 Terry 85		Bookings: Etherington 23 Solano 34 Boa Morte 45

West Ham were beaten by The Pensioners

Joe Cole's late winner against former club West Ham allowed Chelsea to put the pressure on their Premier League title rivals in the early kick-off at Stamford Bridge

Wednesday, 28 November 2007

(19:45 at Lerkendal Stadion
Ref: Olegário Benquerença)

UEFA Champions League

Rosenborg	0-4 (HT 0-3)	Chelsea
		Drogba 8 Drogba 20 Alex 40 Cole 73

The easy win for Chelsea

Chelsea secured their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Rosenborg in Trondheim

Saturday, 24 November 2007

(17:15 at Pride Park
Ref: André Marriner )

Barclays Premier League

Derby	0-2 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Kalou 17 Wright-Phillips 73
		Bookings: Cole 76
		Sent off: Essien 90

Chelsea 2-0 Derby County

Shaun Wright-Phillips scored his first goal for Chelsea for seven months to silence the Derby boo-boys who had turned on the Blues' England contingent

Sunday, 11 November 2007

(14:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Alan Wiley)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	1-1 (HT 0-0)	Everton
Drogba 70		Cahill 90
Bookings: Belletti 51 Essien 66		Bookings: Neville 39 Pienaar 90

Match in a draw against Everton

Drogba put Chelsea in front with a bullet header in the 71st minute but they had to settle for a 1-1 draw when Cahill's spectacular overhead scissor-kick beat Carlo Cudicini from six yards

Tuesday, 06 November 2007

(19:45 at Veltins-Arena
Ref: Massimo Busacca )

UEFA Champions League

Schalke 04	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Chelsea
Bookings: Rakitic 85		Bookings: Essien 83

Schalke 0 The Blues 0

Chelsea need just one win from their remaining two games to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League after a goalless draw against Schalke in Gelsenkirchen

Saturday, 03 November 2007

(15:00 at JJB Stadium
Ref: Steve Bennett )

Barclays Premier League

Wigan	0-2 (HT 0-2)	Chelsea
		Lampard 11 Belletti 18
Bookings: Landzaat 59 Bramble 89		Bookings: Drogba 66

The Pensioners' revival under manager Avram Grant

Rivals Manchester United and Arsenal drew earlier in the day, ensuring Chelsea's two Shaun Wright-Phillips-inspired goals were enough to see them cut the gap at the top

Wednesday, 31 October 2007

(19:45 at Stamford Bridge)

Carling Cup

Chelsea	4-3 (HT 2-1)	Leicester
Lampard 20 Lampard 29 Shevchenko 87 Lampard 90		McAuley 6 Campbell 69 Cort 74
Bookings: Sidwell 23 Ben-Haim 38		Bookings: Newton 33 Sheehan 71

Hat-trick from Lampard

Andriy Shevchenko fired an 87th-minute equaliser and Frank Lampard completed a hat-trick with an injury-time winner to keep the holders in the competition

Saturday, 27 October 2007

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Mike Riley)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	6-0 (HT 2-0)	Man City
Essien 16 Drogba 31 Drogba 56 Cole 60 Kalou 75 Shevchenko 90
Bookings: Essien 26 Lampard 30		Bookings: Richards 29 Johnson 44

Easy victory of the Blues

Coach Avram Grant's promise of a more attacking Chelsea finally materialised as they sent Manchester City crashing to a crushing 6-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

(19:45 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Peter Fröjdfeldt)

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea	2-0 (HT 1-0)	Schalke 04
Malouda 4 Drogba 47
		Bookings: Jones 24 Rodriguez 57

Schalke 04 were defeated by Chelsea 0-2

Avram Grant's brave new world at Stamford Bridge continues to heal the wounds left by Jose Mourinho's departure as Chelsea's 2-0 win over Schalke put them in a commanding position in Champions League Group B

Saturday, 20 October 2007

(15:00 at Riverside Stadium
Ref: Mark Halsey)

Barclays Premier League

Middlesbrough	0-2 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Drogba 8 Alex 57
Bookings: Boateng 48		Bookings: Malouda 72

Didier Drogba's contribution to the Pensioners victory over Middlesbrough

Didier Drogba made amends for his infamous outburst to repair 'broken' Chelsea's Barclays Premier League mission with a timely goal in a 2-0 win at Middlesbrough

Sunday, 07 October 2007

(15:00 at Reebok Stadium
Ref: Alan Wiley)

Barclays Premier League

Bolton	0-1 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Kalou 41
Bookings: Campo 18 Diouf 24 McCann 54 Davies 72 Jaaskelainen 90		Bookings: Carvalho 69

Salomon Kalou victorious goal

A cool finish from Salomon Kalou in the 41st minute was enough to overcome a stubborn Bolton side 1-0 and bring a broad smile to Grant's face at the end of the game

Wednesday, 03 October 2007

(19:45 at Mestalla
Ref: Roberto Rosetti)

UEFA Champions League

Valencia	1-2 (HT 1-1)	Chelsea
Villa 9		Cole 21 Drogba 71
Bookings: Marchena 79		Bookings: Obi 89

The Pensioners got their Champions League campaign back

Playing at the same venue where six months ago they had knocked out Valencia to progress through to the semi-finals of this competition, Chelsea overcame their recent troubles to match their 2-1 win from last time

Saturday, 29 September 2007

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Martin Atkinson)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Fulham
Bookings: Drogba 35		Bookings: Davis 82
Sent off: Drogba 74

Chelsea Football Club 0-0 Fulham Football Club

Chelsea lost captain John Terry with a suspected fractured cheekbone as Avram Grant's first home game in charge ended in stalemate and controversy

Hull were beaten by Chelsea

New Chelsea coach Avram Grant can afford himself a welcome sigh of relief after seeing his Blues ease into the last 16 of the Carling Cup with a 4-0 win at Hull

Sunday, 23 September 2007

(16:00 at Old Trafford
Ref: Michael Dean)

Barclays Premier League

Man Utd	2-0 (HT 1-0)	Chelsea
Tevez 45 Saha (pen) 90
Bookings: Rooney 61 Brown 80		Bookings: Cole 73 Terry 83
		Sent off: Obi 32

Chelsea were defeated by Man U

In 11 meetings with Manchester United, Mourinho lost only once. Grant now finds himself needing to go 10 undefeated to match that record as first Carlos Tevez, with his first goal for the Red Devils, then Louis Saha with a controversial penalty, struck at the end of either half

Tuesday, 18 September 2007

(19:45 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Laurent Duhamel)

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea	1-1 (HT 0-1)	Rosenborg
Shevchenko 53		Koppinen 24
Bookings: Alex 66		Bookings: Dorsin 66 Kone 89

Chelsea FC were saved by Andriy Shevchenko

The Londoners were expected to make short work of their unfashionable opponents in their Group B opener but lacked sufficient threat up front

Saturday, 15 September 2007

(17:15 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Howard Webb)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Blackburn
Bookings: Cole 74 Belletti 75		Bookings: Warnock 82 Savage 84

0-0 draw against Blackburn

Chelsea looked to have sealed all three points when Salomon Kalou converted a cross from Julian Belletti, but Webb disallowed the goal for offside

Sunday, 02 September 2007

(16:00 at Villa Park
Ref: Mark Clattenburg)

Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	2-0 (HT 0-0)	Chelsea
Knight 47 Agbonlahor 88
Bookings: Reo-Coker 56 Barry 66 Agbonlahor 71 Carew 71		Bookings: Drogba 70

Aston Villa dream came true

Aston Villa fan Zat Knight scored on his debut for Martin O'Neill's side to help shatter Chelsea's seven-month unbeaten record in the Barclays Premier League

Saturday, 25 August 2007

(15:00 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Alan Wiley)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	1-0 (HT 1-0)	Portsmouth
Lampard 31
		Bookings: Davis 52 Muntari 77

Frank Lampard's victorious goal

Frank Lampard's first-half goal moved Chelsea to the top of the Barclays Premier League and cast doubt on the ability of Portsmouth goalkeeper David James to reclaim the England number one jersey

Sunday, 19 August 2007

(16:00 at Anfield Road
Ref: Rob Styles)

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool	1-1 (HT 1-0)	Chelsea
Torres 16		Lampard (pen) 62
Bookings: Kuyt 30 Pennant 40 Gerrard 43 Carragher 61		Bookings: Essien 12 Cole 59 Ben-Haim 63 Lampard 70 Terry 74

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

The two clubs have played each other 16 times in three seasons and familiarity clearly breeds contempt with nine bookings and Hampshire referee Rob Styles coming in for flak from both sets of players as he fought to maintain order

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

(20:00 at Madejski Stadium
Ref: Michael Dean)

Barclays Premier League

Reading	1-2 (HT 1-0)	Chelsea
Bikey 30		Lampard 47 Drogba 50
Bookings: Long 13 Cisse 15 Hunt 37 Ingimarsson 52		Bookings: Carvalho 26 Sidwell 31 Wright-Phillips 76 Cole 89 Obi 90
Sent off: Cisse 72

Reading were beaten by the Blues 1-2

Goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba inside five second-half minutes gave Chelsea a deserved 2-1 win over Reading and spared the blushes of goalkeeper Petr Cech

Sunday, 12 August 2007

(13:30 at Stamford Bridge
Ref: Steve Bennett)

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	3-2 (HT 2-2)	Birmingham
Pizarro 17 Malouda 31 Essien 50		Forssell 15 Kapo 36
Bookings: Essien 52 Carvalho 79		Bookings: Larsson 77

Record for Chelsea

Jose Mourinho's men were given a scare when Mikael Forssell opened the scoring and Olivier Kapo levelled before the break, but Essien's second-half strike into the top corner meant Chelsea have gone 64 league games undefeated at Stamford Bridge

Sunday, 05 August 2007

FA Community Shield

Chelsea	1-1 (HT 1-1)	Man Utd
Malouda 45		Giggs 35
Bookings: Ben Haim 33 Carvalho 63 Mikel 90		Bookings: Rooney 45
Man Utd win 3-0 on penalties

The Pensioners 1- 1 Red Devils

Edwin van der Sar was the shoot-out hero as Manchester United clinched a Community Shield triumph over Chelsea at Wembley

Hull	0-4 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Sinclair 37 Kalou 48 Sidwell 52 Kalou 81
Bookings: Brown 75