All posts tagged "Chelsea"
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6.4KSpecialsWinning Vs Not Losing: The difference in approach that could make or break a football team
There is a running joke whenever fans catch sight of a team bus parking in a stadium garage – especially if it...
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5.7KPOVLoan Strategies: How some clubs are aiming to win at player development
For young players, it has become something of a rite of passage. Of the hundreds of players in the academy system very,...
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3.1KPOVThe best Champions League second leg comebacks of the last decade
With the four remaining round of 16 ties completed last week, the final stages of this unique Champions League campaign is underway...
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5.0KTimelessThe Big Freeze of 1963: The last time when football was stopped for so long
All action grinded to a sudden halt across the footballing world in 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis. Football everywhere, except Belarus...
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4.1KTimelessWhen little guys dream big: How a small town club from Luxembourg went to the ball in Europe
All the best stories follow a similar line. Firstly, there’s this little guy, unknown, quiet, but dedicated, never upsetting anyone, simply getting...
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6.4KSpecialsThe surprising life changes footballers make post retirement
The life of a footballer can follow very similar trajectory. Unless you are one of the world’s biggest stars, many careers across...
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3.5KSpecialsCognitive Entrenchment and the curious case of Jose Mourinho
There is this popular image of hypnosis where one person is dangling a swinging pendulum in front of another’s face until they...
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6.3KTimelessThe 1971 Cup Winners’ Cup: When Chelsea’s debutants overcame the Old Masters of European football
After winning the FA Cup in 1970, defeating Leeds United in a couple of brutal battles first at Wembley, and then in...
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2.5KPOVChelsea, Liverpool and the Practical Importance of club History
Chelsea’s emergence as a big player saw a rivalry of sorts kindle with Liverpool throughout the mid-2000s. Liverpool got the better of...
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2.4KTimelessAll thud and blunder in 2009’s very British Champions League encounter
Although hardly a formality, it seemed that the home team held all of the trump cards. Chelsea had travelled to Anfield two...
