“I don't follow football, I just love the name Aston Villa. Here in England you have other footballing entities like Manchester and Arsenal and Chelsea” NamesFootballEnglandEntityManchesterArsenalChelseaVilla Author:Tom Hanks
“What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football.” ThinkingDifferentUnitedHavensFootballChelseaScholesPaul ScholesEnglish Football Author:Kevin Keegan
“Is this good for English football? In the short run, Chelsea's rise has broken up what was turning into an irritating Arsenal-Manchester United duopoly. But football leagues (look at Scotland, look at Spain) can get along OK with duopolies. A monopoly, however, is a disaster. Everyone else in the Premiership has to operate on some kind of business footing, and the terror stalking Highbury and Old Trafford is that Chelsea will be immune from financial discipline forever.” LooksKindRunningUnitedForeverFootballBrokenDisciplineFinancialTerrorDisasterSoccerAnalysisLeagueScotlandSpainMonopolyImmuneStalkingManchesterArsenalIrritatingChelseaManchester UnitedBroken UpEnglish FootballFinancial Discipline Author:Matthew Engel
“Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in questionable privatisations couldn't be better spent?” PeopleTakenPlayerFootballCoachesBillionsAgentsSoccerAnalysisMillionaireQuestionableChelsea Author:Simon Kuper
“This is a game between players from 12 national sides, a game that if you have a friend in China, in Brazil, in Qatar...in half the world he wants to watch. I was thinking of this game when I signed for Chelsea.” IfsThinkingWorldWantGamesSidesHalfWatchesPlayerFootballChinaManagersSoccerChairmanBrazilChelseaQatar Author:Luiz Felipe Scolari
“It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it's good.” MadeFeetFootballBedBiggerSticksWarmManagersSoccerChestsBlanketChairmanSupermarketsChelseaCashmere Author:Jose Mourinho
“It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso.” MindTwoFootballSeasonsManagersSoccerChairmanChelseaMourinho Author:Rafael Benitez
“Daei's all alone here, with four Chelsea defenders for company.” CompanyFourFootballCommentatorsDefendersAll AloneChelsea Author:Peter Drury
“I don't play anymore because I can't play anymore and I retired when I was playing for Chelsea because the doctor had to cut my leg in two parts so this is why I retired. I started going to the gym recently and my knee started to hurt again, so you can imagine what it would be like if I tried to play! I play football on the beach with my daughters and my friends but that's it.” IfsI CanTwoPlayWould BeHurtCuttingImagineFootballDaughterMy FriendsDoctorsLegsBeachKneesMy DaughterGymRetiredBecause I CanChelsea Author:Emmanuel Petit
“Frank Lampard is the best ever at Chelsea and one of the best I've ever played with and against in world football today, and I think what set him apart was his dedication and hard work.” ThinkingWorldHardTodayFootballHard WorkDedicationFrankChelseaBest EverHard Work And Dedication Author:John Terry
“Yes, yes, I know all the jokes. What else could I have expected at Highbury? But I went to Chelsea and to Tottenham and to Rangers, and saw the same thing: that the natural state of a football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.” KnowsMatterStatesNaturalSawsFansFootballJokesNo Matter WhatDisappointmentExpectedBitterScoreRangersChelseaFootball FanTottenhamBitter Disappointment Book:Fever Pitch Source: Fever Pitch
“What is that song they are singing Is it an old Yorkshire ditty you know like that 'On Ilkley Moor Bar T'at' " Ruby said "Nah it's a football song. It goes 'We hate Chelsea we hate Chelsea we are the Chelsea haters.” KnowsSaidHateSongFootballSingingBarsChelseaRubiesMoorsYorkshire Author:Louise Rennison