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delblue76

@DerekLary

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77 year old enjoying life. Been Chelsea forever

South West, England
Joined June 2022
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delblue76
9 months
Just got news that my cancer has NOT spread. So despite it being my diet day having a little drink. Love the NHS
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1 month
My mum passed away today at about 09.00. She was over 100 years old but still had all her marbles and would have loved Chelsea beating the Hammers today. God Bless Mum xx
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2 months
So we have now been married for 60 years!! She's still the only girl for me
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8 months
So 77 years old today but still ha ingredients a laugh 👍
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6 months
Visited my 100 year old mum in Essex for a few days. She was as lively as ever 😀😀. Kept telling people that I was her 77 year old son!!
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2 months
After a mad 5 days, I finally had a good look at my wife's gift to me. It's 2 tickets (me and my son) at home to Wolves 👍. Now noticed they are hospitality tickets and cost £400 each!!! Blimey, I used to sneak in for nothing as a kid, and now... thanks Marg xx
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delblue76
4 months
@Hsports_HD It's impossible not even our worst ever manager would do that
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5 months
Bank Holiday but just a normal day for us as we retired 15 years ago - love it 😀
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5 months
🎶 Old Men In The Morning 🎶 off to see Maddness
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delblue76
8 months
When the resturant offers you a complimentary drink just say 'thank you'
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7 months
OK a couple of hours have passed now since the latest debacle and I'm feeling a bit better. Singing 'always look on the bright side of life de dum.....' Only problem is my singing is now depressing Marg 🙃 😃😃
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delblue76
8 months
Oh thanks so much Connor lovely bit of class. Now I can go to bed with a silly smile on my face
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delblue76
7 months
@ChelseaSeason They would be easier to live with if they just come out and said 1. We screwed a lot of things up and regret that. 2. This is what we have learnt. This is how we are going to ensure we don't repeat those mistakes again. Or they can just continue to pretend they know it all
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7 months
This is the worst I've felt all season because I never thought we would get this bad. Half time 1-0 up against a bottom side who had 10 men!!! Even my mates have stopped giving me banter they know it hurts too much. Guess 'don't kick a man when he is down' comes to mind.
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2 months
@whitewall618431 I am proud to have been part of all that. When trophies came, it was our reward for being there for the team when times were tough
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delblue76
8 months
@Iconic_Mourinho My hero. We waited 50 years to win the top division and in his first season he did it!! and just for fun won it the next year as well. Chatted to him once and he was so normal - love the geezer
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delblue76
1 month
Cucurella ran more, fought more, and showed more desire to 'play for the shirt' than the whole West Ham side added together. Loved watching him
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delblue76
3 months
@BaldingSte67197 @ChelseaFC It's difficult to watch Steve, but I can not feel anything but 100% Chelsea, and when the season kicks off, I will be excited as ever. These owners have turned off so many really great supporters like you, which is a shame. Think you will be there shouting for us come Kick Off
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delblue76
8 months
So I got in the pub and sort of nervous about today so I had a double brandy with my coffee. Now had a few San Miguel while Marg is drinking tea and eating cake 🎂. Don't feel nervous anymore why? Because 'we are the Chelsea and we are the best'. Another brandy please mate
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13 days
@whitewall618431 One of the best things in my life was standing in the Shed week after week. The atmosphere was electric even when the match was not. The banter chanting about the best part of the Shed was always fun. Great memories
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delblue76
3 months
Enzo Maresca blames Poch for our poor defence. So let's see what you can do, especially as we have no injuries. Rule out long grass, Poch (who at least got us European football and the team improving), and any other excuses. Talk less, produce more.
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1 month
@AbsoluteChelsea @ChelseaFC 'Ahead of where I expected to be'. Well, how much worse did you expect us to be? My advice - shut up talking rubbish and get the team playing some good football
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delblue76
6 months
Had a terrible dream last night. New owners with no football knowledge bought a load of rabdom young players. Most will never reach our standard and others are injury prone. We then became a poor side. Then they sold our hotel to pay for it all!! Still happily I'm awake now....
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2 months
@richschaller54 The biggest mistake Chelsea ever made 😢 was sacking Carlo
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delblue76
7 months
Frank Leboeuf (what a player) has accused our owners of 'destroying the club' - no argument from me. And their other club Strasbourg had fans demonstrating against them pre match!! Maybe they will listen and do what they can to to get it right by listening to football people 🙏
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delblue76
2 months
Good luck, Conor. I appreciate all the love and effort you put into the Chelsea Football Club. You will improve as you get more and more experience and I expect to see you wearing an England shirt for a long time. Enjoy your time in Spain 👍
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8 months
Princess Kate, I wish you well and hope your treatment resolves your health issues. Such a brave speech because your own diagnosis is always so hard to talk about (I know from my own experiences) and your words were wonderful. Hard as it is at times, keep fighting for all of us
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8 months
@CFCDigest Yep the support actually helps the team play better
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delblue76
8 months
Getting in the mood and got some nice brandy for later. Come on you Blues
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delblue76
3 months
Let's all ensure that when we kick off the Prem matches, Dewsbury-Hall gets a fair chance from supporters. Remember, we have not signed a 'super star' but a player who has played 59 Prem games, scored 3 goals, and had 4 assists. The Connor situation has nothing to do with him
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1 year
@AbsoluteChelsea @ReeceJames Top player and fingers crossed for an injury free season
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3 months
Holiday made better watching Spurs lose 2 points last night 😀
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9 months
@jayjacobwhite Yes Jay it's where we live
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6 months
@gate17marco @neal_army @richschaller54 @onlyapound @SmiffyEastStand @eddiemacbawa 'We're the boys in Blue division 2 come along and sing this song'. You know what it seems like only yesterday
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delblue76
7 months
Chelsea a few requests - sort out the defence and stop giving goals away, 100% effort from everyone and play as a team. We have the ability but just need the heart and confidence. Supporters get behind them whatever happens!! because you can help with confidence and heart 👍
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3 months
@BaldingSte67197 However, many on here will suddenly be supporting another team, so at least that will be good. The old days in Division 2 are fondly remembered by me surrounded by supporters who loved Chelsea, whatever and boy did we get our rewards a few seasons after for staying loyal 👍
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delblue76
7 months
@Jgibbins It's sad mate 😢 and makes the 'old days' of just queue up (even in the pissing rain) and pay and walk straight in seem like paradise
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3 months
@whitewall618431 Better atmosphere, better supporters, and better strikers (just look at the pi ture) than today - no question about that!!!
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delblue76
2 months
Remembering a short time ago, our manager was chatting about how important Sterling was as an experienced player and praising his pre season form and training. Now listen to him!! Excuse me if I never believe another word he says. Just the owners mouthpiece, I think 🤔
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delblue76
6 months
So I think it's possible that MU get no more points this season!!! Anyway whatever happens we now have a great chance to snatch a European place and who would have thought that a few months ago?
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1 year
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5 months
@whitewall618431 That is a great photo reminds of the days long since gone but still makes me smile 😃
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5 months
@TheChelseaForum Wish everyone would stop chatting about the 'project' and 'process' etc and just get on with winning matches 👍
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delblue76
4 months
Italy were so slow and sluggish last night, very poor performance. So bad I thought I was watching England!! Please, Gareth, pick Cole to start and maybe a few others we need energy and life plus talent.
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1 year
@matissearmani 😀😀 us old gits will tell you we had a few good years in the second division and we are all still here supporting Chelsea.
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delblue76
6 months
Ruud Gullit 'it's almost impossible to buy so many players and make a team of them. And there's a lack of quality for the money spent. You need to see more'. My thoughts exactly but expressed by a true professional.
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delblue76
3 months
Buy an experienced striker FFS!!! I am fed up waiting now it's been 2 years, and you've spent a fortune ignoring the one position that could make a massive difference. Thinking of the song 'Are you Tottenham in disguise,'
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4 months
@whitewall618431 Must be an 'Old Man' thing, mate, because I prefer the the ground as it was and the atmosphere that was created in it, win, lose or draw
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delblue76
7 days
Advice I got when first entering management at Chrysler about team motivation. 'Praise in Public, Criticise in Private'. Always worked for me from my early 20s until I retired at 62. In other words, treat people how you would like to be treated. I guess
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6 days
Really enjoyed our match yesterday 🙌 and the 3 points. But another 6 bookings (I think), and it's happened twice before!! Unless we cut it out sometime in the future, we will struggle to field a team. Some of the bookings are stupid, so let's cut it out 👍
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delblue76
3 months
Good Luck Conor hope you flourish in Spain. Thanks for all you did at Chelsea, and remember all the others that we let go and have who now have a bag full of trophies. If you are ever in Brixham, I will buy you beer mate 👍 🤣🤣🤣
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delblue76
9 months
High tide today in Brixham
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delblue76
7 months
Just looking at the league table. Blimey if we won our couple of games in hand the situation would look miles better and even hopeful ☺️ so let's start tomorrow with MU - we can do it!!!!
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delblue76
6 months
Remember watching Bobby Tambling scoring 5!! goals at Villa Park and we won 6 something (can't remember). Beaming all the way home. Don't know the year but am certain it happened as I was there 😃😃
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delblue76
1 year
@OZZEY_H @addicted2newz Don't think our volunteer (and in most case retired) Poppy sellers would agree with you!!!!
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delblue76
5 months
@whitewall618431 As we got off the bus in Sockholm in heard 'hello Dad'. My son, Martin, had flown on a different day from a different airport and was just walking by when I stepped off the coach. We had a fab day 👍
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delblue76
3 months
November 1963, I took my girlfriend/wife to see Chelsesa v Arsenal, and we won 3-1. She did not like the atmosphere and never came again. Perfect for me 👍. Remember the game well but looked it up and saw Ian Watson scored a goal for us. I can not remember him, can anybody else?
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delblue76
2 months
Even I had to laugh when I realised we have now got 9 senior goalkeepers 😀😀 loads of banter from my Spurs, Arsenal, and even Millwall mates 😳. However, if we can claim a decent tophy, or in fact ANY trophy I will return the banter with interest 😉 😉😉
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8 days
@DenisGrant13 My thoughts exactly. A good manager would be keeping all comments in private and trying to support the player after such a terrible time with injuries. Maybe Reece might even want to step down this season to ease his mind. Why not ask him?
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2 months
@whitewall618431 Loved being crushed in the Shed because it meant we had scored!!! Everyone surged forwards but I always stood in front of the metal crush barriers, hence going mad celebrating but no chance of being smashed forwards 😀😀
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3 months
Manager states that every player is a squad player and no one is guaranteed a shirt. He then says the issue is with the owners to sell academy players due to rules. So, did the owners tell Connor he wouldn't play? If so, then they pick the team? Or is Manger not being truthful?
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3 months
@MadMontana And replaced them with better players, so no problem.
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2 years
@philipbessong @AbsoluteChelsea @FabrizioRomano It's a shame mate. I'm 76 and been watching and supporting Chelsea since I was in short trousers. One season we were near the bottom of the second!!! Division. We still sang and supported and will to the day we die. Only 1 club for me
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7 months
@DongboGerald Unfortunatly a number of those players are likely to be on the 'injured' list next season as well which is sad especially for Reece because he is a class player
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2 months
@thechelskikid Pete it because they blatantly don't give a shit about the word 'club' or the supporters. I've never had an issue with any of our owners before, and I'm 77, mate. They plan to make money for themselves in the future, and that's it.
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3 months
If the manager thinks that last night, the team played well 🤔 what the f*** is playing bad going to look like 😢. Guess we will soon find out!!!
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7 months
Butterflies in my stomach now !!! Love live football because you never know what's going to happen next 😃😃. Come on Chelsea - hoping to be drinking to celebrate later rather than to forget 💙 😉
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8 months
@whitewall618431 @MartinKnight_ @NTilt He was a 'one off' and we never see a player like Ossie again. In days that are a bit tough (health) I often think of Ossie and them days and it really makes me feel great. Chelsea whatever division, whoever the manager is, however clueless the owners are in my heart forever
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1 year
@ralpha060461 Tough but Osimhen for me. Suspect Toney will flop at a big club and please not a other 'young star' for the future. Of course, like most of us, I've been wrong as many times as I've been right 😀😀
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7 months
@tim_rolls Fantastic night and great atmosphere quite a lot to do with the 'welcome' we got in their country. I kept waiting for it all to go wrong- it didn't!!! Sore throat as well as head 😀
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6 months
So much free room in the box for Villa to score. This is not the manager for goodness sake it's about players just not doing the basics!!!!
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2 months
@ralpha060461 Fantastic and all three loved Chelsea football club and us the supporters 💙
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1 year
@AlexGoldberg_ Because I don't know if he is good or bloody awful 😕. Guess time will tell
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1 month
@robertmdaws @ChelseaFC Really good photo, mate.
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11 months
Strange for me to moan but honestly I cannot think of many worse performances in terms of passion, fight and pride than this. OK the way the squad was assembled was a major problem but for goodness sake show some character please...
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7 months
Real Madrid v Man City what a wonderful display of football this match was. Skill levels were so high and no shortage of passion either. Will I be watching the second leg? 👀 of course I will
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6 months
@paulhughes2901 One of my greatest moments of watching Chelsea. The noise we all made was brilliant - we WON THE FA CUP and who would have thought it 😀
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4 months
@CFCNewsReport I would let him go even if it was Bert Williams who lives up my street even if Bert is 82!!!
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delblue76
8 months
RIP Stan Bowles the man who used to keep us watching for 90 mins because he was always capable of doing things with the ball that seemed almost impossible. Of course he never played for us but what an entertainer he was
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4 months
@ChelseaScotsman Hope he is not our number 1. I am on blood thinning tablets re a heart condition, and every time he gets the ball at his feet, I panic and with good reason. God, look at the keepers we have had over the years he is nowhere the standard required.
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3 months
That 'footballs back' feeling has just kicked in. Optimistic about the weekend, especially remembering we have not lost a home match this season!! Come on, Chelsea, we can do it 👍
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8 months
Another good goal!!! Well done Sterling not having a good half but does not hide and created a good goal. Loving the display so far. Must mention Mudryk working hard and pinching the ball from Leicester is a good sign.
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4 months
@TheChelseaForum For the last 69 years'ish. My old man took me to my first game when I was 8.
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delblue76
8 months
My car insurance is £475 new renewal price is £887. Went on go compare and found a good company quoting £537. So called my guys did not tell them the price but the company. They reduced to £728. I said 'bye'. Then they said £537 WTF - Accepted. Don't like today's world much 😞
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1 year
@AbsoluteChelsea Let the manager coach him for a season because I think he has talent and will shine. His commitment to the club cannot be faulted
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7 months
So my team talk today would be short 'FFS don't give away any pathetic goals!!! 🙄
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8 months
Supposed to say 'still having a laugh' but you all know what I mean 😀😀😀
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8 months
@HKSaratov Unfortunately he was talking rubbish and don't we know it
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delblue76
5 months
Laying 8 slabs (when I should not) done all digging etc and got 4 down, looked good to me. Then I was on the floor!! Local contractor came in took my ones up and completed the job (2 hours). Refused any payment, eventually took £20 for a drink after I insisted. Guess I'm old!!!
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7 months
@whitewall618431 You know what I am going for a 2-0 win for Chelsesa. I am confident 😌 and will remain so up until kick off. I love a few glasses of🍷
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3 months
@AbsoluteChelsea @NizaarKinsella What will they threaten him with next? If he is given a chance he will get a shirt unless the manager is told 'don't pick him'. Many have been told the same news but with the encouraging words 'so it's up to you now just show me why you should be in the team. Not at this club
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3 months
@ralpha060461 It was so hard, but today, it would have to be JT. Mind you, they would tell him he is only a squad player 😤 😂😂😂
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delblue76
5 months
Let's make it clear about the Olympics. You play for Chelsea Football Club, who pay your wages, and you have supporters who will be with you forever as long as you show respect and loyalty. New manager, new tactics you should not even be asking to go!!!
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3 months
@MadMontana We shall soon see mate, and we will all be rejoicing or feeling a bit down together. 'We are the famous, the famous Chelsea!!!
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6 months
'We waz robbed' old line 😀😀. However some fighting spirit being shown and the goal from Connor was a peach. Let's hope we beat Spurs and then the season can really kick off 👍 pity it's nearly over.. then again 😀. Still this is Chelsea, this is us, and we will be back
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delblue76
9 months
Woke Margaret up with my 'Valentine tray' - been married 60 years in October 👍👍
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5 months
@evilbluebird I keep thinking it's a bad dream and I will wake up soon!!!
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1 year
My take on the fans booing Chelsea off the pitch. So it releives your frustration, I get that. However how do think it helps the players especially the younger ones? Does not help them in anyway at all. And people suggesting the manager should go, it's nuts 🙄
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