The Blue Box

For those of us who are literate (ie not American, ie not Shed), both Mou and Drogba are releasing their first bios over the next few months

Should be good reads.

Chelsea boss José Mourinho cleared by FA over Eva Carneiro ‘abuse’ claim:
Chelsea manager José Mourinho has been cleared of any wrongdoing after being accused of abuse towards former club doctor Eva Carneiro, after the FA analysed audio footage of the incident and announced it “is satisfied that the words used do not constitute discriminatory language under FA Rules.”
http://www.espnfc.us/chelsea/story/2639957/chelsea-boss-jose-mourinho-cleared-by-fa-over-carneiro-abuse


No payday after all it seems. #TearsForDr€va

Chelsea fan crowd funded money to buy a headstone for George Hilsdon's grave

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-fc-fans-first-world-6579803

So, in Amelia's first interview he revealed that he called the Chelsea staff after Courtois got injured and offered his services. We offered him a few trials and then we signed the contract.

Talk about talking your way into a job.

Earning them big bucks

Kick, do you wanna offer your services as RB?

Shed can apply for Mourinho's role since he's not gonna be there at the touchline

I'd do a better job than Ivanovic, tbh

As would I a better one than Mourinho

I guess this settles it then. I'll make some calls

Thanks, Souly.

So Carlo Ancelotti recently said he wanted to buy Lewandowski when he was with us, could you imagine if we'd signed Lewa instead of Torres?

So.. I'm going to London this January!

Possibly attending the Everton game on the 16th but I have no idea how to go about getting tickets. Have any of you guys been?

Congrats


I'm sure GL Chelsea Section's most recent London envoy can help you out with that – fitster

Woo!

fitman

You need to be a member of the football club to (realistically) get a ticket, so make sure you sign up as a member ASAP because it takes a few weeks for the membership to activate.

Look on the Chelsea website and itll have info about when the presales are and how many loyalty points youll need to access each pre sale etc, as Everton are a good club you probably wont be able to access the very first pre sale, but that shouldnt be an issue.

Buying tickets to the games is like buying concert tickets online, youll be put in an online waiting room and once you select your tickets you have a set amount of time to buy then in before they're re-relased, so be quick. One of the security questions youll be asked when putting in your credit card details is your credit card limit (ive never seen that on any other site ever) so be ready to answer that question too.

Regarding seats, the best seats will be at the front of the upper tiers of the stadium, the view from the front of the upper Shed End stand is 10/10, although im sure those tickets sell out first.

Also, if youre buying for more than one person, the other people all need to be members and in your membership account youll need to have permission from them to buy tickets on their behalf, that way you can buy more than one seat which are all next to eachother

If you dont get tickets that way, you can always buy a ticket from viagogo, but theyre going to charge a huge markup.

If you're in contact with your local Chelsea supporters club, through their affiliation with the club they can get access to tickets before they go on sale (the Sydney one if very good for this). Going via your local supporters club should be your first option, talk to them too

Also, make sure you do the stadium tour, its well worth the money

oh and i hear there's some nice tourist stuff to do in London too

fatman123 wrote:You need to be a member of the football club to (realistically) get a ticket, so make sure you sign up as a member ASAP because it takes a few weeks for the membership to activate.

Look on the Chelsea website and itll have info about when the presales are and how many loyalty points youll need to access each pre sale etc, as Everton are a good club you probably wont be able to access the very first pre sale, but that shouldnt be an issue.

Buying tickets to the games is like buying concert tickets online, youll be put in an online waiting room and once you select your tickets you have a set amount of time to buy then in before they're re-relased, so be quick. One of the security questions youll be asked when putting in your credit card details is your credit card limit (ive never seen that on any other site ever) so be ready to answer that question too.

Regarding seats, the best seats will be at the front of the upper tiers of the stadium, the view from the front of the upper Shed End stand is 10/10, although im sure those tickets sell out first.

Also, if youre buying for more than one person, the other people all need to be members and in your membership account youll need to have permission from them to buy tickets on their behalf, that way you can buy more than one seat which are all next to eachother

If you dont get tickets that way, you can always buy a ticket from viagogo, but theyre going to charge a huge markup.

If you're in contact with your local Chelsea supporters club, through their affiliation with the club they can get access to tickets before they go on sale (the Sydney one if very good for this). Going via your local supporters club should be your first option, talk to them too

Also, make sure you do the stadium tour, its well worth the money

thanks a lot Fitty!

The Melbourne club says that I need to have a club membership if they try to access the tickets for me. I don't think I'll be getting the membership though. It's crazy to pay 25 quid for that if I'm only gonna be there for one game

I might try to go to the WBA game instead. Since it's on a weekday I think there might be general sale tickets available online so I'll try for that. Thing is, I'm going with my girlfriend so I don't really think getting her a membership and a ticket is really worth it. Still gonna do the stadium tour though! We better win on that day...

Apparently this is the leaked concept kit for next season. I doubt it's what it will be, but it is beautiful.

Ditch the V-neck and it'll be superb

I like the v-neck, tbh.

whoa it looks amazing! definitely gonna get it if legit

it's nice to see that we've improved our kit designs from that horrendous ones we wore in the CL final *cough*Shed

I loved that kit, too

Those were glorious

something off about the v-neck... but other than that, it looks really good.

By the way, Spain and Germany will wear similar kits at Euro 16, so it is entirely possible that is our next kit