Glenavon and Chelsea clothes if I’ve ever seen them! #BirthdayTreats #Treatyourself

Imagine being Enzo Maresca and Enzo Fernandez right now.....🤣🤣 #ManCity

Top of the Champions League 🥇 Top of the Premier League 🥇 Champions of Europe 🏆 Life was good after Chelsea beat Juventus 4-0 in November 2021 🕊️😞

I loved listening to Cahill talking about Sarriball. Said even after all these years, he still doesn’t know what it was

As soon as everyone figured out Sarri ball everyone began beating us. We lost SIX NIL to City, 4-0 to Bournemouth, and nearly lost to Cardiff.

On This Day... Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool 1993 Goal: Neil Shipperley ⚽️ #CFC #CFCHeritage

On This Day... Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea 2004 Goal: @didierdrogba ⚽️ #CFC #CFCHeritage

On This Day... Chelsea 2 - 1 Villa 2005 Chelsea - Lampard x2 ⚽️⚽️ Villa - Moore ⚽ #CFC� #CFCHeritage

His shooting prowress was really so good for a defender.

Frank Lampard’s brace in our 2-1 win over Aston Villa back in 2005! 🤩

Frank Lampard’s brace against Aston Villa in 2005. 🤩🔵 This wasn't just another 2-1 win. It was a perfect snapshot of what made that Chelsea side so difficult to stop. September 24, 2005. Chelsea were the defending Premier League champions. And they had won SIX league games already. 🔥 Then Aston Villa came to Stamford Bridge. And for the first time that season, Chelsea conceded. Luke Moore put Villa 1-0 ahead in the 44th minute. Petr Cech had gone 594 minutes without conceding a league goal. Villa had finally broken the wall. 😳 But Chelsea didn't panic. They had Frank Lampard. Just before halftime, Lampard stepped up for a freekick. And buried it. 1-1. The timing was massive. Chelsea went into the dressing room knowing the game was still theirs to win. Then came the second half. Chelsea kept pushing. And eventually, Didier Drogba was brought down in the box. PENALTY. Frank Lampard stepped up again. No hesitation. No panic. GOAL. Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa. Lampard had turned the game around almost single handedly. But here's the fascinating part. This victory gave Chelsea 7 wins from their opening seven league matches. 7 games. 7 wins. And it was a new record for the best start to a Premier League season at the time, surpassing Newcastle's six straight wins from 1994. Even crazier. The win extended Chelsea's run to NINE consecutive victories in all competitions. And Chelsea were already 10 points ahead of Manchester United after seven matches. This was Mourinho's Chelsea. They didn't always need to play beautiful football. They just found a way to win. Going behind. Find a way. Pressure. Find a way. Need a goal. Give the ball to Lampard. 😂 And Lampard was becoming something special. He wasn't just a midfielder who scored occasionally. He was becoming one of the most decisive players in the entire league. Freekicks. Penalties. Late runs. Long range strikes. Big moments. He had EVERYTHING. That afternoon against Villa was another example. Chelsea had conceded for the first time. So Lampard simply said. Fine, I will fix it.😭😂 2 goals. 3 points. 7 wins from 7. And another chapter in one of the most dominant periods in Chelsea history. That 2005/06 Chelsea team eventually retained the Premier League title. And Frank Lampard. He finished that league campaign with 16 goals. A midfielder scoring 16 Premier League goals. Different breed. When people talk about Mourinho's Chelsea. Talk about the defence. Talk about Terry. Talk about Cech. Talk about Drogba. But never forget Frank Lampard. Because when Chelsea needed someone to change a game. SUPER FRANK WAS THERE. One of the greatest midfielders Stamford Bridge has ever seen.

Xabi Alonso will win the Premier League at Chelsea if we give him 3-4 years, and back him fully in the market - regardless of where we finish this season.

He would have easily been the best attacking midfielder in the world if he played in this era.

Death. Taxes. Subbing on Barkley for Kovacic in the 60th minute…

Turning 30 was a whole lot better than I thought. Very grateful for the very decent co-workers (who I get on with) who went to a lot of effort today. Not to mention plenty of cake was consumed, followed by a few beers later. Cheers folks 🍻 🍰 🎂

In 2005/06, Chelsea just needed a point to secure their second League title in a row under Mourinho and had to beat Man United 3-0 like they were never a title contender. Literally has to be one of the most humiliating League title winning performance ever. 🤣

It was so obvious he was going to be a clutch player for us the moment he scored this insane solo goal as his first ever goal at Stamford Bridge against Man City.

😡 HEATED CLASH: TICE VS BALLS AND REID ON AIR 📺 @GMB Hosts Lecture Richard Tice After He Hits Back At Media Attacks 🤨 Richard Tice went on Good Morning Britain and got treated like a naughty schoolboy for using strong language after hitting back at media attacks on Reform. He said they chose to wage war against Reform and “Reform will win this war.” Ed Balls then went into concerned, patronising mode: “Is this your new style? I always thought Richard Tice was the reasonable Tory disaffected guy who wanted to do politics in a good way but you’re now waging war against the media?” Tice was clear. Parts of the media have waged war on him and Reform, so they will fight back. He added: “If they want to kill us off then we have to respond to that.” Susanna Reid jumped in and said: “I’m not sure language like kill us off and waging war is appropriate.” Tice replied: “If that’s how the media treats us, don’t be surprised if that’s how we respond.” Ed Balls then exaggerated it into: “So the language of war, conflict and killing is the new Tice way?” That is the trick. There is always an argument about tone, but at some point enough is enough and you fight fire with fire. This is how the establishment keeps you in a box. The minute you punch back they gasp that you cannot say that, it is outrageous. That routine does not work anymore.

Such a weird, weird bloke

rory stewart turning to intensely stare at ailbhe rea bbc newsnight