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Hi Guys,
I found that I couldn’t tickets on CFCnet sometimes even though they are didn’t require many loyalty points! I think this year I will buy membership . I’m going to buy 2 because none of my mate are Chelsea heads so if I get going to a match its because I will be dragging them over:)
Would the £25 ticket be the best for me. I don’t see the point in buy any other one especially considering I will be buying two memberships:O0 -
justbringit89 wrote: »Hi Guys,
I found that I couldn’t tickets on CFCnet sometimes even though they are didn’t require many loyalty points! I think this year I will buy membership . I’m going to buy 2 because none of my mate are Chelsea heads so if I get going to a match its because I will be dragging them over:)
Would the £25 ticket be the best for me. I don’t see the point in buy any other one especially considering I will be buying two memberships:O
£25 is fine ,
I would suggest linking your account with another person on here rather than getting two memberships.
Me and Daz have linked our accounts , so we can now purchase two tickets beside each other when tickets go on sale to members first.
Its a lot handier now because if I want to bring someone with me to a game and DAZ is not going we get to sit together , and Vice versa, and it means that we earn vital loyalty points even if one of us is not attending the game.
I am kicking myself that I did not renew my membership early last year as them extra 5 points would of meant a trip to anfield for me this weekend :mad:
If anyone else wants to link in with us let us know.0 -
justbringit89 wrote: »Hi Guys,
I found that I couldn’t tickets on CFCnet sometimes even though they are didn’t require many loyalty points! I think this year I will buy membership . I’m going to buy 2 because none of my mate are Chelsea heads so if I get going to a match its because I will be dragging them over:)
Would the £25 ticket be the best for me. I don’t see the point in buy any other one especially considering I will be buying two memberships:O
I dont suppose you know any Wigan fans do you ?
There on general sale now with Wigan to a club member who has purchased at least one ticket before.
I was asking on the shed how much do the lads reckon the touts will be looking for tickets for on the 9th of may ,
Unfortunately your looking at anywhere from £200-£400 if we win on Sunday .0 -
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getting nervous about Sunday ... gonna be harder then we think since Liverpool are technically still in the hunt for 4th...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2948854/Steven-Gerrard-vows-We-wont-roll-over-for-Chelsea.html
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justbringit89 wrote: »I Like:):)
How Many Games a Yr Would ye make it over to usually??
How whats the cheapest ye could get over for??
I seen that euroline is like €50 return I think but very rough traveling???
The eurolines is tough traveling alright but I kind of enjoy the boat and having a few pints on it.
Might as well link my membership with a few of you's on here. 0 -
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The eurolines is tough traveling alright but I kind of enjoy the boat and having a few pints on it.
Might as well link my membership with a few of you's on here.
Hey Johner, I’d be up for doing that . Just wondering more about that eurolines travel? Is it actually around €50 for it?... How long does the Traveling last??
Just Seen Paddy Power Has Liverpool @ 3/1 to beat Chelsea . Huge Odds considering its in Anfield & Liverpool only lost 2 home premier league games :O:O
Paddy Power will want Chelsea Winning the League especially since they paid out on Chelsea:)0 -
Its €50(25ew) if you book it two weeks in advance online, after that it's €70(35ew).
You leave Dublin on the Friday night at 8pm from Busaras and arrive in London(victoria) at around 8am Saturday morning. It's a good trip with a mate and a few beers.
You can get flights cheap enough to Heathrow if you book early though which would be the easier option. 0 -
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Youth Cup final report here,
YOUTH CUP FINAL REPORT: ASTON VILLA 1 CHELSEA 1
A classy free-kick goal from Jeffrey Bruma gave Chelsea Under 18s a draw they more than deserved from this opening 90 minutes of the two-legged tie.
The Dutch centre-back, the one player in the Blues side with first-team experience, equalised with his third goal of the cup run to set up what should be a thrilling second leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, a game that will be exclusively live of Chelsea TV.
Our Academy players were clearly the better side at drizzly Villa Park, knocking the ball about well across the damp turf in front of a crowd of 3,359. They hit the Villa woodwork no less than three times in the course of the game and saw a shot cleared off the line. Yet it was the home team who took a first-half lead and could have had another before the interval but for a Sam Walker save.
However Chelsea always looked likely to break through given the pressure they mounted and the equaliser came midway through the second half. The away-goals rule is not in operation in this competition.
It had been a settled side throughout the previous rounds with an outstanding defence but an injury for Danny Mills Pappoe in training this week meant the schoolboy centre-back, previously ever-present in the run to the Final, missed out.
His place was taken by Rohan Ince, a natural replacement having returned from a knee injury that kept him out of the first half of the season.
Ince was Bruma's partner in central defence in the Youth Cup last season when he was still a schoolboy. At 6ft 3ins tall, he ensured Pappoe's injury didn't mean Chelsea were losing out on height at the back.
The young Blues enjoyed plenty of early possession before the first shot. Conor Clifford, who is never afraid to try his luck from distance, struck one straight at the keeper.
The game then shifted up a gear when Josh McEachran sprayed a great pass under pressure out to Gokhan Tore (pictured below) who feed and took a return from Aziz Deen-Conteh. The Turkish Under 21 international used his close control to beat a man before shooting low. The ball was deflected behind for a corner.
It was from the deadball delivery that Marko Mitrovic struck the bar with a flicked near-post header. There were eight minutes played.
Ten minutes later came Villa's goal, scored completely against the run of play. A corner, given away cheaply by Ince, was punched clear by Walker but when it was clipped back in by Richard Blythe, Villa centre-back Daniel Devine rose high above Mitrovic to loop a header over the stranded Chelsea keeper. It was only the second goal the team had conceded in seven cup games.
Chelsea were instantly back up the pitch hitting woodwork for a second time. Mitrovic had bustled through a challenge in the box and when the ball came McEachran's way on the edge of the area, his curled effort slammed onto the bar and away to safety.
Deen-Conteh, bursting forward from left-back again, worked the keeper from a tight angle after a flowing Chelsea move started again by midfield string-puller McEachran.
It was Dermot Drummy's side continuing to play all the football but it took Walker with his legs to prevent a second Villa goal when Kofi Posner escaped the two centre-backs in a crowded spot.
Mitrovic was booked when the Chelsea centre-forward caught Blythe with his arm as he challenged for a high ball,
Villa keeper Benjamin Siegrist then repelled a threat from Mitrovic and McEachran after Billy Clifford's teasting ball towards his near post.
Bruma asked more questions with an excellent curling cross before half time but at the interval Chelsea were still behind.
Drummy would surely have told his players to keep calm and just do what they had been doing - the occasion not hindering their natural game.
The second half began in similar vein to the first - Chelsea on top and probing for a genuine sight on goal. Ince did well to block off one Villa attack before captain Conor Clifford drifted a 54th minute shot wide at the other end.
Samir Carruthers made it one booking apiece with a bodycheck on the same Chelsea player moments later, before a stretching Mitrovic just failed to make contact with a Kaby cross.
Chelsea were cursing their luck again on 63 minutes when Derrick Williams slipped in the Villa area and McEachran pounced to tee up Mitrovic, but Williams made it back to head a stinging shot off the line.
The Blues only had to wait another two minutes for their just desserts. The home side conceded a free-kick 20 yards out in a central position that meant a chance for Bruma. The curl on the shot from the Dutch Under 21 international was just enough to clear the wall and the dive of Siegrist.
On 71 minutes Chelsea made the first substitution of the game. Conor Clifford, who had injury concerns in the weeks building up to this game, was replaced by Lalkovic. The Slovakian sub played wide with Jacopo Sala moving infield.
There could have been danger from the home team after Kaby (pictured below) conceded a free-kick as Carruthers broke dangerously following a Bruma mistake, but Carruthers wasted the set-piece shooting chance spectacularly.
Then Villa sub Ansenio Halfhuid didn't make the most of another counter-attack as Chelsea wobbled briefly inside the final 10 minutes.
The third time the away team hit the woodwork came with a minute of the 90 left, Sala this time the player denied. Villa had cleared a Tore free-kick but only as far as McEachran who calmly laid off to the Italian for a sweet strike from the edge of the area against the outside of the post.
There was a late injury for Deen-Conteh who had been excellent in defence and as an attacking full-back. He limped away with a minute remaining having fallen into advertising boards.
The final score was the same as the first leg of the Final in 2008 when Chelsea eventually lost out to Manchester City.
Unlike two years ago, the second leg is at the Bridge and hopefully with a good crowd backing them, a performance of similar quality to tonight will see the Under 18s lift this trophy for the first time since 1961.
Chelsea (4-3-3): Sam Walker; Billy Clifford, Rohan Ince, Jeffrey Bruma, Aziz-Deen Conteh (Anton Rodgers 90+3); Aliu 'Kaby' Djalo, Josh McEachran, Conor Clifford (c) (Milan Lalkovic 71); Jacopo Sala, Marko Mitrovic, Gokhan Tore.
Villa (4-4-2): Benjamin Siegrist; Durrell Berry, Daniel Devine, Derrick Williams, Ellis Deeney; Ebby Nelson-Addy, Richard Blythe, Samir Carruthers, Tomos Roberts; Ryan Simmonds (Ansenio Halfhuid 82), Kofi Poyser (Darius Darkin 79).
Tuesday's decisive return leg at Stamford Bridge is live and exclusive on Chelsea TV, with admission to Stamford Bridge priced at £3 for adults and £1 for concessions. Kick-off 7.45pm.
Tickets must be bought in advance and can be booked online until midday Friday. Tickets will be sold at the box office until 5pm on Tuesday.
Chelsea TV's 'Inside the Academy' will continue to focus on the tie between the legs with reaction, preview and all the latest news.0 -
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