Here are a few selected shots from Mrs. Cashley's 2010 calendar. Scalding. Check out Popoholic
for more photos.
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Non Chelsea-related post: Well, not really. We play Voyeur's men in a little more than a
week.
Quite hilarious advert from the Arsenal in support of their fundraising campaign this term. Cesc
as a cute and cuddly pony is spot on; Theo as a lion, not so much. Never thought I'd say this, but
well done Arsenal.
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Non Chelsea-related post: Well, not really. We play Voyeur's men in a little more than a
week.
Quite hilarious advert from the Arsenal in support of their fundraising campaign this term. Cesc
as a cute and cuddly pony is spot on; Theo as a lion, not so much. Never thought I'd say this, but
well done Arsenal.
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"Those that doubted football's cruelty ought to have been on hand here in Paris."
-David Hytner of the Guardian, following Ireland's 1-1 draw (2-1 aggregate loss) to France on
Wednesday.
Applaud these men.
This is obviously a non Chelsea-related post, but I don't care.
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You guys know the deal by now. Former Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini suffered career-threatening
injuries in a motorcycle crash last week. Cudicini, now at Tottenham, had successful surgery on
Friday and is expected to make a "good recovery." Excellent news.
We at Chelsea Offside wish you the best, Carlo.
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Bosingwa ruled out for three months
Via the official Web site: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that José Bosingwa underwent
arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this week. His recovery time will be approximately three
months."
S***. At least we have an in-form Branislav Ivanovic to continue in his absent.
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While Chelsea were cleaning up on the field, David was, too in the stands.
In what surely has to be considered one of the great moments in Stamford Bridge history, if not
footballing history, the man we all now know broke out the ol' toothbrusher for a quick cleanse in
the final minutes of Sunday's 1-0 home win over Manchester United.
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Via the official Web site...
Tell us your background as a player in Scotland.
My footballing background
goes back many years. I was a player in my younger days and I had a number of trials around some of
the local teams, but never really made it onto the big stage. I was a big fan of football as
well.
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Duders. I think it's been obvious over the past couple of months that my productivity levels
with regard to this blog have fallen. New commitments have forced me to stretch myself a tad too
thin. Of course, my quality of writing is still pristine you know it to be true but I really want
to start bombarding the people with a plethora of intelligent, insightful, satirical, comedic,
humorous, pompous, demented, borderline insane material.
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Via the Guardian (of course), following our 5-0 demoltion of Blackburn on the weekend ...
"The oversimplified reading of a diamond formation* suggests that any success is significantly
dependent on the excellence of attacking full-backs. Yet Chelsea were without Ashley Cole and Jose
Bosingwa when they obliterated Blackburn at the weekend.
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Here I was, about to discuss our fallacies at Villa Park with a CL preview to follow when I come
across this atrocity. Cue the projectile vomiting. Your thirst for sensationalism knows no bounds,
Daily Mail. I thank you.
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In this time of flux, we made some changes to the Football Is Fixed blog at the beginning of the
month with the introduction of microcharging for content.
Having had a couple of weeks to assess the new structure, we have unilaterally claimed primary
prerogative to make some further alterations.
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Infamous Chelsea flop Chris Sutton has been appointed manager at Lincoln City.
Sutton moved to Chelsea from Blackburn in 1999 for a cool £10 million following Rovers'
relegation. He proceeded to net just one goal in 26 league appearances. He was even left out of the
squad for the Blues' FA Cup Final win in 2000.
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What we know is that the Chelsea owner and a group of his finest friends the Daily Mail reckons
more than 100, including former Blues boss and current Russia manager Guus Hiddink were in
Tanzania last week to test their limits with a expedition up Africa's highest peak: Mount
Kilimanjaro.
Now is where stories vary.
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Chelsea supporters know all too well the defensive contribution made by one Didier Drogba. What
we weren't aware of was the Drogs' Jesus-like view of himself in this light.
"I often sacrifice myself for the good of the team," Drogba said, where and to whom I have no
idea.
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Andriy Shevchenko is finally ending his time at Chelsea. The Ukranian agreed to return to former
club Dynamo Kiev three day ago, the club where it all started for him some 15 years prior.
I, for one, am going to miss him. I have always enjoyed Sheva. Sure his time in London was
nothing short of a nightmare.
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See, this is what happens when you show a little hospitality. Chelsea offers up its training
ground in Cobham to Al-Ahli, even agrees to participate in a match with the Middle Eastern
club.
Their thanks? Pulling out the Ric Flair rake of the eyes on Gael Kakuta. Clotheslining Jeff
Bruma.
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Remember when future NBA hall of famer, original member of OBF (Original Black Family), Kevin
Garnett received that Chelsea jersey not too long ago. The man went absolutely crazy. We, at The
Chelsea Offside, love him for it  despite our well-documented hate for the Boston Celtics.
Now, one of the originals to jump from high school straight to the pros has floored us once
again.
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Futbolita 18 August @ 12:01 AM EST
via GETTYIMAGES
Ok chicas, this story cracked us up and the randomness of it all is
mind-blowing! Yes, it appears that Greaseano has moved out of his
luxurious Cheshire mansion and left Futbolito Fabio a gift.
"He left a refrigerator at his house and mine was broken, so I got his.
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Dirty Tackle 10 August @ 03:08 PM EST
The BBC debuted a new late night football highlight show aptly titled "Football League Show"
last night, but don't let the boring title and worn territory of sports highlight shows fool you
the world's largest broadcaster has taken a unique approach to the old format.
While showing highlights from Saturday's League Two clash between Torquay and Chesterfield at
12:50 am last night, the video inexplicably cuts to a scene from the surfer girl flick Blue Crush
just as Kate Bosworth sits down on a toilet (0:42 into the video above).
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I don't know if you heard, but there was this small announcement a couple of weekends ago from
England's Brave John Terry. JT committed himself to the Chelsea cause after minor flirtation which
he denies for some odd reason with the idea of joining the Manchester City empire.
Now, former Blue Mateja Kezman has chimed in on the subject via an exclusive interview with
skysports.
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This week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Adrian Mutu's appeal against an order to
pay Chelsea damages after his sacking in 2004 for riding the white horse.
Having a snowcone. Dating the peruvian lady. Taking a sleigh ride. You get the idea.
Mutu, who was with the Blues for one season (03-04), now must cough up £14.
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Are you like me?
No, I'm not talking about being handsome, charming and utterly hilarious. I'm talking about
the match Friday.
Anyone want to hang with Omar while in Bmore?
Are you going to see Chelsea v. AC Milan in Baltimore? I know I am, and I want to meet up with
you for a drink.
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Congratulations to John Obi for inking a new long-term deal with the club on Wednesday. The kid
is a remarkable talent, and we're glad to have him for the foreseeable future.
This, though, this is uncanny. Separated at birth?
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Good discussion brewing on regression to the mean (~randomness) in sports at USS Mariner.
Sites like USS Mariner have shaped a lot of the way I think about sport; this is a good example
of an occasion where the media is looking for a reason when in the real world it's just
sport gremlining away with its usual ups and downs.
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We at Chelsea Offside would like to wish Cheryl Cole a happy belated 26th Birthday ...
Damn. Do your thang, girl.
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It pains me to say it, but Chelsea Offside has joined the so-called Twitter "revolution."
I, for one, despise the service. Do I really need to know when Ashton Kutcher is dropping a
deuce? I think not.
Still, I think it may expose what we do here to a few more people as well as making it perhaps a
little easier for those who have been following Chelsea Offside to keep up with updates.
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Joey Boy and sweetheart Carly Zucker wed Saturday in a £3 million extravaganza that featured
Joey belting out some of Oasis' greatest hits on the karaoke stage. Even cooler, the couple sold
the wedding rights to Hello magazine and are donating the fee, around £2 million, to charity.
Here at Chelsea Offside, we'd like to offer our congratulations to the newleyweds.
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13 games in and there are three teams in particular who look like they could be heading for doom
and despair (or the Adeccoliga, as some call it), but amidst the casual randomness of the Tippeliga
few things are ever certain and on matchday 14 all three of those teams picked up points..
Leading the line of the troubled threesome is Lyn, who even by their standards
face a remarkably bleak set of circumstances.
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On the cusp of Father's Day, it's only appropriate to gaze upon the greatest dad on earth,
Chelsea defender John Terry.
Terry, father of the father of 3-year-old twins, Georgie John and Summer Rose, beat out
reigning champion Peter Andre in a UK poll of adults sponsored by Daddies Sauce to become Dad
of the Year.
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... of the year goes to Rod Liddle of the Times! Congrats guy!
The so-called journalist's latest drivel attempts emphasis on attempts to drive a stake through
Chelsea supporters' hearts with a blend of humor, sarcasm and downright hatred. It's a fairly poor
attempt to be fair no, actually this is ghastly.
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