They should put a monkey on the £50 note and a pony on the £10 note to confuse the hell out cockneys.

I am once again fundraising and helping organise 2026 Big Stamford Bridge Sleep Out at ChelseaFC. I am fundraising for Barons Court Project and Stoll Foundation. Please check out my Just Giving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/mark-me...

Only Sky Sports show more Darts than BBC Four #totp

Given that Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Robbie Williams & Oasis have all played Knebworth, I suspect that Kenny & Mungo Jerry (who made a couple of great records but 5 years earlier) may've struggled to match their ticket sales, despite appearances by Gerry Francis, Leonard Parkin & Damsel Of The Day...

ARSENAL PREVIEW: Chas., @robertrea.bsky.social and @tim-rolls.bsky.social look forward to the big match on Sunday - and surprisingly, it's not all negativity.... #CFC #ChelseaFC #TheChelseaPodcast #KTBFFH open.spotify.com/episode/1GY7...

NEW EPISODE: Chas. and guest host @robertrea.bsky.social are joined by CST member and author of numerous Blues-related books Tim Rolls to discuss last weekend's disappointment against Burnley. #CCF #ChelseaFC #ktbffh open.spotify.com/episode/41Uv...

49 years ago tomorrow Chelsea, backed by thousands of exuberant supporters, travelled to Bolton for a crucial Division Two promotion clash. Here are my memories of that eventful and chaotic day, in a piece for Chelsea Heritage Partnership. www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/a-long-...

Local authority adult education ‘leisure’ classes were cut or had massive price increases. It was impossible to objectively measure societal impact but those of us in the sector knew that the weekly art class or sewing group improved wellbeing. I’m sure that those connections helped save the nhs £.

gofund.me/b30a2c9d2 Many of you'll have known Adam (Valky) Walczak, a lifelong CFC supporter, avid badge collector & a genuinely lovely guy. If so, you'll have been as shocked as I was to hear of his tragic, sudden death. This crowdfunder is to support his wife Agata & their three girls.

This week’s reading is a re-read of this excellent book from @tim-rolls.bsky.social Remembering the great Eddie McCreadie #Chelsea #BookSky

CPO AGM this afternoon. I doubt it will be as volatile or far-reaching as the 2011 one, but hopefully will still be of interest.

Update from the Chelsea Supporters Trust

Chelsea have seriously missed a trick today. Surely they could have sold a 'Hand Maresca his P45' package for at least £20,000? Package to include a private moment with the sacked manager, as well as a bowl of finger food and access to an exclusive cash bar.

E-mail from the club about the Napoli trips. "This trip offers a refined way to cheer the Blues on" We are in Basil Fawlty 'no riff-raff' territory here

Happy birthday to home and away stalwart @martinwickham.bsky.social . Have a good one, Martin

Unsure how many fans the problem re non-arrival of Cardiff tickets affects. If you, E-mail [email protected] before 1200 tomorrow & give yr supporter number, type of ticket (eg U16, senior), lead booker & name of supporter collecting. You'll need Photo ID when collecting from Cardiff tkt off

The only Black Friday that actually has any relevance youtu.be/h3Pw4t_Falo?...

Airport police say that the number of people smuggling helium balloons into their luggage is under control. But cases continue to rise.

I will be at the cfcuk stall opp FB tube from c1730-c1915 this evening with a limited quantity of my new book 'From Soviet Banners To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971'. £10 a copy. If you can't get there tonight it is available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6

My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out. It covers incident-strewn European adventures from Moscow Dynamo 80 years ago to Athens triumph in 1971. Victories, defeats, controversies & much more. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p.

Instead of Secret Santa, we're doing something similar but for colleagues' kids this year. I've been paired with a chap who always speaks over me. I'm getting his kids glitter and glue. I hope they love it.

80 years ago CFC played Moscow Dynamo in an epic friendly. My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out now. Beginning with that Dynamo game, it ends 26 years later in Athens triumph. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p

80 yrs ago today CFC played Moscow Dynamo in an epic friendly. My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out today. Beginning with that Dynamo game, it ends 26 years later in Athens triumph. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p

mirror.co.uk/sport/footba... Cracking Daily Mirror piece on the epic Chelsea v Moscow Dynamo game, played 80 years ago tomorrow. Includes quotes from Chelsea historian @rickglanvill.bsky.social and extracts from my new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners', available on eBay from tomorrow

Dog lovers. Can anyone identify this breed of dog? I need it for a writing project. Many thanks

Hard to believe but 31 yrs ago reaching an FACQF v Sat's opponents Wolves caused huge supporter excitement This Chelsea Heritage Partnership article looks at that game & includes a Mark Meehan piece on the Blue Flag, which made its debut that day www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/bridge-...

Hard to believe but 31 yrs ago reaching an FACQF v Sat's opponents Wolves caused huge supporter excitement This Chelsea Heritage Partnership article looks at that game & includes a Mark Meehan piece on the Blue Flag, which made its debut that day www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/bridge-...

Well done to all those diehard Chelsea supporters who travelled out to Baku. I'm sure you're disappointed with the result, as most/all of us are, but hopefully a quality trip has made up for it.

These pieces look at 3 memorable SB games vs Wolves. Crucial 1955 win en route to D1 title chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/sillett... 1976 3-3 draw on way to promotion chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/i-m-afr... Epic 1994 FACQF win www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/bridge-...

The 'Riyadh Comedy Festival' reminds me of the story of Freddie Starr performing in the Middle East, under instruction not to swear or refer directly to Prince Hussein. He came on and said 'Which one of you fuckers is Prince Hussein?' and the curtain immediately came down.

I’m selling a limited-edition bottle of Tippex. It’s a corrector’s item.

CMAT was superb in Kingston last night - a real force of nature. She was solo, not with her band, but was still utterly captivating. If you get the chance to see her live, do - she is going to be a major star.

Happy Temptations Day, one and all

Off to see CMAT tonight in Kingston. Incredibly lucky to get a ticket and genuinely excited, which is very rare for me. The album is brilliant, she is going to be massive. Can't wait.

Be fascinating to see how Digital Day goes at SB. DigiDelight or #DigiShambles? My guess is most STH and members using their own tickets will be OK, though they may well have to queue longer to get in. It might be those trying to use transferred tickets that have more issues.

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

Happy birthday to matchday hub and cfcuk stall holder, multi-book author, publisher (as I massively appreciate) and all-round good [email protected]

Just the three players who used to be on Chelsea's books, then

Lovely day at The Festival Hall yesterday for Aimee's graduation

This will be well worth popping into pre-match. Vintage shirts and ex-players in the Tea Bar, next to the ticket office.

💫The definitive Tyrique George story. - how he busted the loan journey to go straight into the first-team, - how he was middling in Chelsea’s academy, - but then showed extraordinary dedication to hire a goalkeeper and private coach. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/our-fir... On Thursday Chelsea play Djurgarden, a meeting that should have taken place in the 1955/56 European Cup. This piece for @cfcheritage.bsky.social explains why that encounter never took place.

chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/those-were-the-days-heritage-event-returns-to-the-stamford-bridge-tea-bar Before the Liverpool game, @cfcheritage.bsky.social are putting on an event in the Tea Bar (near the ticket office). Well worth a visit. More info here.

www.chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/redempt... 41 years ago today one of the greatest, most memorable, days in my decades watching Chelsea. Beating Leeds 5-0 to clinch promotion. Unsurpassable.

chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/our-fir... Next week Chelsea play Djurgarden, a meeting that should have taken place in the 1955/56 European Cup. This piece explains why that encounter never took place .

chelseaheritagepartnership.com/post/our-fir... Next week Chelsea play Djurgarden, a meeting that should have taken place in the 1955/56 European Cup. This piece explains why that encounter never took place .

Worth remembering that Djurgarden would have been Chelsea’s first ever European Cup opponents had the club not been forced by the Football League to withdraw from the inaugural competition in 1955/56.

ONE DI MATTEO! Two weeks left to take advantage of the 'bring a mate' offer and get discounted tickets for the event at Under the Bridge (Stamford Bridge) on 17 May in the company of Chelsea icon Robbie Di Matteo with host Pat Nevin and special guests. www.tickettailor.com/events/onedi...

I boiled my sausages in the office kitchenette kettle. Soon an all-staff email went out complaining that the tea tasted like sausage. This event still remains a mystery.