11 03 2006 Chelsea 2 Tottenham "You're An Embarrassment" Hotspur 1
If Spurs are the fourth best team in the land, then there is something seriously wrong with the Premiership. There is no
doubt that they defended resolutely, but up front gave less than a whimper with only two clear cut chances: one which
they scored from and another that Jenas should have done better with. Chelsea are criticised when resorting to
defensive tactics even if they are away from home... the team from the sty that is North London seemed more than
happy to come away with a point.
The day began in a subdued manner. There was a fantastic tribute to Peter Osgood before the game where both sets
of fans clapped during the "minute's applause" to remember the Chelsea legend. Many old Chelsea players attended
the occasion, and I was lucky enough to bump into Ron Harris after the game, although I only managed to get a photo of
his forehead.
Sky spoiled the atmosphere as usual with one of their 12.45 kick offs. Normally the spirit is quite good; however, both
sets of fans were fairly muted, with the only thing Spurs resorting to singing being, "where were you when you were shit".
Well personally, I was watching us not losing to Spurs year upon year when we were not winning trophies. In fact, I was
surprised that their cowardly fans decided to take their full allocation at the Bridge, as they usually only bring 1,600
being too scared to come down. Personally, I like their manager, Martin Jol, but detest their fans, who are happy to dish
out slaps to opposition fans wearing scarves outside their ground, but tend to run away when on someone else's manor.
A player I watched was Mido. He comes from the same school of hairdressing as Heinze, and prefers to flick his hair than
run his chubby arse around the pitch.
Chelsea dominated the first half and played some lovely stuff. Essien finally scored his first Blues' goal following a clever
cross from the sizzling Shaun Wright-Phillips, who seems to be showing some great form in recent weeks. Spurs
somehow equalised. Huth missed an important header for Jenas to sneak in to score. The second half was tedious to
the extreme until the final fifteen minutes when Chelsea decided to turn it on. Drogba had a magnificent effort saved
onto the post by the excellent Paul Robinson. Stamford Bridge began to empty, and in stoppage time William Gallas
scored a magnificent goal. Not only had he scored the winner against Spurs, but one of such brilliance that it will be
replayed many a time.
So Chelsea extend their unbeaten league run against Spurs to five centuries, and we are yet again one step closer to
retaining the league crown. It would be fantastic if we won the league against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in
late April: having looked at the fixture list we should carry this achievement out even sooner.
I hope Ossie was looking down at the game today with a cheeky smile - how typical that Chelsea make such a game so
difficult for themselves - and how apt for Chelsea to score in the last minute to win against our bitter rivals on such an
important day.
doubt that they defended resolutely, but up front gave less than a whimper with only two clear cut chances: one which
they scored from and another that Jenas should have done better with. Chelsea are criticised when resorting to
defensive tactics even if they are away from home... the team from the sty that is North London seemed more than
happy to come away with a point.
The day began in a subdued manner. There was a fantastic tribute to Peter Osgood before the game where both sets
of fans clapped during the "minute's applause" to remember the Chelsea legend. Many old Chelsea players attended
the occasion, and I was lucky enough to bump into Ron Harris after the game, although I only managed to get a photo of
his forehead.
Sky spoiled the atmosphere as usual with one of their 12.45 kick offs. Normally the spirit is quite good; however, both
sets of fans were fairly muted, with the only thing Spurs resorting to singing being, "where were you when you were shit".
Well personally, I was watching us not losing to Spurs year upon year when we were not winning trophies. In fact, I was
surprised that their cowardly fans decided to take their full allocation at the Bridge, as they usually only bring 1,600
being too scared to come down. Personally, I like their manager, Martin Jol, but detest their fans, who are happy to dish
out slaps to opposition fans wearing scarves outside their ground, but tend to run away when on someone else's manor.
A player I watched was Mido. He comes from the same school of hairdressing as Heinze, and prefers to flick his hair than
run his chubby arse around the pitch.
Chelsea dominated the first half and played some lovely stuff. Essien finally scored his first Blues' goal following a clever
cross from the sizzling Shaun Wright-Phillips, who seems to be showing some great form in recent weeks. Spurs
somehow equalised. Huth missed an important header for Jenas to sneak in to score. The second half was tedious to
the extreme until the final fifteen minutes when Chelsea decided to turn it on. Drogba had a magnificent effort saved
onto the post by the excellent Paul Robinson. Stamford Bridge began to empty, and in stoppage time William Gallas
scored a magnificent goal. Not only had he scored the winner against Spurs, but one of such brilliance that it will be
replayed many a time.
So Chelsea extend their unbeaten league run against Spurs to five centuries, and we are yet again one step closer to
retaining the league crown. It would be fantastic if we won the league against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in
late April: having looked at the fixture list we should carry this achievement out even sooner.
I hope Ossie was looking down at the game today with a cheeky smile - how typical that Chelsea make such a game so
difficult for themselves - and how apt for Chelsea to score in the last minute to win against our bitter rivals on such an
important day.
