Frank Lampard Captaincy Milestone
Frank Lampard captains Chelsea for the 50th time in this evening’s Carling Cup quarter final against Liverpool. John Terry is suspended after picking up his 5th yellow card of the season against Wolves in the 3-0 win. Frank Lampard has recently overtaken Sol Campbell as the 4th highest appearance maker in the Premier League
Ryan Bertrand Appearance Milestone
Ryan Bertrand started and completed his first game for Chelsea after signing for the club over six years ago. The left back played the whole 120 minutes against local rivals Fulham, despite the team playing 70 minutes with 10 men after Alex had been sent off and the game going into extra time. Bertrand kept [...]
Romelu Lukaku And Oriol Romeu Appearance Milestones
New signings Romelu Lukaku and Oriol Romeu are both making their first starts for their new club Chelsea in Wednesday night’s league cup tie with neighbours Fulham Both have been giving opportunities from the bench as second half substitutes so far this season but now get their full débuts in a young line up featuring [...]
Chelsea’s First Appearance In The Carling Cup
Chelsea’s first appearance in the Carling Cup under it’s various guises, back in 1960, was a 7-1 win away at Millwall. On the 10th of October 1960, Jimmy Greaves and Peter Sillett both scored a brace as Ted Drake’s Chelsea won 7-1 after leading 2-1 at half time in front of just over 15,000 fans.


