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Postby RoosterMan » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:51 am

Sydney FC v Chelsea: EPL champions elect coming to Australia to face Sky Blues in June: report

April 24, 2015 8:49AM

BARCLAYS Premier League giants Chelsea are reportedly set to play a friendly match against the A-League championship hopefuls Sydney FC in June after their season concludes.

Fairfax reports that a deal for the match on June 2 at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium has been agreed to in principle and could be publicly announced next week.

The match could be a champion versus champion face-off, with Chelsea heavy favourites to win the EPL title, while Sydney FC are in contention to win the A-League.

Chelsea will be a here only a week after fellow EPL side Tottenham Hotspur, who also meet Sydney FC at ANZ Stadium on May 30.

Superstars Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, along with outspoken manager Jose Mourinho, will jet to Australia in what is expected to be a full-strength touring party for the Blues, who last visited Australia 50 years ago.

Chelsea have told Fox Sports the club are “declining to comment” on the speculation at this stage.

It is a winter feat this year for Australian soccer fans, with Real Madrid, AS Roma and Manchester City coming here in July to play a round-robin tournament in Melbourne.

On top of that, Liverpool and La Liga outfit Villarreal will play friendlies in Adelaide and Brisbane against the Reds and Roar.

The A-League All Stars fixture will not go ahead in 2015 due to the congested schedule of touring teams.


http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/s ... 7318172760
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Postby Jim05 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:40 am

The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby mighty hounds » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:26 am

Jim05 wrote:The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?


I bet they couldn't name the 2002 FA cup final team. That should be a per-requisite for entry :lol:
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby Jim05 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:29 am

mighty hounds wrote:
Jim05 wrote:The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?


I bet they couldn't name the 2002 FA cup final team. That should be a per-requisite for entry :lol:

I thought Abramovich started the club from scratch, their supporters dont seem to recall anything before that!
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby RoosterMan » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:30 am

Jim05 wrote:
mighty hounds wrote:
Jim05 wrote:The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?


I bet they couldn't name the 2002 FA cup final team. That should be a per-requisite for entry :lol:

I thought Abramovich started the club from scratch, their supporters dont seem to recall anything before that!


The same could be said for Man United supporters too Jim.

I'd bet my bottom dollar none of them could name the players in their 1985 FA Cup Final winning team.
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby Jim05 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:33 am

RoosterMan wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
mighty hounds wrote:
Jim05 wrote:The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?


I bet they couldn't name the 2002 FA cup final team. That should be a per-requisite for entry :lol:

I thought Abramovich started the club from scratch, their supporters dont seem to recall anything before that!


The same could be said for Man United supporters too Jim.

I'd bet my bottom dollar none of them could name the players in their 1985 FA Cup Final winning team.

True supporters would.
United were getting big crowds back in the 80's when we were crap, Chavs were playing infront of sub 10k crowds before Abramovich got there.
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby mighty hounds » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:49 am

RoosterMan wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
mighty hounds wrote:
Jim05 wrote:The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?


I bet they couldn't name the 2002 FA cup final team. That should be a per-requisite for entry :lol:

I thought Abramovich started the club from scratch, their supporters dont seem to recall anything before that!


The same could be said for Man United supporters too Jim.

I'd bet my bottom dollar none of them could name the players in their 1985 FA Cup Final winning team.


Hit a nerve? are you a plastic chav?
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby RoosterMan » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:55 am

Nope I don't support Chelsea, MH.

Never have and never will.
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby RB » Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:03 pm

Jim05 wrote:
RoosterMan wrote:
Jim05 wrote:
mighty hounds wrote:[quote="Jim05"]The plastic fantastics are on their way.
Will the Chavs be handing out free flags for the crowd to wave like they do at the Bridge?


I bet they couldn't name the 2002 FA cup final team. That should be a per-requisite for entry :lol:

I thought Abramovich started the club from scratch, their supporters dont seem to recall anything before that!


The same could be said for Man United supporters too Jim.

I'd bet my bottom dollar none of them could name the players in their 1985 FA Cup Final winning team.

True supporters would.
United were getting big crowds back in the 80's when we were crap, Chavs were playing infront of sub 10k crowds before Abramovich got there.[/quote]
Lol sub 10k?
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Postby Jim05 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:35 pm

Sorry typo, should of been sub 20k. Remember going there in the early 90's and they were getting around 15-20k crowds most weeks
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Postby RoosterMan » Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:31 pm

Jim05 wrote:Sorry typo, should of been sub 20k. Remember going there in the early 90's and they were getting around 15-20k crowds most weeks


Crowds would've been down around the UK in the early 90's though Jim.

After the now infamous Taylor report that followed the bogus inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster most stadiums resembled construction sites as all the clubs had to get rid of the standing terraces for seating to comply with the report.
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Postby Jim05 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:31 pm

RoosterMan wrote:
Jim05 wrote:Sorry typo, should of been sub 20k. Remember going there in the early 90's and they were getting around 15-20k crowds most weeks


Crowds would've been down around the UK in the early 90's though Jim.

After the now infamous Taylor report that followed the bogus inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster most stadiums resembled construction sites as all the clubs had to get rid of the standing terraces for seating to comply with the report.

Whilst true, United were still getting 50k in Div 2 last time we were there.
United has nearly always played to a full house for many years, Chavski were playing in a 3/4 filled Bridge before Abramovich took over
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby RoosterMan » Fri Apr 24, 2015 3:46 pm

The only good thing that came out of getting rid of the standing terraces was it helped get rid of the hooligans out of the game.
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby Bully » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:20 pm

thought you loved chelsea jimbo ;) ?
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Re: Chelsea to come Down Under

Postby Jim05 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:27 pm

Bully wrote:thought you loved chelsea jimbo ;) ?

Dont love them just dont hate them as much as Shiteh or Arsenal lol
Im a fan of Jose though
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