Chavski date announced

[PeterWithesShin]

While we were waiting for everyone to get back to the limo a few Chelsea took some kickings near the Hilton. Hopefully it was your 'mates' Leeg and not some innocent scarfers.

[Legion]

Those that boarded the tube carriage we were on were hardly 'innocent'. Well up for causing trouble. Us four cowards were, quite frankly, bricking it.

[Witton Warrior]

I've loathed Chelsea since the 80's when they smashed up shops in Aston belonging to anyone from the South Asian Continent after we played, and beat, them 2-0. Dirty, bullying fascist bastards. They then bleated when we took it to them them at Molineux in the same season and then at Digbeth for their "Young NF" rally.

And they had flick haircuts...

[Dr Butler]

at the FA cup semi-final we were on the tube and were invaded by Chelsea fans throwing cabbages leaves about, we were not sure why either....

the only thing we came up with is that they probably could not afford celery the classless, glory-hunting knobbers ...

very moody on the way back into London after the game,  so we got off and had a couple of pints and let the wankers all fuck off back to wherever they come from.

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The Doc

[Chico Hamilton III]

at the FA cup semi-final we were on the tube and were invaded by Chelsea fans throwing cabbages leaves about, we were not sure why either....

I'm guessing they were celery leaves, Doc?

traditionally thrown onto the pitch by Chelsea fans ( along with darts and shaprened 50p pieces)

[placeforparks]

tickets are going to be £52/£55 each (lower/upper tier)

no ta.

[cheltenhamlion]

No ta indeed.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

At that price I'd hope the club to send them all back.

[adrenachrome]

Torygraph

Paul Lambert accuses Premier League of favouring Jose Mourinho and Chelsea over fixtures

Paul Lambert has angrily accused the Premier League of giving Jose Mourinho and Chelsea preferential treatment over fixtures.

By John Percy

10:30PM BST 15 Aug 2013

 Lambert has been handed a daunting start to the season that will see Aston Villa face Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in the first week, after the Premier League ordered his team to travel to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

Villa were scheduled to meet Chelsea on August 30th but the date clashes with Mourinho's obligation to play Bayern Munich in the Uefa Super Cup, and Lambert was confident of delaying the game until later in the season.

But Lambert and Villa were left stunned when the Premier League ordered the fixture to be fulfilled in the first midweek of the season, potentially handing Chelsea the prospect of travelling to Manchester United on Aug 26 with six points from two home games in what could prove an early psychological blow in the title race.

Villa are even more frustrated as the change mean they will face an unwanted three-week break after their home game with Liverpool next Saturday, as they do not return to action until Sept 14 when they play Newcastle.

And Lambert was clearly furious as he reflected on Villa's difficult introduction to the campaign and hinted that his club may be a victim of "big club syndrome".

 He said: "I disagree with this, I don’t think it’s fair. There was no compromise there whatsover. I gave them [the Premier League] five dates to choose from originally. Then I picked one and I thought everything was fine.

"Then all of a sudden, they tell us we’re getting jammed in between Arsenal and Liverpool when we had given dates before.

"We had about 45 different explanations - but I don’t know if one of them is true. I don’t get it. Would have it been different if it had been the other way round? Possibly, yes, are you talking about big club syndrome?

"I wasn’t convinced by the answer I got, put it that way. I still came away none the wiser. I’d love to know in years gone by if Villa have had a harder start than we’ve got.

"It’s a hard game against Arsenal, but to put the Chelsea one in between was strange I thought."

The Premier League have argued that the game had to be played at the first available date, due to the fear of fixture congestion later in the season should both clubs be involved in cup competitions.

Last season Chelsea's game against Reading was rearranged for the first midweek due to a clash with last year's Super Cup meeting with Atletico Madrid.

But it leaves Lambert facing two difficult trips to London in the space of five days, with Villa understood to have complained bitterly to the League after the decision was made. 

[Californian Villain]

These comments makes us look VERY Small Time. But really it's just PL getting his excuses in first in the event that we only get a couple of points (or less) from the first three matches. Pathetic really.

[Nev]

He might think this, the players might think this, we definately think this but for fucks sake, the manager sounds like he is already running scared, sending out the wrong message entirely.

This isn't Norwich anymore.

[andrew08]

So Man U are small time as well then as they are complaining about the same thing.

[fredm]

No Man Utd are just complaining about the fixtures they have been scheduled. They wanted 6 easy games to start Moyes off with. PL is complaining that this one had to be moved and there were better dates available than the one which has been set.

[Nev]

So Man U are small time as well then as they are complaining about the same thing.

The complaint is esentially the same but the angle is different, we are considered the small club so our complaint will be percieved as opposition to bullying of the PL from the bigger club. Newton Heath's complaint is percieved as a tactic to bully the PL when fixtures are arranged in future, using their position and influence through the media.

However it is viewed it doesn't show either club in a particularly favourable light.

[Malandro]

I think he has a fair point and I don't think it reflects badly. Two away trips in the first 5 days of the season, when other dates were given - a bit unreasonable.

A bloody tough start, looking forward to it though.