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		<title>Soccer Splinters &#124; July 22, 2009</title>
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by Patrick &#8216;Rey&#8217; Reynell
&#62;Carlo Ancelotti newest Chelsea manager, already seeing transfer strain of EPL financial woes
Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti left AC Milan to become the most recent manager at Stamford Bridge. This is Chelsea&#8217;s fifth manager since hiring Jose Mourinho away from FC Porto in 2004.
While Mourinho brought the club two Premier League titles and [...]


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		<title>The 2009 FA Cup: Battle of the Blues</title>
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by Patrick &#8216;Rey&#8217; Reynell
The 2009 FA Cup, to be played on Saturday May 30 at Wembley Stadium in London, pits a battle of the Blues, Chelsea and Everton. Each makes its return to the final game since its last FA championship. 
Chelsea returns after a one year absence from its 2007 win over Manchester United. [...]


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		<title>Note to Abramovich and Kerr: Don&#8217;t Burn Down the Empire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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by Patrick &#8216;Rey&#8217; Reynell
 
Let me first get this off my chest: I&#8217;m a closet Chelsea fan. I started following soccer in 2006 and have somehow morphed into a fan of the Blues.
I hate to admit it because, in my opinion, this leaves me in the same category as the thrall of Boston Red Sox fans [...]


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		<title>On the Pitch with an American Novice: What&#8217;s in a Derby?</title>
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Conflict drives a plot forward. But we don’t use the term conflict in sports, we use rivalry. And they don’t use the term rivalry in soccer, they use derby. Although they may use a different name across the pond, the reasons are all the same.
A bitter, often belligerent past, like that of the Yankees and [...]


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