Product Description

The ultimate book of Blues trivia, The Chelsea Miscellany contains a Bridge-full of weird and wonderful facts. Including:

* The only goalkeeper to have scored for Chelsea
* The name of Frank Lampard's bulldog
* Why eighties skipper Colin pates wore a black armband
* The Eastenders stars who support The Blues
* The sayings of Jose Mourinho
* Celery: The facts!

"I like to think that, apart from being a bit of a butcher, I've got something else to offer."
Ron 'Chopper' Harris, 1979

"I don't like all this mixing of food - like the sugar with the tomatoes."
Marcel Desailly turns his nose up at tomato ketchup, 1998

"You know the expression 'When the chips are down'? In English, the things you use in casinos are chips, but in Italian we call them fish. So I once said, 'When the fish are down...' It wasn't embarrassing, but everyone was, like, 'What are you talking about?'"
Former Chelsea boss Gianluca Vialli, 2002

"That new Portuguese bloke at Chelsea. He's got a lot to say!"
Brian Clough, 2004

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135438 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-03
• Binding: Hardcover
• 164 pages

Synopsis
Features stats, anecdotes, quotes, lists and general quirk from the rich history of Chelsea Football Club - from Premiership glory to an in-depth study of celery.