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Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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Legacy CFC supporter. CST member. CPO shareholder. cfcuk scribe. Walking footballer. New book 'Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' out now. eBay link below.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Nov 17, 2025
    My new book 'From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971' is out. It covers Chelsea's incident-strewn European adventures from Moscow Dynamo 80 years ago to Athens triumph in 1971. Available on eBay here ebay.us/m/iQAjS6 £10 inc UK p&p
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    From Soviet Bouquets To Shed Banners - Chelsea In Europe 1945-1971. | eBay UK
    An epic and utterly chaotic friendly against Moscow Dynamo, a few months after WW2 ended, whereSoviet Bouquets were presented to bemused Chelsea players, really caught the public imagination.Shed...
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Mar 19, 2022
    The first time the three of us went to an away by car was to Cardiff, 45 years ago this week. A bit older, a bit greyer but still going...
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Apr 19, 2021
    Chelsea and City seemingly spinning that they were in some way unwilling accomplices in the ESL plans, and are only participating so as not to be ‘left behind’. One easy way to demonstrate that unwillingness. Walk away from the ESL,apologise to their supporters and move on.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Feb 7, 2021
    Fair play to Werner, who I thought had a very decent game, for facing a Sky interview despite his goal drought. The goals will come for him, I’m sure.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Mar 13, 2025
    Not sure if it is pricing or apathy but the Chelsea suits must be sweating a bit over the almost empty East Stand middle tier
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Dec 4, 2020
    Last time we played Leeds. LC away game 2012. A great night.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Jan 26, 2025
    Bournemouth paid £12.9m last summer for Dean Hiijsen, who even to my untutored eye looks a heck of a centre-back and is only 19. Chelsea paid £38.5m for Disasi and £32.5m for Badiashile. Not sure what happened there?
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Mar 19, 2022
    Atmosphere building in the away concourse...
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Jul 15, 2020
    Just checked the records and, regardless of what happens between now and season-end, Chelsea will have finished top London club for the 13th time in 16 seasons, which is pretty remarkable.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Mar 10, 2022
    It is impossible to predict how the imposition of sanctions on RA will play out in terms of impact on Chelsea FC, nobody really knows, but given the atrocities happening right now in Ukraine it pales into utter insignificance.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Mar 16, 2022
    So, despite some misinformation on here insisting it had been cancelled, the Peter Bonetti Memorial Event is going ahead as planned on Friday afternoon for those that already have a ticket. Good news, and a chance to pay respects to one of our greatest ever players
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Apr 12, 2020
    Desperately sad news about Peter Bonetti, the bravest and one of the very best goalkeepers ever to play for Chelsea. RIP.
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Feb 7, 2020
    Replying to @robertrea and @martynziegler
    Indeed. It just shifts the argument, not end it
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    Tim Rolls⭐⭐
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    Mar 3, 2022
    My take on the announcement of Roman Abramovich’s departure.
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    Mar 3, 2022
    Chelsea fan’s view: Abramovich was resented for upsetting football’s cosy world theguardian.com/football/2022/…