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Chelsea football books and dvds and a virtual aerial tour of Stamford Bridge. Great books about current and former Chelsea players and Chelsea managers and the history of Chelsea football club.
Top recommended books include Chelsea Football Club: The Official History in Pictures, The Special Ones: Chelsea by the Fans, Chelsea FC: The Official Biography plus many more in the Chelsea online bookshop
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Chelsea Football Club: The Official History in Pictures
The history of Chelsea features glamour, controversy, hooligans, high and low fashion, huge excitement on the pitch and terrible disappointments. In the official biography, Rick Glanvill brought the century of the UK's highest profile club to life in words. In this illustrated history, he has searched the never-before-made-public club archives to show the breadth of the club's 100 years in photographs. Fully integrated and highly designed, with over 200 colour and black and white photographs and fascinating accompanying text on the story of the club, "We Are the Famous CFC "offers all fans, and anyone with an interest in the biggest story in British football, unforgettable images and legendary faces from the past 100 years.
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The Special Ones: Chelsea by the Fans
This new book, compiled and written entirely by long-term Chelsea fans, turns Jose Mourinho's The Special One moniker on its head by asserting that the real special ones are the supporters; those people who have followed the club through the bad times as well as the good. Many of these fans have now been pushed out of the club by high ticket prices, and the book is their answer to the gentrification that has killed the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge.The Special Ones focuses on the memories of thousands of fans, moving from the 1930s through to the present day ¬ from watching a British pilot shoot down a German plane over Stamford Bridge to seeing Chelsea clinch the Premiership, via relegation, promotion and the essential goals of Clive Walker. These memories belong to the REAL fans, and come from the heart, so a long midweek journey North in the late Seventies to see Chelsea lose in the pouring rain feature, while prawn sandwiches and a heated VIP box do not.Penetrating interviews with the all-time greatest team, as chosen by the fans, follow. Gianluca Vialli, Peter Bonetti, Ron Harris, John Terry, Eddie McCreadie, Charlie Cooke, Frank Lampard, Alan Hudson, Dennis Wise, Gianfranco Zola and, most poignantly, Peter Osgood, are all included, and make for entertaining and revelatory reading.A section entitled Blue Is The Colour records the songs that have been sung at Stamford Bridge over the years, and as there is no censorship in The Special Ones, no rewriting of history, decades of Shed lyrics are included in all their blue-and-white glory. The culture of the Chelsea fanzines is considered in Having A Say, Having A Laugh, and is another outspoken section that provides a twenty-year overview of the club/supporter relationship.The book is already enjoying cult status among the Chelsea faithful, who appreciate the honesty and humour of the book. Many feel that the club's 100th anniversary celebrations have neglected the ordinary fans, and that this book fills the gap.
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Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years
CHELSEA FC: THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY goes to the heart of what gives the club its personality. The author has access to all the key characters, including Mourinho, Abramovich and the star players, plus legendary names of the past. He addresses all the controversies, including: the near suffocation through lack of cash in the 1970s and in 2002; the impact of Abramovich's money; the club and fans' response to racism; how the hooliganism which dogged Chelsea for years has been tackled. On the lighter side, Chelsea is regarded as the country's glamour club, and fashions, good and dreadful, will feature alongside celebrity fans and the worlds of art and music. And then there is the football at the core of it all, creating moments of huge tension and excitement.
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| Replica Kit and Merchandise |
| The Chelsea merchandise shop has adult and junior replica shirts, shorts and socks. Chelsea caps, polo shirts and t-shirts. Scarves, gloves, footballs and even Chelsea gifts for your pets and much more.
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