Sunday was the day that the Aston Villa juggernaut was
set to send the Premiership in circles by derailing what is turning
out to be one of the most astonishing records in Premiership
history. Instead of ranting about what Chelsea football club have
done, this will be a more interactive article involving every
football fan.
Take the team you support, and try to remember (without opening
another tab on your explorer) the last time that 3 points were
hijacked from Stamford Bridge by your team…?
Have you found out yet? Well here are answers for some of the
football community, while I would genuinely be interested for those
clubs outside the following to let me know:
However, most of these results were before the invasion of Roman
Abramovich and his seemingly bottomless pockets of cash. None of
the above victories took place during Jose Mourinho’s time in
London and none have since. The special one has installed a
mentality to the squad that you just don’t lose at home. On the
other hand, there is hope for people outside the SW6.
Many teams have taken points away from West London during this
long run (and I am not talking about Craven Cottage.) Wigan
followed Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Everton, Aston Villa and
Liverpool in taking a point from Stamford Bridge last season, while
from December the previous term Chelsea were held at home by
Arsenal, Reading, Fulham, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United and
Everton.
The only other team to come close to this achievement was a
record set previously by Liverpool who had an all-time run of 63
games unbeaten at home between February 1978 and January 1981. This
was the standing record until it was beaten by Chelsea’s current
standing in Aril 2007. Manchester United put together there own
unbeaten run at home last season, but next door neighbours Man City
swiftly put an end to that with a 2-0 victory.
There is an old saying that nothing goes on forever….Someone
just has to tell Chelsea that!
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