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Watch Chelsea vs Arsenal LIVE!
On
Sunday Arsenal travel the short distance across London to play rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, in
what could arguably be one of our biggest games this season.
The match kicks off at 6pm SA time and is being shown live on Supersport 3 with the match build up starting at 5:30pm.
Chelsea
were founded in 1905 and have spent most of their history in the top
tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions three
times, and have won the FA Cup five times, the League Cup four times
and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice.
The club had their first
major success in 1955, winning the league championship. Chelsea won
several cup competitions during the 1960s and 1970s, but after that did
not win another major title until 1997. The past decade has been the
most successful period in Chelsea’s history, capped by winning
consecutive Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006, and reaching their
first UEFA Champions League final in 2008.
Chelsea's home is the
42,055 capacity Stamford Bridge football stadium in Fulham, West
London, where they have played since their establishment. The club are
based just outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. In 2003, they were bought by
Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich.
Chelsea's traditional kit
colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club
crest has been changed several times in attempts to modernize or
re-brand; the current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion holding a
staff, is a modified version of one first adopted in the 1950s. The
club has sustained the fifth highest average all-time attendance in
English football. Their average home gate for the 2008–09 season was
41,464, the fifth highest in the Premier League.
In
Johannesburg, The Arsenal SA club will be meeting at ‘Blandford Manor’ to watch of the game. Get there early for a good seat!
Blandford Manor
106 Hyperion Drive
Northriding
Randburg
Sat-Nav co-ordinates are as follows: 26°02'36.30"S 27°57'51.00"E
Please
note that the bringing of your own food and drinks of any kind to the
venue is strictly prohibited and any members attempting to do so will
be asked to leave.
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On this day in 2002
2002 - Arsenal equalled a 65-year-old league record with a 2-1 win at home to Manchester City, having scored in 44 consecutive league matches.
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