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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · 1d

I've moved from WordPress to Substack - and my first #CFCW match report can be found here, on a familiar feeling win at Stamford Bridge: open.substack.com/pub/theglory...

Match report: Chelsea 2-0 London City Lionesses (WSL)

"Back where we left off."

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skipperblues @skipperblues.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Kerr scoring at Stamford Bridge 🙌 #cfcw

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the4ts @the4ts.bsky.social · 1d

And that, is that. Job done. Three points. Clean sheet. Still top. ⚽💙

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · 17d

Appetites finally sated - a good win for @chelseafcn.bsky.social in the Champions League thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/c... #CFCW #CFC #UWCL

Chelsea 4-0 Paris FC (WCL) – “Goals, glorious goals!”

Finally. After a month marked by scarcity on the scoresheet, and frustrations about our performances in front of goal – four goals to round off the month of football felt like a veritable fea…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · 20d

A crucial three points, but questions remain unanswered for Bompastor and @chelseafcn.bsky.social thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/c... #CFCW #CFC #WSL

Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (WSL) – “important points, but problems persist.”

After two away games in a row – and two draws – Chelsea returned home to Kingsmeadow this Sunday, and hoped to also return to winning ways. This was far from a guarantee though, as the …

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · 24d

The kind of result, and performance, which leads to questions... a disappointing 1-1 draw for @chelseafcn.bsky.social in the #UWCL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

Twente 1-1 Chelsea (WCL) – “Trouble at Twente.”

For a club like Chelsea, two games with a win feels like the start of a crisis. That may seem a slightly absurd statement – but that is the standards we have set for ourselves. Make no …

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · 29d

Given Man United's form, and the conditions, that felt like a point gained, rather than any lost, to me @chelseafcn.bsky.social #CFCW #CFC #WSL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/m...

Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea (WSL) – “Huff and puff but not quite blown down”.

October began with what was looking like the sternest test of our 100% start to the season thus far. Man United have had an impressive start themselves to 2025/26, and came into this game just two …

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Sep 28

The champions finally turn up - a very comfortable afternoon in Dagenham #CFCW #CFC #WSL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/w...

West Ham 0-4 Chelsea (WSL) – “An autumnal breeze.”

With September soon turning to October, green leaves starting to turn orange, and our rivals starting to drop points – autumn is well and truly on its way. The fresh breeze on the crisp Sunda…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Sep 21

Difficult to know how to feel about a game that felt frustrating, but means we end the weekend top of the #WSL for the first time this season thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/c... @chelseafcn.bsky.social #CFCW #CFC

Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City (WSL) – “Three points, but frustrated.”

This weekend of WSL fixtures was overshadowed by the tragic death of Matt Beard, the former Liverpool, West Ham – and Chelsea – manager. His death at the age of just 47 was announ…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sam Kerr the woman of the hour in a truly special moment - but Hannah Hampton the Player of the Match, in a game Chelsea were fortunate to take all 3 points from @chelseafcn.bsky.social thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/a... #CFCW #CFC #WSL

Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea (WSL) – “She is so back!”

Chelsea’s first away match of the WSL season had the potential to be not entirely straightforward. Our opponents, Aston Villa had had a tough first half of the 2024/25 campaign – but were muc…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good start to the season, with an encouraging performance, an exciting debut - and the promise of more to come thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/c... #CFCW #CFC #WSL @chelseafcn.bsky.social

Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City (WSL) – “Up and running”

For the second season in a row, Chelsea started our title defence on a Friday – kicking off the WSL season under floodlights as a warm summer day turned to night. Rather than Aston Villa at K…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Sep 5

New season, questions old and new: thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/u... @chelseafcn.bsky.social #CFCW #CFC #WSL

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · May 18

The final blog post of the season, and a final triumph of a historic - Treble-winning - year thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/c... #CFCW #CFC

Chelsea 3-0 Manchester United (FA Cup final) – “The Treble completed, and domestic dominance deserved.”

A season that began long nine months ago, back in September, finally culminated on the very biggest stage of all, this Sunday. Wembley, and the FA Cup final. Traditionally this has been the biggest…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · May 10

Undefeated, a points record, and a record title-winning margin. Nobody came close #CFCW #CFC #WSL #BarclaysWSL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/c...

Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (WSL) – “Unrivalled.”

Could we do it? If we avoided defeat in our final league game of the season, we would achieve an invincible season – the first time this would ever have been done in a 22-game WSL season. The…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · May 4

No drama, for once #CFCW #CFC #WSL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...

Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Chelsea (WSL) – “More of the same, for the much-changed champions.”

What a difference a week makes. Last Sunday, Chelsea had been ruthlessly dumped out of the Champions League by rampant Barcelona – leaving our dreams of a quadruple in tatters, and casting do…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Apr 30

What a difference three days - and five Aston Villa goals - makes. Chelsea, champions again - and there could be no better response to Sunday's disappointment #CFCW #CFC #BarclaysWSL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/m...

Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea (WSL) – “The best response possible, and Chelsea are champions again.”

Forget “football, bloody hell”. More like “Chelsea, bloody hell”. The talk before tonight’s game was of needing to bounce back from the crushing defeat against Barcelona at the weekend, which saw u…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Apr 27

So anyway, let's move on... because there is a lot still to play for #CFCW #CFC #UWCL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/c...

Chelsea 1-4 Barcelona (WCL semi-final second leg) – Barcelona win 8-2 on aggregate – “Moving swiftly on.”

It was a comeback that never seemed likely – and one that never remotely came close to be. The odds were stacked well against Chelsea, trialling 4-1 heading into the second leg of our Champio…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Apr 23

No easy games at this time of the season... but maybe that was one #CFCW #CFC #WSL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/c...

Chelsea 4-0 Crystal Palace (WSL) – “Pressure relief.”

At this time of the season, when fighting on as many fronts as Chelsea are, there are no easy games. Every match, too, is a must-win – meaning that after the painful defeat in Barcelona…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Apr 21

Not the most fun blog post to write - once again, we are undone by Barcelona in the #UWCL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/b... #CFC #CFCW

Barcelona 4-1 Chelsea (WCL, semi-final first leg) – “Quadruply crucified.”

Treja vu? (With apologies to the French.) This was the third season in a row we faced the behemoth of Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League – having fallen at this hurdle on ou…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Apr 13

Aggie Beever-Jones in the crunch moment, at the crunch time of the season thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/c... #CFCW #CFC #WSL #AdobeWomensFACup

Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool (FA Cup semi-final) – “Crunch time.”

The two weeks between Chelsea’s last fixture in March and the first in April had not seen much rest for the players, and had also led to the loss of Lauren James to a hamstring injury. Such is the …

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Mar 30

A quite understandable drop off saw Chelsea drop two points to West Ham today, but at six clear with four games left to play, this does not feel much of a disaster thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/c... #CFCW #CFC #BarclaysWSL

Chelsea 2-2 West Ham United (WSL) – “A stutter, not a stop.”

To the relief of pretty much everyone involved, for the first time in what seems like an age Chelsea were playing a game of football that was not against Manchester City, for our final game of the …

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Mar 28

It was going to take something special - and it did. On last night's incredible comeback, to keep our #UWCL dream alive thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/c... #CFCW #CFC

Chelsea 3-0 Manchester City (Champions League quarter-final, second leg) – *Chelsea win 3-2 on aggregate* – “Never write us off.”

It was going to take something special – and it did. Fair to say, the quadrilogy that has played out over the past fortnight between Chelsea and Manchester City has lived up to expectations. …

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Mar 23

A vital comeback win, and the hope it brings ahead of Thursday's game #CFCW #CFC #BarclaysWSL #WSL #UWCL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/m...

Manchester City 1-2 Chelsea (WSL) – “Not without a fight.”

A third game in less than ten days against the same opponent – but a brand new situation for this Chelsea side, in this increasingly intriguing saga. For the first time this season – an…

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Mar 20

On a first defeat of the season, badly-timed, but also overdue... #CFCW #CFC #UWCL thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/m...

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The Glory Hayes @thegloryhayescfc.bsky.social · Mar 15

... 25% complete #CFC #CFCW #WSL #SubwayLeagueCup thekingsmeadowchronicles.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/c...

Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City (League Cup final) – “One down, three to go.”

This season’s League Cup final, fell on the Ides of March. This occasion has recently proved a difficult one for Chelsea – having lost the past three finals – and we could only ho…

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