Chelsea (A) Capital One Cup Semi-final Second Leg, 27/1 19:45

[Will]

Double Agents

 

In advance of our third meeting of the season with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, YNWA looks at the careers of some of those few who have represented both blue and red.

 

The management

Brendan Rodgers was invited by manager José Mourinho to join Chelsea as Head Youth Coach in 2004, being promoted to Manager of the reserves two years later, staying in that role until taking over as Watford boss in November 2008. He arrived at Anfield from Swansea City in June 2012, so far guiding us to 69 wins in 131 matches. Glen Driscoll arrived at Anfield as Head of Performance that same summer. He had joined Chelsea in 2003, working in a variety of roles including Head of Fitness, Head Physiotherapist and Head of Injury Prevention, moving on to work alongside Rodgers again at Swansea in 2011.

 

Rafael Benítez arrived from Valencia in June 2004 and took charge of the reds on 350 occasions, winning 194 times and leading us to the European Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield as well as three other finals. He left the club “by mutual consent” in June 2010. He was appointed Chelsea’s Interim Manager in November 2012, guiding them to the UEFA Europa League and Champions League qualification as they won 28 of his 48 games in charge before leaving the following May. His long-time staff accompanied him to the Bridge, including goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero and trainer Paco de Miguel who also worked with him at Anfield.

 

Bolo Zenden joined Chelsea from Barcelona for £7.5m in August 2001, netting four times in 59 games before being loaned out to Middlesbrough, whom he later joined on a free transfer. He arrived at Anfield in July 2005 on another free and struck twice in 47 senior reds games, as injury hampered his career at Anfield. He helped us to claim the UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield, as well as reach the Champions League Final in his brief time with the reds. Bolo left the club in July 2007 to join Olympique de Marseille, and joined Chelsea as Assistant Manager under Benítez in November 2012.

 

Wing-half Bobby Campbell made only 25 reds appearances between 1959 and 1961, during our spell in the Second Division. He was later manager of Chelsea for three years, taking them to the Second Division title in 1989, and a fifth place finish in the top flight the following season.

 

Current double agents

Daniel Sturridge signed from Chelsea for £12m in January. He has so far scored a stunning 36 times in his first 52 reds games. He had joined the Blues from Manchester City for an initial £3.5m fee in July 2009, netting 24 times in 96 games, with only 49 being starts, and helping to claim the League and FA Cup double in his first season. Victor Moses left Stamford Bridge to join the reds on loan in September 2013, scoring on his reds bow at Swansea City, but only once more in 22 outings in total.

 

Fabio Borini signed from Roma for £10.4m in July 2012, netting just three times in 35 outings as well as suffering two serious injuries, spending last season on loan at Sunderland. He signed for Chelsea from Bologna in the summer of 2007, becoming the top scorer for the reserves before making his senior debut in September 2009. He failed to score in eight first-team outings before moving to Parma in the summer of 2011 after a successful loan spell with Swansea City.

 

Glen Johnson joined Chelsea for £6m from West Ham United in July 2003 to become the first signing of the Roman Abramovich era. He netted four goals in 71 outings, but joined Portsmouth on loan in August 2006 before signing on permanently a year later. He joined the reds from Pompey for a whopping £17.5m in June 2009, and has so far notched nine times in 188 reds outings, including the winner in our League meeting at Stamford Bridge in November 2011.

 

Christian Purslow was appointed as the reds’ Managing Director in June 2009 to replace Rick Parry. He stood down in October 2010 after the sale of the club to New England Sports Ventures. He joined Chelsea as Head of Global Commercial Activities last month. Michael Beale is Under-21’s Manager at the Academy, having joined in September 2012 as Youth Development Lead Coach for the Under-15’s and Under-16’s. He had previously spent a decade at Chelsea, working full-time as Youth Development Officer and Under-14’s coach.

 

Other recent double agents

Fernando Torres moved to Chelsea for a British record transfer fee of £50m on deadline day in January 2011. He had bagged an impressive 81 goals in 142 reds games following his then club record £20.2m capture from Club Atlético de Madrid in July 2007. He netted 46 times in 171 games for his new outfit, helping them to win the UEFA Champions League in 2012 and UEFA Europa League a year later. He joined AC Milan on a two-year loan in August, making the move permanent in January before immediately returning to Spain to join his first love.

 

Steve Clarke signed for Chelsea for £442,000 in February 1987 from St. Mirren. He notched ten times in 421 games, helping them to claim the FA Cup, League Cup, European Cup Winners’ Cup and Full Members Cup. In 2005 he was voted into Chelsea’s centenary XI, occupying the right-back berth. After coaching under Ruud Gullit at Newcastle United, he returned to Stamford Bridge, becoming Assistant Manager under José Mourinho in 2004, leaving in the summer of 2008 after helping the Blues to claim two League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups. He was appointed as a first-team coach at Anfield by Kenny Dalglish in January 2011, moving on to take over as Head Coach at West Bromwich Albion in June 2012.

 

Joe Cole joined Chelsea from West Ham United for £6.6m in August 2003, bagging forty goals in 262 games in west London, helping them to claim three League titles, two FA Cups, League Cup and the FA Community Shield. He notched just five times in 42 reds outings after joining on a free transfer in July 2010, moving back to Upton Park for free in January 2013. Midfielder Raúl Meireles signed from his hometown club Porto for £11.5m in August 2010. He bagged five goals in 44 matches, with all these strikes coming in a six-game spell following Kenny Dalglish’s return as Manager. He moved to Stamford Bridge for £12m after just a year at Anfield, and netted six times in 48 outings before signing for Fenerbahçe SK for €10m in September 2012.

 

Yossi Benayoun signed from West Ham United for £5m in July 2007. He bagged 29 goals in 134 reds games, including hat-tricks against Beşiktaş JK, Havant & Waterlooville and Burnley. He was sold to Chelsea in July 2010 for a reported £5m, netting once in 24 outings as he suffered with injury as well as spending much of his time out on loan at Arsenal and then West Ham United. He moved on to Queens Park Rangers in December 2013.

 

Direct from the Bridge to L4

Midfielder Nigel Spackman was signed from Chelsea for £400,000 in February 1987, after 179 games and fourteen goals for the Blues, including being on the losing side nine months earlier as his soon-to-be boss King Kenny clinched the League title at Stamford Bridge. Among his finest appearances in a red shirt were his debut as a sub in the 1987 Littlewoods Cup Semi-final win over Southampton, and the 5-0 drubbing of Nottingham Forest in April 1988 as he helped us to clinch the title that season. He never scored for us in his 63 first-team games, although he did hit the post twice in our 1-0 defeat of Manchester United in September 1988. After moving on to Queens Park Rangers in February 1989, he later returned to Chelsea to play under Glenn Hoddle, making a further 88 appearances for the Blues.

 

Tony Hateley became our record transfer when he joined us from Chelsea in July 1967 for the then-princely sum of £96,000, having bagged six goals in 27 League games for the Blues after arriving from Notts County for £100,000 in October 1966. He got off to a flyer at Anfield, grabbing 27 goals in 52 appearances in his first season. Unfortunately, injuries took their toll, and he was sold to Coventry City only fifteen months after arriving at the club, and a total of 28 strikes in 56 outings. He was a fine header of the ball in his prime, as was his son, England international striker Mark.

 

Moving in the opposite direction

Outside-left Alf Hanson made 177 reds appearances before moving to Chelsea in July 1938 for £7,500. He had arrived at Anfield from Bootle in November 1931, and was also an England baseball international! He scored nine times in 45 League games for the Blues.

 

A popular wool

Joey Jones was a fans’ favourite in the 1970’s, playing exactly a hundred first-team games, mostly at left-back. He was immortalised in a famous banner at the European Cup Final in Rome in 1977, “Joey ate the frogs legs, made the Swiss roll, now he’s munching Gladbach”. After rejoining Wrexham in 1978, he later moved on to Chelsea, helping them to promotion back to the top division in 1984. He struck twice in 78 League games for the Blues.

 

A speedy reds career

David Speedie got off to a blistering start by scoring on his debut at Manchester United, and then grabbing a brace against Everton six days later. He came from Coventry City for £700,000 in January 1991, whom he had joined after a successful five years with Chelsea in the mid-1980’s, scoring 64 times in 205 games for the West London outfit, whom he had also played for in our 1986 title-decider. He nabbed six goals in fourteen reds games in all before moving to Blackburn Rovers after just seven months at Anfield. Keeper Alec Chamberlain had loan spells at both clubs during the 1990’s, without making the first team in either instance.

 

Other double agents

Nicolas Anelka moved to Stamford Bridge from Bolton Wanderers in January 2008 in a £15m deal, notching 59 times in 185 outings for the Blues, helping them to claim the League, two FA Cups and FA Community Shield before joining Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in December 2011. He struck five times in 22 reds games while on loan at Anfield from Paris Saint-Germain in the second half of the 2001/02 season.

 

Scottish inside-forward Willie Fagan and legendary red Billy Liddell both guested for the Blues during the Second World War. Fagan signed from Preston North End for £8,000 in October 1937, netting 57 goals in 182 reds games that helped fire us to the League title in 1947 and the FA Cup Final three years later, before moving to Belfast Distillery in January 1952. Liddell joined the reds in July 1938 while still only sixteen, and left the club 23 years later, having struck 228 times in 534 games. Their only club honour was the League title in 1947, although they both also played in the FA Cup Final three years later.

 

Right-half Ted Savage made 105 reds appearances after signing from Lincoln City in May 1931, scoring his only two goals for us on his debut, as a forward, against Grimsby Town. He moved to Old Trafford in December 1937 and also guested for Chelsea during wartime. Matt Busby signed for the reds from Manchester City for £8,000 in March 1936 and made 125 appearances, many as captain. Chelsea were one of several clubs he guested for during the war. Jamie Redknapp recently spent some time training Chelsea’s reserves while working towards his coaching badges.

[Case]

Lets fecking smash these.

[Will]

Down Memory Lane

 

In advance of our Capital One Cup Semi-final second leg on Tuesday, YNWA takes a look back at our six previous meetings in this competition.

 

Final disappointment

We were beaten in the Final of the Carling Cup in Cardiff in February 2005, 3-2 after extra time. John Arne Riise struck in the first minute, and we led until a Steven Gerrard own goal rescued Chelsea with eleven minutes left. Didier Drogba bagged one of his eleven goals against us with Mateja Kezman also netting before Antonio Núñez bagged a consolation, his only reds goal.

 

Most recently

We were held to a 1-1 draw last week with Eden Hazard putting the visitors ahead from the spot before Raheem Sterling’s sublime equaliser.

 

We met in the Fifth Round in November 2011, with Andy Carroll having a penalty saved before we eventually triumphed 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, with Maxi Rodríguez on target before Martin Kelly headed in his first reds goal. Lucas Leiva ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in this game, thus ruling him out for the rest of the season.

 

Other League Cup encounters

We lost 2-0 in west London in the Fifth Round in December 2007, with Peter Crouch sent off for a wild lunge at John Obi Mikel. Momo Sissoko made his 87th and final reds outing in this game. Jack Hobbs also made his last senior outing for us, only his fifth. Frank Lampard struck one of his eight goals past the reds just before the hour mark, with Andriy Shevchenko netting in the final minute.

 

We beat Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield in November 2000 in the Third Round of the Worthington Cup, our hundredth League Cup win. Pegguy Arphexad made his first-team debut in a game which saw Emile Heskey sent off late on. Danny Murphy opened the scoring before Gianfranco Zola equalised with a header. Robbie Fowler got the extra-time winner against our only top-flight opposition in that season’s victorious campaign. This was his first senior goal in ten months. Our only other League Cup meeting came back in August 1977, en route to our first ever Final appearance. Kenny Dalglish and Jimmy Case struck as we won 2-0 in the Second Round at Anfield.

[Gerrardrules]

Who's the referee?

[Red Yoda]

-----------------Mignolet

 

-----------Can Skrtel Sakho

 

Markovic Henderson Lucas Moreno

 

-------Gerrard Sterling Coutinho

 

Subs:

 

Ward Johnson Lovren Allen Lallana Borini Lambert

[Hassony]

Who's the referee?

 

fair to assume someone who's either a corrupt c*** and has been on Roman's boat or is totally inept

[Redray]

Michael Oliver.

 

http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/news/article/capital-one-cup-semi-final-first-leg-match-official-appointments-2199251.aspx

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

We've had 2 utterly terrible & cowardly refs on the bounce now - so is it 3rd time lucky or is it things come in threes?

[PhilM]

Michael Oliver.

 

http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/news/article/capital-one-cup-semi-final-first-leg-match-official-appointments-2199251.aspx

 

Well that's us f***ed then. He's probably the worst top flight ref in England at the moment and has been consistently s*** in games towards us too.

[Dan]

 

Well that's us f***ed then. He's probably the worst top flight ref in England at the moment and has been consistently s*** in games towards us too.

 

Not even close.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

nah - Atkinson is s*** but has occasionally been ok. Friend is a c*** 100% of the time

[lfc003]

------------- Mignolet ------------

----- Can -- Skrtel -- Sakho ----

Markovic Hendo Lucas Moreno

------ Stevie -------- Phil ------

------------- Raheem ----------

 

Subs: Ward, Lovren, Allen, Lallana, Sturridge, Mario, Johnson

 

^^

look at that potential bench, Depth!

Edited January 26, 2015 by lfc003

[cocknose]

In the away end tommorow, should be interesting

[Earl Hafler]

At least you won't be the only cocknose in there.

[Dan]

In the away end tommorow, should be interesting

 

With the Liverpool fans then?

[DJS]

This has got a real 'big game' feel to it.

 

Want to beat those f*ckers so badly.

[PhilM]

 

Not even close.

 

He's absolutely shocking. Really really bad.

[Dan]

 

He's absolutely shocking. Really really bad.

 

Lee Mason, Martin Atkinson, Lee Probert, Andre Marriner, Mike Dean, Mike Jones, Anthony Taylor.......the list goes on.

[Des]

 

Lee Mason, Martin Atkinson, Lee Probert, Andre Marriner, Mike Dean, Mike Jones, Anthony Taylor.......the list goes on.

 

Mason's the worst out of all of them.

[Swipe]

Yeah I'd go for Mason.

 

He's pure evil.

[Conrad]

 

Lee Mason, Martin Atkinson, Lee Probert, Andre Marriner, Mike Dean, Mike Jones, Anthony Taylor.......the list goes on.

 

I had I'll Show You by Dexys in my head reading that

[Dan]

 

Mason's the worst out of all of them.

 

Absolutely.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Dunno. Despise Friend. Uber c*** him

[Billy Dane]

Mason's the worst of the lot, but Friend is working hard to catch up with him.

[DJS]

There's very few who you'd list as being noticeably good, or at least without agenda. Or that's how it feels anyway.

 

Always thought Clattenburg was one of the best, even though there'll be occasions where he's screwed us over.