Christopher Graham

Left Forward - Chelsea U20
27 May 2035
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385 Edition

The Chelsea Chronicle

12 Dec 2033
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match7 Dec 2033

Simon Adingra sends Chelsea through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Simon Adingra obliged against Blackburn Rovers. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Chelsea.

Player ratings12 Dec 2033

Christopher Graham, 16, plays like he has been here for years — 8.28

A mark of 8.28 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 16-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings12 Dec 2033

Carlos Vicente, 34, rolls back the years — 8.27

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.27 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad12 Dec 2033

Liam Delap in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market12 Dec 2033

Yeremy Pino wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Chelsea hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Loan watch12 Dec 2033

Joshua Jackson has seen enough of Bournemouth

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Chelsea, and 2 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.

The terraces12 Dec 2033

The crowd has taken to Christopher Graham

At 16 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings12 Dec 2033

A masterclass from Simon Adingra

Marked 8.16 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings12 Dec 2033

One of those days for Sean Steur

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

  • The dugout No hiding place for Trai Hume
  • The dugout the manager has his say
  • Market Jamie Gittens linked with a move away
Back issues
375 Edition

The Chelsea Chronicle

3 Oct 2033
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout3 Oct 2033

Sean Steur says Chelsea went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market3 Oct 2033

Jamie Gittens wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Chelsea hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad3 Oct 2033

A falling-out at Chelsea

Álex Jiménez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom3 Oct 2033

Chelsea ask Universidad Catolica the expensive question

The target is the manager, the approach is real, and the compensation clause is the whole conversation. Clubs deny this kind of story right up until the photograph.

Match1 Oct 2033

Chelsea find a way past Brentford

Brentford made Chelsea work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings3 Oct 2033

Liam Delap was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.22. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad3 Oct 2033

6 Chelsea players away with their countries

The training ground goes quiet for a fortnight. 6 men have gone off to be somebody else’s players, and the manager is left with the ones nobody has called.

Player ratings3 Oct 2033

Both jobs done by James Garner — 7.21

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 7.21, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

The dugout3 Oct 2033

No hiding place for Carlos Vicente

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Carlos Vicente, and the manager let it.

In brief