They say Chelsea has "no history," but our story is one of the most unique in football. We weren't built on a local neighborhood whim—we were born out of absolute ambition.
When Fulham turned down Stamford Bridge, Gus Mears didn't sell the ground. Instead, on March 10, 1905, at the Rising Sun pub, he gave life to Chelsea FC. We were admitted to the Football League before we even kicked a ball. And when we finally did at Stamford Bridge on September 4, 1905? We thrashed Liverpool 4-0 to claim our first-ever victory as a club.
120+ years later, the blue flag is still flying high. 💙 🏁
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When did your team last concede six in a game?! Leeds did it 39 days ago at Chelsea. Man City haven't since losing 8-1 at Middlesbrough in May 2008. Comment who concedes six next. As of 18th October 2026.
When I landed in Nysc camp, first 4 days no weed, I drink beer tire 😭😂
Day 5 I’m walking past the bathroom and I smell weed…I trace the smell to one of the bathrooms and then I started banging on the door, nobody answered, everywhere went silent, na once I voice out say eye wey see must chop o, i must smoke inside this Una Igbo, Naso one of them open the door slowly, they were like two in there smoking one joint, he looked at me from head to toe, told me to go in while he watches the door..as I enter my first drag shock the hell out of the two of them😭 me wey never smoke for days..I left that bathroom a highly happy guy 😂 just 5 puffs felt like I just smoked a whole joint to myself, I later tried to get their plug but they didn’t even had a plug, they were actually smuggling in that shit, Omo Una really do things gan o for Nysc camp o
There’s a lady in our area whom everybody knew as an OS. But she eventually opened a shop in the neighborhood, and I guessed she wanted to start making a decent living. Perhaps she was still doing her OS business low key….I didn’t know, and it wasn’t my business.
One day, on my way home, I stopped at her shop to buy beer. I asked for canned Heineken, but she said she didn’t have it and offered me other brands. I bought one of the alternatives, but I told her Heineken was my brand and that she should try to keep it in stock if she wanted me to become a regular customer.
The next day, as I was passing by, she shouted, “Customer, I get Heineken o!”
I parked immediately and bought from her.
Fast-forward to one evening when we had a meeting in our compound about increasing the security and waste disposal fees. As we were concluding, this same lady mistakenly walked into our compound. The moment she saw me, she shouted, “Customer, na here you dey live?”
I went over to ask what she was looking for, only to discover that she had lost her way. I directed her to where she was going and turned back.
Omo, the atmosphere don change! 😂
People were already whispering among themselves. The looks on their faces told me they had concluded a completely different story in their heads. Nobody said anything directly to me, but everybody looked at me somehow before they eventually left.
I had to explain myself in our WhatsApp group, only for them to tell me that na guilty conscience dey make me shalaye. 😭😂
Imagine! A man cannot even patronize a businesswoman and help her grow her business again without the neighborhood turning it into a scandal!
Sometimes, people don’t need evidence before they conclude a story about you. All they need is an opportunity to gossip. 😂😭