One aspect of Cobham life not touched on before is the main canteen, which on the surface is much like any other around the country, with tables and chairs laid out to provide space for staff to dine. Chelsea’s kitchen staff work to a tight remit, charged with providing the best and most suitable food [...]

Friday is the day the private working environment of Cobham opens its doors to the world via the football media. If there is a weekend game, people want to hear or read what Carlo Ancelotti has to say about it so it is the day for TV crews and newspaper reporters to roll through the gates, [...]

Ten years ago tomorrow, one era of Italian management at Chelsea gave way to another when Claudio Ranieri was appointed as the successor to Gianluca Vialli, sacked a few days before. The evening before, on 14 September 2000, Ranieri had sat in the stands at Stamford Bridge watching the players he was soon to coach [...]