A blog of two halves

Chelsea's eight-goal demolition of Albanian champions Vllaznia at Kingsmeadow under the floodlights on Wednesday night was the perfect pick-me-up for recuperating Blues manager Emma Hayes.

Fulham get back on track with an entertaining 3-2 win over Leeds United.

After three October matches which yielded just one point, Fulham were in serious need of victory against Aston Villa.

Chelsea are now level with Real Madrid at the top of their Women’s Champions League group.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes is taking a break from football to recover from an emergency operation.

It had begun so well. Marco Silva’s men looked determined to overturn the club’s poor record against West Ham and its reputation for starting games slowly.

September gave us no home matches at the Cottage, so the visit of Newcastle on Saturday (1 October) was an appetising prospect.

Chelsea Women are going to have another try at arranging a big-stage event on 20 November.