The reason I bleed blue today is Super Frank.
It was in the summer 2004 when I fell in love with this English mid-field maestro. Lampard was amazing for England in that Euro Cup. It was because of him I started to support Chelsea FC.
Back then we didn’t have live bpl broadcasting in Nepal; I used to update my soccer news and events with the help of newspapers and tele news and highlights. Despite having a keen interest in English Premier League, I never had that loyalty and affection to one particular team. Everything changed after watching Euro Cup 2004.
I started to watch every Chelsea game there after. It felt pleasure and pride at watching Frankie play. His screamers, goals from perfectly timed and instinctive runs, his perfectly placed spot kicks, were the salt and peppers of Chelsea game for me. I admit that I started watching Chelsea week in, week out - just to watch Frank play. It didn’t feel the same when he wasn’t playing. But slowly things were changing. I started to love Chelsea as much as I loved Frankie. I started to enjoy games even when Frank wasn’t playing. Slowly and silently, the love for Frank made me a Chelsea lover and a true Blue.
Titles and trophies started to come into Chelsea FC’s trophy cabinet. We may not have had trophy cabinets full of trophies but we still had a proud history. The likes of Peter Osgood, Kerry Dixon, Bobby Tambling, Marcel Desailly, Giafranco Zola wore the great Blue shirt and entertained the Stamford Bridge faithful. And for my generation, there was Frank Lampard with likes of Petr Cech, John Terry, Didier Drogba. We Chelsea family were making one hell of a history in English and European football. It’s been a great ride as a Chelsea fan.
I was gutted to see this Chelsea legend in Man City jersey but then I totally understood why he did it. When he scored against us in Manchester this season, I didn’t feel sad. Neither was I happy. I said to myself: ‘Better Frankie than someone else.
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After scoring an emotional penalty against Liverpool
in the second leg of Champions League semi-final
2008, Stamford Bridge, London.
Pic by: dailymail.co.uk |
And now time has come for goodbyes. Frank will be gone after this Sunday. It’s going be his final game in English game albeit in City shirt. Having played 608 premier league games and scoring 176 goals; 429 league games and 147 league goals coming in Chelsea colors-the record goal scorer (211 goals in all competition) in Chelsea history and the highest goal scoring mid-fielder in premier league history – Frank James Lampard is one of the best midfielder ever to grace the beautiful premier league.
As we Chelsea fans chant:
"Super Super Frank
Super Super Frank"
