GATE 17 is the entrance to the wrap around section where the upper tier of the Matthew Harding Stand meets the East Stand. When Stamford Bridge was redeveloped in into an all-seater stadium under the governance of Ken Bates, many supporters found themselves seated away from the friends that they'd grown up watching Chelsea with. READ MORE >>

MARK WORRALL developed his writers craft penning articles for a wide variety of Blues related publications including the Chelsea Independent, a forerunner of the fanzine Matthew Harding's Blue And White Army, which is now named cfcuk. His first book 'Over Land and Sea' was published by Troubador in 2004 and relayed the adventures of the Gate 17 crew as they followed the fortunes of the Blues during the Champions League campaign of the previous season which coincided with the Clubs takeover by Roman Abramovich. In 2007 Mark's semi-autobiographical first 'novel' "Blue Murder - Chelsea Till I Die" was published by Head Hunter Books.  READ MORE >>

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cfcuk, renowned as the ‘peoples’ publication, has been on the streets since May 1999 when it was originally launched as Matthew Harding’s Blue And White Army. The fanzine still costs just £1 and a 'best of' anthology,  Chelsea Football Fanzine, ‘the best of cfcuk’ Volume One, which takes a look back at the first fifty issues showcases a fascinating selection of articles, interviews and editorial material featured in its BLUE-tinted pages between May 1999 and September 2005, was published by GATE 17 in 2010. 

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