IT COULD BE CARSLEY BUT LET'S HAVE CZECH

14th October, today, I could give you a background on the England manager situation but let's not get too depressed. Instead, enjoy some blood and thunder from this day 2006 and Petr Cech.

Chelsea gained a 1-0 Premier League victory over Reading at the Madjeski Stadium in a match not likely to be forgotten by anyone present that Saturday afternoon. In the first minute Chelsea 'keeper Petr Cech collided with Stephen Hunt, the Reading midfielder's right knee hitting Cech's head which resulted in the Czech 'keeper being stretchered off. Substitute 'keeper Carlo Cudicini took his place but in added time he too was stretchered off, unconscious, after a collision with Ibrahima Sonko. Chelsea captain John Terry took over in goal for the closing seconds of the fixture which saw Chelsea down to 9 players as Mikel John Obi had been sent off earlier, as had Reading's Andre Bikey. Reading's Ivar Ingimarsson scored the only goal of the match - an own goal - to give Chelsea the 1-0 win and end Reading's 14 month unbeaten home record. The injury to Petr Cech was initially believed to be concussion but was later found to be a potentially life-threatening depressed skull fracture. But the Czech goalkeeper was back in action for Chelsea again in January 2007 wearing what became a trademark headguard. Mind you that caused him a bit of strife with the Chelsea kit providers in the early days - the headguard wasn't one of theirs!

Association football career Position(s) Goalkeeper Youth career 1989–1999 Viktoria Plzeň Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1999–2001 Chmel Blšany 27 (0) 2001–2002 Sparta Prague 27 (0) 2002–2004 Rennes 70 (0) 2004–2015 Chelsea 333 (0) 2015–2019 Arsenal 110 (0) Total 567 (0) International career 1997–1998 Czech Republic U15 3 (0) 1998–1999 Czech Republic U16 15 (0) 1999 Czech Republic U17 3 (0) 1999–2000 Czech Republic U18 13 (0) 2000–2001 Czech Republic U20 7 (0) 2001–2002 Czech Republic U21 15 (0) 2002–2016 Czech Republic 124 (0) Medal record *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ice hockey career Weight 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) Position Goaltender NIHL team Former teams Oxford City Stars Guildford Phoenix Chelmsford Chieftains Belfast Giants Playing career 2019–present

FK Chmel Blšany was a Czech football club based in the village of Blsany. The club played in the Czech First League between 1998 and 2006 and was the first professional club of goalkeeper Oetr Cech. The club disbanded in 2016 after resigning from the 2016-17 regional championship (5th tier of the Czech football league)

The club was established as Sokol Blšany in 1946. The club played at the Mestky Stadion with capacity of 2,300 seats. That meant that even with every citizen of Blšany village in the stand, there would be still about 1,500 free seats.