The following season Chelsea won the European Super Cup by beating Real Madrid 1 – 0, and finished 3rd in the Premier League, just four points behind champions Manchester United in what was Chelsea's highest league finish since 1970.

He then became the only player in history to score in four separate FA Cup finals, when he scored in Chelsea's win over Liverpool in the 2012 final.

He soon regained the trust of the board and fans, scoring in Chelsea's 2 – 0 victory over Middlesbrough on 20 October 2007, against Schalke 04 in the Champions League four days later, and 2 goals against Manchester City, giving superb performances in all.

His revival in form saw him net twice against Bolton Wanderers, and four times in four Champions League matches, one in each leg of the last sixteen and quarter final of the competition against Juventus and Liverpool respectively, with these goals ensuring Chelsea's passage into the semi-finals.

Drogba became the first player to score in four different FA Cup Finals, as he netted the winner in Chelsea's 2 – 1 triumph over Liverpool on 5 May.

With Chelsea's back four being commended for their ability to keep the strong opposing offense at bay, Bosingwa himself received plaudits for his efforts against French winger Franck Ribéry ; Shortly after, however, along with teammates Drogba and Salomon Kalou, he was told he could leave once his contract expired the following month.

With his goal in the 2012 Final, Chelsea's Didier Drogba became the first man to score a goal in four different Finals.

's training ground is nearby, close to Cobham and Stoke d ' Abernon railway station, and Cobham's exclusive private estates are home to many of Chelsea's players.

The following year Strachan restructured the team and made a series of signings, bringing in players such as Hibernian's Derek Riordan, Chelsea's Jiří Jarošík, Kenny Miller and Lee Naylor both from Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV Eindhoven, Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid and Paul Hartley and Steven Pressley from Heart of Midlothian.

Mourinho's win over Manchester United foreshadowed a move to the Premier League, where he would enjoy a competitive relationship with United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ( in 2005, after Chelsea clinched the league title, Ferguson had his players form a guard of honor at Chelsea's next game at Old Trafford, a favor that Mourinho returned to United's players at Stamford Bridge in 2007 when Ferguson's squad were confirmed league champions ).

Louis Saha was named in the squad picked for the Euro 2012 qualifiers ( September 2011 ), which also included the goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, Chelsea's Florent Malouda and nine other players who took part in France's disappointing 2010 World Cup campaign.

Hughes was one of the key players in Chelsea's resurgence as a top club in the late 1990s, forming an unlikely strike partnership with Gianfranco Zola and helping to freeze out Gianluca Vialli ( who became the club's player-manager in February 1998 ).

He emerged as Chelsea's key player of that period, leading a team of mainly young players to promotion again in 1976 – 77 and, in the next season, consolidation of their place in the First Division.

Inside Cobham shows the week's training sessions and exclusive players interviews from the Chelsea's training ground in Cobham, Surrey.

Much of Hotel Chelsea's history has been colored by the musicians who have resided or visited there.

On 30 April, Lampard, grieving the loss of his mother a week earlier, decided to play in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool, who were eliminated on 4 – 3 aggregate as he took an emotional penalty in the 98th minute of extra-time, which he scored confidently.

He provided a key pass for Chelsea's third goal of the game, skilfully working past a Villa defender and playing a clever ball with the outside of his right foot to Yuri Zhirkov whose cross fell to Florent Malouda who scored.

Deco made several accurate passes to advancing teammates and also provided a key delivery to Florent Malouda, who set up Joe Cole for the opening goal in Chelsea's 2 – 1 win.

As he walked back to his team-mates he purposefully barged into the oncoming Ashley Cole, who was next to take Chelsea's penalty, disrupting Cole's concentration and causing him to miss his spot kick.

But he is clumsy and something of a laughingstock, especially when compared to his friendly rival Ginger who is also after Chelsea's heart.

Makélelé's importance was recognized by Mourinho, who declared him Chelsea's " Player of the Year.

Patrick's past was revealed anyway, by Chelsea's boyfriend Theo Kelly ( Rolan Bell ), who is in league with Tommy Clifford ( Edward Woodward ).

He fought a successful and long-running legal battle with property developers, Marler Estates, who had purchased a substantial portion of the freehold of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground.

Goldbæk originally made a big impression when he moved to Stamford Bridge, but was not in favour with Chelsea's manager Gianluca Vialli, who tried to off-load him to Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest.

In 1906 Hilsdon was recommended to then-Chelsea manager John Robertson, who had been advised that Hilsdon would be available for transfer ; so enthralled was Robertson with Hilsdon's ability that he promised to turn him into Chelsea's next center forward.

Bonetti played in every game of Chelsea's Fairs Cup run the following season, putting in a series of impressive displays against the likes of AS Roma, AC Milan and FC Barcelona, though the side were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals, as they were in the FA Cup for the second consecutive year.

At Chelsea's first home game after Osgood's death, against local rivals Tottenham, there were many tributes as well as a minute's applause.

In Season 1, it is revealed that Raven and Chelsea's friendship goes all the way back to when they were in pre-school, but she was also shown to be dimwitted back then because she did not notice Raven blowing out the candles on her birthday cake.

He holds the distinction of twice having been the record holder for consecutive Premier League appearances, with 159 during his Liverpool days from February 1994 to February 1998, and 166 between Manchester City and Portsmouth from 2006 to 2008 ; both streaks were eventually topped by Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Tottenham Hotspur's Brad Friedel, respectively.

Among the highlights were scoring winners from outside the penalty area against Liverpool, Everton and Barcelona, a 93rd minute equaliser against Barcelona at the Camp Nou and both Chelsea's goals in their 2 – 1 League Cup final win over Arsenal.

Čech's use of the scrum cap caused initial friction with Czech national team sponsors Puma objected to the presence of the Canterbury logo, as well as Chelsea's apparel manufacturer Adidas, which were not pleased by a Chelsea player apparently advertising for another company.

However, winklepickers with traditional sharp-point styles made a comeback of sorts in the late 1970s and early 1980s ( either as previously unworn old-stock, second-hand originals, or contemporary-production attempted copies ) when they were sold at London indoor markets like Kensington Market and Chelsea's Great Gear Market and worn by several subculture groups including Mods, Rockabillies, Punks, Rock ' n ' Roll Revivalists, and in the goth scene, where they are known as " pikes ".

The sudden departure of manager Eddie McCreadie proved to be a blow to Chelsea's performance, and they were relegated in 1978 – 79.

Coleman later explained that Makélelé was more than a mere defensive midfielder, but was actually Chelsea's deep-lying playmaker, and Chelsea's attacks were channeled through him.

Makélélé was instrumental in Chelsea's run to the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final under the guidance of manager Avram Grant, but they were defeated by Manchester United in a penalty-shootout after a tie 1-1 in the regular time and kept after extra-time.

During Chelsea's triumph in the League Cup Final in 2007, Mikel was sent off in injury time ( having come on as a substitute ) after clashing with Kolo Touré, the incident was followed by a huge fracas, in which Touré and Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal were sent off, Cesc Fàbregas and Frank Lampard were booked and José Mourinho and Arsené Wenger were involved in a kerfuffle on the pitch.

The Liquidators were one of Chelsea's smaller football firms.

Within two years, Chelsea's budget was balanced, a restructured firefighters contract was negotiated, city operations were streamlined, and new school construction was underway.

Ancelotti won Chelsea their first ever Double in his first season but was also sacked at the end of his second after Chelsea's storming form at the start of the campaign collapsed spectacularly during the winter months.

Automatic Man made Chelsea's King's Road in London their base of operations recording at Olympic Studios in Barnes with renowned recording engineer Keith Harwood.

After not featuring in Chelsea's 4 – 1 win against Swansea City on 24 September, Lampard returned to the starting line-up for their Champions League group stage game against Valencia netting an important opening goal in their 1 – 1 draw.

* 30 September 2005 — Chelsea's 100 % start to the season continues after seven games as they finish September with their Premier League leadership intact.

But he was included in the starting lineup for their next game against West Brom, scoring a goal in Chelsea's 3 – 1 win on 16 April.

On the 14th July 2012, Langley came on as a substitute for Northwood in their 0-0 draw with Chelsea's Under 21 side and played 45 minutes.