‘We’ve got some memories, albeit from the Seventies, when Ossie and Co restored our pride…’ Blue Day, Suggs and Co, 1997.
Chelsea winning at Wembley. It barely raises an eyebrow for the neutral these days. Having won everything the domestic game has to offer under Roman Abramovich, the national stadium is a second home to the west Londoners.
It wasn’t always the case. While fans of teams who have won far less in the last decade sneer that Chelsea have ‘no history’, their rise to the club Abramovich bought and took on to become a world power can be traced back to 20 years ago this week.