Clearing out my car and spotted a copy of the Evening Standard 15/05/2017 with a 4 page special on Chelsea Champions with a photo and brief commentary on each one.

I added a short commentary for each one found it interesting reviewing and have underlined where we did something record breaking.

Chelsea 2 West Ham 1 -15/8/16

Costa - late Winner

Watford 1 Chelsea 2- 20/08/16

Two goals in the last ten minutes

Chelsea 3 Burnley 0 - 27/8/16

Hazard is back to his best and drills in the opener.

Swansea 2 Chelsea 2 - 11/09/16

John Terry injures his ankle and this is his last start in the EPL

Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 - 16/09/16

Luiz debut.

Arsenal 3 Chelsea 0 - 24/09/16

Conte ditches 4-4-2 for 3-4-3 for the first time.

Hull 0 Chelsea 2 - 01/10/16

Moses and Alonso start first time as wing backs

Chelsea 3 Leicester 0 - 15/10/16

Kante looks worth much more than his £32m signing on fee.

Chelsea 4 Man Utd 0 - 23/10/16

Utd are torn apart and fans sing, ‘You’re not special any more’

Southampton 0 Chelsea 2 - 30/10/16

Southampton had had 55 shots on target yet against Chelsea mustered only 1.

Chelsea 5 Everton 0 - 05/11/16

Koeman changes his side to 3 at the back to stop CFC. He is not the first nor last to regret it.

Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1 – 14/12/16

Thibo Courtois denies Van Anholt brilliantly in injury time.

Chelsea 1 West Brom 0 – 11/12/16

Costa at his bullying best with his 12^th Premier League goal.

Man City 1 Chelsea 3 – 03/12/16

Cesc Fabregas starts for the first time in 2 months, his sublime assist in the second starts Chelsea fightback.

Chelsea 2 Tottenham 1 – 26/11/16

Tottenham have not won at SB since 1990 yet it takes a stunning effort from Pedro to swing it Chelsea’s way.

Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 1 – 20/22/16

Before the game, Conte calls Costa ‘one of the best strikers in the world.’

Costa scores the winner.

Crystal Palace 0 Chelsea 1 - 17/12/16

Costa gets the winner

Conte becomes the first manager to win 14 of first 17 games

Chelsea 3 Bournemouth 0 – 26/12/16

Hazard starts upfront due to Costa being suspended, Kante is also suspended.

Chelsea 4 Stoke 2 – 31/12/16

Chelsea match Arsenal’s record of 13 league consecutive wins yet Peter Crouch exposes weaknesses in the air.

Tottenham 2 Chelsea 0 – 4/01/17

The title race is back on as Dele Alli scores with two back post headers for Eriksen’s crosses.

Leicester 0 Chelsea 3 - 14/01/17

Costa dropped with rumours of Costa wanting to leave for China.

Chelsea 2 Hull 0 – 22/01/17

Costa recalled and gets the first. Ryan Mason has a clash of heads and gets a fractured skull.

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1 – 31/01/17

Luiz scores with a stunning 25 yard free kick and Costa’s penalty saved late on.

Chelsea 3 Arsenal 1 - 4/02/17

Hazard scores on of the best goals seen at SB

Burnley 1 Chelsea 1 – 12/02/17

Chelsea just 2 shots on target, Pedro scores for the Blues. Fans call out for Fabregas.

Chelsea 3 Swansea 1 – 25/02/17

Fabregas replaces Matic and scores the first goal.

West Ham 1 Chelsea 2 – 6/03/17

Blues defensive work improves nullifying Andy Caroll with even 5’8 defender Moses out-jumping Carroll.

Stoke 1 Chelsea 2 – 18/03/17

Chelsea move 13 points clear of Spurs. Players celebrate like they have won the league. 

Chelsea 1 Crystal Palace 2 – 1/04/17

Conte picks Pedro at right back in place of injured Moses. Palace take advantage.

Chelsea 2 Man City 1 – 5/4/17

City boss Guardiola is beaten home and away by the same time for the first time in his career. Hazard scores twice.

Bournemouth 1 Chelsea 3 – 8/04/17

Spurs close the gap to just 4 points earlier in the day yet Chelsea respond and Kante provides a sublime assist.

Man Utd 2 Chelsea 0 – 16/4/17

Mourinho outwits Conte by playing Rashford innated of Ibrahimovic. Rashford scores after 7 mins.

Chelsea 4 Southampton 2 – 25/04/17

Costa ends 7 game goal drought and scores his 50^th and 51^st league goal for CFC.

Everton 0 Chelsea 3 – 30/04/17

Finally a clean sheet after 11 matches without one. Everton had won their previous 8 home matches.

Chelsea 3 Middlesbrough 0 – 8/05/17

Chelsea go seven points clear. Fabregas sets up Costa’s opener and become the first player to reach at least 10 assists in six seasons.

West Brom 0 Chelsea 1 - 12/05/17

Forgotten man Batshuayi repays his £33.1m transfer fee with a poachers goal from four yards. Chelsea seal the title.

 

 

Great memories.

Here's hoping our next title win isn't too far away.