As a Man Utd fan that season was so frustrating for me... After Arsenal were finally starting to show signs of weakness suddenly Chelsea out of nowhere became an even more imposing team. You could NOT get pass Terry that season, AT ALL. Drogba and Lampard tortured every defense in the league. Cech's saves were ridiculous.
Chelsea's rise contributed to making the Premier league one of the most entertaining leagues in the world. Otherwise, it would have turned into a 2 team league like Bundesliga or La Liga. United would have absolutely dominated the league excessively.
The icing on this beautiful cake of a video is how Ranieri's story continued. He beat Jose Mourinho and got him sacked for the second time at Chelsea, went on to win the league that season after Chelsea drew with Spurs and the next game he was given the guard of honour at Stamford Bridge by Chelsea, it was a fairy tale like no other. He also sold Kante to Chelsea who won the league the following season as well as the PFA player of the year
,You make it appear as if Mourinho and Ranieri are two sworn enemies. What has Mourinho got to do with Ranieri and Chelsea? Was Mourinho responsible for Ranieri Sack by Chelsea? Or were you expecting Mourinho to reject Chelsea job bcos Ranieri was sacked? So,What are you driving at ? Besides, Having bought and invested in Chelsea, Abramovic want someone who will begin to win Trophies and he deemed it proper that Mourinho was the right man for the job. Hence, Mourinho's arrival. And he was proven right bcos immediately, Mourinho delivered Premier league Trophy back to back and FA Cup. That was why Ranieri was sacked and Mourinho hired. It doesn't mean Ranieri wasn't a good Coach or was he not appreciated,Nope ! But these guys are not only professionals but are also shroud business men that don't entertain sentiment or emotion when taking business decisions that'll yield immediate positive results, that's why they're professionals and highly successful..This is all about business and not personal. Sentiment and emotions has no room with professionalism and success. So,for you to involve sentiment and emotion in a purely professional matter is absurd to say the last. Most importantly, there's no problem between Jose Mourinho and Ranieri, no hard feelings at all. Your view is just the figment of your own imagination which you're right to hold but that does not make it to be right. Have a nice day Sir.
@@EmekaEric that was extremely long. And just so it's clear, i never implied that they had a rivalry. Mourinho is probably my favourite coach, as a Chelsea fan. And no, this isn't a figment of my imagination it's literally history. Nothing I posted was my opinion except for it being a fairy tale. Everything there actually happened. I just thought it was a nice coincidence and shared it. If you don't agree, then that's your opinion. Good day sir.
@@LeSunshineee No, Chelsea would have been in the Semi Finals if they beat Barcelona. There was no Round of 16 in 2000. It was 2 group stages that year. Round of 16 didn't come until 2003/2004.
@@LeSunshineee No problem! They kept changing the format. I had to check exactly how long we had 2 Group stages. They were scrapped for being too boring from 2000-2002.
jose magic only works if their players respect him as a manager.. now in modern era, players are bigger than the club/manager itselves, thats where jose lost his touch because he would get into trouble with most of the players. during jose's era, all players are more humble & down to earth. now all star players are hyped + full blast ego, nobody respect their manager anymore.
For me as a Chelsea fan, they started their journey in 1970 when they beat Leeds, the then favourites, in the fa cup final. It was a tough affair and established Chelsea’s reputation as a scrappy, tough-to-beat side. This “winning DNA” has remained a feature of our club as the side went from generation to generation, through difficult times and more recently in our glorious, almost two decades under Abramovich. It’s true he gave us the money. But he gave us much more: a peerless management team, making us a international centre of excellence in football club management, and most of all ruthless ambition and a single minded desire to win. I think he not only saw a good opportunity, he also saw something he could personally relate to. An entity full of pride and willingness to do whatever it takes to survive and thrive. However what’s often lost in this story is the way Chelsea looks after its players. I have never heard an ex-player speak badly of the club and the way they were treated. The club does not depend on one irreplaceable figure but is first and foremost a management team capable of winning under different coaches. We are one of the first PL clubs to build this kind of superstructure whose success does not rise and fall with the presence of a single dominant manager. In fact, Chelsea understood the need for a big club to have shared responsibility not just on the field but off the field as well. A structure that does not depend on the performance of one or two highly talented personalities (often accompanied by oversized egos). The spirit of Chelsea was already established before fortune smiled on us with the advent of Roman abramovich. However he had the vision and the wherewithal to transform that potential into a global leader in football. Something very few other clubs have managed to do, all the more impressive given our humble beginnings back at the turn of the millennium.
I'm an American who fell in love with Chelsea during the years between that FA Cup and The Cup Winners' Cup in 98. Something about a scrappy team fighting for everything they got appealed to me. As of the 98 season, they were "my' club, insomuch as an American has a European club. When Abramovich bought the club I was relieved, and I think he has been a very good owner. I do think there is an ethos of "take the shortcut to get what I want" that crept into the club, most obviously exemplified by Eden Hazard's revolt against Mourinho, but that's a fair price to pay for all the trophies, imo. I would feel less that way if the culture of tough, industrious play were to disappear for longer than it did in Mourinho's last half season, but it thankfully has not. While Abramovich fires managers, he only does it after giving them enough rope to either succeed or fail The one thing in the club culture I find aggravating is the lack of patience with young players. With Mount emerging, the loss of Kevin DeBruyne causes me less pain than it did before, but it's still aggravating, to cite the most obvious example. That 04-05 team was one of the greatest teams I've ever seen. It taught me to appreciate the aesthetics of a well parked, well tuned team bus. I understand the tactics of the game better because of the consistent way that team played, and I'm a more informed football fan because of it. I will always treasure Jose Mourinho for that season.
Hey fellow American Chelsea fan. I’m younger than you but I fell in love with this team on the late 2000s and that scrappy CL win vs the greatest Bayern team I’ve seen on our last leg was great. And here we are again Champions of Europe again!
I'm very much the same as you mate only I'm Australian but I fell in love with Chelsea after the 1997 FA Cup final. Also this video speaks of how we bought such great players as Mutu (6goals in 27) and Veron (1goal in 7) but I don't even recall them playing for the club such was the lack of impact that they made, there should have been more emphasis on the fact that Mourinho did it his way and didn't want players at his club unless he seen a vision for them so a lot of those that Abramovich bought in his first season weren't used like they may have been under Ranieri when we won the title
Well said, Brett. I, too, came to love Chelsea at '96 for the same exact reason: I loved scrappy underdog teams who played in wretched muddy pitches. This was exactly the same reason why I fell in love with Brett Favre's Packers team in the mid-90s as opposed to the Cowboys or Redskins who were dominating that era and were playing in luxury stadia. There's a certain sweet romance about supporting that kind of team that gets even sweeter when they finally dominate the game.
I'm surprised u listed Petit, who I known better as an Arsenal player. There are so many more memorable players like Flo, Hasselbaink, Wise, Lebeouf, etc. Chelsea was already consistently challenging for European spots & winning cup competitions even before Abramovich took over, not so bad imo.
15, 22 and 24 goals conceded in three CONSECUTIVE seasons! These are the best, second best (also shared with Liverpool) and forth (also shared with Man U) EVER. With 15 beeing ridiculous achievement. Put some... no no, not some, put MASIVE respect on that!
The most points and the least goals conceded in a PL season. We dominated the league from start to finish. Our defence are immense and so as our attack. Worthy champions in my eyes.
Love this video as a Chelsea fan. I was born in the ealry 90s & i started supporting them around 97/98 far as I remember. It was between them or Liverpool as my cousins introduced me to football & their all Liverpool fans. I remember all these clips you've showed & that main game agaisnt Liverpool as a kid. The media went on frenzy about Chelsea. I remember wearing my Chelsea shirt before the take over & everyone look at me as lil kid. As a teen everyone in school thought I'm a glory hunter, which I hated. I'm the only Chelsea fan amongst my friends as their all Liverpool, Man Utd & Arsenal. Good old days now. Almost 20 years since the take over. Man City doing what we did, creating their own history as they're going along now. Can't wait for Pep to leave, they'll soon catch Chelsea records on trophys
@@grealish2234 yeah you had 1 more league title x2 and 1 more fa cup x4 than Chelsea but both had the same amount of league cups before takeover. Also what was your club doing in recent history not before the 1970s when you won most of your cups. From 1970 onwards you only won 2 trophies where as Chelsea won 11 trophies and qualified for the champions league a few times whereas man city where either getting relegated or in division 2
@@Yamcha291 bro just say you are a fan of Chelsea, I would be okay with that .... Chelsea spent the majority if time from 1978 to 1988 in division 2 .... U had a good form in the late 1990s ... In early 90s also you were pretty shit ... U started being okish in 1995 when your millionaire owner started spending money and then Roman took over.... It's okay if you dont have history ... Don't pretend you do
Thank you so much for all your content. I’m American and just started following the Premier League more attentively the past year or so, and your channel has made me a huge fan of the league and the game overall. I love the historical context and insight.
Thanks a lot for the video! I'm one of those who very much appreciate you showing that the "new era", the transition to a "big club", did not necessarily start only with Roman Abramovich. The the cultural redefinition of the club in the second half of the 1990s has been as much important in the process. The young playing managers, Ruud Gullit's dreadlocks, the humble elegance of Gianfranco Zola and the flamboyant Italian element in general, the calm class of Marcel Desailly and Graeme Le Saux, etc. This all highlighted the ambition to make the final step from local provincialism of 'Headhunters' to a new cosmopolitan identity and brand (finally catching up with the aristocratic-bohemian fleur of King's Road, pretentious as it may be). It might not have been the main reason why Roman bought the club in 2003. But without all the iconic aura it would certainly have been more difficult for him to fall in love with the club as deep as he apparently has.
Claudio did a lot for Chelsea and I think most people forget about the players he bought before Jose came in and won the league. Let's not forget Cech was signed before Jose came also
@@Truebro79 Thanks man. Yeah, Football and the premier league in particular are a definite passion of mine. Really appreciate the kind words man! Hope you're doing well!
Did Chelsea buy their titles? I agree with the cautious answer in the video, the £132.750 000 spent for new players in the fist two years of Abramovich's reign is a whole lot of money. Still, between 2001 and 2004, Manchester United spent £141.690 000 for just four players (Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Juan Sebastian Veron and Ruud van Nistelrooy - as per Transfermarkt).
@@imnotlazy not Chelsea - Mourinho. Ranieri spent more than Mourinho, the season Arsenal went invincible. The reason Chelsea won was their manager - whether it be man management (ask the players), tactics and formations (4-3-3), or the smart use of money to make accurate signings (cech, drogba and essien spent roughly 10 years at the club). Yes you need money but Ranieri failed after being given a blank cheque. Mou changed the prem meta for years to come. Heck he signed Drogba (an unknown at that time) when Roman offered Ronaldinho. Also kept some of his old players from Porto (Carvalho and Ferreira)
@@eurofightertyphoon178it is a fact that mourinho was a major factor for chelsea winning the league..but how do u think chelsea can lure mourinho to come...dont u think it was abramovich money playing the role having guarantee a fund from abramovich for mourinho to freely build his team
I went to England around the same time that Mourinho and CR7 also did and I have to say that Chelsea made us very proud and then it was CR7 time to do it. Unfortunately it seems that Mourinho lost a bit of his shine...
I don't think he has lost his shine. People simply expect far too much from him given everything he's achieved. Also, Mourinho is an extremely professional coach, who doesn't tolerate a lack of professionalism from others. And unfortunately not everyone is ready to take that, especially the players.
@@michaelwe5884 not at all, but I do know that Mourinho is found out and is no more relevant. He got fired from a second tier club (Tottenham) because of lack of results. He also ended up managing roma, which is not even in the top 5 in serie A. No big club wants Mourinho at their club, because his tactics are repetitive and old.
I'd love to see a video on one of the most underrated champions in premier League history, Chelsea's 09-10 league winning team broke so many records and aren't mentioned amongst the top teams when it comes to winning the league
@@englanduk6131 no they havent, your ignorance is out of this world. All the defensive records in the premier league are held by Chelsea, home unbeaten run, only prem side in history to have simultaneously hold both the attacking and defensive records. When the hell did you start watching football
@@blank1933, where have you been in the last 10 years? City have broken most of the Premier league records, just Google premier league records, I haven't got the time to do your work for you 😂😂😂
I started my Chelsea journey through Didier Drogba, I when on a peace mission in lvory coast, and after one of our peace talk meetings, he give me his jersey and the rest was history 😍 my blood is blue right now.
Chelsea repaid Ranieri’s tenure by the hazard goal against Tottenham. This club doesn’t have the brightest of history but it does have the most influential
Fair enough. Although, to be fair, Leicester Would've won the league anyway, even without that Hazard goal. It would've just been postponed by a week or two. But it definitely killed Tottenham's hopes altogether
@@FootballIconic It is not at all certain that they would have won the league without that Hazard goal. Sure they were already a few points ahead but with an inexperienced side and a shirt that has never won the league before you can never know if they will bottle it. It has happened plenty of times.
I started following them a little in 2002/03 season but became a true fan of the team 03/04 season. I also became a bigger fan of soccer that year watching Arsenal going unbeaten in Premiere League. I became big fan of Dennis Bergkamp but still celebrated the fact Chelsea was the team to end their domination by beating them in Champions League quarterfinals only to lose to Monaco in semis and first here about our future coach Jose as he won the Champions league that year and a new era was truly started.
Time flys. This video is just a memory capsule at the moment. I remember having Arjen Robben as my screen saver on my school log in computers around the time. The Mourinho Chelsea was full of players with high self belief & you felt that through the TV. The energy. One example is especially during the 4-2 win agaisnt Barca. That was the game when you felt the players beliefs & enegery sky high, & going up against that Barca team with prime Ronaldinho wasn't no joke. We were exciting to watch also.
The 04/05 Chelsea should have been the perfect invincible had it not been for that Mancity Penalty which Anelka scored. I have never seen a team dominate a competitive league like that ever. I became a Chelsea fan in 03 and watched as we missed out on the UCL finals to Monaco. I knew that I found a new love. The underdog spirit bought me over.
I am what most fans call a plastic, mind you I have been since 1967, I picked a team to call my own and stuck with them through thick and thin (and it got fairly thin sometimes!), anyone who was around that year will know why Spurs accidentally pushing Chelsea into the Champions league made me smile, I'm sure if Arsenal hadn't been about to overtake them they would have walked off the pitch at half time and not re-appeared. A very well made video, thankyou, brought tears to my eyes at times.
Thank you so much for the great history lesson. I'm a relatively new Chelsea fanatic... just the last 2 or 3 years. Yes... coinciding with Pulisic's move to Chelsea 😉 My only comment about your question re the methods to get Chelsea where it is - it's the same then as now. The players still have to play the game.
I thought this was a great video on showing Chelsea's rise to Europe Elite, but i wish you would've added a bit about the role Matthew Harding had on this process.
Just stumbled onto your channel, it's really amazing content esp. factoring in all the hard work put into all the editing and 'not using puns'😅. Good work, keep it up! 👊🏾
Pre Chelski memory of Chelsea: Jimmy "Eddie Murphy" Hasselbaink Jasper - a good two footed winger Dennis "The Menace" Wise, their best known player, a CM that can't even get enough cap for England. Terry + Fat Frank were already emerging as excellent young prospects. Aside for the financial problem, even without take over, chelsea would have been competitive and Ranieri might lead that team to EPL Glory. May be that's how fate repay him with Miracle Fox.
Lol fat Frank I remember that interview at wedt ham and his uncle sticking up for him . Being a young lad he showed professionalism by keeping a cool head , with the West Ham fans that day only thinking he was in the team because of the family connection .
@@DayDay1991 I was actually recently looking into the Alan Smith controversy when they were forced to sell him! Been thinking of making shorter videos on isolated incidents like that. But there's a lot of Leeds history that's been buried due to their past finances. So yeah ,think I'll likely make videos on them in the future haha
In case you all missed it, Roman took over in 2003. He immediately spent a ton of money. Did Chelsea win the league? No, Arsenal went invincible. When did Chelsea win the league? Mourinho’s first season in charge. The tactics, formation change, man management of players and appointment of Mourinho is what won the league. They blindly spent in Ranieri’s last season, while Mourinho got his old players from Porto, plus Cech, Drogba and Essien. You do need money, but you need to use it well (see post Fergie Man Utd)
As a Man Utd fan that season was so frustrating for me... After Arsenal were finally starting to show signs of weakness suddenly Chelsea out of nowhere became an even more imposing team. You could NOT get pass Terry that season, AT ALL. Drogba and Lampard tortured every defense in the league. Cech's saves were ridiculous.
Didn't you guys win enough in the 90s? 😂 Arsenal only won 3 titles between 1996 and 2004. The rest were Utd. Chelsea were a necessary addition.
To be honest it was for the best you guys were dominating
@@thabangmorufane538 they win a lot but can it ever be enough? Surely every team wants to win it every single year
@@thabangmorufane538 and also 2000s
Chelsea's rise contributed to making the Premier league one of the most entertaining leagues in the world. Otherwise, it would have turned into a 2 team league like Bundesliga or La Liga. United would have absolutely dominated the league excessively.
The icing on this beautiful cake of a video is how Ranieri's story continued. He beat Jose Mourinho and got him sacked for the second time at Chelsea, went on to win the league that season after Chelsea drew with Spurs and the next game he was given the guard of honour at Stamford Bridge by Chelsea, it was a fairy tale like no other.
He also sold Kante to Chelsea who won the league the following season as well as the PFA player of the year
Best comment on TH-cam I’ve seen today😀
Wow
,You make it appear as if Mourinho and Ranieri are two sworn enemies. What has Mourinho got to do with Ranieri and Chelsea? Was Mourinho responsible for Ranieri Sack by Chelsea? Or were you expecting Mourinho to reject Chelsea job bcos Ranieri was sacked? So,What are you driving at ?
Besides, Having bought and invested in Chelsea, Abramovic want someone who will begin to win Trophies and he deemed it proper that Mourinho was the right man for the job. Hence, Mourinho's arrival. And he was proven right bcos immediately, Mourinho delivered Premier league Trophy back to back and FA Cup. That was why Ranieri was sacked and Mourinho hired. It doesn't mean Ranieri wasn't a good Coach or was he not appreciated,Nope ! But these guys are not only professionals but are also shroud business men that don't entertain sentiment or emotion when taking business decisions that'll yield immediate positive results, that's why they're professionals and highly successful..This is all about business and not personal. Sentiment and emotions has no room with professionalism and success. So,for you to involve sentiment and emotion in a purely professional matter is absurd to say the last. Most importantly, there's no problem between Jose Mourinho and Ranieri, no hard feelings at all. Your view is just the figment of your own imagination which you're right to hold but that does not make it to be right. Have a nice day Sir.
@@EmekaEric that was extremely long. And just so it's clear, i never implied that they had a rivalry.
Mourinho is probably my favourite coach, as a Chelsea fan.
And no, this isn't a figment of my imagination it's literally history. Nothing I posted was my opinion except for it being a fairy tale. Everything there actually happened. I just thought it was a nice coincidence and shared it. If you don't agree, then that's your opinion. Good day sir.
@@joesifa5235 I wish all internet discussions could be this civil
Carvalho was so immensely underrated. Ferreira as well.
Torres once said carvalho was a level better than terry.
Cavarlho won defender of the year lol
Carvalho was world class, but I'd put Ivanovic over ferreira
Cech
Ivanovich Terry Carvalho Cole
Lampard Kante
Hazard Joe Cole Robben
Drogba
Ultimate XI
@@adilyricist1388 he absolutely was better than terry but terry gets the credit
Thank you so much for telling about the late 90s and the pre Abramovic time.
Thanks! Definitely a lot more information to be told on this topic, but didn't want to make the video too long. (It's already long enough lol)
@@FootballIconic Yes, I like that because people talk about We have no history. Now that you cleared that out. It's now gonna be good.
@@HasibRaiyan well 27 years without a trophy is a long time and one league title before roman says it all. U always had good players though.
@@Trudon 26 years. And from 1996 to 2003 we won 6 trophies. Of course we had a much better time under Roman.
@@Trudon it was 5 years without a trophy lad 2000-2005 before the league we won the FA cup
Chelsea were in the Champions League in the year 2000 and almost beat Barcelona to get to the Semi Final. You missed that out.
quarter finals*
@@LeSunshineee No, Chelsea would have been in the Semi Finals if they beat Barcelona. There was no Round of 16 in 2000. It was 2 group stages that year. Round of 16 didn't come until 2003/2004.
@@alexojideagu my bad. I stand corrected.
@@LeSunshineee No problem! They kept changing the format. I had to check exactly how long we had 2 Group stages. They were scrapped for being too boring from 2000-2002.
jose magic only works if their players respect him as a manager.. now in modern era, players are bigger than the club/manager itselves, thats where jose lost his touch because he would get into trouble with most of the players. during jose's era, all players are more humble & down to earth. now all star players are hyped + full blast ego, nobody respect their manager anymore.
No matter a player's status, he should respect his manager and colleagues. I don't know how disrespect is being respected in this modern world
@@abubakariabdulai9505 agreed but thats not how things work in this era anymore. thats why every human being needs to adapt to their surrounding.
Couldn’t agree more, they’re overpaid pussys nowadays. Oh to be back in the days of Keane, Veira and Terry
Well,you are spot on my friend,very sad!
His tactics are outdated, parking the bus and counter attack mixed with dirty play and fouls doesn't work anymore
Wow... It just felt like I watched a ColdFusion video, but for football. Anyone who didn't get this, it's a compliment. Awesome video!!!
That's a compliment and a half, bro. Cheers!
For me as a Chelsea fan, they started their journey in 1970 when they beat Leeds, the then favourites, in the fa cup final. It was a tough affair and established Chelsea’s reputation as a scrappy, tough-to-beat side.
This “winning DNA” has remained a feature of our club as the side went from generation to generation, through difficult times and more recently in our glorious, almost two decades under Abramovich.
It’s true he gave us the money. But he gave us much more: a peerless management team, making us a international centre of excellence in football club management, and most of all ruthless ambition and a single minded desire to win.
I think he not only saw a good opportunity, he also saw something he could personally relate to. An entity full of pride and willingness to do whatever it takes to survive and thrive.
However what’s often lost in this story is the way Chelsea looks after its players. I have never heard an ex-player speak badly of the club and the way they were treated.
The club does not depend on one irreplaceable figure but is first and foremost a management team capable of winning under different coaches.
We are one of the first PL clubs to build this kind of superstructure whose success does not rise and fall with the presence of a single dominant manager.
In fact, Chelsea understood the need for a big club to have shared responsibility not just on the field but off the field as well.
A structure that does not depend on the performance of one or two highly talented personalities (often accompanied by oversized egos).
The spirit of Chelsea was already established before fortune smiled on us with the advent of Roman abramovich.
However he had the vision and the wherewithal to transform that potential into a global leader in football. Something very few other clubs have managed to do, all the more impressive given our humble beginnings back at the turn of the millennium.
That Chelsea was so impressive - Duff Robben were class and Drogba being the power beast up front!
Literally blew the competition away!
Don't forget Čech! Very stable in the back!
Drogba wasn’t there when they won their first in 2005
@@TeamOfThe80s he was
@@TeamOfThe80s I didn’t think he was, I thought it was Crespo
I'm an American who fell in love with Chelsea during the years between that FA Cup and The Cup Winners' Cup in 98. Something about a scrappy team fighting for everything they got appealed to me. As of the 98 season, they were "my' club, insomuch as an American has a European club.
When Abramovich bought the club I was relieved, and I think he has been a very good owner. I do think there is an ethos of "take the shortcut to get what I want" that crept into the club, most obviously exemplified by Eden Hazard's revolt against Mourinho, but that's a fair price to pay for all the trophies, imo. I would feel less that way if the culture of tough, industrious play were to disappear for longer than it did in Mourinho's last half season, but it thankfully has not.
While Abramovich fires managers, he only does it after giving them enough rope to either succeed or fail The one thing in the club culture I find aggravating is the lack of patience with young players. With Mount emerging, the loss of Kevin DeBruyne causes me less pain than it did before, but it's still aggravating, to cite the most obvious example.
That 04-05 team was one of the greatest teams I've ever seen. It taught me to appreciate the aesthetics of a well parked, well tuned team bus. I understand the tactics of the game better because of the consistent way that team played, and I'm a more informed football fan because of it.
I will always treasure Jose Mourinho for that season.
You wanna wrote my dissertation for me too? Jokes aside. Decent read.
Hey fellow American Chelsea fan. I’m younger than you but I fell in love with this team on the late 2000s and that scrappy CL win vs the greatest Bayern team I’ve seen on our last leg was great. And here we are again Champions of Europe again!
I'm very much the same as you mate only I'm Australian but I fell in love with Chelsea after the 1997 FA Cup final.
Also this video speaks of how we bought such great players as Mutu (6goals in 27) and Veron (1goal in 7) but I don't even recall them playing for the club such was the lack of impact that they made, there should have been more emphasis on the fact that Mourinho did it his way and didn't want players at his club unless he seen a vision for them so a lot of those that Abramovich bought in his first season weren't used like they may have been under Ranieri when we won the title
Mourinho the best of the best.
Well said, Brett. I, too, came to love Chelsea at '96 for the same exact reason: I loved scrappy underdog teams who played in wretched muddy pitches. This was exactly the same reason why I fell in love with Brett Favre's Packers team in the mid-90s as opposed to the Cowboys or Redskins who were dominating that era and were playing in luxury stadia.
There's a certain sweet romance about supporting that kind of team that gets even sweeter when they finally dominate the game.
We were okay before Abramovich - we had players like Gullit, Vialli, Petit, Zola, Desailly. We weren't world beaters, but we were good
id agree with that Zola was great in his heyday what a player he was.
I'm surprised u listed Petit, who I known better as an Arsenal player. There are so many more memorable players like Flo, Hasselbaink, Wise, Lebeouf, etc. Chelsea was already consistently challenging for European spots & winning cup competitions even before Abramovich took over, not so bad imo.
@@gheeseng23 hasselbaink was so good
Vialli hung up his boots too soon when he stepped up to be player manager
Gudjohnsen, robbie di Matteo, gus poyet, super dan Petrescu, LaBeouf, we were class
15, 22 and 24 goals conceded in three CONSECUTIVE seasons! These are the best, second best (also shared with Liverpool) and forth (also shared with Man U) EVER. With 15 beeing ridiculous achievement. Put some... no no, not some, put MASIVE respect on that!
As a Chelsea fan, this is my favourite video on your channel. Cheers mate!
The most points and the least goals conceded in a PL season. We dominated the league from start to finish. Our defence are immense and so as our attack. Worthy champions in my eyes.
100% agreed
@@FootballIconic 👊
worthy, sure. but still bought. the video title does not include the term 'worthy'
Love this video as a Chelsea fan. I was born in the ealry 90s & i started supporting them around 97/98 far as I remember. It was between them or Liverpool as my cousins introduced me to football & their all Liverpool fans. I remember all these clips you've showed & that main game agaisnt Liverpool as a kid. The media went on frenzy about Chelsea. I remember wearing my Chelsea shirt before the take over & everyone look at me as lil kid. As a teen everyone in school thought I'm a glory hunter, which I hated. I'm the only Chelsea fan amongst my friends as their all Liverpool, Man Utd & Arsenal. Good old days now. Almost 20 years since the take over. Man City doing what we did, creating their own history as they're going along now. Can't wait for Pep to leave, they'll soon catch Chelsea records on trophys
We had history before don't compare us to man city
@@Yamcha291 ya like winning less league titles, less FA cups, less league cups than city before takeover. .. tell me more about your history
@@Yamcha291 more time in div 2 than city ... Great history
@@grealish2234 yeah you had 1 more league title x2 and 1 more fa cup x4 than Chelsea but both had the same amount of league cups before takeover. Also what was your club doing in recent history not before the 1970s when you won most of your cups. From 1970 onwards you only won 2 trophies where as Chelsea won 11 trophies and qualified for the champions league a few times whereas man city where either getting relegated or in division 2
@@Yamcha291 bro just say you are a fan of Chelsea, I would be okay with that .... Chelsea spent the majority if time from 1978 to 1988 in division 2 .... U had a good form in the late 1990s ... In early 90s also you were pretty shit ... U started being okish in 1995 when your millionaire owner started spending money and then Roman took over.... It's okay if you dont have history ... Don't pretend you do
Thank you so much for all your content. I’m American and just started following the Premier League more attentively the past year or so, and your channel has made me a huge fan of the league and the game overall. I love the historical context and insight.
Brilliant video... very informative... and for a chelsea fan as I am... so much nostalgia :)
That squad and that season ironed the mark of blue army for many years to come. Great video! Subscribed!
How did Sir Alex built a dynasty or how did he made Manchester United so dominant. Please make a video on this topic.
Definitely!
He bought the league
And the refs
@@Colt-eq1vm Yeah why not. Now also he sits in the VAR box to give those penalties right?
@@samarthsareen7697 watch Mark Clattenburg he exposed him!
I'm starting to love this channel
U made a very good video and u did very good telling us about it. Great work and keep it up 👍
Cheers, brother!
ion know why people dislike these vids this man puts so much effort into enjoyable content sad to see but anyway keep going bro love the vids :)
My bet is they support other sides that may not be Chelsea friendly and are giving the thumbs down to the team and not the content itself.
as a relatively new fan of the sport I love having little history lessons on notable premiere league squads
Just love the historic giants (or not), choose one club, and then hate the teams that became rich overnight to purchase trophies, and you'll be fine.
@@diego112g No
Thanks a lot for the video! I'm one of those who very much appreciate you showing that the "new era", the transition to a "big club", did not necessarily start only with Roman Abramovich. The the cultural redefinition of the club in the second half of the 1990s has been as much important in the process. The young playing managers, Ruud Gullit's dreadlocks, the humble elegance of Gianfranco Zola and the flamboyant Italian element in general, the calm class of Marcel Desailly and Graeme Le Saux, etc. This all highlighted the ambition to make the final step from local provincialism of 'Headhunters' to a new cosmopolitan identity and brand (finally catching up with the aristocratic-bohemian fleur of King's Road, pretentious as it may be). It might not have been the main reason why Roman bought the club in 2003. But without all the iconic aura it would certainly have been more difficult for him to fall in love with the club as deep as he apparently has.
this was so great to watch with all the memories flooding back. true chelsea legends past and present no messin.
Claudio did a lot for Chelsea and I think most people forget about the players he bought before Jose came in and won the league.
Let's not forget Cech was signed before Jose came also
Mourinho was lucky twice with goalies at Chelsea. Even Courtois was already on their books
This was a video i didnt know i needed, thanks for making it, your channel is underrated.
Thanks, man! Really appreciate that
@@FootballIconic Ok, this guy deserves a subscription
@@FootballIconic i just subscribed, you deserve it.
@@FootballIconic i wish you all the best bro, good luck, if this is your passion i hope this turns into a good career for you
@@Truebro79 Thanks man. Yeah, Football and the premier league in particular are a definite passion of mine. Really appreciate the kind words man! Hope you're doing well!
Did Chelsea buy their titles? I agree with the cautious answer in the video, the £132.750 000 spent for new players in the fist two years of Abramovich's reign is a whole lot of money. Still, between 2001 and 2004, Manchester United spent £141.690 000 for just four players (Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Juan Sebastian Veron and Ruud van Nistelrooy - as per Transfermarkt).
United funded the money organically through winning prems and other trophies, whereas Chelsea came from nowhere and bought the league
@@imnotlazy not Chelsea - Mourinho. Ranieri spent more than Mourinho, the season Arsenal went invincible. The reason Chelsea won was their manager - whether it be man management (ask the players), tactics and formations (4-3-3), or the smart use of money to make accurate signings (cech, drogba and essien spent roughly 10 years at the club). Yes you need money but Ranieri failed after being given a blank cheque. Mou changed the prem meta for years to come. Heck he signed Drogba (an unknown at that time) when Roman offered Ronaldinho. Also kept some of his old players from Porto (Carvalho and Ferreira)
@@imnotlazy that's how man u fans console themselves?😂😂 OrGaNiCaLly una 🤡
@@Workaholic07 I’m not a United fan but they spent the money they earned, Chelsea spent the money they were given. Unearned.
@@eurofightertyphoon178it is a fact that mourinho was a major factor for chelsea winning the league..but how do u think chelsea can lure mourinho to come...dont u think it was abramovich money playing the role
having guarantee a fund from abramovich for mourinho to freely build his team
I'm not sure why these videos don't get a lot more views. All of them are really really good.
Jose mourinho will always remain a chelsea legend for us
Keep posting videos bro the subs will come flying in soon 🙏🏻
Cheers man. Haha that's the plan!
Great video as always. Can see how much effort you put into these bro👏
Cheers, bro!
I went to England around the same time that Mourinho and CR7 also did and I have to say that Chelsea made us very proud and then it was CR7 time to do it. Unfortunately it seems that Mourinho lost a bit of his shine...
I don't think he has lost his shine. People simply expect far too much from him given everything he's achieved. Also, Mourinho is an extremely professional coach, who doesn't tolerate a lack of professionalism from others. And unfortunately not everyone is ready to take that, especially the players.
@@-shikajin-4078 he's definitely lost his touch and doesn't have the tactical savvy left to win trophies. He was horrendous at Tottenham.
@@sehajmahajan4683 you’re probably one of the people who think Wegner was the problem at Arsenal
@@michaelwe5884 not at all, but I do know that Mourinho is found out and is no more relevant. He got fired from a second tier club (Tottenham) because of lack of results. He also ended up managing roma, which is not even in the top 5 in serie A. No big club wants Mourinho at their club, because his tactics are repetitive and old.
@@sehajmahajan4683 you must be new to football
Superb video my friend, instant sub
Thanks James!
I'd love to see a video on one of the most underrated champions in premier League history, Chelsea's 09-10 league winning team broke so many records and aren't mentioned amongst the top teams when it comes to winning the league
All those records now belong to Manchester City!!!
@@englanduk6131 no they dont, that Chelsea side still hold most if the records and they played against better sides than city ever has
@@blank1933, name all these records Chelsea hold today! They might have broken loads of records but City have broken virtually all of them since....
@@englanduk6131 no they havent, your ignorance is out of this world. All the defensive records in the premier league are held by Chelsea, home unbeaten run, only prem side in history to have simultaneously hold both the attacking and defensive records. When the hell did you start watching football
@@blank1933, where have you been in the last 10 years? City have broken most of the Premier league records, just Google premier league records, I haven't got the time to do your work for you 😂😂😂
The model works so much, it won us another champions league. WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE.
Which model🤔
@@p.dkarunathilaka2054 Not Trust the process
Found a gem of a channel here 💎💎
2:54 the shade thrown at arsenal ...lol
don't fuck with Arsenal man. They're a European Super League team
Lol bottom table if this season's start is to continue
Without money Chelsea would be a yoyo club foh🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Allopientubefish2 WIthout money, your club would be in the gutter too foh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jerkov420 Nah chelshit had a 26 year trophy drought b4 the money..Thats worse then spurs🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The greatest club in the world. Music is underrated btw. Keep up the good work bro!
just found your channel turned out to be a gem.
I started my Chelsea journey through Didier Drogba, I when on a peace mission in lvory coast, and after one of our peace talk meetings, he give me his jersey and the rest was history 😍 my blood is blue right now.
Wow
Plastic
Chelsea repaid Ranieri’s tenure by the hazard goal against Tottenham. This club doesn’t have the brightest of history but it does have the most influential
Fair enough. Although, to be fair, Leicester Would've won the league anyway, even without that Hazard goal. It would've just been postponed by a week or two. But it definitely killed Tottenham's hopes altogether
Written in the stars
@@FootballIconic It is not at all certain that they would have won the league without that Hazard goal. Sure they were already a few points ahead but with an inexperienced side and a shirt that has never won the league before you can never know if they will bottle it. It has happened plenty of times.
Chelsea was also the first English team to qualify for Champions League
The best Football channel, literally.
Really enjoy the subtle humour 😂🤌🏾
I started following them a little in 2002/03 season but became a true fan of the team 03/04 season. I also became a bigger fan of soccer that year watching Arsenal going unbeaten in Premiere League. I became big fan of Dennis Bergkamp but still celebrated the fact Chelsea was the team to end their domination by beating them in Champions League quarterfinals only to lose to Monaco in semis and first here about our future coach Jose as he won the Champions league that year and a new era was truly started.
At Chelsea, we will always love and respect Jose Morinho
Nope
Time flys. This video is just a memory capsule at the moment. I remember having Arjen Robben as my screen saver on my school log in computers around the time.
The Mourinho Chelsea was full of players with high self belief & you felt that through the TV. The energy. One example is especially during the 4-2 win agaisnt Barca. That was the game when you felt the players beliefs & enegery sky high, & going up against that Barca team with prime Ronaldinho wasn't no joke. We were exciting to watch also.
Really enjoying your videos, keep it up!
Eyy! Thanks man!
What a great video man, I imagine the countless hours were put into compile the footage. Subbed
Cheers brother. Time flies when you're having fun and all that!
The intro is all you needed!
Thank you for this video.
No worries🤝
Really good content- nicely done!
Tremendous work, great videos, cracking wee channel,NICE.
Exceptional video. Well researched and entertaining.
The 04/05 Chelsea should have been the perfect invincible had it not been for that Mancity Penalty which Anelka scored.
I have never seen a team dominate a competitive league like that ever.
I became a Chelsea fan in 03 and watched as we missed out on the UCL finals to Monaco. I knew that I found a new love. The underdog spirit bought me over.
And as for Mou. Say what you want about 'buying a title'. It takes a great leader to lead a great team.
Great vid
I am what most fans call a plastic, mind you I have been since 1967, I picked a team to call my own and stuck with them through thick and thin (and it got fairly thin sometimes!), anyone who was around that year will know why Spurs accidentally pushing Chelsea into the Champions league made me smile, I'm sure if Arsenal hadn't been about to overtake them they would have walked off the pitch at half time and not re-appeared. A very well made video, thankyou, brought tears to my eyes at times.
Great video. Mzansi represent :)
Your channel is great. Really cool content.
Love you videos, great work!
Thank bro for the video!!
New information about the billion dollar goal 😍
Wow great video thank you for putting this together
Great work
I love the background music , it makes it so much more nostalgic lmao !
Ah, so many great memories was brought back
Thank you Sir. You did hour research so well❤️❤️❤️
Blue is the color. Love your videos, man. 💙
Excellent video . I love it .
I liked this video so much that I hit the like button twice :)
great video!
This is why I love football because it is a story of hope against the odds
This is a good one bro
Wow what a beautiful video thank you so much for the video sir
Wonderful summery good sir! 👍
Thank you so much for the great history lesson. I'm a relatively new Chelsea fanatic... just the last 2 or 3 years. Yes... coinciding with Pulisic's move to Chelsea 😉
My only comment about your question re the methods to get Chelsea where it is - it's the same then as now. The players still have to play the game.
Idc that montage with the beat is class
Yes sir!! Liked and subscribed ♥️
Deserves more subscribers keep it up
I liked it so much I pressed the like button twice :)
dude your channel is amazing. love it keep it up bruv
I thought this was a great video on showing Chelsea's rise to Europe Elite, but i wish you would've added a bit about the role Matthew Harding had on this process.
Awesome video 😁 only thing holding chelsea back is the need for a new stadium
Nice video 👌 from Chelsea fan 💙
Excellent video
Thanks for this wonderful story 😍
Now 2021 they are in champions league final still doing well blue army
Wow ! Beautiful staff ! My club of the 90s . Beautiful development
Just stumbled onto your channel, it's really amazing content esp. factoring in all the hard work put into all the editing and 'not using puns'😅. Good work, keep it up! 👊🏾
Dude you are really good. I genuinely enjoy your video essays, good job keep it up!
Yo! Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed! 😄
one of the best team in EPL history.
The reason I fall in love with the club
Pre Chelski memory of Chelsea:
Jimmy "Eddie Murphy" Hasselbaink
Jasper - a good two footed winger
Dennis "The Menace" Wise, their best known player, a CM that can't even get enough cap for England.
Terry + Fat Frank were already emerging as excellent young prospects. Aside for the financial problem, even without take over, chelsea would have been competitive and Ranieri might lead that team to EPL Glory. May be that's how fate repay him with Miracle Fox.
Lol fat Frank I remember that interview at wedt ham and his uncle sticking up for him . Being a young lad he showed professionalism by keeping a cool head , with the West Ham fans that day only thinking he was in the team because of the family connection .
How can you forget Zola
Amazing insights. Keep this up my guy.
The video I've enjoyed the most on TH-cam
Love these videos
Thanks so much man!
@@FootballIconic anytime dude, will you ever do one about Leeds United in the future do ya think
@@DayDay1991 I was actually recently looking into the Alan Smith controversy when they were forced to sell him! Been thinking of making shorter videos on isolated incidents like that.
But there's a lot of Leeds history that's been buried due to their past finances. So yeah ,think I'll likely make videos on them in the future haha
Very interesting videos.
lampard's best season in 2004/5. Was a goal scoring machine
Amazing channel
loving the small clip of the might gillingham in here
In case you all missed it, Roman took over in 2003. He immediately spent a ton of money. Did Chelsea win the league? No, Arsenal went invincible. When did Chelsea win the league? Mourinho’s first season in charge. The tactics, formation change, man management of players and appointment of Mourinho is what won the league. They blindly spent in Ranieri’s last season, while Mourinho got his old players from Porto, plus Cech, Drogba and Essien. You do need money, but you need to use it well (see post Fergie Man Utd)
I like your content