Friday Flashback: When Chelsea won their first Premier League title in 50 years

Chelsea have emerged as the favourites to win the Premier League once again, and are well on their way to adding to one of the major dynasty’s of modern football. But it hadn’t always been that way. José Mourinho came in for the 2004/5 season and made some major changes to the Premier League outfit. Jose brought in Arjen Robben, Paulo Ferreira, Didier Drogba, Mateja Kezman, and Ricardo Carvalho. Quite a nice little spending spree. But you can’t overlook the class that was already present at Stamford Bridge. Sure, there was Lampard and Terry, but also Claude Makelele, Damien Duff, and Scott Parker controlling the midfield with Adrian Mutu up top.

Things have changed, as Duff and Makelele have been replaced by Florent Malouda, Yossi Benayoun, Jon Obi Mikel and Michael Essien, but it’s worth recognising the origin of this club’s modern success. In 2004/5, they won the Premier League by an astounding 12 points and also won the Carling Cup. Oh, and it’s worth mentioning that they had a new owner… He helped just a bit.

How do you think the current Chelsea squad would fare against the 2004/5 one brought together by the Special One?