Chelsea DREAM SCENE Book

CHELSEA FC DREAM SCENE 

The making of an iconic artwork 

-1-

INTRODUCTION 

The SPECIAL ONE 

Chelsea Football Club commissioned 

international sports artist Jamie Cooper 

to create a dynamic artwork that 

endeavoured to capture the rich history, 

spirit and culture of our beloved club. 

This weighty task has been five years 

in the making, resulting in a magical 

dressing room scene at Stamford Bridge 

that lifts the veil on over a century of 

people, moments and stories that have 

become club folklore. 

This booklet takes us on a journey 

through this incredible scene, introducing 

us to Blues heroes from across the ages 

and revealing the many stories woven 

into this iconic artwork. 

I am humbled to be entrusted with the honour of creating this defining image for the Chelsea FC 

community. I have attempted to bring to life a magical moment that will warm the hearts of all 

true fans. Imagine the greatest Blues, together in one moment in time, swapping stories, mingling 

and interacting. Perhaps reliving the glory days or comparing notes on the evolution of the game 

throughout time. This is what we sit around and talk about as fans. What would happen if this player 

met that player? Who would gravitate toward whom…and what would they say? 

Well, come and walk with me now through our very own Blue Heaven. 

-JOSE MOURINHO- 

Manager. 2004-07. 2013-15. Games 321. 

HONOURS 

Premier League: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2014/15 

FA Cup: 2006/07 

Football League Cup: 2004/05, 2006/07, 2014/15 

FA Community Shield: 2005 

Jose Mourinho’s ‘special one’ introduction to English football when he arrived at 

Chelsea in June 2004 is iconic and he was soon backing up his words. 

His team got off to a flying start, first by winning the League Cup and later in 

the season by securing the Premier League title, setting records as they went 

with the then-highest points tally in Premier League history (95) and the fewest 

goals conceded (15). 

That high level of achievement continued into the 2005/06 season with the 

FA Community Shield won at its start and a consecutive Premier League at 

its conclusion. When the 2007 FA Cup was lifted in the following campaign, 

Mourinho already had every domestic trophy available to a Premier League 

manager. Capping off another superb season, Chelsea also won the League Cup. 

When he and the club parted company later 

in 2007 he was the Blues’ most successful 

manager, but there was more to come, as in 

2013 Mourinho was appointed Chelsea boss 

again for a second spell at Stamford Bridge. 

This time there were two trophies, in 

March 2015 when Chelsea beat Tottenham 

in the League Cup final, and then in May 

2015 as the team were crowned Premier 

League champions for a third time under 

Mourinho’s management. 

We have top players and, sorry 

if I’m arrogant, we have a top 

manager. Please don’t call me 

arrogant, but I’m European 

champion and I think I’m a 

special one. 

Jose Mourinho 

THE BRAINS TRUST 

-2- 

-3-

THE BREAKTHROUGH 

THE PIONEER 

-5- 

-4- 

-TED DRAKE- 

Manager. 1952-61. Games 426. 

HONOURS 

First Division: 1954/55 

FA Charity Shield: 1955 

Appointed manager in 1952, Ted Drake’s arrival ushered 

in a new era that looked to the future. The Chelsea 

Pensioner as a symbol and nickname of the club was 

banished by the former England centre-forward, who also 

modernised training while wisely recruiting lesser-known 

footballers to play with star striker Roy Bentley. 

Three years after his arrival, Drake had led Chelsea to 

a first league championship and, indeed, the first major 

silverware in the club’s history. 

Though such success proved unrepeatable for this 

manager, he is also remembered for following the 

title win by building a younger side that became 

known as ‘Drake’s Ducklings’, containing the brilliant 

Jimmy Greaves. 

Even though Ted was a dapper fellow, 

it didn’t stop him from getting out on the 

pitch and mixing it up with the players. 

It wasn’t unusual to see his suit trousers 

covered in mud after showing the lads 

how it was done. You’ll also notice his 

finger is raised. Is that to state that he 

was the first title-winning manager, or 

is he asking for that Pensioner sign to 

be removed? 

Jamie Cooper 


-EMMA HAYES- 

Manager. 2012-present. 

Games 216 (as of 1 Nov 2020). 

HONOURS 

FA Women’s Super League: 2015, 2017/18, 2019/20 

FA WSL Spring Series: 2017 

Women’s FA Cup: 2014/15, 2017/18 

FA Women’s League Cup: 2019/20 

Women’s FA Community Shield: 2020 

Emma Hayes has turned the Chelsea Women’s 

team into winners. There was a near miss initially, 

but her work and recruitment led to the Blues 

flourishing in 2015, with the Women’s FA Cup 

won in the first final held at Wembley, followed 

quickly by a big victory on the last day of that 

year’s Women’s Super League season, to secure a 

historic league and cup Double. 

In 2017, Hayes guided her side to finish top on 

goal difference in a special, shortened season 

as the WSL was reorganised, and there was 

no stopping them as they completed a second 

domestic Double in 2018. 

Further silverware followed in 2020 when the 

Blues clinched the Continental Tyres League Cup 

for the first time and were crowned the Barclays 

FA Women’s Super League champions again. 

Hayes has also led Chelsea in our first Women’s 

Champions League campaigns and taken us as 

far as the semi-finals.

RAPID-FIRE ROBERTO 

THE COMPLETE PLAYER 

-ROBERTO DI MATTEO- 

-RUUD GULLIT- 

Midfielder. 1996-2000. Games 175. Goals 26. 

Manager. 2012. Games 42. 

HONOURS 

-As player- 

European Cup Winners’ Cup: 1997/98 

FA Cup: 1996/97, 1999/00 

Football League Cup: 1997/98 


UEFA Super Cup: 1998 

-As manager- 

UEFA Champions League: 2011/12 

FA Cup: 2011/12 

Roberto Di Matteo, along with Didier Drogba, has the claim to be Chelsea’s 

cup final goal king. 

The Italian midfielder announced his prowess at hitting the target when he 

scored on his home debut in 1996 and he completed that first season in 

glorious style with one of the most famous goals in Chelsea history. With just 

43 seconds on the clock in the 1997 FA Cup final, Di Matteo smashed the ball 

in from distance to set the team on the way to ending a generation-long wait 

for a major trophy. 

He followed that up with a goal in the League Cup final the following year and 

the winner when Chelsea lifted the FA Cup again in 2000, but he was not only 

about goals. His all-round game and slick passing contributed much to one of 

the club’s most successful periods. 

Though a bad leg break brought a premature end to Di Matteo’s playing career, 

his Midas touch was in evidence again when, as caretaker manager following 

the dismissal of Andre Villas-Boas midway through the 2011/12 season, he 

led the side to another FA Cup triumph and, most famously of all, past Napoli, 

Benfica and Barcelona in the Champions League and then onto the final, where 

Bayern Munich were beaten in their backyard and Chelsea became European 

champions for the first time. He and the club parted company later that year. 


Both Ruud and Roberto 

had most unusual 

managerial careers. That 

is why, despite being 

incredible players, I 

thought it more interesting 

to depict them in their 

off-field roles. Short 

tenures at the reins but 

with incredible success 

and abrupt endings! Ruud 

also managed Roberto, 

particularly in the FA 

Cup final in 1997, so 

there was some nice 

symmetry between them. 

Note the stopwatch in 

Roberto’s hand. 

Jamie Cooper 


Manager. 1996-98. Games 83. 

HONOURS 

-As player- 

Chelsea Player of the Year: 1995/96 

-As manager- 

FA Cup: 1996/97 

Only a short while before he arrived at Stamford 

Bridge in 1995 it would have been unimaginable 

for Ruud Gullit to join Chelsea. The talented 

Dutchman had an enormous reputation on the 

world stage but English football was changing 

and so were the Blues. This was our big move to 

push towards the elite - and it worked. 

Heralding a ‘foreign invasion’ of other players 

from Europe who proved great value for money, 

Gullit’s complete game not only raised the club’s 

profile but also helped crystallise an attractive 

style of play under Glenn Hoddle’s management. 

When in 1996 Hoddle moved on to take charge 

of the England team, Gullit was the overwhelming 

popular choice to be appointed as Chelsea 

player-manager. By the end of his first season, 

having made great signings and liberated the 

talent in the team even more, he coolly led the 

team out at Wembley in the FA Cup final, where 

Middlesbrough were defeated and Chelsea 

had hands on major silverware for the first time 

since 1971. Contract difficulties and a dip in form 

resulted in Gullit’s departure the following season. 

-7- 

-6-

MR CONSISTENCY 

BUTCH THE BABE 


-JOHN HOLLINS- 

Midfielder. 1963-1975. 1983-84. Games 592. Goals 64. 

Manager. 1985-1988. Games 147. 

HONOURS 

-As player- 

FA Cup: 1969/70 



Second Division: 1983/84 

Chelsea Player of the Year: 1969/70, 1970/71 

-As manager- 

Full Members’ Cup: 1985-86 

John Hollins was a complete midfield player who clocked up almost 600 appearances for the club during 

two separate spells. A product of the club’s outstanding youth system in the early 1960s, Hollins made his 

professional debut at the age of 17 and never looked back. 

He was a mainstay of the iconic teams that won the League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup Winners’ 

Cup in the space of a few seasons. Hollins was a superb distributor of the ball, covered vast areas of 

ground and weighed in with his fair share of goals. He scored 64 times in 592 appearances, and his two 

Player of the Year trophies point to his popularity among supporters during one of the most exciting times 

in Chelsea’s history. 

He left Stamford Bridge in 1975, but returned eight years later for a final stint as a player as we won 

promotion from the Second Division. Shortly afterwards he replaced John Neal as manager, a position he 

held for two-and-a-half years, during which time we won the Full Members’ Cup at Wembley. 

I thought it fitting that Wilkins and Hollins should be together, symbolising the 

chain of leadership passed from one to another. And of course, the heartthrob 

‘Butch’ Wilkins is holding one of his fan’s scarves. 

Jamie Cooper 

-RAY WILKINS- 


HONOURS 

Chelsea Player of the Year: 1975-76, 

1976-77 

A prodigious talent from a very young age, 

the 18-year-old Ray Wilkins became our 

youngest-ever captain in 1975, succeeding 

John Hollins. 

He was a natural in the role, and his ability 

earned him an England call-up while still 

a Second Division player. He led a young 

Blues side to promotion in 1976/77, and 

was undoubtedly the star of the team. His 

good looks and sparkling personality made 

him a celebrity away from the pitch, too. 

Still, even Wilkins’ talents could not help 

a team that was being crippled by a lack 

of investment. He suffered his second 

relegation with the club in 1979 and was 

immediately transferred to Manchester 

United for £825,000. 

After a long playing career, Wilkins moved 

into coaching and was twice assistant 

manager at Chelsea, under Gianluca Vialli 

from 1999 to 2000, and from September 

2008 to November 2010, under Luiz Felipe 

Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti. 

He passed away in April 2018, aged 61, 

with the tributes that followed highlighting 

just what a wonderful man he was. 

-9- 

-8-

SUPER FRAN 

KING CANNERS 

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH 

-FRAN KIRBY- 

-PAUL CANOVILLE- 

-KERRY DIXON- 

Forward. 2015-present. 

Games 109. Goals 68 (as of 

1 November 2020). 

HONOURS 

FA Women’s Super League: 2015, 

2017/18, 2019/20 

FA WSL Spring Series: 2017 

Women’s FA Cup: 2017/18 

FA Women’s League Cup: 2019/20 

Women’s FA Community Shield: 2020 

Chelsea Women’s Player of the Year: 

2017/18 

Chelsea Women’s Players’ Player of 

the Year: 2017/18 

Nothing in the women’s game in 2015 

signified more that Chelsea were going 

places than the signing of Fran Kirby, 

the best young talent in an England 

team that had just finished third at the 

World Cup. 

Soon it was her two goals in a win 

against Sunderland that secured the 

club’s first FA WSL title, and she followed 

that by scoring Chelsea’s first Women’s 

Champions League goal in a win over 

Glasgow City. 

A born finisher, her prolific form continued and she fired her team to an FA Cup 

final in 2016 and won its goal of the season. Injury then intervened but she 

returned to remarkably finish league top scorer in the 2017 Spring Series despite 

only featuring in five matches. 

In the 2017/18 Double-winning season, Kirby cashed in with 25 goals, including 

one in the FA Cup final win over Arsenal. PFA and FWA Player of the Year 

awards followed and although serious illness has hampered her in recent 

times, she is back and scoring and remains one of the most famous female 

footballers around. 

Winger. 1982-86. Games 103. Goals 15. 

HONOURS 

Second Division: 1983/84 

Paul Canoville was a true ground 

breaker, being the first black player 

to put on the Chelsea shirt in a 

competitive match. 

He made his debut in 1982, becoming 

an important part of the team that won 

the Division Two title in 1983/84, but 

being such a symbol of change brought 

with it many challenges back then. 

Canoville weathered a storm of abuse, 

significantly much of it from a section 

of those supposed to be his own 

supporters. It took a long time but 

gradually he became appreciated 

and his name was sung, not least on 

a famous night at Hillsborough when 

he was the spark in an incredible 

comeback in a cup game. Injury cost 

him much of his career but he is now 

a regular matchday employee at 

Stamford Bridge. 

Striker. 1983-92. Games 420. Goals 193. 

HONOURS 

Second Division: 1983/84, 1988/89 

Full Members’ Cup: 1985/86, 1989/90 

Kerry Dixon arrived in 1983, restoring 

a touch of glamour to a previously 

impoverished Chelsea attack, and over 

nine seasons became one of the most 

loved players in the club’s history. 

His start was rapid, accumulating 34 

goals for the season as the club romped 

to promotion after five years away from 

the top flight. He scored a hat-trick on 

the day it was achieved and headed the 

goal that added the Second Division title. 

His impact on the First Division the 

following season was equally impressive. 

He finished up as the league’s joint-top 

scorer with 24 goals while Chelsea 

finished sixth in the table. 

Unfortunately, the following season an 

injury put him out for over a month and 

had an even longer-term impact on his 

explosive pace. Chelsea were relegated 

in 1988 but the quest for promotion 

brought back Dixon’s prolific scoring 

and he became a goal-maker too, with 

impressive crossing added to his game. 

He scored 25 league goals as the team 

returned to the top division at the first 

attempt and a year later a further 20, to 

help Chelsea finish fifth. His 193 goals is 

the club’s third-best tally. 

Both these guys showed an internal strength that I really admire. 

Dixon, for his determination to succeed despite not being in a strong 

team for most of his career. And Canoville, for his courage to face the 

brunt of what was straight-out racism while keeping on forging ahead. 

He was also the music man in the dressing room, with his ‘matchday 

mix tapes’ being a popular feature of the pre-match hype and postmatch 

celebrations. 

Jamie Cooper 

-11- 

-10-

THE CAT 

THE UNSTOPPABLE STOPPER 

-PETER BONETTI- 

Goalkeeper. 1960-79. Games 729. Clean sheets 208. 

HONOURS 

FA Cup: 1969/70 



Second Division promotion: 1962/63, 1976/77 


Peter Bonetti, or ‘The Cat’ as he became known due to 

his incredible reflexes and graceful agility, was Chelsea’s 

first-choice goalkeeper for nearly two whole decades and 

consequently is the second-highest appearance-maker in the 

club’s history. 

His crowning glory came in 1970 when Chelsea played big 

rivals Leeds United in an FA Cup final that stretched over 

two brutal games. It was in no small part due to Bonetti’s 

saves that Chelsea lived to fight another day in the replay 

at Old Trafford. 

There, despite limping badly for most of the game due to an 

early challenge, he again made big saves before Chelsea 

emerged victorious for the first time in the famous competition. 

Bonetti followed that up by being in goal when the team won 

its first European trophy the next year and many more star 

performances followed. 

‘The Cat’ was an innovator too when it came to the goalkeeping 

craft. Truly one of the Chelsea greats. 

Goalkeeper. 2004-15. Games 494. Clean sheets 228. 

HONOURS 

Premier League: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10, 2014/15 


UEFA Europa League: 2012/13 

FA Cup: 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12 


FA Community Shield: 2005, 2009 

Chelsea Player of the Year 2010/11 

Petr Cech enjoyed a glorious 11-year career at Chelsea, in 

which he won every major club honour, set a new clean-sheet 

record, and became the highest overseas appearance-maker 

in club history. 

Keeping a clean sheet on his debut in 2004 was a sign of things 

to come. In that first season, he set a new Premier League record 

of 1,025 minutes without letting in a goal. He kept a record 24 

clean sheets as we stormed to the title, conceding just 15 goals 

along the way. 

The following season Cech excelled again as we retained the title, 

and he then had to recover from a life-threatening fractured skull 

sustained at Reading in October 2006. He did so with typical 

dedication and hard work, and at the end of the season took 

his place in goal for the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley 

Stadium, keeping a clean sheet as we beat Manchester United. 

It was the first of four FA Cups Cech won, with further final 

highlights including a saved penalty in the 2010 final, and a 

miraculous stop to keep out Liverpool’s Andy Carroll in 2012. 

Undoubtedly his finest night in a Chelsea shirt came in Munich 

a couple of weeks later, when a truly outstanding performance 

paved the way to Champions League glory. He saved a penalty 

during extra time and got his hand to two more spot-kicks in the 

shoot-out prior to Didier Drogba’s decisive kick. 

In January 2014 Cech surpassed Peter Bonetti’s clean sheet total, 

and left the following year having made 494 appearances for the 

Blues and won 13 major honours, by far the best record by any 

goalkeeper to have played for Chelsea. 

-PETR CECH- 

-12- 

-13-

TWINKLE TOES 

BIG GAME PLAYER 

Winger. 2012-19. Games 352. Goals 110. 

HONOURS 

Premier League: 2014/15, 2016/17 

UEFA Europa League: 2012/13, 2018/19 

FA Cup: 2017/18 


Chelsea Player of the Year: 2013/14, 2014/15, 

2016/17, 2018/19 

Chelsea Players’ Player of the Year: 2014/15, 2018/19 

Eden Hazard is one of the most popular players to have 

pulled on Chelsea’s blue shirt and if evidence of that is 

needed, his four Chelsea Player of the Year awards is 

unmatched by any of the other club greats. 

He joined the freshly-crowned European champions in 

2012 and, although he missed the final, played his part in a 

campaign that added the Europa League to the collection 

a year later. 

Individual accolades came as the Belgian bloomed in 

the years that followed. The part he played in returning 

the Premier League trophy to Stamford Bridge in 2014/15 

was recognised by the awarding of the Football Writers’ 

Association Footballer of the Year and the PFA Players’ 

Player of the Year. 

By now he was the team’s primary weapon of attack, 

with his touch, dribbling technique, trickery, acceleration, 

accurate low shooting and ability to turn and ride-out a 

tackle to the fore. 

-DIDIER DROGBA- 

Striker. 2004-12. 2014-15. Games 381. Goals 164. 

HONOURS 

Premier League: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10, 2014/15 


FA Cup: 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12 




Chelsea Players’ Player of the Year: 2006/07 

A physically impressive centre-forward when he signed 

for Chelsea in 2004, Didier Drogba grew and grew and 

grew in presence and achievement until he became the 

ultimate man for the big occasion. 

In his debut season he helped the club win our first 

league title in 50 years, and a year later that became 

back-to-back championships. Goals in League Cup 

and FA Cup finals began to set a trend and the Premier 

League Golden Boot was won twice, including in 2010, 

the year Chelsea won the Double. 

But the Champions League final of 2012 stands above 

all else. Drogba scored a late equaliser to force Bayern 

Munich into extra time in Munich, and then he defeated 

them with the final penalty in the shoot-out with what at 

the time appeared to be his last Chelsea kick. 

However he was back at Chelsea three seasons later 

and that return almost inevitably conjured up another 

league title. 

Another league title followed with Hazard contributing 16 

goals, and he won and scored the penalty which beat 

Manchester United in the 2018 FA Cup final before he 

completed his Chelsea trophy haul in the way he started, 

with the Europa League. 

His performance in the final against Arsenal when he 

scored two goals emphasised what many believed, that 

by the time he left the Premier League he was the finest 

playing in the competition. 

This image summed up one of the key emotions I am trying to 

capture in this scene - the pure joy of victory. This leap into 

the air is an iconic image of him. But it was not from the 2012 

Champions League final. I have used artistic licence to put 

him in the kit of that day as that was his defining moment and 

a perfect farewell performance, although he returned a few 

seasons later for yet another title. 

Jamie Cooper 

-EDEN HAZARD- 

-14- 

-15-

CENTRE STAGE 

BOBBY DAZZLER 

-FRANK LAMPARD- 

Midfielder. 2001-14. Games 648. Goals 211 (club record). 

Manager. 2019–present. Games 66 (as of 1 November 2020). 

HONOURS 

-As player- 

Premier League: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10 



FA Cup: 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12 

Football League Cup: 2004/05, 2006/07 


Chelsea Player of the Year: 2003/04, 2004/05, 2008/09 

Frank Lampard was an emerging youngster when he was bought from West Ham 

in 2001 to replace the goalscoring from midfield previously supplied by departing 

players. Few could have predicted how successful that recruitment would be. 

By the time he left 13 years later, he had surpassed striker Bobby Tambling to become 

Chelsea’s leading scorer of all time with 211 goals, an incredible total for a midfielder 

and one that marks him down as one of the greats. 

Lampard’s incredible stamina, game awareness and ability to link-up with quality 

team-mates around him stood out too (he is fourth in the Premier League’s all-time 

assists) and he was one of the lynchpins during a long period of unprecedented 

success for the Blues. Among many triumphs are scoring the goals on the day the 

Premier League title was captured for the first time, a winner in an FA Cup final, and 

wearing the captain’s armband on the night when the Champions League was won 

in Munich. 

At international level, Lampard played 106 matches for England and he returned to 

manage the Chelsea team he loves in 2019. 

I put Frank and Bobby near 

each other to symbolise 

their record goalscoring 

feats whilst also having 

Frank near his mate, John 

Terry. Lampard had so 

many great moments, but 

the joy he showed holding 

the club’s first Champions 

League trophy seemed 

fitting for him. Here he 

is showing it to Terry, for 

whom he had stepped in as 

captain on that day. 

Jamie Cooper 


HONOURS 

Football League Cup: 1964–65 

For almost half a century, Bobby Tambling held the 

record as Chelsea’s all-time leading goalscorer, 

his 202 goals from 370 appearances stretching 

across the Swinging Sixties. 

The 17-year-old marked his debut with a goal 

against West Ham United and having been 

entrusted with the captaincy at 21, Tambling led 

‘Docherty’s Diamonds’ to promotion in 1963 and 

fired in a four-goal haul during the crucial final 

game of that season – one of eight hat-tricks or 

greater he scored for the club. He once netted five 

goals away at Aston Villa, no one has scored more 

in a league game for Chelsea, and four against 

Arsenal at Highbury. 

He was the first to score in a major cup final for 

Chelsea, the League Cup in 1965 when we won 

our first major knockout trophy, and he was also 

the first Blue to score in an FA Cup final in 1967, 

one of an impressive 25 FA Cup goals. 

Though his overall goal tally for Chelsea was 

eventually surpassed by Frank Lampard in 2013, 

he remained a higher scorer in league matches 

with 164 to his name. 

Tambling moved wide later in his Stamford Bridge 

career but his tireless work-rate, shift in gear, 

ability to run as quickly with the ball as without it, 

and devastatingly powerful left-foot shot ensured 

the goals continued to flow. 

-BOBBY TAMBLING- 

-16- 

-17-

CAPTAIN. LEADER. LEGEND. 

-JOHN TERRY- 

Centre-Back. 1998-2017. Games 717. Goals 67. 

HONOURS 

Premier League: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10, 

2014/15, 2016/17 

FA Cup: 1999/00, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12 






The banner on display every game at Stamford Bridge says it 

all about John Terry – ‘Captain, Leader, Legend’. 

One of the great homegrowns, Terry made his debut in 1998 

and very soon made a centre-back position his own as well. 

In just his third senior season he was voted Chelsea Player of 

the Year and his uncompromising but technically accomplished 

play in defence, and natural leadership, led to Jose Mourinho 

making him full-time captain in 2004. 

There was no looking back as Terry lifted trophy after trophy 

after trophy, including back-to-back Premier League titles won 

in emphatic and record-breaking style, the Double in 2010, 

and although he missed the final, no one had done more in 

the long quest to win the Champions League which came to 

fruition in 2012. He skippered England, too. 

As well as being Chelsea’s most successful captain, Terry is 

the club’s third-highest appearance maker and the Premier 

League’s highest scoring defender. 

Every player in this scene is a champ but 

John Terry is ‘the one’, the heart and soul of 

the painting. What he achieved at the club is 

undeniable and the way he played the game 

endeared him to every Blues fan. He had to be 

smack-bang in the middle of all of this. 

Jamie Cooper 

-19- 

-18-

THE KING OF STAMFORD BRIDGE 

THE ASSIST MAN 

-PETER OSGOOD- 

Striker. 1964-74. 1978-79. Games 380. Goals 150. 

HONOURS 

FA Cup: 1969/70 



The Chelsea team of the 1960s and 1970s was stylish and fashionable, and among them Peter Osgood was the most 

glamorous of all. Tall and able to glide across the pitch and manipulate the ball with seemingly effortless grace, ‘Ossie’ was 

a goalscorer who could also look after himself in the combative football of the era. 

He burst onto the scene at 17 with two goals on his debut before a broken leg halted his rapid early progress. The injury led 

to an altered style of play but did not stop him being at the centre of the great events that followed. 

He is the most recent player to score in every round of the FA Cup, helping Chelsea to victory in a replayed final against 

Leeds United in 1970. He equalised in the second game at Old Trafford, with an iconic diving header from Charlie Cooke’s 

chipped pass 12 minutes before the end of normal time. 

In 1971 Osgood was in the team which lifted the European Cup Winners’ Cup after beating Real Madrid, scoring goals in 

both games of another replayed final. It was the club’s first continental trophy. In 1972 he netted in a major cup final for the 

third consecutive year, albeit one Chelsea this time lost, and by the end of his Chelsea career, in which he returned for a 

second short spell, the man dubbed the ‘King of Stamford Bridge’ in song by the fans had amassed a mighty 150 goals. 

I had so much to work with in regard to this man’s deeds, both on and off the 

pitch. So, I did a bit of both. He is seen here celebrating the 1970 FA Cup 

win. The lid is being popped on his head by Charlie Cooke who chipped the 

pass for him to nod in the equaliser in the replay. But he did a lot of his best 

work off the field during the swinging Sixties in Chelsea. It was reported that 

bombshell actress, Raquel Welch, was a big fan. I’m not sure which thing I’d 

be more excited about, the FA Cup win or being able to catch-up with Raquel 

after the game. Actually, yes I do! 

Jamie Cooper 

Winger. 1966-72. 1974-78. Games 373. Goals 30. 

HONOURS 


FA Cup: 1969/70 

Charlie Cooke was brought in by manager 

Tommy Docherty to replace Terry Venables 

in 1966, a brave move with the skilful Scot a 

little-known player south of the border but one 

that paid off for the club. A team that had been 

nearly men before became trophy winners, even 

though a new manager had taken the helm. 

Whether playing out wide or in the middle, 

Cooke was the creator in Dave Sexton’s 

flamboyant side, the wizard of the dribble and 

the conjurer of chances, not least when he 

spotted the run and put the ball on the head of 

Peter Osgood with time running out in the 1970 

FA Cup final replay. 

That was followed up by European success in 

Greece the following year and although he was 

later sold across London to Crystal Palace in 

more troubled times, Cooke soon returned to 

Chelsea where he was a rare wise old head 

in a youthful squad of homegrowns who won 

promotion back to the top flight in 1976/77. 

-CHARLIE COOKE- 

-20- 

That chip to Osgood in 1970 was a defining moment in Blues 

history. I thought it would be fun to re-enact it by having Charlie 

placing the FA Cup lid on Ossie’s head. If the hat fits... 

Jamie Cooper 

-21-

I GOT THERE AS SOON AS I COULD 

BENTLEY’S BOYS 

-RON HARRIS- 

-ROY BENTLEY- 

Defender. 1962-80. Games 795 (club record). 

Goals 14. 

Striker. 1948-56. Forward. Games 367. 

Goals 150. 

The image I used for Chopper was from the 

celebration after the European Cup Winners’ 

Cup final in 1971. I’ve perched him on top of 

Charlie Cooke so he can get high enough to 

pour champagne all over Peter Osgood’s ‘lid’. 

I popped the cup in his other arm and even 

added some blood to the studs on his boots 

to reflect his ‘vigorous’ style of play! 

Jamie Cooper 

HONOURS 


FA Cup: 1969/70 


In an era when every team appeared to have 

its hardman, a destroyer primed to make life 

hard for fancy opposition forwards and there to 

protect those of his own, Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris 

had a reputation to match anyone. 

But there is far more to his Chelsea career than 

just tough tackles. 

Having made his debut as a 17-year-old in 

1962, and before long cemented his place as 

a regular in a side built on youth by Tommy 

Docherty, Harris was unmoved for the next two 

decades. His Chelsea appearance record of 

795 games may never be beaten. 

In 1967 he became the youngest person to 

captain a side in an FA Cup final and although 

that showpiece was lost, Harris lifted the trophy 

three years later. The manner in which he dealt 

with Leeds United’s danger man Eddie Gray that 

night only added to his repute. 

He was skipper again when the European Cup 

Winners’ Cup was added to the trophy cabinet 

and although that side broke up not long after, 

Harris notably remained and his experience 

was vital in helping relegated Chelsea return 

to the top division with a side as young as 

the one in which he had first staked his claim 

15 years before. 

HONOURS 

First Division: 1954/55 

Signed in the early post-war period, 

Roy Bentley spent eight years at 

Stamford Bridge. He finished top 

scorer in seven consecutive seasons, 

but most significantly of all, was the 

first player to captain Chelsea to the 

league title. 

In his second season, Bentley began 

to play slightly deeper and was more 

mobile than most centre-forwards 

of the time. It was a tactic that 

unsettled defenders, enabling him 

to regularly find the net, often with 

his prodigious leap and powerful 

heading. It also earned him the first 

of his 12 England caps. 

He was appointed Chelsea captain 

in 1951. The following year, Ted Drake 

took over the managerial reins and 

brought a more forward-thinking 

approach to the game. Captain and 

manager worked together in unison, 

fostering a strong team spirit. 

Bentley led the club to our first 

league championship in the 1954/55 

season. He was outstanding in the 

triumph, top scoring with 21 goals. 

He was a trailblazer on the pitch 

and a popular man off it, his place in 

Chelsea history secure. 

I always found Chelsea 

fans a great bunch. 

Running out onto the old 

Stamford Bridge pitch 

and seeing the applause 

spread round the whole 

ground, all the way up to 

The Shed at the back, 

really did make you glow. 

When we were doing 

well and the ground 

was packed with more 

than 70,000 fans, it was 

something else. 

Roy Bentley 

-23- 

-22-

THE GOAL MACHINE 

THE DUTCH DESTROYER 

I’ve depicted Jimmy in a composed, relaxed stance to 

reflect his well-known demeanour. He is also holding the 

London A-Z and a bowler hat to reference famous club 

scout, Jimmy Thompson, who used to roam across the 

city hand-picking future stars, of which Greaves was the 

pick of the bunch. 

Jamie Cooper 


Jimmy Greaves is not only considered the best finisher 

ever to play for Chelsea by those who saw the mercurial 

striker play, he is also rated the most natural goalscorer 

England has ever produced. 

Anticipation for his debut at the start of 1957/58 was 

huge. He had, after all, scored 114 goals in the youth 

team the year before. Of course the 17-year-old found 

the net in his first senior game, at Tottenham, hailed by 

one reporter as: “the greatest show I have ever seen from 

a young player on his league debut”. 

Over his four seasons at Chelsea he scored at a 

remarkable rate, 132 goals in 169 games, including 13 

hat-tricks or more. He remains the youngest to reach 100 

goals in English top-flight football. 

Although the thought of a Greaves goal conjures up a 

swift dart past an opponent and a careful pass into the 

back of the net, he could score in many ways and those 

who played with him swear they could not tell if he was 

left- or right-footed. 

His stats are all the more remarkable for being achieved 

in an often-struggling side. As fast as Greaves could find 

the target they were going in at the other end and on 

his final appearance he scored all of Chelsea’s goals in 

a 4-3 win. Almost inevitably the team were relegated the 

following year. 

-JIMMY FLOYD HASELLBAINK- 


HONOURS 


Chelsea equalled the British transfer record when we brought 

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink back to the Premier League in 2000 

and what we were paying for was guaranteed goals. 

The Dutchman never messed about when it came to the serious 

business of putting the ball in the net and he notched on his 

debut against Manchester United in the Charity Shield. Soon his 

thunderbolt shooting was banging them in in other competitions 

as well and he finished the season with the Premier League 

Golden Boot. 

Hasselbaink proved to be more than just a marksman, as he 

formed a telepathic understanding with Eidur Gudjohnsen, often 

becoming the goal-maker as well as the goal-taker. The pair are 

the most recent great Chelsea strike partnership we have seen. 

Even after much investment was made in other strikers when 

Roman Abramovich became owner, Hasselbaink was again 

Chelsea’s top scorer in his final season at the club, with 17 goals. 

Explosive and instinctive, he was a centre-forward capable of 

scoring from all ranges and from every angle...and with either foot. 

Jimmy is enacting a couple of great moments in the 

Dream Scene dressing room. Firstly, three fingers up 

for his perfect hat-trick v Spurs in 2002. A curling right 

footer, followed by a header then another curler from 

distance, this time with his left foot! And as if that isn’t 

enough, what about his back-heel tickle v Leicester in 

2004?! Fellow back-heel specialist, Zola, knows exactly 

what he’s talking about. 

Jamie Cooper 

-JIMMY GREAVES- 

-24- 

-25-

LADEN WITH SILVERWARE 

THE MAESTRO 

-ASHLEY COLE- 

Left-Back. 2006-14. Games 338. Goals 7. 

HONOURS 

Premier League: 2009/10 



FA Cup: 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12 


FA Community Shield: 2009 

Chelsea Players’ Player of the Year: 2008/09, 2010/11 

Ashley Cole was an integral member of a backline that 

was the bedrock of the most fruitful period in the club’s 

history. He made over 300 appearances, clocking up 

incredible mileage with his attacking runs down the 

flank and defensive retreats. Many observers regard 

him as the finest full-back of his generation. 

During his time at Stamford Bridge, Cole won the 

Champions League, Premier League, Europa League, 

four FA Cups and the League Cup. It was the main 

European title that had eluded Cole at Arsenal, and 

provided the crowning glory of a fabulous Chelsea 

career in 2012. 

Cole had been absolutely outstanding across both legs 

in the semi-final against Barcelona, and he shone once 

again as we defended heroically in the final against 

Bayern Munich, with his experience vital in helping 

youngster Ryan Bertrand who was deployed in front 

of him. 

As was the case in Moscow four years earlier, Cole 

scored from the spot in the decisive penalty shoot-out, 

but this time it ended in glory as Petr Cech made two 

saves, leaving Didier Drogba to secure the trophy for 

the Blues. 

With seven winners’ medals, Cole has won the FA Cup 

more times than any other player in history. When 

he retired from international football in 2014, he had 

racked-up 107 caps, making him England’s most 

capped full-back. 

Fresh from yet another 

victorious final, Ashley Cole 

celebrates some more 

silverware with Gianfranco 

Zola. Pound for pound, 

these two guys are about 

as talented and laden with 

silverware as you can get. 

Zola’s number 25 shirt 

hangs in his locker as he 

appreciates Jimmy Floyd 

Hasselbaink’s back-heel 

towards him. 

Jamie Cooper 

Forward. 1996-2003. Games 312. Goals 80. 

HONOURS 


FA Cup: 1996/97, 1999/00 





Over seven wonderful seasons, Gianfranco Zola graced Stamford Bridge with flicks 

and tricks, skill and silverware. He achieved the impressive feat of not just being 

loved by the adoring Chelsea fans but admired by neutrals and rivals too, such was 

the guile of his craft and the charming way he carried himself. 

It took Franco just six months to lift silverware in west London, helping Ruud Gullit’s 

Blues win the FA Cup in 1997, our first major honour for over 25 years. Goals during 

that run against Liverpool in our memorable comeback victory and in the semi-final 

against Wimbledon live long in the memory, and he finished that maiden campaign 

in England as the FWA Player of the Year. 

Further trophies followed, including perhaps Zola’s most significant moment on the 

big stage in Stockholm when he came off the bench to make an instant impact in 

the Cup Winners’ Cup final, latching on to Dennis Wise’s through ball and smashing 

in the winner against Stuttgart. 

Moments and memories defined the Italian’s time in SW6 and his goal against Norwich 

City, a barely comprehensible near-post flick from a corner, is still remembered as one 

of the great FA Cup strikes. There were plenty of others among his 80 goals in 312 

games, including the curling free-kick that became his speciality, but it was the way 

Zola played football that resonated most of all. 

He was a maverick, a magician, a diminutive striker from Sardinia with stardust in 

his boots. 

-GIANFRANCO ZOLA- 

-26- 

-27-

LEADER BY EXAMPLE 

LE ROCK 

-GARY CAHILL- 


HONOURS 

Premier League: 2014/15, 2016/17 


UEFA Europa League: 2012/13, 2018/19 

FA Cup: 2011/12, 2017/18 


After Gary Cahill signed for Chelsea from Bolton Wanderers in 

January 2012, the speed at which he accumulated all the major 

honours was incredible. 

He arrived as a very good Premier League defender. He 

departed as a Chelsea legend and club captain, having been 

an integral member of a side which won a host of honours both 

domestically and on the European stage, including two Premier 

League titles and the Champions League. 

Cahill was a near ever-present on both occasions he won 

The win in the 2018 

FA Cup final is 

surely his greatest 

moment. Taking over 

the captaincy from 

John Terry at the 

beginning of the 

season was a terrific 

honour and his 

ability to lead with 

distinction after such 

a legend is a great 

credit to him. He just 

looks so happy in 

this image. 

the Premier League, first alongside John Terry in 2014/15, and 

then on the left of a back three having had to alter his game 

in 2016/17. Each time, the England international was rewarded 

for the overall quality of his performances by being named in 

the PFA Team of the Season, an honour he achieved on three 

separate occasions during his time at the club. 

Of course, no Chelsea supporter will ever forget the part he 

played on the club’s greatest night when we were crowned 

European champions in 2012. Having picked up an injury in the 

semi-final against Barcelona, there was a real chance he would 

not make the ultimate showpiece fixture, but Cahill played his 

full part in standing up to wave after wave of Bayern Munich 

pressure as we defied the odds to overcome the Germans in 

their own stadium. 

Fast forwarding from that initial triumph, Cahill was appointed 

club captain in 2017 following Terry’s departure, a decision which 

went down well with both fans and team-mates alike. Consistent 

and reliable, it was a huge honour for a man who never let us 

down, and was rewarded by winning the lot at Chelsea. 

-MARCEL DESAILLY- 


HONOURS 

FA Cup: 1999/00 



Marcel Desailly was an international football icon 

when he signed for the Blues from AC Milan in June 

1998 and his arrival cemented our standing as a 

destination for the very best players in the game. 

Prior to swapping Milan for London, the defender 

had triumphed in European Cup finals in successive 

seasons with Marseille and AC Milan, becoming the 

first player to lift the trophy with different clubs in 

consecutive seasons. Six weeks after his signing, he 

won the World Cup with France. 

Throughout six seasons at Stamford Bridge, the man 

nicknamed ‘Le Rock’ due to his uncompromising, 

tough-tackling playing style formed a formidable 

defensive partnership with his compatriot Frank 

Leboeuf, which peaked with a clean sheet in our FA 

Cup final victory against Aston Villa in 2000. 

A natural organiser and motivator, Desailly’s impact 

was felt long after his departure as his nurturing of 

a young John Terry paid dividends for decades to 

come. It was Terry who succeeded the Frenchman as 

club captain in 2004 but it was Desailly who had set 

supreme standards to follow, both as a defender and 

a leader. 

Marcel was apparently a man of gravitas, but that’s not how 

I think he should be seen in this moment of celebration. I’ve 

gone for a much lighter side, using an image from the 2000 

FA Cup final. Post-match he cradled the cup with a jester’s hat 

on his head. Time to let the hair down after all the hard work. 

Notice the T-shirt hanging in his locker. 

Jamie Cooper 

Jamie Cooper 

-29-

HIDDEN SECRETS 

1 

2, 4, 5 & 6 10 & 11 

12 13 

3 

3 

1. The George Hilsdon weathervane that still sits atop the East Stand 

at Stamford Bridge. 

2. Four stars for Chelsea winning all four of UEFA’s European trophies. 

3. The album covers represent the club’s music connections over the 

years, including ‘The Liquidator’ and ‘Blue is the Colour’. 

4. Local businessman Gus Mears decided to found his own team, 

Chelsea, in March 1905. The story goes that he was on the verge 

of giving up on the football project when his Scottish terrier bit his 

colleague, Fred Parker, who still supported the idea. So impressed 

was Mears with his friend’s reaction, he decided to take his advice. 

11. Chelsea fan slogans. 

12. Bottle of Matthew Harding Celebration Ale 

for the 1997 FA Cup triumph. Commemorating 

the late club vice-chairman, who died in a 

helicopter tragedy in 1996. 

13. Not all his best work was done on the field. 

Peter Osgood has Raquel Welch’s phone 

number in hand. 

14. I got there as soon as I could. Blood on Ron 

Harris’ boot studs. 

14 15 

7 8 

9 

5. Jimmy Greaves’ quote. 

6. John Terry banner: 

‘Captain. Leader. Legend’. 

7. Scottish terrier with a piece of 

Fred Parker’s trousers in his mouth. 

8. Ray Wilkins holds a ‘Butch’s Babe’ scarf. 

9. Peter Bonetti with a cat’s tail at his feet. 

10. Bentley’s Boys banner on the wall. 

15. The Swinging Sixties in Chelsea was the place to 

be. King’s Road sign on the wall. Lambretta scooter 

model below it. 

16. Jimmy Greaves with a bowler hat and A-Z book. They 

refer to Chelsea’s famous scout Jimmy Thompson, who 

discovered Greaves and dozens of other great players. 

Thompson used the London A-Z to locate promising 

tip-offs, and said he would eat his hat if Greaves beat 

his own best goals return of 29 in a season. 

17. The Rock - T-shirt on locker behind Marcel Desailly. 

16 17 

-31- 

-30-

Official Licensed Product 

-32-

Chelsea DREAM SCENE Book

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?