WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...1 Down, 1 to go...

We did it. In emphatic fashion, 8-0 to be precise and in front of their home fans at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have regained the English Premier League title for the first time since 2006 and now face the most historic day in their 105 year old history. The chance to do the double.

By 2:30am on Sunday morning we will know if this champion side has acheived what only two other clubs have achieved in English football by winning the league and the FA Cup in the same season. They face a freshly relegated Portsmouth, wounded and undoubtedly fired up to salvage some pride from the season that saw them almost bankrupted, relegated to the Championship Division and forced to sell off several top players to avoid the first problem mentioned.

Chelsea on the other hand have fought and beaten the best the league has thrown at them, if at times stumbling, nevetheless they rallied and held on, in the process scoring more than a century of goals, something not acheived since the 1960's. Didier Drogba the goal scoring machine secured the Golden boot for the league's top scorer and Coach Carlo Ancellotti must feel justly proud of his first full season in charge.

I have waited for this sort of event for 40 years, since I first adopted the team in Blue as a 10 year old boy - inspired by a grainy black and white photo of striker Peter Osgood diving headlong to score off a sublime Charlie Cooke delivered pass in the 1970 FA Cup Final replay. Since that moment I have held my breath, hoped, waited, held my breath again, been inspired, dejected and proud all in the same game. My team dropped to the second division, struggled back into the top tier and themselves closely avoided bankruptcy. But that is all forgotten now in the lead up to the game tomorrow at Wembley Stadium, scene of several of Chelsea's triumphs in years gone.

That 1970 team live in legend as hero's after following up the FA Cup win the next season with the European Cup Winners Cup. The current side are about to eclipse that stellar side with their effort over the past season and now stand on the cusp of immortality.

Winning the league was a truly magnificent acheivement and one that took true grit and focus. United chased hard and never let up the pressure, we beat them by only one point at season's end, but we beat them in both league games and as you all know you must be able to beat every team if you want to claim the title. United couldn't do it. We could.

Congratulations to the boy's in Blue, what a year, what a result and by Sunday I hope to be savouring the highest acheivement by a Chelsea team, ever.

C'mon Chelsea, C'mon Chelsea...

Think Long & Prosper

Dan