Welcome to Sham-ford Bridge

LET’S take this in chronological order, shall we? We’ll get to Saturday and another day at the office for Chelsea shortly, but the thought process began last Sunday as I was driving home from Newcastle.

I was listening to commentary on Fulham's unexpected victory over Chelsea. The home fans jubilation was dominated by a chant that's become too familiar amongst opposing fans when they're up against the Champions: "Same old Chelsea, always cheating."

I'd be lying if I said the same thought hadn't crossed my mind on several occasions. Drogba's handball for the 'equalising goal' was correctly ruled out though I'm still at a loss, a week on, to understand how either referee or linesman saw it.