Rolling back the years

HISTORY, they say, has a funny way of repeating itself. The Chelsea class of 2005 will be hoping this old adage doesn’t ring true this week.

So before Jose Mourinho's Premiership leaders step onto the Camp Nou in Barcelona tonight, they'd do well to heed the advice of their greatest ever goal-scorer. Thirty nine years ago, Chelsea were also pushing for a league title, and Bobby Tambling was a key member of their side.

Tambling scored 202 goals for the Blues between 1958 and 1970 a record that remains. Older Blues fans still rate Tambling as one of the club's all-time greats.