A blog of two halves

This topsy-turvy season draws to an improbable close with new champions Leicester City being given a celebratory guard of honour at Stamford Bridge.

He’d struggle to locate it on a map, but Eden Hazard – arguably the most disappointing Chelsea player this season – will never have to buy a drink in Leicester as long as he lives.

The Blues stormed to victory in the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday night… literally. Hailstones bounced off the Stamford Bridge pitch and lightning flashed as Chelsea ensured the club’s trophy cabinet would get fresh silverware after all.

The Blues stormed to victory in the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday night… literally. Hailstones bounced off the Stamford Bridge pitch and lightning flashed as Chelsea ensured the club’s trophy cabinet would get fresh silverware after all.

Chelsea’s approach to life, the universe and football remains blurred as the season’s end comes into focus.

Some Chelsea fans didn’t arrive until the second half of last weekend’s game at Swansea after a truck laden with eggs jackknifed on the M4. Before you ask, the air ambulance wasn’t scrambled.

The worst kept secret in football was let out of bag this week – that Bryan Ferry lookalike Antonio Conte is Chelsea’s new first team head coach.

Chelsea travel to Birmingham at the weekend for Saturday’s early kick-off against doomed Aston Villa.

There was something disturbing, yet oddly nostalgic, about the aftermath of Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with West Ham at the weekend.

Trophyless, listless, hopeless and graceless, Chelsea’s grim 2015-16 season appeared to end at Goodison Park as the Blues were knocked out of the FA Cup.

Chelsea’s FA Cup clash with Everton at Goodison Park this weekend assumes new significance after the Blues were dumped out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain.