Ranked! The 10 best Chelsea sides ever

Chelsea
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Few teams have shaped the Premier League more than Chelsea. Tactically they’ve helped change the English game. Narratively, they’ve even won the games that clinched Leicester City and Liverpool their titles. They’re ever-presents: White Walkers, never far from conquering all in their wake with unemotional dreams of domination and a piercing blue stare.

You see, the Blues don’t have the reputation of being revolutionaries - but that’s exactly what they are. Mourinho was the first manager to really bring the 4-3-3 to England, while later, Conte was the first to win big with a three-at-the-back system; Chelsea, for so long, were the big influence for how to judge a prospective club owner and we owe plenty of our modern hire-and-fire culture to the way that Abramovich conducted business. 

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Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.