At Chelsea on Sunday, as at many other clubs over the weekend, it was all about Ray Wilkins. But in the background it was hard to avoid the feeling of change and uncertainty to come
Farewell, then, to all that. A rainy Sunday on the Fulham Road, a humdrum April draw and the embers of another fading champion Chelsea team: by the end this felt like a fitting time to say goodbye to one of the most genial Stamford Bridge regulars, and indeed one of the more popular figures of the last 50 years in English football.
There is a fair chance that Ray Wilkins would have been here to witness this 1-1 draw, a game that sparked in the middle and ended with a rush of excitement at both ends.
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