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| Derby celebrate Ashley Ward's winning goal |
This was the era of 'Sexy Football' at Stamford Bridge, under the management of Dutch superstar Ruud Gullitt. With the likes of Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Di Matteo and Gianluca Vialli in their squad, on their day they could beat anyone.
Unfortunately, on the flip side of that they lacked consistency to make them real contenders so on their day, they could also be beaten by anyone.
It started well for Chelsea and at half-time they were ahead, Scott Minto scoring a nice first time effort from Paul Hughes low through-ball.
It didn't go quite so well in the second half for Chelsea or Minto. On 51 minutes Derby were level, a low ball across the penalty area being credited as a Minto own goal.
Chelsea did retake the lead through Frank Leboeuf but that lead lasted just eight minutes. Leboeuf continued a trend of Chelsea heroes becoming villains, handling the ball on the line to concede a penalty and earn himself a red card. Aljosa Asanovic stepped up to equalise from the spot.
As full time approached, Chelsea might have thought they'd done enough to collect a point but a ball broke loose in the penalty area and poacher Ashley Ward was on hand to win the game for Derby and their third English Championship.
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