Hull City 1-6 Chelsea – 1999/00

Our final FA Cup fixture of the 20th century took us to Hull, to play a Tigers side that only just escaped relegation to the Conference the season before.

As a consequence of the Champions League having two group stages, which Chelsea safely navigated on our maiden voyage in the competition, the third round was scheduled for the second weekend of December rather than in its traditional slot to kick-off the new year. This was the season the FA did not let holders Manchester United enter because of their participation in the Club World Cup.

On a cold and wet afternoon in Boothferry Park, Gus Poyet settled any nerves with a beautiful curling strike early on. We doubled our lead on the half-hour through a Chris Sutton goal.

David Brown had the home crowd celebrating when he halved the deficit before half-time, but Chelsea ensured there would be no upset. Roberto Di Matteo scored another brilliant goal from range before Poyet completed his treble with a pair of predatory finishes. Dennis Wise rounded things off, and Chelsea went on to win the Cup in what would prove to be the last final at the old Wembley.

Chelsea team: Ed De Goey, Albert Ferrer, Jes Hogh (John Terry 59), Frank Leboeuf, Jon Harley, Didier Deschamps (Morris 55), Dennis Wise, Roberto Di Matteo, Gus Poyet, Chris Sutton, Gianfranco Zola (Tore Andre Flo 46)

Shrewsbury Town 0-4 Chelsea – 2002/03

Shrewsbury Town, struggling in Division Three, produced a huge Cup shock when they beat Everton 2-1 at Gay Meadow in January 2003. Their reward was a fourth-round tie against Claudio Ranieri’s Blues. There was to be no repeat of the upset.

A close-range Gianfranco Zola strike had Chelsea ahead at the interval, and just as against Hull we turned the screw in the second half. Youngster Carlton Cole nodded in from close range, before Zola had many home fans applauding with a sublime chip.

Jody Morris rounded the scoring off with what would prove his final goal for the club, a delicate curling left-footed strike from 20 yards. As in the previous two FA Cup campaigns, Arsenal ended our interest in the competition.

Chelsea team: Carlo Cudicini, Mario Melchiot, William Gallas, John Terry, Celestine Babayaro (Carlton Cole 45), Bolo Zenden, Frank Lampard (Jody Morris 56), Emmanuel Petit, Graeme Le Saux, Eidur Gudjohnsen (Jesper Gronkjaer 62), Gianfranco Zola

Chelsea 3-1 Scunthorpe United – 2004/05

Chelsea were top of the Premier League in January 2005 and hadn’t conceded a goal for six games, but Scunthorpe United threatened a major shock when Paul Hayes put the visitors ahead at the Bridge after just seven minutes.

Mateja Kezman restored parity on the half-hour with a thumping volley, somewhat against the run of play. Scunthorpe’s Andy Butler drew a fine reaction save from Carlo Cudicini as our first-half struggles continues.

However, our quality began to show and there was nothing Andy Crosby could do but deflect a dangerous Didier Drogba cross into his own net. Scunthorpe had chances to draw level, with Cleveland Taylor firing wide and then hitting the post, but the Blues made sure four minutes from time. Eidur Gudjohnsen scored at the third attempt after Arjen Robben and Joe Cole had been denied (pictured top).

Not many teams gave the Blues as tough a game at Stamford Bridge that season as the Iron did, but Jose Mourinho’s men did enough to progress.

Chelsea team: Carlo Cudicini, Glen Johnson, Steven Watt, Alexei Smertin, Nuno Morais, Tiago, Geremi (Paulo Ferreira 69), Eidur Gudjohnsen, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba (Jiri Jarosik 68), Mateja Kezman (Arjen Robben 81)

Chelsea 6-1 Macclesfield Town – 2006/07

Frank Lampard scored the first of his five Chelsea hat-tricks in a big Cup win against Macclesfield in the third round in 2007.

Like the Scunthorpe game, there was a moment of surprise when Macclesfield’s John Murphy cancelled out Lampard’s opener. Our captain on the day instantly restored our advantage, however, and the situation unravelled for the Silkmen in the second half.

Their goalkeeper Tommy Lee was sent off, and from the resulting spot-kick Lampard completed his hat-trick past David Morley, a defender who donned the gloves with no sub stopper available.

Shaun Wright-Phillips tapped in Lampard’s cross, and then with Macclesfield down to nine men because of an injury, we netted twice more through John Mikel Obi - with a stunning half-volley - and Ricardo Carvalho. It was the beginning of a Cup journey that ended in glory in the first final at the new Wembley.

Chelsea team: Hilario, Geremi, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Ashley Cole (Michael Woods 79), Shaun Wright-Phillips, Frank Lampard (Nuno Morais 71), John Mikel Obi, Wayne Bridge, Salomon Kalou (Ben Sahar 76), Andriy Shevchenko.

Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe – 2020/21

Which brings us to our most recent outing against fourth-tier opposition, ironically the same side we meet this weekend.

England was in the midst of lockdown so the third-round tie took place behind closed doors at the Bridge, with the programme cover celebrating Tommy Docherty, the second man to lead us to an FA Cup final, in 1967.

Frank Lampard fielded a strong starting XI following some disappointing Premier League results, and it paid off as Chelsea eased into a 2-0 lead by half-time courtesy of goals from Mason Mount and Timo Werner.

Callum Hudson-Odoi and Kai Havertz added the gloss and we would go on to reach the Cup final, where a Chelsea team now managed by Thomas Tuchel lost 2-1 to Leicester City.

Chelsea team: Kepa, Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, Kurt Zouma (Fikayo Tomori 80), Emerson, Billy Gilmour, Mason Mount (Tammy Abraham 74), Timo Werner (Olivier Giroud 68), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Tino Anjorin 80), Hakim Ziyech (Christian Pulisic 68), Kai Havertz