Willy Caballero got his hands on the famous old trophy when we last won it in 2018, and is now assistant coach to Enzo Maresca, who he started working with at Leicester City last season.

Caballero played every game up to the final in 2018 and remembers the thrill of reaching Wembley in a competition he had first heard about as a boy in Argentina.

'The FA Cup is known around the world,' he says. 'From the moment you take your first step in this country, you realise that every player and every club wants to go to the next round, and the next round of this competition – to arrive at Wembley and to try to win it, to have the trophy in their museum. That’s why it’s the most popular national cup competition around the world.

'It was special arriving at Wembley and bringing your supporters and your family there. That season the FA Cup was amazing for us.'

Now he is hoping to embark on a similar run as part of the coaching team to a new generation of ambitious Blues, and believes the tight-knit community atmosphere they have fostered at Cobham this season has provided a good platform to build on.

'I’m enjoying being back, because this club is amazing,' he says. 'It’s one of the best in the world, and having a second opportunity to be here is a blessing for me. I enjoyed working with Enzo last season at Leicester and I’m enjoying it now because I’m learning more from him, and from the whole club and the whole staff.

'I love being part of Chelsea as a club, but also it’s a family inside the training ground, and we know each other very well.'

Our Unscripted feature this week takes us back to another era, and another Wembley Stadium. Gus Poyet was one of the heroes of our FA Cup triumph in 2000, when he scored twice at the original Wembley to see off Newcastle United in the semi-final, then returned to lift the trophy after winning the last final at the iconic stadium. The Uruguayan explains how the memories of that semi-final brace stand out above all others for him.

'You know, everyone remembers one goal that I scored for Chelsea,' he says. 'If people stop me in the street, they talk about that goal, apparently the only one I scored for Chelsea! It’s the one against Sunderland, you know that. And I say, 'I’m sorry, but I remember more the two against Newcastle. Or the one against Real Madrid in the Super Cup'.

'Those two against Newcastle. In a semi-final. At Wembley. Phew! Forget it. When you do that, such important goals in a place that is so iconic, those ones are going to stay there. I know they weren’t as good as the one against Sunderland, but they were more important.'

With Morecambe the visitors, we also take a look back at the career of Ian Britton, who played for both of these clubs, and became a fan favourite in his time at the Bridge.

Then there’s all the latest from around the club, plus the stats and facts you need as we prepare for our first home game of 2025, and much, much more.

Get your copy from the programme sellers around the stadium, or visit the online shop of our programme partners Reach Sport to secure a copy online.