The Professor taught a lesson by Spurs while Chelsea devour Toffees .. and .. no Cup Final ticket yet

The hunt for the elusive Cup Final ticket is now on and the two cup finalists have mixed fortunes on Sunday as the odyssey that is the ‘Road to Wembley from Scotland’ enters the final month of the ten month journey.

Yesterday I started the search in earnest for a ticket for the FA Cup Final on Saturday the 27^th May. No luck yet! I tweeted all the clubs who have been part of the journey pleading my case to secure one of the gold-dust briefs that they are allocated. Apart from a couple of ‘good luck’ polite replies and a few re-tweets the process has not produced an avalanche of responses. I also put out a ‘help me’ message on the Road to Wembley from Scotland facebook page but nothing from there yet either. I will start contacting media outlets next and also try the Football Association. I don’t hold out any hope of the FA helping me as they were not overly sympathetic to my plight when I was on the hunt for a ticket for the semi … but, you never know. The last resort of course is the on-line touts/ticket exchange sites and I really don’t want to go there but if needs must then I will – but not to Pro Time Tours. I did have a sneaky look this morning and at this early stage the cheapest ticket available from these dodgy sites is about £470. Ouch! Anyway, back to football matters. The two finalists were both in action on Sunday. Chelsea won and Arsenal lost.

It is an old football saying that the league table never lies. With only four league games to go this season Chelsea are four points clear of their only rivals for the title (Spurs) and barring the season being abandoned because of the outbreak of world war three Chelsea are going to win the title. They are quite simply the best team in England at the moment. On Sunday they proved it again making light work of a talented Everton side winning by three goals to nil on Merseyside. They will undoubtedly be crowned champions before the cup final at the end of the month. It was 0-0 at half time against Everton but the Blues cruised to victory in the second period. The rout was started with a wonder goal from the Spaniard Pedro and further strikes from Cahill and Willian underscored Chelsea’s superiority.

Get In! Pedro not pedantic as Spaniard is El Goalo

The ugly bloke with a talent Diego Costa had an unusually quiet afternoon but was nevertheless afterwards lauded by his manager, Antonio Conte, as ‘the best striker in the world’.

The beauty and the beast. The handsome Conte lauds ugly bloke Costa

Meanwhile in north London fellow cup finalists Arsenal were up against their deadly local rivals Spurs. Like Chelsea, Spurs are also on a long unbeaten run and on Sunday they just had too much ammunition for the Arsenal. The Gunners lost 2-0 and although the result has re-ignited the debate around Arsene Wenger’s future it is unfair to be too critical of Arsenal. Spurs are an excellent side and most teams who have visited White Hart Lane this season have also come away with nothing. The result does however all but extinguish the Gunners hopes of finishing in the top four of the Premier League so their season will now be defined by how they get on in the FA Cup Final. The Professor did see a few ‘In Arsene we Trust’ banners but cruelly they were being held up by Spurs fans rather than Gooners.

Ooh! How can you be so cruel? Spurs fans delight in Wenger's difficulties

I will be posting again on Thursday when I intend to explore Chelsea’s links with Bella Caledonia. Like Arsenal none of the Chelsea current first team squad are Scottish, indeed very few of them are English. However many Scots have worn the famous blue jersey with pride in the past and some of these Stamford Bridge legends will be acknowledged in this blog on Thursday. Also on Thursday I will provide an update on the ongoing search for a Cup Final ticket. If anyone out there can help me please get in touch.

Should there be a Saltire flying over the Bridge? Will I have my Cup Final ticket sourced in the next two days? Come back here on Thursday to find out … and keep reading.