(Action Images) ,9Jt Chelsea and Spurs in action at the Bridge in March. (Action images) Defender Mai Donaghy on Premier League duty last season. principals are upheld throughout the club and at all levels. One young man who will be hoping to shoot to prominence this season is 18-year-old Neil Shipperley, who scored on his full debut in April against Wimbledon. Shipperley has been prolific in the club's youth and reserve side in recent seasons and may be the man to save Hoddle and Chelsea a fortune on the transfer market. If Shipperley scored half as many goals in the first team as he did at other levels Chelsea would be in heaven. The foundations for Chelsea's success are there and showed in patches last season. They looked possibles for Europe after a 10-match unbeaten run leading up to Christmas, but their form tailed off badly in the New Year, and manager Ian Porterfield paid the price with his job. The rot set in after a Third Round FA Cup defeat at Middlesbrough and a 3- 1 loss in the Coca-Cola Cup quarter final match at Crystal Palace. David Webb was drafted in to arrest the slide, and although he coped admirably in difficult circumstances. Bates had no doubts as to whom he wanted running the club's football affairs. "It was clear in our minds that the person we wanted to take Chelsea into the next century was Glenn Hoddle - and we were prepared to wait," said the Chelsea chairman. It could turn out to be a very astute decision. With the future of Stamford Bridge now assured and with Hoddle pulling the strings, success could be just around the corner.

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