2002/03 — Chelsea v Liverpool | The £1 Billion Match

On the final day of the 2002/03 Premier League season, Chelsea faced Liverpool for the final Champions League place. What followed became known as the £1 billion match. Chelsea were in serious financial trouble. Roman Abramovich was watching English football. And Jesper Grønkjær’s winning goal would eventually become the symbol for the afternoon that changed the club forever. But the story is slightly more complicated than that. In this episode of the Premier League series, we go back to Stamford Bridge in May 2003 through the match ticket, Merlin stickers and the cards of the season, looking at Chelsea before Abramovich, the mythology of the £1 billion goal, and the strange way football history turns uncertain moments into inevitable ones. Featuring Jesper Grønkjær, Marcel Desailly, Gianfranco Zola, John Terry, Roman Abramovich, Merlin's sticker album for the season, Premier Gold 2003 and Wizards of the Coast Subbuteo Football Champions. 2002/03 — Chelsea v Liverpool | The £1 Billion Match 00:00 - Introduction 03:13 - Merlin's FA Premier League 2003 Sticker Album 06:25 - The Match 09:50 - 2002/03: Premier League Card Sets (WOTC Subbuteo and Topps Premier Gold 2003) 12:57 - The Aftermath and Chelsea’s Destiny