So Chelsea are the 2009 FA Cup winners and you’d have to say, deservedly so.

I wanted so badly for Everton to do it. For the underdog tag, for their magnificent manager, and for being one of the most underrated teams in the PL. And after 30 seconds and a well-taken goal, it looked as if it would be their day.

But at the end of it all, Chelsea’s class started to show and they scored two super goals – a typical header from Drogba who proved once again that when his mind’s on it, he’s one of the best, and a bit of vintage Lampard.

It was good for Guus Hiddink, too. I think he only lost one game in his entire time at Chelsea and departs on the highest of high – how those at Stamford Bridge wish he was staying now.

After 2 years without a trophy they now have to recruit again. Maybe, just maybe, Guus had started to live up to Jose slightly. It’s going to be a tough act to follow.

WWE announced this weekend that they’d released Ken ‘Mr Kennedy’ Anderson from his contract.

There seems to be some uproar and surprise about this, given that he only made his return from injury this last week on Raw – even the Sun have gone as far as saying that WWE ‘…sensationally fired one of their biggest superstars….’ I can’t say I agree with those sentiments.

Whilst popular and charismatic, Anderson is just too injury prone and WWE can’t justify wasting money on his salary, or investing more money further building his character on valuable TV time.

They threw him into the main event of Monday’s TV, and he proceeded to injure their biggest star, Randy Orton, and himself. The only plus is that Orton stiffed the hell out of him before they gave him the boot.

If people are still insisting that Ken is a ‘major star’ and that this is a huge ‘shock’ – they should just take notice of the fact that he, like most WWE rejects, will no doubt be months away from TNA – seemingly the graveyard of pro-wrestlers.

Don’t believe me? Check their roster – FACTS. They started with a bang but suddenly their stock and popularity is dwindling. Sure they’ll hammer the UK market for a while, but if they’re anything more than an insect bite on WWE’s ankles in 10 years time, I’ll work naked for a week.

If they are so fresh and if they do offer an alternative – why aren’t millions flocking in their direction?

Whilst many people will, rightly so, see Fulham as the surprise package of the Premier League season after they turned from relegation survivors to European contenders in the space of 12 months, my hat is off to all at Stoke City.

Rather unfairly people were saying within days of their promotion from the Championship last season that they’d go on to top Derby’s record and be the worst team in PL history. Well, sorry, but there’s no Derby here.

People will say their style of play is not the prettiest but since when has that mattered? Arsenal haven’t won a sausage since 2005 and yet they play some lovely pretty stuff- I’m sure their fans would much rather be as happy as the Stoke bunch.

Ten fantastic home wins, along with two wins and four draws away from home in the PL this term has given them a comfortable mid-table position and in the end they finished closer to Europe than the bottom three. Delap given his quality from throw-ins is a clear threat but the likes of Fuller and Lawrence are quality and I’d look for them to build this summer.

Well done to Hull City, too. It matters not that they took it til the last day, I always knew they’d defy public opinion. I’m sure Newcastle and Middlesbrough would gladly swap…

I think a bit too much is being made about the fact that Damien Duff’s own goal has been the one that’s sent Newcastle down to the Championship.

No malice intended, I’m sure, but let’s be honest - Newcastle have won SEVEN matches from 38 this season and deserved to go down, and for my money Damien Duff is the only thing not ‘duff’ about Newcastle. He’s beyond tireless and I still believe he’s a quality player. I hope he can get himself out of there in the summer and let the Toon go about their re-building job.

I also feel for Shearer. He’s carrying the can for taking them down but in fairness horrendous decisions and over-inflated egos have plauged that club for years now. A dose of Football League action may well do them good, my only thought is that we’ve seen too many teams go straight through.

52k fans each week in League One? Look out Exeter - the battle of the two St. James’ Parks may be closer than we think!

Big congratulations go to Mark Stimson who took his Gillingham side up to League One with a win at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

I have no major feeling for the Gills but you have to give Stimson his props - he’s proof as far as I’m concerned that non-league is the way forward in football. He achieved fantastic things whilst in charge at Grays and then went on to prove himself once more at Stevenage Borough.

Gillingham took a chance on him, and questions were probably raised when he drafted in a raft of non-league players to play in what was then League One - he got them relegated, but that was probably at least on the cards when he took over.

But he’s come on leaps and bounds once again this term, and those players he took with him have done well, too. You only need look at the likes of Barry Fuller and Simeon Jackson to see that.

“Hopefully we’ve proved we’re not non-league players anymore,” says the former.

Quite right.