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PLAY TEAMSHEET: Can YOU name the Chelsea team that beat Man City 3-0 in 2006? Or pick YOUR team and guess their starting XI

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March 24, 2025

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PLAY TEAMSHEET: Can YOU name the Chelsea team that beat Man City 3-0 in 2006? Or pick YOUR team and guess their starting XI

By LEWIS BROWNING

Published: 03:00 EDT, 24 March 2025 | Updated: 03:00 EDT, 24 March 2025

Welcome back to Teamsheet… Mail Sport’s original football memory game with a twist that leaves you scratching your head as you try and remember Premier League starting XIs of years gone by.

Today, we are going back 19 years, before Manchester City were taken over to become the giants they are of the present day and lost 3-0 against a relatively-newly taken over Chelsea.

The Blues were bidding to win a third-consecutive top flight title, and got off to a flying start against their 10-man opponents. We want to know if you can remember the starting XI of the winners that day.

It’s just for fun, so see how you fare and share your Teamsheet score… full instructions on how to play are at the bottom of the article and in the game itself. And you can also pick any team you like and guess their starting XI.

Best of luck!

HOW TO PLAY

The aim of the game is to score as few points as possible!

If you guess a player at the first attempt you score one point – so the lowest score for guessing every player at the first attempt is 11.

Guess a correct letter in the right position, and it’ll turn green. Guess a correct letter but in the wrong position, and it’ll turn yellow.

You have six guesses for each player – and if you fail, we’ll reveal their identity for 11 points! You can also ask for a free letter, but it costs you a point.

So play on to see if you’ll score the best possible total of 11 – or fail on every player and score 121.