Signing off for the summer, columnist and former Chelsea star Pat Nevin reflects on 10 months of many tales.

In professional football one of the traditions we all adhere to is to never look back. Clearly Chelsea feel the same by making the decision to announce the new coach before the champagne had gone flat from Saturday.

Being an ex player, with a bit of effort I can just about force myself to briefly reflect on the past year.

As ever it has never been less than exciting at the Bridge. Two managers, a major trophy, one of the most contentious games in modern Champions League history and the rebirth of a team that seemed to be slipping from their once stratospheric heights. Great stuff all round except for those of a nervous disposition.

I must admit I felt very sorry for Big Phil Scolari, it takes time to mould a team in your image and everyone makes mistakes along the way, so maybe in the longer term he would have turned things around. Unfortunately for him that is not the way the modern game works. It is worth remembering that right at the start, there were some quite phenomenally entertaining games under the Brazilian's stewardship.

The turn around when Guus Hiddink arrived was amazing but for me not in the least bit surprising, having been a devotee of the Dutchman for the last decade.

I finally got to meet him just before the FA Cup Final and he was in no way a disappointment. His knowledge of the game, his experience and his ability to get the best out of every single worthwhile player at his disposal is bordering on freakish.

Maybe one day in the future we will see him back, even if he claims he is getting old - in actual fact when I pressed him about that he admitted that his age isn't against him in terms of further work at the top level in England once his Russian adventure is finished.

For all the furore surrounding the Barcelona debacle at Stamford Bridge, his comments and actions were bordering on impeccable. Clearly furious, he let the fans know what he felt and launched a few coded broadsides at Uefa while staying on the right side of proper decorum. It was a balancing act under pressure that few if any other managers would have managed.

In the midst of it all Frank Lampard scored his usual 20 goals to underline that he is officially the best understated great player on the planet today. How he wasn't in the running for player of the year in England is worthy of closer scrutiny than Mr Ovrebo after his performance.

Nic Anelka amazingly wins the Golden Boot and no great headlines follow, even though he played a huge number of games out of position…stunning stuff.

It was the only thing out of place in the FA Cup Final, Anelka's name not on the scoresheet. At least Frank's was and Didier Drogba in netting a classic centre forward's header to equalise topped off one of the best resurrections since Lazarus got up at the back post.

Picking up that famous trophy was obviously the highlight, but clearly the club were thinking ahead long before JT and the others collected their medals. Carlo Ancelotti will now be charged with building things from here and we hope he will be able to bring a period of growth and maybe more importantly, stability.

I bumped into chairman Bruce Buck at the training ground the other day and he agreed with me that we have to build a dynasty, even though he was quick to point out that this is precisely what Chelsea have been trying to do for the past few years, it is just that he feels circumstances dictated no manager has stayed in the post for long enough.

A quick look around at the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and even Everton shows the benefits of having a great manager and keeping him on long enough to allow his personality and his ideas to permeate throughout the club.

That is where the club wants to go and is trying to go and with any luck Ancelotti will be the man to do it, time will tell. Obviously there will be a few complaints as we all would have had our own particular preferences, but it is worth remembering that we are fortunate that we can have one of the most renowned coaches in world football willing to come to west London, it wasn't always the case.

Some more silverware in his first year would be great and the beginnings of building a new team will be very welcome as well.

It would be nice to win the FA Cup again next year as it was such a great occasion this time. Most of you suspected we would win and the vast majority had guessed at a 2-1 win. One person guessed 3-1 and correctly noted the scorers. He would have been walking away with the prize this week had Florent Malouda's 'goal' been allowed to stand.

It didn't and from those of you who correctly suggested a 2-1 win, and many did, eight also got precisely the correct scorers - but in the final count the winner was Darryn Nisbett. Well done.

This is my last posting until after the summer, so enjoy yourselves and be safe and I look forward to more excitement next year.

In the meantime if you are in London on the Sunday 21 June, I will be doing a Legends stadium tour at Stamford Bridge. Click here for details. Other than that, goodbye for the time being.