Young Chelsea fan Tucker Burgin recently travelled from the United States to Stamford Bridge and decided to write down his tale for others to read. Here's how much he enjoyed himself:

My name is Tucker Burgin. I am 7 years old and live near Dallas, Texas. I am a True Blue member and a member of the Chelsea in America Supporters Club. I play academy soccer and dream about playing soccer for Chelsea someday. I started playing soccer when I was 4 years old. For my 6th birthday I got the FIFA Soccer 2008 video game. The first time I played it, I picked Chelsea as my team. I didn't know anything about Chelsea then, but I always had to be Chelsea when I played the game. My dad learned about the team and found out how we could start watching the matches on TV in Texas. My favorite players are Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, John Terry and Petr Cech.

I was very excited when I found out that Chelsea was coming to Dallas to play in the World Football Challenge. I didn't think I would ever get to see Chelsea play in person. My parents bought us tickets to the practice and match. My favorite thing about the practice was watching John Terry and Frank Lampard trying to kick the soccer ball as high as the giant TV screen that hangs over the field at Cowboy's Stadium. John Terry did it and we all cheered! After the practice was over, Tommy Langley and Neil Barnett gave me a Chelsea soccer ball and Tommy signed it for me. We had great seats for the game the next day. Before the match started, John Terry gave me a ball. I could not believe it! The game was great. I had a lot of fun learning some songs and cheering with the other Chelsea supporters around us. After the game was over, John Terry signed the ball he gave me. It is one of my most special things. I keep it in a glass case in my room.

When the Chelsea youth team came to Dallas to play in the Dallas Cup last spring, my parents let me miss a little bit of school to see one of their games. When it was over, I went and thanked the team for coming to Dallas to play. They were all very nice to me and thanked me for coming out to support them. In the parking lot after the game, we met Miss Beth (Beth Wilde) from the Chelsea in America Supporters Club. Miss Beth thanked us for coming out to support the team and told us all about Chelsea in America. She told us that CIA could even help us get tickets to games at Stamford Bridge if we wanted to go to London someday. Miss Beth loves Chelsea and loves to tell people all about the team.

On summer break we went to London for vacation. Miss Beth helped us get tickets in the family section to see Chelsea play West Brom the first match of the season. The day we found out we had tickets to the game was one of the best days EVER! I always wanted to go to Stamford Bridge to see Chelsea play!

On our first day in London, we went to see Stamford Bridge. It looked just like the poster on my wall.

Miss Beth set us up to take the stadium tour the day before the match. Elvis was nice to talk to us while we waited. Then, we met Ledge. He knows everything about Chelsea! I got to see the FA Cup and Premier League trophies, the press room, the locker rooms, run out of the tunnel and even got to sit in Carlo Ancelotti's seat. Our tour with Ledge (pictured below) was awesome! After the tour, we spent a lot of time in the Megastore.

We got to The Bridge early on match day. We were standing outside the stadium and Frank Lampard walked right by me. I couldn't believe it so I said, 'Frank Lampard!' and he turned and waved at me. I took pictures in front of the player's pictures outside the stadium. Miss Beth had her friends Graeme and Gill from the Kent Blues Supporters Club meet us before the game. They showed me where to go to get autographs before the players went into the stadium. John Terry, Michael Essien, Paulo Ferreira, Alex and Carlo Ancelotti signed my shirt! We took pictures with Gill and Graeme and their Kent Blues Supporters' flag. The game was awesome and Chelsea won 6-0! I loved when the whole stadium sang 'That's why we're champions!' all together.

We made one more trip to the Megastore before our vacation was over. I got a new John Terry shirt to replace the one that got autographed at the game.

Chelsea is my favorite soccer team. I work hard at practice so that I can hopefully play for Chelsea some day.