Caicedo has enjoyed a rapid rise in the game since he posed for a photo with his mother three years ago wearing a Chelsea shirt from the 2020/21 season. He explains how that jersey helped to inspire him to make it to Stamford Bridge.

‘I spoke to my old agent and I asked him if I could get that shirt,’ he tells the programme. ‘I wanted N’Golo Kante’s shirt, but it was a bit impossible to get it. But he said, “I’m gonna buy one for you.”

‘One day he came to Ecuador and said, “Look, I have a present for you,” and it was that shirt. It was fantastic for me, and I started to wear it. It was like a motivation for me, because Chelsea was one of the best teams I watched when I was a kid.’

Caicedo is joined in the programme by one of the heroes of our first-ever league title-winning team, Frank Blunstone, who played for Chelsea at the same time as doing his National Service. He recalls what it was like to juggle playing for club, country and Army all at the same time!

‘I played nearly 100 games in that one year! I was knackered all the time. Nowadays, 40 or 50 is considered too much. I had to play for Chelsea, the depot team, the regional team, the Army team, England – all in one season. I probably played the most games for Chelsea and the depot team. The Army had first refusal on me, even over England!’

This weekend’s game falls on Remembrance Sunday, and given our opponents are Manchester City, there is extra poignancy to Rick Glanvill’s long read about George Lake, who represented both clubs before perishing in Picardy shortly before the end of the First World War.

City’s cult hero of the 1990s, Paul Lake, recently discovered that he is an ancestor of the former Chelsea player, and Glanvill pieces together a family story that connects two professional footballers two generations apart, and also links the teams that will face each other at Stamford Bridge this Sunday.

‘I’ve begun to fully understand the experiences that our “Tommies” endured and in particular, my Great Uncle George,’ Paul tells Glanvill. ‘It’s been quite an emotional couple of days and thanks to your help, we as a family can come to terms with this news and look to celebrate George’s all too brief life.’

The programme also contains all the info you need on a big game for both clubs, as well as the latest news from all our teams and a healthy dose of nostalgia.

Be sure to pick up your copy from the programme sellers around the grounds, or from the Reach Sport online shop