Chelsea's 2012-13 season officially began when the Blues faced Manchester City on Aug. 12 in the FA. Community Shield, the annual curtain-raiser between English soccer's league champion and the FA Cup winner.

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Even then they still managed to win the FA Cup in 2004 and the Carling Cup in 2006. (If we include the Community Shield there has only been four seasons since 1993 in which United has failed to hoist silverware).

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Ancelotti's team ended the last campaign as Premier League and FA Cup champions - inflicting home and away league defeats on United in the process, as well as winning the Community Shield.

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