John Terry spared England's blushes with a winning goal, five minutes from time against Ukraine, last night.
England head their World Cup group with a maximum haul of 15 points from five qualifying matches.
But it was a tense night.
England went ahead though Peter Crouch thanks to an assist by, guess who? John Terry.
Then the Chelsea connection kicked in again when the visitors equalised through Blues misfit and now AC MIlan misfit Andriy Shevchenko.
With the game heading towards a draw, up popped JT to steal the points and keep England firmly on course for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.
Putting our domestic hat on, Chelsea head off to Newcastle tomorrow to face Alan Shearer's Newcastle United.
The Geordies are in the last-chance saloon with the appointment of inexperienced manager Shearer.
Part of the deal to lure the former hitman back to Newcastle seems to be the parting of the ways for director of football Dennis Wise who joined them 14 months ago.
Quite who will be Chelsea's boss next season is still up for debate.
Guus Hiddink would appear to be Roman's and therefore Peter Kenyon's first choice.
Either way it seems that the Blues will turn to English players as their rebuilding starts.
Out will go several high-profile players in the summer including Florent Malouda, who is expected to be replaced by Aston Villa's Ashley Young.