August 2007: Avram Grant begins the season as Chelsea's Director of Football, working with manager Jose Mourinho
September: Mourinho leaves Chelsea by mutual consent and days later Grant's first game as manager is a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford
October: Chelsea appoint Henk Ten Cate as Grant's assistant at Stamford Bridge
October: Although four league games without a win Chelsea come from behind to win at Valencia in the Champions League group stages
Early November: Grant is praised by Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon as Chelsea win seven straight games
Late November: Chelsea progress to the Champions League knockout stages, winning 0-4 at Rosenberg, who had drawn at Stamford Bridge
Early December: Chelsea's unbeaten run is now at 16 matches, earning Grant a contract extension to 2011
Mid-December: Grant and Chelsea welcome back Michael Ballack who sets up Andriy Shevchenko in a 2-0 Carling Cup win over Liverpool
Late December: Following a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa, Grant plots a workmanlike win over Newcastle that seals Sam Allardyce's fate
Early January 2008: Chelsea sign Nicolas Anelka for �15m and Branislav Ivanovic for �9m in the transfer window
Late January: Chelsea reach the Carling Cup final and Grant demands that Chelsea, contesting four trophies, be given more "respect"
February: Spurs' new boss Juande Ramos walks away with the Carling Cup and Grant is criticised for his team selection and positioning
Early March: Grant's team are then knocked out of the FA Cup 1-0 by Championship side Barnsley
Late March: Chelsea rally with a good win against Olympiakos, another 4-4 draw, and two Drogba goals in a 2-1 win over Arsenal
Early April: A good home win against Fenerbahce raises Chelsea's and Grant's prospects of Premier League and European silverware
Mid-April: But Emile Heskey's last-minute equaliser for Wigan dents the Blues' chances of catching Manchester United
Late April: Chelsea win at Everton and then beat Manchester United to put the two teams level at the top of the Premier League
30 April: Chelsea finally beat Liverpool in a Champions League semi-final, and advance to Moscow to meet Manchester United
11 May: But a United win at Wigan, as Chelsea draw at home to Bolton in Grant's last domestic game, keeps the title at Old Trafford
14 May: Despite coming so close to home glory and reaching the Champions League final, Grant is dogged by speculation about his job
21 May: Chelsea lose the final on penalties, with captain John Terry missing his kick; Grant is sacked three days later
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