In many ways it was a typical season for Salomon Kalou, where again he turned in a goals to games ratio of approaching one in three, but the campaign was littered with unforgettable moments from magic to mayhem and back again.
Things kicked off perfectly as he side-footed home the winning penalty in the Community Shield at Wembley, and though his season ended with more silverware at the national stadium, his afternoon will probably best be remembered for the missing of an open goal in an incomprehensibly goalless first half of the FA Cup Final.
Eternally regarded at Stamford Bridge as being as effective from the bench as he is the start, he began the season in reserve before an in-and-out spell in which he earned probably the season's strangest booking - for jumping to block a Rory Delap throw-in at Stoke with his head.
Asked to lead the line against QPR in the Carling Cup, he supplied his first goal with a tidy finish, and added two more in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid, despite missing another easy one at 0-0.
Excellent against Wolves in November, he laid on two for team-mates before sitting out four games with a rare injury - like Frank Lampard, Salomon is another whose body rarely lets him down.
The African Nations followed with a further absence, and not enough impact for Ivory Coast in Angola, but before he departed came an important contribution against Fulham after Christmas, playing in Daniel Sturridge whose shot eventually found the net off defender Chris Smalling, sparking a comeback that saw us enter 2010 top of the pile.
He returned from Africa to a side that had flown through January, and was, inevitably, back among the subs, though a goalscoring return to the line-up against Cardiff saw him given the nod for the first leg against Inter in Europe.
Chelsea's standout performer on the night, he scored what looked like a crucial away goal from outside the area, and had a blatant penalty turned away right on half-time. The player himself considers it his best performance of the season.
Another strike in the 7-1 win over Aston Villa was followed by the pass that created Didier Drogba's winner at Old Trafford. That the forward was offside and it was not spotted by the assistant referee was no fault of Kalou's.
As frustrating as he is excellent, Kalou's enterprising ethic was rewarded with a hat-trick (and the winning of a penalty) against Stoke in April, his first in Chelsea colours, before netting his final goal in the demolition of Wigan on the Premier League's last day.
That provided a first Chelsea championship medal, and the Double came six days later despite his six-yard box indiscretion, where he hit the bar from mere feet away from the line.
Thirty-seven appearances show how useful Carlo Ancelotti considers the 24-year-old to be, yet next season he will be looking to improve on the stat that shows he completed 90 minutes just four times. A good World Cup could make it the season that turns undoubted potential into regular product.
