Ageless Bridge heroes may hold key to England's big game


Chelsea's Didier Drogba celebrates after scoring a goal against Tottenham Hotspur during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - How exquisite it would be if the latest instalment of the new rivalry of English football at Stamford Bridge on Saturday should rest on the shoulders of two of the stadium's old-fashioned, everlasting favourites.

The feats of a couple of 36-year-olds, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, are inscribed in Bridge lore. For Chelsea fans, though, only one of them is now wearing the right shade of blue.

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