The story has a familiar ring to it: entertaining west London club riding high after some impressive wins in an unbeaten campaign, buoyed by foreign investment and with an array of imported talent aiming for silverware.
But this is not just the tale of Chelsea; it's also the season so far of neighbouring Queens Park Rangers in England's second tier.
QPR haven't been in the Premier League since 1996 but have produced their best start to a campaign in over 60 years to raise hopes of joining five other clubs from the capital in the big time.
Their first three games provided three resounding victories in the Championship with nine unanswered goals, echoing Chelsea's early-season form. Last weekend, they fell 2-0 behind at Derby County before rescuing an unlikely draw with two injury-time goals to stay top of the table after four matches.
First, a disclaimer: I've been a QPR fan since the 1980s when I lived in Shepherds Bush, close enough to Loftus Road Stadium that I could hear the roar every time the home side scored.
Those cheers were often very loud in the early 1990s when QPR were a solid, mid-table side in the top flight and one of the founder members of the inaugural 1992-93 Premier League season. But soon after legendary striker Les Ferdinand was sold to Newcastle United for a club record ? million (HK$80 million) in July 1995, the R's fell on hard times, dropping out of the Premiership the following year.