 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurwa kwemutemo kwenguva refu, Bates akabatanidzazve nhandare yemahara nekirabhu muna 1992 nekuita chibvumirano nemabhangi evagadziri vezvivakwa, avo vaive vabhuroka nekudonha kwemusika. Chimiro cheChelsea muPremier League itsva chakanga chisina kugutsikana, kunyange zvazvo vakasvika mu1994 FA Cup Final. Kusarudzwa kwaRuud Gullit semutambi-maneja muna 1996 kwakatanga kusimuka muhupfumi hwechikwata. Akawedzera vatambi vepamusoro vemunyika dzakawanda kudivi uye akatungamira kirabhu kukudzwa kwavo kwekutanga kukuru kubvira 1971, iyo FA Cup.. Gullit akatsiviwa naGianluca Vialli, uyo akatonga akaona Chelsea ichikunda League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup uye UEFA Super Cup muna 1998, uye FA Cup muna 2000. Vakagadzirawo chinetso chakasimba chezita muna 1998-1999, vachipedza mapoinzi mana kumashure kwemakwikwi eManchester United, uye vakaita kuoneka kwavo kwekutanga muEFAFA Champions League. Vialli akadzingwa achitsigirwa naClaudio Ranieri, uyo akatungamira Chelsea kuenda ku2002 FA Cup Final uye Champions League kukodzera muna 2002-03. 