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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle look back at the 1-0 win against Al-Hilal in the semi-final of the Club World Cup and look ahead to the final against Palmeiras.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us in part one to look back at the Club World Cup semi-final against Al-Hilal. A case of Deja Vu where Chelsea dominated, couldn't make it count and then let the opposition back in to the game. Kepa kept us in it again and at least Lukaku scored but...Looking ahead to the final, will Kepa or Mendy start and how crucial is it that Thomas Tuchel has made it out there having recovered from Covid-19?
A special 'Opposition View' tonight as we are joined by Felipe Vexx and Alex Woodhams, one Brazilian and one Englishman, both Chelsea supporters. They give us the inside track on Palmeiras, their history, their fans, their rivals as well as their key players, style of play and how they can cause problems for Chelsea as they give us their prediction of how it will go and what the score will be.
In part three, Chidge, JK and Dayne give their preview of the Chelsea v Palmeiras match. Chidge gives his Team selection and we ask will it be 3 or 4 at the back, Kepa or Mendy and will Lukaku start again? We also look at Tuchel's influence from the touchline and assess why this is an important competition to win and sum up with how we see it going and our predictions.
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This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's huge 1-0 win over Manchester City in the WSL this past Sunday.
We discuss a better 'team' performance and single out some individuals who deserved recongition for an outstanding game.
We also have a quick look ahead to Friday's top of the table clash with Arsenal.
Plus we declare Cadbury's as the better chocolate than any of it's American rivals.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Clayton Beerman and Marco 'Gate 17' Worrall to look back at a misfiring Chelsea performance against Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup and ahead to the Club World Cup semi-final against Al-Hilal.
On the show tonight, in part one, we look at the awful form of Lukaku and Chelsea’s strikers and try and make some sense of it and in part two we give thanks to the defenders for doing the strikers job and to Kepa for saving the day.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Plymouth match, and we have a few emails to read out and in part four we round up the show by looking ahead to Wednesday afternoon’s Club World Cup semi-final against Al-Hilal.
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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd & Mark Meehan preview the FA Cup 4th round tie between Chelsea and Plymouth Argyle.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us in part one to report back on today's press conference with Thomas Tuchel. What's the latest injury situation; will any of the Youth players feature; is Kenedy really an option and what's our view on Chelsea's transfer window.
In part two, Chidge, JK and Mark preview the Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle FA Cup match. Chidge discusses his Team selection and we ask will the 2 week's off helped Chelsea; how will Argyle set up against us; the Ghosts of Bradford and how we see it going together with our predictions. All this plus a bit of history on Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle fixutres from the past and the players who have played for both Chelsea and Argyle.
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This week Jane is joined by Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group and Tracy Brown, co-chair of Chelsea Pride, to reflect on Chelsea's Conti Cup semi-final win against Manchester United, resulting in a third consecutive Conti Cup final.
Plus we look ahead to Sunday's visit of Manchester City in a huge WSL clash.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
In part two, we pick up the season in January. Chelsea are 7th in the Premier League, their league form having suffered from rotation due to participation in the Champions' League. They faced Nottingham Forest in the 4th round of the FA Cup and were making good progress in the Champions League group stage 2.
Chris Sutton had been firing blanks and Vialli shocked the football world with the signing in January of AC Milan's George Weah, a former World Footballer of the Year. Weah became an instant Chelsea cult hero by socring the winner against Spurs in the 87th minute to keeo our 10 year unbeaten run against them in tact.
Chelsea's league form was still up and down but the FA Cup and Champions' League were a different story. Gillingham were dispatched 6-1 in the FA Cup quarter-final with John Terry scoring his first Chelsea goal and despite defeats to Olympique Marseille and Lazio, a superb 3-1 win against Feyenoord with some of the best football we'd seen from a Chelsea side was enough to set up a mouthwatering and daunting Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona.
The 3-1 victory at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea scoring 3 goals in 8 minutes will go down as one of the best performances seen at the Bridge. Could Chelsea reach the semi-final of the Champions' League at the first attempt? They had given themselves every chance.
It all went horribly wrong in an intimidating Camp Nou where having gone 2-0 down, Flo scored in the 60th minute with a goal that would send Chelsea to the semi-final. We were only 7 minutes away when Barcelona scored the goal that took it to extra-time and after Babayaro was sent off, Barcelona ran out comfortable 5-1 winners (6-4 on aggregate).
But the season would still end on a high after two Gus Poyet goals helped Chelsea defeat Newcastle in the FA Cup semi-final and Robbie DiMatteo scored his second FA Cup final goal as Chelsea beat Aston Villa 1-0 to lift the FA Cup for the third time in the last final at the Old Wembley.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
This season saw Chelsea compete in the Champions' League for the first time. With Gianluca Vialli retiring, Chris Sutton was bought from Blackburn Rovers for £10 million and it was hoped that he would provide the goals to mount a challenge on the elusive Premier League title and deep in to Europe.
With the addition of French World Cup winning Captain, Didier Deschamps, Chelsea had a squad full of foreign world class talent and many believed they were set up to do well. The season began with a 4-0 rout of Sunderland and Gus Poyet's stunning goal which augered well.
In the first group stage of the Champions' League, Chelsea proved they were at home in Europe's elite competition with impressive draws against AC Milan, home and away and a staggering 5-0 away victory over Galatasary. But Vialli was finding squad rotation difficult and after the highs of european competition, League form suffered with poor results against Watford, Liverpool, Everton, Leeds and most notably Arsenal at home thanks to a 15 minute hat-trick by Kanu.
At least Chelsea beat European Champions and treble winners Man Utd 5-0 and even the out of form and out of his depth Chris Sutton scored.
In part two we continue the season from January all the way to Wembley via the Camp Nou...
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This week Dean, Jane and Dayne sit down to preview Chelsea's Conti Cup semi-final clash against Manchester United this Wednesday at Kingsmeadow.
We discuss how Emma Hayes will set out her team, who gets a start and how we can stop the WSL's inform team.
Plus we all dream of a Lauren James winner.
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This week Dean, Jane and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 3-1 win over Aston Villa in the FA Cup 4th round.
We discuss individual performances rather than a collective unit, the brilliance of Guro Reiten, the continued strength of Millie Bright and Aniek Nouwen, glimpses of Lauren James.
Plus we've got a special message from Richard Claypole, dad to Aimee Claypole, who alongside Emma Thompson, made her Chelsea debut in this game!
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In this episode, 'Redders' whose Twitter videos and new YouTube channel have taken Chelsea Football Twitter by storm, joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his support of Chelsea including his first game, the Full Members' Cup final in 1986, his favourite matches and players, all time Chelsea Hero, best and worst Chelsea moments as well as his favourite Chelsea songs!
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This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 win over West Ham.
We look at the impact of Bethany England, the performance of Erin Cuthbert and Emma Hayes' revert to a back four formation, plus much more.
Plus we look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup 4th round tie against Aston Villa.
You can follow Kerrie on Twitter @KerrieEvans and @ChelseaWomenSG
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This week Dean is joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Brighton and Hove Albion.
We discuss whether this was just an off day or a more systemic problem at Chelsea and ponder what Emma Hayes can do to turn things around.
Plus we look ahead to Wednesday's WSL match against West Ham at Kingsmeadow
You can follow Mia on Twitter @Mia_Eriksson and her podcast @TheirPitch
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver and Mark Meehan to look back at another ritual beating of Spurs!
On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Tuchel’s 4:1:4:1 system and ask does it solve the attacking issues. Has Ziyech achieved some redemption after his man of the match performance and a superb goal and while Lukaku was more involved was his performance still not good enough?
In part two we applaud some good performances all round, discuss the disallowed goal, no red card for Docherty and no penalty for Schipp’s rugby tackle on Azpi in another case of refereeing incompetence. We also take a look at Chelsea’s indomitable record against Sp*rs and delight in a much needed win.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Sp*rs match; some Discord questions and a few emails to read out.
In part four we round up the show by looking at Thomas Tuchel one year on from him joining Chelsea. What re his achievements and what more does he have to do?
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This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Medicine to look back at Chelsea's progression to the semi-finals of the Conti Cup thanks to a 4-2 win over West Ham.
Plus we look ahead to Sunday's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd look back at the 1-1 draw against Brighton and look ahead to another crunch match against rivals Spurs.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Brighton match. Was the lacklustre draw down to just a poor performance, or was it due to physical and mental fatigue as Tuchel claimed? After the spat between Lukaku and Ziyech are we talking bad apples or a serious rift in the camp? Has Tuchel exacerbated the problem re-enforcing to the players that they are tired but overplaying some? And how worried are we about Arsenal & Spurs having games in hand?
Ricky Sacks from the Last Word on Spurs joins us for 'The Opposition View' this week. Does Ricky think that Spurs can catch Chelsea; how is Conte doing in righting the Spurs ship? How will Spurs set up against Chelsea and how does Ricky see it going, plus his prediction.
In part three, Chidge and JK preview the Chelsea v Spurs match. Chidge gives his Team selection and we ask whether the 2 days off will make the difference. What must Tuchel do to get the strikers firing? Should he play 4:2:2:2 again? It's always a must win match against Spurs and invariably Chelsea do but we outline how we see it going and finish off with our predictions.
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This week Dean is joined by Tracy Brown, Co-Chair of Chelsea Pride to look ahead to Wednesday's Conti Cup Quarter-Final clash with West Ham
We discuss whether this long break will be a help or be a hinderance, talk Bethany England having the pressure off, whether Emma needs any forward thinking with her team selection plus much more.
Plus Tracy gives us the latest from all the goings on at Chelsea Pride.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dayne Whittle and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back at the 1-0 defeat away to Man City and ahead to Tuesday night's match against Brighton.
On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Tuchel’s questionable team selection where the defence worked but we struggled up front with poor performances from Pulisic and Ziyech.
In part two we look at the good and bad of Romelu Lukaku who had a poor game on Saturday, before drilling down on the systemic issues with Chelsea’s failure to get their strikers firing. And while we say auf wiedersehen to the Premier League title, we explain why it’s not all gloom and doom after a 1-0 loss to City away.
In part three we have a chat with Dylan Polk from Carefree Louisiana who will be telling us about the Mardi Gras weekend they are planning which just happens to coincide with the Club World Cup in February. And following that we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the City match; some Discord questions and loads of emails to read out.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Brighton v Chelsea match on Tuesday night.
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This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Rob Pratley from The Chelsea Social to look ahead to Sunday's WSL clash with Everton.
We discuss potential injuries, the importance of staying close to Arsenal and much more.
Plus we hear from Peter J Macca from Everton Women Fan TV Podcast to give us the lowdown on all things Everton.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dean Mears to look back at the 1-0 victory against Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg and ahead to Saturday's big match against Man City.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Spurs game where Rudiger was just outshone by VAR as the man of the match. Referee Mariner was woeful but it didn't stop Chelsea from reaching their 9th League Cup final. Adam was at today's press conference so we catch up with all the news ahead of the Man City match.
David Walker from Read But Never Red joins us for 'The Opposition View' this week. Do City have issues with covid, fatigue, AFCON and injury like Chelsea? Is the title done and dusted. Will Pep go 3 at the back or 4? And how does David see it going on Saturday.
In part three, Chidge, JK and Dean preview the Man City v Chelsea match. We look at the team selection and ask how Tuchel will approach the match tactically given, by his own admission, he made a tactical blunder last time against City. We consider the consequences of defeat or victory in Chelsea's pursuit of the title and we discuss how we see it going.
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This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Medicine to look at all things transfers as the winter transfer window opens up.
We learn more about new signing Alsu Abdullina, discuss Jorja Fox's move to Charlton, assess which areas of the pitch we'd most like to strengthen, debate the importance of Emma Hayes' ability to convince top level players to join the club and hear from some of our listeners on who their dream signings for Chelsea would be.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at Saturday's FA Cup victory over Chesterfield and ahead to the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg against Surs on Wednesday night.
On the show tonight, in part one, we applaud a fine debut by Lewis Hall and Chelsea getting the job done with a minimum of fuss and Tuchel getting the opportunity to give some much needed rest to key players.
In part two we discuss the curious case of Lewis Baker, the great football moment when Chesterfield scored and Chelsea’s classy act of generosity plus the downside of some iffy performances from Pulisic, Werner and Barkley. And we look ahead to Chelsea’s next opponents Plymouth Argyle.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Chesterfield match; some emails to read out and a look at the Chelsea FanCast Prem Predictions league.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Spurs v Chelsea Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg on Wednesday night.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and guests to look back at the 2-0 victory against Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg and ahead to Saturday's FA Cup match against Chesterfield from the National League.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Spurs game where the bit part players like Saul, Sarr and Ziyech really stepped up in a dominant win over shambolic Spurs. Out of necessity Tuchel went with a 4:4:2 which worked well but how did Romelu Lukaku do, serving penance after his faux pas this week? And while Spurs were rubbish, at 2-0 they are not out of it yet because we were wasteful AGAIN!
Dave Garratt from the Legends of the Spire podcast joins us for 'The Opposition View' this week. We talk to Dave about Chesterfield's rich history & players; the 1997 FA Cup semi-final and Chelsea and Chesterfield's shared connections including a surprising song we share. Dave also tells us about Chetserfield's current form, formation, tactics and style of play and the likely team selection, what we should be worried about and how he sees it going.
In part three, Chidge, JK and Mark preview the Chelsea v Chesterfield match. We look at the team selection and whether it will be a mix of squad and youth players and indeed should it be? Should Lukaku start and can Chelsea maintain the intensity and quick ball showed against Spurs & Liverpool? With Chelsea's incredible FA Cup record, how much do we want to win it this year? And finally, how do we see it going.
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This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson for another instalment of Talking Tactics plus a look ahead to Chelsea's first WSL game of 2022.
We look at the success of the FA Cup final and discuss the reasons for the downfall in Europe and much more.
Wishing all our listeners a very Happy New Year.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Marco Worrall & Dan Silver to look back on an eventful week in the annals of Chelsea FC culminating in a fighting 2-2 draw against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Mane’s assault on Azpi, a familiar story of poor finishing and worse defensive lapses and an unfamiliar story of a Kovacic worldy and a Pulisic goal and a great fighting performance by Chelsea for Tuchel.
In part two we applaud the midfield axis of Kante and Kovacic; does Pulisic’s goal signal a return to form? And after another superb performance in goal by Mendy, we ask how much Chelsea will miss him while he’s away at AFCON.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Liverpool match; answer some questions from Discord and we have some emails to read out and as a couple of them are on the Romelu Lukaku issue, we’ll discuss it in detail then.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Chelsea v Spurs Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg on Wednesday night.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dayne Whittle and guests to look back at the 1-1 draw against Brighton and ahead to Sunday's match against Liverpool.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Brighton game. Chelsea are clearly running on empty but does that excuse the performance? With Reece James and Andreas Christensen going off Chelsea now have even more key injuries. And while Lukaku's performance was a positive, what do we make about his comments in an interview with Sky Sports Italia?
Tony Evans, former Football Editor at The Times joins us for 'The Opposition View' this week. We talk to Tony about football twitter and the Chelsea-Liverpool rivalry. Is Tuchel modelling Klopp’s style and what of Klopp's support of Tuchel regarding the potential injuries by over working the players? What are Tony's thoughts on the Chelsea v Liverpool match being the first legal safe standing match. How will Liverpool cope without their AFCON absentees and is the htitle race still between Liverpool, City and Chelsea. We wrap up by asking Tony how he sees the match going on Sunday.
In part three, Chidge, JK and Dayne preview the Chelsea v Liverpool match. Does Tuchel have enough players for a team selection? With the make do and mend policy of playing unfit players not working what other options does Tuchel have? Recall loanees? Play some of the youth? A system change? Emergency buys in the window? We discuss the options. And given the mental and physical exhaustion and key injuries how worried are we about getting humped by Liverpool? We discuss how do we see it going & give our predictions.
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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan to look back at a decent 3-1 win over Aston Villa an dahead to Wednesday night's match against Brighton at Stamford Bridge.
On the show tonight, we discuss Pulisic taking one for the team as a false number 9; the return of a proper number 9 in Lukaku; Hudson-Odoi putting it in literally and metaphorically and we ask is Jorginho Chelsea's best ever penalty taker?
In part two we conclude the review of the Villa match looking at the form of Alonso and Kovacic in the light of injuries to Kante and Silva, with one eye on Liverpool coming next weekend. We also look at Tuchel's comments about Covid and injuries, widely misinterpreted as moaning by the media and ask should the Premier League have a winter break?
In part three we have the results of the Fannies for the Villa match, a Discord question and four emails to read out and we wrap up the show in part four with a preview of Wednesday night's match against Brighton.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover to look back at the Carabao Cup Quarter Final against Brentford and nlook ahead to Boxing Day's trip to Aston Villa.
In part one we look back at the 2-0 victory over Brentford in the Carabao Cup Quarter Final. Tuchel threw in the kids in the form of Soonsup-Bell, Vale and Simons and they did not disappoint. Chalobah showed that he is a leader in waiting and Kante in just 15 minutes that he is still pure class. But Chelsea were matched off the pitch by the superb away support who made their voices well and truly heard with a fairly comprehensive airing if the Chelsea repetoire. With two more matches against Spurs in the semi-final in January how will Thomas Tuchel manage the overload of fixtures?
In part two we talk to Justin Hawthorne from the Up The Villa podcast in 'Opposition View'. What has new manager Steve Gerrard's impact been? What are Villa fans expectations now? How much has Covid disrupted Villa and how does Justin see Boxing Day's match going?
In part three we have a look at the upcoming Villa game. Who will Tuchel pick? What is the history of the fixture and what is the current form. Plus more of Chidge's 'unwanted stats'! Finally, how do we see it going?
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver and Alex Churchill to look bag at a foggy 0-0 draw away at Wolves.
On the show tonight, we discuss a game which arguably should not have gone ahead with 7 Chelsea players out with Covid and others injured or returning too soon from injury. A depleted Chelsea side made hard work of it in the 1st half before dominating the 2nd, with Saul surprisingly making the difference. But it was not enough to create chances and actually score though.
In part two we acknowledge that Wolves have been a tough nut to crack recently and commend Chelsea's battling performance under difficult circumstances. We debunk the media invented Chelsea crisis and look at the real crisis: injuries and Covid and ask what happens or what should happen next.
In part three, we have a depleted Fannies result, questions from Discord and some emails to read out and in part four we conclude with a preview of the Carabao Quarter Final against Brentford on Wednesday night.
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This week Dean and Dayne sit down to reflect on the past year and talk through some highlights as Chelsea became domestic treble winners and made their first ever Champions League final.
Plus we look ahead to what 2022 might have in store for the team and what we might expect to see play out in the final months of the season.
To all our listeners we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year.
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Stamford Chidge talks to Clive Batty about his new book: 'The Top 10 of Everything Chelsea'
Stamford Chidge talks to Clive Batty, author of 'Kings of the Kings Road' and 'A Serious Case of the Blues' about his new book - 'The Top 10 of Everything Chelsea'.
Brimming with Blues trivia, facts and stats, The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea covers every aspect of the club's long and colourful history in dozens of ranked lists. A star cast features the best of the British, European and South American players who have worn the blue shirt with pride, the great managers who have led the club to silverware and the inspirational skippers, from Ron 'Chopper' Harris to John Terry. The book revisits the club's greatest triumphs, its most cherished London derby wins, the biggest thrashings handed out by the Blues, the finest goals scored by the likes of Drogba, Lampard and Zola, and the most gratefully received own goals gifted by the opposition. There's also a host of miscellaneous categories ranking the club's best (and worst!) kits, the most popular terrace chants, the most striking Chelsea player tattoos and the most bizarre moments on and off the pitch. Fun, informative, witty and thought-provoking, The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea is guaranteed to spark lively debate among Blues fans everywhere.
Clive Batty is the author of over 20 football books, including Kings of the King's Road: The Great Chelsea Team of the 60s and 70s, A Serious Case of the Blues: Chelsea in the 80s, The Pocket Book of Chelsea and The Chelsea Miscellany. A former editor of the official Chelsea magazine, his work has been published in FourFourTwo and Football Weekends among other publications. He has supported the club since 1970.
The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea is published by Pitch Publishing Ltd and is available from all good bookstores or from Amazon by clicking here for £14.99
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at the 1-1 draw against Everton and ahead to the match against Wolves on Sunday.
A failure to finish and defensive errors cost us again in the 1-1 draw against Everton. Does this mean that squad players such as Barkley, Saul, Pulisic and Alonso are not up to it? How culpable was Tuchel? Should the injuries and the circumstances around Covid be taken into account? Does Matt Law have a point about Chelsea's lack of mental strength and poor decision making and what about contract uncertainty over key players?
We discuss today's press conference with Adam and ask is player availability an issue with covid uncertainty? With Jorginho and Loftus-Cheek injured will Kante & Kovacic start? And should games be going ahead at all due to Omicron transmission rate?
Looking ahead to the match against Wolves, we discuss the possible team selection, Wolves form and strengths before assessing how we see the match going.
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This week Dean is joined by Radha Gupta and Rob Pratley to pick the bones out of Chelsea's 1-0 defeat to Reading on Saturday lunchtime.
We ask if Emma Hayes was right to call out the squad players she gave a chance to, if Chelsea's attacking game plan was their ultimate downfall and praise for Reading's set up,
Plus we look ahead to the crucial Champions League Group Stage game against Wolfsburg in which Chelsea need to avoid a defeat by two or more goals to qualify for the knockout stages.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle to look back at the win against Leeds United on Saturday and ahead to the match against Everton on Thursday.
On the show tonight, in part one, we look back at the Leeds match and discuss the penalties, Mounts goal and why nothing beats a last-minute winner against a bitter rival.
In part two we discuss why money can’t buy Rudiger’s shithousery, why the Leeds players and fans are equally horrible and why beating them was way more important than the performance.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Leeds match; answer some questions from Discord and we have couple of emails to read out and we’ll be looking at the winners and losers from this weekend’s Prem Predictions league.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Chelsea v Everton game on Thursday night.
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This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Juventus and look ahead to their WSL clash with Reading this Saturday.
We ask if Emma Hayes has any trust issues with some of her squad, look at how Juventus were able to frustrate Chelsea and tackle the big topic of the day, Kerr vs Pitch Invader.
Plus we look at the form of Reading ahead of Saturday's game and break down how Chelsea can come away from the game with all three points.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Liam Twomey from the Athletic to look back at Chelsea's 3-3 draw against Zenit and ahead to Chelsea's big grudge match against Leeds United on Saturday.
With Chelsea drawing against Zenit in their last Champions' League game meaning they finished second in the group, did Tuchel's gamble backfire? Is our squad depth not as deep as we thought? Are some players just not good enough? On the other hand it was good to see that there are no concerns about Kepa and it looks like the Werner and Lukaku partnership might just work. We also catch up on Thomas Tuchel's press conference and the latest injury news.
Looking ahead to the Chelsea v Leeds United match on Saturday starting with our Team Selection. We also delve in to the origins of the Chelsea v Leeds bitter rivalry and discuss Leeds injury problems and ask how Chelsea will deal with Leeds intensity, runs and man-marking before discussing how we think the match will go.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver to look back at a very annoying defeat to West Ham.
On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss the defensive errors that cost us and the freak goal that killed us and applaud the fact that Mason Mount is back.
In part two we discuss how Moyes’ changes worked and ours did not; how we lost the midfield battle and bemoan the fact that we are still wasteful up front. We also discuss what amounts to an injury crisis; Tuchel being grumpy and ask should we re-set our expectations or is this just a blip?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the West Ham match; answer some questions from Discord and we have couple of emails to read out and we’ll be drawing the winner of our Art of Football give away.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Zenit v Chelsea game on Wednesday night.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver to look back at the midweek game against Watford and ahead to Saturday's clash against West Ham.
In part one Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at the ugly win against Watford in midweek and to pick up on today's press conference with Thomas Tuchel and to round up this week's Chelsea news.
In part two Will Pugh from We Are West Ham podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' to talk about West Ham's season so far, Declan Rice, Kurt Zouma and how he rates West Ham's chances against Chelsea on Saturday.
And in part three, we preview the West Ham v Chelsea match looking at the possible team selection and how we see the match going.
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This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Matt J Ball from World Wide Chels to preview this Sunday's FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal.
We ponder who'll play as the middle centre back, which partnership will make up the midfield pivot and if we'd risk it with Pernille Harder.
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This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Matt J Ball from World Wide Chels for another installment of our Talking Tactics Segment.
We look at Chelsea's 6 game period in which the team scored 21 goals and conceded 0, made it to an FA Cup final and pick up two wins away at Manchester City for the first time in the WSL era.
Join us as we ponder if the back three has reached its peak level, how the team coped without Pernille Harder, the rise of Jessie Fleming, where Maren Mjelde will fit into the team and the early impact of Lauren James.
Plus much more.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at a frustrating afternoon against Man Utd.
On the show tonight, in part one, we try and explain how Chelsea battered Utd and only came away with a draw. We discuss whether Tuchel will ever make a goal scorer out of Werner. And we talk Jorginho’s atonement and Tommy Tuchel’s dithering.
In part two we ask why we can’t beat the worst Utd side in over 30 years; why Utd are a club of ‘Gareth’s’ and will it be not taking our chances in front of goal or injuries to key players that might deny Chelsea their 6th Premier League title at the end of the season.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Utd match; some questions from Discord and a couple of emails to read out and we have the winners and losers from our Prem Predictions League.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Watford v Chelsea game on Wednesday night.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Sunday's match against Man Utd.
In part one, Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference and look back at Chelsea's defeat of Juventus in the Champions' League this week. Was this one of Chelsea's best ever performances in the Champions' League? And we celebrate the academy dream becoming a reality and lament the injuries to Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante. We catch up on Thomas Tuchel's views on Chelsea's injuries, Utd's appointment of Ralph Rangrik and how good Chelsea's youngsters are.
In part two, Aaron Paul from BBC Radio joins us for the 'Opposition View' and talks about Utd sacking Ole Gunner Solksjaer; what went wrong; what he thinks of Rangrik; where do Utd go from here and how he sees the game going on Sunday.
In part three, we preview the Chelsea v Man Utd match. What's the likely team selection; who replaces Chilwell; will Pulisic and Ziyech start and does Lukaku come in for Havertz? Will Utd have a new manager bounce? Will Anthony Taylor ruin it for Chelsea again? And will Utd's recent good record against Chelsea be mitigated by the loss of Maguire and Varane and possibly Fred and Shaw. And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions.
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This week Dean sits down with Tracy Brown and Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 5-0 win over Birmingham City in the WSL this past weekend.
We talk Sam Kerr's back flip antics, Fran Kirby's 100th Chelsea goal, the impact of Lauren James, plus much much more.
Tracy also gives us a Chelsea Pride update ahead of their 5th birthday,
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle to look back at great performance and win against Leicester on Saturday.
On the show tonight, in part one we discuss set piece goals; Kante being special; the subs coming up trumps and Chelsea’s fantastic away support.
In part two we discuss James and Chilwell still on fire; has Hudson-Odoi proven his point; the Silva machine; Trevoh being a treasure and ask was this the best performance of the season by Chelsea, explain their dominance and ask how does Lukaku get back into this side?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Leicester match; some questions from Discord and a couple of emails to read out and to wrap up we have the winners and losers from our Prem Predictions League.
In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Chelsea v Juventus game tomorrow night.
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This week Jane leads an all female panel in a new initiative by the podcast to help empower the voices of more women in the football world.
Joining Jane is Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women Supporters Group and Meg Aherne from The CFCW Social.
They discuss Chelsea’s narrow 1-0 win over Servette in the Champions League and are joined by Chris Ferville from Her Football Hub to give us the opposition view ahead of Sunday’s WSL clash with Birmingham City.
Unfortunately due to some technical issues the final part of the show did not save so the ending of this weeks show might seem a bit abrupt.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look ahead to Saturday's match away to Leicester.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference. What's the injury status of Lukaku, Kovacic and Werner plus all the discussion on Jorginho, Conor Gallagher, the Rudiger and Christensen contracts and Hudson-Odoi turning down England.
We also take a look at the announcement of the Supporter Advisors to the Board where Neil Beard has been elected as the supporter groups candidate and the decision by the Club to increase the season ticket prices in the 'West View' by 200%.
In part two, Jack Marson from Leicester Fan TV joins us for the 'Opposition View' and talks about Leicester's up and down form; jamie Vardy; Brendan Rogers and how big a miss will Tielemans be on Saturday. Jack also discusses how Rogers set Leicester up on Saturday and how he sees the game going.
In part three, we preview the Leicester v Chelsea match. What's the likely team selection; will Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek start and will Silva finally get a rest! Are we worried about a match after the International break and an early kick off? How important is it to start a crucial part of the season off with a win? Will Tuchel have one eye on the Juventus match next Tuesday? And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions.
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This week Dean and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City at the Academy stadium.
We talk the continued excellence of Jessie Fleming, solving problems of midfield imbalance, clinical second half performance and how the title is now back in our hands.
Plus we preview Chelsea's upcoming Champions League clash with Servette at Kingsmeadow this Thursday.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
In Pt 2 we pick up the season in January with Chelsea top of the Premier League and hopes high for their first league title since 1955.
Chelsea got past Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup 3rd round, helped by a flying hot dog but their unbeaten run came to an end away to Arsenal. The 2-1 home win against Liverpool will forever be remembered for the spat between Graeme Le Saux and Robbie Fowler but goals were drying up in the absence of Gus Poyet and Tore Andre Flo through injury.
Chelsea wobbled in March with an unlucky defeat to Man Utd in the FA Cup and then an unfortunate 1-0 home defeat to West Ham. But this was a mere precursor to what happened in April when Real Mallorca knocked then out of the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final and then a 2-2 draw at home to Leicester courtesy of a Steve Guppy goal all but ended the title challenge.
The season seemed like a massive disappointment going so close to winning the title and finishing 3rd just 4 points behind Man Utd and being knocked out at the quarter final of both the League and FA Cups and the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup. But in truth only 3 league defeats was our best ever performance to date and only 6 clubs had ever done this in a season. Crucially for next season it was Chelsea's first Champions League qualification; their second equal highest finish ever; highest average attendance since 1971/72; most clean sheets and lowest number of goals conceded in the top flight.
But the feeling festered that maybe Chelsea had blown their best chance of a league title in decades. If only Casaraghi, Poyet and Flo had not been injured? If only Vialli had bought another striker in January? If only Chelsea hadn't dropped points against Blackburn, West Ham, Boro, Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester.
If only...it was that kind of season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
3 months after the end of Chelsea's most successful season since 1971, they started the 1998-99 season by winning their third European trophy, the UEFA Super Cup, beating the mighty Real Madrid 1-0. Hope's naturally were very high for the season and with the signings of Pierluigi Casaraghi, Albert Ferrer, Brian Laudrup and World Cup winner Marcel Desailly, many thought that Chelsea might challenge for their first League title since 1955.
The first half of the season seemed to confirm this view as Chelsea went on a 21 match unbeaten run and the 2-0 defeat of Spurs at White Hart Lane in December put them top of the Premier League at the end of the year.
But, Chelsea were unlucky with injuries with Casaraghi's career ending injury against West Ham in November followed by Laudrup's departure to Copenhagen and then Gus Poyet's injury on Boxing Day denying Chelsea their cutting edge. Thankfully Gianfranco Zola was in impressive for, but would that be enough?
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by football analyst Mia Eriksson fresh off the FC Barcelona Innovation Hub conference stage.
In Part One we review Chelsea's 1-0 win away at Aston Villa, thanks to another Jessie Fleming goal.
In Part Two we review Chelsea's 7-0 hammering of Servette in the Champions League this week.
And in Part Three we look ahead to Chelsea's mammoth WSL clash with Manchester City this weekend.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and some Chelsea FanCast listeners and members of our Patreon and Discord groups to talk Chelsea.
Its always lovely to catch up with some of our listeners and invite them on to a show once in a while. And it’s a great opportunity for them to ask us questions on, well, absolutely anything; Chelsea related or anything else.
We answer questions on the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge; the contract situation with Rudiger and Christensen; how we fell in love with Chelsea and much more. We also have a couple of emails an dmore songs!
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at frustrating 1-1 draw against Burnley on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we applaud some scintillating football by Chelsea on Saturday capped off by a wonderful Kai Havertz goal.
In part two we bemoan Chelsea’s profligacy and ask what happened after 70 minutes? Did they switch off, get bored or did Sean Dyche’s changes make a difference. At least for now, the draw was mitigated by Liverpool losing to West Ham so Chelsea remains top going in to the International Break.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Burnley match; some questions from Discord and some emails to read out and to wrap up we have the winners and losers from our Prem Predictions League.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Saturday's match against Burnley.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League victory away to Malmo, where it was perhaps tougher than it needed to be. Thanks to a tactical switch and a brilliant goal set up by Hudson-Odoi Chelsea are one small step away from the knock out stages. Loftus-Cheek put in a man-of-the-match display but what were the malmo fans chanting?
We also report back on today's Press Conference, talk Chelsea's injuries, England call ups, Trevoh Chalobah signing a new contract and Tommy T being nominated October Manager of the Month.
In part two, George Poole from the No Nay Never podcast joins us for 'Opposition View' to preview the Chelsea v Burnley match from Burnley's perspective. We discuss what Sean Dyche means to Burnley having just celebrated 9 years at the club; is Tuchel right saying Burnley may be short on points but not performance so far this season; how highly does George rate Maxwel Cornet and can he see Burnley causing Chelsea problems on Saturday.
In part three, we preview the Chelsea v Burnley match. What's the likely team selection; will Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek start and will Silva finally get a rest! With Man Utd playing City and West Ham playing Liverpool, Chelsea has a great chance to extend their lead at the top so just how important will it be to pick up another three points on Saturday? And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions and talking of our predictions we have our weekly update on the winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league.
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This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Lily from the CFCW Social to preview Chelsea's upcoming WSL clash away to Aston Villa.
Chris Perville from Her Football Hub gives us the lowdown on the opposition and we hear all about Lily's trip to Cobham to watch the team train.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Adam Newson, Chelsea writer from Football.London.
On the show tonight, we celebrate two fantastic goals by Reece James, the Cobham Cafu! We ask why did Newcastle’s game plan work in the 1st half, what changed in the 2nd half, should Hayden and Darlow have seen red and what do we do with an out of sorts Ziyech.
In part two we praise Chelsea’s squad depth, look at Tommy T’s performance to date, ask if Connor Gallagher the heir apparent and worry, slightly, about the impending fixture pile up.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Newcastle match; some questions from Discord and a few emails to read out. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Malmo v Chelsea Champions League match on Tuesday.
Join Dean, Dayne and guest Harry Edwards as they relive all the action from Chelsea's 3-0 win over Manchester City at the Academy Stadium.
We discuss Chelsea's fluid formations, missing Pernille Harder, finally seeing Lauren James, progression to the FA Cup final and much much more!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look ahead to Saturday's match against Newcastle.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Carabao Cup victory over Southampton in midweek where despite imjury related changes, a make shift Chelsa side got the job done. We ask who impressed and who didn’t and does the win prove that Chelsea has a good enough and big enough squad to cope with the fixture congestion in December and beyond? We also report back on today's Press Conference, talk Chelsea's injuries, the title challenge and the Rudiger and Christensen contract situation.
In part two, we preview Newcastle v Chelsea match. What's the likely team selection; we look at two Newcastle myths - that they are a bogey side for us when we play up there and that now they have money, they can be considered a big club. Also will the euphoria cuased by the arrival of Saudi money and the deprture of Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce produce a bounce against us on Saturday. We wrap up with how we see it going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to preview our 2020/21 FA Cup Semi Final clash with Manchester City this weekend.
We look at any injury concerns following the international break, if Emma Hayes will go with three or four at the back plus much more!
We're also joined by Jayne and Dave from the Manchester City Women Official Supporters Group to give us the opposition view.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's 'Magnificent 7' win over Norwich.
On the show tonight, we applaud the superb appreciation for Matthew Harding on the 25th anniversary of his death; as ever, ponder Tommy T’s team selection and look back at the ‘Magnificent 7’ goals that Chelsea put past Norwich on Saturday.
In part two we discuss the need for patience with Kai Havertz; praise Kovacic for his improvement in assisting; delight in Hudson-Odoi and Reece James excelling in their best positions, and we laugh out loud at Mason Mount shutting up the twitter haters with a fine performance and his first hat-trick.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Norwich match; some questions from Discord and the winners and losers in this week’s Prem Predictions league. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Chelsea v Southampton Carabao match on Tuesday.
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson and Harry Edwards for a tactical look at Chelsea's start to the season.
We look at Emma Hayes' use of a back three, ponder whether the back four will return, what happens with Maren Mjelde and discuss Pernille Harder's impressive start to the season, plus much more!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Saturday's match against Norwich.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins look back at Chelsea's victory over Malmo in the Champions' League which came at a cost of injuries to Lukaku and Werner and a round up of the Chelsea news including the over priced special edition shirt, the Club World Cup moving to the UAE and remembering Matthew Harding 25 years after his tragic and untimely death.
In part two, Rob Butler from the Scrimmage podcast joins us for the Opposition View to discuss the frustrations of supporting a Yo-Yo club, what's happening with Billy Gilmour's loan and how he sees the Chelsea v Norwich match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Norwich. What's the likely team selection; will Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz and Mason Mount make up the front three in the absence of Lukaku and Werner and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's match against Brentford on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we ponder Tommy T’s surprise team selection, Chelsea not making possession count again and Chilwell blowing hot.
In part two we look at Brentford’s second half tactical change and their aerial bombardment, Chelsea’s hive mind, Mendy saving the day and Chelsea digging in for victory.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Brentford match; a great email from Bobby D and some questions from Discord. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Chelsea v Malmo match in the Champions’ League on Wednesday.
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 win away at Juventus in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
We look at Emma Hayes' in game switch to a back four, the impact of Jessie Fleming and the importance of Pernille Harder, plus much more.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Saturday's match against Brentford.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today and discuss the walking wounded from the International Break; having the right mentality, what the takeover of Newcastle FC means and Chelsea's five Ballon d'Or nominees.
In part two, Billy 'The Bee' Grant from the the Beesotted podcast joins us for the Opposition View to discuss what its like for Brentford fans being in the Premier League; the new ground; expectations for the season and why there's no real rivalry between the two west London clubs. Billy tells us how he sees the match going and what his score prediction is.
In part three we preview Brentford v Chelsea. What's the likely team selection; how much of a role will referee Anthony Taylor and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Chelsea authors Marco Worrall, Mark Meehan and Chelsea Football London journalist Adam Newson for a 'Q&A' show with members of the Chelsea FanCast Patreon group.
Joining us on Zoom were several members of the Chelsea FanCast Patreon group posing questions on Chelsea's support and culture; Marco's books, Romelu Lukaku, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, match day rituals and even naming sons and daughters after Chelsea players!
A thoroughly entertaining evening spent with friends from all over the world.
Dean flies solo this week and is joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 2-0 win over newly promoted Leicester City in the WSL this past weekend.
We discuss Chelsea's struggle to break down the foxes, the importance of Pernille Harder, the impact of Ji So-Yun and question whether Aniek Nouwen and Zecira Musovic could keep their places in the team.
Plus we rave about the performance of gold medal winner and Balon D'or nominated Jessie Fleming.
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Dean and Dayne are joined by host of new football podcast Their Pitch, to reflect on Chelsea's 3-1 win over Brighton in the WSL.
In part one we discuss the role of Pernille Harder, the excellence of Fran Kirby, the role of Chelsea's midfield pivot plus fawn over the performance of Guro Reiten.
And in part 2 we look ahead to Wednesday's UEFA Women's Champions League clash with Wolfsburg.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Southampton on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we ponder yet another game affected by refereeing and ask again, is it incompetence or corruption?
In part two we look at the sublime and ridiculous Werner and Chilwell goals as well as the encouraging performances of Loftus-Cheek; Hudson-Odoi; Chalobah; Chilwell and yes, even Werner and Barkley.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Southampton match; and a couple of great emails and this week’s winners and losers in the Chelsea FanCast Prem Predictions League.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Juventus and ahead to the match against Southampton on Saturday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus and to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today.
In part two, Steve Grant from Total Saints Podcast joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Saints perspective. We ask him what he thinks of Saints season so far, how does he rate Liveramento and Broja and what he thinks Saints chances against Chelsea on Saturday are.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Saints. What will the team be? Will Tuchel drop underperforming and out of form players, why this a good opportunity for Chelsea to bounce back and how do we see the game going.
Dean, Jane and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 win over Birmingham City in the quarter-final of the FA Cup and look forward to Saturday's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
Tracy Brown joins us for another monthly update from Chelsea Pride, which includes Monday's London Pride event at Stamford Bridge.
Plus there's the launch of a new nickname for Pernille Harder, Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Martin Wickham to look back at a disappointing defeat to City and ahead to Juventus!
On the show tonight, we’ll ask were Chelsea poor or City very good? Is a lack of creativity in midfield the key problem and could Loftus-Cheek be the answer?
In part two we ask if the referee was a factor, would a draw have been a fair result and while we worry about the injuries, we applaud the defence for standing out yet again.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the City match; and a couple of great emails. In part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Champions League match away to Juventus on Wednesday.
Dean and Dayne get together to discuss Chelsea's empathic 6-1 win over Manchester United in the WSL.
Football analyst Mia Eriksson also joined us to discuss the brilliance of Pernille Harder, Chelsea's tap-tap-boom philosophy, the importance of Drew Spence and of course Jessie Fleming scoring a goal for Chelsea.
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Dean is back behind the microphone alongside Jane and new co-host Dayne Whittle to preview our upcoming WSL clash with Manchester United.
We look at any injuries after the international break, whether three at the back is here to stay and if KERR-BY are fit and ready to play.
We're also joined by Natalie from All For United WFC to give us the opposition view.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look back at a great 3-0 victory over Spurs and look ahead to the Carabao Cup tie against Villa this week.
On the show tonight, we pay our own tribute to the incomparable Jimmy Greaves and we are blessed to have our very own Jonathan here who actually saw him play for Chelsea.
Continuing part one, we discuss Tuchel’s changes at half-time and ask just how good is he? Kante in a midfield three, can we see a 3:5:2 on a more regular basis? And how good was it to see Chelsea so dominant against our north London rival.
In part two we applaud the Silva machine for a monstrous performance; have concern for Mount and Havertz and wonder if a lack of creativity up front is a weakness in the side and ask if three managers have come up with 3 different tactics to thwart Chelsea, and failed, what else can they come up with?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Spurs match; the week 5 winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league and some cracking emails and in part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Carabou Cup tie against Villa.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Chelsea’s match at away to Spurs on Sunday
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea’s 1-0 win against Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions’ League this week and to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today.
In part two, Ricky Sacks from Last Word on Spurs joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Spurs perspective. We ask him what he thinks of the appointment of Nuno Espirito Santo’s appointment as Spurs manager; how he feels about Harry Kane staying at the club and is his relationship with the fans soured, as well as Ricky’s expectations for Spurs this season and how he sees Spurs v Chelsea going on Sunday.
In part three we preview Spurs v Chelsea. What will the team be? How do Chelsea overcome teams who press back or park the bus against us and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's 3-0 victory over Aston Villa.
On the show tonight, we’ll be praising Lukaku and Kovacic for some very well taken goals and an assist.
In part two we marvel at marvellous Mendy and stoic Silva who were heroic at keeping Villa out; we ask will Tuchel have learnt his lesson on leaving Jorginho and Mount out and throwing Saul in to the Lion’s den; and we ask if Ziyech and CHO are doing enough?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Villa match; the week 4 winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league and some cracking emails and in part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Champions’ League opener against Zenit.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Chelsea’s match at home to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing who is available for selection and the difficulties caused by International Breaks plus al the latest Chelsea news
In part two, Justin Hawthorne from 'Up The Villa' joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Villa perspective. We ask him how Villa are coping without Grealish; how they did in the transfer window and his expectations this season. Also where does he see Villa's main threats to Chelsea and how does he see the match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Aston Villa. What will the team be? Will the International Break have an effect and how do we see the match going
This week Jane goes solo and is joined by Dayne Whittle and Kerrie Evans to discuss the first WSL league game of the 2021/2022 season
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1997-98 season.
The 1997-98 season was described by Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill as “turbulently successful” and it is hard to disagree and in Part Two we review from January to the end of the season.
In January 1998, Chelsea were 3rd in the league having at one stage reached 2nd and still in the Coca-Cola Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup with everything very much still to play for in the second half of the season.
Tradition dictates that the first match in the New Year was the FA Cup 3rd round and Chelsea, the FA Cup holders were pitted against Manchester United, our recent Cup nemesis. None of us, however, could have predicted the insanity that ensued that day. 0:3 down at half time; 0:5 on 74 minutes and then a Graeme Le Saux worldy and two goals by Vialli made it 3:5 with only a few minutes to go and gave us hope. Well actually they didn’t really!
In the next match Chelsea made amends by knocking out Ipswich in the Coca-Cola cup, again after extra time and penalties, resulting in a semi-final tie against Arsenal. Due to the peculiarity of the fixture list this meant Chelsea would play Arsenal at Highbury in the Coca-Cola Cup, followed by another visit to Highbury in the league and then the return Coca-Cola Cup at the Bridge.
Chelsea’s record against Arsenal at the time was very poor, so many supporters were hoping for the best but expecting the worst. A 2-1 defeat in the 1st leg thanks to a Mark Hughes goal kept us in the tie. But no one expected what would happen after the 2:0 league defeat. Ruud Gullit was sacked after failing to agree a new contract and Gianluca Vialli was announced as his replacement; his first match in charge being the Coca-Cola Cup semi-final at home to Arsenal.
Having toasted his appointment with his teammates with a glass of champagne before kick-off, Chelsea put in a superb performance beating Arsenal 3-1 to reach another final at Wembley. They duly dispatched Middlesbrough in the final, again after extra time, to lift their second trophy in two seasons.
Before the Coca-Cola Cup final, Chelsea had seen off Real Betis in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final, thanks to Flo’s two goals in the away leg. All eyes were now focussed on European glory and as a result the league form suffered.
Against Vicenza in the first leg Chelsea lost 1:0, not a bad away result in Europe, so hopes were high for the second leg back at the Bridge. Hope made way to despair when Vicenza went 2:0 up on aggregate, but Chelsea stormed back, cheered on by one of the noisiest crowds ever experienced at the Bridge. Poyet and Zola put us on level terms with Vicenza and Mark Hughes sealed it with a stunning header to pass to himself to score on the volley.
The season would now end with the chance to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup for the second time in the club’s history. Stockholm would be the venue, Stuttgart the opponents and with Chelsea supporters in all four sides of the tiny stadium, Gianfranco Zola came on with 19 minutes to go and scored a sublime goal with his second touch to win Chelsea the trophy.
1997-98 was a remarkable season with great players like Vialli, Hughes and Zola scoring some wonderful goals; two trophies in one season for the first time ever and the shock sacking of Ruud Gullit. No wonder it is one of the most memorable Chelsea seasons of all time.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1997-98 season.
The 1997-98 season was described by Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill as “turbulently successful” and it is hard to disagree and in Part One we review from pre-season to the end of the year.
With the arrivals of Ed De Goey, Gus Poyet, Tore Andre Flo and return of Graeme Le Saux, all of whom were to make a huge impact on Chelsea success, and the supporters were hopeful of a title challenge this season and a defeat on penalties to Man Utd in the Charity Shield did not quell those hopes.
But the senior members of the side, Vialli and Hughes, reminded everyone of their experience and class and got Chelsea off to an encouraging start to the season where we were rarely out of the top four.
It was the cup competitions where Chelsea thrived though and none more so than the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Slovan Bratislava were routinely dispatched and in the next round Chelsea faced Norwegian part-timers Tromso, beyond the Arctic Circle. One of the most surreal and fondly remembered games in Chelsea’s history played out when Chelsea lost 3:2 in a blizzard.
In the Coca-Cola Cup, it took penalties to beat Blackburn Rovers and extra-time to beat Southampton and in the league four matches are still remembered by anyone who was there. Nigel Winterburn’s last minute goal in the 2:3 home defeat to Arsenal; Patrik Berger’s hat-trick in the 4:2 defeat against Liverpool and old foe David Ellery; the 6:1 at the Lane where Tore-Andre Flo’s hat-trick was ably assisted by Zola as we annihilated Spurs in a match still sung about today and the 0:0 home draw against a Leeds United side managed by George Graham where they tried to kick Chelsea off the pitch.
As the year drew to a close, Chelsea were 3rd in the league having at one stage reached 2nd and still in the Coca-Cola Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup with everything very much still to play for in the second half of the season, but trouble was brewing…
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans (@KerrieEvans) from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group to preview Chelsea's opening WSL clash with Arsenal this Sunday at the Emirates Stadium.
We discuss a potential slow start for Chelsea after their Olympic commitments, the impact of the Emirates on the match and try and predict which players will start this game.
Also, Tim Stillman from Arse Blog News joined us to give us the lowdown on our opponents Arsenal, including what their new manager has brought to the team and the players to watch.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dan Silver to look back at resilient 1-1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing whether Reece James should have been sent off and analysing Anthony Fucking Taylors’ appalling history of poor decisions against Chelsea. Is he incompetent or corrupt? We’ll round part one off with a chat about how heroically resilient Chelsea were to get a 1-1 playing against 12 men.
In part two we look at, Havertz goal aside, why our attacking players are taking time to gel; we ask is Tuchel the new Messiah and we wrap up with the latest transfer news as it comes in.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Liverpool match; the third round of our Prem Predictions league and in part four we have some emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Liverpool on Saturday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on Lukaku v Van Dijk, Klopp v Tuchel and bizarrely trying to compare Tuchel’s playing philosophy with ABBA. Plus, the latest on Chelsea’s transfers, the Champions’ League draw and Jorginho being named UEFA POTY.
In part two we preview Liverpool v Chelsea with our views on Lukaku v Van Dijk, Klopp on too much physicality in the league, Liverpool’s transfers and how Chelsea will fare in their biggest test to date in the new season. Plus, the likely team selection, how we see the match going and our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown from Chelsea Pride to preview the 2021/22 WSL Season from the Chelsea perspective and Tracy updates us on Chelsea Pride.
We look at our transfer incomings and outgoings, pre-season form, games to look forward to and give our predictions ahead of the season opener against Arsenal next week.
Plus Tracy gives us an update on the goings on around Chelsea Pride, which will now become a monthly feature on the podcast going forward. Follow them on
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle & Mark Meehan to look back on a superb debut from Romelu Lukaku in the 2-0 defeat of Arsenal.
On the show tonight, we’ll be eulogising Romelu Lukaku’s compete centre forward display and musing on Tuchel’s team selection. We offer props to Reece James for his all-round performance and courtesy of Adam Newson of Football.London’s article offer a reappraisal of Jorginho after Tuchel’s effusive comments about our mercurial Brazilian Italian.
In part two we discuss how good Chelsea’s defence is and the game management that Tuchel has brought to the side, while acknowledging the good start with tougher tests to come.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Arsenal match; the second round of our Prem Predictions league, plus a couple of emails to read out.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson for a new feature, talking tactics, where we discuss all things tactics and football analysis.
Mia is currently studying tactics and analysis at the Barcelona Innovation Hub and we hope to learn along with the listener as we discuss Chelsea.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Arsenal on Sunday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on whether Romelu Lukaku will start against Arsenal; how will the team formation change to fit him in; Chalobah earning the right to stay; Pulisic contracting Covid and Kante and Ziyech fit again.
In part two we welcome Dave Seager from Gunnerstown for our 'Opposition View'. Dave gives his thoughts on Arsenal’s summer signings; the pressure on Mikel Arteta; his expectations for Arsenal’s season and a look ahead to Sunday’s match against Chelsea from the Arsenal perspective.
In part three we preview Arsenal v Chelsea with our views on the likely Chelsea team; our poor recent record against Arsenal; the perfect stage for Lukaku to make his second Chelsea debut and not underestimating Arsenal. We wrap up with our predictions for the game.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's victory over Crystal Palace in their opening Premier League match of the new season.
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing just how good it was to be back at the Bridge; applaud a fine performance by Chelsea, especially Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah with his dream debut.
In part two we’ll be asking should we be concerned by Pulisic and Werner’s form? What difference will Lukaku make; does his signing mean we are title favourites and do we need any other additions to the squad. And we say thank you and farewell to Tammy Abraham.
In part three we have some odds and sods with the results of the Fannies for the Palace match; the Chelsea FanCast season predictions to go through and the results from the first round of our 'Prem Predictions' league, plus one email to read out.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1979-80 season.
Chelsea enters the last season of a very turbulent decade, back in Division Two and as the song says, “we won’t be here for long”. Well, that was the thinking anyway!
England’s 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero, Geoff Hurst is appointed manager with his West Ham side kick Bobby Gould as assistant.
When Chelsea hammered Leyton Orient 7-3 it looked like some of Hurst’s goalscoring magic was rubbing off on the players. In fact, by the end of December, Chelsea were sitting top of the division and were still top with only one month of the season to go.
Bolstered by Clive Walker’s goals in a fine season for the winger who was Chelsea’s POTY, Chelsea had to beat Oldham in their final match to secure promotion. They did, but sadly, Birmingham and Sunderland both drew which was enough to leave Chelsea agonisingly 1 point off the promotion places. Had Mickey Droy not hit the post in the 1st match of the season v Sunderland, we’d have been promoted.
Still, we had the antics of Petar Borota our mad Yugoslavian keeper to keep us entertained and with Colin Lee, Colin Viljoen and Colin Pates debuting in the season, how many teams could lay claim to having three Colin’s in the team?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s opening match of the new season against Crystal Palace.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea's victory over Villareal in the UEFA Super Cup final, the signing of Romely Lukaku and the debacle over the Matthew Harding Lower meaning 908 supporters cannot go to Saturday's game.
In part two we welcome back Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest for our 'Opposition View'. Chris gives his thoughts on new manager Patrick Viera, the new palace signings including Marc Guehi and Connor Gallagher, his expectations for Palace's season and how he sees Saturday's match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Crystal Palace with our views on how big an issue is the lack of match fitness and sharpness; how big a loss will Ziyech and Kante be; the importance of hitting the ground running and how we see the match going.
Stamford Chidge talks to Neil Fitzsimon about his new book - "A Deeper Shade of Blue" covering the 1972-77 seasons and a very turbulent time in Chelsea's history.
A Deeper Shade of Blue charts the tumultuous years of Chelsea Football Club between 1972 and 1977 when the glittering cup-winning side of the early 70s was broken up, and stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson departed, along with manager Dave Sexton. It was an era that saw Chelsea relegated to the Second Division while massive debts pushed them to the brink of extinction. But the Blues bounced back with the birth of Eddie McCreadie's brash, young and exciting side, led by the precociously talented Ray 'Butch' Wilkins. McCreadie guided the club back to the First Division only to leave acrimoniously in bizarre circumstances - a golden opportunity spurned by the club's owners. A Deeper Shade of Blue is the eagerly awaited sequel to Neil Fitzsimon's Rhapsody in Blue. It reveals how the author made the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood as a Chelsea supporter during those turbulent times. We discover how the innocence of youth was replaced by the harsh experience of growing up in 1970s England.
Neil's book can be purchased from Amazon for around £10.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.
Part Two of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, picks up the story in January, with Chelsea drawn against Liverpool, Premier League leaders, in the 4th round of the FA Cup.
Chelsea are 2-0 down at half-time and it could have been 4 or 5. Gullit brings Mark Hughes on and the rest, as they say, is history. Thanks to Hughes, Zola and a Vialli brace, Chelsea forced a remarkable comeback to win 4-2 in what is one of the favourite matches of all time for many supporters.
While Chelsea’s league form held up well this season with impressive wins against Liverpool, West Ham, Spurs and Sunderland and a draw against Man Utd, resulting in their highest finish (6th) since 1990. But, the second half of the 96-97 season was really all about the FA Cup.
A dramatic penalty by Frank LeBeouf in Extra-Time against Leicester, was followed by a routine 4-1 thumping of Portsmouth in the quarter-final. Up against bogey side Wimbledon in the Highbury semi-final, Chelsea put on the style, winning 3-1 with Zola giving the Wimbledon defence “twisted blood”.
Reaching their second FA Cup final in 3 seasons, supporters believed this was Chelsea’s time as they faced Middlesbrough. None of us could have predicted that Roberto Di Matteo would smash in a goal from 30 yards after just 43 seconds to calm the nerves. Eddie Newton wrapped things up on 83 minutes as Chelsea won 2-0 to secure their first trophy in 26 years and second FA Cup after 27 years. No surprise then that the player’s celebrations lasted 45 mins after the trophy was handed to Dennis Wise. The supporter’s celebrations lasted much, much longer!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.
Part One of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, starts with the incredible signings of Italian stars Gianluca Vialli and Roberto di Matteo and future French World Cup winner, Frank LeBoeuf.
Ruud Gullit began to assemble a Chelsea side with a distinctly continental flair and the Chelsea supporters loved it. But while the trio all settled in quickly, Chelsea’s start to the season was steady rather than spectacular.
All this was overshadowed by the tragic death of Matthew Harding, in a helicopter crash on the way back from the Coca Cola League Cup defeat away to Bolton in October. Harding, a real man of the people, who would drink a few pints of Guinness in the Imperial Pub with the supporters, had bankrolled the signing of players such as di Matteo and LeBoeuf as well as the new North Stand and the new Shed End which was being built at the time.
The grieving for Matthew Harding was lifted a little in November with the signing of Gianfranco Zola, a genuine world star from Italy. Zola made an immediate impact scoring superb goals and striking up a telepathic partnership with Mark Hughes. But how would this impact Vialli, already a favourite with the Stamford Bridge faithful?
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Ben Gilby to preview our rivals in the 2021/22 season.
We assess their incomings and outgoings, new and existing coaches and fill out our league tables come May 2022 to see who's coming top
and who's going down.
Let us know your thoughts!
Please remember this episode was recorded before the transfer window closed
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1978-79 season.
The 1978-79 was an in and out season in more ways than one. Still in Division One, under the management of Ken Shellito, Chelsea were still relying on youngsters coming up from the academy. Gary Chivers, Mikey Fillery, Jonny Bumstead, Mickey Nutton, David Stride and John Sitton all got promoted to the first team.
Bizarrely, Chelsea signed former Leeds and Everton maverick Duncan McKenzie, whose sole contribution to Chelsea was being pictured leaping over a Mini. A sadder return was the return of the King of Stamford Bridge, Peter ‘Ossie’ Osgood, who in truth, was a shadow of the player we knew and loved. Chelsea’s financial chickens had come home to roost as the disastrous overspend on the new East Stand had near bankrupted the club, while the North Stand was crumbling and was subject to a GLC safety order.
Things were no better on the pitch. With only 2 wins in the first 3 months of the season, Chelsea were bottom of the league by the turn of the year.
Shellito made way for Frank ‘The Tank’ Upton, for one day and then Danny Blanchflower, former Spurs double winning captain and now columnist for the Sunday Express was appointed manager to the astonishment of everyone, not least the players.
Blanchflower’s first match in charge saw Chelsea lose 7-2 away to Middlesbrough and shortly after by a 5-1 away defeat to Ipswich and rounded off toward the end of the season with a 6-0 defeat away to Forest and a 5-2 away defeat to Arsenal. Maybe Blanchflower should have got the players train with footballs rather than imaginary ones they trained with.
With 2 wins from the first 22 league games and only a further 3 wins all season, Chelsea’s worst ever performance in Division One saw them relegated bottom on 20 points from 42 games.
To round off a miserable season, Ray Wilkins was sold to Man Utd that summer and Peter Bonetti retired. If you’ve ever heard the expression “where were you when you were shit?”, the answer is the 1978-79 season.
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This week Dean is joined by Mia Eriksson, Jay Woolmington and Ben Gilby to talk through the Olympic games and Chelsea's representatives in it.
We talk through the performances of Sam Kerr, the bad luck of Fran Kirby and question why American's don't seem to make it to Kingsmeadow.
Plus look ahead to the medal matches with Sam Kerr going for Bronze with Australia and Magda Eriksson, Jonna Andersson, Zecira Musovic and Jessie Fleming battling for Gold this Friday
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look back at the 1977-78 season.
Chelsea was back where they belong, in Division One, but they would start the season without the manager who got them back there, Eddie McCreadie. McCreadie had surprisingly left the club during the summer and was replaced by Ken Shellito.
It was to be an infuriating return the top division though, with Chelsea typically mercurial. Winning away at Man Utd (now managed by former Chelsea boss Dave Sexton) and beating Forest, the eventual Champions only to lose 6-2 to City, 5-1 to Coventry and 6-0 to Everton. In between there were mad 5-3 and 5-4 victories over Ipswich and Birmingham.
But the season is remembered for one game in particular. The FA Cup third round match against Liverpool, European Champions at the time. Clive Walker ran rings round them that day and Chelsea won 4-2. Chelsea beat Burnley 6-2 in the next round and hopes were high for a tilt at the trophy until they came crashing down, like the wall at Leyton Orient in the 0-0 draw, before losing to the second division side 2-1 at the Bridge in the replay. After all that disappointment in the Cup, at least Chelsea managed to avoid relegation back to Division 2!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1995-96 season.
In Part Two of our look back at the 1995-96 season, we pick up the story in January. Chelsea have been drawn against Newcastle, the Premier League leaders, in the FA Cup 3rd round, and in the process embark on a sometimes bizarre but never dull Cup run.
A Kharine error leading to a Ferdinand goal in injury time means a reply at St James’ Park where the tie is ultimately settled by a penalty shoot-out with Chelsea making it with some fine penalties and Kevin Hitchcock saves.
After making short work of QPR in the next round, Chelsea needs replays in the 5th round against Grimsby and quarter-final against Wimbledon to make it through to their second FA Cup semi-final in three seasons.
But Man Utd ruined the party, again. Ruud Gullit put Chelsea ahead, but injuries to both wing backs and a disastrous Craig Burley back pass leading to David Beckham’s winner meant Chelsea would have to wait one more year for their first FA Cup trophy since 1970.
The League form was inconsistent with an 11th place finish and suffered at the expense of the FA Cup run, but Chelsea supporters had seen enough this season to believe that trophies were within reach. But the final act of the drama saw Glen Hoddle, the architect of this optimism, leave to manage England. The consolation being the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager for the next season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1995-96 season.
Glen Hoddle embarks on his third season in charge at Chelsea having packed his boots away at the end of the previous season. Before a ball is kicked, one of the most astonishing signings in the history of the club is announced. Former Ballon d’Or winner and Dutch master, Ruud Gullit signs on a free from Sampdoria.
Gullit will become one of the most lauded players in Chelsea’s history and was the spark that truly ignited the Blue Revolution, not to mention thousands of dreadlock wigs on a match day. But Hoddle wasn’t finished. Mark Hughes, Man Utd’s war horse of a striker arrives at the club and is later joined by Dan Petrescu and Terry Phelan, the later finally making Hoddle’s 3:5:2 wing back system tick.
Expectations for sexy football and trophies with Chelsea having reached an FA Cup final and a European final in the last two seasons, were understandably high. As ever, Chelsea was in for a rollercoaster ride.
Gullit and Hughes were imperious and Super Dan was a revelation but the League form remained inconsistent; beating the best but losing to the worst teams. Again, it was the FA Cup where Chelsea shone, but as with 1994, they were to lose out to Man Utd, somewhat cruelly, in the semi-final.
But the season saw great free flowing passing football and the team really beginning to gel. A trophy appeared to be not far off and we wouldn’t have to wait too long…
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 2 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.
We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player finishing off in this episode with the midfielders and attackers.
Let us know your thoughts
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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan interview former Chelsea player, Nigel Spackman and discuss his two spells at the club in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Nigel Spackman signed for Chelsea in 1983 and joined Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin, Joe McLaughlin and Eddie Niedzwiecki as John Neal’s new recruits launched Chelsea’s campaign to return to the top flight.
Spackman was crucial to Chelsea’s title winning season in the heart of the midfield with John Bumstead and was a key part of the side that took Division One by storm and won the Full Members’ Cup.
Nigel left the club in 1987 after falling out with the draconian Ernie Whalley and was sold to Liverpool, but he returned 5 years later to join an underachieving Ian Porterfield side. However, things were about to radically change at the club when Glen Hoddle was appointed player manager.
Although Spackman was out for long periods due to a long-term back injury, his swansong for the club came in the 1994-95 season when he was the rock which saw a young and inexperienced Chelsea side reach the semi-final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
Fondly remembered as a player who never gave less than 100% in his 8 years at the club; many also remember Spackman for the public service he rendered by swinging a right hook at Martin Keown. He was sent off, of course, but received a standing ovation from the Stamford Bridge crowd.
We talk to Nigel about the great 1980’s side, John Neal and what went wrong with John Hollins and Ernie Whalley and what was it like to come back to Stamford Bridge and play for Glen Hoddle, the European campaign and playing in midfield with Ruud Gullit. Oh, and we talk about that punch!
Covering two fascinating periods of Chelsea’s history the interview with ‘Spackers’ is a great accompaniment to our ’50 Years of Chelsea’ series.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 1 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.
We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player starting in this episode with the goalkeepers and defenders.
Please note this episode was recorded two weeks ago so some transfer have already happened.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1976-77 season.
Thanks to the Club being £3million in debt, it was a case of promotion or bust this season.
Chelsea made a great start with Eddie McCreadie’s mix of talented youngsters and the older wiser heads of Ron Harris and Peter Bonetti and by the end of the year were sitting top of Division Two. Even Dr Henry Kissinger, a VIP visitor for the match against title rivals Wolves seemed impressed!
Predictably Chelsea wobbled in the second half of the season but a key win against Nottingham Forest in April meant it all boiled down to the penultimate game away to Wolves.
Due to the frequent hooliganism throughout the season, Chelsea supporters were banned from going to this vital match, but the saying “You Can’t Ban a Chelsea Fan” was borne that day as thousands of Chelsea fans were in all parts of the ground to witness a 1-1 draw and promotion back to Division One.
A week later, Chelsea thumped Hull City 4-0 resulting in several pitch invasions and Eddie McCreadie imploring the supporters to allow the game to continue. They did, just, but the mass invasion at the end showed just what it meant for Chelsea to get back to where they belong.
As the supporters had been singing all season “We’re the Boys in Blue in Division Two, but we won’t be here for long”. Thankfully they were right!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1975-76 season.
Chelsea find themselves in Division Two having been relegated the previous season. Eddie McCreadie is charged with rejuvenating Chelsea and this season is very much one of transition.
McCreadie puts his faith in the youth, giving an 18 year old Ray Wilkins the Captaincy and bringing in players such as John Sparrow, Gary Stanley, Ian Britton & Teddy Maybank. In truth he had little choice as the Club had almost gone in to receivership over the summer.
Understandably, Chelsea were consistently inconsistent, with very up and down league form which saw no wins in the last 9 games to finish in 11th; Chelsea’s lowest ever league finish at that point.
The high point of the season was perhaps also the low point as Chelsea lost 3-2 to Fedora wearing Malcolm Allison’s Crystal Palace in the 5th round of the FA Cup. 55,000 crammed in to Stamford Bridge that day as Chelsea supporters sniffed some unexpected cup glory, but it was not to be. At least 3rd Division Palace reached the semi-final, ironically played at Stamford Bridge.
But this season was arguably the making of one of the greatest home grown talents seen at the club; Ray Wilkins, who was the leading appearance maker (47) and top goal scorer (12).
From here it could only get better…
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season.
In Part Two we pick up the season from January where Chelsea made short work of Charlton in the FA Cup to set up a tie with Millwall. Never for the feint hearted, Chelsea drew 0-0 in the ‘Lion’s Den’ and then drew again in the replay at the Bridge before going out on penalties. Terrible refereeing and carnage on and off the pitch!
The League form began to suffer as Chelsea focussed on progression in the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Poor form at home where Chelsea did not win from October 23rd to April 15th caused concern that a relegation battle might be on the cards.
It was all about Europe though, as an epic night at the Bridge in the quarter final second leg against Brugge saw Chelsea get through to their 3rd semi final in 5 European campaigns. Sadly it was to end in heroic failure after turning round a 3-0 away leg deficit to beat Zaragoza 3-1 at home, only to go out on the away goal.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season.
Having reached the FA Cup final in his first season as player-manager, Glen Hoddle embarked on his second season with sights set on European glory, as Chelsea entered the European Cup Winners’ Cup for the second time in their history.
With new signings Paul Furlong and David Rocastle, the new season in the Premier League started well, but it was in Europe that the team really began to grow.
In Part One we look at the season up to the end of December including the wins against Leeds away, Leicester at home and Everton at home when the new ‘North Stand’ was opened. But it was the European games against Zizkov and Austria Wien, John Spencer’s goal after a 70 yard run in particular, that got everyone off their feet.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Tim Rolls and featuring Kerry Dixon to look back at the 1993-94 season.
Tim will shortly be releasing his new book “Sexton for God”, the third book in his trilogy on Chelsea from 1961-1975, following on from “Diamonds, Dynamos and Devils” and “Stamford Bridge is Falling Down”. “Sexton for God” covers the tumultuous, exciting and successful period from Dave Sexton’s arrival as Chelsea manager in 1967 to Ron Harris lifting the European Cup Winners’ Cup in May 1971. Tim discusses his new book with us, due out in the autumn. Signed hardback copies with a named dedication can be purchased via Tim’s Kickstarter page until July 20th.
The 1993-94 season heralded a new era and something of a revolution at Chelsea, ignited by the arrival of Glenn Hoddle as player manager. Bringing radical ideas and a complete overhaul on and off the pitch, Hoddle’s revolution got off to a slow start in the Premier League. This was followed by a dreadful winter where Chelsea lost 10 out of 13 games, failing to score in 8 of them. The players seemed to be having trouble with Hoddle’s 3:5:2 system and found it hard to score and equally hard to keep the ball out of their own net and Chelsea found themselves in relegation trouble, 20th in the league.
A dressing room row after the 3-1 loss to fellow strugglers Southampton, appeared to turn things round. A return to 4 at the back and diamond four midfield and the incredible form of Mark Stein who arrived from Stoke City for £1.5m and scored in 7 consecutive games, a Premier League record at the time, saw Chelsea climb back up the table.
Of greater note was Chelsea’s FA Cup run. After beating Barnet in a replay, Sheffield Wednesday in an epic replay in extra-time, Oxford City away; Chelsea found themselves in a quarter final against Wolves at home. In an electric atmosphere, Gavin Peacock’s goal was enough to get through to the semi-final at Wembley against Luton Town and former Chelsea hero Kerry Dixon. Beating Luton 2-0 with a rousing send off to Kerry Dixon who tells us what that was like, Chelsea then faced Man Utd in the final, their first final for 24 years.
It was to end in rain drenched disappointment, as Utd cruelly beat Chelsea 4-0 with two penalties, one very harsh. But the Chelsea faithful were buoyed by the fact that Chelsea would be playing European football next season and in spite of a 14th place finish in the League, the potential of what Hoddle was doing to change the club was there for all to see.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1974-75 season.
The 1974-75 season proved to be an ‘annus horibilis’ for Chelsea with the club getting relegated for the first time since 1962.
Set against the backdrop of the opening of the new East Stand which had near bankrupted the club, the shiny new stand looked something like a white elephant as the performances on the pitch did not match the ambition of it.
An inauspicious start losing 2-0 at home to newly promoted Carlisle United set the tone with no home wins until October. It was no real surprise then that Dave Sexton, Chelsea’s most successful manager at that time, was sacked and replaced first by Ron Suart and eventually by Eddie McCreadie.
It all boiled down to the ‘Battle of White Hart Lane’ when Chelsea faced rivals and fellow relegation candidates Spurs. Chelsea lost 2-0 with a 17 year old Ray Wilkins installed as Captain in a match remembered for the Kung-Fu fighting by rival supporters. With two draws in our last two games, had Chelsea drawn against Spurs they would have avoided relegation.
In truth Chelsea, with only 8 points from the last 14 games and having conceded 72 goals, the worst in the Division, could have no complaints.
From here, things could only get better, but how long would it take?
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1992-93 season.
The 1992-93 season saw the launch of the much-awaited Premier League and the end of football as we knew it! Changes included the dulcet tones of Richard Keys and Andy Gray, Referees in green shirts and the change to the back pass law with much panic among the goalkeeping fraternity who now had to clear the ball rather than pick it up. There were changes for Chelsea too as Ken Bates spent big in the transfer market bringing in Robert Fleck for £2.1m and Mick Harford among several others.
Being Chelsea there was little change on the pitch. Punching well above their weight for the first half of the season, Chelsea found themselves 2nd in the League in December. The second half of the season saw the inevitable with the wheels coming off. Knocked out of the FA Cup in the 3rd round and a quarter-final defeat in the Coca-Cola Cup to Crystal Palace led to a run of 12 games without a win and a slide to 11th in the table.
Inevitably manager Ian Porterfield was sacked and surprisingly replaced by 1970 Cup winning legend David Webb. Webb steadied the ship and Chelsea finished a respectable 11th but there was disappointment that we hadn’t achieved more given the quality of the squad and the excellent start.
In many respects the season was overshadowed by the career ending injury inflicted on star defender Paul Elliot by the odious Dean Saunders in the match against Liverpool at Anfield early in the season.
The 1992-93 season, with the launch of the Premier League, had a real ‘looking to the future’ feel, ably assisted by RBS handing Chelsea a 20-year lease with an option to buy Stamford Bridge. The decks were about to be cleared for Chelsea’s Blue revolution and Chelsea and football were never to be the same again.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Rob Pratley for a transfer special.
We talk through the current squad and suggest some players we think could improve the squad ahead of the 2021/22 season as Chelsea look to go one further in the Champions League.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Rick Glanvill, Chelsea’s official historian and author of ‘Chelsea: The Complete Record’ to look back at the 1973-74 season.
The downward spiral and the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, recent FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup winners, hastened this season.
In truth, the writing had been on the wall for a season or two, but this season it came tumbling down as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson were both transfer listed and eventually sold to Southampton and Stoke City respectively. Peter Bonetti and Tommy Baldwin were dropped, John Dempsey was on his way out and fed up with the situation at the club, David Webb wanted out too.
A poor start to the season saw Chelsea soon heading toward the bottom of the table. There were injury problems and a striker problem too. Set against a backdrop of financial issues caused by the building of the new East Stand, the energy crisis in the country leading to a 3-day working week and falling crowds, Chelsea avoided relegation just. They finished 17th, one point and three places above relegation and the 3-0 win against Burnley which confirmed this was the lowest attendance since 1938 with only 8,171 in attendance.
With systemic dysfunction, anarchy and chaos at Stamford Bridge, it was no surprise to see Dave Sexton, Chelsea’s most successful manager at that point, relieved of his duties at the end of the season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1991-92 season, with contributions from John Bumstead and Kerry Dixon.
Chelsea entered the last season of Football League Division One with a new manager, Ian Porterfield, having parted ways with Bobby Campbell the season before.
New signings included Vinnie Jones, Paul Elliot, Joe Allon and Tony Cascarino. But it was to be another disappointing season, finishing 14th, below Wimbledon but above Spurs in 15th! Top scorer was Denis Wise, top appearance maker was Graeme Le Saux but the stand out and Player of the Year was Paul Elliot a graceful and commanding presence at the back.
Ian Porterfield bought a lot of players; was tactically and technically astute and brought in new training methods but was perhaps too inexperienced to manage the big egos and was, basically, too nice. Chelsea's form was erratic; from the poor to the brilliant to the poor. There was a sense of drifting this season; a lot of players bought but we lost some good ones too; including a bona fide Chelsea legend. Kerry Dixon left the club at the end of the season, having scored 193 goals and nine short of Bobby Tambling’s record. In his final Chelsea season he finished with just 5 goals in 39 appearances.
1991-92 was a nothing season that fizzled out after the Cup exit to Sunderland (again) in the quarter-final. There was a bit of a revolving door feeling – where would it go – introduce more of the talented youth waiting in the wings or bring in some better quality players?
With the issue of the future of Stamford Bridge resolved there was also talk of building a new stadium...
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tim Rolls, author of ‘Stamford Bridge is Falling Down’ to look back at the 1972-73 season.
The 1972-73 season was to be a disappointing season and in hindsight the beginning of the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, FA Cup winners just two seasons before.
Inconsistent form and inconsistent team selections; a lack of goals and an alarming slump in form (1 win in 10 was the worst run under Dave Sexton at that point) culminated in Chelsea finishing in 12th position, their worst finish since 1962.
Chelsea was also bedeviled by many injuries - Bonetti, Hudson, Osgood, Baldwin, Dempsey, Droy all spent time out injured and Sexton used 28 players throughout the season. To make matters worse, star player Alan Hudson put in a transfer request and there were rumours that Peter Osgood, the ‘King of Stamford Bridge’ might follow suit. Sexton’s mood darkened further with the shenanigans of the afternoon drinking club of Hutchinson, Osgood, Cooke, Hudson and Baldwin.
All of this was set against the backdrop of the East Stand being demolished to make way for the ambitious new stadium development.
Thrown in for good measure were a 4-0 thumping of rivals Leeds United; Hollywood Goddess Raquel Welch making an appearance (in the stands not the pitch!); Ossie’s ‘goal of the season’ against Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter final and Bobby Charlton’s final match for Man Utd in Chelsea’s final home game of the season.
Perhaps the defining moment of the season was the defeat to Norwich in the League Cup semi-final. Having lost the final the previous season, it was 4th time in 14 months Chelsea had lost a cup tie when favourites and this would be the last major semi for 12 years - was this the end for the Kings of the Kings Road?
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at the 1990-91 season.
Chelsea supporters went in to the 1990-91 season buoyed by the record signings of Denis Wise and Andy Townsend. Ken Bates appeared to showing some ambition.
But the campaign never got going and Chelsea finished a disappointing 10th place, an early exit in round 3 of the FA Cup and a League Cup semi-final defeat to old rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
As has always been the case with Chelsea and glorious unpredictability they did inflict the only defeat in the season on eventual champions Arsenal as well as doing the double over Man Utd and beating league runners up Liverpool 4-2 in the final home match of the season. They also beat Spurs at home and in the League Cup – nothing new about that though!
Chelsea could live with the best but inconsistency was the issue. Most of the pieces were there but not necessarily in the right places and there were some horrible dips in form.
The top scorers were Kerry Dixon & Gordon Durie with 15 goals; Dave Beasant was top appearance maker with 45 and Player of the Year was Andy Townsend.
The future looked bright with many home-grown prospects in David Lee; Gareth Hall; Frank Sinclair; Jason Cundy; Graeme Le Saux; Graham Stuart; Damien Matthew; Craig Burley all playing a significant part in the
season.
The future of English football was interesting with the FA announcing the ‘Blueprint for Football’ which heralded the creation of the Premier League in June 1991.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1971-72 season.
Chelsea supporters went in to the 1971-72 season full of optimism. Chelsea had just won their second trophy in consecutive seasons and many both expected and hoped that a title challenge was on the cards.
But thanks to some poor transfers and a worse start to the season it was to be a disappointing season.
Bedeviled by the unrest of stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson and the season long injury to Ian Hutchinson, the league campaign was up and down all season culminating in a final position of 7th, Chelsea’s worst finish for 5 seasons.
The Cup competitions were not much better. Having beaten Jeunesse 21-0 on aggregate Chelsea, the European Cup Winners Cup holders, were unceremoniously dumped out in the second round by Atvidaberg on away goals. As a result Chelsea were booed off the pitch.
They didn’t fare much better in the FA Cup. With one defeat in 24 games and favourites for both cups, only a few points off 1st place in the league, Chelsea faced Division 2 Leyton Orient. Chelsea were 2-0 up and conspired to lose 3-2 to a screamer, a defensive mix up and a last-minute goal. There were many missed chances too and the fans invaded the pitch in an attempt to get it abandoned!
The one beacon of hope in the season was reaching the final of the League Cup against Stoke City featuring England legend and World Cup winning ‘keeper Gordon Banks. In spite of ‘Blue is the Colour’ recorded in Feb 1972 by Chelsea supporting producer Larry Page reaching no. 5 in the Charts; Chelsea’s complacent performance with defensive errors and a lack of urgency ended in defeat to Stoke. Little did we know then that this would be Chelsea’s last appearance at a Wembley final in a major competition for 22 years.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and the Chelsea FanCast crew to wrap up the season with our annual review.
On the show tonight, we’ll be drawing the winner of the Pat Nevin book competition; we’ll be revealing the winners and losers in the Chelsea FanCast season predictions and then we will review the season with our own ratings.
We’ll look at the ratings for the players and the management team; our Player of the Season; Breakthrough POTY; Most disappointing POTY and the goal of the season.
We’ll also look at the best result and match and the worst result and match and finally we’ll rate the season as a whole, compare it to seasons past and share each of our best personal moments from the season.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1970-71 season, the season Chelsea won their first European trophy.
This is the season Chelsea won the European Cup Winners' cup for the first time, their first European trophy in a memorable replayed final against the mighty Real Madrid. Only around 200 supporters were able to stay on for the replay which followed the 1-1 draw and was played unbelievable the next evening. Some of the tales from those supporters are legion, drinking with the players and staying on their hotel rooms. Some had to sleep on the beaches near Athens, others took week's to hitch back, some never made it back at all!
Winning the trophy made up for the disappointment of a 6th placed finish in the league and an early exit as holders in the FA Cup. Most of the star players who had won the FA Cup the previous season remained including Peter Osgood who scored 12 goals and Alan Hudson who starred in the Cup Winners' Cup final. But new signing Keith Weller stole Chelsea supporters hearts with his exciting wing play and was top scorer with 14 goals.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Meg Aherne to review a record breaking season from the Chelsea Women's team.
From the community shield win, a 9-0 win with 9 different scorers, conti cup success, a new 32 game unbeaten record, another WSL title and a first Champions League final we cover it all and more!
Plus we hand out our very first end of season awards.
Relieve the magic of the 2020/21 season with us here.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at one of Chelsea's most memorable seasons: 1969-70.
This is the season Chelsea finally won the FA Cup Final and gave birth to a whole new generation of Chelsea supporters, many still going today.
Chelsea's epic encounter with Leeds United was watched by a record TV viewing audience and the replay at Old Trafford was one of the most violent matches of all time. Peter Osgood's flying header and David Webb's last gasp winner in extra time made legends of the King's of the Kings Road.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Adam Newson from Football.London, Martin Wickham and Mark Meehan to look at one of the most memorable and epic nights in Chelsea’s history. The night Chelsea won their second European Cup!
On the show tonight, we’ll be looking back at one of the most memorable and epic nights in Chelsea’s history. We’ll be hearing from those of us who were there and those of us who watched from afar. We’ll be applauding the fantastic support; the whole damn team and even the referee. And of course, the simply fantastic Tommy T who led us to glory.
In part two we’ll be asking what it means for Chelsea to be two-time Champions’ League winners and what happens next.
Finally, we have some great emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s biggest match for 9 years – the Champions’ League Final against Man City
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea’s Champions League Final Press Conference and Training session. We also catch up with the latest Chelsea news, the UEFA ticketing fiasco and Adam tells us how excited he is to be going to Porto to cover a Champions’ League Final featuring his beloved Chelsea.
In part two we welcome back David Walker from ReadButNeverRed.Com for the ‘Opposition View’ to discuss the Final from the Man City perspective. We ask David how does it feel for a City fan in their first Champions League final? Is Pep being arrogant? What would it mean to win it? What is City’s likely team and threats to Chelsea? What worries him about Chelsea and how does he see the Final going?
In part three we preview the Final. How do we feel about it and what does it mean to see Chelsea in their third Champions’ League final? Do we have Moscow or Munich vibes? What is JK’s Porto itinerary? Chelsea are underdogs so how do we beat City? What’s the likely team selection? Who will the unlikely heroes be and how do we see it going?
Lets ‘ave it!!!
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Stamford Chidge interviews former Chelsea player, Pat Nevin, on the release of his autobiography 'The Accidental Footballer'.
242 appearances and 45 goals in a five year career for Chelsea between 1983 and 1988 doesn't do justice to a Chelsea player who stole Chelsea supporters hearts then and still does to this day.
Pat Nevin was a special player for Chelsea. A successor to Charlie Cooke as a Scottish wizard of the dribble, Pat beat players for fun and created the goals for Kerry Dixon in John Neal's team that won the Division Two title in 1984 and then put Chelsea back on the map competing for the Division One title in the following two seasons, all resplendent in that wonderful stripy Le Coq Sportif kit.
As so often with Chelsea, it all went pear shaped as John Hollins and Ernie Whalley imposed a new style on the team that was devoid of any err style and Pat's creative abilities were overlooked before he was sold to Everton after Chelsea were relegated in a play off in 1988.
But in those 5 years, Pat became one of Chelsea's most loved players due to his wonderful attacking and wing play and also because he dared to be different. The definition of an independent thinker and non-conformist, we also loved him for his love of indie music, with his head in the NME or a French novel and for his principled stance against racism and other injustices.
Stamford Chidge talks to Pat about his book 'The Accidental Footballer' including Pat's views on John Neal, Man City and Arsenal away in 1984, music, John Peel and living in London in the 80's and standing in the Shed End with the supporters.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Football.London's Sam Inkersole to look back at a very tense last Premier League day of the season.
On the show tonight, we look at Chelsea’s inability to put their chances away yet again; the curse of the former player; Mendy’s injury; Jorghino’s contribution and Jack Grealish being a.......
In part two we swallow the bitter pill of Spurs bailing us out and look at the reasons for Chelsea stuttering over the finish line and also look at what needs to be addressed.
Finally, we have some great emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the crucial win against Leicester last week and look ahead to the deciding Premier League match against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic join us to discuss the difference the supporters made in the Leicester match; Chelsea’s robust performance but being let down by their finishing; woeful refereeing by Mike Dean and what will the ramifications of the on-pitch rumble be.
We also discuss Mason Mount being awarded the Chelsea Player of the Year Award.
In part two we look ahead to the last match of the Premier League season, the win at all costs match away to Aston Villa. Will Villa fans being allowed back in make a difference? What team will Tuchel pick and how do we see it going?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Radha Gupta from She Talks Ball to discuss Chelsea's humbling 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League final.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Martin Wickham to look back at a very disappointing FA Cup final defeat to Leicester. And we look ahead to Tuesday's match against the very same Leicester.
On the show tonight, we look at the FA Cup final which brought massive euphoria and massive disappointment. Did Tuchel get the selection wrong? Did Chelsea take it seriously enough? Did poor finishing cost us again and if so, why did we not take a punt on Tammy? Would Mendy have saved Tieleman’s goal? Was it hand ball in the build up? Did VAR get it right on Chilwell’s goal? How crucial were Schmeichel’s saves and are Chelsea bottling finals?
In part two we look ahead to the match against Leicester on Tuesday evening. Are Chelsea running out of steam and can they get over the line? Who will Tommy T pick and how do we see it going?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look back at a frustrating defeat against Arsenal in midweek and ahead to Saturday's FA Cup Final against Leicester City.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 defeat against Arsenal on Wednesday night. How responsible were Jorginho and Kepa for the defeat? Were Chelsea profligate or unlucky? How much did we miss Kante and Rudiger? And what now for our Top Four chances?
Jake Watson, Leicester City supporter and producer at Talksport joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him would he prefer to finish in the Top Four or win the FA Cup? What does he think of Brendan Rodgers? How is Leicester's form and who are the biggest threats to Chelsea? How does he see the final going and what is his prediction?
We wrap up by previewing Chelsea's 15th FA Cup final appearance. Can Chelsea make up for last seasons FA Cup final defeat? How important is the FA Cup and what does it mean to us? Should Tuchel be starting Kepa? Will we see Kovacic, Kante and Christensen start? And how do we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson to look ahead to the biggest game in Chelsea FC W's history, the Champions League final vs. FC Barcelona
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Mark Worrall to look back at Chelsea's win against Man City and ahead to Wednesday night's match against Arsenal.
On the show tonight, we look at a game of two halves against City; Chelsea’s winning mentality; Alonso scoring again; James standing out and Tuchel outsmarting Pep again. Will it have a bearing on the Champions’ League final?
In part two we look ahead to the match against Arsenal on Wednesday evening. With us beating City and Leicester, West Ham and Spurs all losing Chelsea are now third. Will one more win seal a top four finish? Will Arsenal turn up like Brazil 70 having been distinctly average recently?
Finally, we have several emails to read out, some Discord question to answer and we reveal the results of the Fannies for April.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown and Kerrie Evans to celebrate Chelsea's WSL title win thanks to a 5-0 victory over Reading FC.
We also discuss; Sam Kerr Golden Boot, AKB Golden Glove and Fran Kirby Balon D'or?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at Chelsea's superb performance against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final to secure the clubs third Champions League Final appearance and we look ahead to the dress rehearsal against Man City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 victory against Real Madrid on Wednesday night to reach their third Champions' League Final. We discuss Werner scoring, Kante assisting, are delighted for Mount, applaud Havertz's brilliance and Pulisic's timely impact. Oh and don't forget Tommy T for whom due praise is rightly deserved. But what about the Final? Should it go ahead in Istanbul now Turkey is on the Red list? Can it be moved and if so where, and will we be able to get a ticket!!
David Walker from 'Read But Never Red' joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him how he feels about City making a Champions' League Final? Will there be a Champions' League hangover in Saturday's match? Will it have a bearing on the Final? How will Pep set up and how does he see the match going?
We wrap up by previewing the Man City v Chelsea match. How important is it for Chelsea in the context of the run in and the Champions' League Final? What will Tuchel do in terms of team selection and how do we see it?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears & Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's win against Fulham and ahead to the match against Real Madrid.
On the show tonight, we look at a good job done and a vital 3 points for Chelsea against Fulham; key players being rested; Gilmour game time; Silva, Mount and Havertz all sublime; Werner huffing and puffing and Mendy stepping up when needed.
In part two we look ahead to the massive Champions' League semi-final 2nd leg against Real Madrid. Will Real be weakened with several players out; who will Tommy T pick and how will he play it? What would another Champions League final mean to Chelsea and what about the return of Hazard and Courtois?
Finally, we have several emails to read out, a Discord question to answer and we look at the potential Fannies for April.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle of the Chelsea Fancast to discuss Chelsea's 4-1 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final second leg.
We also preview the final two WSL games against Tottenham Hotspur and Reading plus we answer your Discord questions.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look back at Chelsea's hard fought draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final and ahead to the match against Fulham on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-1 draw in midweek against Real Madrid. Tommy T gets the set up, attitude and subs spot on as Chelsea earn a slight advantage against Real. Pulisic channels his inner Hazard but Werner channels his inner Fleck. Will Chelsea rue the missed chances come the second leg?
Dom Betts from The Fulhamish podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him is relegation for Fulham a foregone conclusion; what is the future for Scott Parker and how has Ruben Loftus-Cheek done on loan? How does Dom see the game going and what is his prediction?
We wrap up by previewing the Chelsea v Fulham match. Will Tuchel's team selection have one eye on the Real Madrid second leg? How will Chelsea break down a stubborn and desperate Fulham and what is our prediction?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley from the CFC W Social to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Plus we look ahead at how Chelsea can turn the tables in the return leg at Kingsmeadow this Sunday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Joe Tweeds to look back at a professional win against West Ham and ahead to the Champions' League semi-final against Real Madrid.
On the show tonight, we applaud a professional team performance to beat a tough West Ham side in the '6 pointer', topped by a goal for Werner at long last. Has this improved our chances of a top 4 finish?
In part two we look ahead to the massive Champions' League semi-final 1st leg against Real Madrid. We ask what does it mean for us to play Real Madrid and look at the other two occasions Chelsea has played them. What do we think about the playing Hazard and Courtois; should we be worried? We look at previous Champions' League semi-finals and ask who will Tuchel select and how do we see it going?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look back at an eventful week in football the with ESL debacle; Chelsea's draw with Brighton and ahead to the match against West Ham.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at the week's Chelsea news and discusses why was the Brighton match a damp squib and what comes next after the supporters stood up to the European Super League plans.
Will Pugh from 'We Are West Home' joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him what a club outside of the 'Big 6' thinks about it; how much credit does David Moyes deserve for West Ham's best season in years and how much threat will they be to Chelsea's top four pursuit.
We wrap up by previewing the West Ham v Chelsea match and look at Chelsea's dodgy record away to West Ham; will Tuchel have one eye on the Real Madrid match with his team selection and is the match a must win for C?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
We discuss the proposed and now failed European Super League and its disrespect for Women's Football.
Then we look ahead to Sunday's Champions League Semi-Final with Wolfsburg and of course we've got your emails and special discord questions to end the show.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall, Mark Meehan and Dave Johnstone, Mr cfcuk himself to discuss the ESL Power grab and Chelsea reaching their 15th FA Cup Final. We also have a look at Chelsea's match against Brighton tomorrow, if we haven't been booted out of the Premier League by then!
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing the news on the European Super League; what it might mean; why are they doing it and what do we think about it? We also have some extremely passionate emails from our listeners about the subject.
In part two, we look back at a superb team performance to knock Man City out of the FA Cup semi-final; praise Thomas Tuchel and ask are Chelsea well and truly back?
In part three, we look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Brighton. Is it another must win? Will Tommy T rotate and what does it mean for the run in.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League quarter-final against Porto in midweek and look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Man City.
Simon Johnson from The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea Champions' League match against Porto, where despite the 1-0 loss, Chelsea progress to the semi-finals for the first time since 2014. We discuss a professional job and great team performance; Pulisic's heroics; Jorginho rising to the occasion and dirty Porto's shenanigans.
David Walker from Read But Never Red joins us in Opposition View to look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Man City. How realistic is the quadruple and what is Pep's priority? Will Pep make many changes in Saturday's line-up? How important is Foden becoming and are there any weaknesses for Chelsea to exploit and how does David see it going.
Finally JK, Mark and Chidge preview Chelsea v Man City themselves. We look at Chelsea's record against City in the FA Cup; what are the possible changes to the line-up; how seriously is Tuchel taking the FA Cup; how do Chelsea get at City and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to recap on a great performance and smashing win against Crystal Palace on Saturday and look ahead to Tuesday night's crunch Champions' League quarter final second leg tie against Porto.
On the show tonight, we ask if this was Tuchel’s best 45 mins? Are Pulisic, Mount and Havertz Chelsea’s best front 3? Should Havertz have scored more and what now for Werner, Tammy and Giroud?
In part two we praise Chelsea’s attitude, intensity and scintillating pass and move game. We ask are Jorginho and Kovacic flat track bullies and we have a look at the run in to figure out how Chelsea can finish in the top four.
In part three we look ahead to the massive Champions’ League quarter final second leg against Porto on Tuesday evening. We ask does an early goal kill the tie; should Tuchel stick or twist; will it be a problem not being at home for a home tie and who will Tuchel pick and how do we see it going.
And we wrap in part four with emails and questions from the Chelsea FanCast Discord group.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd to look back at Chelsea's great win against Porto in midweek and look ahead to Saturday's match against Crystal Palace.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea Champions' League 1st leg win against Porto. Mason Mount & Ben Chilwell fly the home flag while the anonymous Germans suffered from a lack of service; rugged in defence and riding our luck and is it just half-time?
Nick Gillard from Back of the Nest joins us in Opposition View to look at Crystal Palace v Chelsea from the Palace perspective. Palace might be safe from relegation but what next for them and Roy Hodgson? How realistic are the Lampard to Palace rumours? Is Eze the main threat and how good is he? And how does Nick see the match going?
Finally JK, Adam and Chidge preview Palace v Chelsea themselves. Should we be wary of statistics? Will there be wholesale changes with one eye on Porto and is this is must win after last weekends Premier League defeat to West Brom?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown to look back at Chelsea's 3-0 second leg victory over Wolfsburg and the 6-0 hammering of Birmingham City.
There's a news update including a discussion on the working conditions suffered by the players and staff of Birmingham City Women plus we talk about the Trans Footy Alliance campaign.
And of course we've got your emails and special discord questions to end the show.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dan Silver to muse on Chelsea's unexpected defeat to West Brom and look ahead to Wednesday's match against Porto.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea’s horrible Easter Saturday and how Big Sam nailed it and Jorginho and Kovacic failed it. How much of an issue was Thiago Silva being sent off or does Tuchel have to shoulder some of the blame?
In part two we ask is Pulisic a cause for concern having limped off yet again? Why was Tammy not in the squad again? And is the defeat to West Brom just a blip, a much-needed wake-up call and how much damage has it done to Chelsea’s top four chances. We also have some questions to answer sent in from our Discord group.
In part three we look ahead to the massive Champions’ League quarter final first leg against Porto on Wednesday evening. How much of a threat are Porto and what’s their form like? Who do we think Tuchel will go with and how do we see it going?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up the Chelsea news from this week and preview Chelsea's match against West Brom on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Tommy T being named Manager of the Month; who are Chelsea's winners and losers from the International break; Aguero & Haaland rumours.
Joe Chapman from the Birmingham Mail joins us in the 'Opposition View' to look at Chelsea v West Brom from the Baggies perspective. Were West Brom fans happy that Big Sam came in and has he made a difference? Are West Brom down already and how good has Connor Gallagher been? Joe tells us how he sees the match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v West Brom. What team selection will Tuchel go for? Will he have one eye on Porto? Will Big Sam park the bus and how will Tommy T get round it?
This week Dean and Jane are joined again by stats queen Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's huge Champions League win over Wolfsburg and another routine win in the WSL over Aston Villa.
There's a news round up including a very questionable top 50 women's players in the world list plus we look ahead to Chelsea's WSL match with Birmingham City.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman & Liam Twomey of The Athletic to have a look at the 'State of the Chelsea Union' and to answer questions posed by members of our Patreon & Discord groups joining us on the show via Zoom.
On the show tonight, we kick off with the results of the 'Fannies of the Month'. After a long hiatus we bring back the Fannies - Chelsea Fancast's awards for Man of the Match; Celery and Guinness moments. The votes have been cast for Man of the Month, Celery and Guinness moments of the month of March and we will reveal the results live on the show!
We invite questions from members of Chelsea Fancast's Patreon & Discord groups who join us live on the show via Zoom.
And finally, Jonathan & Chidge read out the emails sent in by listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Adam Newson and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to round up the latest Chelsea news and to answer your question from the Discord group.
In part one we round up the latest news from Chelsea players on international duty; quiz Adam and Sam about their Chelsea player ratings for the season so far; ask is Roman Abramovich the best owner in the world and ask what's on Tommy T's to do list.
In part two we have questions submitted from the Discord group on Tomori's loan situation, Tuchel's relationship with Dortmund potentially scuppering a move for Haaland; which positions should the club re-enforce in the summer transfer window and what is the sustainability of the club's financial position with the continuing pandemic.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by stats queen Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's impressive 3-0 away win against Everton.
There's a news round up including details of the major broadcast deal with Sky Sports plus we look ahead to Chelsea's Champions League tie with Wolfsburg and our WSL match with Aston Villa.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Alex Churchill and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Sheffield Utd for a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea getting away with it and how lucky is Tommy Tuchel? And another poor refereeing performance as Pulisic and Mount were rotationally fouled. Was tiredness a valid reason for the second half performance and the continuing problem of putting chances away whilst doffing our hat to Ziyech’s excellent goal in added time.
In part two we ask is Pulisic finding his feet with an encouraging performance? Chilwell did well but is he still behind Alonso in the pecking order and it was good to see Gilmour getting a game, but how is he progressing? And can Chelsea’s defensive solidity bring us trophies this season, especially considering we have Man City in the semi-final.
In part three we have questions from our Discord group; we have the nominations for this month’s Fannies – Man of the Month; Celery and Guinness moments and this week’s emails from the listeners to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss the brilliant victory over Atletico Madrid, the Champions' League draw and a look ahead to Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final match against Sheffield United.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including the impressive victory against Atletico Madrid in midweek, the Champions' League draw pitting us against Porto and a possible semi-final against either Liverpool or Real Madrid.
Ben, the Travelling Blade joins us in the 'Opposition View' for the third time this season as Chelsea take on Sheffield United in the FA Cup Quarter-Final on Sunday. We ask Ben what happened with Chris Wilder and what next for Sheffield United? How has Ethan Ampadu been playing and how does Ben see the Cup tie going?
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Sheffield United. What team selection will Tuchel go for? We look at the history of FA Cup ties between Chelsea and United and discuss how we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley, senior editor of The Chelsea Social, to discuss Chelsea's progression in the Champions League thanks to an impressive away performance against Atletico Madrid plus Chelsea's first major trophy of the season with the Conti Cup success over Bristol City.
In Part 2 there's a news round up from Kingsmeadow, including details on Fran Kirby's new contract and our next fixtures in the Champions League.
In Part 3 we preview the midweek WSL game against Everton and in Part 4 we've got your emails which include a mention of this YouTube video- https://youtu.be/veQDTnHMkGk
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover & Dean Mears to look back at the 0-0 draw away at Leeds and look ahead to the crunch tie against Atletico Madrid this week.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea’s poor finishing, ask is Havertz a nein at number 9, why did Tommy T change formation and what does he do about square pegs in round holes.
In part two we applaud the bendy Mendy worldy saves and another clean sheet. With Rudiger and Christensen in such good form in wither a three or four at the back, how does Thiago Silva get back in and what about Chelsea’s top four prospects? We have some Discord group questions to contribute to the debate.
In part three we look ahead to the massive match against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 second leg with a place in the quarter finals at stake.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to discuss the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Saturday's match against Leeds United.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Havertz best position, Christensen being back to his best and Chelsea's defender conundrum and what's happening with Chelsea's 'unchosen' men?
Jon Mackenzie from 'All Stats Aren't We' joins us for the 'Opposition View' to discuss Leeds United v Chelsea from the Leed's perspective. Are Leeds falling apart again? Does Jon still have faith in Bielsa? Has Bamford been a revelation this season? And how does he see Saturday's match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Leeds United v Chelsea. Does Christian Pulisic deserve a start? Will Tuchel's selection have one eye on the Atletico match? How do we see it going and what's our prediction.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown, Co-Chair of Chelsea Pride, to discuss Chelsea's victory in the Champions League over Atletico Madrid thanks to penalty heroics from Ann-Katrin Berger plus a winning return to WSL matches over West Ham United.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow, including details on the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group charity fundraiser for the Conti Cup final and a discussion on new television rights for the WSL.
In Part 3 we preview the upcoming second leg of our Champions League tie with Atletico and the Conti Cup final this Sunday against Bristol City
And in Part 4 we've got emails leading to a discussion on the disparity between FA Cup prize money.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at the 2-0 win against Everton.
On the show tonight, we discuss Tommy Tuchel rolling the bones and getting his selection spot on; we ask how much credit does he deserve; what’s he got right and what’s he got wrong and can he take us higher than top four?
In part two we delight in Kai Havertz finding his feet and despair in Werner having two left feet. And with Callum Hudson-Odoi impressing as one the two 10’s is he a better option there or as a wing back?
In part three JK and Chidge answer your Discord questions and read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall to discuss a superb win against Liverpool and look ahead to Monday's match against Everton.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us report back on Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Liverpool. Unbeaten since his arrival is it time to take Tuchel seriously? We also discuss the re-emergence of Andreas Christensen; ask whether balls over the top to Werner is the key to scoring more goals and bemoan VAR ruining football.
Everton's Official Statistician, Gavin Buckland, joins us for the 'Opposition View' to discuss Chelsea v Everton from the Toffee's perspective. What does Gavin think about Everton's abysmal record at Stamford Bridge? How is Everton's form compared to Chelsea? Is this another 6 pointer with a top place at stake? How does Gavin see the match going?
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Everton. Is this another must win match for Tommy Tuchel? Will it be more of the same or will Everton present a different tactical challenge? How do we find our goal scoring boots and how do we see the match going?
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails from all over the world discussing how you became Chelsea fans; Tommy Tuchel; how to solve Chelsea's midfield and floundering attack and a eulogy on how to deal with boredom at the football.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dan Silver to look back at frustrating 0-0 draw against a tetchy Man Utd and ahead to this week's big match against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, we discuss Tuchel’s risk free football and ask whether we are currently watching a hybrid of possession based Sarri-ball and Mourinho-eque dare not lose football? We also ask is the lack of creativity due more to a loss of form of Chelsea’s creative players or is it systemic?
In part two we applaud the improvements in Rudiger and Christensen in making Chelsea more defensively solid as well as praising Kante and Kovacic for tigerish displays in midfield. We ask could Mount be the solution to the midfield problem and with a run of tough matches coming up how much pressure is on Tuchel to start winning and winning well.
In part three we preview Thursday night’s big Premier League match where Chelsea goes to Anfield to play a wounded Liverpool.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Sunday's match against Man Utd.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to round up this week's news including a superb away win in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid. Also Tammy Abraham stalling on a contract; Roman's war chest and Haaland.
BBC Match Day reporter and Man Utd fan, Aaron Paul joins us for 'The Opposition View' on Man Utd, our next opponents. Has sticking with OGS been vindicated? Has Fernandes been the difference for Utd? Is De Gea a liability and how does Maguire keep getting away with it? Aaron discusses how he sees Sunday's match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Man Utd. Given Utd's attacking nature, does Tuchel start Jorginho? How do Chelsea stop Utd's counter-attacks and nullify Fernandes? With Chelsea's recent wastefulness up front, does Tuchel start Giroud or Tammy up front? We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by lots of special guests to talk all things Emma Hayes, including;
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at a controversial and disappointing 1-1 draw against Southampton and ahead to the Champions' League match against Atletico Madrid.
On the show tonight, we give sainthood to Mount and Kante for their high-quality performances and debate whether Callum Hudson-Odoi was the sinner or the sinned against.
In Part two we discuss Tuchel’s need for ‘Vorsprung Durch Prazision’; ask whether we are currently watching Sarriball without Hazard and never mind the quality feel the deadwood.
In part three JK and myself read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
And in part four we preview Tuesday night’s big Champions’ League match where Chelsea face La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to round up the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Saturday's match against Southampton.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to round up this week's news including Thomas Tuchel's pre-match press conference. Will Tuchel have one eye on Madrid? Will Havertz return? Tomori and Kepa's interviews to the media and some interesting transfer rumours.
Steve Grant from the Total Saints podcast joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Southampton, our next opponents. With 6 defeats in their last 6 Premier League matches, what has happened to Saints after a good start this season? With injuries to Walker-Peters, Walcott and Diallo how does Steve see Saints overturning Chelsea's record of 5 matches unbeaten at St Mary's?
Finally, we have our own preview of Southampton v Chelsea. Should we be worried by Southampton's high press? With a massive improvement in goals conceded since Tuchel's arrival how do we increase the goals scored. Would staring Kai Havertz up-front be a solution? We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley, Senior Editor of The Chels Social, to discuss Chelsea's return to winning ways against Arsenal and Bristol City.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow and a discussion on Magda Eriksson and Pernille Harder opening their DMs to help support those struggling to come out as gay.
Plus we hold a special Q&A ahead of the international break.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Joe Tweeds to look back at Monday nights 2-0 win against 'depleted' Newcastle.
On the show tonight, we applaud Timo Werner for getting on the score sheet at last; but the plaudits should go to the real man-of-the-match Mateo Kovacic. We lament Tammy getting injured and discuss the (cough) rehabilitation of Kepa Arrizabalaga.
In Part two we ask what is Tuchel scared of as Chelsea’s second half performance dropped off to the extent that we fielded 9 defensively minded players at home to a ‘depleted’ Newcastle. Why are Chelsea still profligate up front; are we dull to watch and watch out, it’s about to get a whole lot tougher!
In part three JK and Chidge read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's FA Cup win over Barnsley and look ahead to Monday night's match against Newcastle United.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Barnsley in the FA Cup. Tammy came to the rescue at both ends after Tommy T's second half changes. But why did so many players fail to impress and it's all about the win...isn't it?
Will from the Talk of the Toon podcast joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Newcastle Utd, our next opponents. The Toon's form seems to have picked up recently with wins against Southampton and Everton, does this have anything to do with Steve Bruce or more the return of Allan Saint-Maximin, and how will they cope without Callum Wilson? As ever, Will tells us how he sees the match going and gives us his prediction.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Newcastle. With Kai Havertz absent again we ask should we be worried about the young German or just more patient? Thiago Silva is still out with injury but Timo Werner is fit again, so who will Tuchel select and if we go purely in currently on form what is Chelsea's best side at the moment. We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle to discuss Chelsea's shock home defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion and the Conti Cup Semi Final win over West Ham.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow and news of a goal in the loan report plus we discuss supporter over reaction to the defeat.
And we look ahead to the massive game against Arsenal on Wednesday and the last game before the international break on Sunday against Bristol City.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's steely win against Sheffield Utd and ahead to Thursday night's FA Cup tie against Barnsley.
On the show tonight, we applaud Timo Werner for his performance and discuss that its only a matter of time before he starts banging the goals in again. We also discuss another peak Mount performance and the two sides of Toni Rudiger.
In Part two we discuss the two sides of Jorginho and Kovacic; Chelsea’s game management under Tuchel and Chelsea’s progress towards the top four.
In part three we have a full postbag as JK and Chidge read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
And to wrap up in part four we preview Thursday night’s FA Cup tie away to Barnsley.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the obligatory victory over Spurs and to look ahead to Sunday's match against Sheffield Utd.
Liam Twomey of The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Spurs. Thomas Tuchel is delivering so far and doing it his way, but what can he do to get Chelsea's strikers scoring and how big a blow is the injury to Thiago Silva?
Ben, The Travelling Blade joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Sheffield Utd, our next opponents. With 3 wins in 5, one of them away to Man Utd, what has Chris Wilder done to turn things around? Can Utd stay up? How is Ethan Ampadu doing and how does Ben see Sunday's match going.
Finally, we preview Sheffield Utd v Chelsea. Will Tuchel stick with the 3:4:2:1? Will he stick with Jorginho and Kovacic in midfield? Is Christensen for Silva a simple swap? Will he rotate Alonso with Chilwell and what's Tuchel's best combination up front?
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails from all over the world predominantly on the aftermath of Frank Lampard's sacking and the hopes for the new regime under Thomas Tuchel.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Louise Bradshaw to discuss Chelsea breaking the WSL record for consecutive games unbeaten after their win against Aston Villa and the 4-0 thrashing of Spurs.
There's a round up of the latest news from Kingsmeadow, including a potential move into the men's game from manager Emma Hayes and we look forward to our Conti Cup semi-final against West Ham and WSL match against Brighton and Hove Albion next weekend.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back on Chelsea's first win under Thomas Tuchel and ahead to this week's match against Spurs.
On the show tonight, we applaud Tommy T for getting off the mark; we hail Cesar, we beatify St Marcos and we demand that Mount Must Start!
In Part two we ask has Hudson-Odoi found his mojo; is Jorginho the ultimate flat track bully; furrow our brow at the work that Werner and Pulisic have to do and discuss how Tuchel’s 3:4:2:1 has brought some much-needed stability in defence.
In part three we look ahead to Thursday’s huge grudge match against Spurs. Who will Tuchel select and what system will he use? Will Spurs be there for the taking without Harry Kane and can Chelsea make a push for the top four.
With the arrival of German coach Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea's new manager, Stamford Chidge talks to Ben McFadyean, head of Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London to get the inside track on Tuchel.
Ben McFadyean knows Thomas Tuchel from his time as coach of Borussia Dortmund so what is he like as a manager? What defines his character, personality and man management? What was his relationship like with the Dortmund fans – did he ‘get’ them?
How does he like to set up tactically and what's his style of play? Is it all possession based or does it carry attacking intent. What is his attitude to youth players? Will he look to integrate the promising youngsters who have yet to come through and will he carry on playing the likes of Mount, James, CHO and Abraham?
How important is his relationship with the German contingent Havertz, Werner and Rudiger and previous Dortmund player Pulisic?
And finally does Ben think Thomas Tuchel will be a success at Chelsea?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at an emotional week for Chelsea and ahead to Thomas Tuchel's second match in charge against Burnley on Sunday.
Adam Newson joins us from Football.London to look back at this week's Chelsea news. We have the final word on Frank Lampard; discuss Tuchel's first match in charge against Wolves and ask what's next for Tommy T's Blue & White Army?
Dave Roberts, Burnley FC statistorian, occasional Burnley commentator and podcaster with 'No Nay Never' joins us for 'Opposition View'. We ask him how Sean Dyche has turned things around for Burnley; how did Burnley beat Liverpool and Villa and what was the spat between Dyche and Klopp all about? We also ask him what Chelsea need to watch out for and how he sees the match going on Sunday.
Finally, we preview Chelsea v Burnley. With a few more days under his belt will Tommy T change the system and the personnel? Will he play Kante and Mount together and who will start up front? We discuss how we see the match going and give you our predictions.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look ahead to Saturday's match away to Leicester.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference. What's the injury status of Lukaku, Kovacic and Werner plus all the discussion on Jorginho, Conor Gallagher, the Rudiger and Christensen contracts and Hudson-Odoi turning down England.
We also take a look at the announcement of the Supporter Advisors to the Board where Neil Beard has been elected as the supporter groups candidate and the decision by the Club to increase the season ticket prices in the 'West View' by 200%.
In part two, Jack Marson from Leicester Fan TV joins us for the 'Opposition View' and talks about Leicester's up and down form; jamie Vardy; Brendan Rogers and how big a miss will Tielemans be on Saturday. Jack also discusses how Rogers set Leicester up on Saturday and how he sees the game going.
In part three, we preview the Leicester v Chelsea match. What's the likely team selection; will Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek start and will Silva finally get a rest! Are we worried about a match after the International break and an early kick off? How important is it to start a crucial part of the season off with a win? Will Tuchel have one eye on the Juventus match next Tuesday? And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans to discuss Chelsea's 4-2 win over Manchester City in the Conti Cup Quarter-Final.
There's a chat about a new contract for Maren Mjelde and we look ahead to our next fixtures against Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur.
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This week Dean and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City at the Academy stadium.
We talk the continued excellence of Jessie Fleming, solving problems of midfield imbalance, clinical second half performance and how the title is now back in our hands.
Plus we preview Chelsea's upcoming Champions League clash with Servette at Kingsmeadow this Thursday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dayne Whittle to try and make sense of a very sad day for Chelsea supporters with the sacking of Frank Lampard.
We discuss the supporter reaction to the loss of Frank Lampard as manager and analyse the detail of the breakdown in the relationship between Frank Lampard and the Club, drawing heavily from the in depth article from The Athletic.
We also ask why now? Is Chelsea unmanageable? Is the disconnect between the club and the supporters now beyond repair and what of the new man, Thomas Tuchel?
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
In Pt 2 we pick up the season in January with Chelsea top of the Premier League and hopes high for their first league title since 1955.
Chelsea got past Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup 3rd round, helped by a flying hot dog but their unbeaten run came to an end away to Arsenal. The 2-1 home win against Liverpool will forever be remembered for the spat between Graeme Le Saux and Robbie Fowler but goals were drying up in the absence of Gus Poyet and Tore Andre Flo through injury.
Chelsea wobbled in March with an unlucky defeat to Man Utd in the FA Cup and then an unfortunate 1-0 home defeat to West Ham. But this was a mere precursor to what happened in April when Real Mallorca knocked then out of the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final and then a 2-2 draw at home to Leicester courtesy of a Steve Guppy goal all but ended the title challenge.
The season seemed like a massive disappointment going so close to winning the title and finishing 3rd just 4 points behind Man Utd and being knocked out at the quarter final of both the League and FA Cups and the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup. But in truth only 3 league defeats was our best ever performance to date and only 6 clubs had ever done this in a season. Crucially for next season it was Chelsea's first Champions League qualification; their second equal highest finish ever; highest average attendance since 1971/72; most clean sheets and lowest number of goals conceded in the top flight.
But the feeling festered that maybe Chelsea had blown their best chance of a league title in decades. If only Casaraghi, Poyet and Flo had not been injured? If only Vialli had bought another striker in January? If only Chelsea hadn't dropped points against Blackburn, West Ham, Boro, Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester.
If only...it was that kind of season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
3 months after the end of Chelsea's most successful season since 1971, they started the 1998-99 season by winning their third European trophy, the UEFA Super Cup, beating the mighty Real Madrid 1-0. Hope's naturally were very high for the season and with the signings of Pierluigi Casaraghi, Albert Ferrer, Brian Laudrup and World Cup winner Marcel Desailly, many thought that Chelsea might challenge for their first League title since 1955.
The first half of the season seemed to confirm this view as Chelsea went on a 21 match unbeaten run and the 2-0 defeat of Spurs at White Hart Lane in December put them top of the Premier League at the end of the year.
But, Chelsea were unlucky with injuries with Casaraghi's career ending injury against West Ham in November followed by Laudrup's departure to Copenhagen and then Gus Poyet's injury on Boxing Day denying Chelsea their cutting edge. Thankfully Gianfranco Zola was in impressive for, but would that be enough?
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by football analyst Mia Eriksson fresh off the FC Barcelona Innovation Hub conference stage.
In Part One we review Chelsea's 1-0 win away at Aston Villa, thanks to another Jessie Fleming goal.
In Part Two we review Chelsea's 7-0 hammering of Servette in the Champions League this week.
And in Part Three we look ahead to Chelsea's mammoth WSL clash with Manchester City this weekend.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and some Chelsea FanCast listeners and members of our Patreon and Discord groups to talk Chelsea.
Its always lovely to catch up with some of our listeners and invite them on to a show once in a while. And it’s a great opportunity for them to ask us questions on, well, absolutely anything; Chelsea related or anything else.
We answer questions on the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge; the contract situation with Rudiger and Christensen; how we fell in love with Chelsea and much more. We also have a couple of emails an dmore songs!
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at frustrating 1-1 draw against Burnley on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we applaud some scintillating football by Chelsea on Saturday capped off by a wonderful Kai Havertz goal.
In part two we bemoan Chelsea’s profligacy and ask what happened after 70 minutes? Did they switch off, get bored or did Sean Dyche’s changes make a difference. At least for now, the draw was mitigated by Liverpool losing to West Ham so Chelsea remains top going in to the International Break.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Burnley match; some questions from Discord and some emails to read out and to wrap up we have the winners and losers from our Prem Predictions League.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Saturday's match against Burnley.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League victory away to Malmo, where it was perhaps tougher than it needed to be. Thanks to a tactical switch and a brilliant goal set up by Hudson-Odoi Chelsea are one small step away from the knock out stages. Loftus-Cheek put in a man-of-the-match display but what were the malmo fans chanting?
We also report back on today's Press Conference, talk Chelsea's injuries, England call ups, Trevoh Chalobah signing a new contract and Tommy T being nominated October Manager of the Month.
In part two, George Poole from the No Nay Never podcast joins us for 'Opposition View' to preview the Chelsea v Burnley match from Burnley's perspective. We discuss what Sean Dyche means to Burnley having just celebrated 9 years at the club; is Tuchel right saying Burnley may be short on points but not performance so far this season; how highly does George rate Maxwel Cornet and can he see Burnley causing Chelsea problems on Saturday.
In part three, we preview the Chelsea v Burnley match. What's the likely team selection; will Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek start and will Silva finally get a rest! With Man Utd playing City and West Ham playing Liverpool, Chelsea has a great chance to extend their lead at the top so just how important will it be to pick up another three points on Saturday? And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions and talking of our predictions we have our weekly update on the winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Leicester and ahead to the FA Cup tie against Luton Town this weekend.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic, joins us to talk about (cough) today's Press Conference and to look back at Chelsea's defeat away to Leicester in the week.
Lewis Williams a Luton Town Vlogger joins us for the 'Opposition View' to preview the FA Cup tie between Luton Town and Chelsea from Luton's perspective. What's happened to Luton since the last time we met in the FA Cup semi-final in 1994. How will Luton set up and will they provide an unexpected challenge to Chelsea on Sunday.
Finally, we preview Chelsea v Luton. With so many players in poor form and low in confidence, will Frank resist the urge to give some of the youngsters a run out? And with Chelsea's excellent Cup record how do we see it going.
This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Lily from the CFCW Social to preview Chelsea's upcoming WSL clash away to Aston Villa.
Chris Perville from Her Football Hub gives us the lowdown on the opposition and we hear all about Lily's trip to Cobham to watch the team train.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle from the Chelsea Fancast to discuss Chelsea's return to the top of the WSL table thanks to their 2-1 win over Manchester United.
There's a round up of the latest news from Kingsmeadow and we look forward to our Conti Cup game against Manchester City on Wednesday and our league fixture against Bristol City on Sunday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to look back at a much needed win against Fulham and to look ahead to Tuesday's match against Leicester.
On the show tonight, we proclaim all you need is Mount, after his superb performance against Fulham. We also look at Frank’s strange team selection and wonder whether he had an eye on the Leicester match or if the pressure of club politics is coming in to play. And we ask should we be glad of the win or worried about the performance?
In part two we discuss Chelsea’s profligacy, defensive vulnerability and look at the good, the bad and the downright ugly performances.
In part three we have a tsunami of emails to get through and we wrap up in part four with a look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Leicester.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Adam Newson, Chelsea writer from Football.London.
On the show tonight, we celebrate two fantastic goals by Reece James, the Cobham Cafu! We ask why did Newcastle’s game plan work in the 1st half, what changed in the 2nd half, should Hayden and Darlow have seen red and what do we do with an out of sorts Ziyech.
In part two we praise Chelsea’s squad depth, look at Tommy T’s performance to date, ask if Connor Gallagher the heir apparent and worry, slightly, about the impending fixture pile up.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Newcastle match; some questions from Discord and a few emails to read out. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Malmo v Chelsea Champions League match on Tuesday.
Join Dean, Dayne and guest Harry Edwards as they relive all the action from Chelsea's 3-0 win over Manchester City at the Academy Stadium.
We discuss Chelsea's fluid formations, missing Pernille Harder, finally seeing Lauren James, progression to the FA Cup final and much much more!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up this week's Chelsea news and to look ahead to Saturday's match against neighbours Fulham.
Sam Inkersole, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Tomori's potential loan; Giroud to Real Madrid; time on the training pitch and Frank banning hugs!
Sammy James from the Fulhamish Podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' to preview Fulham v Chelsea from Fulham's perspective. What's the reason for Fulham's improvement in form recently. Is Scott Parker the man for the job long term? Has Ruben Loftus-Cheek impressed in his loan? And how does Sammy see the match going on Saturday.
Finally, we preview Fulham v Chelsea. Do Gilmour and CHO have to start? Will it be Timo or Tammy or Timo and Tammy? And will a week on the training pitch help Chelsea to a much needed win.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look ahead to Saturday's match against Newcastle.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Carabao Cup victory over Southampton in midweek where despite imjury related changes, a make shift Chelsa side got the job done. We ask who impressed and who didn’t and does the win prove that Chelsea has a good enough and big enough squad to cope with the fixture congestion in December and beyond? We also report back on today's Press Conference, talk Chelsea's injuries, the title challenge and the Rudiger and Christensen contract situation.
In part two, we preview Newcastle v Chelsea match. What's the likely team selection; we look at two Newcastle myths - that they are a bogey side for us when we play up there and that now they have money, they can be considered a big club. Also will the euphoria cuased by the arrival of Saudi money and the deprture of Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce produce a bounce against us on Saturday. We wrap up with how we see it going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane discuss Chelsea's sensational start to 2021 thanks to 4 goals from Fran Kirby.
There's a chat about Dubai-Gate and we look ahead to the top of the table clash against Manchester United.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to preview our 2020/21 FA Cup Semi Final clash with Manchester City this weekend.
We look at any injury concerns following the international break, if Emma Hayes will go with three or four at the back plus much more!
We're also joined by Jayne and Dave from the Manchester City Women Official Supporters Group to give us the opposition view.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's 'Magnificent 7' win over Norwich.
On the show tonight, we applaud the superb appreciation for Matthew Harding on the 25th anniversary of his death; as ever, ponder Tommy T’s team selection and look back at the ‘Magnificent 7’ goals that Chelsea put past Norwich on Saturday.
In part two we discuss the need for patience with Kai Havertz; praise Kovacic for his improvement in assisting; delight in Hudson-Odoi and Reece James excelling in their best positions, and we laugh out loud at Mason Mount shutting up the twitter haters with a fine performance and his first hat-trick.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Norwich match; some questions from Discord and the winners and losers in this week’s Prem Predictions league. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Chelsea v Southampton Carabao match on Tuesday.
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson and Harry Edwards for a tactical look at Chelsea's start to the season.
We look at Emma Hayes' use of a back three, ponder whether the back four will return, what happens with Maren Mjelde and discuss Pernille Harder's impressive start to the season, plus much more!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Saturday's match against Norwich.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins look back at Chelsea's victory over Malmo in the Champions' League which came at a cost of injuries to Lukaku and Werner and a round up of the Chelsea news including the over priced special edition shirt, the Club World Cup moving to the UAE and remembering Matthew Harding 25 years after his tragic and untimely death.
In part two, Rob Butler from the Scrimmage podcast joins us for the Opposition View to discuss the frustrations of supporting a Yo-Yo club, what's happening with Billy Gilmour's loan and how he sees the Chelsea v Norwich match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Norwich. What's the likely team selection; will Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz and Mason Mount make up the front three in the absence of Lukaku and Werner and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails on Frank Lampard's future as Chelsea manager; the Lampard in/Lampard out debate; what it means to be a Chelsea supporter in the UK and Overseas; the sad passing of Tommy Docherty and Chelsea's form recently.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman & Tony Glover to look back at a confidence boosting FA Cup win against Morecambe FC.
On the show tonight, we discuss a much needed, confidence restoring win. Was Frank selecting Werner and Havertz justified? And going forward, do Chelsea need to think about how their creative players seem to get congested with similar runs?
In part two we ask whether playing more of the youth was a red herring? Billy Gilmour impresses again which is just as well with Kante suspended; Callum Hudson-Odoi puts in another good performance – is he getting back to his best? And Mason Mount with his Lampard-esque goal never seems to run out of energy, but does he need a rest?
In part three we have a couple of emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's match against Brentford on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we ponder Tommy T’s surprise team selection, Chelsea not making possession count again and Chilwell blowing hot.
In part two we look at Brentford’s second half tactical change and their aerial bombardment, Chelsea’s hive mind, Mendy saving the day and Chelsea digging in for victory.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Brentford match; a great email from Bobby D and some questions from Discord. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Chelsea v Malmo match in the Champions’ League on Wednesday.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look ahead to Chelsea's FA Cup 3rd round tie against Morecambe FC on Sunday.
We preview the match focusing on which of the Chelsea youngsters might start. Should Werner and Havertz start to regain some confidence and we look at Chelsea's 3rd round record down the years before discussing how we see the match going.
In this week's 'Opposition View' we have more of a 'Spy in the Camp' than a someone from the opposition as Jon Parkinson, Chelsea fan and long time listener to the FanCast joins us to give us the lowdown on Morecambe FC. Jon is a Morecambe local and knows more about the League Two side than we will ever know!
Finally, we catch up with the winners and losers from the Chelsea FanCast 'Prem Predictions' League
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown from Chelsea Pride to discuss the work of the group and different attitude towards the LBQT+ community from the men's and the women's game,
There's a round up of all the latest news from Kingsmeadow and we look ahead to our first game of 2021 against Reading.
Plus we share listener wishes for Chelsea FC Women in 2021.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Alex Churchill and Dean Mears to look back on a sobering defeat to Man City.
On the show tonight, we ask with the plethora of problems resulting from the defeat to City, what are the solutions.
In part two we ask is Frank Lampard’s job really in jeopardy? If it is what ever happened to building something and if he does get the tin tack has Roman Abramovich created a monster fanbase in his own image?
In part three with the news of Tommy Docherty’s passing, we look back at his legacy as Chelsea manager and great Docherty’s Diamonds team.
We wrap up in part four with loads of emails.
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 win away at Juventus in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
We look at Emma Hayes' in game switch to a back four, the impact of Jessie Fleming and the importance of Pernille Harder, plus much more.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look ahead to Saturday's match away to Leicester.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference. What's the injury status of Lukaku, Kovacic and Werner plus all the discussion on Jorginho, Conor Gallagher, the Rudiger and Christensen contracts and Hudson-Odoi turning down England.
We also take a look at the announcement of the Supporter Advisors to the Board where Neil Beard has been elected as the supporter groups candidate and the decision by the Club to increase the season ticket prices in the 'West View' by 200%.
In part two, Jack Marson from Leicester Fan TV joins us for the 'Opposition View' and talks about Leicester's up and down form; jamie Vardy; Brendan Rogers and how big a miss will Tielemans be on Saturday. Jack also discusses how Rogers set Leicester up on Saturday and how he sees the game going.
In part three, we preview the Leicester v Chelsea match. What's the likely team selection; will Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek start and will Silva finally get a rest! Are we worried about a match after the International break and an early kick off? How important is it to start a crucial part of the season off with a win? Will Tuchel have one eye on the Juventus match next Tuesday? And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Saturday's match against Brentford.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today and discuss the walking wounded from the International Break; having the right mentality, what the takeover of Newcastle FC means and Chelsea's five Ballon d'Or nominees.
In part two, Billy 'The Bee' Grant from the the Beesotted podcast joins us for the Opposition View to discuss what its like for Brentford fans being in the Premier League; the new ground; expectations for the season and why there's no real rivalry between the two west London clubs. Billy tells us how he sees the match going and what his score prediction is.
In part three we preview Brentford v Chelsea. What's the likely team selection; how much of a role will referee Anthony Taylor and how do we see the game going.
This week Dean and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City at the Academy stadium.
We talk the continued excellence of Jessie Fleming, solving problems of midfield imbalance, clinical second half performance and how the title is now back in our hands.
Plus we preview Chelsea's upcoming Champions League clash with Servette at Kingsmeadow this Thursday.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
In Pt 2 we pick up the season in January with Chelsea top of the Premier League and hopes high for their first league title since 1955.
Chelsea got past Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup 3rd round, helped by a flying hot dog but their unbeaten run came to an end away to Arsenal. The 2-1 home win against Liverpool will forever be remembered for the spat between Graeme Le Saux and Robbie Fowler but goals were drying up in the absence of Gus Poyet and Tore Andre Flo through injury.
Chelsea wobbled in March with an unlucky defeat to Man Utd in the FA Cup and then an unfortunate 1-0 home defeat to West Ham. But this was a mere precursor to what happened in April when Real Mallorca knocked then out of the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final and then a 2-2 draw at home to Leicester courtesy of a Steve Guppy goal all but ended the title challenge.
The season seemed like a massive disappointment going so close to winning the title and finishing 3rd just 4 points behind Man Utd and being knocked out at the quarter final of both the League and FA Cups and the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup. But in truth only 3 league defeats was our best ever performance to date and only 6 clubs had ever done this in a season. Crucially for next season it was Chelsea's first Champions League qualification; their second equal highest finish ever; highest average attendance since 1971/72; most clean sheets and lowest number of goals conceded in the top flight.
But the feeling festered that maybe Chelsea had blown their best chance of a league title in decades. If only Casaraghi, Poyet and Flo had not been injured? If only Vialli had bought another striker in January? If only Chelsea hadn't dropped points against Blackburn, West Ham, Boro, Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester.
If only...it was that kind of season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season.
3 months after the end of Chelsea's most successful season since 1971, they started the 1998-99 season by winning their third European trophy, the UEFA Super Cup, beating the mighty Real Madrid 1-0. Hope's naturally were very high for the season and with the signings of Pierluigi Casaraghi, Albert Ferrer, Brian Laudrup and World Cup winner Marcel Desailly, many thought that Chelsea might challenge for their first League title since 1955.
The first half of the season seemed to confirm this view as Chelsea went on a 21 match unbeaten run and the 2-0 defeat of Spurs at White Hart Lane in December put them top of the Premier League at the end of the year.
But, Chelsea were unlucky with injuries with Casaraghi's career ending injury against West Ham in November followed by Laudrup's departure to Copenhagen and then Gus Poyet's injury on Boxing Day denying Chelsea their cutting edge. Thankfully Gianfranco Zola was in impressive for, but would that be enough?
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by football analyst Mia Eriksson fresh off the FC Barcelona Innovation Hub conference stage.
In Part One we review Chelsea's 1-0 win away at Aston Villa, thanks to another Jessie Fleming goal.
In Part Two we review Chelsea's 7-0 hammering of Servette in the Champions League this week.
And in Part Three we look ahead to Chelsea's mammoth WSL clash with Manchester City this weekend.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and some Chelsea FanCast listeners and members of our Patreon and Discord groups to talk Chelsea.
Its always lovely to catch up with some of our listeners and invite them on to a show once in a while. And it’s a great opportunity for them to ask us questions on, well, absolutely anything; Chelsea related or anything else.
We answer questions on the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge; the contract situation with Rudiger and Christensen; how we fell in love with Chelsea and much more. We also have a couple of emails an dmore songs!
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at frustrating 1-1 draw against Burnley on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we applaud some scintillating football by Chelsea on Saturday capped off by a wonderful Kai Havertz goal.
In part two we bemoan Chelsea’s profligacy and ask what happened after 70 minutes? Did they switch off, get bored or did Sean Dyche’s changes make a difference. At least for now, the draw was mitigated by Liverpool losing to West Ham so Chelsea remains top going in to the International Break.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Burnley match; some questions from Discord and some emails to read out and to wrap up we have the winners and losers from our Prem Predictions League.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Saturday's match against Burnley.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League victory away to Malmo, where it was perhaps tougher than it needed to be. Thanks to a tactical switch and a brilliant goal set up by Hudson-Odoi Chelsea are one small step away from the knock out stages. Loftus-Cheek put in a man-of-the-match display but what were the malmo fans chanting?
We also report back on today's Press Conference, talk Chelsea's injuries, England call ups, Trevoh Chalobah signing a new contract and Tommy T being nominated October Manager of the Month.
In part two, George Poole from the No Nay Never podcast joins us for 'Opposition View' to preview the Chelsea v Burnley match from Burnley's perspective. We discuss what Sean Dyche means to Burnley having just celebrated 9 years at the club; is Tuchel right saying Burnley may be short on points but not performance so far this season; how highly does George rate Maxwel Cornet and can he see Burnley causing Chelsea problems on Saturday.
In part three, we preview the Chelsea v Burnley match. What's the likely team selection; will Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek start and will Silva finally get a rest! With Man Utd playing City and West Ham playing Liverpool, Chelsea has a great chance to extend their lead at the top so just how important will it be to pick up another three points on Saturday? And finally we discuss how we see it going and give our predictions and talking of our predictions we have our weekly update on the winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league.
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This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Lily from the CFCW Social to preview Chelsea's upcoming WSL clash away to Aston Villa.
Chris Perville from Her Football Hub gives us the lowdown on the opposition and we hear all about Lily's trip to Cobham to watch the team train.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Adam Newson, Chelsea writer from Football.London.
On the show tonight, we celebrate two fantastic goals by Reece James, the Cobham Cafu! We ask why did Newcastle’s game plan work in the 1st half, what changed in the 2nd half, should Hayden and Darlow have seen red and what do we do with an out of sorts Ziyech.
In part two we praise Chelsea’s squad depth, look at Tommy T’s performance to date, ask if Connor Gallagher the heir apparent and worry, slightly, about the impending fixture pile up.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Newcastle match; some questions from Discord and a few emails to read out. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Malmo v Chelsea Champions League match on Tuesday.
Join Dean, Dayne and guest Harry Edwards as they relive all the action from Chelsea's 3-0 win over Manchester City at the Academy Stadium.
We discuss Chelsea's fluid formations, missing Pernille Harder, finally seeing Lauren James, progression to the FA Cup final and much much more!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look ahead to Saturday's match against Newcastle.
In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Carabao Cup victory over Southampton in midweek where despite imjury related changes, a make shift Chelsa side got the job done. We ask who impressed and who didn’t and does the win prove that Chelsea has a good enough and big enough squad to cope with the fixture congestion in December and beyond? We also report back on today's Press Conference, talk Chelsea's injuries, the title challenge and the Rudiger and Christensen contract situation.
In part two, we preview Newcastle v Chelsea match. What's the likely team selection; we look at two Newcastle myths - that they are a bogey side for us when we play up there and that now they have money, they can be considered a big club. Also will the euphoria cuased by the arrival of Saudi money and the deprture of Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce produce a bounce against us on Saturday. We wrap up with how we see it going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to preview our 2020/21 FA Cup Semi Final clash with Manchester City this weekend.
We look at any injury concerns following the international break, if Emma Hayes will go with three or four at the back plus much more!
We're also joined by Jayne and Dave from the Manchester City Women Official Supporters Group to give us the opposition view.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's 'Magnificent 7' win over Norwich.
On the show tonight, we applaud the superb appreciation for Matthew Harding on the 25th anniversary of his death; as ever, ponder Tommy T’s team selection and look back at the ‘Magnificent 7’ goals that Chelsea put past Norwich on Saturday.
In part two we discuss the need for patience with Kai Havertz; praise Kovacic for his improvement in assisting; delight in Hudson-Odoi and Reece James excelling in their best positions, and we laugh out loud at Mason Mount shutting up the twitter haters with a fine performance and his first hat-trick.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Norwich match; some questions from Discord and the winners and losers in this week’s Prem Predictions league. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Chelsea v Southampton Carabao match on Tuesday.
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson and Harry Edwards for a tactical look at Chelsea's start to the season.
We look at Emma Hayes' use of a back three, ponder whether the back four will return, what happens with Maren Mjelde and discuss Pernille Harder's impressive start to the season, plus much more!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Saturday's match against Norwich.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins look back at Chelsea's victory over Malmo in the Champions' League which came at a cost of injuries to Lukaku and Werner and a round up of the Chelsea news including the over priced special edition shirt, the Club World Cup moving to the UAE and remembering Matthew Harding 25 years after his tragic and untimely death.
In part two, Rob Butler from the Scrimmage podcast joins us for the Opposition View to discuss the frustrations of supporting a Yo-Yo club, what's happening with Billy Gilmour's loan and how he sees the Chelsea v Norwich match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Norwich. What's the likely team selection; will Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz and Mason Mount make up the front three in the absence of Lukaku and Werner and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's match against Brentford on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we ponder Tommy T’s surprise team selection, Chelsea not making possession count again and Chilwell blowing hot.
In part two we look at Brentford’s second half tactical change and their aerial bombardment, Chelsea’s hive mind, Mendy saving the day and Chelsea digging in for victory.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Brentford match; a great email from Bobby D and some questions from Discord. And in part four we wrap up with a preview of the Chelsea v Malmo match in the Champions’ League on Wednesday.
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 win away at Juventus in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
We look at Emma Hayes' in game switch to a back four, the impact of Jessie Fleming and the importance of Pernille Harder, plus much more.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Saturday's match against Brentford.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today and discuss the walking wounded from the International Break; having the right mentality, what the takeover of Newcastle FC means and Chelsea's five Ballon d'Or nominees.
In part two, Billy 'The Bee' Grant from the the Beesotted podcast joins us for the Opposition View to discuss what its like for Brentford fans being in the Premier League; the new ground; expectations for the season and why there's no real rivalry between the two west London clubs. Billy tells us how he sees the match going and what his score prediction is.
In part three we preview Brentford v Chelsea. What's the likely team selection; how much of a role will referee Anthony Taylor and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Chelsea authors Marco Worrall, Mark Meehan and Chelsea Football London journalist Adam Newson for a 'Q&A' show with members of the Chelsea FanCast Patreon group.
Joining us on Zoom were several members of the Chelsea FanCast Patreon group posing questions on Chelsea's support and culture; Marco's books, Romelu Lukaku, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, match day rituals and even naming sons and daughters after Chelsea players!
A thoroughly entertaining evening spent with friends from all over the world.
Dean flies solo this week and is joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 2-0 win over newly promoted Leicester City in the WSL this past weekend.
We discuss Chelsea's struggle to break down the foxes, the importance of Pernille Harder, the impact of Ji So-Yun and question whether Aniek Nouwen and Zecira Musovic could keep their places in the team.
Plus we rave about the performance of gold medal winner and Balon D'or nominated Jessie Fleming.
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Dean and Dayne are joined by host of new football podcast Their Pitch, to reflect on Chelsea's 3-1 win over Brighton in the WSL.
In part one we discuss the role of Pernille Harder, the excellence of Fran Kirby, the role of Chelsea's midfield pivot plus fawn over the performance of Guro Reiten.
And in part 2 we look ahead to Wednesday's UEFA Women's Champions League clash with Wolfsburg.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Southampton on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we ponder yet another game affected by refereeing and ask again, is it incompetence or corruption?
In part two we look at the sublime and ridiculous Werner and Chilwell goals as well as the encouraging performances of Loftus-Cheek; Hudson-Odoi; Chalobah; Chilwell and yes, even Werner and Barkley.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Southampton match; and a couple of great emails and this week’s winners and losers in the Chelsea FanCast Prem Predictions League.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Juventus and ahead to the match against Southampton on Saturday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus and to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today.
In part two, Steve Grant from Total Saints Podcast joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Saints perspective. We ask him what he thinks of Saints season so far, how does he rate Liveramento and Broja and what he thinks Saints chances against Chelsea on Saturday are.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Saints. What will the team be? Will Tuchel drop underperforming and out of form players, why this a good opportunity for Chelsea to bounce back and how do we see the game going.
Dean, Jane and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 win over Birmingham City in the quarter-final of the FA Cup and look forward to Saturday's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
Tracy Brown joins us for another monthly update from Chelsea Pride, which includes Monday's London Pride event at Stamford Bridge.
Plus there's the launch of a new nickname for Pernille Harder, Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Martin Wickham to look back at a disappointing defeat to City and ahead to Juventus!
On the show tonight, we’ll ask were Chelsea poor or City very good? Is a lack of creativity in midfield the key problem and could Loftus-Cheek be the answer?
In part two we ask if the referee was a factor, would a draw have been a fair result and while we worry about the injuries, we applaud the defence for standing out yet again.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the City match; and a couple of great emails. In part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Champions League match away to Juventus on Wednesday.
Dean and Dayne get together to discuss Chelsea's empathic 6-1 win over Manchester United in the WSL.
Football analyst Mia Eriksson also joined us to discuss the brilliance of Pernille Harder, Chelsea's tap-tap-boom philosophy, the importance of Drew Spence and of course Jessie Fleming scoring a goal for Chelsea.
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Dean is back behind the microphone alongside Jane and new co-host Dayne Whittle to preview our upcoming WSL clash with Manchester United.
We look at any injuries after the international break, whether three at the back is here to stay and if KERR-BY are fit and ready to play.
We're also joined by Natalie from All For United WFC to give us the opposition view.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look back at a great 3-0 victory over Spurs and look ahead to the Carabao Cup tie against Villa this week.
On the show tonight, we pay our own tribute to the incomparable Jimmy Greaves and we are blessed to have our very own Jonathan here who actually saw him play for Chelsea.
Continuing part one, we discuss Tuchel’s changes at half-time and ask just how good is he? Kante in a midfield three, can we see a 3:5:2 on a more regular basis? And how good was it to see Chelsea so dominant against our north London rival.
In part two we applaud the Silva machine for a monstrous performance; have concern for Mount and Havertz and wonder if a lack of creativity up front is a weakness in the side and ask if three managers have come up with 3 different tactics to thwart Chelsea, and failed, what else can they come up with?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Spurs match; the week 5 winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league and some cracking emails and in part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Carabou Cup tie against Villa.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Chelsea’s match at away to Spurs on Sunday
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea’s 1-0 win against Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions’ League this week and to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today.
In part two, Ricky Sacks from Last Word on Spurs joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Spurs perspective. We ask him what he thinks of the appointment of Nuno Espirito Santo’s appointment as Spurs manager; how he feels about Harry Kane staying at the club and is his relationship with the fans soured, as well as Ricky’s expectations for Spurs this season and how he sees Spurs v Chelsea going on Sunday.
In part three we preview Spurs v Chelsea. What will the team be? How do Chelsea overcome teams who press back or park the bus against us and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's 3-0 victory over Aston Villa.
On the show tonight, we’ll be praising Lukaku and Kovacic for some very well taken goals and an assist.
In part two we marvel at marvellous Mendy and stoic Silva who were heroic at keeping Villa out; we ask will Tuchel have learnt his lesson on leaving Jorginho and Mount out and throwing Saul in to the Lion’s den; and we ask if Ziyech and CHO are doing enough?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Villa match; the week 4 winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league and some cracking emails and in part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Champions’ League opener against Zenit.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Chelsea’s match at home to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing who is available for selection and the difficulties caused by International Breaks plus al the latest Chelsea news
In part two, Justin Hawthorne from 'Up The Villa' joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Villa perspective. We ask him how Villa are coping without Grealish; how they did in the transfer window and his expectations this season. Also where does he see Villa's main threats to Chelsea and how does he see the match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Aston Villa. What will the team be? Will the International Break have an effect and how do we see the match going
This week Jane goes solo and is joined by Dayne Whittle and Kerrie Evans to discuss the first WSL league game of the 2021/2022 season
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1997-98 season.
The 1997-98 season was described by Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill as “turbulently successful” and it is hard to disagree and in Part Two we review from January to the end of the season.
In January 1998, Chelsea were 3rd in the league having at one stage reached 2nd and still in the Coca-Cola Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup with everything very much still to play for in the second half of the season.
Tradition dictates that the first match in the New Year was the FA Cup 3rd round and Chelsea, the FA Cup holders were pitted against Manchester United, our recent Cup nemesis. None of us, however, could have predicted the insanity that ensued that day. 0:3 down at half time; 0:5 on 74 minutes and then a Graeme Le Saux worldy and two goals by Vialli made it 3:5 with only a few minutes to go and gave us hope. Well actually they didn’t really!
In the next match Chelsea made amends by knocking out Ipswich in the Coca-Cola cup, again after extra time and penalties, resulting in a semi-final tie against Arsenal. Due to the peculiarity of the fixture list this meant Chelsea would play Arsenal at Highbury in the Coca-Cola Cup, followed by another visit to Highbury in the league and then the return Coca-Cola Cup at the Bridge.
Chelsea’s record against Arsenal at the time was very poor, so many supporters were hoping for the best but expecting the worst. A 2-1 defeat in the 1st leg thanks to a Mark Hughes goal kept us in the tie. But no one expected what would happen after the 2:0 league defeat. Ruud Gullit was sacked after failing to agree a new contract and Gianluca Vialli was announced as his replacement; his first match in charge being the Coca-Cola Cup semi-final at home to Arsenal.
Having toasted his appointment with his teammates with a glass of champagne before kick-off, Chelsea put in a superb performance beating Arsenal 3-1 to reach another final at Wembley. They duly dispatched Middlesbrough in the final, again after extra time, to lift their second trophy in two seasons.
Before the Coca-Cola Cup final, Chelsea had seen off Real Betis in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final, thanks to Flo’s two goals in the away leg. All eyes were now focussed on European glory and as a result the league form suffered.
Against Vicenza in the first leg Chelsea lost 1:0, not a bad away result in Europe, so hopes were high for the second leg back at the Bridge. Hope made way to despair when Vicenza went 2:0 up on aggregate, but Chelsea stormed back, cheered on by one of the noisiest crowds ever experienced at the Bridge. Poyet and Zola put us on level terms with Vicenza and Mark Hughes sealed it with a stunning header to pass to himself to score on the volley.
The season would now end with the chance to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup for the second time in the club’s history. Stockholm would be the venue, Stuttgart the opponents and with Chelsea supporters in all four sides of the tiny stadium, Gianfranco Zola came on with 19 minutes to go and scored a sublime goal with his second touch to win Chelsea the trophy.
1997-98 was a remarkable season with great players like Vialli, Hughes and Zola scoring some wonderful goals; two trophies in one season for the first time ever and the shock sacking of Ruud Gullit. No wonder it is one of the most memorable Chelsea seasons of all time.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1997-98 season.
The 1997-98 season was described by Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill as “turbulently successful” and it is hard to disagree and in Part One we review from pre-season to the end of the year.
With the arrivals of Ed De Goey, Gus Poyet, Tore Andre Flo and return of Graeme Le Saux, all of whom were to make a huge impact on Chelsea success, and the supporters were hopeful of a title challenge this season and a defeat on penalties to Man Utd in the Charity Shield did not quell those hopes.
But the senior members of the side, Vialli and Hughes, reminded everyone of their experience and class and got Chelsea off to an encouraging start to the season where we were rarely out of the top four.
It was the cup competitions where Chelsea thrived though and none more so than the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Slovan Bratislava were routinely dispatched and in the next round Chelsea faced Norwegian part-timers Tromso, beyond the Arctic Circle. One of the most surreal and fondly remembered games in Chelsea’s history played out when Chelsea lost 3:2 in a blizzard.
In the Coca-Cola Cup, it took penalties to beat Blackburn Rovers and extra-time to beat Southampton and in the league four matches are still remembered by anyone who was there. Nigel Winterburn’s last minute goal in the 2:3 home defeat to Arsenal; Patrik Berger’s hat-trick in the 4:2 defeat against Liverpool and old foe David Ellery; the 6:1 at the Lane where Tore-Andre Flo’s hat-trick was ably assisted by Zola as we annihilated Spurs in a match still sung about today and the 0:0 home draw against a Leeds United side managed by George Graham where they tried to kick Chelsea off the pitch.
As the year drew to a close, Chelsea were 3rd in the league having at one stage reached 2nd and still in the Coca-Cola Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup with everything very much still to play for in the second half of the season, but trouble was brewing…
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans (@KerrieEvans) from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group to preview Chelsea's opening WSL clash with Arsenal this Sunday at the Emirates Stadium.
We discuss a potential slow start for Chelsea after their Olympic commitments, the impact of the Emirates on the match and try and predict which players will start this game.
Also, Tim Stillman from Arse Blog News joined us to give us the lowdown on our opponents Arsenal, including what their new manager has brought to the team and the players to watch.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dan Silver to look back at resilient 1-1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing whether Reece James should have been sent off and analysing Anthony Fucking Taylors’ appalling history of poor decisions against Chelsea. Is he incompetent or corrupt? We’ll round part one off with a chat about how heroically resilient Chelsea were to get a 1-1 playing against 12 men.
In part two we look at, Havertz goal aside, why our attacking players are taking time to gel; we ask is Tuchel the new Messiah and we wrap up with the latest transfer news as it comes in.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Liverpool match; the third round of our Prem Predictions league and in part four we have some emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Liverpool on Saturday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on Lukaku v Van Dijk, Klopp v Tuchel and bizarrely trying to compare Tuchel’s playing philosophy with ABBA. Plus, the latest on Chelsea’s transfers, the Champions’ League draw and Jorginho being named UEFA POTY.
In part two we preview Liverpool v Chelsea with our views on Lukaku v Van Dijk, Klopp on too much physicality in the league, Liverpool’s transfers and how Chelsea will fare in their biggest test to date in the new season. Plus, the likely team selection, how we see the match going and our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown from Chelsea Pride to preview the 2021/22 WSL Season from the Chelsea perspective and Tracy updates us on Chelsea Pride.
We look at our transfer incomings and outgoings, pre-season form, games to look forward to and give our predictions ahead of the season opener against Arsenal next week.
Plus Tracy gives us an update on the goings on around Chelsea Pride, which will now become a monthly feature on the podcast going forward. Follow them on
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle & Mark Meehan to look back on a superb debut from Romelu Lukaku in the 2-0 defeat of Arsenal.
On the show tonight, we’ll be eulogising Romelu Lukaku’s compete centre forward display and musing on Tuchel’s team selection. We offer props to Reece James for his all-round performance and courtesy of Adam Newson of Football.London’s article offer a reappraisal of Jorginho after Tuchel’s effusive comments about our mercurial Brazilian Italian.
In part two we discuss how good Chelsea’s defence is and the game management that Tuchel has brought to the side, while acknowledging the good start with tougher tests to come.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Arsenal match; the second round of our Prem Predictions league, plus a couple of emails to read out.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson for a new feature, talking tactics, where we discuss all things tactics and football analysis.
Mia is currently studying tactics and analysis at the Barcelona Innovation Hub and we hope to learn along with the listener as we discuss Chelsea.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Arsenal on Sunday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on whether Romelu Lukaku will start against Arsenal; how will the team formation change to fit him in; Chalobah earning the right to stay; Pulisic contracting Covid and Kante and Ziyech fit again.
In part two we welcome Dave Seager from Gunnerstown for our 'Opposition View'. Dave gives his thoughts on Arsenal’s summer signings; the pressure on Mikel Arteta; his expectations for Arsenal’s season and a look ahead to Sunday’s match against Chelsea from the Arsenal perspective.
In part three we preview Arsenal v Chelsea with our views on the likely Chelsea team; our poor recent record against Arsenal; the perfect stage for Lukaku to make his second Chelsea debut and not underestimating Arsenal. We wrap up with our predictions for the game.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's victory over Crystal Palace in their opening Premier League match of the new season.
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing just how good it was to be back at the Bridge; applaud a fine performance by Chelsea, especially Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah with his dream debut.
In part two we’ll be asking should we be concerned by Pulisic and Werner’s form? What difference will Lukaku make; does his signing mean we are title favourites and do we need any other additions to the squad. And we say thank you and farewell to Tammy Abraham.
In part three we have some odds and sods with the results of the Fannies for the Palace match; the Chelsea FanCast season predictions to go through and the results from the first round of our 'Prem Predictions' league, plus one email to read out.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1979-80 season.
Chelsea enters the last season of a very turbulent decade, back in Division Two and as the song says, “we won’t be here for long”. Well, that was the thinking anyway!
England’s 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero, Geoff Hurst is appointed manager with his West Ham side kick Bobby Gould as assistant.
When Chelsea hammered Leyton Orient 7-3 it looked like some of Hurst’s goalscoring magic was rubbing off on the players. In fact, by the end of December, Chelsea were sitting top of the division and were still top with only one month of the season to go.
Bolstered by Clive Walker’s goals in a fine season for the winger who was Chelsea’s POTY, Chelsea had to beat Oldham in their final match to secure promotion. They did, but sadly, Birmingham and Sunderland both drew which was enough to leave Chelsea agonisingly 1 point off the promotion places. Had Mickey Droy not hit the post in the 1st match of the season v Sunderland, we’d have been promoted.
Still, we had the antics of Petar Borota our mad Yugoslavian keeper to keep us entertained and with Colin Lee, Colin Viljoen and Colin Pates debuting in the season, how many teams could lay claim to having three Colin’s in the team?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s opening match of the new season against Crystal Palace.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea's victory over Villareal in the UEFA Super Cup final, the signing of Romely Lukaku and the debacle over the Matthew Harding Lower meaning 908 supporters cannot go to Saturday's game.
In part two we welcome back Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest for our 'Opposition View'. Chris gives his thoughts on new manager Patrick Viera, the new palace signings including Marc Guehi and Connor Gallagher, his expectations for Palace's season and how he sees Saturday's match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Crystal Palace with our views on how big an issue is the lack of match fitness and sharpness; how big a loss will Ziyech and Kante be; the importance of hitting the ground running and how we see the match going.
Stamford Chidge talks to Neil Fitzsimon about his new book - "A Deeper Shade of Blue" covering the 1972-77 seasons and a very turbulent time in Chelsea's history.
A Deeper Shade of Blue charts the tumultuous years of Chelsea Football Club between 1972 and 1977 when the glittering cup-winning side of the early 70s was broken up, and stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson departed, along with manager Dave Sexton. It was an era that saw Chelsea relegated to the Second Division while massive debts pushed them to the brink of extinction. But the Blues bounced back with the birth of Eddie McCreadie's brash, young and exciting side, led by the precociously talented Ray 'Butch' Wilkins. McCreadie guided the club back to the First Division only to leave acrimoniously in bizarre circumstances - a golden opportunity spurned by the club's owners. A Deeper Shade of Blue is the eagerly awaited sequel to Neil Fitzsimon's Rhapsody in Blue. It reveals how the author made the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood as a Chelsea supporter during those turbulent times. We discover how the innocence of youth was replaced by the harsh experience of growing up in 1970s England.
Neil's book can be purchased from Amazon for around £10.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.
Part Two of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, picks up the story in January, with Chelsea drawn against Liverpool, Premier League leaders, in the 4th round of the FA Cup.
Chelsea are 2-0 down at half-time and it could have been 4 or 5. Gullit brings Mark Hughes on and the rest, as they say, is history. Thanks to Hughes, Zola and a Vialli brace, Chelsea forced a remarkable comeback to win 4-2 in what is one of the favourite matches of all time for many supporters.
While Chelsea’s league form held up well this season with impressive wins against Liverpool, West Ham, Spurs and Sunderland and a draw against Man Utd, resulting in their highest finish (6th) since 1990. But, the second half of the 96-97 season was really all about the FA Cup.
A dramatic penalty by Frank LeBeouf in Extra-Time against Leicester, was followed by a routine 4-1 thumping of Portsmouth in the quarter-final. Up against bogey side Wimbledon in the Highbury semi-final, Chelsea put on the style, winning 3-1 with Zola giving the Wimbledon defence “twisted blood”.
Reaching their second FA Cup final in 3 seasons, supporters believed this was Chelsea’s time as they faced Middlesbrough. None of us could have predicted that Roberto Di Matteo would smash in a goal from 30 yards after just 43 seconds to calm the nerves. Eddie Newton wrapped things up on 83 minutes as Chelsea won 2-0 to secure their first trophy in 26 years and second FA Cup after 27 years. No surprise then that the player’s celebrations lasted 45 mins after the trophy was handed to Dennis Wise. The supporter’s celebrations lasted much, much longer!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.
Part One of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, starts with the incredible signings of Italian stars Gianluca Vialli and Roberto di Matteo and future French World Cup winner, Frank LeBoeuf.
Ruud Gullit began to assemble a Chelsea side with a distinctly continental flair and the Chelsea supporters loved it. But while the trio all settled in quickly, Chelsea’s start to the season was steady rather than spectacular.
All this was overshadowed by the tragic death of Matthew Harding, in a helicopter crash on the way back from the Coca Cola League Cup defeat away to Bolton in October. Harding, a real man of the people, who would drink a few pints of Guinness in the Imperial Pub with the supporters, had bankrolled the signing of players such as di Matteo and LeBoeuf as well as the new North Stand and the new Shed End which was being built at the time.
The grieving for Matthew Harding was lifted a little in November with the signing of Gianfranco Zola, a genuine world star from Italy. Zola made an immediate impact scoring superb goals and striking up a telepathic partnership with Mark Hughes. But how would this impact Vialli, already a favourite with the Stamford Bridge faithful?
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Ben Gilby to preview our rivals in the 2021/22 season.
We assess their incomings and outgoings, new and existing coaches and fill out our league tables come May 2022 to see who's coming top
and who's going down.
Let us know your thoughts!
Please remember this episode was recorded before the transfer window closed
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1978-79 season.
The 1978-79 was an in and out season in more ways than one. Still in Division One, under the management of Ken Shellito, Chelsea were still relying on youngsters coming up from the academy. Gary Chivers, Mikey Fillery, Jonny Bumstead, Mickey Nutton, David Stride and John Sitton all got promoted to the first team.
Bizarrely, Chelsea signed former Leeds and Everton maverick Duncan McKenzie, whose sole contribution to Chelsea was being pictured leaping over a Mini. A sadder return was the return of the King of Stamford Bridge, Peter ‘Ossie’ Osgood, who in truth, was a shadow of the player we knew and loved. Chelsea’s financial chickens had come home to roost as the disastrous overspend on the new East Stand had near bankrupted the club, while the North Stand was crumbling and was subject to a GLC safety order.
Things were no better on the pitch. With only 2 wins in the first 3 months of the season, Chelsea were bottom of the league by the turn of the year.
Shellito made way for Frank ‘The Tank’ Upton, for one day and then Danny Blanchflower, former Spurs double winning captain and now columnist for the Sunday Express was appointed manager to the astonishment of everyone, not least the players.
Blanchflower’s first match in charge saw Chelsea lose 7-2 away to Middlesbrough and shortly after by a 5-1 away defeat to Ipswich and rounded off toward the end of the season with a 6-0 defeat away to Forest and a 5-2 away defeat to Arsenal. Maybe Blanchflower should have got the players train with footballs rather than imaginary ones they trained with.
With 2 wins from the first 22 league games and only a further 3 wins all season, Chelsea’s worst ever performance in Division One saw them relegated bottom on 20 points from 42 games.
To round off a miserable season, Ray Wilkins was sold to Man Utd that summer and Peter Bonetti retired. If you’ve ever heard the expression “where were you when you were shit?”, the answer is the 1978-79 season.
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This week Dean is joined by Mia Eriksson, Jay Woolmington and Ben Gilby to talk through the Olympic games and Chelsea's representatives in it.
We talk through the performances of Sam Kerr, the bad luck of Fran Kirby and question why American's don't seem to make it to Kingsmeadow.
Plus look ahead to the medal matches with Sam Kerr going for Bronze with Australia and Magda Eriksson, Jonna Andersson, Zecira Musovic and Jessie Fleming battling for Gold this Friday
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look back at the 1977-78 season.
Chelsea was back where they belong, in Division One, but they would start the season without the manager who got them back there, Eddie McCreadie. McCreadie had surprisingly left the club during the summer and was replaced by Ken Shellito.
It was to be an infuriating return the top division though, with Chelsea typically mercurial. Winning away at Man Utd (now managed by former Chelsea boss Dave Sexton) and beating Forest, the eventual Champions only to lose 6-2 to City, 5-1 to Coventry and 6-0 to Everton. In between there were mad 5-3 and 5-4 victories over Ipswich and Birmingham.
But the season is remembered for one game in particular. The FA Cup third round match against Liverpool, European Champions at the time. Clive Walker ran rings round them that day and Chelsea won 4-2. Chelsea beat Burnley 6-2 in the next round and hopes were high for a tilt at the trophy until they came crashing down, like the wall at Leyton Orient in the 0-0 draw, before losing to the second division side 2-1 at the Bridge in the replay. After all that disappointment in the Cup, at least Chelsea managed to avoid relegation back to Division 2!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1995-96 season.
In Part Two of our look back at the 1995-96 season, we pick up the story in January. Chelsea have been drawn against Newcastle, the Premier League leaders, in the FA Cup 3rd round, and in the process embark on a sometimes bizarre but never dull Cup run.
A Kharine error leading to a Ferdinand goal in injury time means a reply at St James’ Park where the tie is ultimately settled by a penalty shoot-out with Chelsea making it with some fine penalties and Kevin Hitchcock saves.
After making short work of QPR in the next round, Chelsea needs replays in the 5th round against Grimsby and quarter-final against Wimbledon to make it through to their second FA Cup semi-final in three seasons.
But Man Utd ruined the party, again. Ruud Gullit put Chelsea ahead, but injuries to both wing backs and a disastrous Craig Burley back pass leading to David Beckham’s winner meant Chelsea would have to wait one more year for their first FA Cup trophy since 1970.
The League form was inconsistent with an 11th place finish and suffered at the expense of the FA Cup run, but Chelsea supporters had seen enough this season to believe that trophies were within reach. But the final act of the drama saw Glen Hoddle, the architect of this optimism, leave to manage England. The consolation being the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager for the next season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1995-96 season.
Glen Hoddle embarks on his third season in charge at Chelsea having packed his boots away at the end of the previous season. Before a ball is kicked, one of the most astonishing signings in the history of the club is announced. Former Ballon d’Or winner and Dutch master, Ruud Gullit signs on a free from Sampdoria.
Gullit will become one of the most lauded players in Chelsea’s history and was the spark that truly ignited the Blue Revolution, not to mention thousands of dreadlock wigs on a match day. But Hoddle wasn’t finished. Mark Hughes, Man Utd’s war horse of a striker arrives at the club and is later joined by Dan Petrescu and Terry Phelan, the later finally making Hoddle’s 3:5:2 wing back system tick.
Expectations for sexy football and trophies with Chelsea having reached an FA Cup final and a European final in the last two seasons, were understandably high. As ever, Chelsea was in for a rollercoaster ride.
Gullit and Hughes were imperious and Super Dan was a revelation but the League form remained inconsistent; beating the best but losing to the worst teams. Again, it was the FA Cup where Chelsea shone, but as with 1994, they were to lose out to Man Utd, somewhat cruelly, in the semi-final.
But the season saw great free flowing passing football and the team really beginning to gel. A trophy appeared to be not far off and we wouldn’t have to wait too long…
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 2 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.
We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player finishing off in this episode with the midfielders and attackers.
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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan interview former Chelsea player, Nigel Spackman and discuss his two spells at the club in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Nigel Spackman signed for Chelsea in 1983 and joined Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin, Joe McLaughlin and Eddie Niedzwiecki as John Neal’s new recruits launched Chelsea’s campaign to return to the top flight.
Spackman was crucial to Chelsea’s title winning season in the heart of the midfield with John Bumstead and was a key part of the side that took Division One by storm and won the Full Members’ Cup.
Nigel left the club in 1987 after falling out with the draconian Ernie Whalley and was sold to Liverpool, but he returned 5 years later to join an underachieving Ian Porterfield side. However, things were about to radically change at the club when Glen Hoddle was appointed player manager.
Although Spackman was out for long periods due to a long-term back injury, his swansong for the club came in the 1994-95 season when he was the rock which saw a young and inexperienced Chelsea side reach the semi-final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
Fondly remembered as a player who never gave less than 100% in his 8 years at the club; many also remember Spackman for the public service he rendered by swinging a right hook at Martin Keown. He was sent off, of course, but received a standing ovation from the Stamford Bridge crowd.
We talk to Nigel about the great 1980’s side, John Neal and what went wrong with John Hollins and Ernie Whalley and what was it like to come back to Stamford Bridge and play for Glen Hoddle, the European campaign and playing in midfield with Ruud Gullit. Oh, and we talk about that punch!
Covering two fascinating periods of Chelsea’s history the interview with ‘Spackers’ is a great accompaniment to our ’50 Years of Chelsea’ series.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 1 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.
We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player starting in this episode with the goalkeepers and defenders.
Please note this episode was recorded two weeks ago so some transfer have already happened.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1976-77 season.
Thanks to the Club being £3million in debt, it was a case of promotion or bust this season.
Chelsea made a great start with Eddie McCreadie’s mix of talented youngsters and the older wiser heads of Ron Harris and Peter Bonetti and by the end of the year were sitting top of Division Two. Even Dr Henry Kissinger, a VIP visitor for the match against title rivals Wolves seemed impressed!
Predictably Chelsea wobbled in the second half of the season but a key win against Nottingham Forest in April meant it all boiled down to the penultimate game away to Wolves.
Due to the frequent hooliganism throughout the season, Chelsea supporters were banned from going to this vital match, but the saying “You Can’t Ban a Chelsea Fan” was borne that day as thousands of Chelsea fans were in all parts of the ground to witness a 1-1 draw and promotion back to Division One.
A week later, Chelsea thumped Hull City 4-0 resulting in several pitch invasions and Eddie McCreadie imploring the supporters to allow the game to continue. They did, just, but the mass invasion at the end showed just what it meant for Chelsea to get back to where they belong.
As the supporters had been singing all season “We’re the Boys in Blue in Division Two, but we won’t be here for long”. Thankfully they were right!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1975-76 season.
Chelsea find themselves in Division Two having been relegated the previous season. Eddie McCreadie is charged with rejuvenating Chelsea and this season is very much one of transition.
McCreadie puts his faith in the youth, giving an 18 year old Ray Wilkins the Captaincy and bringing in players such as John Sparrow, Gary Stanley, Ian Britton & Teddy Maybank. In truth he had little choice as the Club had almost gone in to receivership over the summer.
Understandably, Chelsea were consistently inconsistent, with very up and down league form which saw no wins in the last 9 games to finish in 11th; Chelsea’s lowest ever league finish at that point.
The high point of the season was perhaps also the low point as Chelsea lost 3-2 to Fedora wearing Malcolm Allison’s Crystal Palace in the 5th round of the FA Cup. 55,000 crammed in to Stamford Bridge that day as Chelsea supporters sniffed some unexpected cup glory, but it was not to be. At least 3rd Division Palace reached the semi-final, ironically played at Stamford Bridge.
But this season was arguably the making of one of the greatest home grown talents seen at the club; Ray Wilkins, who was the leading appearance maker (47) and top goal scorer (12).
From here it could only get better…
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Chelsea authors Marco Worrall, Mark Meehan and Chelsea Football London journalist Adam Newson for a 'Q&A' show with members of the Chelsea FanCast Patreon group.
Joining us on Zoom were several members of the Chelsea FanCast Patreon group posing questions on Chelsea's support and culture; Marco's books, Romelu Lukaku, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, match day rituals and even naming sons and daughters after Chelsea players!
A thoroughly entertaining evening spent with friends from all over the world.
Dean flies solo this week and is joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 2-0 win over newly promoted Leicester City in the WSL this past weekend.
We discuss Chelsea's struggle to break down the foxes, the importance of Pernille Harder, the impact of Ji So-Yun and question whether Aniek Nouwen and Zecira Musovic could keep their places in the team.
Plus we rave about the performance of gold medal winner and Balon D'or nominated Jessie Fleming.
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Dean and Dayne are joined by host of new football podcast Their Pitch, to reflect on Chelsea's 3-1 win over Brighton in the WSL.
In part one we discuss the role of Pernille Harder, the excellence of Fran Kirby, the role of Chelsea's midfield pivot plus fawn over the performance of Guro Reiten.
And in part 2 we look ahead to Wednesday's UEFA Women's Champions League clash with Wolfsburg.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Southampton on Saturday.
On the show tonight, we ponder yet another game affected by refereeing and ask again, is it incompetence or corruption?
In part two we look at the sublime and ridiculous Werner and Chilwell goals as well as the encouraging performances of Loftus-Cheek; Hudson-Odoi; Chalobah; Chilwell and yes, even Werner and Barkley.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Southampton match; and a couple of great emails and this week’s winners and losers in the Chelsea FanCast Prem Predictions League.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Juventus and ahead to the match against Southampton on Saturday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus and to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today.
In part two, Steve Grant from Total Saints Podcast joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Saints perspective. We ask him what he thinks of Saints season so far, how does he rate Liveramento and Broja and what he thinks Saints chances against Chelsea on Saturday are.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Saints. What will the team be? Will Tuchel drop underperforming and out of form players, why this a good opportunity for Chelsea to bounce back and how do we see the game going.
Dean, Jane and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 win over Birmingham City in the quarter-final of the FA Cup and look forward to Saturday's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
Tracy Brown joins us for another monthly update from Chelsea Pride, which includes Monday's London Pride event at Stamford Bridge.
Plus there's the launch of a new nickname for Pernille Harder, Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Martin Wickham to look back at a disappointing defeat to City and ahead to Juventus!
On the show tonight, we’ll ask were Chelsea poor or City very good? Is a lack of creativity in midfield the key problem and could Loftus-Cheek be the answer?
In part two we ask if the referee was a factor, would a draw have been a fair result and while we worry about the injuries, we applaud the defence for standing out yet again.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the City match; and a couple of great emails. In part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Champions League match away to Juventus on Wednesday.
Dean and Dayne get together to discuss Chelsea's empathic 6-1 win over Manchester United in the WSL.
Football analyst Mia Eriksson also joined us to discuss the brilliance of Pernille Harder, Chelsea's tap-tap-boom philosophy, the importance of Drew Spence and of course Jessie Fleming scoring a goal for Chelsea.
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Dean is back behind the microphone alongside Jane and new co-host Dayne Whittle to preview our upcoming WSL clash with Manchester United.
We look at any injuries after the international break, whether three at the back is here to stay and if KERR-BY are fit and ready to play.
We're also joined by Natalie from All For United WFC to give us the opposition view.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look back at a great 3-0 victory over Spurs and look ahead to the Carabao Cup tie against Villa this week.
On the show tonight, we pay our own tribute to the incomparable Jimmy Greaves and we are blessed to have our very own Jonathan here who actually saw him play for Chelsea.
Continuing part one, we discuss Tuchel’s changes at half-time and ask just how good is he? Kante in a midfield three, can we see a 3:5:2 on a more regular basis? And how good was it to see Chelsea so dominant against our north London rival.
In part two we applaud the Silva machine for a monstrous performance; have concern for Mount and Havertz and wonder if a lack of creativity up front is a weakness in the side and ask if three managers have come up with 3 different tactics to thwart Chelsea, and failed, what else can they come up with?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Spurs match; the week 5 winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league and some cracking emails and in part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Carabou Cup tie against Villa.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Chelsea’s match at away to Spurs on Sunday
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea’s 1-0 win against Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions’ League this week and to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today.
In part two, Ricky Sacks from Last Word on Spurs joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Spurs perspective. We ask him what he thinks of the appointment of Nuno Espirito Santo’s appointment as Spurs manager; how he feels about Harry Kane staying at the club and is his relationship with the fans soured, as well as Ricky’s expectations for Spurs this season and how he sees Spurs v Chelsea going on Sunday.
In part three we preview Spurs v Chelsea. What will the team be? How do Chelsea overcome teams who press back or park the bus against us and how do we see the game going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's 3-0 victory over Aston Villa.
On the show tonight, we’ll be praising Lukaku and Kovacic for some very well taken goals and an assist.
In part two we marvel at marvellous Mendy and stoic Silva who were heroic at keeping Villa out; we ask will Tuchel have learnt his lesson on leaving Jorginho and Mount out and throwing Saul in to the Lion’s den; and we ask if Ziyech and CHO are doing enough?
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Villa match; the week 4 winners and losers in our Prem Predictions league and some cracking emails and in part four we look ahead to Chelsea’s Champions’ League opener against Zenit.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Chelsea’s match at home to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing who is available for selection and the difficulties caused by International Breaks plus al the latest Chelsea news
In part two, Justin Hawthorne from 'Up The Villa' joins us in 'Opposition View' to preview the match from the Villa perspective. We ask him how Villa are coping without Grealish; how they did in the transfer window and his expectations this season. Also where does he see Villa's main threats to Chelsea and how does he see the match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Aston Villa. What will the team be? Will the International Break have an effect and how do we see the match going
This week Jane goes solo and is joined by Dayne Whittle and Kerrie Evans to discuss the first WSL league game of the 2021/2022 season
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1997-98 season.
The 1997-98 season was described by Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill as “turbulently successful” and it is hard to disagree and in Part Two we review from January to the end of the season.
In January 1998, Chelsea were 3rd in the league having at one stage reached 2nd and still in the Coca-Cola Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup with everything very much still to play for in the second half of the season.
Tradition dictates that the first match in the New Year was the FA Cup 3rd round and Chelsea, the FA Cup holders were pitted against Manchester United, our recent Cup nemesis. None of us, however, could have predicted the insanity that ensued that day. 0:3 down at half time; 0:5 on 74 minutes and then a Graeme Le Saux worldy and two goals by Vialli made it 3:5 with only a few minutes to go and gave us hope. Well actually they didn’t really!
In the next match Chelsea made amends by knocking out Ipswich in the Coca-Cola cup, again after extra time and penalties, resulting in a semi-final tie against Arsenal. Due to the peculiarity of the fixture list this meant Chelsea would play Arsenal at Highbury in the Coca-Cola Cup, followed by another visit to Highbury in the league and then the return Coca-Cola Cup at the Bridge.
Chelsea’s record against Arsenal at the time was very poor, so many supporters were hoping for the best but expecting the worst. A 2-1 defeat in the 1st leg thanks to a Mark Hughes goal kept us in the tie. But no one expected what would happen after the 2:0 league defeat. Ruud Gullit was sacked after failing to agree a new contract and Gianluca Vialli was announced as his replacement; his first match in charge being the Coca-Cola Cup semi-final at home to Arsenal.
Having toasted his appointment with his teammates with a glass of champagne before kick-off, Chelsea put in a superb performance beating Arsenal 3-1 to reach another final at Wembley. They duly dispatched Middlesbrough in the final, again after extra time, to lift their second trophy in two seasons.
Before the Coca-Cola Cup final, Chelsea had seen off Real Betis in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final, thanks to Flo’s two goals in the away leg. All eyes were now focussed on European glory and as a result the league form suffered.
Against Vicenza in the first leg Chelsea lost 1:0, not a bad away result in Europe, so hopes were high for the second leg back at the Bridge. Hope made way to despair when Vicenza went 2:0 up on aggregate, but Chelsea stormed back, cheered on by one of the noisiest crowds ever experienced at the Bridge. Poyet and Zola put us on level terms with Vicenza and Mark Hughes sealed it with a stunning header to pass to himself to score on the volley.
The season would now end with the chance to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup for the second time in the club’s history. Stockholm would be the venue, Stuttgart the opponents and with Chelsea supporters in all four sides of the tiny stadium, Gianfranco Zola came on with 19 minutes to go and scored a sublime goal with his second touch to win Chelsea the trophy.
1997-98 was a remarkable season with great players like Vialli, Hughes and Zola scoring some wonderful goals; two trophies in one season for the first time ever and the shock sacking of Ruud Gullit. No wonder it is one of the most memorable Chelsea seasons of all time.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1997-98 season.
The 1997-98 season was described by Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill as “turbulently successful” and it is hard to disagree and in Part One we review from pre-season to the end of the year.
With the arrivals of Ed De Goey, Gus Poyet, Tore Andre Flo and return of Graeme Le Saux, all of whom were to make a huge impact on Chelsea success, and the supporters were hopeful of a title challenge this season and a defeat on penalties to Man Utd in the Charity Shield did not quell those hopes.
But the senior members of the side, Vialli and Hughes, reminded everyone of their experience and class and got Chelsea off to an encouraging start to the season where we were rarely out of the top four.
It was the cup competitions where Chelsea thrived though and none more so than the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Slovan Bratislava were routinely dispatched and in the next round Chelsea faced Norwegian part-timers Tromso, beyond the Arctic Circle. One of the most surreal and fondly remembered games in Chelsea’s history played out when Chelsea lost 3:2 in a blizzard.
In the Coca-Cola Cup, it took penalties to beat Blackburn Rovers and extra-time to beat Southampton and in the league four matches are still remembered by anyone who was there. Nigel Winterburn’s last minute goal in the 2:3 home defeat to Arsenal; Patrik Berger’s hat-trick in the 4:2 defeat against Liverpool and old foe David Ellery; the 6:1 at the Lane where Tore-Andre Flo’s hat-trick was ably assisted by Zola as we annihilated Spurs in a match still sung about today and the 0:0 home draw against a Leeds United side managed by George Graham where they tried to kick Chelsea off the pitch.
As the year drew to a close, Chelsea were 3rd in the league having at one stage reached 2nd and still in the Coca-Cola Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup with everything very much still to play for in the second half of the season, but trouble was brewing…
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans (@KerrieEvans) from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group to preview Chelsea's opening WSL clash with Arsenal this Sunday at the Emirates Stadium.
We discuss a potential slow start for Chelsea after their Olympic commitments, the impact of the Emirates on the match and try and predict which players will start this game.
Also, Tim Stillman from Arse Blog News joined us to give us the lowdown on our opponents Arsenal, including what their new manager has brought to the team and the players to watch.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dan Silver to look back at resilient 1-1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing whether Reece James should have been sent off and analysing Anthony Fucking Taylors’ appalling history of poor decisions against Chelsea. Is he incompetent or corrupt? We’ll round part one off with a chat about how heroically resilient Chelsea were to get a 1-1 playing against 12 men.
In part two we look at, Havertz goal aside, why our attacking players are taking time to gel; we ask is Tuchel the new Messiah and we wrap up with the latest transfer news as it comes in.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Liverpool match; the third round of our Prem Predictions league and in part four we have some emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Liverpool on Saturday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on Lukaku v Van Dijk, Klopp v Tuchel and bizarrely trying to compare Tuchel’s playing philosophy with ABBA. Plus, the latest on Chelsea’s transfers, the Champions’ League draw and Jorginho being named UEFA POTY.
In part two we preview Liverpool v Chelsea with our views on Lukaku v Van Dijk, Klopp on too much physicality in the league, Liverpool’s transfers and how Chelsea will fare in their biggest test to date in the new season. Plus, the likely team selection, how we see the match going and our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown from Chelsea Pride to preview the 2021/22 WSL Season from the Chelsea perspective and Tracy updates us on Chelsea Pride.
We look at our transfer incomings and outgoings, pre-season form, games to look forward to and give our predictions ahead of the season opener against Arsenal next week.
Plus Tracy gives us an update on the goings on around Chelsea Pride, which will now become a monthly feature on the podcast going forward. Follow them on
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle & Mark Meehan to look back on a superb debut from Romelu Lukaku in the 2-0 defeat of Arsenal.
On the show tonight, we’ll be eulogising Romelu Lukaku’s compete centre forward display and musing on Tuchel’s team selection. We offer props to Reece James for his all-round performance and courtesy of Adam Newson of Football.London’s article offer a reappraisal of Jorginho after Tuchel’s effusive comments about our mercurial Brazilian Italian.
In part two we discuss how good Chelsea’s defence is and the game management that Tuchel has brought to the side, while acknowledging the good start with tougher tests to come.
In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Arsenal match; the second round of our Prem Predictions league, plus a couple of emails to read out.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson for a new feature, talking tactics, where we discuss all things tactics and football analysis.
Mia is currently studying tactics and analysis at the Barcelona Innovation Hub and we hope to learn along with the listener as we discuss Chelsea.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Arsenal on Sunday.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on whether Romelu Lukaku will start against Arsenal; how will the team formation change to fit him in; Chalobah earning the right to stay; Pulisic contracting Covid and Kante and Ziyech fit again.
In part two we welcome Dave Seager from Gunnerstown for our 'Opposition View'. Dave gives his thoughts on Arsenal’s summer signings; the pressure on Mikel Arteta; his expectations for Arsenal’s season and a look ahead to Sunday’s match against Chelsea from the Arsenal perspective.
In part three we preview Arsenal v Chelsea with our views on the likely Chelsea team; our poor recent record against Arsenal; the perfect stage for Lukaku to make his second Chelsea debut and not underestimating Arsenal. We wrap up with our predictions for the game.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's victory over Crystal Palace in their opening Premier League match of the new season.
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing just how good it was to be back at the Bridge; applaud a fine performance by Chelsea, especially Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah with his dream debut.
In part two we’ll be asking should we be concerned by Pulisic and Werner’s form? What difference will Lukaku make; does his signing mean we are title favourites and do we need any other additions to the squad. And we say thank you and farewell to Tammy Abraham.
In part three we have some odds and sods with the results of the Fannies for the Palace match; the Chelsea FanCast season predictions to go through and the results from the first round of our 'Prem Predictions' league, plus one email to read out.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1979-80 season.
Chelsea enters the last season of a very turbulent decade, back in Division Two and as the song says, “we won’t be here for long”. Well, that was the thinking anyway!
England’s 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero, Geoff Hurst is appointed manager with his West Ham side kick Bobby Gould as assistant.
When Chelsea hammered Leyton Orient 7-3 it looked like some of Hurst’s goalscoring magic was rubbing off on the players. In fact, by the end of December, Chelsea were sitting top of the division and were still top with only one month of the season to go.
Bolstered by Clive Walker’s goals in a fine season for the winger who was Chelsea’s POTY, Chelsea had to beat Oldham in their final match to secure promotion. They did, but sadly, Birmingham and Sunderland both drew which was enough to leave Chelsea agonisingly 1 point off the promotion places. Had Mickey Droy not hit the post in the 1st match of the season v Sunderland, we’d have been promoted.
Still, we had the antics of Petar Borota our mad Yugoslavian keeper to keep us entertained and with Colin Lee, Colin Viljoen and Colin Pates debuting in the season, how many teams could lay claim to having three Colin’s in the team?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s opening match of the new season against Crystal Palace.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea's victory over Villareal in the UEFA Super Cup final, the signing of Romely Lukaku and the debacle over the Matthew Harding Lower meaning 908 supporters cannot go to Saturday's game.
In part two we welcome back Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest for our 'Opposition View'. Chris gives his thoughts on new manager Patrick Viera, the new palace signings including Marc Guehi and Connor Gallagher, his expectations for Palace's season and how he sees Saturday's match going.
In part three we preview Chelsea v Crystal Palace with our views on how big an issue is the lack of match fitness and sharpness; how big a loss will Ziyech and Kante be; the importance of hitting the ground running and how we see the match going.
Stamford Chidge talks to Neil Fitzsimon about his new book - "A Deeper Shade of Blue" covering the 1972-77 seasons and a very turbulent time in Chelsea's history.
A Deeper Shade of Blue charts the tumultuous years of Chelsea Football Club between 1972 and 1977 when the glittering cup-winning side of the early 70s was broken up, and stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson departed, along with manager Dave Sexton. It was an era that saw Chelsea relegated to the Second Division while massive debts pushed them to the brink of extinction. But the Blues bounced back with the birth of Eddie McCreadie's brash, young and exciting side, led by the precociously talented Ray 'Butch' Wilkins. McCreadie guided the club back to the First Division only to leave acrimoniously in bizarre circumstances - a golden opportunity spurned by the club's owners. A Deeper Shade of Blue is the eagerly awaited sequel to Neil Fitzsimon's Rhapsody in Blue. It reveals how the author made the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood as a Chelsea supporter during those turbulent times. We discover how the innocence of youth was replaced by the harsh experience of growing up in 1970s England.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.
Part Two of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, picks up the story in January, with Chelsea drawn against Liverpool, Premier League leaders, in the 4th round of the FA Cup.
Chelsea are 2-0 down at half-time and it could have been 4 or 5. Gullit brings Mark Hughes on and the rest, as they say, is history. Thanks to Hughes, Zola and a Vialli brace, Chelsea forced a remarkable comeback to win 4-2 in what is one of the favourite matches of all time for many supporters.
While Chelsea’s league form held up well this season with impressive wins against Liverpool, West Ham, Spurs and Sunderland and a draw against Man Utd, resulting in their highest finish (6th) since 1990. But, the second half of the 96-97 season was really all about the FA Cup.
A dramatic penalty by Frank LeBeouf in Extra-Time against Leicester, was followed by a routine 4-1 thumping of Portsmouth in the quarter-final. Up against bogey side Wimbledon in the Highbury semi-final, Chelsea put on the style, winning 3-1 with Zola giving the Wimbledon defence “twisted blood”.
Reaching their second FA Cup final in 3 seasons, supporters believed this was Chelsea’s time as they faced Middlesbrough. None of us could have predicted that Roberto Di Matteo would smash in a goal from 30 yards after just 43 seconds to calm the nerves. Eddie Newton wrapped things up on 83 minutes as Chelsea won 2-0 to secure their first trophy in 26 years and second FA Cup after 27 years. No surprise then that the player’s celebrations lasted 45 mins after the trophy was handed to Dennis Wise. The supporter’s celebrations lasted much, much longer!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.
Part One of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, starts with the incredible signings of Italian stars Gianluca Vialli and Roberto di Matteo and future French World Cup winner, Frank LeBoeuf.
Ruud Gullit began to assemble a Chelsea side with a distinctly continental flair and the Chelsea supporters loved it. But while the trio all settled in quickly, Chelsea’s start to the season was steady rather than spectacular.
All this was overshadowed by the tragic death of Matthew Harding, in a helicopter crash on the way back from the Coca Cola League Cup defeat away to Bolton in October. Harding, a real man of the people, who would drink a few pints of Guinness in the Imperial Pub with the supporters, had bankrolled the signing of players such as di Matteo and LeBoeuf as well as the new North Stand and the new Shed End which was being built at the time.
The grieving for Matthew Harding was lifted a little in November with the signing of Gianfranco Zola, a genuine world star from Italy. Zola made an immediate impact scoring superb goals and striking up a telepathic partnership with Mark Hughes. But how would this impact Vialli, already a favourite with the Stamford Bridge faithful?
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Ben Gilby to preview our rivals in the 2021/22 season.
We assess their incomings and outgoings, new and existing coaches and fill out our league tables come May 2022 to see who's coming top
and who's going down.
Let us know your thoughts!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1978-79 season.
The 1978-79 was an in and out season in more ways than one. Still in Division One, under the management of Ken Shellito, Chelsea were still relying on youngsters coming up from the academy. Gary Chivers, Mikey Fillery, Jonny Bumstead, Mickey Nutton, David Stride and John Sitton all got promoted to the first team.
Bizarrely, Chelsea signed former Leeds and Everton maverick Duncan McKenzie, whose sole contribution to Chelsea was being pictured leaping over a Mini. A sadder return was the return of the King of Stamford Bridge, Peter ‘Ossie’ Osgood, who in truth, was a shadow of the player we knew and loved. Chelsea’s financial chickens had come home to roost as the disastrous overspend on the new East Stand had near bankrupted the club, while the North Stand was crumbling and was subject to a GLC safety order.
Things were no better on the pitch. With only 2 wins in the first 3 months of the season, Chelsea were bottom of the league by the turn of the year.
Shellito made way for Frank ‘The Tank’ Upton, for one day and then Danny Blanchflower, former Spurs double winning captain and now columnist for the Sunday Express was appointed manager to the astonishment of everyone, not least the players.
Blanchflower’s first match in charge saw Chelsea lose 7-2 away to Middlesbrough and shortly after by a 5-1 away defeat to Ipswich and rounded off toward the end of the season with a 6-0 defeat away to Forest and a 5-2 away defeat to Arsenal. Maybe Blanchflower should have got the players train with footballs rather than imaginary ones they trained with.
With 2 wins from the first 22 league games and only a further 3 wins all season, Chelsea’s worst ever performance in Division One saw them relegated bottom on 20 points from 42 games.
To round off a miserable season, Ray Wilkins was sold to Man Utd that summer and Peter Bonetti retired. If you’ve ever heard the expression “where were you when you were shit?”, the answer is the 1978-79 season.
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This week Dean is joined by Mia Eriksson, Jay Woolmington and Ben Gilby to talk through the Olympic games and Chelsea's representatives in it.
We talk through the performances of Sam Kerr, the bad luck of Fran Kirby and question why American's don't seem to make it to Kingsmeadow.
Plus look ahead to the medal matches with Sam Kerr going for Bronze with Australia and Magda Eriksson, Jonna Andersson, Zecira Musovic and Jessie Fleming battling for Gold this Friday
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look back at the 1977-78 season.
Chelsea was back where they belong, in Division One, but they would start the season without the manager who got them back there, Eddie McCreadie. McCreadie had surprisingly left the club during the summer and was replaced by Ken Shellito.
It was to be an infuriating return the top division though, with Chelsea typically mercurial. Winning away at Man Utd (now managed by former Chelsea boss Dave Sexton) and beating Forest, the eventual Champions only to lose 6-2 to City, 5-1 to Coventry and 6-0 to Everton. In between there were mad 5-3 and 5-4 victories over Ipswich and Birmingham.
But the season is remembered for one game in particular. The FA Cup third round match against Liverpool, European Champions at the time. Clive Walker ran rings round them that day and Chelsea won 4-2. Chelsea beat Burnley 6-2 in the next round and hopes were high for a tilt at the trophy until they came crashing down, like the wall at Leyton Orient in the 0-0 draw, before losing to the second division side 2-1 at the Bridge in the replay. After all that disappointment in the Cup, at least Chelsea managed to avoid relegation back to Division 2!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1995-96 season.
In Part Two of our look back at the 1995-96 season, we pick up the story in January. Chelsea have been drawn against Newcastle, the Premier League leaders, in the FA Cup 3rd round, and in the process embark on a sometimes bizarre but never dull Cup run.
A Kharine error leading to a Ferdinand goal in injury time means a reply at St James’ Park where the tie is ultimately settled by a penalty shoot-out with Chelsea making it with some fine penalties and Kevin Hitchcock saves.
After making short work of QPR in the next round, Chelsea needs replays in the 5th round against Grimsby and quarter-final against Wimbledon to make it through to their second FA Cup semi-final in three seasons.
But Man Utd ruined the party, again. Ruud Gullit put Chelsea ahead, but injuries to both wing backs and a disastrous Craig Burley back pass leading to David Beckham’s winner meant Chelsea would have to wait one more year for their first FA Cup trophy since 1970.
The League form was inconsistent with an 11th place finish and suffered at the expense of the FA Cup run, but Chelsea supporters had seen enough this season to believe that trophies were within reach. But the final act of the drama saw Glen Hoddle, the architect of this optimism, leave to manage England. The consolation being the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager for the next season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1995-96 season.
Glen Hoddle embarks on his third season in charge at Chelsea having packed his boots away at the end of the previous season. Before a ball is kicked, one of the most astonishing signings in the history of the club is announced. Former Ballon d’Or winner and Dutch master, Ruud Gullit signs on a free from Sampdoria.
Gullit will become one of the most lauded players in Chelsea’s history and was the spark that truly ignited the Blue Revolution, not to mention thousands of dreadlock wigs on a match day. But Hoddle wasn’t finished. Mark Hughes, Man Utd’s war horse of a striker arrives at the club and is later joined by Dan Petrescu and Terry Phelan, the later finally making Hoddle’s 3:5:2 wing back system tick.
Expectations for sexy football and trophies with Chelsea having reached an FA Cup final and a European final in the last two seasons, were understandably high. As ever, Chelsea was in for a rollercoaster ride.
Gullit and Hughes were imperious and Super Dan was a revelation but the League form remained inconsistent; beating the best but losing to the worst teams. Again, it was the FA Cup where Chelsea shone, but as with 1994, they were to lose out to Man Utd, somewhat cruelly, in the semi-final.
But the season saw great free flowing passing football and the team really beginning to gel. A trophy appeared to be not far off and we wouldn’t have to wait too long…
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 2 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.
We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player finishing off in this episode with the midfielders and attackers.
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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan interview former Chelsea player, Nigel Spackman and discuss his two spells at the club in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Nigel Spackman signed for Chelsea in 1983 and joined Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin, Joe McLaughlin and Eddie Niedzwiecki as John Neal’s new recruits launched Chelsea’s campaign to return to the top flight.
Spackman was crucial to Chelsea’s title winning season in the heart of the midfield with John Bumstead and was a key part of the side that took Division One by storm and won the Full Members’ Cup.
Nigel left the club in 1987 after falling out with the draconian Ernie Whalley and was sold to Liverpool, but he returned 5 years later to join an underachieving Ian Porterfield side. However, things were about to radically change at the club when Glen Hoddle was appointed player manager.
Although Spackman was out for long periods due to a long-term back injury, his swansong for the club came in the 1994-95 season when he was the rock which saw a young and inexperienced Chelsea side reach the semi-final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
Fondly remembered as a player who never gave less than 100% in his 8 years at the club; many also remember Spackman for the public service he rendered by swinging a right hook at Martin Keown. He was sent off, of course, but received a standing ovation from the Stamford Bridge crowd.
We talk to Nigel about the great 1980’s side, John Neal and what went wrong with John Hollins and Ernie Whalley and what was it like to come back to Stamford Bridge and play for Glen Hoddle, the European campaign and playing in midfield with Ruud Gullit. Oh, and we talk about that punch!
Covering two fascinating periods of Chelsea’s history the interview with ‘Spackers’ is a great accompaniment to our ’50 Years of Chelsea’ series.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 1 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.
We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player starting in this episode with the goalkeepers and defenders.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1976-77 season.
Thanks to the Club being £3million in debt, it was a case of promotion or bust this season.
Chelsea made a great start with Eddie McCreadie’s mix of talented youngsters and the older wiser heads of Ron Harris and Peter Bonetti and by the end of the year were sitting top of Division Two. Even Dr Henry Kissinger, a VIP visitor for the match against title rivals Wolves seemed impressed!
Predictably Chelsea wobbled in the second half of the season but a key win against Nottingham Forest in April meant it all boiled down to the penultimate game away to Wolves.
Due to the frequent hooliganism throughout the season, Chelsea supporters were banned from going to this vital match, but the saying “You Can’t Ban a Chelsea Fan” was borne that day as thousands of Chelsea fans were in all parts of the ground to witness a 1-1 draw and promotion back to Division One.
A week later, Chelsea thumped Hull City 4-0 resulting in several pitch invasions and Eddie McCreadie imploring the supporters to allow the game to continue. They did, just, but the mass invasion at the end showed just what it meant for Chelsea to get back to where they belong.
As the supporters had been singing all season “We’re the Boys in Blue in Division Two, but we won’t be here for long”. Thankfully they were right!
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1975-76 season.
Chelsea find themselves in Division Two having been relegated the previous season. Eddie McCreadie is charged with rejuvenating Chelsea and this season is very much one of transition.
McCreadie puts his faith in the youth, giving an 18 year old Ray Wilkins the Captaincy and bringing in players such as John Sparrow, Gary Stanley, Ian Britton & Teddy Maybank. In truth he had little choice as the Club had almost gone in to receivership over the summer.
Understandably, Chelsea were consistently inconsistent, with very up and down league form which saw no wins in the last 9 games to finish in 11th; Chelsea’s lowest ever league finish at that point.
The high point of the season was perhaps also the low point as Chelsea lost 3-2 to Fedora wearing Malcolm Allison’s Crystal Palace in the 5th round of the FA Cup. 55,000 crammed in to Stamford Bridge that day as Chelsea supporters sniffed some unexpected cup glory, but it was not to be. At least 3rd Division Palace reached the semi-final, ironically played at Stamford Bridge.
But this season was arguably the making of one of the greatest home grown talents seen at the club; Ray Wilkins, who was the leading appearance maker (47) and top goal scorer (12).
From here it could only get better…
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season.
In Part Two we pick up the season from January where Chelsea made short work of Charlton in the FA Cup to set up a tie with Millwall. Never for the feint hearted, Chelsea drew 0-0 in the ‘Lion’s Den’ and then drew again in the replay at the Bridge before going out on penalties. Terrible refereeing and carnage on and off the pitch!
The League form began to suffer as Chelsea focussed on progression in the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Poor form at home where Chelsea did not win from October 23rd to April 15th caused concern that a relegation battle might be on the cards.
It was all about Europe though, as an epic night at the Bridge in the quarter final second leg against Brugge saw Chelsea get through to their 3rd semi final in 5 European campaigns. Sadly it was to end in heroic failure after turning round a 3-0 away leg deficit to beat Zaragoza 3-1 at home, only to go out on the away goal.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season.
Having reached the FA Cup final in his first season as player-manager, Glen Hoddle embarked on his second season with sights set on European glory, as Chelsea entered the European Cup Winners’ Cup for the second time in their history.
With new signings Paul Furlong and David Rocastle, the new season in the Premier League started well, but it was in Europe that the team really began to grow.
In Part One we look at the season up to the end of December including the wins against Leeds away, Leicester at home and Everton at home when the new ‘North Stand’ was opened. But it was the European games against Zizkov and Austria Wien, John Spencer’s goal after a 70 yard run in particular, that got everyone off their feet.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Tim Rolls and featuring Kerry Dixon to look back at the 1993-94 season.
Tim will shortly be releasing his new book “Sexton for God”, the third book in his trilogy on Chelsea from 1961-1975, following on from “Diamonds, Dynamos and Devils” and “Stamford Bridge is Falling Down”. “Sexton for God” covers the tumultuous, exciting and successful period from Dave Sexton’s arrival as Chelsea manager in 1967 to Ron Harris lifting the European Cup Winners’ Cup in May 1971. Tim discusses his new book with us, due out in the autumn. Signed hardback copies with a named dedication can be purchased via Tim’s Kickstarter page until July 20th.
The 1993-94 season heralded a new era and something of a revolution at Chelsea, ignited by the arrival of Glenn Hoddle as player manager. Bringing radical ideas and a complete overhaul on and off the pitch, Hoddle’s revolution got off to a slow start in the Premier League. This was followed by a dreadful winter where Chelsea lost 10 out of 13 games, failing to score in 8 of them. The players seemed to be having trouble with Hoddle’s 3:5:2 system and found it hard to score and equally hard to keep the ball out of their own net and Chelsea found themselves in relegation trouble, 20th in the league.
A dressing room row after the 3-1 loss to fellow strugglers Southampton, appeared to turn things round. A return to 4 at the back and diamond four midfield and the incredible form of Mark Stein who arrived from Stoke City for £1.5m and scored in 7 consecutive games, a Premier League record at the time, saw Chelsea climb back up the table.
Of greater note was Chelsea’s FA Cup run. After beating Barnet in a replay, Sheffield Wednesday in an epic replay in extra-time, Oxford City away; Chelsea found themselves in a quarter final against Wolves at home. In an electric atmosphere, Gavin Peacock’s goal was enough to get through to the semi-final at Wembley against Luton Town and former Chelsea hero Kerry Dixon. Beating Luton 2-0 with a rousing send off to Kerry Dixon who tells us what that was like, Chelsea then faced Man Utd in the final, their first final for 24 years.
It was to end in rain drenched disappointment, as Utd cruelly beat Chelsea 4-0 with two penalties, one very harsh. But the Chelsea faithful were buoyed by the fact that Chelsea would be playing European football next season and in spite of a 14th place finish in the League, the potential of what Hoddle was doing to change the club was there for all to see.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1974-75 season.
The 1974-75 season proved to be an ‘annus horibilis’ for Chelsea with the club getting relegated for the first time since 1962.
Set against the backdrop of the opening of the new East Stand which had near bankrupted the club, the shiny new stand looked something like a white elephant as the performances on the pitch did not match the ambition of it.
An inauspicious start losing 2-0 at home to newly promoted Carlisle United set the tone with no home wins until October. It was no real surprise then that Dave Sexton, Chelsea’s most successful manager at that time, was sacked and replaced first by Ron Suart and eventually by Eddie McCreadie.
It all boiled down to the ‘Battle of White Hart Lane’ when Chelsea faced rivals and fellow relegation candidates Spurs. Chelsea lost 2-0 with a 17 year old Ray Wilkins installed as Captain in a match remembered for the Kung-Fu fighting by rival supporters. With two draws in our last two games, had Chelsea drawn against Spurs they would have avoided relegation.
In truth Chelsea, with only 8 points from the last 14 games and having conceded 72 goals, the worst in the Division, could have no complaints.
From here, things could only get better, but how long would it take?
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1992-93 season.
The 1992-93 season saw the launch of the much-awaited Premier League and the end of football as we knew it! Changes included the dulcet tones of Richard Keys and Andy Gray, Referees in green shirts and the change to the back pass law with much panic among the goalkeeping fraternity who now had to clear the ball rather than pick it up. There were changes for Chelsea too as Ken Bates spent big in the transfer market bringing in Robert Fleck for £2.1m and Mick Harford among several others.
Being Chelsea there was little change on the pitch. Punching well above their weight for the first half of the season, Chelsea found themselves 2nd in the League in December. The second half of the season saw the inevitable with the wheels coming off. Knocked out of the FA Cup in the 3rd round and a quarter-final defeat in the Coca-Cola Cup to Crystal Palace led to a run of 12 games without a win and a slide to 11th in the table.
Inevitably manager Ian Porterfield was sacked and surprisingly replaced by 1970 Cup winning legend David Webb. Webb steadied the ship and Chelsea finished a respectable 11th but there was disappointment that we hadn’t achieved more given the quality of the squad and the excellent start.
In many respects the season was overshadowed by the career ending injury inflicted on star defender Paul Elliot by the odious Dean Saunders in the match against Liverpool at Anfield early in the season.
The 1992-93 season, with the launch of the Premier League, had a real ‘looking to the future’ feel, ably assisted by RBS handing Chelsea a 20-year lease with an option to buy Stamford Bridge. The decks were about to be cleared for Chelsea’s Blue revolution and Chelsea and football were never to be the same again.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Rob Pratley for a transfer special.
We talk through the current squad and suggest some players we think could improve the squad ahead of the 2021/22 season as Chelsea look to go one further in the Champions League.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Rick Glanvill, Chelsea’s official historian and author of ‘Chelsea: The Complete Record’ to look back at the 1973-74 season.
The downward spiral and the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, recent FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup winners, hastened this season.
In truth, the writing had been on the wall for a season or two, but this season it came tumbling down as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson were both transfer listed and eventually sold to Southampton and Stoke City respectively. Peter Bonetti and Tommy Baldwin were dropped, John Dempsey was on his way out and fed up with the situation at the club, David Webb wanted out too.
A poor start to the season saw Chelsea soon heading toward the bottom of the table. There were injury problems and a striker problem too. Set against a backdrop of financial issues caused by the building of the new East Stand, the energy crisis in the country leading to a 3-day working week and falling crowds, Chelsea avoided relegation just. They finished 17th, one point and three places above relegation and the 3-0 win against Burnley which confirmed this was the lowest attendance since 1938 with only 8,171 in attendance.
With systemic dysfunction, anarchy and chaos at Stamford Bridge, it was no surprise to see Dave Sexton, Chelsea’s most successful manager at that point, relieved of his duties at the end of the season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1991-92 season, with contributions from John Bumstead and Kerry Dixon.
Chelsea entered the last season of Football League Division One with a new manager, Ian Porterfield, having parted ways with Bobby Campbell the season before.
New signings included Vinnie Jones, Paul Elliot, Joe Allon and Tony Cascarino. But it was to be another disappointing season, finishing 14th, below Wimbledon but above Spurs in 15th! Top scorer was Denis Wise, top appearance maker was Graeme Le Saux but the stand out and Player of the Year was Paul Elliot a graceful and commanding presence at the back.
Ian Porterfield bought a lot of players; was tactically and technically astute and brought in new training methods but was perhaps too inexperienced to manage the big egos and was, basically, too nice. Chelsea's form was erratic; from the poor to the brilliant to the poor. There was a sense of drifting this season; a lot of players bought but we lost some good ones too; including a bona fide Chelsea legend. Kerry Dixon left the club at the end of the season, having scored 193 goals and nine short of Bobby Tambling’s record. In his final Chelsea season he finished with just 5 goals in 39 appearances.
1991-92 was a nothing season that fizzled out after the Cup exit to Sunderland (again) in the quarter-final. There was a bit of a revolving door feeling – where would it go – introduce more of the talented youth waiting in the wings or bring in some better quality players?
With the issue of the future of Stamford Bridge resolved there was also talk of building a new stadium...
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tim Rolls, author of ‘Stamford Bridge is Falling Down’ to look back at the 1972-73 season.
The 1972-73 season was to be a disappointing season and in hindsight the beginning of the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, FA Cup winners just two seasons before.
Inconsistent form and inconsistent team selections; a lack of goals and an alarming slump in form (1 win in 10 was the worst run under Dave Sexton at that point) culminated in Chelsea finishing in 12th position, their worst finish since 1962.
Chelsea was also bedeviled by many injuries - Bonetti, Hudson, Osgood, Baldwin, Dempsey, Droy all spent time out injured and Sexton used 28 players throughout the season. To make matters worse, star player Alan Hudson put in a transfer request and there were rumours that Peter Osgood, the ‘King of Stamford Bridge’ might follow suit. Sexton’s mood darkened further with the shenanigans of the afternoon drinking club of Hutchinson, Osgood, Cooke, Hudson and Baldwin.
All of this was set against the backdrop of the East Stand being demolished to make way for the ambitious new stadium development.
Thrown in for good measure were a 4-0 thumping of rivals Leeds United; Hollywood Goddess Raquel Welch making an appearance (in the stands not the pitch!); Ossie’s ‘goal of the season’ against Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter final and Bobby Charlton’s final match for Man Utd in Chelsea’s final home game of the season.
Perhaps the defining moment of the season was the defeat to Norwich in the League Cup semi-final. Having lost the final the previous season, it was 4th time in 14 months Chelsea had lost a cup tie when favourites and this would be the last major semi for 12 years - was this the end for the Kings of the Kings Road?
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at the 1990-91 season.
Chelsea supporters went in to the 1990-91 season buoyed by the record signings of Denis Wise and Andy Townsend. Ken Bates appeared to showing some ambition.
But the campaign never got going and Chelsea finished a disappointing 10th place, an early exit in round 3 of the FA Cup and a League Cup semi-final defeat to old rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
As has always been the case with Chelsea and glorious unpredictability they did inflict the only defeat in the season on eventual champions Arsenal as well as doing the double over Man Utd and beating league runners up Liverpool 4-2 in the final home match of the season. They also beat Spurs at home and in the League Cup – nothing new about that though!
Chelsea could live with the best but inconsistency was the issue. Most of the pieces were there but not necessarily in the right places and there were some horrible dips in form.
The top scorers were Kerry Dixon & Gordon Durie with 15 goals; Dave Beasant was top appearance maker with 45 and Player of the Year was Andy Townsend.
The future looked bright with many home-grown prospects in David Lee; Gareth Hall; Frank Sinclair; Jason Cundy; Graeme Le Saux; Graham Stuart; Damien Matthew; Craig Burley all playing a significant part in the
season.
The future of English football was interesting with the FA announcing the ‘Blueprint for Football’ which heralded the creation of the Premier League in June 1991.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1971-72 season.
Chelsea supporters went in to the 1971-72 season full of optimism. Chelsea had just won their second trophy in consecutive seasons and many both expected and hoped that a title challenge was on the cards.
But thanks to some poor transfers and a worse start to the season it was to be a disappointing season.
Bedeviled by the unrest of stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson and the season long injury to Ian Hutchinson, the league campaign was up and down all season culminating in a final position of 7th, Chelsea’s worst finish for 5 seasons.
The Cup competitions were not much better. Having beaten Jeunesse 21-0 on aggregate Chelsea, the European Cup Winners Cup holders, were unceremoniously dumped out in the second round by Atvidaberg on away goals. As a result Chelsea were booed off the pitch.
They didn’t fare much better in the FA Cup. With one defeat in 24 games and favourites for both cups, only a few points off 1st place in the league, Chelsea faced Division 2 Leyton Orient. Chelsea were 2-0 up and conspired to lose 3-2 to a screamer, a defensive mix up and a last-minute goal. There were many missed chances too and the fans invaded the pitch in an attempt to get it abandoned!
The one beacon of hope in the season was reaching the final of the League Cup against Stoke City featuring England legend and World Cup winning ‘keeper Gordon Banks. In spite of ‘Blue is the Colour’ recorded in Feb 1972 by Chelsea supporting producer Larry Page reaching no. 5 in the Charts; Chelsea’s complacent performance with defensive errors and a lack of urgency ended in defeat to Stoke. Little did we know then that this would be Chelsea’s last appearance at a Wembley final in a major competition for 22 years.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and the Chelsea FanCast crew to wrap up the season with our annual review.
On the show tonight, we’ll be drawing the winner of the Pat Nevin book competition; we’ll be revealing the winners and losers in the Chelsea FanCast season predictions and then we will review the season with our own ratings.
We’ll look at the ratings for the players and the management team; our Player of the Season; Breakthrough POTY; Most disappointing POTY and the goal of the season.
We’ll also look at the best result and match and the worst result and match and finally we’ll rate the season as a whole, compare it to seasons past and share each of our best personal moments from the season.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1970-71 season, the season Chelsea won their first European trophy.
This is the season Chelsea won the European Cup Winners' cup for the first time, their first European trophy in a memorable replayed final against the mighty Real Madrid. Only around 200 supporters were able to stay on for the replay which followed the 1-1 draw and was played unbelievable the next evening. Some of the tales from those supporters are legion, drinking with the players and staying on their hotel rooms. Some had to sleep on the beaches near Athens, others took week's to hitch back, some never made it back at all!
Winning the trophy made up for the disappointment of a 6th placed finish in the league and an early exit as holders in the FA Cup. Most of the star players who had won the FA Cup the previous season remained including Peter Osgood who scored 12 goals and Alan Hudson who starred in the Cup Winners' Cup final. But new signing Keith Weller stole Chelsea supporters hearts with his exciting wing play and was top scorer with 14 goals.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Meg Aherne to review a record breaking season from the Chelsea Women's team.
From the community shield win, a 9-0 win with 9 different scorers, conti cup success, a new 32 game unbeaten record, another WSL title and a first Champions League final we cover it all and more!
Plus we hand out our very first end of season awards.
Relieve the magic of the 2020/21 season with us here.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at one of Chelsea's most memorable seasons: 1969-70.
This is the season Chelsea finally won the FA Cup Final and gave birth to a whole new generation of Chelsea supporters, many still going today.
Chelsea's epic encounter with Leeds United was watched by a record TV viewing audience and the replay at Old Trafford was one of the most violent matches of all time. Peter Osgood's flying header and David Webb's last gasp winner in extra time made legends of the King's of the Kings Road.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Adam Newson from Football.London, Martin Wickham and Mark Meehan to look at one of the most memorable and epic nights in Chelsea’s history. The night Chelsea won their second European Cup!
On the show tonight, we’ll be looking back at one of the most memorable and epic nights in Chelsea’s history. We’ll be hearing from those of us who were there and those of us who watched from afar. We’ll be applauding the fantastic support; the whole damn team and even the referee. And of course, the simply fantastic Tommy T who led us to glory.
In part two we’ll be asking what it means for Chelsea to be two-time Champions’ League winners and what happens next.
Finally, we have some great emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s biggest match for 9 years – the Champions’ League Final against Man City
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea’s Champions League Final Press Conference and Training session. We also catch up with the latest Chelsea news, the UEFA ticketing fiasco and Adam tells us how excited he is to be going to Porto to cover a Champions’ League Final featuring his beloved Chelsea.
In part two we welcome back David Walker from ReadButNeverRed.Com for the ‘Opposition View’ to discuss the Final from the Man City perspective. We ask David how does it feel for a City fan in their first Champions League final? Is Pep being arrogant? What would it mean to win it? What is City’s likely team and threats to Chelsea? What worries him about Chelsea and how does he see the Final going?
In part three we preview the Final. How do we feel about it and what does it mean to see Chelsea in their third Champions’ League final? Do we have Moscow or Munich vibes? What is JK’s Porto itinerary? Chelsea are underdogs so how do we beat City? What’s the likely team selection? Who will the unlikely heroes be and how do we see it going?
Lets ‘ave it!!!
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Stamford Chidge interviews former Chelsea player, Pat Nevin, on the release of his autobiography 'The Accidental Footballer'.
242 appearances and 45 goals in a five year career for Chelsea between 1983 and 1988 doesn't do justice to a Chelsea player who stole Chelsea supporters hearts then and still does to this day.
Pat Nevin was a special player for Chelsea. A successor to Charlie Cooke as a Scottish wizard of the dribble, Pat beat players for fun and created the goals for Kerry Dixon in John Neal's team that won the Division Two title in 1984 and then put Chelsea back on the map competing for the Division One title in the following two seasons, all resplendent in that wonderful stripy Le Coq Sportif kit.
As so often with Chelsea, it all went pear shaped as John Hollins and Ernie Whalley imposed a new style on the team that was devoid of any err style and Pat's creative abilities were overlooked before he was sold to Everton after Chelsea were relegated in a play off in 1988.
But in those 5 years, Pat became one of Chelsea's most loved players due to his wonderful attacking and wing play and also because he dared to be different. The definition of an independent thinker and non-conformist, we also loved him for his love of indie music, with his head in the NME or a French novel and for his principled stance against racism and other injustices.
Stamford Chidge talks to Pat about his book 'The Accidental Footballer' including Pat's views on John Neal, Man City and Arsenal away in 1984, music, John Peel and living in London in the 80's and standing in the Shed End with the supporters.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Football.London's Sam Inkersole to look back at a very tense last Premier League day of the season.
On the show tonight, we look at Chelsea’s inability to put their chances away yet again; the curse of the former player; Mendy’s injury; Jorghino’s contribution and Jack Grealish being a.......
In part two we swallow the bitter pill of Spurs bailing us out and look at the reasons for Chelsea stuttering over the finish line and also look at what needs to be addressed.
Finally, we have some great emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the crucial win against Leicester last week and look ahead to the deciding Premier League match against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic join us to discuss the difference the supporters made in the Leicester match; Chelsea’s robust performance but being let down by their finishing; woeful refereeing by Mike Dean and what will the ramifications of the on-pitch rumble be.
We also discuss Mason Mount being awarded the Chelsea Player of the Year Award.
In part two we look ahead to the last match of the Premier League season, the win at all costs match away to Aston Villa. Will Villa fans being allowed back in make a difference? What team will Tuchel pick and how do we see it going?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Radha Gupta from She Talks Ball to discuss Chelsea's humbling 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League final.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Martin Wickham to look back at a very disappointing FA Cup final defeat to Leicester. And we look ahead to Tuesday's match against the very same Leicester.
On the show tonight, we look at the FA Cup final which brought massive euphoria and massive disappointment. Did Tuchel get the selection wrong? Did Chelsea take it seriously enough? Did poor finishing cost us again and if so, why did we not take a punt on Tammy? Would Mendy have saved Tieleman’s goal? Was it hand ball in the build up? Did VAR get it right on Chilwell’s goal? How crucial were Schmeichel’s saves and are Chelsea bottling finals?
In part two we look ahead to the match against Leicester on Tuesday evening. Are Chelsea running out of steam and can they get over the line? Who will Tommy T pick and how do we see it going?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look back at a frustrating defeat against Arsenal in midweek and ahead to Saturday's FA Cup Final against Leicester City.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 defeat against Arsenal on Wednesday night. How responsible were Jorginho and Kepa for the defeat? Were Chelsea profligate or unlucky? How much did we miss Kante and Rudiger? And what now for our Top Four chances?
Jake Watson, Leicester City supporter and producer at Talksport joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him would he prefer to finish in the Top Four or win the FA Cup? What does he think of Brendan Rodgers? How is Leicester's form and who are the biggest threats to Chelsea? How does he see the final going and what is his prediction?
We wrap up by previewing Chelsea's 15th FA Cup final appearance. Can Chelsea make up for last seasons FA Cup final defeat? How important is the FA Cup and what does it mean to us? Should Tuchel be starting Kepa? Will we see Kovacic, Kante and Christensen start? And how do we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson to look ahead to the biggest game in Chelsea FC W's history, the Champions League final vs. FC Barcelona
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Mark Worrall to look back at Chelsea's win against Man City and ahead to Wednesday night's match against Arsenal.
On the show tonight, we look at a game of two halves against City; Chelsea’s winning mentality; Alonso scoring again; James standing out and Tuchel outsmarting Pep again. Will it have a bearing on the Champions’ League final?
In part two we look ahead to the match against Arsenal on Wednesday evening. With us beating City and Leicester, West Ham and Spurs all losing Chelsea are now third. Will one more win seal a top four finish? Will Arsenal turn up like Brazil 70 having been distinctly average recently?
Finally, we have several emails to read out, some Discord question to answer and we reveal the results of the Fannies for April.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown and Kerrie Evans to celebrate Chelsea's WSL title win thanks to a 5-0 victory over Reading FC.
We also discuss; Sam Kerr Golden Boot, AKB Golden Glove and Fran Kirby Balon D'or?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at Chelsea's superb performance against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final to secure the clubs third Champions League Final appearance and we look ahead to the dress rehearsal against Man City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 victory against Real Madrid on Wednesday night to reach their third Champions' League Final. We discuss Werner scoring, Kante assisting, are delighted for Mount, applaud Havertz's brilliance and Pulisic's timely impact. Oh and don't forget Tommy T for whom due praise is rightly deserved. But what about the Final? Should it go ahead in Istanbul now Turkey is on the Red list? Can it be moved and if so where, and will we be able to get a ticket!!
David Walker from 'Read But Never Red' joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him how he feels about City making a Champions' League Final? Will there be a Champions' League hangover in Saturday's match? Will it have a bearing on the Final? How will Pep set up and how does he see the match going?
We wrap up by previewing the Man City v Chelsea match. How important is it for Chelsea in the context of the run in and the Champions' League Final? What will Tuchel do in terms of team selection and how do we see it?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears & Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's win against Fulham and ahead to the match against Real Madrid.
On the show tonight, we look at a good job done and a vital 3 points for Chelsea against Fulham; key players being rested; Gilmour game time; Silva, Mount and Havertz all sublime; Werner huffing and puffing and Mendy stepping up when needed.
In part two we look ahead to the massive Champions' League semi-final 2nd leg against Real Madrid. Will Real be weakened with several players out; who will Tommy T pick and how will he play it? What would another Champions League final mean to Chelsea and what about the return of Hazard and Courtois?
Finally, we have several emails to read out, a Discord question to answer and we look at the potential Fannies for April.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle of the Chelsea Fancast to discuss Chelsea's 4-1 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final second leg.
We also preview the final two WSL games against Tottenham Hotspur and Reading plus we answer your Discord questions.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look back at Chelsea's hard fought draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final and ahead to the match against Fulham on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-1 draw in midweek against Real Madrid. Tommy T gets the set up, attitude and subs spot on as Chelsea earn a slight advantage against Real. Pulisic channels his inner Hazard but Werner channels his inner Fleck. Will Chelsea rue the missed chances come the second leg?
Dom Betts from The Fulhamish podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him is relegation for Fulham a foregone conclusion; what is the future for Scott Parker and how has Ruben Loftus-Cheek done on loan? How does Dom see the game going and what is his prediction?
We wrap up by previewing the Chelsea v Fulham match. Will Tuchel's team selection have one eye on the Real Madrid second leg? How will Chelsea break down a stubborn and desperate Fulham and what is our prediction?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley from the CFC W Social to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Plus we look ahead at how Chelsea can turn the tables in the return leg at Kingsmeadow this Sunday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Joe Tweeds to look back at a professional win against West Ham and ahead to the Champions' League semi-final against Real Madrid.
On the show tonight, we applaud a professional team performance to beat a tough West Ham side in the '6 pointer', topped by a goal for Werner at long last. Has this improved our chances of a top 4 finish?
In part two we look ahead to the massive Champions' League semi-final 1st leg against Real Madrid. We ask what does it mean for us to play Real Madrid and look at the other two occasions Chelsea has played them. What do we think about the playing Hazard and Courtois; should we be worried? We look at previous Champions' League semi-finals and ask who will Tuchel select and how do we see it going?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look back at an eventful week in football the with ESL debacle; Chelsea's draw with Brighton and ahead to the match against West Ham.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at the week's Chelsea news and discusses why was the Brighton match a damp squib and what comes next after the supporters stood up to the European Super League plans.
Will Pugh from 'We Are West Home' joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him what a club outside of the 'Big 6' thinks about it; how much credit does David Moyes deserve for West Ham's best season in years and how much threat will they be to Chelsea's top four pursuit.
We wrap up by previewing the West Ham v Chelsea match and look at Chelsea's dodgy record away to West Ham; will Tuchel have one eye on the Real Madrid match with his team selection and is the match a must win for C?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
We discuss the proposed and now failed European Super League and its disrespect for Women's Football.
Then we look ahead to Sunday's Champions League Semi-Final with Wolfsburg and of course we've got your emails and special discord questions to end the show.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall, Mark Meehan and Dave Johnstone, Mr cfcuk himself to discuss the ESL Power grab and Chelsea reaching their 15th FA Cup Final. We also have a look at Chelsea's match against Brighton tomorrow, if we haven't been booted out of the Premier League by then!
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing the news on the European Super League; what it might mean; why are they doing it and what do we think about it? We also have some extremely passionate emails from our listeners about the subject.
In part two, we look back at a superb team performance to knock Man City out of the FA Cup semi-final; praise Thomas Tuchel and ask are Chelsea well and truly back?
In part three, we look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Brighton. Is it another must win? Will Tommy T rotate and what does it mean for the run in.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League quarter-final against Porto in midweek and look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Man City.
Simon Johnson from The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea Champions' League match against Porto, where despite the 1-0 loss, Chelsea progress to the semi-finals for the first time since 2014. We discuss a professional job and great team performance; Pulisic's heroics; Jorginho rising to the occasion and dirty Porto's shenanigans.
David Walker from Read But Never Red joins us in Opposition View to look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Man City. How realistic is the quadruple and what is Pep's priority? Will Pep make many changes in Saturday's line-up? How important is Foden becoming and are there any weaknesses for Chelsea to exploit and how does David see it going.
Finally JK, Mark and Chidge preview Chelsea v Man City themselves. We look at Chelsea's record against City in the FA Cup; what are the possible changes to the line-up; how seriously is Tuchel taking the FA Cup; how do Chelsea get at City and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to recap on a great performance and smashing win against Crystal Palace on Saturday and look ahead to Tuesday night's crunch Champions' League quarter final second leg tie against Porto.
On the show tonight, we ask if this was Tuchel’s best 45 mins? Are Pulisic, Mount and Havertz Chelsea’s best front 3? Should Havertz have scored more and what now for Werner, Tammy and Giroud?
In part two we praise Chelsea’s attitude, intensity and scintillating pass and move game. We ask are Jorginho and Kovacic flat track bullies and we have a look at the run in to figure out how Chelsea can finish in the top four.
In part three we look ahead to the massive Champions’ League quarter final second leg against Porto on Tuesday evening. We ask does an early goal kill the tie; should Tuchel stick or twist; will it be a problem not being at home for a home tie and who will Tuchel pick and how do we see it going.
And we wrap in part four with emails and questions from the Chelsea FanCast Discord group.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd to look back at Chelsea's great win against Porto in midweek and look ahead to Saturday's match against Crystal Palace.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea Champions' League 1st leg win against Porto. Mason Mount & Ben Chilwell fly the home flag while the anonymous Germans suffered from a lack of service; rugged in defence and riding our luck and is it just half-time?
Nick Gillard from Back of the Nest joins us in Opposition View to look at Crystal Palace v Chelsea from the Palace perspective. Palace might be safe from relegation but what next for them and Roy Hodgson? How realistic are the Lampard to Palace rumours? Is Eze the main threat and how good is he? And how does Nick see the match going?
Finally JK, Adam and Chidge preview Palace v Chelsea themselves. Should we be wary of statistics? Will there be wholesale changes with one eye on Porto and is this is must win after last weekends Premier League defeat to West Brom?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown to look back at Chelsea's 3-0 second leg victory over Wolfsburg and the 6-0 hammering of Birmingham City.
There's a news update including a discussion on the working conditions suffered by the players and staff of Birmingham City Women plus we talk about the Trans Footy Alliance campaign.
And of course we've got your emails and special discord questions to end the show.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dan Silver to muse on Chelsea's unexpected defeat to West Brom and look ahead to Wednesday's match against Porto.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea’s horrible Easter Saturday and how Big Sam nailed it and Jorginho and Kovacic failed it. How much of an issue was Thiago Silva being sent off or does Tuchel have to shoulder some of the blame?
In part two we ask is Pulisic a cause for concern having limped off yet again? Why was Tammy not in the squad again? And is the defeat to West Brom just a blip, a much-needed wake-up call and how much damage has it done to Chelsea’s top four chances. We also have some questions to answer sent in from our Discord group.
In part three we look ahead to the massive Champions’ League quarter final first leg against Porto on Wednesday evening. How much of a threat are Porto and what’s their form like? Who do we think Tuchel will go with and how do we see it going?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up the Chelsea news from this week and preview Chelsea's match against West Brom on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Tommy T being named Manager of the Month; who are Chelsea's winners and losers from the International break; Aguero & Haaland rumours.
Joe Chapman from the Birmingham Mail joins us in the 'Opposition View' to look at Chelsea v West Brom from the Baggies perspective. Were West Brom fans happy that Big Sam came in and has he made a difference? Are West Brom down already and how good has Connor Gallagher been? Joe tells us how he sees the match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v West Brom. What team selection will Tuchel go for? Will he have one eye on Porto? Will Big Sam park the bus and how will Tommy T get round it?
This week Dean and Jane are joined again by stats queen Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's huge Champions League win over Wolfsburg and another routine win in the WSL over Aston Villa.
There's a news round up including a very questionable top 50 women's players in the world list plus we look ahead to Chelsea's WSL match with Birmingham City.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman & Liam Twomey of The Athletic to have a look at the 'State of the Chelsea Union' and to answer questions posed by members of our Patreon & Discord groups joining us on the show via Zoom.
On the show tonight, we kick off with the results of the 'Fannies of the Month'. After a long hiatus we bring back the Fannies - Chelsea Fancast's awards for Man of the Match; Celery and Guinness moments. The votes have been cast for Man of the Month, Celery and Guinness moments of the month of March and we will reveal the results live on the show!
We invite questions from members of Chelsea Fancast's Patreon & Discord groups who join us live on the show via Zoom.
And finally, Jonathan & Chidge read out the emails sent in by listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Adam Newson and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to round up the latest Chelsea news and to answer your question from the Discord group.
In part one we round up the latest news from Chelsea players on international duty; quiz Adam and Sam about their Chelsea player ratings for the season so far; ask is Roman Abramovich the best owner in the world and ask what's on Tommy T's to do list.
In part two we have questions submitted from the Discord group on Tomori's loan situation, Tuchel's relationship with Dortmund potentially scuppering a move for Haaland; which positions should the club re-enforce in the summer transfer window and what is the sustainability of the club's financial position with the continuing pandemic.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by stats queen Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's impressive 3-0 away win against Everton.
There's a news round up including details of the major broadcast deal with Sky Sports plus we look ahead to Chelsea's Champions League tie with Wolfsburg and our WSL match with Aston Villa.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Alex Churchill and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Sheffield Utd for a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea getting away with it and how lucky is Tommy Tuchel? And another poor refereeing performance as Pulisic and Mount were rotationally fouled. Was tiredness a valid reason for the second half performance and the continuing problem of putting chances away whilst doffing our hat to Ziyech’s excellent goal in added time.
In part two we ask is Pulisic finding his feet with an encouraging performance? Chilwell did well but is he still behind Alonso in the pecking order and it was good to see Gilmour getting a game, but how is he progressing? And can Chelsea’s defensive solidity bring us trophies this season, especially considering we have Man City in the semi-final.
In part three we have questions from our Discord group; we have the nominations for this month’s Fannies – Man of the Month; Celery and Guinness moments and this week’s emails from the listeners to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss the brilliant victory over Atletico Madrid, the Champions' League draw and a look ahead to Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final match against Sheffield United.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including the impressive victory against Atletico Madrid in midweek, the Champions' League draw pitting us against Porto and a possible semi-final against either Liverpool or Real Madrid.
Ben, the Travelling Blade joins us in the 'Opposition View' for the third time this season as Chelsea take on Sheffield United in the FA Cup Quarter-Final on Sunday. We ask Ben what happened with Chris Wilder and what next for Sheffield United? How has Ethan Ampadu been playing and how does Ben see the Cup tie going?
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Sheffield United. What team selection will Tuchel go for? We look at the history of FA Cup ties between Chelsea and United and discuss how we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley, senior editor of The Chelsea Social, to discuss Chelsea's progression in the Champions League thanks to an impressive away performance against Atletico Madrid plus Chelsea's first major trophy of the season with the Conti Cup success over Bristol City.
In Part 2 there's a news round up from Kingsmeadow, including details on Fran Kirby's new contract and our next fixtures in the Champions League.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover & Dean Mears to look back at the 0-0 draw away at Leeds and look ahead to the crunch tie against Atletico Madrid this week.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea’s poor finishing, ask is Havertz a nein at number 9, why did Tommy T change formation and what does he do about square pegs in round holes.
In part two we applaud the bendy Mendy worldy saves and another clean sheet. With Rudiger and Christensen in such good form in wither a three or four at the back, how does Thiago Silva get back in and what about Chelsea’s top four prospects? We have some Discord group questions to contribute to the debate.
In part three we look ahead to the massive match against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 second leg with a place in the quarter finals at stake.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to discuss the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Saturday's match against Leeds United.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Havertz best position, Christensen being back to his best and Chelsea's defender conundrum and what's happening with Chelsea's 'unchosen' men?
Jon Mackenzie from 'All Stats Aren't We' joins us for the 'Opposition View' to discuss Leeds United v Chelsea from the Leed's perspective. Are Leeds falling apart again? Does Jon still have faith in Bielsa? Has Bamford been a revelation this season? And how does he see Saturday's match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Leeds United v Chelsea. Does Christian Pulisic deserve a start? Will Tuchel's selection have one eye on the Atletico match? How do we see it going and what's our prediction.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown, Co-Chair of Chelsea Pride, to discuss Chelsea's victory in the Champions League over Atletico Madrid thanks to penalty heroics from Ann-Katrin Berger plus a winning return to WSL matches over West Ham United.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow, including details on the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group charity fundraiser for the Conti Cup final and a discussion on new television rights for the WSL.
In Part 3 we preview the upcoming second leg of our Champions League tie with Atletico and the Conti Cup final this Sunday against Bristol City
And in Part 4 we've got emails leading to a discussion on the disparity between FA Cup prize money.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at the 2-0 win against Everton.
On the show tonight, we discuss Tommy Tuchel rolling the bones and getting his selection spot on; we ask how much credit does he deserve; what’s he got right and what’s he got wrong and can he take us higher than top four?
In part two we delight in Kai Havertz finding his feet and despair in Werner having two left feet. And with Callum Hudson-Odoi impressing as one the two 10’s is he a better option there or as a wing back?
In part three JK and Chidge answer your Discord questions and read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall to discuss a superb win against Liverpool and look ahead to Monday's match against Everton.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us report back on Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Liverpool. Unbeaten since his arrival is it time to take Tuchel seriously? We also discuss the re-emergence of Andreas Christensen; ask whether balls over the top to Werner is the key to scoring more goals and bemoan VAR ruining football.
Everton's Official Statistician, Gavin Buckland, joins us for the 'Opposition View' to discuss Chelsea v Everton from the Toffee's perspective. What does Gavin think about Everton's abysmal record at Stamford Bridge? How is Everton's form compared to Chelsea? Is this another 6 pointer with a top place at stake? How does Gavin see the match going?
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Everton. Is this another must win match for Tommy Tuchel? Will it be more of the same or will Everton present a different tactical challenge? How do we find our goal scoring boots and how do we see the match going?
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails from all over the world discussing how you became Chelsea fans; Tommy Tuchel; how to solve Chelsea's midfield and floundering attack and a eulogy on how to deal with boredom at the football.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dan Silver to look back at frustrating 0-0 draw against a tetchy Man Utd and ahead to this week's big match against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, we discuss Tuchel’s risk free football and ask whether we are currently watching a hybrid of possession based Sarri-ball and Mourinho-eque dare not lose football? We also ask is the lack of creativity due more to a loss of form of Chelsea’s creative players or is it systemic?
In part two we applaud the improvements in Rudiger and Christensen in making Chelsea more defensively solid as well as praising Kante and Kovacic for tigerish displays in midfield. We ask could Mount be the solution to the midfield problem and with a run of tough matches coming up how much pressure is on Tuchel to start winning and winning well.
In part three we preview Thursday night’s big Premier League match where Chelsea goes to Anfield to play a wounded Liverpool.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Sunday's match against Man Utd.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to round up this week's news including a superb away win in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid. Also Tammy Abraham stalling on a contract; Roman's war chest and Haaland.
BBC Match Day reporter and Man Utd fan, Aaron Paul joins us for 'The Opposition View' on Man Utd, our next opponents. Has sticking with OGS been vindicated? Has Fernandes been the difference for Utd? Is De Gea a liability and how does Maguire keep getting away with it? Aaron discusses how he sees Sunday's match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Man Utd. Given Utd's attacking nature, does Tuchel start Jorginho? How do Chelsea stop Utd's counter-attacks and nullify Fernandes? With Chelsea's recent wastefulness up front, does Tuchel start Giroud or Tammy up front? We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by lots of special guests to talk all things Emma Hayes, including;
On the field success
Desire to win
Managing in the men's game
Buying supporters beer
And much much more.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at a controversial and disappointing 1-1 draw against Southampton and ahead to the Champions' League match against Atletico Madrid.
On the show tonight, we give sainthood to Mount and Kante for their high-quality performances and debate whether Callum Hudson-Odoi was the sinner or the sinned against.
In Part two we discuss Tuchel’s need for ‘Vorsprung Durch Prazision’; ask whether we are currently watching Sarriball without Hazard and never mind the quality feel the deadwood.
In part three JK and myself read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
And in part four we preview Tuesday night’s big Champions’ League match where Chelsea face La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to round up the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Saturday's match against Southampton.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to round up this week's news including Thomas Tuchel's pre-match press conference. Will Tuchel have one eye on Madrid? Will Havertz return? Tomori and Kepa's interviews to the media and some interesting transfer rumours.
Steve Grant from the Total Saints podcast joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Southampton, our next opponents. With 6 defeats in their last 6 Premier League matches, what has happened to Saints after a good start this season? With injuries to Walker-Peters, Walcott and Diallo how does Steve see Saints overturning Chelsea's record of 5 matches unbeaten at St Mary's?
Finally, we have our own preview of Southampton v Chelsea. Should we be worried by Southampton's high press? With a massive improvement in goals conceded since Tuchel's arrival how do we increase the goals scored. Would staring Kai Havertz up-front be a solution? We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley, Senior Editor of The Chels Social, to discuss Chelsea's return to winning ways against Arsenal and Bristol City.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow and a discussion on Magda Eriksson and Pernille Harder opening their DMs to help support those struggling to come out as gay.
Plus we hold a special Q&A ahead of the international break.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Joe Tweeds to look back at Monday nights 2-0 win against 'depleted' Newcastle.
On the show tonight, we applaud Timo Werner for getting on the score sheet at last; but the plaudits should go to the real man-of-the-match Mateo Kovacic. We lament Tammy getting injured and discuss the (cough) rehabilitation of Kepa Arrizabalaga.
In Part two we ask what is Tuchel scared of as Chelsea’s second half performance dropped off to the extent that we fielded 9 defensively minded players at home to a ‘depleted’ Newcastle. Why are Chelsea still profligate up front; are we dull to watch and watch out, it’s about to get a whole lot tougher!
In part three JK and Chidge read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's FA Cup win over Barnsley and look ahead to Monday night's match against Newcastle United.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Barnsley in the FA Cup. Tammy came to the rescue at both ends after Tommy T's second half changes. But why did so many players fail to impress and it's all about the win...isn't it?
Will from the Talk of the Toon podcast joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Newcastle Utd, our next opponents. The Toon's form seems to have picked up recently with wins against Southampton and Everton, does this have anything to do with Steve Bruce or more the return of Allan Saint-Maximin, and how will they cope without Callum Wilson? As ever, Will tells us how he sees the match going and gives us his prediction.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Newcastle. With Kai Havertz absent again we ask should we be worried about the young German or just more patient? Thiago Silva is still out with injury but Timo Werner is fit again, so who will Tuchel select and if we go purely in currently on form what is Chelsea's best side at the moment. We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle to discuss Chelsea's shock home defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion and the Conti Cup Semi Final win over West Ham.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow and news of a goal in the loan report plus we discuss supporter over reaction to the defeat.
And we look ahead to the massive game against Arsenal on Wednesday and the last game before the international break on Sunday against Bristol City.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's steely win against Sheffield Utd and ahead to Thursday night's FA Cup tie against Barnsley.
On the show tonight, we applaud Timo Werner for his performance and discuss that its only a matter of time before he starts banging the goals in again. We also discuss another peak Mount performance and the two sides of Toni Rudiger.
In Part two we discuss the two sides of Jorginho and Kovacic; Chelsea’s game management under Tuchel and Chelsea’s progress towards the top four.
In part three we have a full postbag as JK and Chidge read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
And to wrap up in part four we preview Thursday night’s FA Cup tie away to Barnsley.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the obligatory victory over Spurs and to look ahead to Sunday's match against Sheffield Utd.
Liam Twomey of The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Spurs. Thomas Tuchel is delivering so far and doing it his way, but what can he do to get Chelsea's strikers scoring and how big a blow is the injury to Thiago Silva?
Ben, The Travelling Blade joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Sheffield Utd, our next opponents. With 3 wins in 5, one of them away to Man Utd, what has Chris Wilder done to turn things around? Can Utd stay up? How is Ethan Ampadu doing and how does Ben see Sunday's match going.
Finally, we preview Sheffield Utd v Chelsea. Will Tuchel stick with the 3:4:2:1? Will he stick with Jorginho and Kovacic in midfield? Is Christensen for Silva a simple swap? Will he rotate Alonso with Chilwell and what's Tuchel's best combination up front?
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails from all over the world predominantly on the aftermath of Frank Lampard's sacking and the hopes for the new regime under Thomas Tuchel.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Louise Bradshaw to discuss Chelsea breaking the WSL record for consecutive games unbeaten after their win against Aston Villa and the 4-0 thrashing of Spurs.
There's a round up of the latest news from Kingsmeadow, including a potential move into the men's game from manager Emma Hayes and we look forward to our Conti Cup semi-final against West Ham and WSL match against Brighton and Hove Albion next weekend.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back on Chelsea's first win under Thomas Tuchel and ahead to this week's match against Spurs.
On the show tonight, we applaud Tommy T for getting off the mark; we hail Cesar, we beatify St Marcos and we demand that Mount Must Start!
In Part two we ask has Hudson-Odoi found his mojo; is Jorginho the ultimate flat track bully; furrow our brow at the work that Werner and Pulisic have to do and discuss how Tuchel’s 3:4:2:1 has brought some much-needed stability in defence.
In part three we look ahead to Thursday’s huge grudge match against Spurs. Who will Tuchel select and what system will he use? Will Spurs be there for the taking without Harry Kane and can Chelsea make a push for the top four.
With the arrival of German coach Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea's new manager, Stamford Chidge talks to Ben McFadyean, head of Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London to get the inside track on Tuchel.
Ben McFadyean knows Thomas Tuchel from his time as coach of Borussia Dortmund so what is he like as a manager? What defines his character, personality and man management? What was his relationship like with the Dortmund fans – did he ‘get’ them?
How does he like to set up tactically and what's his style of play? Is it all possession based or does it carry attacking intent. What is his attitude to youth players? Will he look to integrate the promising youngsters who have yet to come through and will he carry on playing the likes of Mount, James, CHO and Abraham?
How important is his relationship with the German contingent Havertz, Werner and Rudiger and previous Dortmund player Pulisic?
And finally does Ben think Thomas Tuchel will be a success at Chelsea?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at an emotional week for Chelsea and ahead to Thomas Tuchel's second match in charge against Burnley on Sunday.
Adam Newson joins us from Football.London to look back at this week's Chelsea news. We have the final word on Frank Lampard; discuss Tuchel's first match in charge against Wolves and ask what's next for Tommy T's Blue & White Army?
Dave Roberts, Burnley FC statistorian, occasional Burnley commentator and podcaster with 'No Nay Never' joins us for 'Opposition View'. We ask him how Sean Dyche has turned things around for Burnley; how did Burnley beat Liverpool and Villa and what was the spat between Dyche and Klopp all about? We also ask him what Chelsea need to watch out for and how he sees the match going on Sunday.
Finally, we preview Chelsea v Burnley. With a few more days under his belt will Tommy T change the system and the personnel? Will he play Kante and Mount together and who will start up front? We discuss how we see the match going and give you our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans to discuss Chelsea's 4-2 win over Manchester City in the Conti Cup Quarter-Final.
There's a chat about a new contract for Maren Mjelde and we look ahead to our next fixtures against Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur.
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Stamford Chidge is joined Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dayne Whittle to try and make sense of a very sad day for Chelsea supporters with the sacking of Frank Lampard.
We discuss the supporter reaction to the loss of Frank Lampard as manager and analyse the detail of the breakdown in the relationship between Frank Lampard and the Club, drawing heavily from the in depth article from The Athletic.
We also ask why now? Is Chelsea unmanageable? Is the disconnect between the club and the supporters now beyond repair and what of the new man, Thomas Tuchel?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Leicester and ahead to the FA Cup tie against Luton Town this weekend.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic, joins us to talk about (cough) today's Press Conference and to look back at Chelsea's defeat away to Leicester in the week.
Lewis Williams a Luton Town Vlogger joins us for the 'Opposition View' to preview the FA Cup tie between Luton Town and Chelsea from Luton's perspective. What's happened to Luton since the last time we met in the FA Cup semi-final in 1994. How will Luton set up and will they provide an unexpected challenge to Chelsea on Sunday.
Finally, we preview Chelsea v Luton. With so many players in poor form and low in confidence, will Frank resist the urge to give some of the youngsters a run out? And with Chelsea's excellent Cup record how do we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle from the Chelsea Fancast to discuss Chelsea's return to the top of the WSL table thanks to their 2-1 win over Manchester United.
There's a round up of the latest news from Kingsmeadow and we look forward to our Conti Cup game against Manchester City on Wednesday and our league fixture against Bristol City on Sunday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to look back at a much needed win against Fulham and to look ahead to Tuesday's match against Leicester.
On the show tonight, we proclaim all you need is Mount, after his superb performance against Fulham. We also look at Frank’s strange team selection and wonder whether he had an eye on the Leicester match or if the pressure of club politics is coming in to play. And we ask should we be glad of the win or worried about the performance?
In part two we discuss Chelsea’s profligacy, defensive vulnerability and look at the good, the bad and the downright ugly performances.
In part three we have a tsunami of emails to get through and we wrap up in part four with a look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Leicester.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up this week's Chelsea news and to look ahead to Saturday's match against neighbours Fulham.
Sam Inkersole, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Tomori's potential loan; Giroud to Real Madrid; time on the training pitch and Frank banning hugs!
Sammy James from the Fulhamish Podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' to preview Fulham v Chelsea from Fulham's perspective. What's the reason for Fulham's improvement in form recently. Is Scott Parker the man for the job long term? Has Ruben Loftus-Cheek impressed in his loan? And how does Sammy see the match going on Saturday.
Finally, we preview Fulham v Chelsea. Do Gilmour and CHO have to start? Will it be Timo or Tammy or Timo and Tammy? And will a week on the training pitch help Chelsea to a much needed win.
This week Dean and Jane discuss Chelsea's sensational start to 2021 thanks to 4 goals from Fran Kirby.
There's a chat about Dubai-Gate and we look ahead to the top of the table clash against Manchester United.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails on Frank Lampard's future as Chelsea manager; the Lampard in/Lampard out debate; what it means to be a Chelsea supporter in the UK and Overseas; the sad passing of Tommy Docherty and Chelsea's form recently.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman & Tony Glover to look back at a confidence boosting FA Cup win against Morecambe FC.
On the show tonight, we discuss a much needed, confidence restoring win. Was Frank selecting Werner and Havertz justified? And going forward, do Chelsea need to think about how their creative players seem to get congested with similar runs?
In part two we ask whether playing more of the youth was a red herring? Billy Gilmour impresses again which is just as well with Kante suspended; Callum Hudson-Odoi puts in another good performance – is he getting back to his best? And Mason Mount with his Lampard-esque goal never seems to run out of energy, but does he need a rest?
In part three we have a couple of emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look ahead to Chelsea's FA Cup 3rd round tie against Morecambe FC on Sunday.
We preview the match focusing on which of the Chelsea youngsters might start. Should Werner and Havertz start to regain some confidence and we look at Chelsea's 3rd round record down the years before discussing how we see the match going.
In this week's 'Opposition View' we have more of a 'Spy in the Camp' than a someone from the opposition as Jon Parkinson, Chelsea fan and long time listener to the FanCast joins us to give us the lowdown on Morecambe FC. Jon is a Morecambe local and knows more about the League Two side than we will ever know!
Finally, we catch up with the winners and losers from the Chelsea FanCast 'Prem Predictions' League
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown from Chelsea Pride to discuss the work of the group and different attitude towards the LBQT+ community from the men's and the women's game,
There's a round up of all the latest news from Kingsmeadow and we look ahead to our first game of 2021 against Reading.
Plus we share listener wishes for Chelsea FC Women in 2021.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Alex Churchill and Dean Mears to look back on a sobering defeat to Man City.
On the show tonight, we ask with the plethora of problems resulting from the defeat to City, what are the solutions.
In part two we ask is Frank Lampard’s job really in jeopardy? If it is what ever happened to building something and if he does get the tin tack has Roman Abramovich created a monster fanbase in his own image?
In part three with the news of Tommy Docherty’s passing, we look back at his legacy as Chelsea manager and great Docherty’s Diamonds team.
We wrap up in part four with loads of emails.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Mark Meehan to look back to a somewhat disappointing round of Christmas fixtures against Arsenal and Villa.
On the show tonight, we ask whether Frank got enough of a reaction out of the players in the draw against Villa; Giroud doing what he does best and Christensen needing to channel his inner Chumbawumba.
In part two we ask with Jorginho disappointing again why does Billy Gilmour not get a go? Are there mitigating circumstances to some of Chelsea’s recent performances and does our lack of squad depth in terms of quality remain an issue. And why are some supporters just never happy.
In part three we look back at a dreadful defeat to Arsenal where our best team started but mentality was clearly an issue. Who should take responsibility – Frank or the players? Was it a master stroke by Arteta or did he get lucky? And we ask was this one of our worst defeats in years or do some of us just have very short memories.
We wrap up in part four with some fantastic emails.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Martin Wickham to look back on the 3-0 victory over West Ham and look ahead to the Boxing Day match against relegation threatened Arsenal!
On the show tonight, we discuss a result that was better than the performance. How Kovacic coming on for Jorginho made the difference. We show concern for and mitigation with our hobbled full backs and we ask whether Werner is suffering from the curse of the Chelsea strikers?
In part two we applaud Tammy Abraham for taking his chances; delight in the Thiago Silva machine and appraise the league table in a season where anything is possible.
In part three we look ahead to the Boxing Day match against THE Arsenal and ask how bad are they really? How fearful are we of the schadenfreude of losing to a poor Arsenal side containing former Chelsea players David Luiz and Willian, as well as discussing who will start for Chelsea and how we see it going.
We wrap up with some emails and the leader board in our 'Prem Predictions' league.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Mark Meehan to look back to a somewhat disappointing round of Christmas fixtures against Arsenal and Villa.
On the show tonight, we ask whether Frank got enough of a reaction out of the players in the draw against Villa; Giroud doing what he does best and Christensen needing to channel his inner Chumbawumba.
In part two we ask with Jorginho disappointing again why does Billy Gilmour not get a go? Are there mitigating circumstances to some of Chelsea’s recent performances and does our lack of squad depth in terms of quality remain an issue. And why are some supporters just never happy.
In part three we look back at a dreadful defeat to Arsenal where our best team started but mentality was clearly an issue. Who should take responsibility – Frank or the players? Was it a master stroke by Arteta or did he get lucky? And we ask was this one of our worst defeats in years or do some of us just have very short memories.
We wrap up in part four with some fantastic emails.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Martin Wickham to look back on the 3-0 victory over West Ham and look ahead to the Boxing Day match against relegation threatened Arsenal!
On the show tonight, we discuss a result that was better than the performance. How Kovacic coming on for Jorginho made the difference. We show concern for and mitigation with our hobbled full backs and we ask whether Werner is suffering from the curse of the Chelsea strikers?
In part two we applaud Tammy Abraham for taking his chances; delight in the Thiago Silva machine and appraise the league table in a season where anything is possible.
In part three we look ahead to the Boxing Day match against THE Arsenal and ask how bad are they really? How fearful are we of the schadenfreude of losing to a poor Arsenal side containing former Chelsea players David Luiz and Willian, as well as discussing who will start for Chelsea and how we see it going.
We wrap up with some emails and the leader board in our 'Prem Predictions' league.
This week Dean and Jane sit down to discuss Chelsea progressing into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League thanks to a 8-0 aggregate victory over Benfica.
They also share some supporter memories of Drew Spence, who became the first player of the WSL era to reach 200 appearances for the club,
There's a round up of all the latest news from Kingsmeadow, including a new signing! Plus supporters share their highlights of 2020.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's second defeat of the week, against Wolves and ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against West Ham United on Monday night.
A poor mentality and game management seemed to dish out a reality check as Wolves snatched a last minute winner against Chelsea on Tuesday night, but with back to back defeats questions need answering: What's up with Havertz and Werner - is it balance, injuries and fatigue? We also look at Chelsea's tough draw against Atletico Madrid in Champions League Round of 16.
James Jones from We Are West Ham Podcast joins us for 'Opposition View' and with West Ham currently in a lofty 8th place, is he Moyes in? Will their form last? How good is Declan Rice? Who are West Ham's top performers this season? What does Chelsea v West Ham mean to him and how does he see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: is it must win or must not lose? Who starts, who is fit and who is in form? Should Werner start up front or will Frank stick with Giroud or Tammy Abraham? And finally we discuss how we see the match going.
And last but by no means least, Chidge gives an update on the leaderboard and performer of the week in Chelsea FanCast's 'Prem Predictions' League.
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This week Dean and Jane sit down to discuss Chelsea progressing into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League thanks to a 8-0 aggregate victory over Benfica.
They also share some supporter memories of Drew Spence, who became the first player of the WSL era to reach 200 appearances for the club,
There's a round up of all the latest news from Kingsmeadow, including a new signing! Plus supporters share their highlights of 2020.
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We'd like to wish all our listeners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
This week Dean and Jane sit down to discuss a week which saw Chelsea take control of their Champions League first leg tie with a 5-0 win over Benfica and extend their unbeaten run in the WSL to 29 games with a 1-0 over Brighton and Hove Albion.
They also share some supporter memories of four Chelsea favourites as they celebrate reaching significant milestones, Super Fran Kirby becoming the clubs record goal-scorer, Millie Bright reaching 150 appearances and both Magda Eriksson and Bethany England reaching 100 appearances for the Blues.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's second defeat of the week, against Wolves and ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against West Ham United on Monday night.
A poor mentality and game management seemed to dish out a reality check as Wolves snatched a last minute winner against Chelsea on Tuesday night, but with back to back defeats questions need answering: What's up with Havertz and Werner - is it balance, injuries and fatigue? We also look at Chelsea's tough draw against Atletico Madrid in Champions League Round of 16.
James Jones from We Are West Ham Podcast joins us for 'Opposition View' and with West Ham currently in a lofty 8th place, is he Moyes in? Will their form last? How good is Declan Rice? Who are West Ham's top performers this season? What does Chelsea v West Ham mean to him and how does he see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: is it must win or must not lose? Who starts, who is fit and who is in form? Should Werner start up front or will Frank stick with Giroud or Tammy Abraham? And finally we discuss how we see the match going.
And last but by no means least, Chidge gives an update on the leaderboard and performer of the week in Chelsea FanCast's 'Prem Predictions' League.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dayne Whittle to look back at a frustrating evening against Everton and ahead to the Wolves match on Tuesday.
On the show tonight, we discuss how crucial Mendy conceding a penalty was and how Chelsea played in to Everton’s hands tactically. But football is also a game of fine margins and this was also a match about missing players as well as missed opportunities.
In part two we discuss this defeat being a reality check on Chelsea’s title ambitions and how much of a concern is the form of Havertz and Werner.
In part three we look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Wolves with Matt Guy from Wolves FanCast joining us in the ‘Opposition View’ and we wrap up with some emails and the leader board in our 'Prem Predictions league'.
This week Dean and Jane sit down to discuss a week which saw Chelsea take control of their Champions League first leg tie with a 5-0 win over Benfica and extend their unbeaten run in the WSL to 29 games with a 1-0 over Brighton and Hove Albion.
They also share some supporter memories of four Chelsea favourites as they celebrate reaching significant milestones, Super Fran Kirby becoming the clubs record goal-scorer, Millie Bright reaching 150 appearances and both Magda Eriksson and Bethany England reaching 100 appearances for the Blues.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look back at Chelsea's draw against Krasnodar and ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Everton on Saturday.
Chelsea drew their final, somewhat meaningless. Champions League group match against Krasnodar. Tino Anjorin and Billy Gilmour had a chance to shine while the squad players did the bare minimum. We ask is Billy Gilmour now ahead of Jorginho in the midfield pecking order and who do we want in the Champions League R16?
Gavin Buckland, Everton's Official Statistician joins us to look ahead to Everton v Chelsea for the 'Opposition View'. We ask him what he thinks of Carlo Ancelotti, how good is Calvert-Lewin, is Pickford a problem and how does he expect the match to go.
We wrap with our own preview of the match by recalling some past clashes, pondering how who will start on the wings given Chelsea's injuries and who will start up front.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dayne Whittle to look back at a frustrating evening against Everton and ahead to the Wolves match on Tuesday.
On the show tonight, we discuss how crucial Mendy conceding a penalty was and how Chelsea played in to Everton’s hands tactically. But football is also a game of fine margins and this was also a match about missing players as well as missed opportunities.
In part two we discuss this defeat being a reality check on Chelsea’s title ambitions and how much of a concern is the form of Havertz and Werner.
In part three we look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Wolves with Matt Guy from Wolves FanCast joining us in the ‘Opposition View’ and we wrap up with some emails and the leader board in our 'Prem Predictions league'.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look back at Chelsea's draw against Krasnodar and ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Everton on Saturday.
Chelsea drew their final, somewhat meaningless. Champions League group match against Krasnodar. Tino Anjorin and Billy Gilmour had a chance to shine while the squad players did the bare minimum. We ask is Billy Gilmour now ahead of Jorginho in the midfield pecking order and who do we want in the Champions League R16?
Gavin Buckland, Everton's Official Statistician joins us to look ahead to Everton v Chelsea for the 'Opposition View'. We ask him what he thinks of Carlo Ancelotti, how good is Calvert-Lewin, is Pickford a problem and how does he expect the match to go.
We wrap with our own preview of the match by recalling some past clashes, pondering how who will start on the wings given Chelsea's injuries and who will start up front.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Chelsea FC Women Season Ticket Holders Hannah and Chester to discuss the return of fans to Kingsmeadow to watch Chelsea's 3-2 win over West Ham.
We also look ahead to this week's Champions League tie against Benfica and next weekend's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
You can follow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx, Hannah @04_Hannah and Chester @ChesterBates93. We're also on Instagram @WentToMowKingsmeadow.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Chelsea FC Women Season Ticket Holders Hannah and Chester to discuss the return of fans to Kingsmeadow to watch Chelsea's 3-2 win over West Ham.
We also look ahead to this week's Champions League tie against Benfica and next weekend's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
You can follow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx, Hannah @04_Hannah and Chester @ChesterBates93. We're also on Instagram @WentToMowKingsmeadow.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, 'Mr Gate 17' - Mark Worrall and 'Mr Eddie Mac' - Mark Meehan, to look back at a great win against Dirty Leeds, the return of supporters to Stamford Bridge and ahead to Tuesday night's match against Krasnodar.
On the show tonight, we applaud Chelsea’s winning mentality and work ethic, and while we should have finished off more of the chances we created, hallelujah we are scoring from set pieces with a delightful frequency.
In part two we ask with Frank’s success against elite managers, why is he not being given the credit he deserves for his tactical acumen?
In part three we have some great emails to read out; we look at the winners and losers in our Prem Predictions League and we look ahead to Tuesday night’s Champions’ League match against Krasnodar.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, 'Mr Gate 17' - Mark Worrall and 'Mr Eddie Mac' - Mark Meehan, to look back at a great win against Dirty Leeds, the return of supporters to Stamford Bridge and ahead to Tuesday night's match against Krasnodar.
On the show tonight, we applaud Chelsea’s winning mentality and work ethic, and while we should have finished off more of the chances we created, hallelujah we are scoring from set pieces with a delightful frequency.
In part two we ask with Frank’s success against elite managers, why is he not being given the credit he deserves for his tactical acumen?
In part three we have some great emails to read out; we look at the winners and losers in our Prem Predictions League and we look ahead to Tuesday night’s Champions’ League match against Krasnodar.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Leeds on Saturday.
Oliver Harbord from Football.London joins us to disect this week's Chelsea news. With Olivier Giroud scoring four fab goals in a great team performance against Sevilla, should he start against Leeds? How big is the rivalry with Leeds and will having 2,000 fans in the stadium make a difference?
Jon Mackenzie from 'All Stats Aren't We' joins us to look ahead to Chelsea v Leeds from the 'Opposition View'. We ask him what the rivalry between Chelsea and Leeds means to him; is he happy with their season so far; is there method in the madness of Bielsa and how does he expect the match to go.
We wrap with our own preview of the match by recalling some past clashes, pondering how to stop Patrick Bamford from scoring against his old club and revealing how we expect the match to go.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Leeds on Saturday.
Oliver Harbord from Football.London joins us to disect this week's Chelsea news. With Olivier Giroud scoring four fab goals in a great team performance against Sevilla, should he start against Leeds? How big is the rivalry with Leeds and will having 2,000 fans in the stadium make a difference?
Jon Mackenzie from 'All Stats Aren't We' joins us to look ahead to Chelsea v Leeds from the 'Opposition View'. We ask him what the rivalry between Chelsea and Leeds means to him; is he happy with their season so far; is there method in the madness of Bielsa and how does he expect the match to go.
We wrap with our own preview of the match by recalling some past clashes, pondering how to stop Patrick Bamford from scoring against his old club and revealing how we expect the match to go.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Paul Lagan from Capital Football to discuss Chelsea FC Women's start to the season.
We also preview the next fixture against West Ham United and discuss the return of supporters to Kingsmeadow.
You can read all of Paul's work on Chelsea FC Women by checking out the Capital Football Website www.capitalfootball.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @CFCJourno
Follow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and check out our instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Paul Lagan from Capital Football to discuss Chelsea FC Women's start to the season.
We also preview the next fixture against West Ham United and discuss the return of supporters to Kingsmeadow.
You can read all of Paul's work on Chelsea FC Women by checking out the Capital Football Website www.capitalfootball.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @CFCJourno
Follow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and check out our instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver & Alex Churchill to look back at the 0-0 draw against Spurs and ahead to Wednesday night's match against Sevilla.
On the show tonight, we look at how Jose made it so difficult for Chelsea; rue some missed chances; discuss why it is so important not to lose to Spurs and ask whether failing to beat our rivals really is an issue at the moment.
In part two we take comfort from another clean sheet and applaud Mendy, Silva and Kante, Kovacic and James in particular. We ask whether Werner needs a rest, discuss why and how Tammy needs to improve and with Pulisic and Havertz now fit again, wonder if Frank will change the TNT formula up front.
In part three we discuss the ‘Return to the Bridge’ with 2,000 supporters allowed back in against Leeds and Krasnodar next week. The Chelsea Supporters Trust has been vociferous this week about the ballot system and the extortionate pricing and Trust Board members, Dan and Chidge, will discuss the inequity of the situation and what the Trust is doing about it.
We also look ahead to Wednesday night’s Champions’ League match against Sevilla and have a few emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver & Alex Churchill to look back at the 0-0 draw against Spurs and ahead to Wednesday night's match against Sevilla.
On the show tonight, we look at how Jose made it so difficult for Chelsea; rue some missed chances; discuss why it is so important not to lose to Spurs and ask whether failing to beat our rivals really is an issue at the moment.
In part two we take comfort from another clean sheet and applaud Mendy, Silva and Kante, Kovacic and James in particular. We ask whether Werner needs a rest, discuss why and how Tammy needs to improve and with Pulisic and Havertz now fit again, wonder if Frank will change the TNT formula up front.
In part three we discuss the ‘Return to the Bridge’ with 2,000 supporters allowed back in against Leeds and Krasnodar next week. The Chelsea Supporters Trust has been vociferous this week about the ballot system and the extortionate pricing and Trust Board members, Dan and Chidge, will discuss the inequity of the situation and what the Trust is doing about it.
We also look ahead to Wednesday night’s Champions’ League match against Sevilla and have a few emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Spurs on Sunday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to disect this week's Chelsea news including securing Champions' League qualification; the possible return to Stamford Bridge and Roman Abramovich's 1000th match.
Ricky Sacks from the 'Last Word on Spurs' joins us to look ahead to Chelsea v Spurs from the 'Opposition View'. We ask him if falling in love with Jose is like doing a deal with the Devil and how does he see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: Will Frank go with our best line up and 4:3:3? How do we stop Kane and Son? Is this our biggest test of the season so far?
And finally we report back on the winners and losers in the Chelsea Fancast 'Prem Predictions' League and the death of Diego Maradona..
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group to talk about the work and impact the group has at Kingsmeadow.
We also discuss the latest goings on in the team, including the Women's UEFA Champions League draw and Manager and Player of the month nominations for Emma Hayes and Pernille Harder respectively.
You can find more about the CSWG on Twitter and Instagram @ChelseaWomenSG and their website www.chelseawomensupporters.com
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Spurs on Sunday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to disect this week's Chelsea news including securing Champions' League qualification; the possible return to Stamford Bridge and Roman Abramovich's 1000th match.
Ricky Sacks from the 'Last Word on Spurs' joins us to look ahead to Chelsea v Spurs from the 'Opposition View'. We ask him if falling in love with Jose is like doing a deal with the Devil and how does he see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: Will Frank go with our best line up and 4:3:3? How do we stop Kane and Son? Is this our biggest test of the season so far?
And finally we report back on the winners and losers in the Chelsea Fancast 'Prem Predictions' League and the death of Diego Maradona..
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dayne Whittle to look back at Saturday's 2-0 win against Newcastle.
On the show tonight, we look at a good 3 points won and the blossoming strike force that is TNT. We also praise the defence who are keeping more clean sheets than a monastery, but is the real reason for this the resurgence of N’Golo Kante?
In part two we praise another powerful performance from Reece James, and ask is complacency when Chelsea are so dominant an issue? We analyse the improvement Chelsea have made this season in terms of points won and ponder that the fixtures over the next 6 weeks could help to define the season.
In part three we look ahead to Tuesday night’s Champions’ League tie against Rennes. Should Frank go all out to win to put qualification to bed or look to rest some tired legs and minds?
We wrap up the show with some superb emails sent in by our loyal supporters for JK and Chidge to read out.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group to talk about the work and impact the group has at Kingsmeadow.
We also discuss the latest goings on in the team, including the Women's UEFA Champions League draw and Manager and Player of the month nominations for Emma Hayes and Pernille Harder respectively.
You can find more about the CSWG on Twitter and Instagram @ChelseaWomenSG and their website www.chelseawomensupporters.com
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dayne Whittle to look back at Saturday's 2-0 win against Newcastle.
On the show tonight, we look at a good 3 points won and the blossoming strike force that is TNT. We also praise the defence who are keeping more clean sheets than a monastery, but is the real reason for this the resurgence of N’Golo Kante?
In part two we praise another powerful performance from Reece James, and ask is complacency when Chelsea are so dominant an issue? We analyse the improvement Chelsea have made this season in terms of points won and ponder that the fixtures over the next 6 weeks could help to define the season.
In part three we look ahead to Tuesday night’s Champions’ League tie against Rennes. Should Frank go all out to win to put qualification to bed or look to rest some tired legs and minds?
We wrap up the show with some superb emails sent in by our loyal supporters for JK and Chidge to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match away to Newcastle United on Saturday.
Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent from Football.London joins us to round up all the Chelsea news from this week including Mason Mount impressing for England; injury updates for the Newcastle match and what's going on with Fikayo Tomori?
The 'Talk of the Toon' join us for 'The Opposition View'. We ask them what's going with Mike Ashley selling up; are they happy with Steve Bruce and the start to the season and how do they see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: In the absence of Silva who will partner Zouma in defence if Havertz is not fit, will Kovacic step in to a 3 man midfield with Mount and Kante; will the Chelsea players be suffering from fatigue after the international fixtures and how do we see the match going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match away to Newcastle United on Saturday.
Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent from Football.London joins us to round up all the Chelsea news from this week including Mason Mount impressing for England; injury updates for the Newcastle match and what's going on with Fikayo Tomori?
The 'Talk of the Toon' join us for 'The Opposition View'. We ask them what's going with Mike Ashley selling up; are they happy with Steve Bruce and the start to the season and how do they see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: In the absence of Silva who will partner Zouma in defence if Havertz is not fit, will Kovacic step in to a 3 man midfield with Mount and Kante; will the Chelsea players be suffering from fatigue after the international fixtures and how do we see the match going.
Dean Mears of Chelsea Fancast and cfcuk is joined by Jane Chappell to introduce themselves and their brand new podcast all about Chelsea FC Women - Went to Mow Kingsmeadow!
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Tony Glover and Dean Mears for a Q&A session on all things Chelsea.
With some of our Patreon members joining us on Zoom along with the mixlr live audience, Chidge and the boys answer questions on anything to do with Chelsea...
Thoughts on replica shirts, the rise of football tourism, the Ken Bates Electric fence, Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham, Kepa. Connor Gallagher and our favourite Chelsea memorabilia and lots more.
Dean Mears of Chelsea Fancast and cfcuk is joined by Jane Chappell to introduce themselves and their brand new podcast all about Chelsea FC Women - Went to Mow Kingsmeadow!
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Tony Glover and Dean Mears for a Q&A session on all things Chelsea.
With some of our Patreon members joining us on Zoom along with the mixlr live audience, Chidge and the boys answer questions on anything to do with Chelsea...
Thoughts on replica shirts, the rise of football tourism, the Ken Bates Electric fence, Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham, Kepa. Connor Gallagher and our favourite Chelsea memorabilia and lots more.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's emphatic win against Sheffield United.
On the show tonight, we wonder at the wizardry of Hakim Ziyech; we ask is Thiago Silva the new ‘Rock’ and we discuss the importance of Timo Werner’s ability to score goals.
In part two we discuss the importance of Chelsea passing another test with an emphatic win; we ask with Tammy, Reece and Mason all upping their game, is this a lesson to Fikayo Tomori and Callum Hudson-Odoi. And with Chelsea playing with real menace and fluidity are they genuine title contenders in an open season and will this momentum be checked by the International Break and player fatigue.
In part three we have a couple of great emails to read out; we check the ups and downs of our 'Prem Predictions' league and we have a competition to win a copy of Walter Otton’s new book ‘Let the Celery Decide’
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's emphatic win against Sheffield United.
On the show tonight, we wonder at the wizardry of Hakim Ziyech; we ask is Thiago Silva the new ‘Rock’ and we discuss the importance of Timo Werner’s ability to score goals.
In part two we discuss the importance of Chelsea passing another test with an emphatic win; we ask with Tammy, Reece and Mason all upping their game, is this a lesson to Fikayo Tomori and Callum Hudson-Odoi. And with Chelsea playing with real menace and fluidity are they genuine title contenders in an open season and will this momentum be checked by the International Break and player fatigue.
In part three we have a couple of great emails to read out; we check the ups and downs of our 'Prem Predictions' league and we have a competition to win a copy of Walter Otton’s new book ‘Let the Celery Decide’
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss Chelsea's 3-0 win against Rennes in the Champions' League and look ahead to Saturday's Premier League match against Sheffield Utd.
Looking back to this week's win against Rennes, we discuss the comfortable win which saw another clean sheet, two penalties by Timo Werner and a great 'Made in Chelsea' goal by Tammy Abraham.
We catch up on today's Press Conference where the injury to Pulisic was discussed along with the form of Timo Werner, Reece James and Thiago Silva,
Sheffield Utd 'Vlogger' Travelling Blade joins us for 'The Opposition View'. We ask him whether the loss of Dean Henderson has impacted Utd's form this season and can Chris Wilder turn it around. What does he think of Ethan Ampadu and how does he see Utd approaching the match against Chelsea. And we hopefully get a rendition of the Greasy Chip Butty song!
We wrap up by giving our predictions and ask with Havertz out, will Frank pick Jorginho or Kovacic and will he stick with a 4:3:3 and if Werner is rested will Callum Hudson-Odoi get a start?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss Chelsea's 3-0 win against Rennes in the Champions' League and look ahead to Saturday's Premier League match against Sheffield Utd.
Looking back to this week's win against Rennes, we discuss the comfortable win which saw another clean sheet, two penalties by Timo Werner and a great 'Made in Chelsea' goal by Tammy Abraham.
We catch up on today's Press Conference where the injury to Pulisic was discussed along with the form of Timo Werner, Reece James and Thiago Silva,
Sheffield Utd 'Vlogger' Travelling Blade joins us for 'The Opposition View'. We ask him whether the loss of Dean Henderson has impacted Utd's form this season and can Chris Wilder turn it around. What does he think of Ethan Ampadu and how does he see Utd approaching the match against Chelsea. And we hopefully get a rendition of the Greasy Chip Butty song!
We wrap up by giving our predictions and ask with Havertz out, will Frank pick Jorginho or Kovacic and will he stick with a 4:3:3 and if Werner is rested will Callum Hudson-Odoi get a start?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Joe Tweedie to look back at Chelsea's wins against Burnley and Krasnodar and ahead to this weeks match against Rennes.
On the show tonight, we praise Chelsea’s Magnificent 6 and ask is Kante back to his best and is this his best position?
In part two we ask is the 4:3:3 here to stay or is it horses for course? We praise Zouma and ask is Pulisic made of glass and we discuss whether Chelsea are beginning to click.
In part three we look back at the 4-0 defeat of Krasnodar and ask if it heralded the end of Jorginho and Kovacic in a midfield two. We ask what more does Hudson-Odoi have to do and whether Frank turning mid-game to a 4:3:3 will have the same impact as Conte turning to 3:5:2 mid-game against Arsenal. We also look ahead to this Wednesday’s match against Rennes in the Champions’ League.
In part four, we have some superb emails sent in by our loyal supporters for JK and myself to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Joe Tweedie to look back at Chelsea's wins against Burnley and Krasnodar and ahead to this weeks match against Rennes.
On the show tonight, we praise Chelsea’s Magnificent 6 and ask is Kante back to his best and is this his best position?
In part two we ask is the 4:3:3 here to stay or is it horses for course? We praise Zouma and ask is Pulisic made of glass and we discuss whether Chelsea are beginning to click.
In part three we look back at the 4-0 defeat of Krasnodar and ask if it heralded the end of Jorginho and Kovacic in a midfield two. We ask what more does Hudson-Odoi have to do and whether Frank turning mid-game to a 4:3:3 will have the same impact as Conte turning to 3:5:2 mid-game against Arsenal. We also look ahead to this Wednesday’s match against Rennes in the Champions’ League.
In part four, we have some superb emails sent in by our loyal supporters for JK and myself to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 win against Krasnodar in the Champions' League and look ahead to Saturday's Premier League match against Burnley.
Looking back to this week's win against Krasnodar, we ask will Jorginho pay the penalty for missing from the spot and applaud the move to 4:3:3 which reaped 3 goals in the second half.
Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent The Athletic joins us to report back on Frank Lampard's press conference yesterday and to round up this week's news.
Radio and TV presenter and massive Burnley fan Andy Hodgson joins us for 'The Opposition View'. We ask him about the proposed £200m takeover at Burnley, how worried is he at Burnley's current form and how he sees Burnley approaching the match against Chelsea.
We wrap up by giving our predictions and ask will Frank stick with 4:3:3 with Kante, Mount and Havertz in midfield?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 win against Krasnodar in the Champions' League and look ahead to Saturday's Premier League match against Burnley.
Looking back to this week's win against Krasnodar, we ask will Jorginho pay the penalty for missing from the spot and applaud the move to 4:3:3 which reaped 3 goals in the second half.
Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent The Athletic joins us to report back on Frank Lampard's press conference yesterday and to round up this week's news.
Radio and TV presenter and massive Burnley fan Andy Hodgson joins us for 'The Opposition View'. We ask him about the proposed £200m takeover at Burnley, how worried is he at Burnley's current form and how he sees Burnley approaching the match against Chelsea.
We wrap up by giving our predictions and ask will Frank stick with 4:3:3 with Kante, Mount and Havertz in midfield?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's 0-0 draws against Man Utd and Sevilla and look ahead to Wednesday night's Champions' League tie away to Krasnodar.
On the show tonight, we ask was the draw against Utd really turgid fare or was it a good point won and we heap praise on Mendy, Silva and James. In part two we discuss the penalty that should have been and let JK loose in his opprobrium of referees and VAR. We also look at defensive solidity versus lack of creativity and ask is the real issue we need to address in midfield. We wrap up part two with a look at the media agenda against Chelsea and what is really going on here.
In part three we look back at another 0-0 draw in the Champions’ league match against Sevilla. Mendy and Silva were impressive but why were people disappointed in a good tactical hard-fought game against a tough Sevilla side; one which we had to avoid defeat in?
In part four, we look ahead to this week’s Champions’ League match against Krasnodar, in Southern Russia and ask who are they; who will start for Chelsea and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's 0-0 draws against Man Utd and Sevilla and look ahead to Wednesday night's Champions' League tie away to Krasnodar.
On the show tonight, we ask was the draw against Utd really turgid fare or was it a good point won and we heap praise on Mendy, Silva and James. In part two we discuss the penalty that should have been and let JK loose in his opprobrium of referees and VAR. We also look at defensive solidity versus lack of creativity and ask is the real issue we need to address in midfield. We wrap up part two with a look at the media agenda against Chelsea and what is really going on here.
In part three we look back at another 0-0 draw in the Champions’ league match against Sevilla. Mendy and Silva were impressive but why were people disappointed in a good tactical hard-fought game against a tough Sevilla side; one which we had to avoid defeat in?
In part four, we look ahead to this week’s Champions’ League match against Krasnodar, in Southern Russia and ask who are they; who will start for Chelsea and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss Chelsea's 0-0 draw against Sevilla in the Champions' League and look ahead to Saturday's Premier League match against Man Utd.
Looking back to this week's draw against Sevilla, we ask whether 0-0 was a good result against our main rivals in the group and what a difference Mendy and Silva make to the defence.
Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London joins us to report back on Frank Lampard's press conference.
Matt Beadle from the 'Goalkeeper's Union' Podcast and Man Utd fan joins us for 'The Opposition View'. Is this the worst Man Utd side in recent memory? Are there parallels between Frank Lampard and Ole Gunner Solskjaer and will Ole be given time? And how does Matt see Utd approaching the game.
We wrap up by giving our predictions and ask will Frank select James or Azpi and is the biggest issue to resolve now defensive midfield.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss Chelsea's 0-0 draw against Sevilla in the Champions' League and look ahead to Saturday's Premier League match against Man Utd.
Looking back to this week's draw against Sevilla, we ask whether 0-0 was a good result against our main rivals in the group and what a difference Mendy and Silva make to the defence.
Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London joins us to report back on Frank Lampard's press conference.
Matt Beadle from the 'Goalkeeper's Union' Podcast and Man Utd fan joins us for 'The Opposition View'. Is this the worst Man Utd side in recent memory? Are there parallels between Frank Lampard and Ole Gunner Solskjaer and will Ole be given time? And how does Matt see Utd approaching the game.
We wrap up by giving our predictions and ask will Frank select James or Azpi and is the biggest issue to resolve now defensive midfield.
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd go through this week's emails to the show from Chelsea FanCast listeners from all over the world.
On this week's 'In Off The Post' we have emails from all over the world on Chelsea FanCast's '50 Years of Chelsea' series; Chelsea not dealing with Saints on Saturday; Project Big Picture and what it means; Chelsea's defensive woes and why they should 'kick it out, when in doubt!'; is Declan Rice the only option for Chelsea's defensive midfield, oh and more on Chelsea's defensive woes!
If you want your email, Patreon or Instagram post or tweet to be read out on the show then let me have them by end of the day on Sunday, The email address is chelseafancast@gmail.com and our twitter, facebook and instagram handle is @ChelseaFanCast.
Become a Chelsea Fancast Patreon by clicking here.
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd go through this week's emails to the show from Chelsea FanCast listeners from all over the world.
On this week's 'In Off The Post' we have emails from all over the world on Chelsea FanCast's '50 Years of Chelsea' series; Chelsea not dealing with Saints on Saturday; Project Big Picture and what it means; Chelsea's defensive woes and why they should 'kick it out, when in doubt!'; is Declan Rice the only option for Chelsea's defensive midfield, oh and more on Chelsea's defensive woes!
If you want your email, Patreon or Instagram post or tweet to be read out on the show then let me have them by end of the day on Sunday, The email address is chelseafancast@gmail.com and our twitter, facebook and instagram handle is @ChelseaFanCast.
Become a Chelsea Fancast Patreon by clicking here.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to look back at Saturday's frustrating 3-3 draw at home to Southampton and look ahead to Tuesday's Champions League clash with Sevilla.
On the show tonight we look at Frank's team selection; admire the fluidity of Werner, Havertz, Mount and Pulisic and roundly applaud Werner's two superb goals.
But!! In part two we ask is Chelsea's defence the definition of madness! Are they just not good enough? Are the midfield just as culpable? Do we have to accept that Chelsea are like a Kevin Keegan team?
In Part Three we look ahead to the Champions' League match against Sevilla on Tuesday. What is Sevilla's form like; who are the key players; are they the main threat in the group and who will Frank pick and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to discuss this week's Chelsea news, look at today's press conference and look ahead to Chelsea v Southampton on Saturday.
We look back at Chelsea players performances in the recent International matches. Are International breaks more trouble than they're worth. We also discuss the Ian Maatsen's loan to Charlton and the infernal Project Big Picture.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to report on today's Press Conference with the latest injury updates and everything that Frank Lampard had to say
Steve Grant from Total Saints Podcast joins us in 'The Opposition View' to preview the Chelsea v Southampton match from the Saints perspective. How is Southampton's form; are the fans happy with Hasenhuttl, what do they think of ex-Blues Oriel Romeu and Ryan Bertrand and what does Steve think of Theo Walcott returning to St Mary's.
We wrap up with our own preview discussing what the likely team and information will be. Will Frank pick Kepa or Caballero; who replaces Silva in central defence; who starts up front and will Mount and Havertz both start.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to look back at Saturday's frustrating 3-3 draw at home to Southampton and look ahead to Tuesday's Champions League clash with Sevilla.
On the show tonight we look at Frank's team selection; admire the fluidity of Werner, Havertz, Mount and Pulisic and roundly applaud Werner's two superb goals.
But!! In part two we ask is Chelsea's defence the definition of madness! Are they just not good enough? Are the midfield just as culpable? Do we have to accept that Chelsea are like a Kevin Keegan team?
In Part Three we look ahead to the Champions' League match against Sevilla on Tuesday. What is Sevilla's form like; who are the key players; are they the main threat in the group and who will Frank pick and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to discuss this week's Chelsea news, look at today's press conference and look ahead to Chelsea v Southampton on Saturday.
We look back at Chelsea players performances in the recent International matches. Are International breaks more trouble than they're worth. We also discuss the Ian Maatsen's loan to Charlton and the infernal Project Big Picture.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to report on today's Press Conference with the latest injury updates and everything that Frank Lampard had to say
Steve Grant from Total Saints Podcast joins us in 'The Opposition View' to preview the Chelsea v Southampton match from the Saints perspective. How is Southampton's form; are the fans happy with Hasenhuttl, what do they think of ex-Blues Oriel Romeu and Ryan Bertrand and what does Steve think of Theo Walcott returning to St Mary's.
We wrap up with our own preview discussing what the likely team and information will be. Will Frank pick Kepa or Caballero; who replaces Silva in central defence; who starts up front and will Mount and Havertz both start.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Dayne Whittle for a Q&A session on all things Chelsea.
With some of our Patreon members joining us on Zoom along with the mixlr live audience, Chidge and the boys answer questions on anything to do with Chelsea...
Thoughts on the season so far; how good was the transfer window for Chelsea; the latest news such as the PPV and Premier League power grab; hopes for the season and much much more all depending on what you wanted to talk about!
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Dayne Whittle for a Q&A session on all things Chelsea.
With some of our Patreon members joining us on Zoom along with the mixlr live audience, Chidge and the boys answer questions on anything to do with Chelsea...
Thoughts on the season so far; how good was the transfer window for Chelsea; the latest news such as the PPV and Premier League power grab; hopes for the season and much much more all depending on what you wanted to talk about!
Stamford Chidge interviews his old mate, Walter Otton, cfcuk writer and author of "Stuck On You: a year in the life of a Chelsea supporter"; "Carefree! Chelsea Chants & Terrace Culture"; "The Red Hand Gang"; "Roe2Ro"; "Poppy" and "Shorts", to talk about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide"
Chidge talks to Walter Otton about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide" where he poignantly and passionately recounts his journey from the Champions' League semi-final second leg against Barcelona to the Final in Munich.
Chelsea's struggle to win the 'Holy Grail' mirror Walters own health struggles, but as ever, teamwork and mates help him through.
A very moving chat with a wonderful writer and Chelsea supporter which reminds you as to why going to football is so important and why we miss it so much.
The book is available from our very own Mark Worrall's Gate 17 publishing or from Amazon priced at £7.95
Here's the summary from the back cover...
“Brace yourself for an invigorating journey with a quite miraculous ending – and we’re not just talking about what happens on the pitch. Treasuring a one-nil lead, five thousand Chelsea supporters travel to Barcelona for the second leg of the semi-final of the European Cup.
After the most extraordinary ninety minutes ever witnessed, the Blues know they will face Bayern Munich in the Final. Desperately pining for some consistent peace of mind after the Doctor had signed him off indefinitely, Walt’s excursions to both games are peppered with powerful honesty, stirring dreams and spontaneous connections. Join him as he blindly navigates through the brutal storm of life-changing health issues in what would end up being a glorious season.
He’s lost his job; he might be losing his marbles – he’s a husband and a father clinging on to his kids, his faith and his marriage. Drinking with his friends George and Tall Paul, the three of them are tucked up for the day in a sun-drenched Munich beer garden. Fate puts in an appearance and suddenly there’s a spare ticket in the Chelsea end for the Final sitting right in Walter’s palm. Who goes to the match?
‘Let the Celery Decide’”
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Stamford Chidge interviews his old mate, Walter Otton, cfcuk writer and author of "Stuck On You: a year in the life of a Chelsea supporter"; "Carefree! Chelsea Chants & Terrace Culture"; "The Red Hand Gang"; "Roe2Ro"; "Poppy" and "Shorts", to talk about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide"
Chidge talks to Walter Otton about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide" where he poignantly and passionately recounts his journey from the Champions' League semi-final second leg against Barcelona to the Final in Munich.
Chelsea's struggle to win the 'Holy Grail' mirror Walters own health struggles, but as ever, teamwork and mates help him through.
A very moving chat with a wonderful writer and Chelsea supporter which reminds you as to why going to football is so important and why we miss it so much.
The book is available from our very own Mark Worrall's Gate 17 publishing or from Amazon priced at £7.95
Here's the summary from the back cover...
“Brace yourself for an invigorating journey with a quite miraculous ending – and we’re not just talking about what happens on the pitch. Treasuring a one-nil lead, five thousand Chelsea supporters travel to Barcelona for the second leg of the semi-final of the European Cup.
After the most extraordinary ninety minutes ever witnessed, the Blues know they will face Bayern Munich in the Final. Desperately pining for some consistent peace of mind after the Doctor had signed him off indefinitely, Walt’s excursions to both games are peppered with powerful honesty, stirring dreams and spontaneous connections. Join him as he blindly navigates through the brutal storm of life-changing health issues in what would end up being a glorious season.
He’s lost his job; he might be losing his marbles – he’s a husband and a father clinging on to his kids, his faith and his marriage. Drinking with his friends George and Tall Paul, the three of them are tucked up for the day in a sun-drenched Munich beer garden. Fate puts in an appearance and suddenly there’s a spare ticket in the Chelsea end for the Final sitting right in Walter’s palm. Who goes to the match?
‘Let the Celery Decide’”
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dean Mears to look back at a satisfyingly chilled 4-0 win against Crystal Palace.
On the show tonight, we discuss Ben Chilwell’s superb debut; the defence keeping a clean sheet; Kante getting back to his best and Jorginho bringing something oh and Havertz is silky smooth.
In part two we ask with Jorghinho and Havertz impressing, where does this leave Mason Mount? Does Werner need to start as a striker rather than out wide? Is there genuinely pressure on Frank or is it just media gaslighting? And how close are Chelsea to being where we want them to be?
In part three we check in with this week’s Chelsea FanCast Premier Predictions League, God help us and as this is Transfer Deadline Day, we ask who needs to stay, who needs to go and who needs to come in.
In part four, we have this week’s edition of ‘In Off the Post’ where JK and I read out the emails and messages sent in by you the listener.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dean Mears to look back at a satisfyingly chilled 4-0 win against Crystal Palace.
On the show tonight, we discuss Ben Chilwell’s superb debut; the defence keeping a clean sheet; Kante getting back to his best and Jorginho bringing something oh and Havertz is silky smooth.
In part two we ask with Jorghinho and Havertz impressing, where does this leave Mason Mount? Does Werner need to start as a striker rather than out wide? Is there genuinely pressure on Frank or is it just media gaslighting? And how close are Chelsea to being where we want them to be?
In part three we check in with this week’s Chelsea FanCast Premier Predictions League, God help us and as this is Transfer Deadline Day, we ask who needs to stay, who needs to go and who needs to come in.
In part four, we have this week’s edition of ‘In Off the Post’ where JK and I read out the emails and messages sent in by you the listener.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to discuss today's press conference, round up this week's news and look ahead to Chelsea v Crystal Palace on Saturday.
We look back at the Carabao Cup exit to Spurs, another game of two halves and the subsequent abuse of Mason Mount for missing the crucial penalty.
Rounding up this week's news we look at the Champions League draw and the latest on the transfer and loan moves.
Looking ahead to the match against Palace this weekend, we discuss today's press conference, hear from Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest in the 'Opposition View' and preview the match.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to discuss today's press conference, round up this week's news and look ahead to Chelsea v Crystal Palace on Saturday.
We look back at the Carabao Cup exit to Spurs, another game of two halves and the subsequent abuse of Mason Mount for missing the crucial penalty.
Rounding up this week's news we look at the Champions League draw and the latest on the transfer and loan moves.
Looking ahead to the match against Palace this weekend, we discuss today's press conference, hear from Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest in the 'Opposition View' and preview the match.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Mark Meehan to look back at the topsy-turvy draw against West Brom, the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Spurs on Tuesday night.
On the show tonight, we yet again discuss a litany of defensive errors and ask is it down to individual errors or poor coaching and how much should Frank Lampard shoulder the blame?
In part two we praise Chelsea’s fighting spirit, especially Mount, Hudson-Odoi and Abraham who dug us out of the manure and muse on the fact that Frank Lampard has a formation and selection headache.
In part three look back at the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and applaud Kai Havertz hat-trick. He is silky smooth.
In part four, we look ahead to Tuesday nights Carabao Cup tie against Spurs, hear from Ricky Sacks of Last Word on Spurs in the 'Opposition View' and have an update on our weekly Chelsea FanCast 'Prem Predictions' league.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Mark Meehan to look back at the topsy-turvy draw against West Brom, the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Spurs on Tuesday night.
On the show tonight, we yet again discuss a litany of defensive errors and ask is it down to individual errors or poor coaching and how much should Frank Lampard shoulder the blame?
In part two we praise Chelsea’s fighting spirit, especially Mount, Hudson-Odoi and Abraham who dug us out of the manure and muse on the fact that Frank Lampard has a formation and selection headache.
In part three look back at the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and applaud Kai Havertz hat-trick. He is silky smooth.
In part four, we look ahead to Tuesday nights Carabao Cup tie against Spurs, hear from Ricky Sacks of Last Word on Spurs in the 'Opposition View' and have an update on our weekly Chelsea FanCast 'Prem Predictions' league.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday.
The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday and look at our recent record against the 'Baggies'. We look at the West Brom squad including the impressive Grady Diangana and the recent acquisition of former Chelsea legend Brana Ivanovic.
Should Chelsea be wary of a West Brom side managed by Slaven Bilic that have shipped 8 goals in 2 games? Are they merely a Championship side with Championship players? Will Pulisic, Silva, Chilwell and Ziyech be fit enough to start? Will Kepa be in goal and is it a must win game for Frank and Chelsea.
Finally we discuss how we see the match panning out.
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd round up the Chelsea news from the International Break and have a ponder about Chelsea's season thus far.
On the show tonight we have a look at how Chelsea players on international duty are doing as well as reflecting on how the players have done for Chelsea thus far this season and what Frank needs to do when they return.
In part two, we indulge JK and you the audience as the international break gives us a chance to reflect on some past seasons and JK’s idiosyncratic memories of them.
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In part three, we throw the show open to you, the listeners, for a Q&A session where you can ask JK or myself anything you like, Chelsea or non-Chelsea related.
And in part four we have a couple of emails to read out from John Marshall from Florida and Rob D’Elsini from Melbourne, Australia.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday.
The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday and look at our recent record against the 'Baggies'. We look at the West Brom squad including the impressive Grady Diangana and the recent acquisition of former Chelsea legend Brana Ivanovic.
Should Chelsea be wary of a West Brom side managed by Slaven Bilic that have shipped 8 goals in 2 games? Are they merely a Championship side with Championship players? Will Pulisic, Silva, Chilwell and Ziyech be fit enough to start? Will Kepa be in goal and is it a must win game for Frank and Chelsea.
Finally we discuss how we see the match panning out.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season.
Having reached the FA Cup final in his first season as player-manager, Glen Hoddle embarked on his second season with sights set on European glory, as Chelsea entered the European Cup Winners’ Cup for the second time in their history.
With new signings Paul Furlong and David Rocastle, the new season in the Premier League started well, but it was in Europe that the team really began to grow.
In Part One we look at the season up to the end of December including the wins against Leeds away, Leicester at home and Everton at home when the new ‘North Stand’ was opened. But it was the European games against Zizkov and Austria Wien, John Spencer’s goal after a 70 yard run in particular, that got everyone off their feet.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Tim Rolls and featuring Kerry Dixon to look back at the 1993-94 season.
Tim will shortly be releasing his new book “Sexton for God”, the third book in his trilogy on Chelsea from 1961-1975, following on from “Diamonds, Dynamos and Devils” and “Stamford Bridge is Falling Down”. “Sexton for God” covers the tumultuous, exciting and successful period from Dave Sexton’s arrival as Chelsea manager in 1967 to Ron Harris lifting the European Cup Winners’ Cup in May 1971. Tim discusses his new book with us, due out in the autumn. Signed hardback copies with a named dedication can be purchased via Tim’s Kickstarter page until July 20th.
The 1993-94 season heralded a new era and something of a revolution at Chelsea, ignited by the arrival of Glenn Hoddle as player manager. Bringing radical ideas and a complete overhaul on and off the pitch, Hoddle’s revolution got off to a slow start in the Premier League. This was followed by a dreadful winter where Chelsea lost 10 out of 13 games, failing to score in 8 of them. The players seemed to be having trouble with Hoddle’s 3:5:2 system and found it hard to score and equally hard to keep the ball out of their own net and Chelsea found themselves in relegation trouble, 20th in the league.
A dressing room row after the 3-1 loss to fellow strugglers Southampton, appeared to turn things round. A return to 4 at the back and diamond four midfield and the incredible form of Mark Stein who arrived from Stoke City for £1.5m and scored in 7 consecutive games, a Premier League record at the time, saw Chelsea climb back up the table.
Of greater note was Chelsea’s FA Cup run. After beating Barnet in a replay, Sheffield Wednesday in an epic replay in extra-time, Oxford City away; Chelsea found themselves in a quarter final against Wolves at home. In an electric atmosphere, Gavin Peacock’s goal was enough to get through to the semi-final at Wembley against Luton Town and former Chelsea hero Kerry Dixon. Beating Luton 2-0 with a rousing send off to Kerry Dixon who tells us what that was like, Chelsea then faced Man Utd in the final, their first final for 24 years.
It was to end in rain drenched disappointment, as Utd cruelly beat Chelsea 4-0 with two penalties, one very harsh. But the Chelsea faithful were buoyed by the fact that Chelsea would be playing European football next season and in spite of a 14th place finish in the League, the potential of what Hoddle was doing to change the club was there for all to see.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1974-75 season.
The 1974-75 season proved to be an ‘annus horibilis’ for Chelsea with the club getting relegated for the first time since 1962.
Set against the backdrop of the opening of the new East Stand which had near bankrupted the club, the shiny new stand looked something like a white elephant as the performances on the pitch did not match the ambition of it.
An inauspicious start losing 2-0 at home to newly promoted Carlisle United set the tone with no home wins until October. It was no real surprise then that Dave Sexton, Chelsea’s most successful manager at that time, was sacked and replaced first by Ron Suart and eventually by Eddie McCreadie.
It all boiled down to the ‘Battle of White Hart Lane’ when Chelsea faced rivals and fellow relegation candidates Spurs. Chelsea lost 2-0 with a 17 year old Ray Wilkins installed as Captain in a match remembered for the Kung-Fu fighting by rival supporters. With two draws in our last two games, had Chelsea drawn against Spurs they would have avoided relegation.
In truth Chelsea, with only 8 points from the last 14 games and having conceded 72 goals, the worst in the Division, could have no complaints.
From here, things could only get better, but how long would it take?
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1992-93 season.
The 1992-93 season saw the launch of the much-awaited Premier League and the end of football as we knew it! Changes included the dulcet tones of Richard Keys and Andy Gray, Referees in green shirts and the change to the back pass law with much panic among the goalkeeping fraternity who now had to clear the ball rather than pick it up. There were changes for Chelsea too as Ken Bates spent big in the transfer market bringing in Robert Fleck for £2.1m and Mick Harford among several others.
Being Chelsea there was little change on the pitch. Punching well above their weight for the first half of the season, Chelsea found themselves 2nd in the League in December. The second half of the season saw the inevitable with the wheels coming off. Knocked out of the FA Cup in the 3rd round and a quarter-final defeat in the Coca-Cola Cup to Crystal Palace led to a run of 12 games without a win and a slide to 11th in the table.
Inevitably manager Ian Porterfield was sacked and surprisingly replaced by 1970 Cup winning legend David Webb. Webb steadied the ship and Chelsea finished a respectable 11th but there was disappointment that we hadn’t achieved more given the quality of the squad and the excellent start.
In many respects the season was overshadowed by the career ending injury inflicted on star defender Paul Elliot by the odious Dean Saunders in the match against Liverpool at Anfield early in the season.
The 1992-93 season, with the launch of the Premier League, had a real ‘looking to the future’ feel, ably assisted by RBS handing Chelsea a 20-year lease with an option to buy Stamford Bridge. The decks were about to be cleared for Chelsea’s Blue revolution and Chelsea and football were never to be the same again.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Rob Pratley for a transfer special.
We talk through the current squad and suggest some players we think could improve the squad ahead of the 2021/22 season as Chelsea look to go one further in the Champions League.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Rick Glanvill, Chelsea’s official historian and author of ‘Chelsea: The Complete Record’ to look back at the 1973-74 season.
The downward spiral and the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, recent FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup winners, hastened this season.
In truth, the writing had been on the wall for a season or two, but this season it came tumbling down as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson were both transfer listed and eventually sold to Southampton and Stoke City respectively. Peter Bonetti and Tommy Baldwin were dropped, John Dempsey was on his way out and fed up with the situation at the club, David Webb wanted out too.
A poor start to the season saw Chelsea soon heading toward the bottom of the table. There were injury problems and a striker problem too. Set against a backdrop of financial issues caused by the building of the new East Stand, the energy crisis in the country leading to a 3-day working week and falling crowds, Chelsea avoided relegation just. They finished 17th, one point and three places above relegation and the 3-0 win against Burnley which confirmed this was the lowest attendance since 1938 with only 8,171 in attendance.
With systemic dysfunction, anarchy and chaos at Stamford Bridge, it was no surprise to see Dave Sexton, Chelsea’s most successful manager at that point, relieved of his duties at the end of the season.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1991-92 season, with contributions from John Bumstead and Kerry Dixon.
Chelsea entered the last season of Football League Division One with a new manager, Ian Porterfield, having parted ways with Bobby Campbell the season before.
New signings included Vinnie Jones, Paul Elliot, Joe Allon and Tony Cascarino. But it was to be another disappointing season, finishing 14th, below Wimbledon but above Spurs in 15th! Top scorer was Denis Wise, top appearance maker was Graeme Le Saux but the stand out and Player of the Year was Paul Elliot a graceful and commanding presence at the back.
Ian Porterfield bought a lot of players; was tactically and technically astute and brought in new training methods but was perhaps too inexperienced to manage the big egos and was, basically, too nice. Chelsea's form was erratic; from the poor to the brilliant to the poor. There was a sense of drifting this season; a lot of players bought but we lost some good ones too; including a bona fide Chelsea legend. Kerry Dixon left the club at the end of the season, having scored 193 goals and nine short of Bobby Tambling’s record. In his final Chelsea season he finished with just 5 goals in 39 appearances.
1991-92 was a nothing season that fizzled out after the Cup exit to Sunderland (again) in the quarter-final. There was a bit of a revolving door feeling – where would it go – introduce more of the talented youth waiting in the wings or bring in some better quality players?
With the issue of the future of Stamford Bridge resolved there was also talk of building a new stadium...
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tim Rolls, author of ‘Stamford Bridge is Falling Down’ to look back at the 1972-73 season.
The 1972-73 season was to be a disappointing season and in hindsight the beginning of the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, FA Cup winners just two seasons before.
Inconsistent form and inconsistent team selections; a lack of goals and an alarming slump in form (1 win in 10 was the worst run under Dave Sexton at that point) culminated in Chelsea finishing in 12th position, their worst finish since 1962.
Chelsea was also bedeviled by many injuries - Bonetti, Hudson, Osgood, Baldwin, Dempsey, Droy all spent time out injured and Sexton used 28 players throughout the season. To make matters worse, star player Alan Hudson put in a transfer request and there were rumours that Peter Osgood, the ‘King of Stamford Bridge’ might follow suit. Sexton’s mood darkened further with the shenanigans of the afternoon drinking club of Hutchinson, Osgood, Cooke, Hudson and Baldwin.
All of this was set against the backdrop of the East Stand being demolished to make way for the ambitious new stadium development.
Thrown in for good measure were a 4-0 thumping of rivals Leeds United; Hollywood Goddess Raquel Welch making an appearance (in the stands not the pitch!); Ossie’s ‘goal of the season’ against Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter final and Bobby Charlton’s final match for Man Utd in Chelsea’s final home game of the season.
Perhaps the defining moment of the season was the defeat to Norwich in the League Cup semi-final. Having lost the final the previous season, it was 4th time in 14 months Chelsea had lost a cup tie when favourites and this would be the last major semi for 12 years - was this the end for the Kings of the Kings Road?
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at the 1990-91 season.
Chelsea supporters went in to the 1990-91 season buoyed by the record signings of Denis Wise and Andy Townsend. Ken Bates appeared to showing some ambition.
But the campaign never got going and Chelsea finished a disappointing 10th place, an early exit in round 3 of the FA Cup and a League Cup semi-final defeat to old rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
As has always been the case with Chelsea and glorious unpredictability they did inflict the only defeat in the season on eventual champions Arsenal as well as doing the double over Man Utd and beating league runners up Liverpool 4-2 in the final home match of the season. They also beat Spurs at home and in the League Cup – nothing new about that though!
Chelsea could live with the best but inconsistency was the issue. Most of the pieces were there but not necessarily in the right places and there were some horrible dips in form.
The top scorers were Kerry Dixon & Gordon Durie with 15 goals; Dave Beasant was top appearance maker with 45 and Player of the Year was Andy Townsend.
The future looked bright with many home-grown prospects in David Lee; Gareth Hall; Frank Sinclair; Jason Cundy; Graeme Le Saux; Graham Stuart; Damien Matthew; Craig Burley all playing a significant part in the
season.
The future of English football was interesting with the FA announcing the ‘Blueprint for Football’ which heralded the creation of the Premier League in June 1991.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1971-72 season.
Chelsea supporters went in to the 1971-72 season full of optimism. Chelsea had just won their second trophy in consecutive seasons and many both expected and hoped that a title challenge was on the cards.
But thanks to some poor transfers and a worse start to the season it was to be a disappointing season.
Bedeviled by the unrest of stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson and the season long injury to Ian Hutchinson, the league campaign was up and down all season culminating in a final position of 7th, Chelsea’s worst finish for 5 seasons.
The Cup competitions were not much better. Having beaten Jeunesse 21-0 on aggregate Chelsea, the European Cup Winners Cup holders, were unceremoniously dumped out in the second round by Atvidaberg on away goals. As a result Chelsea were booed off the pitch.
They didn’t fare much better in the FA Cup. With one defeat in 24 games and favourites for both cups, only a few points off 1st place in the league, Chelsea faced Division 2 Leyton Orient. Chelsea were 2-0 up and conspired to lose 3-2 to a screamer, a defensive mix up and a last-minute goal. There were many missed chances too and the fans invaded the pitch in an attempt to get it abandoned!
The one beacon of hope in the season was reaching the final of the League Cup against Stoke City featuring England legend and World Cup winning ‘keeper Gordon Banks. In spite of ‘Blue is the Colour’ recorded in Feb 1972 by Chelsea supporting producer Larry Page reaching no. 5 in the Charts; Chelsea’s complacent performance with defensive errors and a lack of urgency ended in defeat to Stoke. Little did we know then that this would be Chelsea’s last appearance at a Wembley final in a major competition for 22 years.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and the Chelsea FanCast crew to wrap up the season with our annual review.
On the show tonight, we’ll be drawing the winner of the Pat Nevin book competition; we’ll be revealing the winners and losers in the Chelsea FanCast season predictions and then we will review the season with our own ratings.
We’ll look at the ratings for the players and the management team; our Player of the Season; Breakthrough POTY; Most disappointing POTY and the goal of the season.
We’ll also look at the best result and match and the worst result and match and finally we’ll rate the season as a whole, compare it to seasons past and share each of our best personal moments from the season.
The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1970-71 season, the season Chelsea won their first European trophy.
This is the season Chelsea won the European Cup Winners' cup for the first time, their first European trophy in a memorable replayed final against the mighty Real Madrid. Only around 200 supporters were able to stay on for the replay which followed the 1-1 draw and was played unbelievable the next evening. Some of the tales from those supporters are legion, drinking with the players and staying on their hotel rooms. Some had to sleep on the beaches near Athens, others took week's to hitch back, some never made it back at all!
Winning the trophy made up for the disappointment of a 6th placed finish in the league and an early exit as holders in the FA Cup. Most of the star players who had won the FA Cup the previous season remained including Peter Osgood who scored 12 goals and Alan Hudson who starred in the Cup Winners' Cup final. But new signing Keith Weller stole Chelsea supporters hearts with his exciting wing play and was top scorer with 14 goals.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Meg Aherne to review a record breaking season from the Chelsea Women's team.
From the community shield win, a 9-0 win with 9 different scorers, conti cup success, a new 32 game unbeaten record, another WSL title and a first Champions League final we cover it all and more!
Plus we hand out our very first end of season awards.
Relieve the magic of the 2020/21 season with us here.
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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at one of Chelsea's most memorable seasons: 1969-70.
This is the season Chelsea finally won the FA Cup Final and gave birth to a whole new generation of Chelsea supporters, many still going today.
Chelsea's epic encounter with Leeds United was watched by a record TV viewing audience and the replay at Old Trafford was one of the most violent matches of all time. Peter Osgood's flying header and David Webb's last gasp winner in extra time made legends of the King's of the Kings Road.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Adam Newson from Football.London, Martin Wickham and Mark Meehan to look at one of the most memorable and epic nights in Chelsea’s history. The night Chelsea won their second European Cup!
On the show tonight, we’ll be looking back at one of the most memorable and epic nights in Chelsea’s history. We’ll be hearing from those of us who were there and those of us who watched from afar. We’ll be applauding the fantastic support; the whole damn team and even the referee. And of course, the simply fantastic Tommy T who led us to glory.
In part two we’ll be asking what it means for Chelsea to be two-time Champions’ League winners and what happens next.
Finally, we have some great emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s biggest match for 9 years – the Champions’ League Final against Man City
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea’s Champions League Final Press Conference and Training session. We also catch up with the latest Chelsea news, the UEFA ticketing fiasco and Adam tells us how excited he is to be going to Porto to cover a Champions’ League Final featuring his beloved Chelsea.
In part two we welcome back David Walker from ReadButNeverRed.Com for the ‘Opposition View’ to discuss the Final from the Man City perspective. We ask David how does it feel for a City fan in their first Champions League final? Is Pep being arrogant? What would it mean to win it? What is City’s likely team and threats to Chelsea? What worries him about Chelsea and how does he see the Final going?
In part three we preview the Final. How do we feel about it and what does it mean to see Chelsea in their third Champions’ League final? Do we have Moscow or Munich vibes? What is JK’s Porto itinerary? Chelsea are underdogs so how do we beat City? What’s the likely team selection? Who will the unlikely heroes be and how do we see it going?
Lets ‘ave it!!!
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Stamford Chidge interviews former Chelsea player, Pat Nevin, on the release of his autobiography 'The Accidental Footballer'.
242 appearances and 45 goals in a five year career for Chelsea between 1983 and 1988 doesn't do justice to a Chelsea player who stole Chelsea supporters hearts then and still does to this day.
Pat Nevin was a special player for Chelsea. A successor to Charlie Cooke as a Scottish wizard of the dribble, Pat beat players for fun and created the goals for Kerry Dixon in John Neal's team that won the Division Two title in 1984 and then put Chelsea back on the map competing for the Division One title in the following two seasons, all resplendent in that wonderful stripy Le Coq Sportif kit.
As so often with Chelsea, it all went pear shaped as John Hollins and Ernie Whalley imposed a new style on the team that was devoid of any err style and Pat's creative abilities were overlooked before he was sold to Everton after Chelsea were relegated in a play off in 1988.
But in those 5 years, Pat became one of Chelsea's most loved players due to his wonderful attacking and wing play and also because he dared to be different. The definition of an independent thinker and non-conformist, we also loved him for his love of indie music, with his head in the NME or a French novel and for his principled stance against racism and other injustices.
Stamford Chidge talks to Pat about his book 'The Accidental Footballer' including Pat's views on John Neal, Man City and Arsenal away in 1984, music, John Peel and living in London in the 80's and standing in the Shed End with the supporters.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Football.London's Sam Inkersole to look back at a very tense last Premier League day of the season.
On the show tonight, we look at Chelsea’s inability to put their chances away yet again; the curse of the former player; Mendy’s injury; Jorghino’s contribution and Jack Grealish being a.......
In part two we swallow the bitter pill of Spurs bailing us out and look at the reasons for Chelsea stuttering over the finish line and also look at what needs to be addressed.
Finally, we have some great emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the crucial win against Leicester last week and look ahead to the deciding Premier League match against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic join us to discuss the difference the supporters made in the Leicester match; Chelsea’s robust performance but being let down by their finishing; woeful refereeing by Mike Dean and what will the ramifications of the on-pitch rumble be.
We also discuss Mason Mount being awarded the Chelsea Player of the Year Award.
In part two we look ahead to the last match of the Premier League season, the win at all costs match away to Aston Villa. Will Villa fans being allowed back in make a difference? What team will Tuchel pick and how do we see it going?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Radha Gupta from She Talks Ball to discuss Chelsea's humbling 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League final.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Martin Wickham to look back at a very disappointing FA Cup final defeat to Leicester. And we look ahead to Tuesday's match against the very same Leicester.
On the show tonight, we look at the FA Cup final which brought massive euphoria and massive disappointment. Did Tuchel get the selection wrong? Did Chelsea take it seriously enough? Did poor finishing cost us again and if so, why did we not take a punt on Tammy? Would Mendy have saved Tieleman’s goal? Was it hand ball in the build up? Did VAR get it right on Chilwell’s goal? How crucial were Schmeichel’s saves and are Chelsea bottling finals?
In part two we look ahead to the match against Leicester on Tuesday evening. Are Chelsea running out of steam and can they get over the line? Who will Tommy T pick and how do we see it going?
Finally, in part three, we have some great emails to read out.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look back at a frustrating defeat against Arsenal in midweek and ahead to Saturday's FA Cup Final against Leicester City.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 defeat against Arsenal on Wednesday night. How responsible were Jorginho and Kepa for the defeat? Were Chelsea profligate or unlucky? How much did we miss Kante and Rudiger? And what now for our Top Four chances?
Jake Watson, Leicester City supporter and producer at Talksport joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him would he prefer to finish in the Top Four or win the FA Cup? What does he think of Brendan Rodgers? How is Leicester's form and who are the biggest threats to Chelsea? How does he see the final going and what is his prediction?
We wrap up by previewing Chelsea's 15th FA Cup final appearance. Can Chelsea make up for last seasons FA Cup final defeat? How important is the FA Cup and what does it mean to us? Should Tuchel be starting Kepa? Will we see Kovacic, Kante and Christensen start? And how do we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson to look ahead to the biggest game in Chelsea FC W's history, the Champions League final vs. FC Barcelona
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Mark Worrall to look back at Chelsea's win against Man City and ahead to Wednesday night's match against Arsenal.
On the show tonight, we look at a game of two halves against City; Chelsea’s winning mentality; Alonso scoring again; James standing out and Tuchel outsmarting Pep again. Will it have a bearing on the Champions’ League final?
In part two we look ahead to the match against Arsenal on Wednesday evening. With us beating City and Leicester, West Ham and Spurs all losing Chelsea are now third. Will one more win seal a top four finish? Will Arsenal turn up like Brazil 70 having been distinctly average recently?
Finally, we have several emails to read out, some Discord question to answer and we reveal the results of the Fannies for April.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown and Kerrie Evans to celebrate Chelsea's WSL title win thanks to a 5-0 victory over Reading FC.
We also discuss; Sam Kerr Golden Boot, AKB Golden Glove and Fran Kirby Balon D'or?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at Chelsea's superb performance against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final to secure the clubs third Champions League Final appearance and we look ahead to the dress rehearsal against Man City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 victory against Real Madrid on Wednesday night to reach their third Champions' League Final. We discuss Werner scoring, Kante assisting, are delighted for Mount, applaud Havertz's brilliance and Pulisic's timely impact. Oh and don't forget Tommy T for whom due praise is rightly deserved. But what about the Final? Should it go ahead in Istanbul now Turkey is on the Red list? Can it be moved and if so where, and will we be able to get a ticket!!
David Walker from 'Read But Never Red' joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him how he feels about City making a Champions' League Final? Will there be a Champions' League hangover in Saturday's match? Will it have a bearing on the Final? How will Pep set up and how does he see the match going?
We wrap up by previewing the Man City v Chelsea match. How important is it for Chelsea in the context of the run in and the Champions' League Final? What will Tuchel do in terms of team selection and how do we see it?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears & Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's win against Fulham and ahead to the match against Real Madrid.
On the show tonight, we look at a good job done and a vital 3 points for Chelsea against Fulham; key players being rested; Gilmour game time; Silva, Mount and Havertz all sublime; Werner huffing and puffing and Mendy stepping up when needed.
In part two we look ahead to the massive Champions' League semi-final 2nd leg against Real Madrid. Will Real be weakened with several players out; who will Tommy T pick and how will he play it? What would another Champions League final mean to Chelsea and what about the return of Hazard and Courtois?
Finally, we have several emails to read out, a Discord question to answer and we look at the potential Fannies for April.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle of the Chelsea Fancast to discuss Chelsea's 4-1 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final second leg.
We also preview the final two WSL games against Tottenham Hotspur and Reading plus we answer your Discord questions.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look back at Chelsea's hard fought draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final and ahead to the match against Fulham on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-1 draw in midweek against Real Madrid. Tommy T gets the set up, attitude and subs spot on as Chelsea earn a slight advantage against Real. Pulisic channels his inner Hazard but Werner channels his inner Fleck. Will Chelsea rue the missed chances come the second leg?
Dom Betts from The Fulhamish podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him is relegation for Fulham a foregone conclusion; what is the future for Scott Parker and how has Ruben Loftus-Cheek done on loan? How does Dom see the game going and what is his prediction?
We wrap up by previewing the Chelsea v Fulham match. Will Tuchel's team selection have one eye on the Real Madrid second leg? How will Chelsea break down a stubborn and desperate Fulham and what is our prediction?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley from the CFC W Social to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Plus we look ahead at how Chelsea can turn the tables in the return leg at Kingsmeadow this Sunday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Joe Tweeds to look back at a professional win against West Ham and ahead to the Champions' League semi-final against Real Madrid.
On the show tonight, we applaud a professional team performance to beat a tough West Ham side in the '6 pointer', topped by a goal for Werner at long last. Has this improved our chances of a top 4 finish?
In part two we look ahead to the massive Champions' League semi-final 1st leg against Real Madrid. We ask what does it mean for us to play Real Madrid and look at the other two occasions Chelsea has played them. What do we think about the playing Hazard and Courtois; should we be worried? We look at previous Champions' League semi-finals and ask who will Tuchel select and how do we see it going?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look back at an eventful week in football the with ESL debacle; Chelsea's draw with Brighton and ahead to the match against West Ham.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at the week's Chelsea news and discusses why was the Brighton match a damp squib and what comes next after the supporters stood up to the European Super League plans.
Will Pugh from 'We Are West Home' joins us for the 'Opposition View' and we ask him what a club outside of the 'Big 6' thinks about it; how much credit does David Moyes deserve for West Ham's best season in years and how much threat will they be to Chelsea's top four pursuit.
We wrap up by previewing the West Ham v Chelsea match and look at Chelsea's dodgy record away to West Ham; will Tuchel have one eye on the Real Madrid match with his team selection and is the match a must win for C?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
We discuss the proposed and now failed European Super League and its disrespect for Women's Football.
Then we look ahead to Sunday's Champions League Semi-Final with Wolfsburg and of course we've got your emails and special discord questions to end the show.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall, Mark Meehan and Dave Johnstone, Mr cfcuk himself to discuss the ESL Power grab and Chelsea reaching their 15th FA Cup Final. We also have a look at Chelsea's match against Brighton tomorrow, if we haven't been booted out of the Premier League by then!
On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing the news on the European Super League; what it might mean; why are they doing it and what do we think about it? We also have some extremely passionate emails from our listeners about the subject.
In part two, we look back at a superb team performance to knock Man City out of the FA Cup semi-final; praise Thomas Tuchel and ask are Chelsea well and truly back?
In part three, we look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Brighton. Is it another must win? Will Tommy T rotate and what does it mean for the run in.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League quarter-final against Porto in midweek and look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Man City.
Simon Johnson from The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea Champions' League match against Porto, where despite the 1-0 loss, Chelsea progress to the semi-finals for the first time since 2014. We discuss a professional job and great team performance; Pulisic's heroics; Jorginho rising to the occasion and dirty Porto's shenanigans.
David Walker from Read But Never Red joins us in Opposition View to look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Man City. How realistic is the quadruple and what is Pep's priority? Will Pep make many changes in Saturday's line-up? How important is Foden becoming and are there any weaknesses for Chelsea to exploit and how does David see it going.
Finally JK, Mark and Chidge preview Chelsea v Man City themselves. We look at Chelsea's record against City in the FA Cup; what are the possible changes to the line-up; how seriously is Tuchel taking the FA Cup; how do Chelsea get at City and how do we see it going.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to recap on a great performance and smashing win against Crystal Palace on Saturday and look ahead to Tuesday night's crunch Champions' League quarter final second leg tie against Porto.
On the show tonight, we ask if this was Tuchel’s best 45 mins? Are Pulisic, Mount and Havertz Chelsea’s best front 3? Should Havertz have scored more and what now for Werner, Tammy and Giroud?
In part two we praise Chelsea’s attitude, intensity and scintillating pass and move game. We ask are Jorginho and Kovacic flat track bullies and we have a look at the run in to figure out how Chelsea can finish in the top four.
In part three we look ahead to the massive Champions’ League quarter final second leg against Porto on Tuesday evening. We ask does an early goal kill the tie; should Tuchel stick or twist; will it be a problem not being at home for a home tie and who will Tuchel pick and how do we see it going.
And we wrap in part four with emails and questions from the Chelsea FanCast Discord group.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd to look back at Chelsea's great win against Porto in midweek and look ahead to Saturday's match against Crystal Palace.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea Champions' League 1st leg win against Porto. Mason Mount & Ben Chilwell fly the home flag while the anonymous Germans suffered from a lack of service; rugged in defence and riding our luck and is it just half-time?
Nick Gillard from Back of the Nest joins us in Opposition View to look at Crystal Palace v Chelsea from the Palace perspective. Palace might be safe from relegation but what next for them and Roy Hodgson? How realistic are the Lampard to Palace rumours? Is Eze the main threat and how good is he? And how does Nick see the match going?
Finally JK, Adam and Chidge preview Palace v Chelsea themselves. Should we be wary of statistics? Will there be wholesale changes with one eye on Porto and is this is must win after last weekends Premier League defeat to West Brom?
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown to look back at Chelsea's 3-0 second leg victory over Wolfsburg and the 6-0 hammering of Birmingham City.
There's a news update including a discussion on the working conditions suffered by the players and staff of Birmingham City Women plus we talk about the Trans Footy Alliance campaign.
And of course we've got your emails and special discord questions to end the show.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Dan Silver to muse on Chelsea's unexpected defeat to West Brom and look ahead to Wednesday's match against Porto.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea’s horrible Easter Saturday and how Big Sam nailed it and Jorginho and Kovacic failed it. How much of an issue was Thiago Silva being sent off or does Tuchel have to shoulder some of the blame?
In part two we ask is Pulisic a cause for concern having limped off yet again? Why was Tammy not in the squad again? And is the defeat to West Brom just a blip, a much-needed wake-up call and how much damage has it done to Chelsea’s top four chances. We also have some questions to answer sent in from our Discord group.
In part three we look ahead to the massive Champions’ League quarter final first leg against Porto on Wednesday evening. How much of a threat are Porto and what’s their form like? Who do we think Tuchel will go with and how do we see it going?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up the Chelsea news from this week and preview Chelsea's match against West Brom on Saturday.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Tommy T being named Manager of the Month; who are Chelsea's winners and losers from the International break; Aguero & Haaland rumours.
Joe Chapman from the Birmingham Mail joins us in the 'Opposition View' to look at Chelsea v West Brom from the Baggies perspective. Were West Brom fans happy that Big Sam came in and has he made a difference? Are West Brom down already and how good has Connor Gallagher been? Joe tells us how he sees the match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v West Brom. What team selection will Tuchel go for? Will he have one eye on Porto? Will Big Sam park the bus and how will Tommy T get round it?
This week Dean and Jane are joined again by stats queen Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's huge Champions League win over Wolfsburg and another routine win in the WSL over Aston Villa.
There's a news round up including a very questionable top 50 women's players in the world list plus we look ahead to Chelsea's WSL match with Birmingham City.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman & Liam Twomey of The Athletic to have a look at the 'State of the Chelsea Union' and to answer questions posed by members of our Patreon & Discord groups joining us on the show via Zoom.
On the show tonight, we kick off with the results of the 'Fannies of the Month'. After a long hiatus we bring back the Fannies - Chelsea Fancast's awards for Man of the Match; Celery and Guinness moments. The votes have been cast for Man of the Month, Celery and Guinness moments of the month of March and we will reveal the results live on the show!
We invite questions from members of Chelsea Fancast's Patreon & Discord groups who join us live on the show via Zoom.
And finally, Jonathan & Chidge read out the emails sent in by listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Adam Newson and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to round up the latest Chelsea news and to answer your question from the Discord group.
In part one we round up the latest news from Chelsea players on international duty; quiz Adam and Sam about their Chelsea player ratings for the season so far; ask is Roman Abramovich the best owner in the world and ask what's on Tommy T's to do list.
In part two we have questions submitted from the Discord group on Tomori's loan situation, Tuchel's relationship with Dortmund potentially scuppering a move for Haaland; which positions should the club re-enforce in the summer transfer window and what is the sustainability of the club's financial position with the continuing pandemic.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by stats queen Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's impressive 3-0 away win against Everton.
There's a news round up including details of the major broadcast deal with Sky Sports plus we look ahead to Chelsea's Champions League tie with Wolfsburg and our WSL match with Aston Villa.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Alex Churchill and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Sheffield Utd for a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea getting away with it and how lucky is Tommy Tuchel? And another poor refereeing performance as Pulisic and Mount were rotationally fouled. Was tiredness a valid reason for the second half performance and the continuing problem of putting chances away whilst doffing our hat to Ziyech’s excellent goal in added time.
In part two we ask is Pulisic finding his feet with an encouraging performance? Chilwell did well but is he still behind Alonso in the pecking order and it was good to see Gilmour getting a game, but how is he progressing? And can Chelsea’s defensive solidity bring us trophies this season, especially considering we have Man City in the semi-final.
In part three we have questions from our Discord group; we have the nominations for this month’s Fannies – Man of the Month; Celery and Guinness moments and this week’s emails from the listeners to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to discuss the brilliant victory over Atletico Madrid, the Champions' League draw and a look ahead to Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final match against Sheffield United.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including the impressive victory against Atletico Madrid in midweek, the Champions' League draw pitting us against Porto and a possible semi-final against either Liverpool or Real Madrid.
Ben, the Travelling Blade joins us in the 'Opposition View' for the third time this season as Chelsea take on Sheffield United in the FA Cup Quarter-Final on Sunday. We ask Ben what happened with Chris Wilder and what next for Sheffield United? How has Ethan Ampadu been playing and how does Ben see the Cup tie going?
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Sheffield United. What team selection will Tuchel go for? We look at the history of FA Cup ties between Chelsea and United and discuss how we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley, senior editor of The Chelsea Social, to discuss Chelsea's progression in the Champions League thanks to an impressive away performance against Atletico Madrid plus Chelsea's first major trophy of the season with the Conti Cup success over Bristol City.
In Part 2 there's a news round up from Kingsmeadow, including details on Fran Kirby's new contract and our next fixtures in the Champions League.
In Part 3 we preview the midweek WSL game against Everton and in Part 4 we've got your emails which include a mention of this YouTube video- https://youtu.be/veQDTnHMkGk
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover & Dean Mears to look back at the 0-0 draw away at Leeds and look ahead to the crunch tie against Atletico Madrid this week.
On the show tonight, we discuss Chelsea’s poor finishing, ask is Havertz a nein at number 9, why did Tommy T change formation and what does he do about square pegs in round holes.
In part two we applaud the bendy Mendy worldy saves and another clean sheet. With Rudiger and Christensen in such good form in wither a three or four at the back, how does Thiago Silva get back in and what about Chelsea’s top four prospects? We have some Discord group questions to contribute to the debate.
In part three we look ahead to the massive match against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 second leg with a place in the quarter finals at stake.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to discuss the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Saturday's match against Leeds United.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Havertz best position, Christensen being back to his best and Chelsea's defender conundrum and what's happening with Chelsea's 'unchosen' men?
Jon Mackenzie from 'All Stats Aren't We' joins us for the 'Opposition View' to discuss Leeds United v Chelsea from the Leed's perspective. Are Leeds falling apart again? Does Jon still have faith in Bielsa? Has Bamford been a revelation this season? And how does he see Saturday's match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Leeds United v Chelsea. Does Christian Pulisic deserve a start? Will Tuchel's selection have one eye on the Atletico match? How do we see it going and what's our prediction.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown, Co-Chair of Chelsea Pride, to discuss Chelsea's victory in the Champions League over Atletico Madrid thanks to penalty heroics from Ann-Katrin Berger plus a winning return to WSL matches over West Ham United.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow, including details on the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group charity fundraiser for the Conti Cup final and a discussion on new television rights for the WSL.
In Part 3 we preview the upcoming second leg of our Champions League tie with Atletico and the Conti Cup final this Sunday against Bristol City
And in Part 4 we've got emails leading to a discussion on the disparity between FA Cup prize money.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at the 2-0 win against Everton.
On the show tonight, we discuss Tommy Tuchel rolling the bones and getting his selection spot on; we ask how much credit does he deserve; what’s he got right and what’s he got wrong and can he take us higher than top four?
In part two we delight in Kai Havertz finding his feet and despair in Werner having two left feet. And with Callum Hudson-Odoi impressing as one the two 10’s is he a better option there or as a wing back?
In part three JK and Chidge answer your Discord questions and read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall to discuss a superb win against Liverpool and look ahead to Monday's match against Everton.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us report back on Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Liverpool. Unbeaten since his arrival is it time to take Tuchel seriously? We also discuss the re-emergence of Andreas Christensen; ask whether balls over the top to Werner is the key to scoring more goals and bemoan VAR ruining football.
Everton's Official Statistician, Gavin Buckland, joins us for the 'Opposition View' to discuss Chelsea v Everton from the Toffee's perspective. What does Gavin think about Everton's abysmal record at Stamford Bridge? How is Everton's form compared to Chelsea? Is this another 6 pointer with a top place at stake? How does Gavin see the match going?
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Everton. Is this another must win match for Tommy Tuchel? Will it be more of the same or will Everton present a different tactical challenge? How do we find our goal scoring boots and how do we see the match going?
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails from all over the world discussing how you became Chelsea fans; Tommy Tuchel; how to solve Chelsea's midfield and floundering attack and a eulogy on how to deal with boredom at the football.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dan Silver to look back at frustrating 0-0 draw against a tetchy Man Utd and ahead to this week's big match against Liverpool.
On the show tonight, we discuss Tuchel’s risk free football and ask whether we are currently watching a hybrid of possession based Sarri-ball and Mourinho-eque dare not lose football? We also ask is the lack of creativity due more to a loss of form of Chelsea’s creative players or is it systemic?
In part two we applaud the improvements in Rudiger and Christensen in making Chelsea more defensively solid as well as praising Kante and Kovacic for tigerish displays in midfield. We ask could Mount be the solution to the midfield problem and with a run of tough matches coming up how much pressure is on Tuchel to start winning and winning well.
In part three we preview Thursday night’s big Premier League match where Chelsea goes to Anfield to play a wounded Liverpool.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Sunday's match against Man Utd.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to round up this week's news including a superb away win in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid. Also Tammy Abraham stalling on a contract; Roman's war chest and Haaland.
BBC Match Day reporter and Man Utd fan, Aaron Paul joins us for 'The Opposition View' on Man Utd, our next opponents. Has sticking with OGS been vindicated? Has Fernandes been the difference for Utd? Is De Gea a liability and how does Maguire keep getting away with it? Aaron discusses how he sees Sunday's match going.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Man Utd. Given Utd's attacking nature, does Tuchel start Jorginho? How do Chelsea stop Utd's counter-attacks and nullify Fernandes? With Chelsea's recent wastefulness up front, does Tuchel start Giroud or Tammy up front? We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by lots of special guests to talk all things Emma Hayes, including;
On the field success
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at a controversial and disappointing 1-1 draw against Southampton and ahead to the Champions' League match against Atletico Madrid.
On the show tonight, we give sainthood to Mount and Kante for their high-quality performances and debate whether Callum Hudson-Odoi was the sinner or the sinned against.
In Part two we discuss Tuchel’s need for ‘Vorsprung Durch Prazision’; ask whether we are currently watching Sarriball without Hazard and never mind the quality feel the deadwood.
In part three JK and myself read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
And in part four we preview Tuesday night’s big Champions’ League match where Chelsea face La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to round up the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to Saturday's match against Southampton.
Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to round up this week's news including Thomas Tuchel's pre-match press conference. Will Tuchel have one eye on Madrid? Will Havertz return? Tomori and Kepa's interviews to the media and some interesting transfer rumours.
Steve Grant from the Total Saints podcast joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Southampton, our next opponents. With 6 defeats in their last 6 Premier League matches, what has happened to Saints after a good start this season? With injuries to Walker-Peters, Walcott and Diallo how does Steve see Saints overturning Chelsea's record of 5 matches unbeaten at St Mary's?
Finally, we have our own preview of Southampton v Chelsea. Should we be worried by Southampton's high press? With a massive improvement in goals conceded since Tuchel's arrival how do we increase the goals scored. Would staring Kai Havertz up-front be a solution? We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Rob Pratley, Senior Editor of The Chels Social, to discuss Chelsea's return to winning ways against Arsenal and Bristol City.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow and a discussion on Magda Eriksson and Pernille Harder opening their DMs to help support those struggling to come out as gay.
Plus we hold a special Q&A ahead of the international break.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Joe Tweeds to look back at Monday nights 2-0 win against 'depleted' Newcastle.
On the show tonight, we applaud Timo Werner for getting on the score sheet at last; but the plaudits should go to the real man-of-the-match Mateo Kovacic. We lament Tammy getting injured and discuss the (cough) rehabilitation of Kepa Arrizabalaga.
In Part two we ask what is Tuchel scared of as Chelsea’s second half performance dropped off to the extent that we fielded 9 defensively minded players at home to a ‘depleted’ Newcastle. Why are Chelsea still profligate up front; are we dull to watch and watch out, it’s about to get a whole lot tougher!
In part three JK and Chidge read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's FA Cup win over Barnsley and look ahead to Monday night's match against Newcastle United.
Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Barnsley in the FA Cup. Tammy came to the rescue at both ends after Tommy T's second half changes. But why did so many players fail to impress and it's all about the win...isn't it?
Will from the Talk of the Toon podcast joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Newcastle Utd, our next opponents. The Toon's form seems to have picked up recently with wins against Southampton and Everton, does this have anything to do with Steve Bruce or more the return of Allan Saint-Maximin, and how will they cope without Callum Wilson? As ever, Will tells us how he sees the match going and gives us his prediction.
Finally, we have our own preview of Chelsea v Newcastle. With Kai Havertz absent again we ask should we be worried about the young German or just more patient? Thiago Silva is still out with injury but Timo Werner is fit again, so who will Tuchel select and if we go purely in currently on form what is Chelsea's best side at the moment. We wrap up by explaining how we see the match going and give our predictions.
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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle to discuss Chelsea's shock home defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion and the Conti Cup Semi Final win over West Ham.
There's a news round up from Kingsmeadow and news of a goal in the loan report plus we discuss supporter over reaction to the defeat.
And we look ahead to the massive game against Arsenal on Wednesday and the last game before the international break on Sunday against Bristol City.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at Chelsea's steely win against Sheffield Utd and ahead to Thursday night's FA Cup tie against Barnsley.
On the show tonight, we applaud Timo Werner for his performance and discuss that its only a matter of time before he starts banging the goals in again. We also discuss another peak Mount performance and the two sides of Toni Rudiger.
In Part two we discuss the two sides of Jorginho and Kovacic; Chelsea’s game management under Tuchel and Chelsea’s progress towards the top four.
In part three we have a full postbag as JK and Chidge read out the emails sent in by our faithful listeners this week.
And to wrap up in part four we preview Thursday night’s FA Cup tie away to Barnsley.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look back at the obligatory victory over Spurs and to look ahead to Sunday's match against Sheffield Utd.
Liam Twomey of The Athletic joins us to look back at Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Spurs. Thomas Tuchel is delivering so far and doing it his way, but what can he do to get Chelsea's strikers scoring and how big a blow is the injury to Thiago Silva?
Ben, The Travelling Blade joins us to give 'The Opposition View' on Sheffield Utd, our next opponents. With 3 wins in 5, one of them away to Man Utd, what has Chris Wilder done to turn things around? Can Utd stay up? How is Ethan Ampadu doing and how does Ben see Sunday's match going.
Finally, we preview Sheffield Utd v Chelsea. Will Tuchel stick with the 3:4:2:1? Will he stick with Jorginho and Kovacic in midfield? Is Christensen for Silva a simple swap? Will he rotate Alonso with Chilwell and what's Tuchel's best combination up front?
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails from all over the world predominantly on the aftermath of Frank Lampard's sacking and the hopes for the new regime under Thomas Tuchel.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Louise Bradshaw to discuss Chelsea breaking the WSL record for consecutive games unbeaten after their win against Aston Villa and the 4-0 thrashing of Spurs.
There's a round up of the latest news from Kingsmeadow, including a potential move into the men's game from manager Emma Hayes and we look forward to our Conti Cup semi-final against West Ham and WSL match against Brighton and Hove Albion next weekend.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back on Chelsea's first win under Thomas Tuchel and ahead to this week's match against Spurs.
On the show tonight, we applaud Tommy T for getting off the mark; we hail Cesar, we beatify St Marcos and we demand that Mount Must Start!
In Part two we ask has Hudson-Odoi found his mojo; is Jorginho the ultimate flat track bully; furrow our brow at the work that Werner and Pulisic have to do and discuss how Tuchel’s 3:4:2:1 has brought some much-needed stability in defence.
In part three we look ahead to Thursday’s huge grudge match against Spurs. Who will Tuchel select and what system will he use? Will Spurs be there for the taking without Harry Kane and can Chelsea make a push for the top four.
With the arrival of German coach Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea's new manager, Stamford Chidge talks to Ben McFadyean, head of Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London to get the inside track on Tuchel.
Ben McFadyean knows Thomas Tuchel from his time as coach of Borussia Dortmund so what is he like as a manager? What defines his character, personality and man management? What was his relationship like with the Dortmund fans – did he ‘get’ them?
How does he like to set up tactically and what's his style of play? Is it all possession based or does it carry attacking intent. What is his attitude to youth players? Will he look to integrate the promising youngsters who have yet to come through and will he carry on playing the likes of Mount, James, CHO and Abraham?
How important is his relationship with the German contingent Havertz, Werner and Rudiger and previous Dortmund player Pulisic?
And finally does Ben think Thomas Tuchel will be a success at Chelsea?
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at an emotional week for Chelsea and ahead to Thomas Tuchel's second match in charge against Burnley on Sunday.
Adam Newson joins us from Football.London to look back at this week's Chelsea news. We have the final word on Frank Lampard; discuss Tuchel's first match in charge against Wolves and ask what's next for Tommy T's Blue & White Army?
Dave Roberts, Burnley FC statistorian, occasional Burnley commentator and podcaster with 'No Nay Never' joins us for 'Opposition View'. We ask him how Sean Dyche has turned things around for Burnley; how did Burnley beat Liverpool and Villa and what was the spat between Dyche and Klopp all about? We also ask him what Chelsea need to watch out for and how he sees the match going on Sunday.
Finally, we preview Chelsea v Burnley. With a few more days under his belt will Tommy T change the system and the personnel? Will he play Kante and Mount together and who will start up front? We discuss how we see the match going and give you our predictions.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans to discuss Chelsea's 4-2 win over Manchester City in the Conti Cup Quarter-Final.
There's a chat about a new contract for Maren Mjelde and we look ahead to our next fixtures against Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur.
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Stamford Chidge is joined Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dayne Whittle to try and make sense of a very sad day for Chelsea supporters with the sacking of Frank Lampard.
We discuss the supporter reaction to the loss of Frank Lampard as manager and analyse the detail of the breakdown in the relationship between Frank Lampard and the Club, drawing heavily from the in depth article from The Athletic.
We also ask why now? Is Chelsea unmanageable? Is the disconnect between the club and the supporters now beyond repair and what of the new man, Thomas Tuchel?
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Leicester and ahead to the FA Cup tie against Luton Town this weekend.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic, joins us to talk about (cough) today's Press Conference and to look back at Chelsea's defeat away to Leicester in the week.
Lewis Williams a Luton Town Vlogger joins us for the 'Opposition View' to preview the FA Cup tie between Luton Town and Chelsea from Luton's perspective. What's happened to Luton since the last time we met in the FA Cup semi-final in 1994. How will Luton set up and will they provide an unexpected challenge to Chelsea on Sunday.
Finally, we preview Chelsea v Luton. With so many players in poor form and low in confidence, will Frank resist the urge to give some of the youngsters a run out? And with Chelsea's excellent Cup record how do we see it going.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Dayne Whittle from the Chelsea Fancast to discuss Chelsea's return to the top of the WSL table thanks to their 2-1 win over Manchester United.
There's a round up of the latest news from Kingsmeadow and we look forward to our Conti Cup game against Manchester City on Wednesday and our league fixture against Bristol City on Sunday.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to look back at a much needed win against Fulham and to look ahead to Tuesday's match against Leicester.
On the show tonight, we proclaim all you need is Mount, after his superb performance against Fulham. We also look at Frank’s strange team selection and wonder whether he had an eye on the Leicester match or if the pressure of club politics is coming in to play. And we ask should we be glad of the win or worried about the performance?
In part two we discuss Chelsea’s profligacy, defensive vulnerability and look at the good, the bad and the downright ugly performances.
In part three we have a tsunami of emails to get through and we wrap up in part four with a look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Leicester.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to round up this week's Chelsea news and to look ahead to Saturday's match against neighbours Fulham.
Sam Inkersole, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London joins us to discuss this week's Chelsea news including Tomori's potential loan; Giroud to Real Madrid; time on the training pitch and Frank banning hugs!
Sammy James from the Fulhamish Podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' to preview Fulham v Chelsea from Fulham's perspective. What's the reason for Fulham's improvement in form recently. Is Scott Parker the man for the job long term? Has Ruben Loftus-Cheek impressed in his loan? And how does Sammy see the match going on Saturday.
Finally, we preview Fulham v Chelsea. Do Gilmour and CHO have to start? Will it be Timo or Tammy or Timo and Tammy? And will a week on the training pitch help Chelsea to a much needed win.
This week Dean and Jane discuss Chelsea's sensational start to 2021 thanks to 4 goals from Fran Kirby.
There's a chat about Dubai-Gate and we look ahead to the top of the table clash against Manchester United.
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Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd reconvene to go through the bulging Chelsea FanCast mail bag.
On the show tonight we have emails on Frank Lampard's future as Chelsea manager; the Lampard in/Lampard out debate; what it means to be a Chelsea supporter in the UK and Overseas; the sad passing of Tommy Docherty and Chelsea's form recently.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman & Tony Glover to look back at a confidence boosting FA Cup win against Morecambe FC.
On the show tonight, we discuss a much needed, confidence restoring win. Was Frank selecting Werner and Havertz justified? And going forward, do Chelsea need to think about how their creative players seem to get congested with similar runs?
In part two we ask whether playing more of the youth was a red herring? Billy Gilmour impresses again which is just as well with Kante suspended; Callum Hudson-Odoi puts in another good performance – is he getting back to his best? And Mason Mount with his Lampard-esque goal never seems to run out of energy, but does he need a rest?
In part three we have a couple of emails to read out.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look ahead to Chelsea's FA Cup 3rd round tie against Morecambe FC on Sunday.
We preview the match focusing on which of the Chelsea youngsters might start. Should Werner and Havertz start to regain some confidence and we look at Chelsea's 3rd round record down the years before discussing how we see the match going.
In this week's 'Opposition View' we have more of a 'Spy in the Camp' than a someone from the opposition as Jon Parkinson, Chelsea fan and long time listener to the FanCast joins us to give us the lowdown on Morecambe FC. Jon is a Morecambe local and knows more about the League Two side than we will ever know!
Finally, we catch up with the winners and losers from the Chelsea FanCast 'Prem Predictions' League
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Tracy Brown from Chelsea Pride to discuss the work of the group and different attitude towards the LBQT+ community from the men's and the women's game,
There's a round up of all the latest news from Kingsmeadow and we look ahead to our first game of 2021 against Reading.
Plus we share listener wishes for Chelsea FC Women in 2021.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Alex Churchill and Dean Mears to look back on a sobering defeat to Man City.
On the show tonight, we ask with the plethora of problems resulting from the defeat to City, what are the solutions.
In part two we ask is Frank Lampard’s job really in jeopardy? If it is what ever happened to building something and if he does get the tin tack has Roman Abramovich created a monster fanbase in his own image?
In part three with the news of Tommy Docherty’s passing, we look back at his legacy as Chelsea manager and great Docherty’s Diamonds team.
We wrap up in part four with loads of emails.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Mark Meehan to look back to a somewhat disappointing round of Christmas fixtures against Arsenal and Villa.
On the show tonight, we ask whether Frank got enough of a reaction out of the players in the draw against Villa; Giroud doing what he does best and Christensen needing to channel his inner Chumbawumba.
In part two we ask with Jorginho disappointing again why does Billy Gilmour not get a go? Are there mitigating circumstances to some of Chelsea’s recent performances and does our lack of squad depth in terms of quality remain an issue. And why are some supporters just never happy.
In part three we look back at a dreadful defeat to Arsenal where our best team started but mentality was clearly an issue. Who should take responsibility – Frank or the players? Was it a master stroke by Arteta or did he get lucky? And we ask was this one of our worst defeats in years or do some of us just have very short memories.
We wrap up in part four with some fantastic emails.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Martin Wickham to look back on the 3-0 victory over West Ham and look ahead to the Boxing Day match against relegation threatened Arsenal!
On the show tonight, we discuss a result that was better than the performance. How Kovacic coming on for Jorginho made the difference. We show concern for and mitigation with our hobbled full backs and we ask whether Werner is suffering from the curse of the Chelsea strikers?
In part two we applaud Tammy Abraham for taking his chances; delight in the Thiago Silva machine and appraise the league table in a season where anything is possible.
In part three we look ahead to the Boxing Day match against THE Arsenal and ask how bad are they really? How fearful are we of the schadenfreude of losing to a poor Arsenal side containing former Chelsea players David Luiz and Willian, as well as discussing who will start for Chelsea and how we see it going.
We wrap up with some emails and the leader board in our 'Prem Predictions' league.
This week Dean and Jane sit down to discuss Chelsea progressing into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League thanks to a 8-0 aggregate victory over Benfica.
They also share some supporter memories of Drew Spence, who became the first player of the WSL era to reach 200 appearances for the club,
There's a round up of all the latest news from Kingsmeadow, including a new signing! Plus supporters share their highlights of 2020.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's second defeat of the week, against Wolves and ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against West Ham United on Monday night.
A poor mentality and game management seemed to dish out a reality check as Wolves snatched a last minute winner against Chelsea on Tuesday night, but with back to back defeats questions need answering: What's up with Havertz and Werner - is it balance, injuries and fatigue? We also look at Chelsea's tough draw against Atletico Madrid in Champions League Round of 16.
James Jones from We Are West Ham Podcast joins us for 'Opposition View' and with West Ham currently in a lofty 8th place, is he Moyes in? Will their form last? How good is Declan Rice? Who are West Ham's top performers this season? What does Chelsea v West Ham mean to him and how does he see the match going.
We wrap with our own preview of the match: is it must win or must not lose? Who starts, who is fit and who is in form? Should Werner start up front or will Frank stick with Giroud or Tammy Abraham? And finally we discuss how we see the match going.
And last but by no means least, Chidge gives an update on the leaderboard and performer of the week in Chelsea FanCast's 'Prem Predictions' League.
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This week Dean and Jane sit down to discuss a week which saw Chelsea take control of their Champions League first leg tie with a 5-0 win over Benfica and extend their unbeaten run in the WSL to 29 games with a 1-0 over Brighton and Hove Albion.
They also share some supporter memories of four Chelsea favourites as they celebrate reaching significant milestones, Super Fran Kirby becoming the clubs record goal-scorer, Millie Bright reaching 150 appearances and both Magda Eriksson and Bethany England reaching 100 appearances for the Blues.
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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dayne Whittle to look back at a frustrating evening against Everton and ahead to the Wolves match on Tuesday.
On the show tonight, we discuss how crucial Mendy conceding a penalty was and how Chelsea played in to Everton’s hands tactically. But football is also a game of fine margins and this was also a match about missing players as well as missed opportunities.
In part two we discuss this defeat being a reality check on Chelsea’s title ambitions and how much of a concern is the form of Havertz and Werner.
In part three we look ahead to tomorrow night’s match against Wolves with Matt Guy from Wolves FanCast joining us in the ‘Opposition View’ and we wrap up with some emails and the leader board in our 'Prem Predictions league'.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look back at Chelsea's draw against Krasnodar and ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Everton on Saturday.
Chelsea drew their final, somewhat meaningless. Champions League group match against Krasnodar. Tino Anjorin and Billy Gilmour had a chance to shine while the squad players did the bare minimum. We ask is Billy Gilmour now ahead of Jorginho in the midfield pecking order and who do we want in the Champions League R16?
Gavin Buckland, Everton's Official Statistician joins us to look ahead to Everton v Chelsea for the 'Opposition View'. We ask him what he thinks of Carlo Ancelotti, how good is Calvert-Lewin, is Pickford a problem and how does he expect the match to go.
We wrap with our own preview of the match by recalling some past clashes, pondering how who will start on the wings given Chelsea's injuries and who will start up front.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Chelsea FC Women Season Ticket Holders Hannah and Chester to discuss the return of fans to Kingsmeadow to watch Chelsea's 3-2 win over West Ham.
We also look ahead to this week's Champions League tie against Benfica and next weekend's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
You can follow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx, Hannah @04_Hannah and Chester @ChesterBates93. We're also on Instagram @WentToMowKingsmeadow.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, 'Mr Gate 17' - Mark Worrall and 'Mr Eddie Mac' - Mark Meehan, to look back at a great win against Dirty Leeds, the return of supporters to Stamford Bridge and ahead to Tuesday night's match against Krasnodar.
On the show tonight, we applaud Chelsea’s winning mentality and work ethic, and while we should have finished off more of the chances we created, hallelujah we are scoring from set pieces with a delightful frequency.
In part two we ask with Frank’s success against elite managers, why is he not being given the credit he deserves for his tactical acumen?
In part three we have some great emails to read out; we look at the winners and losers in our Prem Predictions League and we look ahead to Tuesday night’s Champions’ League match against Krasnodar.
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match against Leeds on Saturday.
Oliver Harbord from Football.London joins us to disect this week's Chelsea news. With Olivier Giroud scoring four fab goals in a great team performance against Sevilla, should he start against Leeds? How big is the rivalry with Leeds and will having 2,000 fans in the stadium make a difference?
Jon Mackenzie from 'All Stats Aren't We' joins us to look ahead to Chelsea v Leeds from the 'Opposition View'. We ask him what the rivalry between Chelsea and Leeds means to him; is he happy with their season so far; is there method in the madness of Bielsa and how does he expect the match to go.
We wrap with our own preview of the match by recalling some past clashes, pondering how to stop Patrick Bamford from scoring against his old club and revealing how we expect the match to go.
This week Dean and Jane are joined by Paul Lagan from Capital Football to discuss Chelsea FC Women's start to the season.
We also preview the next fixture against West Ham United and discuss the return of supporters to Kingsmeadow.
You can read all of Paul's work on Chelsea FC Women by checking out the Capital Football Website www.capitalfootball.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @CFCJourno
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