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 a...
Nov 30, 2020•2 hr
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 ...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 19 min
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 Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Nov 24, 2020•30 min
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 issu...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 59 min
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;...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min
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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 18, 2020•30 min
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. Hosted on ...
Nov 16, 2020•2 hr 21 min
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 Cal...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 54 min
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 o...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 9 min
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 ba...
Nov 02, 2020•2 hr 37 min
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 yesterda...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min
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 ...
Oct 26, 2020•2 hr 3 min
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 conferenc...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 19 min
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 Chels...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min
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 culp...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 35 min
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 ...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min
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 ab...
Oct 13, 2020•2 hr 18 min
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 Barcelon...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr
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 ...
Oct 05, 2020•2 hr 8 min
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 dis...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min
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, H...
Sep 28, 2020•2 hr 21 min
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 ...
Sep 25, 2020•19 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview the Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley on Wednesday night. The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley on Wednesday night and look at our recent record against the 'Tykes'. We ask will Frank give game time to some of the squad players and the youth; how important would winning the Cup be to Frank and the players and how we see the match panning out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Sep 23, 2020•26 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to go through the week's emails as sent in by the Chelsea Fancast listeners. This week we have emails from Jeff Jones, Andrew Bailey, Mark Graver, Jeff Krein, Darrel Middleditch, Adam Breacher and J Rheckerrooc covering the defeat to Liverpool; Kepa's future; praising Kante, Zouma and Tomori and our 50 Years of Chelsea series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 22, 2020•41 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to look back at the defeat to Liverpool on Sunday. On the show tonight, we discuss the mistakes that led to Chelsea losing 2-0 to Liverpool; who will be in and who will be out once things settle in and talking of which, will Mendy solve our goalkeeping crisis. In part two we ask did Frank get the tactics right? Was he let down by player errors or was he too cautious in his approach? On the positive side we look at the perf...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Kelvin Barker, author of 'Celery: Representing Chelsea in the '80's'; 'Chelsea Here, Chelea There' and writer for cfcuk, to look back at the 1989-90 season. Chelsea are back in Division One after their record breaking previous season. They finish this season in 5th place, their best finish since 1970, largely due to Kerry D...
Sep 19, 2020•2 hr 12 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover, Alex Churchill and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 defeat of Brighton and ahead to next weekend's match against Liverpool. On the show tonight, we discuss a good win in an average performance and 50 shades of Kepa as he flaps and lets another long range shot in and yet appears to have the backing of his manager. In part two we look at the contrasting debuts of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz; wither Ruben Loftus-Cheek; ask is the...
Sep 15, 2020•2 hr 21 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Dean Mears to preview Chelsea's forthcoming season. On the show tonight, it’s all about previewing the forthcoming season. In part three, Dean is at it again. He’s collated this season’s predictions from all the Chelsea FanCasters which, no doubt, he’ll use to humiliate us at the end of the season! We reveal what we think Chelsea’s final league position will be; how far Chelsea will go in the Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Champions’ League. ...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Dean Mears to preview Chelsea's forthcoming season. On the show tonight, it’s all about previewing the forthcoming season. We’ll kick off part one with a look at the players Chelsea have signed so far; who else might or should be coming in and who has gone and who else should go. In part two we look at the prospect of a return to the Bridge. What’s the latest position on supporters returning to the Bridge? Who goes; Is it safe; will it...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan, author of 'Eddie Mac' and formerly editor of the 'Chelsea Independent' fanzine, look back at the 1988-89 season. With Chelsea having been relegated via a play off the previous season, Chelsea supporters mood was darkened further by an FA imposed terrace ban for the first 6 matches of the new season. The lack of...
Aug 28, 2020•2 hr 10 min
