Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability as Mark Worrall would say and i...
May 22, 2020•58 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan, cfcuk writer and co-author of 'Eddie Mac, Eddie Mac' to mull over the latest Chelsea news and look back at Chelsea's 1975-76 season. On the show tonight, with football returning in Germany, we discuss what we think of it and are there any lessons to be learnt if and when it happens here. We also talk Luca Vialli after his excellent interview in the Guardian about his battle with cancer. In parts two and three we continue our '50 Years o...
May 18, 2020•2 hr 15 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability as Mark Worrall would say and i...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to ask what would have happened if we'd played Liverpool at the weekend; what now for Stamford Bridge and a look back at the 1974-75 season in our '50 Years of Chelsea' series. On the show tonight, with Chelsea scheduled to play Liverpool at the weekend in an alternate reality, we ponder how it might have gone, with presumably Liverpool about to be crowned Champions. Also, a couple of emails have come in about the redevelopment of St...
May 11, 2020•2 hr 10 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability as Mark Worrall, this week's gu...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Rick Glanvill, Chelsea's official historian and author of 'Chelsea: The Complete Record' and 'Chelsea FC: The Official Biography'. On the show tonight, we discuss the latest on the Premier League’s machinations on a return of football; applaud the Players for their cautionary stance and let Jonathan loose on the latest transfer speculation. In parts two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1973-74 season. After ...
May 04, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall...
May 01, 2020•48 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tim Rolls, author of Diamonds, Dynamos and Devils’ and ‘Stamford Bridge is Falling Down’ to chew the fat over the latest Chelsea news and look back at the 1972-73 season in '50 Years of Chelsea' On the show tonight, we praise Chelsea’s latest statement on their response to the Covid-19 pandemic but question the media’s reaction. With the rumour of a return to football behind closed doors starting in late June we ask is this the straw that breaks the...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall...
Apr 24, 2020•33 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to check in with the latest Chelsea news and have look back at Chelsea's past in '50 Years of Chelsea'. In part one, we ask what will the players pay cut this mean? - How will the Pandemic affect the transfer market? And when is football likely to return and does it matter – have the PL not read the public mood? In part two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1971-72 season. Hopes for a title ch...
Apr 20, 2020•2 hr 25 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall...
Apr 17, 2020•41 min
Welcome to a very special two part Chelsea FanCast to celebrate and complement our 500th episode recorded on Monday this week. Given that we couldn’t get everyone who has contributed to 500 episodes on Monday's live show, we thought the next best thing would be to have a chat with some of the well loved contributors and get their memories of being part of the early days of the FanCast and their view on the momentous occasion of 500 episodes of Chelsea FanCast. In Chelsea FanCast #500 Special Edi...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Welcome to a very special two part Chelsea Fancast to celebrate and complement our 500th episode recorded on Monday this week. Given that we couldn’t get everyone who has contributed to 500 episodes on Monday's live show, We thought the next best thing would be to have a chat with some of the well loved contributors from the early shows and get their view on the momentous occasion of 500 episodes of Chelsea FanCast, their memories of being part of the early days of the FanCast and to find out wh...
Apr 14, 2020•2 hr 20 min
Join Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall, Martin Wickham, Dan Silver, Clayton Beerman, Alex Churchill, Tony Glover, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to help celebrate the milestone of the 500th Chelsea Fancast! Wow, 500 episodes who’d have thunk it. Certainly not me when on April 28th 2008 I sat down with a dodgy script, a laptop and a pint of Guinness in the alcove of a bar called Putney Station for the first episode with Dr Mart and Sheridan Bird. 500 episodes and 12 years later, the whol...
Apr 13, 2020•2 hr 26 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall...
Apr 10, 2020•42 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle making his debut to check in with the latest Chelsea news and to look back at the 1970-71 season. On the show tonight, we have a quick round up of Chelsea related news including Premier League & UEFA at odds about return; should Players take a pay cut? Roman, generous to a fault and Transfer rumours, are they made up? In parts two and three, we continue our new weekly series “50 Years of Chelsea" where we remember the 1970/71 seaso...
Apr 06, 2020•2 hr 17 min
Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about. One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea Fancast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea for some of us over 50 years. It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall)...
Apr 03, 2020•33 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and the return of the 'Smut Buddies' Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at another week without Chelsea! On the show tonight, we have a quick round up of Chelsea related news including the latest club announcement on Stamford Bridge perhaps ending the dream of a new stadium; Stamford Bridge – the end of the dream? What was going on with Pedro this week and Willian being allowed to go back to Brazil – but will he return? In parts two and three, ...
Mar 30, 2020•2 hr 35 min
Jonathan Kydd joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea. Jonathan discusses how he become a Chelsea supporter; his first match; his favourite players and matches; his all time Chelsea hero as well as his best and worst moments following Chelsea for over 50 years. Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Jonathan Kydd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 27, 2020•51 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London to discuss Chelsea past, present and future... On the show tonight, we ask if it’s bad enough for us with no football, what are the players doing without it? And does football and footballers have a responsibility to use their position in the community to help in the crisis? In part two, we discuss Joe Cole’s comments on Ross Barkley and offer an appraisal ourselves. We ask with the enforced ...
Mar 23, 2020•2 hr 3 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd join Joe Forrester to look back at all the Chelsea news from another week without football in the Coronavirus Pandemic. With Premier League announcing that it is now postponed until April 30th, is this realistic or just a way to avoid financial/legal liability What about UEFA’s 30th June cut off point when player contracts end? And should we finish it behind closed doors to get it done? What other financial impacts will there be, such as Chelsea’s Shirt deal e...
Mar 20, 2020•51 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover & Martin Wickham to discuss the possibility that we may have seen our last Chelsea match this season and what will we all do now? On the show tonight, we ask are the Premier League being optimistic about the football returning in April? Will or should the season be voided and if so, what will this mean? How long will we be off for and what will the players do with no football? In part two, we say keep calm & carry on FanCasting. We ...
Mar 17, 2020•2 hr 17 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Matt Beadle to discuss the impact of the Premier League being suspended on football and Chelsea, as well as looking back at Chelsea's victory over Everton last weekend. With the announcement today that the Premier League is being suspended until April 4th we ask should it have been suspended earlier Are the Premier League being optimistic about it returning as soon as April? Will or should the season be voided? What will it mean for Chelsea on an...
Mar 13, 2020•51 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Clayton Beerman and Joe Tweeds to look back at the wins against Everton and Liverpool. On the show tonight, we applaud a great midfield performance from Gilmour, Barkley and Mount against Everton. Should Gilmour be a regular from now on; has Barkley turned a corner? In part two, with Chelsea keeping a clean sheet, is Kepa back for good? The old guard up front rolled back the years but with Chelsea unlikely to offer Willian a 3 year contract will he be off with Giroud...
Mar 10, 2020•2 hr 20 min
Dan Silver and Alex Churchill join Andy Hodgson from Love Sport Radio to look back at Chelsea's great win in the FA Cup against Liverpool and look ahead to the match against Everton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Dean Mears to look back at Chelsea's 2-2 draw away to Bournemouth and ahead to the FA Cup tie against Liverpool. On the show tonight, we ask has Marcos Alonso earned a stay of execution or is he system dependent? What’s the key problem – defence, attack or midfield? If its midfield, is it time for a change of approach In part two, we ask is the meltdown and criticism justified or not? How much of this is down to poor coaching and decis...
Mar 02, 2020•2 hr 2 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd join Love Sport Radio's Matt Beadle to discuss the latest Chelsea news, look back at Chelsea's defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions' League, the win last weekend against Spurs and ahead to the weekend's match against Bournemouth. Chelsea were taught a harsh lesson in the defeat to Bayern Munich but just how far away are they from being competitive in the later stages of the Champions' League? We answer caller Ray's question about the future of Stamford Bridg...
Feb 29, 2020•50 min
Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Liam Twomey look back at a great win for Chelsea against Mourinho's Spurs and a disappointing defeat to Man Utd. Oh and the complete and utter shambles of a farce that is VAR!! On the show tonight, we address the utter farce and disgrace that is VAR and the effect it is having on football and those of us who like to go to football matches without VAR ruining the experience. In part two, we discuss how Chelsea's change in personnel and system led to another win ...
Feb 24, 2020•2 hr 30 min
Dan Silver and Clayton Beerman join Love Sport Radio's Matt Beadle to discuss the latest Chelsea news, look back at Chelsea's defeat to Man Utd and VAR last Monday and ahead to Saturday's big match against Spurs. Is VAR/Taylor to blame for the defeat? Will VAR drive supporters out of football? Same old problems for Chelsea – vulnerable in attack; toothless up front? Should Frank & Jody’s ability to coach the team be questioned? Will Frank bin Batshuayi; Should Giroud start in Tammy’s absence...
Feb 21, 2020•50 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd join Love Sport Radio's Matt Beadle to discuss the latest Chelsea news and look ahead to Monday nights big match against Manchester United. The boys discuss the welcome news that Hakim Ziyech has signed from Ajax, but where will he play, how good is he and who will he replace. Man United are Chelsea opponents on Monday night and its a case of 'Friends Re-united' with the return of Mata & Matic but what are our thoughts on them since they left Chelsea? Prev...
Feb 14, 2020•48 min
