Chelsea FanCast

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Alex Churchil lto look back at a much needed win against West Ham and ahead to Chelsea's opening Champions' League match away to Dinamo Zagreb.In part one we ask was fear stifling creativity in the first half? Ben Chilwell came on and changed the game with a man of the match cameo and is looking like pre-injury Should he now start ahead of Cucurella? With all the furore over the first West Ham goal and the goal that VAR cancelled out, we ask is it time to bench Mendy And we asses the impact that Broja had in the second half.In part two we ask has Tuchel found the right system for the personnel with the 3:1:4:2 formation? Are there question marks over Jorginho's future with Cheek looking confortable in the deep lying role? And we applaud the Chelsea players stomach for the fight with a much needed win which they can build on.In part three we have some great emails to read out and we wrap up in part four previewing the Dinamo Zagreb v Chelsea match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Chelsea FanCast regular Mark Meehan and Liam Twomey from The Athletic to look back at the defeat to Southampton, Chelsea's transer business and today's press conference with Thomas Tuchel.In part one, we discuss the defeat to Southampton in midweek and Chelsea's transfer business with Liam Twomey from The Athletic. At Southampton in midweek another poor performance against a weaker side and defensive frailties exposed by a fragile midfield. We ask are Chelsea soft?Liam analyses Chelsea's transfer business and we ask has Tuchel got everything he needs? We now have a striker and defence has been sorted, but what about midfield? And the deadweight has been shipped out but why did Billy Gilmour go?In part two we look ahead to the Chelsea v West Ham match. Is Tuchel's assertion that “We are a club in transition and we are paying the price for the last half a year of insecurity” valid? West Ham have been in patchy form, but played well v Spurs and are good on the counter and physical, which is worrying. Surely we can’t be as bad again; can we toughen up in time? And is Tuchel right that with the window shut everyone will know where they are and will now be 100% committed? We wrap up by discussing how we see it going, our predictions for the match and a catch up on week four of our Prem Predictions League. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Alex Churchill to look back at a hard earned win against Leicester on Saturday and ahead to Tuesday night's match away to Southampton.On the show tonight, in part one, we we discuss Gallagher’s sending off and it’s potential impact on him; Tuchel’s changing formations; some outstanding performances and the return of team spirit.In part two, we look at the two sides of Havertz; praise Sterling and Chalobah and worry about Mount’s form and discuss why Chelsea will need a big squad going forward with one eye on the transfer window shutting on Wednesday night.In part three, we have some cracking emails to read out and we wrap up in part four with a preview of the Southampton v Chelsea match on Tuesday.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Liam Twomey from The Athletic to look ahead to this weekends match against Leicester.In part one, Chidge, JK, Tony and Liam discuss Friday's press conference with Thomas Tuchel including Tuchel's thoughts on his touchline ban; how to deal with Kante being out for 4 weeks and the suspension of Koulibaly; plus positive news that Kovacic will be available after injury for 20 mins. With the current injuries does Liam expect any new arrivals and departures as we enter the last few days of the transfer window? Plus we have a look at the Champions' League and Carabao Cup draws.In part two we preview the Chelsea v Leicester match and look at Chidge's Team selection. Who replaces Koulibaly? Will Gallagher start in midfield again? Meanwhile at Leicester Brendan Rogers is in trouble with no signings and Leicester are the only Premier League team without a win this season! James Maddison is a doubt and Fofana, wanted by Chelsea, is on the naughty step. But does Chelsea’s poor home form; poor defensive form and poor recent form at home v Leicester mean we should be more cautious than usual? All will be revealed as we discuss how we see it going and give our score predictions.We wrap up with the Prem Predictions League movers and shakers from week 3 and announce the return of the Kerry Dixon banner in the Matthew Harding stand for saturday's match against Leicester. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Marco Worrall, renowned Chelsea author and publisher to look back at a shocking 3-0 defeat away to Leeds.On the show tonight, in part one, we run the rule over the team selection; despair at being out run, out fought and out coached; fume at the Mendy disaster class and another achilles heel, set pieces and ask is there any sympathy for Koulibaly?In part two, like a broken record we discuss failing to finish; Conor Gallagher’s debut; ponder Tuchel’s system malfunction, his post-match comments and new contract; ask is transition a valid argument and will new players coming in or losing more deadweight help?In part three, we have some cracking emails to read out.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Adam Newson, Chief Chelsea Correspondent for Football.London to look ahead to this weekends match against Leeds United.In part one, Chidge, JK, Martin and Adam discuss Friday's press conference with Thomas Tuchel. With Kante out for weeks; Broja days; Kovacic still out and Pulisic a doubt, are Chelsea facing an injury crisis already? Should we be worried about Kante’s future…again? Does this prove the need for squad depth and quality? Talking of which Chelsea have signed Casadei from inter Milan; but what about Gordon, Fofana, FDJ and Aubameyang?Like us, Thomas Tuchel is not impressed with Mike Dean’s apology and turning to the match against Leeds this Sunday Tuchel is expecting a high-intensity game, a high-pressing team from Leeds and a very emotional stadium. Is Adam?In part two we preview the Leeds United v Chelsea and look at Chidge's Team selection. Will Conor Gallagher get the nod over Loftus-Cheek in Kante's absence?Leeds have injuries to Ayling, Bogusz, Dallas, Firpo & Bamford, Cooper, Gelhardt doubtful as well as losing Raphina and Philips in the transfer window so will this make life easier for Chelsea at a ground where they have never won back-to-back matches?Tuchel alluded to Leeds press causing mistakes and chaos; is this a worry for us? And it's remarkable to face two of our oldest rivals in our second and third matches of the season, we explain the rivalry with 'Dirty' Leeds and Chidge and JK whip the whippetts out and it all goes a bit Yorkshire parody!We wrap up by discussing how we see it going and give our score predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Darren 'Dazza' Mantle who returns to the show after an absence of 7 years!On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss whether Taylor is corrupt or incompetent for the 898th time. We also look at Tuchel and Conte’s handshakes and handbags as well as Koulibaly marking his home debut with a cracking goal and proclaim yet again that there is nothing like Reece James.In part two we discuss our domination of Spurs and the massive improvement in performances all round; our inability to finish notwithstanding. We also talk about interesting subs, Kante’s injury and the great atmosphere.In part three, we have some cracking emails to read out.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham and Adam Newson, Chief Chelsea Correspondent for Football.London to look ahead to this weekends match against Spurs.In part one, Chidge, JK, Martin and Adam discuss Friday's press conference with Thomas Tuchel. Has Tuchel got everything he needs? What are the chances of signing Aubameyang, Fofana and Frankie de Jong? Tuchel shows respect for Conte and we look at his strategy in stopping Spur's counter-attack. In part two we welcome back Ricky Sacks from The Last Word on Spurs for this week's 'Opposition View' where Ricky discusses Spurs' pre-season and transfer window, likely team selection for Sunday and tactics, together with how he sees the game going.In part three, we preview the Chelsea v Spurs match and look at Chidge's Team selection; ask has Conte put his stamp on Spurs? Should we be worried about a Conte managed Spurs? And are Spurs ahead of us at this stage of the season given their preparation, fitness and transfers? With all that said, we look at Chelsea's incredible home record against Spurs in what is always a we must not lose match!!!We wrap up by discussing how we see it going and give our score predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Joathan Kydd are joined by Clayton Beerman for the return of the monday night review show, looking back at long overdue 1-0 win away to Everton.On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss Tuchel’s team selection and subs; say aufwiedersehen to Tim O’Werner; throw up at the sight of the away kit and look at rusty performances, awful set pieces and new recruits impressing.In part two we choose our man of the match, ask for more from the players; contemplate Tommy T’s words on the system and discuss why the midfield is still the issueIn part three, we have some cracking emails to read out, and the results from the first week of our Prem Predictions league.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are back for the 2022-23 season and are joined by Dan Silver and Adam Newson of Football.London.In part one, Chidge JK, Dan Silver and Adam Newson look back at Chelsea's summer tour to the USA and the transfer business to date. Was the tour more successful off the pitch than on it? Has Chelsea done well so far with the transfers of Sterling and Koulibaly? And is Chelsea as much in crisis as the press/twitter would have us believe?In part we look ahead to the season opener away to Everton. What will the team selection be? How was Everton's pre-season and transfer business? Is it good to get a bogey match out first and how important is it to get the new season off to a win? We wrap up discussing how we see it going and give our match predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Dean, Jane and Dayne as they celebrate England's Lionesses European Championship success and discuss what next for women's football and how to get involved in Chelsea FC Women. Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chelsea Heritage Podcast presents the FA Cup run of 1970.Chelsea Chadder is joined by Neil ‘Smiffy’ Smith as they talk about all things from Chelsea’s 1970 FA Cup run starting with a third round match with Birmingham, London derbies against QPR and Watford as well as the final vs Leeds Utd, watched by nearly 30 million people on TV.Smiffy also shares his memories of Ian Hutchinson, Bobby Tambling, Peter Osgood, Barry Bridges, Terry Venables, ex-players celebrating goals, Peter Houseman, Alan Hudson, black and white TVs, Peter Bonetti, football kits and what his dad did when David Webb scored the winning goal.For more information on Chelsea’s Heritage visit www.chelseaheritagepartnership.comIf you’d like to be part of another episode then message @ChelseaChadder on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chelsea Heritage Podcast presents Dennis Wise (Part 2).Chelsea Chadder is joined again by Chris Cassley as they talk about all things Dennis Wise starting from the summer of 1997 up until he left the club in 2001. During the episode we cover the League Cup, Cup Winners Cup and Super Cup success of 1998, the FA Cup win in 2000 at the Old Wembley, his time under Gullit, Vialli and Ranieri, Wise’s temperament, the club’s maiden season in the Champions League including THAT goal in the San Siro!Chris also shares his memories of foreign imports, Barceolona, opening day screamers, Roberto Di Matteo. Wembley, playing in snow, his England and what his Chelsea legacy is.For more information on Chelsea’s Heritage visit www.chelseaheritagepartnership.comIf you’d like to be part of another episode then message @ChelseaChadder on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chelsea Heritage Podcast presents Dennis Wise (Part 1).Chelsea Chadder is joined by Chris Cassley as they talk about all things Dennis Wise starting from his early beginnings up until the end of the 1996/97 season including his record move from Wimbledon, his England debut, his miserable FA Cup final in 1994, that taxi incident that almost led him to jail and of course his 1997 FA Cup victory as captain.Chris also shares his memories of Kerry Dixon, Vinnie Jones, Ruud Gullit, Dean Saunders, Glenn Hoddle, European adventures, Scorpion kicks, penalty shootouts, Matthew Harding, foreign imports and Euro 96.For more information on Chelsea’s Heritage visit www.chelseaheritagepartnership.comIf you’d like to be part of another episode then message @ChelseaChadder on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge talks to Andy Cairns, singer and guitarist from the legendary band Therapy?, about his love of all things Chelsea.My Chelsea returns with Andy Cairns, singer and guitarist from the legendary band Therapy? to talk about his support of Chelsea. Formed in 1990, and influenced by bands such as Black Sabbath, Killing Joke, Sonic Youth, Rapeman, Hüsker Dü, Butthole Surfers, The Undertones, That Petrol Emotion, Captain Beefheart, Motörhead, Mudhoney, early Metallica, Fugazi and The Stooges, Therapy? are now in to a 32 year and 23 album career, selling out gigs all around the world.In spite of growing up in Northen Ireland, Andy Cairns just happens to be a massive Chelsea supporter and season ticket holder since 1994, and a mate of Chelsea FanCast's Mark Meehan. We invited Andy in for a chat about how he became a Chelsea fan, his first game, favourite players growing up, his favourite matches, his best and worst Chelsea moments, his all time Chelsea hero and his favourite Chelsea chant.As well as being a great singer/guitarist in a legendary band, Andy is a top bloke who both loves and knows his Chelsea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 2002-03 season.In part two we pick the season up in January. We lose to Arsenal away, again, 3-2 thanks to two goals in two minutes even though we get two back two minutes later. Chelsea beat Charlton 4-1 at home on what looks like a sandpit. We play like Brazil; Charlton lodge a complaint about the pitch.While our league form is good and keeps us in the top four, all eyes are on FA Cup success. After dispatching Middlesbrough, Shrewsbury and Stoke City, we face our bogey team Arsenal in the quarter-final. We draw 2-2 at Highbury having outplayed Arsenal for much of the match which means a replay at Stamford Bridge. Surely this time we can lay the bogey to rest? Sadly not as Chelsea lose 3-1 on an awful awful night including an own goal by John Terry, now sharing the captain's duties with Marcel Desailly. Still hopes are high for a top four finish and Champions' League qualification whilst the title challenge slipped away. A wobble with defeats away to Villa (battling relegation) and West Ham (who get relegated) means it all boils down to the last match of the season at home to Liverpool.In one of the most important matches in Chelsea's history, a place in the top four is at stake with the winner taking all. Liverpool go ahead on 11 minutes with Desailly equalising 3 minutes later. Gronkjaer is the unlikely hero with a shot bent in to the right hand corner thanks to him slipping as he kicked it. Chelsea hang on to win and Zola comes on for a cameo for what would be his last appearance for Chelsea and gives Carragher twisted blood for old times sake. What we didn't know at the time was that had Chelsea lost, the club may well have gone in to administration having announced debts of £99 million and a loss of £16.4 million. Not only did Chelsea's victory guarentee lucrative Champions' League football, it paved the way a few weeks later for the arrival of Roman Abramovich and things at Chelsea would never be the same again... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 2002-03 season.Chelsea began the season with only one signing, Quique De Lucas, the scurrying midfielder from Espanyol on a free. Money was tight and runours abounded that Chelsea were in financial trouble and as a consequence would have to off load big nae stars such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Gianfranco Zola.As it was Chelsea began the season in decent form with draws against Arsenal and Man Utd and a 3-0 home win against fancied Newcastle. A last minute goal by former non-league player Ben Wright in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first round against Norwegian part timers, Viking FK, should have been no more than an irritant. But it came back to haunt Chelsea as they were knocked out of Europe for the 3rd season in a row by lowly opponents with a 4:2 defeat to the Vikings in the second leg, sandwiched in between a 3:2 defeat at home to struggling West Ham.Thankfully, form picked up and it was to be two months before Chelsea suffered defeat again, at the hands of Man Utd in the Worthington Cup courtesy of a rarity, a Diego Forlan goal.Chelsea finished the year in 2nd position in the Premier League and could have been top had it not been for the infernal tinkering of manager, Claudio Ranieri. Gudjohnsen and Hasselbaink were not scoring the goals they had the season before, but Gianfranco Zola was having a renaissance, at one stage the Premier League's top goal scorer and scoring some eye opening goals.Could Chelsea mount a realisitc challenge for the Premier League title in the New Year and break the Arsenal and Utd duopoly? Was it more likely that we could have another crack at the FA Cup, going one better than last season? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan look back at the 2001-2002 season in our ’50 Years of Chelsea’ series.In part two we pick up the story in the New Year where hopes were high for another League Cup final after a 2-1 win in the semi-final first leg against Spurs, followed by a 5-1 rout of West Ham in the league.However, the unthinkable happened when Spurs thrashed Chelsea 5-1 in the second leg, their first victory over Chelsea at White Hart Lane or anywhere for over 20 years. Thankfully, normal service was resumed with back to back 4-0 victories against Spurs in the FA Cup quarter final and Premier League, with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scoring a perfect hat-trick in the latter. In the FA Cup third round, Gianfranco Zola had scored one of the best goals ever seen at Stamford Bridge. With league from suffering from the usual inconsistency, our only hope of silverware lay in the FA Cup. A scrappy 1-0 victory over Fulham in the Villa Park semi-final, complete with mass celery throwing, set up a final at the Millenium stadium in Cardiff against bogey side Arsenal. Blighted by injuries to Le Saux, Hasselbaink, Babayaro and an increasingly influential John Terry, Chelsea were the better side in the final until Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljundberg both scored worldies to ruin the day out. The 2001-2002 season was one of transition, turmoil off the pitch and frustration on it. Given that Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen had scored 52 goals between them a 6th place finish in the league was a disappointment. Arsenal proved to be the team we just could not beat as we finished FA Cup runners up; the League cup semi loss to Spurs still causes nightmares and the UEFA Cup defeat against lowly Hapoel Tel Aviv was a debacle. Many supporters blamed Ranieri for his tinkering and sparse use of the genius that was Zola, but there were bright spots in the season with the Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen's partnership and goals up front, the best we'd seen since the days of Dixon and Speedie, and the emergence of John Terry and Frank Lampard as two of Chelsea's most important players together with Carlo Cudicini who had a superb season in goal and rightly won POTY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan look back at the 2001-2002 season in our '50 Years of Chelsea' series.Claudio Ranieri's first summer transfer window brought four key signings with Bolo Zenden and Emanuel Petit arriving from Barcelona, William Gallas from Marseille and Frank Lampard, the talented young midfielder, from West Ham for £11 million.The new signings took time to settle in and with the departures of Denis Wise, Gus Poyet and Frank Leboeuf, there was an air of transition about the club. Although Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen were forming a deadly partnership up front, Chelsea were drawing too many games, evidenced by their position outside the top four in the Premier League.Off the pitch, controversy reigned with John Terry, Frank Lampard, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jody Morris getting caught by the News of the World drunkenly abusing American tourists in shock at the awful events of 9/11. The media also had a field day when Desailly, Le Saux, Petit, Gudjohnsen, Gallas and Ferrer elected not to play in the UEFA Cup natch against Hapeol Tel Aviv due to security concerns. Chelsea were knocked out by the Israeli side but supporters were bouyed by performances in the Worthington Cup where Coventry, Leeds and Newcastle were despatched to set up a semi-final against Spurs in the New Year.December saw some of the best performances of the season with a 3-0 away win at Man Utd, a 4-0 demolition of Liverpool at home and a 2-1 win away to top of the table Newcastle. It looked like it would be all to play for in the New Year... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Martin King interview John Bumstead, an unsung hero for Chelsea, and talk about his love for the club; what it was like to experience the lows of relegation and highs of promotion during the 1980’s; playing for John Neal and Bobby Campbell and playing with the likes of Nigel Spackman and Kerry Dxion and against David Platt and Paul GascoigneJohn Bumstead or Johnny B as he was affectionately known by the supporters, played for Chelsea from 1978 until 1991, making 409 appearances, the 9th highest appearance maker for Chelsea and scoring 44 goals.There are few Chelsea players who have experienced the rollercoaster of what it was like to play for Chelsea in that 13 year period of the doldrums of Division Two; near relegation to Division Three; promotion to Division One; winning the Full Members Cup; relegation back to Division Two via a play off and then promotion again the next season with a record number of points. Throughout it all he remained loyal to his boyhood club until being transferred to Charlton.Johnny B was the ultimate selfless team player, playing at the heart of Chelsea’s midfield, doing the simple things very well and he hardly ever had a bad game for the club.He may have been small in stature but he was a steely competitor and his fearless, courageous challenges meant that injuries were a recurring theme throughout his career. He had an eye for goal and was an accomplished free kick taker with his last goal for Chelsea coming in a 3-2 victory over Spurs on December 1st 1990, the start of an unbeaten run against our North London rivals that was to last for 28 years. But perhaps he should best be remembered for the way he could shackle opposition flair players from the likes of Tony Currie to David Platt and Paul Gascoigne.If you were to sum John Bumstead up, I can think of no better description than understated excellence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Martin King interview Colin Pates, who grew up supporting Chelsea as a boy and went on to play for the club for ten years, captaining the side back to Division 1 and the first Chelsea Captain to lift a trophy at Wembley. Colin opens up on his time playing for Chelsea; the highs and lows; the team that John Neal built; the Full Members Cup Final; the relationship with the supporters and his disappointment at leaving the club.Colin Pates made 346 appearances for Chelsea between 1979 & 1988, 137 as Captain. The era Colin played in for Chelsea, was among the most turbulent in the Club’s history with the lows of relegation and the highs of promotion; Division 1 title challenges; winning the Full Member’s Cup and beating the mighty Liverpool FC, European Champions at the time, in the FA Cup.Colin was made captain at the age of 22 and showed maturity beyond his years by moulding together the different groups within the dressing room. More than that, his classy displays as a ball-playing defender who read the game superbly, matched his impressive captaincy of a club on its way back to the top.Pates was a player who served the club with commitment and distinction for nearly ten years, having supported them as a boy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Martin King interview Gary Chivers, who played for Chelsea from 1979 to 1983. Having joined Chelsea as a youth player, Gary Chivers made his debut as an 18 year old against Middlesbrough in April 1979. By a strange quirk of fate Gary’s last match for the club was also against Middlesbrough a mere four years later, with the club escaping a drop in to Division Three by the skin of their teeth. In between, Gary enjoyed or more accurately endured some of the leanest, up and down eras of Chelsea Football Club. In an engaging interview, Gary talks about players such as Ron Harris, Ray Wilkins, Mike Fillery, Duncan McKenzie and Johan Cruyff and the managers he played for such as Danny Blanchflower and Geoff Hurst as well as some of the matches he played in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Dean, Jane and Dayne as they reveal their summer series for 2022 celebrating 30 years of Chelsea FC W. The series will contain exclusive interviews, newly discovered information and much more.  To listen, you'll need to sign up to our Patreon. Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge talks to renowned Chelsea author, Kelvin Barker about supporting Chelsea for 50 years.My Chelsea returns with Kelvin Barker, author of 'Celery: Representing Chelsea in the '80's'; 'Chelsea Here Chelsea There'; 'Making History, Not Reliving It: A Decade of Roman's Rule at Chelsea'; 'Eddie Mac Eddie Mac: Life and times at Chelsea under Eddie McCreadie'; Tales From The Shed: an anthology of stories and articles about Chelsea FC' and 'Days (I'll Remember All My Life)', to talk about his support of Chelsea for 50 years.We discover how Kelvin became a Chelsea fan, his first game, favourite players growing up, his favourite matches, his best and worst Chelsea moments, his all time Chelsea hero and his favourite Chelsea chant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FROM THE ARCHIVE  Last summer, we ran a special series on our patreon called 'My daughter, the professional'. In this episode we spoke with Lisa, mother to Bethany England, Chelsea and England striker. We spoke about her early days playing football in boys teams, late nights working in the chippy, and her move to Chelsea Please bear in mind this episode was recorded in the summer of 2021.  Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge interviews John Boyle, a key player in Chelsea's 'Kings of the Kings Road' side of the 1960's and '70's. Born in Motherwell, Scotland, John Boyle signed for Chelsea as a 15-year-old whilst on holiday in London. He made his Chelsea debut on 20th January 1965 in a League Cup semi-final against Aston Villa as an 18-year-old which Chelsea won 3-2.John Boyle was something of an unsung hero and yet vital player for the successful ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ Chelsea side of the 1960s and early 1970s and will be remembered by many supporters as a tenacious ball winning midfielder.An absolute gentleman with a softly spoken Scottish brogue, John reflects on his time playing for Chelsea, some of the great players and managers of that era, his relationship with the fans and some of the huge domestic and European matches he played in for Chelsea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Martin King interview Tommy Baldwin, a stalwart of our '70's Cup winning sides.Tommy Baldwin made 239 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 92 goals from 1966-1974 winning FA Cup & European Cup Winners Cup medals in 1970 & 1971.Tommy Baldwin, Peter ‘Ossie’ Osgood and Charlie Cooke were the heart of the infamous ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ Chelsea side, both on and off the pitch. They had flair and entertained on the pitch and did likewise off it; drinking in the Kings Road with actors and actresses every night; a real showbiz team.Such is the esteem in which Baldwin is held by Chelsea supporters, a terrace chant created in his honour many years ago is still sung regularly to this day. ‘His name is Tommy Baldwin, he’s the leader of the team…' very few who saw him play would argue with that and we all know what would happen if you did! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Martin King interview Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris, a Chelsea legend infamous for his hard tackling and Chelsea’s Captain in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s and most successful captain for nearly 30 years. 795 appearances and a career going from the 1960’s Docherty’s Diamonds to the gloom of 1980. There can’t be any better servants of Chelsea than Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris. Chelsea's first FA Cup & European Cup Winners' Cup winning Captain, 'Chopper's' 18 year Chelsea career as an uncompromising, talented defender was notorious for getting his "late tackles in early".Martin King & Stamford Chidge talked to Ron 'Chopper' Harris about the Cup wins, playing with Peter Osgood and against George Best, 'Dirty' Leeds and his love affair with Chelsea and the fans that has lasted well over 50 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge interviews Bobby Tambling, Chelsea's second highest goalscorer.Bobby Tambling is most widely known for being Chelsea’s record goal scorer for over 40 years; scoring 202 goals in only 370 games from 1958-1970. Martin King and Stamford Chidge were privileged to interview Bobby about playing and learning from the great Jimmy Greaves; the differences in approach between Tommy Docherty and Dave Sexton; the game at Villa Park where he scored 5 goals; the pain of defeat against Spurs in the 1967 FA Cup Final and missing out in the 1970 final as well as following the careers of Kerry Dixon and Frank Lampard wondering which one might break his goal scoring record. Bobby Tambling’s love for Chelsea and the supporters who cheered his name week in week out is palpable as you will find out listening to this interview… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge interviews Kelvin Barker about his new book: "Days (I'll Remember All My LIfe)"Kelvin Barker, author of 'Celery: Representing Chelsea in the '80's' and writer for cfcuk, talks about his new book "Days (I'll Remember All My LIfe)". Celebrating the 50 years Kelvin has been following Chelsea, the book is a rollercoaster of emotions entiwined with a touching personal journey.In the book, it all begins with Kelvin's first match - Chelsea v Ipswich Town in 1973 and continues with him recalling momentous matches for Chelsea over the last 50 years including Chelsea v Hull City in 1977; Chelsea v Liverpool in 1982; Arsenal v Chelsea in 1984, the 1997 FA Cup final, and the Champions' League finals in 2008 and 2012, right up to Chelsea v West Ham in 2019, alongside more idiosyncratic matches such as Chelsea v Orient in 1978 and even Wrexham v Dagenham & Redbridge in 2019. While each match has significance for Kelvin as a Chelsea supporter, they also note a particular personal memory or milestone as he goes from wide eyed boy to world weary middle age. The book in many ways is a love letter to his family and friends and especially to Chelsea, his constant companion for 50 years. Chelsea haven't always made him happy, they have sometimes reduced him to tears, but as summer begins to turn to autumn in the relationship, Kelvin has decided that, just like his life, it all turned out nicely in the end.Kelvin's book can be purchased from Amazon or from Gate17 Books Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FROM THE ARCHIVE  Last summer, we ran a special series on our patreon called 'My daughter, the professional'. In this episode we spoke with Steve, father to Chelsea and Scotland midfielder Erin Cuthbert.  We spoke about her early days playing football in Scotland, her move down to Chelsea and what the future holds.  Please bear in mind this episode was recorded in the summer of 2021.   Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's 2000-2001 season. In part two we pick up the story in the New Year with a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at home on New Years' Day. Behind the scenes there was still unrest with Captain Dennis Wise and 'keeper Ed de Goey dropped. Wise, unhappy about being frequently played out of position put in a transfer request while de Goey was consigned to the bench and replaced by Carlo Cudicini for the rest of the season.  New signing Jesper Gronkjaer made a big impression with goals and assists against Gillingham in the FA Cup and Newcastle and running Gary Neville ragged in the 1:1 draw against Man Utd at home. Of Ranieri's first signing, Slovisa Jokanovic, the less said the better, Pitted against bogey side Arsenal at Highbury in the FA Cup 5th round, two Wiltord goals in 11 minutes meant that Chelsea would not be at a cup semi-final or better for the first time since 1993.  Chelsea's home form was good, but their away form terrible, evidenced by their first away win for a year coming against West Ham in March. Ultimately it was to damage their chances of a top 3 finish, although defeat to Sunderland and Charlton at home and an away defeat to Leeds Utd, their rivals for a top 3 finish, put the final nail in the coffin. Victories over Everton and Man City and a creditable draw away to Liverpool was enough to secure 6th place and qualification for next season's UEFA Cup, however, the season remained a massive disappointment with the sacking of well-loved Vialli whose name was chanted throughout the season and especially at bizarre decisions from Ranieri. To this should be added the early exit from the cup competitions; the injuries to Di Matteo and Stanic and the general feeling that many of the players wanted away. In fact, the greatest disappointment was the realisation that the team of the 90's was breaking up with the departures of Vialli, Petrescu, Di Matteo and Flo gone and Poyet, Leboeuf and Wise soon to depart, along with Zola apparently wanting to return to Italy. Chelsea was a team in transition and that meant the dream of winning the league title was perhaps further away than ever.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan to look back at Chelsea's 2000-2001 season.After another FA Cup winning season and an encouraging debut in the Champions' League, Chelsea supporters expectations were set high for the 2000-2001 season. Could we finally have a crack at the Premiership? Signing strikers Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen and Croation midfielder Mario Stanic and victory over Man Utd in the Charity Shield and beating West Ham 4:2 in the first Premiership match with Stanic scoring a goal of the season contender, augered well. But five matches later, popular (with the fans anyway) manager Gianluca Vialli was sacked and replaced by Claudio Ranieri, with rumours of players plotting behind the scenes to get Vialli out.Ranieri's reign started with the brilliant 3:3 draw against Man Utd at Old Trafford with Hasselbaink's exocet strike the stand out, but Di Matteo breaking his leg in the 1st round UEFA Cup defeat to St Gallen and the Worthington Cup defeat to Liverpool meant that by November Chelsea were out of two cup competitions and had only recovered from 16th position in the league to 10th. November was a horrendous month with the team struggling with adapting to Ranieri's tactics and rotation, as well as injuries to key midfield players. Of the 5 matches played Chelsea lost 4 and drew 1. For all intent and purpose, the league campaign was over before it began, but could Chelsea still challenge for the european places?The only bright spots in the season so far had been the superb goal scoring form of Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen and the emergence of midfielder Sam Dalla Bonna and a certain young John Terry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Worrall, Clayton Beerman, Dan Silver, Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle for the season review show.Our annual season review show is an opportunity for us to look back at the 2021-22 season and in the process cast our votes for the various categories we nominate.In part one we discuss our player and management ratings.In part two we look at our player of the year, breakthrough player of the year, most disappointing player of the year and goal of the season.In part three, we have the annual humiliation of the results of Dean's 'Chelsea FanCast Season Predictions' and continue the season review with our best and worst results and matches,We wrap up in part four by rating the season, comparing it to other seasons and revealing our individual favourite moments of the season.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham and Liam Twomey from The Athletic to discuss the issues Todd Boehly and his consortium need to address once they take over Chelsea FC.We kick off by reflecting on Roman Abramovich's legacy for Chelsea and discuss our favourite moment, worst moment, best signing and best player from the 'Roman' era.In part two we discuss Todd's to do list for Chelsea on the pitch including Tuchel's contract, the future of Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech and the plan for player contracts and signings.In part three we discuss Todd's to do list for Chelsea off the pitch including what needs to happen regarding Chelsea's staff, sponsors, fan representation, ticket pricing and allocations and the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge. In part four we have a couple of listener emails and we wrap up with our hopes and fears for the Boehly era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge interviews Jason Gibbins to talk about his book 'For Better Or Worse: Life, Love and Supporting Chelsea in the 1990's'.Jason Gibbins talks about his book, 'For Better Or Worse'. Engagingly written and laced with wry wit and pathos, 'For Better Or Worse' follows two paths as it tells the story of life, love and Chelsea in the ‘90s. Two roller coaster rides for the price of one! The first tracks each full season of the decade as the London club progress from mid-table mediocrity to a team competing on the European stage. The second, meanwhile, focuses game-by-game on the progression of the Blues 1997 FA Cup campaign; a campaign of additional significance for Jason thanks to a rash promise to propose should his beloved team win the trophy.“It has been 27 years since we last won it,” Jason said at the time, “so the odds are stacked in my favour.”'For Better Or Worse' can be purchased from Gate17Books or from Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Their Pitch host Mia Eriksson for our season review show. In Part One we take a look back on a turbulent and successful season for the Chelsea FC Women team, including opening day defeats, moments of magic, disaster in Europe, two FA Cups in one season, a third WSL title and more! And in Part Two we reveal our own high and low points from the season and reveal our end of season award winners. You can follow Mia on Twitter @Mia_Eriksson and @TheirPitch  Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver and Dayne Whittle to look back at Chelsea's last match of a very long season against Watford.On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss Tuchel’s odd team selection and subs; a great goal by Havertz, a poor one to concede thanks to Saar’s ball watching and Barkley’s bizarre winner; oh and Chilwell making a cameo appearance.In part two we discuss the end of term feeling, before, during and after; the end of an era; end of Dean; end of Roy and end of Rudi and ask who else? We’ll also discuss Mason Mount Chelsea’s Player of the Season, the amazing We Are The Shed banner; look at some player stats for the season, oh and Todd Boehly and his crew were in the house again.In part three, we have some cracking emails to read out, a question from Discord and the final table for our Prem Predictions league.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans, from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group and Tracy Brown, co-chair of Chelsea Pride to celebrate Chelsea's FA Cup success vs Manchester City. In Part One we look back on the 3-2 win in extra time, reliving all the drama as it happened.  And in Part Two we talk about the day out at Wembley, which ended with Jane, Tracy and Kerrie partying with the Chelsea squad and the FA Cup trophy at Box Park. You can follow Kerrie on Twitter @KerrieEvans and Tracy @ChelseaGirl78 and @ChelseaPride_ Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham and Adam Newson, Chief Chelsea FC correspondent for Football.London tp look back at the draw against Leicester and ahead to the final match of the season against Watford.In part one we look back at Thursday nights 1:1 draw against Leicester, a microcosm of the season – shambolic at the back, toothless in attack and the two sides of Alonso! We ask now third place has been confirmed, how much of a relief is it? We discuss Friday's press conference: - a challenging season, home form, finishing & injuries, the Tuchel banner, closing the gap on Liverpool & City & rebuilding and the importance of Kante.In part two we preview Chelsea v Watford, starting with Chidge's team selection. We discuss woeful Watford, Roy Hodgson’s last game in charge, are we releived it's the final match of the season, and what will the 'lap of appreciation' be like and will it mark the end of an era? All this plus how we see the match going and our predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge interviews Gary Thacker, author of a new book focusing on Chelsea's extraordinary Champions' League campaign of 2012, culminating in the club's first European Cup trophy.By the early months of 2012, it was clear that the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas as head coach at Chelsea wasn't delivering the required success. Instead, the club was spiralling towards its worst season of the Roman Abramovich era. On 4 March, Villas-Boas was dismissed, with his former assistant Roberto Di Matteo made interim head coach until the end of the season. Struggling in the league and with their place in the Champions League in peril, it was an appointment designed to make the best of things until a permanent replacement could be sought in the summer. Instead, under Di Matteo's guidance, Chelsea embarked on a run of performances that not only led to an FA Cup triumph, but resurrected their European hopes with improbable victories over Napoli, Benfica and Guardiola's all-conquering Barcelona before, against all odds, winning the Champions League by defeating Bayern Munich in their own stadium. This is the story of a triumph that came out of the blue. Out of the Blue is the extraordinary story of Chelsea’s recovery from a season seemingly in terminal decline and describes the story of how the club's worst season in more than a decade ended with ‘The greatest night in the history of Chelsea Football Club’ (Martin Tyler - Sky). It relates how Roberto Di Matteo took over a club in turmoil and delivered FA Cup and Champions League triumphs against all oddsThe book picks up the story from Terry's tears in Moscow and takes it on, through various managers, to the triumph in Munich and tells the story of a team that was on the brink of elimination so many times, but survived to triumph. It gives the details, plus many of the surrounding stories, of all Chelsea's Champions League games together with exclusive insight from interviews with celebrated journalists and authors in Portugal, Spain and Germany as Chelsea toured the continent in search of glory.Out of the Blue relives the rollercoaster and emotionally draining events in Barcelona and Munich that almost defy belief and contains interviews with a collection of Chelsea fans, including Chelsea FanCast's Mark Worrall, as they followed the club's progress: their hopes, fears and, ultimately, celebrations.Gary Thacker is an established author and journalist who writes for numerous magazines and websites, including The Guardian Sports Network and newspapers in Spain. He was shortlisted for Blogger of the Year by the FSF in 2017, and has guested on BBC and talkSPORT radio. A member of These Football Times' Senior Leadership Team, he also appears on podcasts and hosts the popular 'Political Football' series. This is his sixth bookOut of the Blue can be purchased from Amazon, around the world, for £16.99 or cheaper using this link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Marco Worrall and Mark Meehan to reflect on a bitterly disappointing FA Cup Final defeat by the smallest of margins last Saturday.In part one we look at the shambolic start to the match for Chelsea and Chidge! With Liverpool only beating Chelsea on penalties after 7 hours of football, do Chelsea have a way to go to catch up or are the teams more evenly matched than most pundits admit? And did Chelsea pay the penalty for poor finishing?In part two, wasTuchel hamstrung by the late injuries to Werner & Havertz and last minute withdrawl of Christensen? Which Chelsea players stood out? After 3 Cup final defeats in a row, which hurt most? How disappointing has the season been and was Saturday a classic example of a good day out with your mates, ruined by a football match or in this case a penalty shoot out? In part three we have this week's emails and we wrap up the show in part four with a preview of Thursday night's Chelsea v Leicester match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham to look back at the victory away to Leeds, catch up on the Chelsea news and look ahead to the FA Cup final against Liverpool.In part one, Liam Twomey from the Athletic to catch up with this week's Chelsea news, today's press conference and look back at 3-0 defeat of Leeds United. A superb result, superb performance with  Pulisic impressive, Mount & James at their best and Chalobah finally getting a recall. All this plus Lukaku scoring 3 goals in 2 games. On the downside, Leeds proved that they are still very much Dirty Leeds with Daniel James putting Kovacic out of the game with a horrible tackle. But, more important Chelsea now only need one more win to finish third in the league.We also discuss today's press conference - will Kovacic & Kante be fit and Lukaku’s agent causing trouble & will Lukaku start up front?In part two we welcome back football writer, Tony Evans, for the Opposition View. We ask Tony what he thinks about the Chelsea take over? Liverpool’s FA Cup history; Liverpool’s FA Cup history v Chelsea. How important is the FA Cup to Liverpool fans? Has the FA Cup been devalued? Are Liverpool focussing on the FA Cup, Premier League or Champions League? Will Fabinho be a big miss? What are the key match ups? And how does Tony see it going? And in part three we preview the 150th FA Cup final and Chelsea's 16th final. Chidge presents his Team selection; should Lukaku start up front? Who starts in midfield if Kovacic is not fit? We discuss why we love the Cup and Chelsea’s Cup history.  The importance of not losing three in a row? How do we beat Liverpool? Cup Final Match Day rituals and how do we see it going. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dean. Jane and Dayne are joined by Kerrie Evans, from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group and Tracy Brown, co-chair of Chelsea Pride to celebrate Chelsea's third successive WSL title win. In Part One we look back on the 4-2 win over Manchester United that secured the title, reflecting on what it was like inside Kingsmeadow as the celebrations began.  And in Part Two we look ahead to Sunday's FA Cup Final at Wembley against Manchester City You can follow Kerrie on Twitter @KerrieEvans and Tracy @ChelseaGirl78 and @ChelseaPride_ To register interest in our Future BallHerz campaign please fill out this form.Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at another episode of Chelsea throwing it all away in the last minute against Wolves!On the show tonight, in part one, we ask how well did Lukaku and Pulisic do; another appalling referee; Tuchel’s post-match points and his strange substitutions and like death and taxes, Chelsea getting done in the transition again.In part two we ask is it the players or Tuchel at fault; how much of a clear out do we need and how does this leave us in the top 4 run in. Oh, and what did we think of Todd Boehly’s presence at the Bridge?In part three, we have some cracking emails to read out and to wrap in part four we preview Wednesday night’s match against Leeds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Clayton Beerman and Liam Twomey from the Athletic to catch up with this week's Chelsea news and preview the match against Wolves.In part one we discuss the furore over Roman supposedly reneging on the loan to the club and the Boehly bid progressing while Ratcliffe's bid is dismissed. In part two we catch up with todays press conference with Thomas Tuchel. Kante and Jorginho are out, Tuchel suggests that its difficult to create chances v Wolves so we'll need a high tempo! Are there concerns that Chelsea are losing their edge and is he frustrated at the takeover situation and how it is affecting the team? And in part three we preview the Chelsea v Wolves match. Kicking off with Chidge's team selection; should Tuchel freshen it up? With No Bruno Lage due to Covid and Wolves’ recent form suggesting they are on the beach, will this be to Chelsea's advantage? With Chelsea needing just two wins from four matches to secure top 4, how do we see it going and what are our predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Tracy Brown, co-chair of Chelsea Pride.  In Part One we look back on wins over Spurs and Birmingham City. In Part Two we reflect on the news that Jonna Andersson, Ji So-Yun and Drew Spence will be leaving the club, plus we answer some questions from Discord.And in Part Three we look ahead to Sunday's WSL title decider.  You can follow Tracy on Twitter @ChelseaGirl78 and @ChelseaPride_ To register interest in our Future BallHerz campaign please fill out this form.Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

STamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham & Dayne Whittle to look back at another frustrating defeat at Goodison Park, to Everton.On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss Lampard’s Everton doing a job on us and the referee; mistakes costing us again and a repeat of so many issues we’ve seen before.In part two we ask is top 4 now in jeopardy and what is going wrong and how can Tuchel sort it out. We also check in with the Chelsea takeover and ask what would it mean if the Boehly bid wins and would Ratcliffe’s bid really be preferable?In part three, we go through the questions from the Discord group and have no less than 5 emails to read out on a variety of topics.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Football.London's Adam Newson to discuss the latest news on the Chelsea takeover with a shock late bid from Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Boehly announced as the preferred bidder.In part one, we discuss the latest situation with the Chelsea takeover. What happens next with the Boehly bid being announced as the preferred bid and will Sir Jim Ratcliffe's late bid derail the process. Also what did Nadine Dorries mean by Chelsea being on 'borrowed time' and does this have anything to do with the timing of the Ratcliffe bid?We also catch up on today's press conference and look back at a massively frustrating 1-1 draw against Man Utd last Thursday.In part two, we are joined by massive Everton fan, Dave 'Comedy Dave' Vitty, for the Opposition View. What does Dave think of Super Frank’s appointment? What’s gone wrong for Everton this season? How worried is he about relegation? Does Everton’s record at home to Chelsea give him hope and will Frank try to shithouse Chelsea like he tried against Liverpool? And Dave tells us how he sees it going and gives us his prediction.We wrap up in part three with our preview of Everton v Chelsea, kicking off with our team selection, a look at Everton's form and Chelsea’s poor record at Goodison Park. Will Frank shithouse Chelsea in a match that both teams have to win? We discuss how we see it going and our predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Rob Pratley, Editor of The CFC W Social, to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 win away to Tottenham Hotspur.  We discuss away ends in the WSL, fluke own goals, did Reiten mean it? The bad luck of Bethany England, and the brilliance of Chelsea, plus much more, as we look back on a game that had it all. You can follow Rob on Twitter @RJPJournalism and @CFCWSocial  To register interest in our Future BallHerz campaign please fill out this form.Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.