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Chelsea FanCast #1006 'Meet the New Season, same as the Old Season?' Aug 21, 2023

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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham to look back on muggy 3-1 defeat away to West Ham.

In part one we discuss another poor start, a great goal by Chukwuemeka and a poor penalty from Enzo, which arguably turned the match. Why didn't Jackson take it? And then a comedy of errors from Disasi and Colwill led to an Antonio scorcher which turned it in West Ham's favour.

In part two we discuss whether Mudryk is being weighed down by expectations. Sterling gets the plaudits for a decent performance. Jackson impressed again but was out muscled by two giants, on his own and crowded out. Caicedo probably shouldn't have come on and unsurprisingly looked at sea and off the pace - not his fault. Pochettino needs to sort his system out and play the formation that best suits the players he has available. West Ham away was a reality check and it’s going to take time to gel this team.

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Chelsea FanCast Preview Show #1005 Aug 18, 2023

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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham to preview West Ham v Chelsea.

In part one we round up the Chelsea news including: Reece James injured again; Caicedo get’s Zola’s shirt - do we care? And Lewis Hall off to Newcastle? Are we sacrificing the youth for profit?

In part two we have the Opposition View with James Jones from 'We Are West Ham'. We discuss how good did it feel for West Ham to win a European trophy? How did James feel about Rice leaving for Arsenal? Can and are West Ham replacing Rice? And is there still disquiet over Moyes? Will he see the season out? James gives us his predictions for the match on Sunday and for West Ham's season.

In part three we preview West Ham v Chelsea. We kick off with Chidge's team selection. How big a blow losing Reece? Will Caicedo to start? What about Lavia? Can we consign Chelsea’s recent away form to the bin - 1 clean sheet across their previous 13 PL road trips (W2, D3, L8). West Ham have a decent record at the London Stadium v Chelsea (W4, D2, L2) – why is that? We wrap up with our predictions and have a quick look at the Chelsea FanCast Prem Predictions League.

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“Home Again” Chelsea FanCast #1004 Aug 14, 2023

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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Clayton Beerman for the first Monday night show of the season for a look back at the 1-1 draw against Liverpool.

In part one, we discuss MoPo's 3:4:2:1 curve ball and some encouraging performances from Enzo, Conor, Wing Commander, Jackson and Disasi.

In part two we ask does Sterling need to up his game or ship out? Is Mudryk a better option? Is Chuk really the number 10 option? How did Sanchez do? And with Kepa loaned to Madrid we ask why not a sale, what’s the upside? Caicedo is now officially blue; Liverpool have red mist. Is FFP is a red herring due to amortisation? And with the deal for Lavia looking done, what/who else do we need?

In part three, we have your emails in 'In Off The Post'.

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Chelsea FanCast Preview Show #1003 Aug 11, 2023

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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd & Mark Meehan are back for the new season kicking off with Chelsea v Liverpool this Sunday.

In part one we are joined by Liam Twomey from The Athletic to try and make sense of what's happening with the potential transfer of Moises Caicedo. Yeh, good luck with that. We also get Liam's thoughts on the still relatively new Clearlake regime aka Boehlywood.

In part two we welcome back 'The Opposition View' and football writer Tony Evans. Tony gives us the view from the red side of merseyside and discusses Liverpool's disappointing season last year, their pre-season, transfer business and thoughts on their bid for Caicedo.We also talk to Tony about how long Klopp has left at Liverpool and his predictions for Liverpool’s season and the match on Sunday.

In part three, Mark Meehan, current Chair of the Chelsea Supporters Trust discusses the recent Trust Ticketing Survey results, and the emphatic NO TO BALLOTING as a way to sell tickets that has come out of it.

Chidge reveals his team selection and we discuss whether it's about performance rather than result given how bad last season was and how important will it be to lay down a marker against a big rival. We wrap up with our predictions for Sunday's match.

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Chelsea FanCast #1002 'You'll Win Nothing With Kids?' Aug 07, 2023

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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are back for the new season and are joined by Tony Glover to discuss the pre-season, the transfers to date and look ahead to the new season.

In part one we discuss Chelsea's pre-season tour of the USA. How did our Pre-season go? Who impressed? Who disappointed? Do we have an idea of MoPo’s starting 11?

In part two we take a look at Chelsea's transfer business to date. We look at the outgoings and incomings. Is there business yet to do and has it been a good window, so far?

In part three we look forward to the new season. Taking our mark from Deano’s FanCast predictions we have a bash at predicting what might happen. We look at the stand out matches and reveal what our expectations for the season are.

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'Season Review' Went to Mow Kingsmeadow #105 Jun 28, 2023

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This week Dean is joined by Sophie Spittle, Jonny Sillitoe, Richard Bates and Simon Kingman to reflect on the 2022/2023 season.

In Part One we look back at some defining moments in our season and in Part Two we give out some virtual awards for signing of the season, most improved player, goal of the season and player of the season.

You can follow our guests on Twitter @Traveller74, @JonnySillitoe, @BatesInThePlace and @KingmanSimon

We now broadcast LIVE every Tuesday at 8pm UK time. You can listen by heading to www.mixlr.com and searching 'Went To Mow Kingsmeadow'

To listen to our summer series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Chelsea FC Women's team head to https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow

Join our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzK

Find us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Instagram @WentToMowKingsmeadow, Dean @CFCWFanzine, Jane @JaneChappellx, Dayne @DWhitt9.

Buy your copy of Kingsmeadow Chronicle here. You can also find Kingsmeadow Chronicle on Instagram @KingsmeadowChronicle and Tik Tok which is also @KingsmeadowChronicle

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Chelsea Fancast #1001 'In Off the Post' Jun 22, 2023

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Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd go through this week's Chelsea FanCast mail bag.

Chidge and JK read through the emails from the Chelsea FanCast listeners. To email the show and get your views heard email chelseafancast@gmail.com

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'Analyse That!' Chelsea FanCast #1000 Jun 12, 2023

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Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dean Mears gather for the last live show of the season where we try to make sense of one of Chelsea's worst seasons.

Dean kicks the show off with the results of our pre-season predictions - even more humiliating than Chelsea's on pitch performances!

We review the season looking at Player of the Season; breaktrhough player of the season, goal of the season, best and worst match and result and we rate the players, management and season itself.

We wrap the show up by comparing the season to seasons past and recalling some of our best personal moments from it.

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'Rebirth of the Blues' Chelsea FanCast #999 Jun 01, 2023

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Stamford Chidge interviews Chelsea author Neil Fitzsimon about his new book 'Rebirth of the Blues'.

Having chronicled Chelsea's 1970 FA Cup winning side in 'Rhapsody in Blue' and Eddie McCreadie's promotion side in 'A Deeper Shade of Blue', Neil has turned his sights to the period between 1977-1985.

One of the nost turbulent periods in Chelsea's history, it was a period when Chelsea narrowly escaped relegation into the Third Division in 1983, before being resurrected under the management of John Neal when the likes of Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin and others catapulted the club to new glories. The next year, Chelsea took the Second Division by storm with their new brand of quicksilver flowing football to make a triumphant return to the top flight as champions.

But Rebirth of the Blues is more than just a chronicle of football history. It’s a gripping memoir of a Chelsea fan growing up in the late 1970s to mid-80s and his experiences of living through the political unrest of Thatcherite Britain when excess and greed were seen as ideals to be admired. Fitzsimon recalls his tentative first steps with girlfriends, the changing face of the music scene and what it was like to be single and one of the lads.

You can buy the book here

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“Over and Out” Chelsea FanCast #998 May 30, 2023

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd (from his hospital bed!), Clayton Beerman and Dayne Whittle to review the last match of the season against Newcastle.

And breathe. Yes, Chelsea's worst season for nearly 30 years is finally consigned to the dustbin where it belongs. We look back at the last match against Newcastle, where Chelsea did ok against a Newcastle side clearly sipping cocktails on the beach. The usual profligacy in front of goal by Chelsea; why break the cycle eh lads? Of more interest was who might be playing their last game? Azpi with a superb banner to honour him? Loftus-Cheek who gave the "I'm off" clap to all four stands in the ground? Mason Mount who looked tearful in the lap of appreciation.

We know Frank is off and he got a well deserved warm send off. But it's now "Hello, hello, Pochettino; Pochettino!" as our new manager has been announced. Interestingly one of his first decisions may have been to refuse to put an offer in on Felix who is set to return to Atletico Madrid. We wrap up part one with a chat about a fantastic evening at the 1983/84 re-union at Under the Bridge on Saturday night.

In part two we welcome back Garry Hayes and Ceri Levy from The Chels to talk about the next installment of their superb documentary podcast series on Chelsea from the Hoddle era to Munich, called The Blueprint. The next episodes are available from May 31st from wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure you check them out. The Blueprint

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