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"Banter FC 0 European Champions 2" Chelsea FanCast #832 Aug 23, 2021

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle & Mark Meehan to look back on a superb debut from Romelu Lukaku in the 2-0 defeat of Arsenal.

On the show tonight, we’ll be eulogising Romelu Lukaku’s compete centre forward display and musing on Tuchel’s team selection. We offer props to Reece James for his all-round performance and courtesy of Adam Newson of Football.London’s article offer a reappraisal of Jorginho after Tuchel’s effusive comments about our mercurial Brazilian Italian.

In part two we discuss how good Chelsea’s defence is and the game management that Tuchel has brought to the side, while acknowledging the good start with tougher tests to come.

In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Arsenal match; the second round of our Prem Predictions league, plus a couple of emails to read out.

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Went To Mow Kingsmeadow Episode 32- Talking Tactics Aug 21, 2021

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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson for a new feature, talking tactics, where we discuss all things tactics and football analysis.

Mia is currently studying tactics and analysis at the Barcelona Innovation Hub and we hope to learn along with the listener as we discuss Chelsea.

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Chelsea FanCast Preview Show #831 Aug 20, 2021

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look ahead to Chelsea’s match away to Arsenal on Sunday.

Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to discuss Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today focussing on whether Romelu Lukaku will start against Arsenal; how will the team formation change to fit him in; Chalobah earning the right to stay; Pulisic contracting Covid and Kante and Ziyech fit again.

In part two we welcome Dave Seager from Gunnerstown for our 'Opposition View'. Dave gives his thoughts on Arsenal’s summer signings; the pressure on Mikel Arteta; his expectations for Arsenal’s season and a look ahead to Sunday’s match against Chelsea from the Arsenal perspective.

In part three we preview Arsenal v Chelsea with our views on the likely Chelsea team; our poor recent record against Arsenal; the perfect stage for Lukaku to make his second Chelsea debut and not underestimating Arsenal. We wrap up with our predictions for the game.

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"Home" Chelsea FanCast #830 Aug 16, 2021

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at Chelsea's victory over Crystal Palace in their opening Premier League match of the new season.

On the show tonight, we’ll be discussing just how good it was to be back at the Bridge; applaud a fine performance by Chelsea, especially Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah with his dream debut.

In part two we’ll be asking should we be concerned by Pulisic and Werner’s form? What difference will Lukaku make; does his signing mean we are title favourites and do we need any other additions to the squad. And we say thank you and farewell to Tammy Abraham.

In part three we have some odds and sods with the results of the Fannies for the Palace match; the Chelsea FanCast season predictions to go through and the results from the first round of our 'Prem Predictions' league, plus one email to read out.

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50 Years of Chelsea: 1979-80 Aug 15, 2021

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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1979-80 season.

Chelsea enters the last season of a very turbulent decade, back in Division Two and as the song says, “we won’t be here for long”. Well, that was the thinking anyway!

England’s 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero, Geoff Hurst is appointed manager with his West Ham side kick Bobby Gould as assistant.

When Chelsea hammered Leyton Orient 7-3 it looked like some of Hurst’s goalscoring magic was rubbing off on the players. In fact, by the end of December, Chelsea were sitting top of the division and were still top with only one month of the season to go.

Bolstered by Clive Walker’s goals in a fine season for the winger who was Chelsea’s POTY, Chelsea had to beat Oldham in their final match to secure promotion. They did, but sadly, Birmingham and Sunderland both drew which was enough to leave Chelsea agonisingly 1 point off the promotion places. Had Mickey Droy not hit the post in the 1st match of the season v Sunderland, we’d have been promoted.

Still, we had the antics of Petar Borota our mad Yugoslavian keeper to keep us entertained and with Colin Lee, Colin Viljoen and Colin Pates debuting in the season, how many teams could lay claim to having three Colin’s in the team?

To help us celebrate 50 Years of Chelsea we've partnered with 3Retro who have a superb collection of Chelsea retro gear and are offering 10% OFF when you use the 3RETRO10 code and if you order over £50 of merch you get FREE UK delivery.

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Chelsea FanCast Preview Show #829 Aug 13, 2021

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s opening match of the new season against Crystal Palace.

Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to discuss Chelsea's victory over Villareal in the UEFA Super Cup final, the signing of Romely Lukaku and the debacle over the Matthew Harding Lower meaning 908 supporters cannot go to Saturday's game.

In part two we welcome back Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest for our 'Opposition View'. Chris gives his thoughts on new manager Patrick Viera, the new palace signings including Marc Guehi and Connor Gallagher, his expectations for Palace's season and how he sees Saturday's match going.

In part three we preview Chelsea v Crystal Palace with our views on how big an issue is the lack of match fitness and sharpness; how big a loss will Ziyech and Kante be; the importance of hitting the ground running and how we see the match going.

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A Deeper Shade of Blue Aug 11, 2021

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Stamford Chidge talks to Neil Fitzsimon about his new book - "A Deeper Shade of Blue" covering the 1972-77 seasons and a very turbulent time in Chelsea's history.

A Deeper Shade of Blue charts the tumultuous years of Chelsea Football Club between 1972 and 1977 when the glittering cup-winning side of the early 70s was broken up, and stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson departed, along with manager Dave Sexton. It was an era that saw Chelsea relegated to the Second Division while massive debts pushed them to the brink of extinction. But the Blues bounced back with the birth of Eddie McCreadie's brash, young and exciting side, led by the precociously talented Ray 'Butch' Wilkins. McCreadie guided the club back to the First Division only to leave acrimoniously in bizarre circumstances - a golden opportunity spurned by the club's owners. A Deeper Shade of Blue is the eagerly awaited sequel to Neil Fitzsimon's Rhapsody in Blue. It reveals how the author made the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood as a Chelsea supporter during those turbulent times. We discover how the innocence of youth was replaced by the harsh experience of growing up in 1970s England.

Neil's book can be purchased from Amazon for around £10.

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50 Years of Chelsea: 1996-97 Pt.2 Aug 11, 2021

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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.

Part Two of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, picks up the story in January, with Chelsea drawn against Liverpool, Premier League leaders, in the 4th round of the FA Cup.

Chelsea are 2-0 down at half-time and it could have been 4 or 5. Gullit brings Mark Hughes on and the rest, as they say, is history. Thanks to Hughes, Zola and a Vialli brace, Chelsea forced a remarkable comeback to win 4-2 in what is one of the favourite matches of all time for many supporters.

While Chelsea’s league form held up well this season with impressive wins against Liverpool, West Ham, Spurs and Sunderland and a draw against Man Utd, resulting in their highest finish (6th) since 1990. But, the second half of the 96-97 season was really all about the FA Cup.

A dramatic penalty by Frank LeBeouf in Extra-Time against Leicester, was followed by a routine 4-1 thumping of Portsmouth in the quarter-final. Up against bogey side Wimbledon in the Highbury semi-final, Chelsea put on the style, winning 3-1 with Zola giving the Wimbledon defence “twisted blood”.

Reaching their second FA Cup final in 3 seasons, supporters believed this was Chelsea’s time as they faced Middlesbrough. None of us could have predicted that Roberto Di Matteo would smash in a goal from 30 yards after just 43 seconds to calm the nerves. Eddie Newton wrapped things up on 83 minutes as Chelsea won 2-0 to secure their first trophy in 26 years and second FA Cup after 27 years. No surprise then that the player’s celebrations lasted 45 mins after the trophy was handed to Dennis Wise. The supporter’s celebrations lasted much, much longer!

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50 Years of Chelsea: 1996-97 Pt.1 Aug 10, 2021

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The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season.

Part One of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, starts with the incredible signings of Italian stars Gianluca Vialli and Roberto di Matteo and future French World Cup winner, Frank LeBoeuf.

Ruud Gullit began to assemble a Chelsea side with a distinctly continental flair and the Chelsea supporters loved it. But while the trio all settled in quickly, Chelsea’s start to the season was steady rather than spectacular.

All this was overshadowed by the tragic death of Matthew Harding, in a helicopter crash on the way back from the Coca Cola League Cup defeat away to Bolton in October. Harding, a real man of the people, who would drink a few pints of Guinness in the Imperial Pub with the supporters, had bankrolled the signing of players such as di Matteo and LeBoeuf as well as the new North Stand and the new Shed End which was being built at the time.

The grieving for Matthew Harding was lifted a little in November with the signing of Gianfranco Zola, a genuine world star from Italy. Zola made an immediate impact scoring superb goals and striking up a telepathic partnership with Mark Hughes. But how would this impact Vialli, already a favourite with the Stamford Bridge faithful?

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Went To Mow Kingsmeadow Episode 31- Season Preview- The opposition Aug 09, 2021

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This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Ben Gilby to preview our rivals in the 2021/22 season.

We assess their incomings and outgoings, new and existing coaches and fill out our league tables come May 2022 to see who's coming top

and who's going down.

Let us know your thoughts!

Please remember this episode was recorded before the transfer window closed

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