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"Let the Celery Decide" Chelsea FanCast #529 Oct 09, 2020

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Stamford Chidge interviews his old mate, Walter Otton, cfcuk writer and author of "Stuck On You: a year in the life of a Chelsea supporter"; "Carefree! Chelsea Chants & Terrace Culture"; "The Red Hand Gang"; "Roe2Ro"; "Poppy" and "Shorts", to talk about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide"

Chidge talks to Walter Otton about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide" where he poignantly and passionately recounts his journey from the Champions' League semi-final second leg against Barcelona to the Final in Munich.

Chelsea's struggle to win the 'Holy Grail' mirror Walters own health struggles, but as ever, teamwork and mates help him through.

A very moving chat with a wonderful writer and Chelsea supporter which reminds you as to why going to football is so important and why we miss it so much.

The book is available from our very own Mark Worrall's Gate 17 publishing or from Amazon priced at £7.95

Here's the summary from the back cover...

“Brace yourself for an invigorating journey with a quite miraculous ending – and we’re not just talking about what happens on the pitch. Treasuring a one-nil lead, five thousand Chelsea supporters travel to Barcelona for the second leg of the semi-final of the European Cup.

After the most extraordinary ninety minutes ever witnessed, the Blues know they will face Bayern Munich in the Final. Desperately pining for some consistent peace of mind after the Doctor had signed him off indefinitely, Walt’s excursions to both games are peppered with powerful honesty, stirring dreams and spontaneous connections. Join him as he blindly navigates through the brutal storm of life-changing health issues in what would end up being a glorious season.

He’s lost his job; he might be losing his marbles – he’s a husband and a father clinging on to his kids, his faith and his marriage. Drinking with his friends George and Tall Paul, the three of them are tucked up for the day in a sun-drenched Munich beer garden. Fate puts in an appearance and suddenly there’s a spare ticket in the Chelsea end for the Final sitting right in Walter’s palm. Who goes to the match?

‘Let the Celery Decide’”

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‘Chilled Well’ Chelsea FanCast #528 Oct 05, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dean Mears to look back at a satisfyingly chilled 4-0 win against Crystal Palace.

On the show tonight, we discuss Ben Chilwell’s superb debut; the defence keeping a clean sheet; Kante getting back to his best and Jorginho bringing something oh and Havertz is silky smooth.

In part two we ask with Jorghinho and Havertz impressing, where does this leave Mason Mount? Does Werner need to start as a striker rather than out wide? Is there genuinely pressure on Frank or is it just media gaslighting? And how close are Chelsea to being where we want them to be?

In part three we check in with this week’s Chelsea FanCast Premier Predictions League, God help us and as this is Transfer Deadline Day, we ask who needs to stay, who needs to go and who needs to come in.

In part four, we have this week’s edition of ‘In Off the Post’ where JK and I read out the emails and messages sent in by you the listener.

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Chelsea FanCast Preview Show #527 Oct 02, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to discuss today's press conference, round up this week's news and look ahead to Chelsea v Crystal Palace on Saturday.

We look back at the Carabao Cup exit to Spurs, another game of two halves and the subsequent abuse of Mason Mount for missing the crucial penalty.

Rounding up this week's news we look at the Champions League draw and the latest on the transfer and loan moves.

Looking ahead to the match against Palace this weekend, we discuss today's press conference, hear from Chris Hambling from Back of the Nest in the 'Opposition View' and preview the match.

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‘Frank Lampard & the Shocking Pinks’ Chelsea FanCast #526 Sep 28, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Mark Meehan to look back at the topsy-turvy draw against West Brom, the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Spurs on Tuesday night.

On the show tonight, we yet again discuss a litany of defensive errors and ask is it down to individual errors or poor coaching and how much should Frank Lampard shoulder the blame?

In part two we praise Chelsea’s fighting spirit, especially Mount, Hudson-Odoi and Abraham who dug us out of the manure and muse on the fact that Frank Lampard has a formation and selection headache.

In part three look back at the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and applaud Kai Havertz hat-trick. He is silky smooth.

In part four, we look ahead to Tuesday nights Carabao Cup tie against Spurs, hear from Ricky Sacks of Last Word on Spurs in the 'Opposition View' and have an update on our weekly Chelsea FanCast 'Prem Predictions' league.

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'West Brom v Chelsea Preview' Chelsea FanCast #525 Sep 25, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday.

The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday and look at our recent record against the 'Baggies'. We look at the West Brom squad including the impressive Grady Diangana and the recent acquisition of former Chelsea legend Brana Ivanovic.

Should Chelsea be wary of a West Brom side managed by Slaven Bilic that have shipped 8 goals in 2 games? Are they merely a Championship side with Championship players? Will Pulisic, Silva, Chilwell and Ziyech be fit enough to start? Will Kepa be in goal and is it a must win game for Frank and Chelsea.

Finally we discuss how we see the match panning out.

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'Chelsea v Barnsley Carabao Cup Preview' Chelsea FanCast #524 Sep 23, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview the Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley on Wednesday night.

The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley on Wednesday night and look at our recent record against the 'Tykes'. We ask will Frank give game time to some of the squad players and the youth; how important would winning the Cup be to Frank and the players and how we see the match panning out.

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'The Post Bag' Chelsea FanCast #523 Sep 22, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to go through the week's emails as sent in by the Chelsea Fancast listeners.

This week we have emails from Jeff Jones, Andrew Bailey, Mark Graver, Jeff Krein, Darrel Middleditch, Adam Breacher and J Rheckerrooc covering the defeat to Liverpool; Kepa's future; praising Kante, Zouma and Tomori and our 50 Years of Chelsea series.

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’10 Men Went to Mow’ Chelsea FanCast #522 Sep 21, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to look back at the defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.

On the show tonight, we discuss the mistakes that led to Chelsea losing 2-0 to Liverpool; who will be in and who will be out once things settle in and talking of which, will Mendy solve our goalkeeping crisis.

In part two we ask did Frank get the tactics right? Was he let down by player errors or was he too cautious in his approach? On the positive side we look at the performances of Timo Werner, James, Zouma and Tomori and discuss when the new look Chelsea might be ready and what we think Frank's best Chelsea XI might be.

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50 Years of Chelsea - 1989-90 Sep 19, 2020

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Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Kelvin Barker, author of 'Celery: Representing Chelsea in the '80's'; 'Chelsea Here, Chelea There' and writer for cfcuk, to look back at the 1989-90 season.

Chelsea are back in Division One after their record breaking previous season. They finish this season in 5th place, their best finish since 1970, largely due to Kerry Dixon's 25 goals and Kevin Wilson's 20 goals but the defence had a big part to play too with Dave Beasant outstanding in goal ably assisted by Steve Clarke, Gareth Hall, Ken Monkou, Erland Johnsen and Tony Dorigo.

Chelsea secured their second trophy in four years winning the Zenith Data Systems trophy at Wembley in a 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough. A shame their cup finesse didn't include going deep in the FA and League Cups with a third round departure against Bristol City in the FA Cup and lowly Scarborough knocking Chelsea out of the League Cup.

A talented crop of youngsters such as David Lee; Gareth Hall; Frank Sinclair; Jason Cundy; Graeme Le Saux; Graham Stuart; Damien Matthew; Craig Burley were beginning to break into the side which augured well for the future

All in all a very memorable season and as ever, never a dull moment at Chelsea in a season enthusiastically remembered by Chidge, Jonathan and Kelvin.

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'Brighton Rocket!' Chelsea FanCast #521 Sep 15, 2020

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Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover, Alex Churchill and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 defeat of Brighton and ahead to next weekend's match against Liverpool.

On the show tonight, we discuss a good win in an average performance and 50 shades of Kepa as he flaps and lets another long range shot in and yet appears to have the backing of his manager.

In part two we look at the contrasting debuts of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz; wither Ruben Loftus-Cheek; ask is the 4:2:3:1 workable and what is Chelsea’s best line up going forward.

In part three, we reveal the Chelsea FanCast Prem Predictions results from week one and have a superb email to read out.

In part four we have a look ahead to next weekend’s match against Liverpool. Is a rivalry being re-kindled; Klopp’s hypocrisy and how we see the match going.

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