Chelsea Fancast

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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://d

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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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 h

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&nbs

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 the

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 Liverpo

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.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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-&nbs

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.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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&nbs

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. See

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 odd