Chelsea Fancast

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability as Mark Worrall would say and it has most definitely been emotional.In the ninth episode, Alex Churchill ('The Girl Who Likes Balls') joins Stamford Chidge to talk about her support of Chelsea including her first games in the 1990s, her favourite matches and players, all time Chelsea Hero, best and worst Chelsea moments as well as her favourite Chelsea songs!Welcome to Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Alex Churchill  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan, cfcuk writer and co-author of 'Eddie Mac, Eddie Mac' to mull over the latest Chelsea news and look back at Chelsea's 1975-76 season.On the show tonight, with football returning in Germany, we discuss what we think of it and are there any lessons to be learnt if and when it happens here. We also talk Luca Vialli after his excellent interview in the Guardian about his battle with cancer.In parts two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1975-76 season. Chelsea now find themselves in Division 2 for the first time since 1963, but with Eddie McCreadie in charge, the old guard are replaced with Chelsea’s bright young stars of the future led by Ray Wilkins. But it is not plain sailing and there appears to be a lot of work to do.In part four we wrap up with your emails.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability as Mark Worrall would say and it has most definitely been emotional.In the eighth episode, Chelsea FanCast's Stamford Chidge joins Tony Glover to talk about his support of Chelsea and his somewhat idiosyncratic journey getting there including his first games, his favourite matches and players, his all time Chelsea Hero, best and worst Chelsea moments as well has his favourite Chelsea songs!Welcome to Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Stamford Chidge.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to ask what would have happened if we'd played Liverpool at the weekend; what now for Stamford Bridge and a look back at the 1974-75 season in our '50 Years of Chelsea' series.On the show tonight, with Chelsea scheduled to play Liverpool at the weekend in an alternate reality, we ponder how it might have gone, with presumably Liverpool about to be crowned Champions. Also, a couple of emails have come in about the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge, or not. Seeing as we are discussing the era when the East stand was redeveloped at much cost, financial and otherwise, it seems pertinent to discuss the modern plight.In parts two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1974-75 season. The doom and gloom continue as Chelsea, having dispensed with their best players, start poorly, culminating in Dave Sexton, our most successful manager at that point being sacked. Things don’t really improve and it all boils down to a rele

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability as Mark Worrall, this week's guest would say and it has most definitely been emotional.In the seventh episode, Chelsea FanCast's Mark Worrall joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea including his first game in 1972 against Liverpool, at Anfield and his favourite matches and players since then; his all time Chelsea Hero, best and worst Chelsea moments as well has his favourite Chelsea song!Welcome to Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Mark Worrall.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Rick Glanvill, Chelsea's official historian and author of 'Chelsea: The Complete Record' and 'Chelsea FC: The Official Biography'.On the show tonight, we discuss the latest on the Premier League’s machinations on a return of football; applaud the Players for their cautionary stance and let Jonathan loose on the latest transfer speculation.In parts two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1973-74 season. After the disappointment of the previous season, things went from bad to worse, culminating in a finish of 17th, one point outside the relegation zone and the departures of many of the 1970 & 1971 Cup winning side including a farewell to the King.In part four we wrap up with your emails.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall) and it has most definitely been emotional.In the sixth episode, Chelsea FanCast's Tony Glover joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea including his first game in 1970 and his favourite players from the 'Kings of the Kings Road' era.Tony takes us through some of his favourite matches, players and highs as a Chelsea fan and some of the lows from following Chelsea for 50 years..Welcome to Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Tony Glover  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inf

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tim Rolls, author of Diamonds, Dynamos and Devils’ and ‘Stamford Bridge is Falling Down’ to chew the fat over the latest Chelsea news and look back at the 1972-73 season in '50 Years of Chelsea'On the show tonight, we praise Chelsea’s latest statement on their response to the Covid-19 pandemic but question the media’s reaction. With the rumour of a return to football behind closed doors starting in late June we ask is this the straw that breaks the camel’s back or will absence have made the heart grow fonder. And Olivier Giroud has purportedly signed a new one-year deal, having almost gone in January. But is the intention for him to stay or is it to increase his re-sale value?In part two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1972-73 season. For many this marks the beginning of the end of the Kings of the Kings Road side. Having made a great start to the league campaign, we finished a disappointing 12th as the title challenge f

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall) and it has most definitely been emotional.In the fifth episode, Chelsea FanCast's Dean Mears joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea including his first game in 1997 and falling in love with the Chelsea Revolution era of Gullit, Vialli and Zola.Dean takes us through some of his favourite matches, players and highs as a Chelsea fan and some of the lows.Welcome to Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Dean Mears  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to check in with the latest Chelsea news and have look back at Chelsea's past in '50 Years of Chelsea'.In part one, we ask what will the players pay cut this mean? - How will the Pandemic affect the transfer market? And when is football likely to return and does it matter – have the PL not read the public mood?In part two and three we continue our '50 Years of Chelsea' series looking back at the 1971-72 season. Hopes for a title challenge were high, but by the end of the season it looked like Chelsea were about to implode.In part four we wrap up with your emails.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall) and it has most definitely been emotional.In the third episode, Chelsea FanCast's newest recruit, Dayne Whittle, joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea including his first game the seminal 'Chelsea are Back' away trip to Arsenal in August 1984 where Kerry Dixon scored his favourite goal. No surprise that Kerry, Canners, Speedie and Pat Nevin were Dayne's favourite players growing up.Dayne also takes us through some of his favourite matches, players and highs as a Chelsea fan and some of the

Welcome to a very special two part Chelsea FanCast to celebrate and complement our 500th episode recorded on Monday this week.Given that we couldn’t get everyone who has contributed to 500 episodes on Monday's live show, we thought the next best thing would be to have a chat with some of the well loved contributors and get their memories of being part of the early days of the FanCast and their view on the momentous occasion of 500 episodes of Chelsea FanCast.In Chelsea FanCast #500 Special Edition Pt. 2 Stamford Chidge talks to some of the Chelsea FanCast’s favourite guests on the show such as former players Paul Canoville, Kerry Dixon and Jason Cundy; journalists Liam Twomey and Neil ‘Spy’ Barnett, and we doff our hat to the Yanks Beth Wild, formerly the Head of Chelsea in America who helped us spread the FanCast message in the States and the boys from the London is Blue podcast who took us as their inspiration.To wrap up we have a special message from a long lost much loved Chelsea FanCast legend.

Welcome to a very special two part Chelsea Fancast to celebrate and complement our 500th episode recorded on Monday this week.Given that we couldn’t get everyone who has contributed to 500 episodes on Monday's live show, We thought the next best thing would be to have a chat with some of the well loved contributors from the early shows and get their view on the momentous occasion of 500 episodes of Chelsea FanCast, their memories of being part of the early days of the FanCast and to find out what they’re up to now.In Chelsea FanCast #500 Special Edition Pt. 1 part one Stamford Chidge talks to some of the Chelsea FanCast’s best loved contributors from Dr Mart and Sheridan Bird on the first show, via The Blues Brothers, Dazza, Ross, Lauren right up to Chelsea Chadder from the days when we did the show on TV.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall, Martin Wickham, Dan Silver, Clayton Beerman, Alex Churchill, Tony Glover, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to help celebrate the milestone of the 500th Chelsea Fancast!Wow, 500 episodes who’d have thunk it. Certainly not me when on April 28th 2008 I sat down with a dodgy script, a laptop and a pint of Guinness in the alcove of a bar called Putney Station for the first episode with Dr Mart and Sheridan Bird.500 episodes and 12 years later, the whole of the current crop of Chelsea FanCasters gather together to celebrate the 500th episode. Never before have we had so many people on one show, but it seemed absolutely appropriate, but God knows how it will work.We’ll be having a good old reminisce for most of the show and talking about our memories of 500 episodes and basically having a party, so I hope you’ve all brought a bottle.Up The Chels!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea FanCast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea, for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall) and it has most definitely been emotional.In the third episode, Clayton Beerman joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea including his first game - Spurs v Chelsea April 1967 where a young Chico Hamilton scored, his favourite players Peter Osgood and Charlie Cooke and all time hero Peter Bonetti.Clayton also takes us through some of his highs as a Chelsea fan - Munich and Bolton, 1997 Cup Final. Highbury in 2004 Champions league, Chelsea 5 Derby 0 in 1983 and some of the lows - any defeat to

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle making his debut to check in with the latest Chelsea news and to look back at the 1970-71 season.On the show tonight, we have a quick round up of Chelsea related news including Premier League & UEFA at odds about return; should Players take a pay cut? Roman, generous to a fault and Transfer rumours, are they made up?In parts two and three, we continue our new weekly series “50 Years of Chelsea" where we remember the 1970/71 season when Chelsea won their first European trophy; the European Cup Winners Cup and discuss the key matches, players and stand out performances.To wrap up in part four we have a couple of emails to read out.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to a brand-new Chelsea FanCast series to keep you entertained on a Friday evening while there is no actual football to talk about.One of the things we’ve always wanted to do is to talk in depth about how all of us on the Chelsea Fancast became Chelsea supporters, what our first match was, our favourite matches and players and our best and worst moments following Chelsea for some of us over 50 years.It’s been a roller coaster of glorious unpredictability (with apologies to Mark Worrall) and it has most definitely been emotional.In the second episode, Dan Silver joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea including his first game where Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-0 in the FA cup in 1982. Some of his heroes growing up - Clive Walker, Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin and Paul Canoville and some of his favourite matches, players, songs and memories from 40 years following Chelsea over land and sea.Welcome to Chelsea FanCast 'My Chelsea' with Dan Silver  See acast.com/privacy for privac

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and the return of the 'Smut Buddies' Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at another week without Chelsea!On the show tonight, we have a quick round up of Chelsea related news including the latest club announcement on Stamford Bridge perhaps ending the dream of a new stadium; Stamford Bridge – the end of the dream? What was going on with Pedro this week and Willian being allowed to go back to Brazil – but will he return?In parts two and three, we start a new weekly series "50 Years of Chelsea" where we remember each Chelsea season starting 50 years ago starting with the famous FA Cup winning 1970 season and discuss the key matches, players and stand out performances.To wrap up in part four we have a couple of emails to read out.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonathan Kydd joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his lifelong support of Chelsea.Jonathan discusses how he become a Chelsea supporter; his first match; his favourite players and matches; his all time Chelsea hero as well as his best and worst moments following Chelsea for over 50 years.Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Jonathan Kydd  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent for Football.London to discuss Chelsea past, present and future...On the show tonight, we ask if it’s bad enough for us with no football, what are the players doing without it? And does football and footballers have a responsibility to use their position in the community to help in the crisis?In part two, we discuss Joe Cole’s comments on Ross Barkley and offer an appraisal ourselves. We ask with the enforced delay will there even be a summer transfer window? What is Chelsea’s strongest starting XI when football returns and we discuss some of Chelsea’s greatest Captains in the light of MOTD making John Terry the greatest Premier League Captain of all time.In part three, we wallow in a bit of nostalgia by celebrating the 34th anniversary of when Pates went up to lift the Full Members Cup including Colin Pates and Johnny Bumstead talking about the match from their interviews with the Chelsea Special.To wrap up in part four we h