Chelsea Fancast

The Chelsea Supporters' Trust Special General Meeting held at the Finborough Arms on Saturday 21st November. The recent Annual Membership survey was discussed in depth as well as updates and progress on actions from motions passed at the AGM including: Stamford Bridge redevelopment; Chelsea Pitch Owners future; Atmosphere & Safe Standing; Ticketing & touting issues. Melanie Cooke and Alison Geurden, lawyers specialising in football related issues discussed match-day policing, match stewarding, the powers of both of these bodies and related issues including banning orders.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, Jonathan Kydd and Dan Levene to chew over the draw against Spurs and the win against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Three games unbeaten, three clean sheets, defensive solidity and the team playing like a team again – but is Chelsea really back and what of the rift between Jose and Costa – surely there will only be one winner there. There was no winner in the 0-0 draw against Spurs on Sunday, as Jose used Hazard as a false number 9 with some success, but it says much when most Chelsea supporters were happy with the point. But to be fair whatever happens we do not lose to Spurs! On the show tonight we’ll be asking is Chelsea back, is Hazard as a false number 9 the way to go with a misfiring Costa plus we nominate the Chelsea FanCast match awards. In part two we’ll be asking is there for a future at Chelsea for mean and moody Diego Costa and is Fabregas a square peg in a Chelsea round hole, and do we think Chelsea can make it in to the top 4? Jose seems to think so.... &nb

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, @goalie59 and Chelsea in America's Beth Wild to discuss the much needed win against Norwich and celebrate the Chelsea FanCast winning the Football Blogging Awards 'Best Football Podcast'!! Whilst Chelsea FanCast winning at the Football Blogging Awards was somewhat a surprise, the 1-0 win against Norwich on Saturday was nothing short of a massive relief. Our first win after 3 league defeats and to say the whistle was greeted with a fervor a kin to winning a trophy would be an understatement. Of course in reality this was no skin of the teeth win as Chelsea were on top for most of the game and should have run out comfortable winners by three goals or more. The team’s inability to finish being the only blot on an otherwise much improved performance in the defence and midfield. Hopefully onwards and upwards. On the show tonight we’ll be asking is Eden Hazard back, is Costa the new Torres and can Chelsea achieve mission impossible. In part two we’ll be... &

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and authors of 'Over Land & Sea - Chelsea FC in the Great War' Alex Churchill and Andrew Holmes. That’s now 7 Premier League defeats out of 12 and the decline in our fortunes seems irreversible right now. Can we really be facing a relegation battle? It is certainly relegation form. I for one saw signs of a much better performance against Stoke on Saturday and on another day Chelsea would have won but it just seems that we don’t know how to win football matches at the moment. But I genuinely believe that the rot will stop with Matic, Hazard and others looking more like the players we know and love. On the show tonight we’ll be asking what Chelsea has to do to actually win a football match and what’s wrong with Diego Costa? In part two we’ll be asking is it really the fans superb support for Jose Mourinho that is keeping the Special One in his job, and we’ll be saying thank you and RIP to Bobby Campbell, the former Chelsea manager who... &

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to discuss Chelsea's Halloween Nightmare! Groundhog Day at the Bridge as Chelsea repeated almost exactly the recent capitulation against Southampton, but this time much worse as it was against the scousers. All was looking good with a goal by Ramires after 4 minutes and Chelsea seemingly in control, sitting back and playing on the counter for the first half. But then one loss of concentration, one mistake, Liverpool equalize, Chelsea heads drop and they lose their sixth game out of eleven 3-1. No wonder Jose is lost for words – it’s safe to say we all are too. On the show tonight we’ll be asking why Chelsea’s confidence seems so brittle and is this terminal or can Jose and the players turn it round. In part two we’ll be asking who the ‘enemy within’ is with rumours circulating that one of the players would rather lose playing under Jose than win. In part three we will yet again be asking what on earth is going on – is it... &n

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart and Dan 'the artist formerly known as Bruce Chronicle' Levene to discuss Chelsea's 5th Premier League defeat out of 10, have a meltdown and impose a media blackout! A 2-1 defeat; a goal denied by technology; a goal ruled out for a hairline offside; a player sent off; the asst. coach and the manager both sent off; 6 players booked sums up the season pretty well and leads me to the undeniable conclusion that this season is well and truly a load of bollocks. After a decent performance against Kiev in midweek redolent of Chelsea’s title winning season, it was two steps back again in the Premier League with a defeat to the high flying Hammers. But are we suffering from some serious bad luck with decisions or were we fairly and squarely ironed out. Only the Chelsea FanCast has the answers. On the show tonight we’ll be asking were Chelsea just unlucky or was it another performance underlining our current malaise this season. In part two we’ll be discussing...  

The Chelsea FanCast goes retro tonight with Darren 'Dazza' Mantle & Pablo joining Stamford Chidge and Dan Silver. Finally Chelsea get a win at home and a clean sheet and we have now reached the lofty heights of 11th in the Premier League with 11 points. Keep this up and we should get the 38 points we need to avoid relegation! Joking aside, the win was great but in truth the performance was poor. But hopefully getting back to basics, re-learning how to defend, keeping clean sheets and digging out results will lead to the confidence flooding back and out of that better performances will grow. From little acorns… On the show tonight we’ll be discussing the great feeling to win again tinged with the disappointment at the poor performance and applauding Diego Costa’s part in it – a true leader. In part two we’ll be discussing the continuing good form of Willian and Azpi; the need for Ramires; Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s game of two halves and pondering the next Chelsea battle – this time Jose Vs Eden...  

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Ross Mooring to discuss all things Chelsea. Another defeat. At Home. And against Southampton. It really is beyond all reason and comprehension. None of us could have predicted how far and how quickly this team – Champions of England let us not forget – have fallen. It is mental isn't it? And that may be the point and one which Jose has repeated many times recently. How else does one explain how, under pressure from Southampton, Chelsea crumbled more quickly than a chimney blown up by Fred Dibnah (google it) and how they can play this badly for the last two months. But don’t worry after a few post-match beers with Jonny T, your Uncle Chidge has it all figured out! On the show tonight we’ll be questioning the mental strength of the Chelsea players and while we are at it the mentality of so called Chelsea supporters who left when the third went in or booed at the end and incredulously want Jose Mourinho out. Bed wetters the lot of... &nbs

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and former Chelsea player Paul 'King Canners' Canoville to discuss what went wrong and what went right in the game against Newcastle. So Chelsea and Jose’s run of poor form against their bogey team – Newcastle – continues. Jose was pretty forthright after the match claiming that the collective first half effort by the team deserved a rating of minus one, and would have substituted at least 6 players if he could. Thankfully the introduction of Ramires and Willian seemed to wake up Chelsea and in all honesty we could have walked off with all three points. That said we are as bewildered as Jose with Chelsea’s Jeckyll & Hyde performances. On the show tonight we’ll be asking was Jose right to award the team minus one for the first half performance and is the problem all down to a huge Fabregas sized hole in the middle of the pitch? In part two we look at the distinct lack of leadership in the team and organization in defence and demand the... &

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dan Silver and Richard Weekes from 'We Are The Shed' to discuss the win against Arsenal and their subsequent meltdown! Chelsea’s season finally starts and with a bang. We all knew the perfect antidote to a dismal start to the season would be a game against perennial bottle merchants Arsenal, and so it proved. Public enemy number one, Diego Costa mugged off the whining goons with a display of calculated rage and dark arts and of course the Arse capitulated in a froth of indignity and injustice only surpassed by the copious amounts of froth laden latte they drink. Perfect. Chelsea are back! On the show tonight we’ll be asking is it right to win at all costs and how much did we enjoy the typical meltdown by 'Arsehole Whinger'; the pre-pubescent Arsenal fans and their chums in the media. In part two we applaud the intensity and desire shown by Chelsea, arguably for the first time this season and we look at Oscar’s role in the side and ask is this the beginning of the... &n

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, Jonathan Kydd and Chelsea journalist Dan Levene to discuss the worst start to a season since 1978! It goes from bad to worse as Chelsea have their worst start to a season since 1978/9 with 3 defeats in 5 games. What is going on? How can a team that won the league a mere three months ago, go so quickly from Champs to chumps? Is it form? Is it a lack of quality? Is it poor preparation? Is there unrest in the dressing room? Has Jose lost his special touch? Or is it all down to a lack of confidence? So many questions, some of which we will attempt to answer on the show tonight. Let’s all hope that form is temporary and class is permanent. The Chelsea Football FanCast #326: 'A Vote of No Confidence?' Vote for us as 'Best Football Podcast' in the Football Blogging Awards: http://www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk/vote-now/ Voting for nominations ends midnight 27th September.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dan Silver, Clayton Beerman and official Chelsea Historian Rick Glanvill to discuss what Jose Mourinho admits is a 'very bad start' to the campaign after the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace at home on Saturday. It goes from bad to worse, as Chelsea slumped to their second defeat in two games against a well-organized, physical and pacey Crystal Palace. But what is probably more galling is the lack of form of the four most important players from last season. How have the Fantastic Four turned in to the Feckless Four, and more important what can Chelsea and in particular Jose Mourinho do to turn things around. It’s time for the Special One to earn his corn. On the show tonight we’ll be looking back at what Jose himself admitted is a very bad start to the season and asking what is up with Brana, Matic, Fabregas and Hazard aka the Feckless Four, and did Saturday’s performance give us a glimpse in to a future without JT? In part two we’ll be asking just what has gone wrong this...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan 'The Voice' Kydd and Mark 'Gate 17' Worrall to discuss the West Brom v Chelsea game. Chelsea got their first win of the season under their belt on Sunday to calm the nerves for the relegation battle to come – well that’s what the red-tinted media would have us believe. New boy Pedro replete with his dodgy tache was the star of the show, but it was good to see goal pig Costa back on the scoresheet and pocket dynamo Cesar Azpilicueta scoring his first Premier League goal. Chelsea has become a veritable Spanish Armada. But it was not all plain sailing largely thanks to our all too frequent nemesis, Mark Twattenburg, who harshly sent off JT with all the relish of Dracula about to bite into a voluptuous blonde virgin. But in truth our defence still looks like something out of a Hammer Horror flick and appears to be leakier than the Mary Rose. On the show tonight we’ll be kicking off with the ratings for the WBA game as penned by Mark and nicked by me, and we’ll be... &n

The recording of the Chelsea Supporters Trust Annual General Meeting held on Sunday August 9th. Includes the Chairman's, Secretary's and Treasurer's reports; 2015 Membership Survey; Board Elections; Motions from the Board and questions from the floor. You can sign up to be a voting member of the CST for £5 or it's free to be a non-voting member. Sign up at chelseasupporterstrust.com To vote in the forthcoming elections and on the motions discussed you will need to be a voting member.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, ChelTel and Dan for the return of the Chelsea FanCast and the new season. A very soporific return to Stamford Bridge by Chelsea and us if the truth was told and it looks like neither has pre-seasoned well. To be fair, Chelsea were not as bad as many pundits would have you believe, and after Courtois was controversially sent off we can look at the result as one point gained rather than two lost. At the end of the day it is no disaster and thank God for Arsenal the gift that keeps on giving! On the show tonight we’ll be kicking off with the ratings for the Swansea game and, awarding our man of the match. After that we’ll discussing the red card that arguably changed the game; explaining why it was a point gained not two lost; lamenting an endangered species, no not Cecil the Lion, the Chelsea match day pubs. In part three we’ll be looking back at Chelsea’s pre-season and asking have commercial interests taken precedence on actually preparing the players... &nbs

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, Jonathan Kydd, Dan Levene, Dan Silver, Clayton Beerman and Andy Silverman to review the season and announce the winners of the Chelsea FanCast Season Awards 2015. It has been a fantastic season – beating Spurs at Wembley to win the Capital One Cup; Diego Costa rampaging through opposition defenders and scoring goals; Fabregas and his magic hat; Hazard and his magic feet; John Terry better than ever and peerless as Captain, Leader, Legend; saying farewell to Didier Drogba a Chelsea legend; the scousers giving us a guard of honour; winning the Premier League at a canter to become Champions again; and last but by no means least, Jose Mourinho – still the Special One! Tonight we’ll be looking back at all this and in the process announcing the winners in the Chelsea FanCast Season Awards… On the show tonight we’ll be kicking off with the ratings for the season as written by Mark, and we’ll kick off the awards with the big one – Player of the season and then...  See

The recording of the second Chelsea Supporters Trust Virtual General Meeting, hosted by Chelsea FanCast. Held as a live interactive broadcast to enable members of the CST who are unable to attend meetings to have their say. The meeting was chaired by CST Chairman Tim Rolls, with Paul Jeffrey (Trust Secretary), Dave Johnstone (Atmosphere Committee) and David Chidgey (Head of Press & Media) in attendance. The Agenda covered: - Welcome and introductions - CST Survey - timing, process etc. - Key ongoing issues - atmosphere, stadium, touting, European away ticket collection - Ongoing issues raised by members - Issues over the summer - Wider issues - FSF/SD Soccer Summit - August AGM and CST Board elections - timescale, key actions, etc - Questions from Members - Any other business If you want to join the trust it costs £5 per year for membership which entitles you to vote at all meetings and complete the Membership survey. To sign up and for more information go to...  See acast.com/priva

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dan Silver, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall the author of 'Over land and sea'; 'One man went to mow' and 'Chelsea here Chelsea there' to discuss a very celebratory final match of the season. All good things must come to an end, and it was good to see Chelsea round off their title winning season with a 3-1 defeat of Sunderland. Even better to see Remy put in a decent performance and score two goals; hopefully he’ll be with us next season. Sadly there are likely to be several players who won’t be but it was nice to give a fond farewell to Didier Drogba, Petr Cech and quite possibly Jon Obi Mikel. All in all a great season and a great finale – there is nothing like seeing the Premier League trophy being lifted at Stamford Bridge! On the show tonight we’ll be kicking off with the ratings for the Sunderland game as written by Mark and awarding our man of the match. After that we’ll be saying some fond farewells to Didier Drogba and Petr Cech, and applauding the atmosphere... &

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to discuss the 3-0 defeat to WBA and on this day remember the greatest day in our football lives - Munich 19-05-12! If ever you are going to lose 3-0 to WBA, then I suppose it is just about ok to do so when you have the Premier League title wrapped under your arm. Or is it? Is there such a thing as a meaningless match? Thanks to either the hilarious or stupid Fabregas red card, the Blues found themselves in a hole they were unable to dig themselves out of. Jose blamed fatigue and a lack of motivation, but shouldn’t the great motivator himself have been able to get them up and at them? Nothing wrong with the motivation of the Chelsea away massive who sung their hearts out all match and made a din that reminded me of our support in the ‘80’s and it was good to see Jose acknowledge their special contribution this season at the end of the match. On the show tonight we’ll be kicking off with the player ratings for the West Brom game...  

Stamford Chidge is joined by Dan Silver and Charlie Skillen to discuss the draw against Liverpool; the Guard of Honour and the standing ovation for Steven Gerrard... So Sunday was far more about what happened off the pitch than on it. A tale of 2 captains on it as Stevie Me wiped out JT’s opener after 5 minutes in what had the feel of a rather meaningless match. Many of the players look like they need a holiday and who can blame them. Good job that most of the entertainment was off the pitch with the guard of honour; the ovation for Gerrard and his pissy post-match comments about it. Oh and Diego Costa showed he is a man of the people by sitting with the supporters in the East stand. On the show tonight we’ll be kicking off with the ratings for the Liverpool game, awarding our man of the match and talking about Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s debut and how can we replace the irreplaceable JT. After that we’ll be discussing the fact that many Chelsea players look like they need a holiday and whether Jose... &nbs