Chelsea FanCast

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 Spurs especially the 1974 defeat and the 1967 cup final; being relegated by Boro in the play offs and the first time Jose was sacked Welcome to Chelsea FanCast: 'My Chelsea' with Clayton Beerman  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 privacy and opt-out information.

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 have a couple of emails to read out  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd join Joe Forrester to look back at all the Chelsea news from another week without football in the Coronavirus Pandemic. With Premier League announcing that it is now postponed until April 30th, is this realistic or just a way to avoid financial/legal liability What about UEFA’s 30th June cut off point when player contracts end? And should we finish it behind closed doors to get it done? What other financial impacts will there be, such as Chelsea’s Shirt deal expiring and will Coronavirus be the final nail in the Stamford Bridge redevelopment and is that a good thing? We also discuss Roman Abramovich’s generosity in opening the Millennium hotels to NHS staff; Mason Mount caught not self-isolating; Willian promising to honour his contract if the League overruns and the Coutinho to Chelsea rumour. We wrap up looking at FIFA 20's virtual outcome of the Bayern Munich v Chelsea match - would fiction match reality? And as MOTD discuss the Premier League's Top 10 Captains, who is Chelsea's best ever skipper (stupid question!).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover & Martin Wickham to discuss the possibility that we may have seen our last Chelsea match this season and what will we all do now? On the show tonight, we ask are the Premier League being optimistic about the football returning in April? Will or should the season be voided and if so, what will this mean? How long will we be off for and what will the players do with no football? In part two, we say keep calm & carry on FanCasting. We have our top 10 tips on what to do without football and sport. If the season gets cancelled, will we get our money back? And with a lengthy hiatus from football will some of us not come back or will absence make the heart grow fonder? In part three, we ask if this is the end of the season, how will we remember it? What are the mark’s out of 10 for Frank & Jody? Who are our best, most improved and most disappointing players; what was the best and worst game so far? To wrap up in part four we have some cracking emails to read out.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Matt Beadle to discuss the impact of the Premier League being suspended on football and Chelsea, as well as looking back at Chelsea's victory over Everton last weekend. With the announcement today that the Premier League is being suspended until April 4th we ask should it have been suspended earlier Are the Premier League being optimistic about it returning as soon as April? Will or should the season be voided? What will it mean for Chelsea on and off the pitch? What are the knock on effects in terms of fixture congestion and the transfer window What will it mean for the fans? What will we do without football? How will we cope? Looking back at what may well be Chelsea's last match of the season in last weekend's 4-0 victory over Everton, we applaud a great midfield performance from Gilmour, Barkley & Mount and ask should Gilmour be a regular from now on and has Barkley proved he can do it for Chelsea?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Clayton Beerman and Joe Tweeds to look back at the wins against Everton and Liverpool. On the show tonight, we applaud a great midfield performance from Gilmour, Barkley and Mount against Everton. Should Gilmour be a regular from now on; has Barkley turned a corner? In part two, with Chelsea keeping a clean sheet, is Kepa back for good? The old guard up front rolled back the years but with Chelsea unlikely to offer Willian a 3 year contract will he be off with Giroud and Pedro come the summer? And talking of contracts, what’s going on with Tammy Abraham? In part three, we look back at the Chelsea v Liverpool FA Cup match and we have an interview with Joe Cava who was invited to the match by Hyundai to celebrate 115 of Chelsea and got to bring three generations of his family. To wrap up in part four we have some cracking emails to read out.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan Silver and Alex Churchill join Andy Hodgson from Love Sport Radio to look back at Chelsea's great win in the FA Cup against Liverpool and look ahead to the match against Everton.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Dean Mears to look back at Chelsea's 2-2 draw away to Bournemouth and ahead to the FA Cup tie against Liverpool. On the show tonight, we ask has Marcos Alonso earned a stay of execution or is he system dependent? What’s the key problem – defence, attack or midfield? If its midfield, is it time for a change of approach In part two, we ask is the meltdown and criticism justified or not? How much of this is down to poor coaching and decisions and how much poor players and bad execution? How much are the injuries a mitigation for Frank and Jody and can we stay in fourth given the injury concerns with Tammy and others? In part three, we look ahead to the Chelsea v Liverpool FA Cup match tomorrow by looking back at some Famous Cup ties against the scousers. We ask will Liverpool be vulnerable or more determined after losing to Watford? Will Klopp pick a weak side? How will Frank approach it – who will he pick? And how much do we want the FA Cup this season; would top four be preferable? To wrap up in part four we have some cracking emails to read out.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd join Love Sport Radio's Matt Beadle to discuss the latest Chelsea news, look back at Chelsea's defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions' League, the win last weekend against Spurs and ahead to the weekend's match against Bournemouth. Chelsea were taught a harsh lesson in the defeat to Bayern Munich but just how far away are they from being competitive in the later stages of the Champions' League? We answer caller Ray's question about the future of Stamford Bridge and look back at a great win against Spurs where a change in formation did the trick. Looking ahead to the Bournemouth match, they have proved something of a bogey side recently but with Chelsea suffering from a spate of injuries at the moment, just who will Frank Lampard select? With the Premier League Hall of Fame to be introduced, Chidge and JK nominate two Chelsea players for the accolade.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.