Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

THE GOODISON HEX IS NO MORE! Sam Parkin and Simon Johnson are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on the 1-0 win over Everton - Chelsea's first triumph at Goodison Park since 2017. Not a glittering performance by any stretch of the imagination - but we take the positives from some of the new boys, bow down to the continued brilliance of Thiago Silva, and touch upon a new contract for Édouard Me...

2022-23 Premier League season, here we come... Matt Davies-Adams is joined by Simon Johnson and Sam Parkin on the eve of the brand new season. We begin with the latest transfer news - and the surprise arrival of Carney Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa. There's discussion of that deal and some of the other key rumoured ingoings and outgoings including Cucurella, de Jong and Fofana. There's a quick look...

Take a bow, Lionesses! Matt Davies-Adams has got Jessy Parker-Humphreys and Liam Twomey alongside him to reflect on the glory for Chelsea's England stars in the Euro 2022 final. There's a round up of the Blues' double header in Italy - with two wins over Udinese to round off pre-season on a positive note. And with the new season just days away - we speculate about the latest transfer rumours... Ho...

The less said about that night in Florida the better... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Dom Fifield alongside him to take a deep-dive into the current state of the squad with the new season just a week away. Who's integral to Thomas Tuchel's plans? Who's on borrowed time? Who is destined to be sent out on loan? We aim to answer some of your questions in t...

Two down, one to go... Matt Davies-Adams has got Dom Fifield and Sam Parkin alongside him to round up all the latest Blues news as their pre-season tour in the USA continues. We round up the defeat on penalties to Charlotte FC - while Simon Johnson checks in from poolside in Las Vegas to give his impressions of the west coast leg of the tour. There's the weekly transfer gossip, a word on the club'...

Let's get this show on the road then... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea expert Liam Twomey with him to chat transfer incomings and outgoings and all the latest news with the Blues preparing to kick-off their pre-season tour in the USA. Simon Johnson checks in from California to give us a flavour of how Thomas Tuchel's side are faring on the west coast. Plus, Jessy Parker Humphreys...

The transfer rumour mill just keeps on turning... Matt Davies-Adams has got the Athletic's Chelsea experts Dom Fifield and Simon Johnson alongside him to round up the latest potential ingoings and outgoings at Stamford Bridge. With Raheem Sterling's move all but complete - and gossip surrounding a potential bid for one Cristiano Ronaldo - we take a closer look at the positives and negatives of som...

Straight Outta Cobham, straight from the pub... Matt Davies-Adams has got the pints in alongside The Athletic's Chelsea experts Liam Twomey and Dom Fifield for our summer social - with rather a lot on the agenda! We begin with the departures of Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech - discussing their contribution to the club and football in this country - before a closer look at some of the...

In the absence of the usual SOC gang (on holiday) why not check out Monday's Athletic Football Podcast... Host Ian Irving details Chelsea's growing interest in Raheem Sterling, in the company of our Football Correspondent David Ornstein, Manchester City writer Sam Lee & Chelsea writer Simon Johnson... We learn how Chelsea's confidence in capturing Sterling has grown, why City are open to letti...

Host Matt Davies-Adams is joined by Sam Parkin and The Athletic's Liam Twomey to discuss Romelu Lukaku's increasingly likely return to Italy, interest in both Jules Kounde and Ousmane Dembele and how the new owners are likely to let Thomas Tuchel build the team he wants... After the new Premier League fixture lists were released this morning, the guys also consider Chelsea's start to the season an...

Another quiet, uneventful season for Chelsea Football Club in the bag... Matt Davies-Adams has got the full complement of Blues experts alongside him for the final time as Dom Fifield, Liam Twomey, Simon Johnson and Sam Parkin round up the news of the approval of the takeover of the club by the Todd Boehly led consortium. Your questions are answered as we look at what this means for next season -...

So long, 2021-22... Matt Davies-Adams has got Sam Parkin and Simon Johnson alongside him for the penultimate time this season as Chelsea finished the season in...style?!...with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Watford at Stamford Bridge. There's a full prognosis of the final Premier League game of the campaign - and the subsequent lap of honour - including farewells to Antonio Rüdiger (and how many others...

Almost there listener, almost there... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey alongside him to wrap up the 1-1 draw with Leicester which all but mathematically secured third spot for Thomas Tuchel's side. But we begin with takeover talk amid reports on Monday that the deal was at risk of "falling apart" due to a lack of consensus with the club and go...

At least we've got CFCW... Simon Johnson and Sam Parkin join Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on yet another day of Wembley disappointment for Chelsea's men after the 6-5 defeat on penalties to Liverpool. Liam Twomey and Simon send in their on-the-whistle post mortem, before we take a closer look at why the Blues fell just short once again. It wasn't all doom and gloom this weekend though - with Emma...

Mason did say he likes playing at Leeds... Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's Chelsea experts Liam Twomey and Dom Fifield for your second weekly dose of all things CFC. We begin with the comfortable 3-0 win at Elland Road - including a Mount masterclass, another goal for a resurgent Romelu Lukaku and a horror challenge on Mateo Kovačić which could rule him out of the FA Cup final. That'...

Just another quiet weekend in the life of CFC hey listener? Simon Johnson and Sam Parkin join Matt Davies-Adams to try and round up a pretty bonkers few days on and off the field for Chelsea. We start with the takeover - after it was confirmed in the early hours of Saturday morning that they'd agreed terms on the £4.25bn sale of the club to a consortium led by Todd Boehly. Here's hoping Todd wasn'...

It just rumbles on and on and on and on... The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to discuss another tumultuous week off the pitch for the Blues as the takeover drama continues. On the pitch, there's the visit of Wolves on Saturday afternoon to look ahead to - as well as a quiz (of course!) as Chelsea look to get back on track after last weeken...

Let's just call time on this season, shall we? Matt Davies-Adams has got Sam Parkin and Dom Fifield alongside him to reflect on another disappointing afternoon for Chelsea after a 1-0 defeat against relegation threatened 'Frank Lampard's Everton', But we start with the takeover latest - which took various unexpected twists and turns on Friday afternoon as Todd Boelhy was confirmed as the preferred...

How it finished 1-1 we'll never know... Matt Davies-Adams is here with your second weekly dose of Cobham - and he's got Simon Johnson and Sam Parkin alongside him to reflect on the draw at Old Trafford - trying to figure out how an utterly dominant Chelsea conspired to throw away two points. Away from the game we take a look at the latest takeover wise - before a look ahead to Sunday afternoon's t...

Consider your blushes spared, Jorginho... The Athletic's Chelsea experts Liam Twomey and Dom Fifield are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to mull over the narrow 1-0 win over a depleted West Ham which ensured Chelsea stay in the drivers seat for a third place finish in the Premier League. We pick through the bones of that game - before discussing the news that defender Antonio Rüdiger will be leaving t...

It's raining goals...at the wrong end! Liam Twomey and Sam Parkin are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on the shocking 4-2 defeat by Arsenal at Stamford Bridge - littered with individual errors and poor performances. We try and get to the bottom of why it went so wrong - and why Lukaku's season seems to be going from bad to worse. The Blues must bounce back immediately with another London de...

Chelsea REALLY like FA Cup finals... Matt Davies-Adams has got Dom Fifield and Simon Johnson in tow to reflect on the uninspiring yet successful FA Cup semi-final clash with Crystal Palace which saw Thomas Tuchel's side progress to their third straight final thanks to a 2-0 win with the Cobham kids coming good yet again... But we begin with the takeover latest, as it was revealed on Saturday that...

One more month of being Champions of Europe... Matt Davies-Adams teams up with Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey to reflect on the dramatic and ultimately devastating night in Madrid as Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea fell just short, knocked out of the Champions League 5-4 on aggregate despite a 3-2 win on the night at the Santiago Bernabéu. There's the voice note to end all voice notes as Liam and Simon send...

More of the same on Tuesday night please... Matt Davies-Adams is joined by Dom Fifield to reflect on the extraordinary 6-0 stroll at St Mary's on Saturday afternoon - which showcased everything from the sublime to the bizarre from cult hero Timo Werner. Alvaro Romeo returns to preview Chelsea's trip to the Santiago Bernabéu as the current Champions of Europe look to turn around a 3-1 deficit and p...

Not exactly what we had in mind... Matt Davies-Adams holds court with The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey alongside him to reflect on the damaging 3-1 quarterfinal first leg defeat by Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge. We analyse the Benzema masterclass, defensive deficiencies and questionable team selection - before wondering whether the Blues have any hope when they make th...