Chelsea FanCast

Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan look back at the 2001-2002 season in our ’50 Years of Chelsea’ series. In part two we pick up the story in the New Year where hopes were high for another League Cup final after a 2-1 win in the semi-final first leg against Spurs, followed by a 5-1 rout of West Ham in the league. However, the unthinkable happened when Spurs thrashed Chelsea 5-1 in the...

Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan look back at the 2001-2002 season in our '50 Years of Chelsea' series. Claudio Ranieri's first summer transfer window brought four key signings with Bolo Zenden and Emanuel Petit arriving from Barcelona, William Gallas from Marseille and Frank Lampard, the talented young midfielder, from West Ham for £11 million. The new signings took time to settle i...

Stamford Chidge and Martin King interview John Bumstead, an unsung hero for Chelsea, and talk about his love for the club; what it was like to experience the lows of relegation and highs of promotion during the 1980’s; playing for John Neal and Bobby Campbell and playing with the likes of Nigel Spackman and Kerry Dxion and against David Platt and Paul Gascoigne John Bumstead or Johnny B as he was...

Stamford Chidge and Martin King interview Colin Pates, who grew up supporting Chelsea as a boy and went on to play for the club for ten years, captaining the side back to Division 1 and the first Chelsea Captain to lift a trophy at Wembley. Colin opens up on his time playing for Chelsea; the highs and lows; the team that John Neal built; the Full Members Cup Final; the relationship with the suppor...

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 o...

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 @  HonestlyChelseaFCW You can find more information about the Women's...

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 antho...

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 th...

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 u...

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...

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 fir...

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 Do...

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 b...

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...

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...

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...

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 o...

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 d...

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 o...

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...

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...

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 Kerr...

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 A...

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...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Marco Worrall and Mark Meehan to reflect on a bitterly disappointing FA Cup Final defeat by the smallest of margins last Saturday. In part one we look at the shambolic start to the match for Chelsea and Chidge! With Liverpool only beating Chelsea on penalties after 7 hours of football, do Chelsea have a way to go to catch up or are the teams more e...