Chelsea FanCast

This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Matt J Ball from World Wide Chels for another installment of our Talking Tactics Segment.    We look at Chelsea's 6 game period in which the team scored 21 goals and conceded 0, made it to an FA Cup final and pick up two wins away at Manchester City for the first time in the WSL era.    Join us as we ponder if the back three has reached it...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at a frustrating afternoon against Man Utd. On the show tonight, in part one, we try and explain how Chelsea battered Utd and only came away with a draw. We discuss whether Tuchel will ever make a goal scorer out of Werner. And we talk Jorginho’s atonement and Tommy Tuchel’s dithering. In part two we ask wh...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Sunday's match against Man Utd. In part one, Sam Inkersole from Football. London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference and look back at Chelsea's defeat of Juventus in the Champions' League this week. Was this one of Chelsea's best ever performances in the Champions' League? And we celebrate the academ...

This week Dean sits down with Tracy Brown and Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 5-0 win over Birmingham City in the WSL this past weekend.  We talk Sam Kerr's back flip antics, Fran Kirby's 100th Chelsea goal, the impact of Lauren James, plus much much more. Tracy also gives us a Chelsea Pride update ahead of their 5th birthday, You can follow Tracy @ChelseaGirl78 and Mia @Mia_Eriks...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle to look back at great performance and win against Leicester on Saturday. On the show tonight, in part one we discuss set piece goals; Kante being special; the subs coming up trumps and Chelsea’s fantastic away support. In part two we discuss James and Chilwell still on fire; has Hudson-Odoi proven his point; the Silva mac...

This week Jane leads an all female panel in a new initiative by the podcast to help empower the voices of more women in the football world.  Joining Jane is Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women Supporters Group and Meg Aherne from The CFCW Social.  They discuss Chelsea’s narrow 1-0 win over Servette in the Champions League and are joined by Chris Ferville from Her Football Hub to give us...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look ahead to Saturday's match away to Leicester. In part one, Adam Newson from Football. London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference. What's the injury status of Lukaku, Kovacic and Werner plus all the discussion on Jorginho, Conor Gallagher, the Rudiger and Christensen contracts and Hudson-Odoi turning down Engl...

This week Dean and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City at the Academy stadium.  We talk the continued excellence of Jessie Fleming, solving problems of midfield imbalance, clinical second half performance and how the title is now back in our hands.  Plus we preview Chelsea's upcoming Champions League clash with Servette at Kingsmeadow this Thursday. ...

The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day. Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season. In Pt 2 we pick up the season in January with Chelsea top of the Premier League and hopes high for their first league title since 1955. Chelsea got past Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup 3rd round,...

The Chelsea FanCast looks back, season by season, to 50 Years of Chelsea history from 1970 to the present day. Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1998-99 season. 3 months after the end of Chelsea's most successful season since 1971, they started the 1998-99 season by winning their third European trophy, the UEFA Super Cup, beating the mighty Real Madrid...

This week Jane and Dayne are joined by football analyst Mia Eriksson fresh off the FC Barcelona Innovation Hub conference stage.  In Part One we review Chelsea's 1-0 win away at Aston Villa, thanks to another Jessie Fleming goal. In Part Two we review Chelsea's 7-0 hammering of Servette in the Champions League this week.  And in Part Three we look ahead to Chelsea's mammoth WSL clash wit...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and some Chelsea FanCast listeners and members of our Patreon and Discord groups to talk Chelsea. Its always lovely to catch up with some of our listeners and invite them on to a show once in a while. And it’s a great opportunity for them to ask us questions on, well, absolutely anything; Chelsea related or anything else. We answer questions on the redeve...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Marco Worrall and Mark Meehan to look back at frustrating 1-1 draw against Burnley on Saturday. On the show tonight, we applaud some scintillating football by Chelsea on Saturday capped off by a wonderful Kai Havertz goal. In part two we bemoan Chelsea’s profligacy and ask what happened after 70 minutes? Did they switch off, get bored or did Sean Dyche’s...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dayne Whittle to look ahead to Saturday's match against Burnley. In part one, Adam Newson from Football. London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Champions' League victory away to Malmo, where it was perhaps tougher than it needed to be. Thanks to a tactical switch and a brilliant goal set up by Hudson-Odoi Chelsea are one small step away from the kn...

This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Lily from the CFCW Social to preview Chelsea's upcoming WSL clash away to Aston Villa.  Chris Perville from Her Football Hub gives us the lowdown on the opposition and we hear all about Lily's trip to Cobham to watch the team train. You can follow Lily on Twitter @Pernillecfcw and Chris @chriswosowriter To join our fantasy football league...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Adam Newson, Chelsea writer from Football. London. On the show tonight, we celebrate two fantastic goals by Reece James, the Cobham Cafu! We ask why did Newcastle’s game plan work in the 1st half, what changed in the 2nd half, should Hayden and Darlow have seen red and what do we do with an out of sorts Ziyech. In part two we praise Chelse...

Join Dean, Dayne and guest Harry Edwards as they relive all the action from Chelsea's 3-0 win over Manchester City at the Academy Stadium.  We discuss Chelsea's fluid formations, missing Pernille Harder, finally seeing Lauren James, progression to the FA Cup final and much much more!  Make sure you follow Harry on Twitter @HarryEdwards16 To join our fantasy football league head to ...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Alex Churchill to look ahead to Saturday's match against Newcastle. In part one, Adam Newson from Football. London joins us to look back at Chelsea's Carabao Cup victory over Southampton in midweek where despite imjury related changes, a make shift Chelsa side got the job done. We ask who impressed and who didn’t and does the win prove that Chelsea ha...

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to preview our 2020/21 FA Cup Semi Final clash with Manchester City this weekend.  We look at any injury concerns following the international break, if Emma Hayes will go with three or four at the back plus much more!  We're also joined by Jayne and Dave from the Manchester City Women Official Supporters Group to give...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Sam Inkersole from Football. London to look back at Chelsea's 'Magnificent 7' win over Norwich. On the show tonight, we applaud the superb appreciation for Matthew Harding on the 25th anniversary of his death; as ever, ponder Tommy T’s team selection and look back at the ‘Magnificent 7’ goals that Chelsea put past Norwich on Saturday....

This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson and Harry Edwards for a tactical look at Chelsea's start to the season. We look at Emma Hayes' use of a back three, ponder whether the back four will return, what happens with Maren Mjelde and discuss Pernille Harder's impressive start to the season, plus much more!  You can follow Mia on Twitter @Mia_Eriksson and Harry @HarryEdwar...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Saturday's match against Norwich. Adam Newson from Football. London joins look back at Chelsea's victory over Malmo in the Champions' League which came at a cost of injuries to Lukaku and Werner and a round up of the Chelsea news including the over priced special edition shirt, the Club World Cup moving to the UAE and remem...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to look back at Chelsea's match against Brentford on Saturday. On the show tonight, we ponder Tommy T’s surprise team selection, Chelsea not making possession count again and Chilwell blowing hot. In part two we look at Brentford’s second half tactical change and their aerial bombardment, Chelsea’s hive mind, Mendy saving the d...

This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Matt Ball from World Wide Chels to discuss Chelsea's 2-1 win away at Juventus in the UEFA Women's Champions League.  We look at Emma Hayes' in game switch to a back four, the impact of Jessie Fleming and the importance of Pernille Harder, plus much more.  You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattJBall98  To join our fantasy football league head...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to look ahead to Saturday's match against Brentford. Sam Inkersole from Football. London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel’s press conference today and discuss the walking wounded from the International Break; having the right mentality, what the takeover of Newcastle FC means and Chelsea's five Ballon d'Or nominees. In part two,...