Chelsea FanCast

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look ahead to Chelsea’s opening match of the new season against Crystal Palace. Sam Inkersole from Football. London joins us to discuss Chelsea's victory over Villareal in the UEFA Super Cup final, the signing of Romely Lukaku and the debacle over the Matthew Harding Lower meaning 908 supporters cannot go to Saturday's game. In part two...

Stamford Chidge talks to Neil Fitzsimon about his new book - " A Deeper Shade of Blue" covering the 1972-77 seasons and a very turbulent time in Chelsea's history. A Deeper Shade of Blue  charts the tumultuous years of Chelsea Football Club between 1972 and 1977 when the glittering cup-winning side of the early 70s was broken up, and stars such as Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson departed, along...

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, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season. Part Two of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, picks up the story in January, with Chelsea...

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, Mark Meehan, Marco Worrall and Martin Wickham to look back at the 1996-97 season. Part One of our look back at the 1996-97 season, one of the most memorable and emotional seasons in Chelsea’s history, starts with the incredible signings of Itali...

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Mia Eriksson and Ben Gilby to preview our rivals in the 2021/22 season.  We assess their incomings and outgoings, new and existing coaches and fill out our league tables come May 2022 to see who's coming top and who's going down. Let us know your thoughts! Please remember this episode was recorded before the transfer window closed    All the inf...

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 1978-79 season. The 1978-79 was an in and out season in more ways than one. Still in Division One, under the management of Ken Shellito, Chelsea were still relying on youngsters coming...

This week Dean is joined by Mia Eriksson, Jay Woolmington and Ben Gilby to talk through the Olympic games and Chelsea's representatives in it.  We talk through the performances of Sam Kerr, the bad luck of Fran Kirby and question why American's don't seem to make it to Kingsmeadow. Plus look ahead to the medal matches with Sam Kerr going for Bronze with Australia and Magda Eriksson, Jonna And...

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 Tony Glover to look back at the 1977-78 season. Chelsea was back where they belong, in Division One, but they would start the season without the manager who got them back there, Eddie McCreadie. McCreadie had surprisi...

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 1995-96 season. In Part Two of our look back at the 1995-96 season, we pick up the story in January. Chelsea have been drawn against Newcastle, the Premier League leaders, in the FA Cup 3rd round, and in the pr...

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 1995-96 season. Glen Hoddle embarks on his third season in charge at Chelsea having packed his boots away at the end of the previous season. Before a ball is kicked, one of the most astonishing signings in the...

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 2 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series.   We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player finishing off in this episode with the midfielders and attackers.   Let us know your thoughts   This Episode has been live on our Patreon for 2...

Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan interview former Chelsea player, Nigel Spackman and discuss his two spells at the club in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Nigel Spackman signed for Chelsea in 1983 and joined Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin, Joe McLaughlin and Eddie Niedzwiecki as John Neal’s new recruits launched Chelsea’s campaign to return to the top flight. Spackman was crucial to Chelsea’s title w...

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans for Part 1 of our Keep, Sell, Loan series. We talk through the current squad and give our opinions on whether we would Keep, Sell or Loan (Trademark registered London Is Blue) each player starting in this episode with the goalkeepers and defenders. Please note this episode was recorded two weeks ago so some transfer have already happened. This Epi...

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 1976-77 season.   Thanks to the Club being £3million in debt, it was a case of promotion or bust this season.   Chelsea made a great start with Eddie McCreadie’s mix of...

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 1975-76 season.   Chelsea find themselves in Division Two having been relegated the previous season. Eddie McCreadie is charged with rejuvenating Chelsea and this season is...

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, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season. In Part Two we pick up the season from January where Chelsea made short work of Charlton in the FA Cup to set up a tie with Millwall. Never for the feint hearted, Chelsea drew 0-0...

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, Mark Meehan and Dayne Whittle to look back at the 1994-95 season. Having reached the FA Cup final in his first season as player-manager, Glen Hoddle embarked on his second season with sights set on European glory, as Chelsea entered the European...

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, Mark Meehan and Tim Rolls and featuring Kerry Dixon to look back at the 1993-94 season. Tim will shortly be releasing his new book “Sexton for God”, the third book in his trilogy on Chelsea from 1961-1975, following on from “Diamonds, Dynamos an...

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 Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1974-75 season. The 1974-75 season proved to be an ‘annus horibilis’ for Chelsea with the club getting relegated for the first time since 1962. Set against the backdrop of the opening of the new East Stand...

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, Dan Silver and Mark Meehan to look back at the 1992-93 season. The 1992-93 season saw the launch of the much-awaited Premier League and the end of football as we knew it! Changes included the dulcet tones of Richard Keys and Andy Gray, Referees...

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Meg Aherne and Rob Pratley for a transfer special.  We talk through the current squad and suggest some players we think could improve the squad ahead of the 2021/22 season as Chelsea look to go one further in the Champions League. Please note this episode was recorded two weeks ago so some suggestions then might now be unavailable. This Episode has been l...

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 Rick Glanvill, Chelsea’s official historian and author of ‘Chelsea: The Complete Record’ to look back at the 1973-74 season. The downward spiral and the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, recent FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup win...

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 Clayton Beerman to look back at the 1991-92 season, with contributions from John Bumstead and Kerry Dixon. Chelsea entered the last season of Football League Division One with a new manager, Ian Porterfield, having parted ways with Bobby Camp...

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 Tim Rolls, author of ‘Stamford Bridge is Falling Down’ to look back at the 1972-73 season. The 1972-73 season was to be a disappointing season and in hindsight the beginning of the end of the ‘Kings of the Kings Road’ team, FA Cup winners jus...

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 Dan Silver to look back at the 1990-91 season. Chelsea supporters went in to the 1990-91 season buoyed by the record signings of Denis Wise and Andy Townsend. Ken Bates appeared to showing some ambition. But the campaign never got going and C...