Chelsea FanCast

Stamford Chidge interviews his old mate, Walter Otton, cfcuk writer and author of "Stuck On You: a year in the life of a Chelsea supporter" ; "Carefree! Chelsea Chants & Terrace Culture" ; "The Red Hand Gang" ; "Roe2Ro"; "Poppy" and "Shorts" , to talk about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide" Chidge talks to Walter Otton about his latest book "Let The Celery Decide" where he poignantly and...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Dean Mears to look back at a satisfyingly chilled 4-0 win against Crystal Palace. On the show tonight, we discuss Ben Chilwell’s superb debut; the defence keeping a clean sheet; Kante getting back to his best and Jorginho bringing something oh and Havertz is silky smooth. In part two we ask with Jorghinho and Havertz impressing, where...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan to discuss today's press conference, round up this week's news and look ahead to Chelsea v Crystal Palace on Saturday. We look back at the Carabao Cup exit to Spurs, another game of two halves and the subsequent abuse of Mason Mount for missing the crucial penalty. Rounding up this week's news we look at the Champions League draw and the l...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Mark Meehan to look back at the topsy-turvy draw against West Brom, the 6-0 rout of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup and look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Spurs on Tuesday night. On the show tonight, we yet again discuss a litany of defensive errors and ask is it down to individual errors or poor coaching and how much should Fr...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday. The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Premier League match away to West Brom on Saturday and look at our recent record against the 'Baggies'. We look at the West Brom squad including the impressive Grady Diangana and the recent acquisition of former Che...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to preview the Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley on Wednesday night. The boys look ahead to Chelsea's Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley on Wednesday night and look at our recent record against the 'Tykes'. We ask will Frank give game time to some of the squad players and the youth; how important would winning the Cup be to Fra...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Martin Wickham to go through the week's emails as sent in by the Chelsea Fancast listeners. This week we have emails from Jeff Jones, Andrew Bailey, Mark Graver, Jeff Krein, Darrel Middleditch, Adam Breacher and J Rheckerrooc covering the defeat to Liverpool; Kepa's future; praising Kante, Zouma and Tomori and our 50 Years of Chelsea series. Hosted on...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dan Silver to look back at the defeat to Liverpool on Sunday. On the show tonight, we discuss the mistakes that led to Chelsea losing 2-0 to Liverpool; who will be in and who will be out once things settle in and talking of which, will Mendy solve our goalkeeping crisis. In part two we ask did Frank get the tactics right? Was he let do...

Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Kelvin Barker, author of 'Celery: Representing Chelsea in the '80's'; 'Chelsea Here, Chelea There' and writer for cfcuk, to look back at the 1989-90 season. Chelsea are back in Division One after their record breaking previou...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover, Alex Churchill and Clayton Beerman to look back at Chelsea's 3-1 defeat of Brighton and ahead to next weekend's match against Liverpool. On the show tonight, we discuss a good win in an average performance and 50 shades of Kepa as he flaps and lets another long range shot in and yet appears to have the backing of his manager. In part two we...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Dean Mears to preview Chelsea's forthcoming season. On the show tonight, it’s all about previewing the forthcoming season. In part three, Dean is at it again. He’s collated this season’s predictions from all the Chelsea FanCasters which, no doubt, he’ll use to humiliate us at the end of the season! We reveal what we think Chelsea’s final...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall and Dean Mears to preview Chelsea's forthcoming season. On the show tonight, it’s all about previewing the forthcoming season. We’ll kick off part one with a look at the players Chelsea have signed so far; who else might or should be coming in and who has gone and who else should go. In part two we look at the prospect of a return to the Bri...

Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan, author of 'Eddie Mac' and formerly editor of the 'Chelsea Independent' fanzine, look back at the 1988-89 season. With Chelsea having been relegated via a play off the previous season, Chelsea supporters mood was...

Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Mark Meehan, author of 'Eddie Mac' and formerly editor of the 'Chelsea Independent' fanzine. After a disappointing mid-table finish to the previous season, Chelsea supporter's hopes were not high, but little did they know wha...

Regular Chelsea FanCast contributor and esteemed Chelsea author, Mark Worrall, joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his new book “When Skies Are Grey: Super Frank, Chelsea & the Corona Virus Crisis”. Stamford Chidge and Mark Worrall discuss his latest book “When Skies Are Grey: Super Frank, Chelsea & the Corona Virus Crisis” which offers a chronicle of Chelsea's 2019/20 season in granular d...

The Chelsea FanCast gather solemnly to review Chelsea's season and pass judgement upon it. Stamford Chidge is joined by Chelsea FanCast regulars, Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Tony Glover, Dan Silver, Mark Worrall, Mark Meehan, Alex Churchill, Martin Wickham, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to review Chelsea's season. In Part Two, we reveal our Best and Worst results and matches; rate the season as...

The Chelsea FanCast gather solemnly to review Chelsea's season and pass judgement upon it. Stamford Chidge is joined by Chelsea FanCast regulars, Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman, Tony Glover, Dan Silver, Mark Worrall, Mark Meehan, Alex Churchill, Martin Wickham, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to review Chelsea's season. In Part One, we reveal our Player Ratings; rate Frank Lampard and Jody Morris; th...

Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Dan Silver to look back at the 1986-87 season. Having finished 6th in the previous 2 seasons in Division One, hopes were high for the new season. The squad had been strengthened with Steve Wicks, Roy Wegerle and...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dean Mears and Dayne Whittle to look back at Chelsea's defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions' League to draw the curtain on the 2019/20 season at last. On the show tonight, we discuss defensive errors costing us again; VAR ruining football again; Tammy getting on the scoresheet and who else came out of it with any credit? In part two we muse on the fa...

Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver to look back at the 1985-86 season. Chelsea start the 1985-86 season, having finished 6th in Division One, under new management with John Hollins replacing the much loved John Neal. And they pretty much pick up whe...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Martin Wickham to digest the horror of losing to Arsenal in a third FA Cup final. On the show tonight, we ask were Franks tactics at fault or was it poor game management by the players? Were we just unlucky & on the wrong end of game changing events? How much was Taylor to blame? Was it poor defending again? And what a difference Aubam...

Continuing our series '50 Years of Chelsea' looking back, season by season, from the FA Cup winning 1970 season to present day; Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Mark Worrall, author of 'Chelsea Here; Chelsea There' and Kelvin Barker, author of 'Celery: Representing Chelsea in the '80's' and 'Chelsea Here; Chelsea There' to look back at the 1984-85 season. In the summer of 1984, after pr...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Tony Glover to look back at a successful conclusion to the Premier League season with a professional job done on Wolves. On the show tonight, we ask was Frank vindicated by dropping Kepa and what future for our hapless goalie? In part two we discuss just how important Mason Mount has been this season and how important he will be going...

In this episode, Brandon Busbee, on of the London is Blue podcast trio, joins Stamford Chidge to talk about his support of Chelsea including his first game, his favourite matches and players, all time Chelsea Hero, best and worst Chelsea moments as well as his favourite Chelsea songs! A fascinating episode, with an American voice to add to our series and proof, if proof were needed, that no matter...

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dayne Whittle and Nick Verlaney from 'London is Blue' to discuss the superb win against Man Utd in the FA Cup semi-final. On the show tonight, we ask is 3:4:3 the magic number? Was this the best performance of the season and with Arsenal in the final will it be another chance for revenge? In part two we give props to the insurmountable Mason Mount and Ki...