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Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

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The Athletic's Chelsea experts - Simon Johnson, Liam Twomey, Luke Bosher, Sam Parkin and Dom Fifield - are alongside host Matt Davies-Adams to bring you behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge. Expect unrivalled insight, honest opinion and stimulating debate.

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2019 - The Athletic
Episodes
  • 22-23 déjà vu, anyone? Is 25-26 going down the same sorry road?
    Mar 23 2026

    We're going to need more than Good Luck, Babe!


    Matt Davies-Adams has got two Chappell Roan enthusiasts - Cerys Jones and Simon Johnson - alongside him for a look back at another miserable trip to Merseyside.


    There's the fallout from the abject 3-0 defeat to Everton. Have the players downed tools? Have they lost respect for Liam Rosenior's methods? And are we in danger of seeing the Blues tumble down the table?! With Champions League football next season looking fanciful in this current state...


    It might be time to regroup for the men's side over the international break - but CFCW have got the small matter of a Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal on Tuesday night to look ahead to. We preview that game - and some big contractual news to come out of the club with a couple of legends looking set to depart.


    Plus - an unfortunate trip down memory lane to that 2022-23 campaign - surely it can't get that bad?!!


    We'll be back with a special show on Wednesday shining the spotlight on CFCW and hoping for a night to remember for Sonia Bompastor's side under the lights at the Emirates.


    HOST: Matt Davies-Adams

    WITH: Simon Johnson and Cerys Jones

    PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva

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    56 mins
  • Was PSG humiliation the most damaging night of the Clearlake era?
    Mar 18 2026

    You 8-2 see it...


    Matt Davies-Adams enlists Cerys Jones and Liam Twomey for a gory-post mortem of Chelsea's 8-2 aggregate defeat by PSG in the Champions League last 16.


    Simon Johnson beams in from the Stamford Bridge press box with a pretty damning assessment of what he saw in front of him on a 'horrific night' for everyone associated with the club.


    Was this result breaking point for Liam Rosenior in the eyes of Chelsea fans? And will this embarrassment on the biggest stage make the club hierarchy reconsider their approach to this 'project'?


    The mood is very high going into the first ever trip to the Hill Dickinson then (!) - we look ahead to that match. Plus - racking our brains for players who found the net at Goodison...


    We'll be back on Monday to look back on the trip to Everton - will the Blues be heading into the international break on a much-needed high?


    HOST: Matt Davies-Adams

    WITH: Luke Bosher and Simon Johnson

    PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva

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    53 mins
  • Sanctions, huddles, injuries, defeats - and mounting concerns over Chelsea's season
    Mar 16 2026

    Respectfully...


    Matt Davies-Adams is joined by the SOC OG's Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey for a look back at events at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as Chelsea's top five hopes were dealt another blow.


    But we begin with a double dose of bad breaking news to come out of the club on Monday - with Reece James injured and the club handed a suspended one-year ban from signing first-team players and given a £10million fine from the Premier League relating to breaches of financial rules during Roman Abramovich’s time as owner.


    If that wasn't fun enough - we get stuchin into the farcical pre-match huddle situation - before finally focusing on the lowlights of the 1-0 defeat by Newcastle.


    Things don't get much easier - with PSG in town on Tuesday with the unenviable task of trying to overcome a 5-2 deficit.


    As has so often been the case in the past - thank goodness for CFCW! They picked up their first silverware of the season thanks to the 2-0 League Cup final victory over Manchester United.


    We'll be back on Wednesday to look back on the miracle against PSG????! And a look ahead to Saturday evening's trip to Everton... and any other bad news that wants to darken our door in the meantime!


    HOST: Matt Davies-Adams

    WITH: Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey

    PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    54 mins
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