1905: The Chelsea FC Podcast

Chelsea haven’t scored at Everton since a Jorginho penalty in August 2022, and last March’s 3-0 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium didn’t help the mood.

After the 5-1 Bournemouth win, Alonso’s side finally look balanced: a back four with the ball, a 4-4-2 without it. Acheampong’s height against Everton’s set pieces, Estevão stepping into Pedro Neto’s role, and Colwill and Lacroix as a settled pairing in front of Martínez.

Plus the fringe players short of minutes without Europe, Jordan Henderson’s critics, and Joe’s pick of Chelsea’s best Goodison result — the 3-2 in 2006 with Lampard, Ballack and Drogba.

Dedicated to Simon Webb 💙

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Chapters
00:00 A dedication to Simon
02:00 Chelsea stories everywhere — Villa, Rüdiger, Enzo
03:30 Rested or rusty? The minutes problem
05:00 Alonso’s back four and the 4-4-2 shape
09:30 Left back, set pieces and the Everton threat
10:30 Chelsea’s Everton record — no win since 2022
12:45 Joe takes over
14:30 It’s okay to like Jordan Henderson
16:30 Best Goodison result: Chelsea 3-2 in 2006
22:00 Why a draw wouldn’t be a disaster

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who’ve been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

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The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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Jordan Henderson, 36, scores twice on his home debut as Chelsea beat Bournemouth 5-1 at Stamford Bridge. A right-foot finish off the post and a free kick into the top corner bookend a masterclass in game management.

João Pedro makes it five in five, Morgan Rogers scores inside three minutes again, and Henderson and Caicedo look like a proper midfield pair, though the set-piece wobble at 3-0 is still a worry.

Plus Cole Palmer’s new deal to 2034, announced on a live stream, and why the Premier League table feels a little like a mirage.

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Chapters
0:00 Chelsea 5-1 Bournemouth: two goals in three minutes
2:30 Henderson takes control before half-time
3:30 João Pedro makes it three, then the set-piece wobble
5:30 The Henderson free kick and the Lavia call
6:30 Front three, Estêvão’s minutes and Caicedo’s return
9:30 Relief for Alonso after three games without a win
11:30 Everton away preview
14:30 Chris on Henderson: 11.9km and the Caicedo partnership
20:30 João Pedro five in five, Acheampong’s rise
23:30 Joe on Henderson and life after Enzo Fernandez
27:50 Cole Palmer signs until 2034
32:30 Premier League round-up: City, Brighton and the top four race

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who’ve been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

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The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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After 22 days without a game, Chelsea are finally back, and Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge feels like a must-win for Xabi Alonso.

Moisés Caicedo is training again, João Pedro's knee is the worry nobody is talking about, and Joe isn't convinced Bournemouth are the soft touch their league position suggests.

Before that, Pedro retires, Lawrence Stewart leaves as sporting director, and Romeo Lavia and Morgan Rogers come back from international duty in form.

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Chapters
0:00 22 days later: Chelsea are back
1:00 Pedro retires
4:30 Lawrence Stewart leaves by mutual consent
6:30 Lavia's international break
9:45 Morgan Rogers and the Cole Palmer question
13:30 Chelsea v Bournemouth: the banana skin
18:30 Last season's Bournemouth games
19:00 Caicedo's return
21:30 João Pedro's knee and the striker problem
25:30 Chris's XI and Joe's verdict
31:00 Too many players, too few minutes

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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Man City's sham contracts of £830m might be the biggest football story of our time. We ask what it means for Chelsea: how we feel about it, how it compares with our own case, and whether we'd even want the trophies.

Then the big one, the best punishment from a Chelsea point of view, with relegation-battling Hull, Coventry and Spurs watching closely.

Plus the postbox: Stamford Bridge or a new stadium, one January signing, and the Chelsea match we'd watch again and again.

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Chapters
0:00 The international break drags on
1:00 How do we feel about the Man City charges?
4:30 The asterisk on Agüero and Guardiola's 100-point side
9:30 Chelsea's case vs City's: is there a comparison?
13:00 Would you want the trophies?
15:30 The best punishment, and what it means for Hull, Coventry and Spurs
18:00 Sympathy for City fans
22:30 Postbox: Stamford Bridge, stay or go?
26:00 Postbox: one January signing
30:00 Postbox: the Chelsea match you'd watch again and again
33:30 Postbox: the best Chelsea item you own
36:30 Postbox: favourite Chelsea chant

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

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The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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22 days to sit on Brentford 3-0 Chelsea, 22 days for Xabi Alonso to find a plan B, 22 days to restart the season.

A perfectly decent first half unravels when Jaidon Anthony nods in from a back-post corner, and the familiar Chelsea collapse follows: one goal down, crosses going nowhere, no answer.

Chris backs Alonso and asks for patience, while Joe wants the back three binned, Estêvão on the pitch and Lavia alongside Jordan Henderson, who might have been Chelsea's best player on the night.

Plus João Pedro's absence, Levi Colwill at left centre-back, and why Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth always seem to arrive with a plan Chelsea don't.

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Chapters
00:00 22 days to sit on it
02:00 A first half that was fine
03:30 The back-post corner and the same old Chelsea
06:30 What happens when Chelsea go a goal down
07:45 Jordan Henderson in a Chelsea shirt
08:30 Estêvão and the subs that never came
12:00 Why Chelsea have to back Xabi Alonso
16:00 Joe: "an appalling watch"
18:30 Henderson best player, Lavia on the bench
21:30 Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth have a game plan
28:00 The back three has to go
32:30 Five points behind Arsenal, four ahead of Coventry

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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Chris and Joe reveal their fix for Chelsea's leaky defence ahead of Friday night's trip to Brentford — chasing a first league win at the Gtech since Ben Chilwell's solitary goal there in 2021.

Off the back of a frustrating draw at Hull, they run through why Levi Colwill is under pressure, make the case for Reece James dropping into a back three, and back Jordan Henderson and Romeo Lavia to start together in midfield against Henderson's old club.

Marco Palestra could get his first minutes on the left, Malo Gusto's struggles come under fire, and Morgan Rogers' remarkable start — three goals and four assists in six games — gets the praise it deserves.

Plus: predictions for a game that sends Chelsea into a 22-day international break.

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Chapters
0:00 – The Hull draw inquest and the weekend's results
3:00 – New rivals: hating Man City's Enzo era
6:30 – Morgan Rogers: the best Chelsea start in years
12:15 – Brentford preview: chasing a first win since Chilwell's 2021 goal
17:00 – The fix: Reece James into the back three
25:30 – Score predictions

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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Chelsea's defending against Hull City wasn't just bad — it was schoolboy stuff, the kind you'd bench a nine-year-old for. A 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge that should've been a rout turns into another damning day for Xabi Alonso's back line.

Morgan Rogers' early strike had Chelsea cruising, but Jorrel Hato's mistimed header and a helpless Malo Gusto at right-back gifted Mohamed Belloumi two goals inside six minutes. João Pedro's finish off a Cole Palmer assist rescues a point, but the story is Chelsea sitting bottom of the league for shots conceded — and a Reece James proposal that could fix it.

Plus: the Frank Lampard-to-Thomas Tuchel parallel, why Jordan Henderson might be the midfield answer, and the corner routine that's biting Chelsea from both ends.

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Chapters

0:00 Final score reaction — "extremely disappointing"
1:00 Morgan Rogers opens the scoring
2:00 Schoolboy defending — Hato and the first equaliser
3:00 Six minutes later — Belloumi's second
6:30 Palmer to Pedro — Chelsea level it up
9:00 Reece James's legs and the defensive lapses
16:00 Chris: Lampard-to-Tuchel and the fix that worked before
23:30 The Reece James solution — back to right-back
27:00 Why Jordan Henderson could start soon
32:00 Set pieces — the corner routine cutting both ways

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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Chelsea's night at Stamford Bridge goes from disaster to delirium — 2-0 down to Leeds United inside 48 minutes, then six goals in a second-half spell Chelsea fans won't forget for years.

Nine changes, a makeshift back three, and a miserable first half before Xabi Alonso's four halftime subs turn it on its head: Cole Palmer scores twice in two minutes, Pedro Neto shines at wing-back, Morgan Rogers pulls the strings, and Danny Welbeck's brace seals a 6-3 win.

Valentín Barco impresses in midfield, the defence still worries them, and they pick their teams for Hull City at the weekend.

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Contents

00:00 Nine changes, Bridge shirts, and 2-0 down
04:00 Alonso's gamble and a makeshift back three
09:30 Grading the back line
21:00 The halftime cavalry: Palmer, Rogers, Neto, James
36:00 Chelsea's defensive touches problem
40:00 Picking the team for Hull

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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"Ain't that a kick in the head," goes the famous Dean Martin song — and Chelsea fans were asking exactly that after Gabriel caught Emiliano Martinez flush in the face inside five minutes at the Emirates.

Chris and Joe pick through the incident that split social media, the VAR call that let it go, and why Sky's own pundits couldn't explain it either.

Beyond the flashpoint, Morgan Rogers' 77-second opener kept the fast start going before Kai Havertz and Martin Ødegaard turned the game and secured a 2-1 Arsenal win.

Cole Palmer and João Pedro both come in for scrutiny, Estêvão's late cameo earns praise, and the pair look ahead to Leeds in the League Cup.

0:00 Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: the fallout
0:30 Morgan Rogers' fast start and Havertz punishing Chelsea
11:00 The Gabriel-Martinez kick and the VAR controversy
19:00 Joe's red card verdict
28:30 Leeds United League Cup preview

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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Tammy Abraham's winner in 2019. Romelu Lukaku's second homecoming in 2021. You have to go back to a different era for Chelsea's last wins at The Emirates. Could Sunday be our best chance in years to change the script?

Chris and Joe preview the Emirates test before reviewing what might be Chelsea's best transfer window in years: over half a billion raised in sales, a genuine summer profit, and ten of last season's matchday squad shown the door.

Enzo Fernández is off to Manchester City, the Lamine Camara deal collapsed at the eleventh hour, and Emiliano Martínez, Morgan Rogers and Maxence Lacroix have come in.

Now it's about whether that business shows up on the pitch.

0:00 Can Chelsea finally win at Arsenal again?
05:00 Reviewing Chelsea's transfer window
13:00 The case for Chelsea's "selling club" model
21:00 Arsenal team news and predicted lineup
26:00 Score predictions

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

— ★ ★ —

The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
🌐 www.1905podcast.com
📧 [email protected]

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