1905: The Chelsea FC Podcast

Sometimes it’s better to be a lucky manager, and Xabi Alonso and Michael Carrick’s fortunes go in opposite directions as Chelsea beat Man Utd 2-0. Alonso gets a key win and a long exhale, Carrick is on the brink, and we’ll happily take the three points, even if we were more fortunate than good.

United have the better of the first half, then the game turns in a quarter of an hour: a Morgan Rogers chip for the ages, Lisandro Martínez’s red card, and a Cole Palmer penalty. Alonso’s second-half reset is the blueprint, more of the ball at home and Rogers, Palmer and Estêvão all dangerous with it. Lucky or not, that’s the Chelsea we want to see more of.

The best part is the players. Estêvão earns his standing ovation and has to start at Sunderland, Romeo Lavia has his best game in a blue shirt, and Mike Penders makes the late save that seals the clean sheet. Palmer reaches 50 Chelsea league goals faster than all but two, in the youngest side in the league. The striker question can wait. Sunderland next.

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Chapters
0:00 Pre-match fears and the Estêvão team news
3:00 The first half United should have won
6:00 Rogers’ chip and Martínez’s red card
10:00 Estêvão’s standing ovation
12:00 Lavia’s best Chelsea performance
13:30 Joe’s case: better to be lucky than good
17:30 The back line and what Alonso changed
21:30 Penders, Lavia v Henderson and Rogers
28:00 João Pedro, Palmer and the striker question
32:00 Colwill and Acheampong
39:00 Chris: Palmer’s 50th goal
48:00 Why Estêvão has to start at Sunderland

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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
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Another false dawn, and the numbers now say the quiet part out loud: one domestic trophy in ten years. Chelsea go out of the Carabao Cup at Anfield, beaten 6-5 on penalties by a Liverpool side treating it as their fourth priority, and for a club with Chelsea’s history that’s the bit that really stings.

Estêvão doesn’t get off the bench, not even for five minutes, despite Chelsea naming a strong XI with a bench to match. His minutes this season don’t add up, and when you’re sitting on a talent like that and not using him, the questions go to Alonso, not the player. Then Wesley Fofana punches a corner out of the air to gift Liverpool their penalty — inexcusable, and in twenty-five years of watching football we’ve never once seen that happen by accident.

Caicedo, Henderson and a composed Mike Penders were the night’s real positives, and we’re not calling for Alonso’s head over one Carabao Cup exit — but the team selections, the sitting on his hands against Spurs, the inconsistency, it’s all adding up. Two winnable games before the international break, Man United at home and Sunderland away, and we need six points to feel differently.

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Chapters
0:00 Anfield heartbreak — Chelsea out on penalties
0:30 The Estêvão mystery deepens
5:30 Fofana’s handball fury
9:00 Caicedo and Henderson deliver
10:30 Penders stands tall between the sticks
11:30 The case for patience with Alonso
19:00 One domestic trophy in ten years
24:00 Estêvão’s penalty record, and the fear of wasting him
30:00 Why we’re calling this episode False Dawn
32:00 Man United preview — a must-win at the Bridge

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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
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Two defeats to Spurs at Stamford Bridge in 36 years, and Xabi Alonso’s overthinking hands them the second. Spurs deserved it, but when every Chelsea player turns in a six out of ten, that’s on the manager.

It’s the Pep and Rodri move all over again. No João Pedro, so no striker. Geovany Quenda thrown into a London derby with Danny Welbeck and Estêvão sitting on the bench, and not a single change at half-time.

Mike Penders needs building up, not knocking down, though at two metres tall he should be catching that corner. Cole Palmer’s red is petulant and silly, a week after Everton gave him a free pass.

We still back Alonso long term. We just need Anfield on Wednesday to go a lot better.

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Chapters
0:00 Washout: Chelsea 0-2 Spurs
1:00 Where’s João Pedro?
2:30 No striker, no creativity
4:00 Mike Penders: don’t pile on
6:30 Lacroix, Hato and Palestra at the back
8:30 Quenda: a fish out of water
10:00 Why Welbeck and Estêvão don’t start
11:30 Cole Palmer sees red
13:00 Liverpool, Man United and a caretaker Carrick
14:30 Two defeats in 36 years
18:30 Alonso gets too clever
25:00 The substitutions that make no sense
26:00 Estêvão can’t catch a break
28:00 Penders, punching and the Premier League
31:00 Palmer’s red card and the Everton warning
33:30 Anfield preview: who should start

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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
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Mike Penders gets his chance against Spurs on Saturday night, with Emi Martinez out and the Chelsea number one shirt there to be taken.

Chris and Joe measure him against Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois at the same stage and ask what ten games in goal would need to look like for Xabi Alonso to think twice about Martinez. Joe pleads for patience if a mistake comes.

Plus Josh Acheampong’s contract standoff, Jordan Henderson’s midfield influence, and whether Spurs, six straight league defeats to Chelsea and still short of goals, finally break the run.

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Chapters
00:00 Welcome and the Spurs run
01:00 Penders steps in for Martinez
02:00 Age, caps and games: Penders v Cech and Courtois
05:00 What Penders needs to keep the shirt
11:00 Josh Acheampong’s contract question
21:00 Spurs: 18 wins to five
27:30 Henderson and the midfield engine
30:00 Effectively third: the title chat

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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
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Chelsea grow up at Everton: a 2-0 win that ends the hosts’ unbeaten start and delivers a first league clean sheet in nine months.

Pedro Neto’s second-half brace takes the headlines, but the bigger story is a side that stands up to a physical away day and looks like men rather than boys.

Josh Acheampong has his best game in a Chelsea shirt, Jordan Henderson and Moises Caicedo hold the base, and Xabi Alonso’s three-week break looks to have tightened the defence.

Emi Martinez goes off after a clash of heads, with jaw surgery to follow, Mike Penders gets his chance, and Reece James is out for months.

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Chapters
0:00 Grown up at last: Everton 0-2 Chelsea reaction
2:30 Emi Martinez’s injury scare
3:50 Mike Penders steps in
5:00 Josh Acheampong comes of age
7:00 Lacroix and Colwill: building a partnership
8:30 Hato at left back
10:00 Henderson and Caicedo run the base
11:30 Palmer, Rogers and Joao Pedro: the work rate
15:30 Pedro Neto, reborn
17:30 Alonso’s three-week break
19:00 Joe’s take: a serious Chelsea
20:30 Martinez’s jaw surgery and the road back
23:30 Penders: the big opportunity
29:00 Reece James out for months
31:30 Henderson, Tchaikovsky and the squad minutes problem

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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
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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
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European Champions: 19/05
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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
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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
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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
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European Champions: 19/05
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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.

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The 1905 Podcast
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European Champions: 19/05
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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
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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
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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.

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The 1905 Podcast
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European Champions: 19/05
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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
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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
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Chelsea are many things right now, but boring isn't one of them.

Chelsea's centre-backs played more diagonal balls than five-yard passes at the weekend, and that's the story of Xabi Alonso's Chelsea in one stat.

A 4-3 win over Brighton, three goals inside half an hour from Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto, Emiliano Martinez's first game in a Chelsea shirt, and a defence that still has plenty to fix.

Chris and Joe on the possession numbers, VAR's surprisingly light touch so far this season, and Wesley Fofana finally looking like himself again.

Then: deadline day chaos. Enzo Fernandez finally away to Man City, a stunning Tosin-Mudryk double deal to Tottenham, and Robert Sanchez off to Como.

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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

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One game was all it took. Xabi Alonso watched Robert Sánchez against Fulham and Chelsea signed Emiliano Martínez three days later — £7.5m, two years, mentality monster, no block on Mike Penders.

The case isn't really about mistakes that lead to goals. It's what a loud, confident keeper does for a young back line and a crowd that goes quiet at the first sign of trouble.

Then Luton in the Carabao Cup, 2-0, Barco the best player on the pitch and Palmer continuing his resurgence.

The title talk has already started... Brighton on Sunday could tell us how realistic that is.

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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

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31 seconds. That's all it took for the Xabi Alonso era to get started.

Chris and Joe are buzzing after Chelsea's breathless 3-2 win at Fulham, with Cole Palmer back to his brilliant best, Morgan Rogers marking his debut with a goal, and Joao Pedro underlining why he might be the second-best striker in the league.

There's still the small matter of Rob Sanchez between the sticks, and the lads dig into whether Mike Penders should be handed the gloves against Luton and beyond...

Plus: the latest on Enzo Fernandez's Man City exit, Nicolas Jackson's future, and why Reece James is finally becoming the captain Chelsea need.

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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
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Xabi Alonso wants Chelsea to put fear back into the Premier League — and Monday night at Craven Cottage is where that starts.

Chris and Joe preview the season opener, picking their lineup for Fulham away, backing the front three to click early, and weighing up whether Enzo Fernández or Romeo Lavia gets the nod alongside Moisés Caicedo.

Plus the latest on the the swirling ownership rumours around Todd Boehly and Clearlake. First game, new manager, and a west London derby that always carries an edge.

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
🌐 http://www.1905podcast.com/
📧 hello@1905podcast.com

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There's a real buzz around Chelsea heading into 2026/27 — Chris and Joe call it the most open Premier League in years.

Xabi Alonso's aura alone has lifted the mood among Chelsea fans, and the squad finally looks built for the Premier League's physicality.

They dig into the Enzo Fernández saga — Chelsea's £120m Man City deadline — not as a crisis but as proof of how far the club's standing has shifted. Levi Colwill and Romeo Lavia both get tipped for breakout years. Then: full predictions for the league, both cups, and Player of the Season.

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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
🌐 http://www.1905podcast.com/
📧 hello@1905podcast.com

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