# Alonso announced! More Wembley misery and another Battle of the Bridge? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-another-battle-of-the-bridge Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-another-battle-of-the-bridge.md Podcast: [Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125) Published: 2026-05-18T16:06:01+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fcs-chelsea-show/episodes/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-spurs-h Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681ccb505acb8b715f1f1330/e/6a0afeb3f37ac16f7c9873c6/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/episodes/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-another-battle-of-the-bridge Duration seconds: 3127 ## Resource Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey for company after a rather busy days for Chelsea Football Club... A seventh straight defeat in a final at Wembley? Bad. Xabi Alonso announced as the new Blues manager? Now, that's more like it! We've got all the latest on Alonso's appointment, plus a look back on the narrow 1-0 defeat by Manchester City in the FA Cup final AND a look ahead to the visit of Tottenham in the Premier League on Tuesday night. Can they sign off at Stamford Bridge on a high by taking Spurs' relegation battle to the last day of the season? Plus - an emotional goodbye for Millie Bright and Sam Kerr - who scored on her final CFCW appearance to beat Manchester United and equal Fran Kirby's goalscoring record as Sonia Bompastor's side wrap up a third-placed finish in the WSL. We'll be back with you on Wednesday - hot off the back of events at the Bridge - to bring you reaction to the Tottenham game and look ahead to the final day of the season at Sunderland. HOST: Matt Davies-Adams WITH: Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/episodes/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-another-battle-of-the-bridge/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-another-battle-of-the-bridge.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.