# FA Cup final preview: Chelsea v Manchester City Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/fa-cup-final-preview-chelsea-v-manchester-city Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/fa-cup-final-preview-chelsea-v-manchester-city.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: 2026-05-14T15:02:32+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fcs-chelsea-show/episodes/fa-cup-final-preview-chelsea-v-manchester-city Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681ccb505acb8b715f1f1330/e/6a05e4093fd6979bfc043f36/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/episodes/fa-cup-final-preview-chelsea-v-manchester-city Duration seconds: 4207 ## Resource Surely the Wembley curse has to come to an end eventually?! Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's Liam Twomey and Luke Bosher for a mega look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley. Do the Blues have any hope of beating Pep's men given their 13-game winless streak against them? What are the key selection issues heading into the final? And just what an incredible achievement would it be for Calum McFarlane to lead this side to an unlikely moment of glory in an otherwise chaotic season? Off the pitch, there's protests planned at Wembley ahead of the match - and on Tuesday night against Tottenham at the Bridge. Liam speaks to organisers David and Jacob from NotAProjectCFC to find out more about this latest action - and whether there's any way back for BlueCo in the eyes of the supporters. Plus - we've got word from David Ornstein on the news he broke earlier this week that Xabi Alonso is at the forefront of Chelsea's thinking as they seek a new head coach. We'll be back on Monday with all the reaction and fallout from events at the national stadium on Saturday afternoon... can they do it!? HOST: Matt Davies-Adams WITH: Luke Bosher and Liam Twomey 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/fa-cup-final-preview-chelsea-v-manchester-city/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/fa-cup-final-preview-chelsea-v-manchester-city.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.