{"podcast":{"title":"Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show","slug":"straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125","podcast_index_feed_id":259125,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/681ccb505acb8b715f1f1330","website_url":"https://straight-outta-cobham.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/681ccb505acb8b715f1f1330/show-cover.png","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":486,"summary":"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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T10:17:59.695521+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125"},"episode":{"title":"Alonso announced! More Wembley misery and another Battle of the Bridge?","slug":"alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-another-battle-of-the-bridge","published_at":"2026-05-18T16:06:01+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125","url":"https://shows.acast.com/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fcs-chelsea-show/episodes/alonso-announced-more-wembley-misery-and-spurs-h","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681ccb505acb8b715f1f1330/e/6a0afeb3f37ac16f7c9873c6/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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 straigh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3127,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"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","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"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","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}