1905: The Chelsea FC Podcast

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 HostsChris 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 PodcastChelsea FC Founded: 1905European Champions: 19/05🌐 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 HostsChris 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 PodcastChelsea FC Founded: 1905European Champions: 19/05🌐 www.1905podcast.com📧 hello@1905podcast.com
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Xabi Alonso has two unsolved problems going into the season — goalkeeper and central midfield — and Chris and Joe work through why neither gets fixed by the transfer business done so far.

Robert Sanchez versus Mike Penders gets a proper airing, Tosin Adarabioyo's continued involvement baffles them both, and outgoings (Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, Pedro Neto, Nicolas Jackson, and more) are weighed against incomings.

Then the dark horses question: with pundits tipping Chelsea for a top-four finish or better, where do they actually land?

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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

📧 hello@1905podcast.com
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Chelsea have signed two grandads — and somehow it feels exactly right.

Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson arrive with 71 years of experience between them, the grown-ups this dressing room has been crying out for.

Maxence Lacroix completes a defensive rebuild from Crystal Palace, Mykhailo Mudryk returns to training for the first time in 580 days, and Chelsea dodge a transfer ban with a £10m FA fine.

Pre-season brings a narrow defeat to Spurs, a horror show from captain Tosin, and real excitement about Estêvão, João Pedro and Cole Palmer up top.

Chris and Joe on why Xabi Alonso's old-head signings might be the smartest business of the summer.

Meet the HostsChris 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 PodcastChelsea FC Founded: 1905European Champions: 19/05🌐 www.1905podcast.com📧 hello@1905podcast.com
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The tingles are back. Chelsea just dropped £117m on Morgan Rogers, prised from under Arsenal's nose, and suddenly a squad still recovering from 10th place feels like one building something real.

Chris and Joe run through the incomings — Rogers, a possible John Stones reunion, Lacroix closing in from Palace — and the outgoings, with Nicolas Jackson splitting opinion, Garnacho definitely not, and Enzo Fernández's future still in doubt.

They map out Xabi Alonso's likely shape too, 3-4-3 or 4-2-3-1, and ask what a front four of Rogers, Palmer, Estêvão and Joao Pedro actually means for teams sitting deep.

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