Charlton dispatched in the FA Cup - but how will Rosenior's CFC fare against Arsenal?
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
A big win to kick-off the Rosenior reign...
Matt Davies-Adams has got Sam Parkin and Simon Johnson alongside him to look back on the 5-1 win at Charlton in the FA Cup on Saturday night.
Then it's onto a wholly different challenge - with Arsenal making the short trip to Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup Semi-Final First Leg on Wednesday evening. Is the pressure off for the Blues? And what kind of reception will we see from the home fans towards the new head coach?
Plus, the WSL returned this weekend and CFCW got back underway in style with a 5-0 thrashing of West Ham at Kingsmeadow! But it's still all to do in the league with Man City staying six point clear at the top of the table.
We'll be back on Thursday to run the rule over the first leg clash with Arsenal - and look ahead to the visit of Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday.
HOST: Matt Davies-Adams
WITH: Simon Johnson and Sam Parkin
PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | It's Chelsea |
| 0:06.5 | Chelsea |
| 0:08.2 | Chelsea! |
| 0:10.9 | Chelsea! |
| 0:13.1 | It's straight out to Cobham, a show about Chelsea FC from the Athletic. |
| 0:18.6 | Coming up, lift off for Liam. |
| 0:20.3 | Maybe there is some depth of this squad after all, question mark. |
| 0:23.1 | We preview the first leg of the League Cup semi-final |
| 0:25.4 | and round up the rest of the Blues News as the women Wallet West have. |
| 0:29.4 | The highest rated show on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:32.4 | Now twice a week, thanks to its listeners. |
| 0:34.6 | This is straight out of Cobham. |
| 0:45.9 | A happy Monday to you. Every Chelsea team won well this weekend. |
| 0:51.9 | 5-1 for the men, 5-0 for the women, 4-1 for the under-21s, and 3-1 for the under-18s. So happy full house, if ever there was one, |
| 0:54.6 | which could also be an accurate descriptor |
| 0:57.7 | of this podcast in the faces that I'm looking at, |
| 1:00.7 | beaming back at me on this Monday morning. |
| 1:03.7 | The athletics, Simon Johnson, |
| 1:05.6 | always has a sunny disposition, |
| 1:07.1 | particularly after a healthy epic cup winning. |
| 1:08.7 | How are you doing this morning? |
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