Chelsea get back to their best, abandoning FA Cup format changes, and a chat with Oxford United’s Maddison Millington-Stanbury!
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Chloe and Rachel whizz through a bumper FA Cup weekend, where we saw a glimpse of the Chelsea we’re used to after their impressive win against Man United. A cracking Sam Kerr goal wasn’t a bad way to commemorate her 150th appearance, either!
In other FA Cup business, we react to the news that next season’s controversial format changes have been delayed. Plus, we’re joined by Oxford United goalkeeper Maddison Millington-Stanbury to chat about the club’s dream FA Cup journey, her career ambitions and how football continues to be a safe haven in light of her autism diagnosis.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Up Front. I'm Chloe Morgan and I'm Rachel Sullivan. A cup weekend full of stories. Chelsea got a confidence boosting win against a tough Man United side. How important will this prove ahead of a very intense march for them? Then excitingly, we've got an interview with Oxford United goalkeeper Madison Millington |
| 0:23.2 | Stanbury. |
| 0:24.1 | We'll be finding out about her journey in the game, life at Oxford, and receiving an autism |
| 0:28.3 | diagnosis as a professional footballer. |
| 0:31.3 | Finally, the controversial F.A. Cup revamp has been put on hold. |
| 0:36.8 | This is the kind of drama that we want to get stuck into, and we will. |
| 0:40.4 | So we're going to dissect what's not changing and why. |
| 0:46.5 | Rach, a lot of things to get through this weekend, but I'm feeling rather smug with myself. |
| 0:50.7 | I'm currently sat in a cabin in the arse end of nowhere, taking some time away from football, but obviously... Yeah, I'm in the fucking studio. Yeah, not a load of time away from football, because obviously I'm still showing up, being present for you, like the third person in my relationship, you know, producer Charlie somewhere in and around there. It's quite intense in the studio, but... Yeah, we're all in the studio. Yeah, it's really, really nice to kind of just um yeah just take a break from |
| 1:12.7 | everything you know so um yeah it's been lovely thanks for asking uh lots of fresh air |
| 1:17.6 | i managed to get a word in yes wholesome walks lots of um you know the fire there's a bathtub |
| 1:22.2 | outside it's been it's been lovely um yeah really just um really just, really just a peaceful weekend. |
| 1:28.1 | And I appreciate your interest in that. |
| 1:30.5 | Delighted. |
| 1:30.7 | So, yeah. |
| 1:31.1 | How's life in the studio, mate? |
| 1:33.8 | Empty. |
| 1:34.9 | Yeah? |
| 1:36.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:37.0 | Boring without me. |
| 1:38.1 | I sat here at a table on my own. |
| 1:40.6 | Yeah. |
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