Chelsea's downward spiral continues after Man United defeat
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Gallows humour at the ready...
Matt Davies-Adams has The Athletic's Simon Johnson and Luke Bosher for company to look back on the latest shambolic result for Chelsea Football Club - this time in the form of a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United.
We touch upon the pre-match protests, before focusing on another day to forget at the Bridge to condemn the Blues to their fourth straight defeat... without scoring a goal.
Then - there's a trip to the seaside to take on a Brighton side who would leapfrog Liam Rosenior's side in the table if they were to win.
Plus - Caicedo's new contract - and co‑owner Behdad Eghbali admits mistakes have been made...
We'll be back with you on Wednesday for the fallout from the trip to the Amex - as well as all the other Blues news and a look ahead to Leeds in the FA Cup semi-final.
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HOST: Matt Davies-Adams
WITH: Luke Bosher and Simon Johnson
PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.2 | It's Chelsea |
| 0:06.5 | Chelsea! |
| 0:08.7 | Chelsea! |
| 0:10.8 | Chelsea! |
| 0:15.0 | It's straight out to Cobham, a show about Chelsea FC from the Athletic. |
| 0:18.6 | Coming up, another defeat, another game without a goal, and very possibly the end of any |
| 0:23.2 | lingering Champions League aspirations. |
| 0:25.7 | Still Brighton on Tuesday, at least Chelsea have a decent record there. |
| 0:29.3 | Wait. |
| 0:30.0 | Plus, Egvali speaks and Caesado signs. |
| 0:33.0 | Tweaking models since day one. |
| 0:34.6 | This is straight out of common. |
| 0:40.6 | Business models, I ought to clarify. |
| 0:45.5 | Right then, Moises-Ca-Cicdo signed a new contract. Arsenal looked like they've blown the league. Spurs might be going down and Hannah Hampton's back. That's the good news. Now settle in for 45 minutes or so |
| 0:51.3 | of misery. We are going to talk all things Chelsea. See, I've got two of the |
| 0:55.9 | athletics finest to do it with me. Hello, Simon Johnson. Hello. Yeah, I think that's |
| 1:01.4 | that's about the right pitch of hello for this particular Monday morning. Luke Bosha, can you |
| 1:05.8 | offer any more positivity or joy? I can try to, Matt. |
| 1:11.4 | I think what helps in this instance is the scheduling. |
| 1:14.8 | As you alluded to, I think City Arsenal was a nice palate cleanser, if you will, after what |
| 1:22.0 | happened at Stanford Bridge on Saturday evening. |
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