Mikel's Morals & Gianfranco's Genius

Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

The Athletic

Sports, Chelsea News, Chelsea Fc, Soccer,, Chelsea

4.9 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week, host Matt Davies-Adams is alongside The Athletic's resident Chelsea experts, Liam Twomey, Simon Johnson & Dom Fifield to take you back to 1998/99 - a season in which Zola flourished, Casiraghi floundered and Chelsea were just 4 points from their first Premier League trophy! Plus, Simon tells all about his extraordinary interview with John Obi Mikel, who has terminated his own contract in Turkey amid the global pandemic.

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0:45.1	Hello and welcome to Straight Out of Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic.
0:53.3	So it's week two of the coronavirus-inforced hiatus in the football season, but that's not going to stop us from bringing you the very best Chelsea content.
1:00.0	On this week's show, we'll reveal how Chelsea have been dealing with another week away from Cobham,
1:05.5	why one former blue has left his latest club on bad terms as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and in line with the Athletics' 98-99 season reboot, will also reflect on what was arguably Jam Franco Zola's
1:12.4	best ever season in a Chelsea shirt. This is straight out of Cobb.
1:21.5	Yes, hello, listener. Nice to have you with us for another virtual get-together. We're all in our
1:25.9	houses. You may well be too, but that's not
1:27.7	going to stop us getting our weekly athletic Chelsea figs. I'm Matt Davis Adams. Joining me on the
1:32.6	line are the Athletics Three Chelsea experts. Hello, Liam. Hello. Come in, Dominic Fyfield.
1:38.4	Hi. How are you doing? Good, thank you. And welcome aboard Simon Johnson. Hello.
1:47.8	It's a weekly high, isn't it? Simon,
1:52.2	you know, who said that this needs to be depressing? We've still got Simon's intro.
1:58.5	Okay, we'll be stepping into our time machine soon enough, but first, let's round up the latest news.
2:02.5	It won't take long. So, Liam, what's happening as regards to the various teams as we record on monday morning they're not back together at cobham right no
2:07.0	cobham is still on partial lockdown i believe there are some staff in there but but none of the players
2:12.5	they're still confined to their houses um when they're not sneaking out to five-a-side pitches, as Mason-mounted
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