The Preview: Chelsea vs Man City
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
It's FA Cup Final weekend. Can City avoid a third consecutive FA Cup Final defeat? Could this be Pep's final trip to Wembley? Can Chelsea end the season with silverware?
Plus we preview the penultimate weekend in the Premier League.
Host: Matt Davies-Adams
Guests: Mark Critchley & Cerys Jones
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Jay Beale & Paul Iliffe
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the preview from the Athletic FC. |
| 0:08.2 | It's the show where we get you set for the weekend's action. |
| 0:11.4 | This week we're starting with the FA Cup final as Chelsea take on Manchester City. |
| 0:19.9 | And on board today we've got Kerris Joe. |
| 0:21.8 | How are you doing Kerris? |
| 0:22.9 | I'm good, thank you Matt. |
| 0:24.2 | Good. Mark Critchley's back with us too. |
| 0:25.8 | You're all right, Cridge? |
| 0:26.7 | I'm not too bad, Matt. Thanks very much. |
| 0:29.3 | Good. All right. Well, later we're going to get into the penultimate round of Premier League action. |
| 0:33.4 | But first, let's get to our feature presentation. |
| 0:37.9 | It is the 145th Football Association Challenge Cup final this weekend. |
| 0:43.6 | Domestic treble chasing Manchester City face the Chelsea side, |
| 0:47.7 | hoping Saturday will salvage a sorry season somewhat. |
| 0:51.7 | Let's start with Chelsea then, Kerris. |
| 0:54.1 | It's your beat. Is there a smidge of |
| 0:56.0 | optimism amongst those with Blue Blood after all the pessimism of late? They're on a one |
| 1:00.5 | match unbeaten streak after last weekend's draw at Amfield. Yeah, I mean, like, so let's |
| 1:04.9 | start with the optimism. So they scored. They've actually scored twice in two games. Really |
| 1:10.1 | feel for J'R Jarre Pedro scoring an excellent |
| 1:12.7 | overhead kick against Nottingham Forest that meant absolutely nothing. They should have Levi |
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