When Gerrard Almost Joined Chelsea

Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

The Athletic

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

4.9 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week, host Matt Davies-Adams and The Athletic's resident Chelsea experts; Liam Twomey, Simon Johnson & Dom Fifield revisit Mourinho's infamous pursuit of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard... How close was the deal, why it fell through and whether or not him and Lampard could have forged a better partnership at Stamford Bridge than for England? And, ahead of the anniversary of the '97 FA Cup Final the guys debate its impact on Chelsea history.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to straight out of Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic.
0:21.1	Coming up on this week's show, we've all the latest blues news. That bit won't take very long.
0:26.0	We'll also look back on the time Stephen Gerard almost swapped Merseyside for West London
0:30.0	and reflect on Chelsea's first FA Cup final victory at Wembley. All that to come on this edition of Straight Out of Cobham.
0:40.7	So here we are again, friends, another football free week to endure. Fear not, though,
0:45.3	the Athletics panel of Chelsea experts are here to make sure you get your blues buzz on.
0:50.5	I'm Matt Davis Adams. Joining me via the Marvel of Computer Technology today are Simon Johnson.
0:56.1	Good I.
0:57.8	Dominic Fifeield.
0:59.3	Oh, I can't match that.
1:00.9	Sorry.
1:02.0	And Liam Tumi.
1:03.9	Hello.
1:04.8	Right.
1:05.5	Before we get to the news, I want to talk about the real headline of the week, which is Liam's Kui-Upy Challenge.
1:11.5	I'm sure most people listening will have seen the clip posted to Liam's Twitter page last week of him showing his skills
1:16.8	atop the roof of his penthouse pad. Liam, I counted 59. You claim you could have gone on longer.
1:23.6	How pleased were you with the video and its response?
1:26.5	Yeah, I was pleased with the way it turned out.
1:29.1	I'm going to answer this in proper football post-match parlance, by the way.
1:34.0	Yeah, I was pleased.
1:35.2	I mean, I just hit it and it went up in the air 59 times in a row.
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