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  • Following Roman Abramovich's Chelsea takeover in July 2003, Claudio Ranieri became a "dead man walking", with constant speculation surrounding his job at Stamford Bridge.

    And after a spectacular collapse against 10-man Monaco in the Champions League semi-final later that season, the Italian's fate was all but sealed.

    Step forward Jose Mourinho, a recently crowned Champions League winner who, after one incredible press conference, became English football's zeitgeist. The world would evolve around Mourinho in the Premier League and at Chelsea, with the media, fans and his players in awe of him.

    Just as Abramovich ushered in change in the boardroom, Mourinho would do the same from the dugout. And he was all Chelsea's, ready to sculpt the club's finest generation.

    This is the inside story of how Jose Mourinho inspired his Chelsea players to greatness.

    In this episode you will hear from: John Terry, Steve Clarke, Claudio Ranieri, Martin Tyler (Commentator), Gerry Cox (Journalist), Mike Ingham (Commentator), Simon Johnson (Journalist), Jason Cundy (Broadcaster), Neil Barnett (Journalist), Rick Glanvill (Chelsea FC's official historian)

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

    Archive used in this episode is courtesy of Chelsea TV.

  • Where were you on 1 July 2003? As it turns out, a lot of those people connected with Chelsea can't quite remember, either!

    It's a day that has gone down in history – the day that modern Chelsea was truly created as Roman Abramovich took over the club from Ken Bates.

    What followed was unprecedented in football. Chelsea embarked on a record-breaking transfer spree that made headlines across Europe and shook the football world.

    In this episode, we take you behind the scenes to explain how it all happened. In one summer.

    In this episode you will hear from: John Terry, Ken Bates, Claudio Ranieri, Jesper Gronkjaer, Mark Killick, Neil Barnett (Spy), Matthew Garrahan (The Financial Times), David Smith (The Observer), Simon Johnson (The Athletic), Martin Tyler (commentator), Mike Ingham (commentator), Rick Glanvill (Chelsea FC historian), Andy Saunders, and David Chidgey (Chelsea Fancast).

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

    Archive used in this episode is courtesy of Chelsea TV.

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  • As Chelsea started to establish themselves at the top end of English football with a flurry of major honours in the late 1990s, change was awaiting them on the horizon.

    The Blues had not long fielded the Premier League's first starting XI that featured overseas players only. It was symbolic of English football's transition to becoming more cosmopolitan, but the appointment of Claudio Ranieri in September 2000 saw the Italian take things back to their roots... he wanted to build his Chelsea team around a spine of homegrown talent.

    Step forward from the Chelsea youth ranks John Terry, a player whose career was at a crossroads. Within one match, Ranieri identified the talent that would lead Chelsea all the way to becoming European champions. And alongside him, another youngster from across London, Frank Lampard.

    Chelsea's journey on the road to Munich 2012 was just starting.

    This episode takes you behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge to understand how Ranieri and Colin Hutchinson lay the foundations for Roman Abramovich and Jose Mourinho to build a dynasty.

    It's a story played out before the threat of financial ruin and one game that changed it all against Liverpool in May 2003.

    In this episode you will hear from: John Terry, Ken Bates, Claudio Ranieri, Colin Hutchinson, Ruud Gullit, Glenn Hoddle, Frank Leboeuf, David Lee, Tore Andre Flo, Jody Morris, Jesper Gronkjaer, Neil Barnett (Spy), Rick Glanvill (Chelsea FC historian) and Alex Leith (Ranieri's translator).

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    This is another HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

    Archive used in this episode is courtesy of Chelsea TV.

  • Glenn Hoddle spent three years rebuilding Chelsea into a club that had genuine ambition and a legitimate hope of winning silverware. He signed Ruud Gullit in 1995 to completely transform the look and appeal of the Chelsea squad.

    But just as he was getting ready to take the next step with the Blues, England came calling. And Hoddle couldn't deny the call of his country, so would leave Chelsea.

    It was the summer of Euro '96 and Chelsea found themselves at those fabled crossroads once more. Where was the club headed - with George Graham as manager? Or with another exciting young talent in the dugout in the form of Ruud Gullit?

    Whatever decision Chelsea would make, the club's journey would fork in dramatically different directions. Fortunately, they chose right and major silverware was waiting just around the corner after a 26-year wait.

    Although it would all play out to the backdrop of tragedy.

    In this episode you will hear from: Roberto Di Matteo, Eddie Newton, Ruud Gullit, Jesper Gronkjaer, Colin Hutchinson, Ken Bates, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Clarke, David Lee, Scott Minto, David Cooper (Matthew Harding's lawyer), Mike Ingham (commentator), Martin Tyler (commentator), Mark Killick (Matthew Harding's best friend), Tim Rolls (author and Chelsea fan), Joel Harding, Luke Harding and former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    If you listen elsewhere, we have a Patreon that gives access to bonus episodes and other content.

    Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/ChelseaBlueprint

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    This is another HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

    Archive used in this episode is courtesy of Chelsea TV.

  • The Blueprint is on a mid-season break this week... but for good reason! We've just snagged a couple of extra interviews for the series and they're pivotal to our upcoming episodes.

    So we've taken a week off from publishing to allow us time to edit these extra voices into our narrative as they're vital to the story we're telling about modern Chelsea.

    Normal service will resume from Wednesday 21 June.

    But until then, we've included some clips here of what's to come in the remainder of The Blueprint as our story enters the mid-Nineties and Chelsea start adding silverware to the trophy cabinet... right up to Munich 2012 when the Blues were crowned European champions.

    And remember, 1 July 2023 is the 20th anniversary of when Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea... so we have some special access lined up that will tell the story like never before!

    The Blueprint: How Chelsea FC Changed Football is a HWY61 production.

  • In just two years, Glenn Hoddle had taken Chelsea from the doldrums of the Premier League to a European semi-final.

    It was April 1995 and Real Zaragoza stood between the Blues and a match-up with London rivals Arsenal in the Cup Winners' Cup final.

    Chelsea would lose that tie 4-3 on aggregate but, importantly, that European campaign ignited something in the Chelsea manager and managing director, Colin Hutchinson.

    They had seen the future and what was possible with a club like Chelsea.

    And that future was now: the Bosman Ruling was coming and it opened the transfer market for the Blues to become the first English club to really exploit it.

    Enter Ruud Gullit, the Ballon d'Or winner and Dutch legend who would be the first in a long line of Bosman signings that would help send Chelsea to the top of the Premier League.

    This is the story of how Gullit helped awaken a sleeping giant of English football.

    In this episode you will hear from: Ken Bates, Colin Hutchinson, Glenn Hoddle, Ruud Gullit, Martin Tyler (commentator), Clive Batty (Journalist), Rick Glanvill (Chelsea historian), Andy Saunders (The Chels), Tim Rolls (Chelsea fan and author) and Neil Barnett, AKA "Spy".

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    You can support this podcast on Apple Podcasts by subscribing to Blueprint+ for ad-free streaming and bonus episodes.

    If you listen elsewhere, we have a Patreon that gives access to bonus episodes and other content.

    Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/ChelseaBlueprint

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    This is another HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

    Archive used in this episode is courtesy of Chelsea TV.

  • When Glenn Hoddle arrived at Chelsea in 1993, he thought he was becoming the manager of a Premier League club.

    He soon found out the Blues were in name only. Hoddle had stepped into a club that was years behind its rivals and needed to dramatically improve standards. From player recruitment to the playing style and basics such as nutrition and how the team trained.

    It was a new dawn at Chelsea and Hoddle had it all to do.

    This is the story of how Hoddle did it.

    In this episode you will hear from: Glenn Hoddle, Ken Bates, Steve Clarke, David Lee, Eddie Newton, Michael Duberry, Colin Hutchinson, Luke Harding, Joel Harding, Clive Batty (Journalist), Rick Glanvill (Chelsea historian)

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    You can support this podcast on Apple Podcasts by subscribing to Blueprint+ for ad-free streaming and bonus episodes.

    If you listen elsewhere, we have a Patreon that gives access to bonus episodes and other content.

    Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/ChelseaBlueprint

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    This is another HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

  • As Chelsea faced Barcelona in the 2004/05 Champions League, the club was about to navigate unchartered waters. Jose Mourinho and his men were disrupting the European game and the continent's elite didn't like it one bit.

    Come the end of the Blues' Last-16 clash, UEFA labelled them as the "Enemies of Football", referee Anders Frisk retired from the game on account of death threats and a modern rivalry between Chelsea and the Catalan giants was born.

    Mourinho and his new club had arrived on the biggest stage. The Roman Abramovich era at Stamford Bridge had suddenly gone international.

    Things would never be the same again.

    This is the inside story of how it all happened.

    In this episode you will hear from: Steve Clarke, Frank Lampard, Tore Andre Flo, Frank Leboeuf, Jody Morris, Colin Hutchinson, Simon Johnson (The Athletic), Peter Drury (Commentator), David "Stamford Chidge" Chidgey (Chelsea Fancast), Rick Glanvill (Chelsea FC Historian) and Martin Tyler (Commentator).

    The Blueprint is written by Garry Hayes and narrated by Ceri Levy.

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    You can support this podcast on Apple Podcasts by subscribing to Blueprint+ for ad-free streaming and bonus episodes.

    If you listen elsewhere, we have a Patreon that gives access to bonus episodes and other content.

    Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/ChelseaBlueprint

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    This is another HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

    Archive used in this episode is courtesy of Chelsea TV.

  • Mark Killick was best friends with Matthew Harding, the pair finding kinship owing to a shared love for Chelsea Football Club.

    Killick was also an executor of Harding's will following his tragic death in October 1996 and speaks publicly with The Blueprint for the first time.

    In a varied interview, Killick provides new insight to Harding's hopes and ambitions for Chelsea, including making the Blues the preeminent club in London and the Premier League.

    Harding also sought new investment for Chelsea, which Killick explains may well have involved the billionaire owner of Virgin, Richard Branson.

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    The full eight-part narrative series of The Blueprint: How Chelsea FC Changed Football will follow "The Matthew Harding Tapes" on 31 May 2023 as we tell the inside story of modern Chelsea.

    The Blueprint is a HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

  • Matthew Harding is a significant and important figure in the history Chelsea Football Club after his investments into the Blues in the 1990s helped the club to scale new heights.

    Much has been made of the so-called "Battle for Stamford Bridge" between Harding and former Chelsea owner, Ken Bates.

    But little is known or spoken about with regard to Harding outside of this.

    Who was he? What was he like? How did his friends and family see him? Through extensive conversations with those closest to him, The Blueprint is bringing to light the persona and the humanity of the man that was Matthew Harding.

    In this first episode of "The Matthew Harding Tapes", we speak with David Cooper, who was Harding's confidante and lawyer who oversaw the inquest in his death following a tragic helicopter accident in October 1996.

    David sheds light on Harding's various business delaings and brings us into the life of the former Chelsea vice-chairman.

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    The full eight-part narrative series of The Blueprint: How Chelsea FC Changed Football will follow "The Matthew Harding Tapes" on 31 May 2023 as we tell the inside story of modern Chelsea.

    The Blueprint is a HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

  • In the second part of The Ken Bates Tapes, the former Chelsea FC owner opens up on his strained relationship with Matthew Harding and the circumstances surrounding the Blues' sale to Roman Abramovich.

    Bates expalins Chelsea's financial situation ahead of the sale in 2003 and challenges the notion the club was facing financial difficulty.

    The full eight-part narrative series of The Blueprint will follow in May 2023.

    The Blueprint is a HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

  • It's a story unlike any other in English football. And now we're going to tell it.

    Welcome to The Blueprint!

    We're launching our series with a two-part special as Garry Hayes and Ceri Levy sit down with former Chelsea FC owner Ken Bates to hear him tell his Stamford Bridge story like never before.

    Bates seldom gives interviews these days. Indeed, he doesn't do documentary, which makes The Ken Bates Tapes all the more compelling.

    In the next two episodes, listeners will hear how Bates ushered in a new dawn for Chelsea FC and English football. From battling the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal for equity in the Premier League, to appointing Glenn Hoddle as Chelsea manager; his boardroom battles with Matthew Harding and how he sold the club to Roman Abramovich over dinner at The Dorchester Hotel in London.

    The full eight-part narrative series of The Blueprint, telling the story of modern Chelsea, will drop in May 2023.

    The Blueprint is a HWY61 production. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media

    Our theme music "Blue Day '23" is composed by Mike Connaris with bed arrangements by Jake Bradford-Sharp. It's used under license from Mcasso Music.

  • As Didier Drogba approached the penalty spot in Munich, he knew Chelsea's destiny rested on his shoulders. A club that two decades earlier had flirted with extinction, faced potential bankruptcy, reached five Champions League semi-finals and lost a final on penalties, was staring destiny in the face once more.

    And this time, Drogba delivered, stroking his penalty home... somehow, Chelsea Football Club had reached the promised land. They were European champions.

    The Blueprint tells the story of how it all happened.

    From the arrival of Glenn Hoddle as manager in 1993, right through to glory in Munich in 2012, we speak with the key players and decision makers who inspired an impossible story.

    The Blueprint is coming soon, so subscribe now.

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