Soccer Saturday Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ben Harris
A podcast talking about the world of football at this very difficult time. Episodes are uploaded weekly and include guests from the world of football.
A taster podcast for students of Newcastle University, offering an insight into what to expect from NSR Heads of Sport Ben Harris and Jack Dunne on their Sports Saturday show on NSR this year!
Here it folks - our FINAL podcast episode.
It has been a fantastic few months producing this podcast throughout lockdown, and we would like to extend a special thank you to everybody that tuned in and listened to us.
This week we talk about our predicted 20/21 Premier League table, and we construct our Fantasy Premier League team ahead of the new season. It is available on Spotify and on Anchor here:
We will be back on Newcastle Student Radio very soon with an exciting new show, and we will let everybody know how you can tune in.
Thank you very much,
Ben and Jack
29th August: EPISODE PUBLISHED Our penultimate episode of the podcast is now available, as we do a review of the European finals, a preview of the 20/21 Premier League Season, and we talk about some of the latest transfer rumours in the world of football at the moment.
Today, Ben and Jack discuss their all-time best Chelsea XI teams, with some surprising selections for both!
Today, Ben and Jack discuss their opinions on the best Manchester United XI of all time.
Today Ben and Jack talk about the EFL Championship Play-Off Final, and what the future has in store for Fulham in the Premier League. A full review of the Champions League was also talked about, as well as some of the latest transfer rumours in the latest round of Gibberish to Done Deal.
Today we discuss the eleven best players to win the infamous Ballon D'Or accolade.
With absolutely no choice in the first four players in the list, Ben and Jack list some of the achievements of Yashin, Beckenbauer, Sammer and Cannavaro, before offering their opinion on the other seven players that they have got in there team.
There were a large amount of differences in those other seven players, so this is a very interesting one!
2nd August Episode PUBLISHED
Today, Ben and Jack talk about the FA Cup Final, the latest from the Newcastle United takeover saga and the latest from the Championship playoffs.
Today we finally get round to discussing our all time Liverpool XI, with a lot of similarities but a few key differences between the two squads.
Should be a good one this...
We are back! This week, we bring the latest from the Championship, the Champions League and the FA Cup, as well as looking ahead to the last game of the Premier League season. We also give our thoughts on two of the latest European transfer rumours, in the latest round of Gibberish to Done Deal.
Ben and Jack give their verdicts on the best eleven players to ever play in the Premier League. As usual, there are plenty of differences in opinion between these two squads - so tune in and see what you think!
Today we discuss the best Premier League XI using only players that are European (but not English).
Ben and Jack really enjoyed this episode due to a number of surprising differences between the two teams.
A lot of legends are recognised in this podcast, so if you fancy a trip down memory lane throughout the last 30 years of the Premier League, this is definitely the podcast for you!
Today Ben and Jack offer their comments on the latest from La Liga, Serie A and the finalised table in the Bundesliga, as well as reviewing some of the big Premier League results of the week. Ben and Jack then began the next round of predictions with their predictions for the next set of Premier League matches.
Today Ben and Jack discuss the eleven best players that then went onto be managers in the world.
This is one of the podcasts that has the most split opinion, so definitely one worth a listen!
This week we analyse the rebirth of Newcastle United, the latest results in the Premier League including the upset at the Etihad, and we analyse the latest transfer rumours, including the potential departure of Lionel Messi from Barcelona, in the latest round of Gibberish to Done Deal.
Rather than our regular One2Eleven Episode this week, we decided to honour the achievements of the title-winning Liverpool side, with a special episode on the club's season.
We talk about the best and worst moments of the season, and what the future could have in store for the club. Make sure to give it a listen!
This week we react to the first three matchdays of the Premier League, and analyse who has come back on top form, and those that need to improve over the final seven games of the Premier League.
We also start our new competition for Premier League Predictions, as we predict the results for the remaining seven games in the Premier League, and as usual we dissect three of the latest transfer rumours from Europe, in the latest round of Gibberish to Done Deal.
A lot of good topics of conversation in this podcast, make sure you tune in!
24TH JUNE ONE2ELEVEN PODCAST PUBLISHED:
This week Ben and Jack put together their Bundesliga Current XI line-up. A lot of quality players still didn't make the cut in this team, so the final results are pretty surprising. 👀👀
⚽ 20th June: Episode Published ⚽
🗣️ This week Ben and Jack review the first four games of the Premier League restart, as well as giving their opinions on Bayern being crowned Bundesliga champions, and the latest transfer rumours from Europe, in the latest round of Gibberish to Done Deal.🗣️
Today we discuss the current La Liga best XI, based upon performances this season. La Liga is now back on our screens across the world, so this is a useful outlook on who the best players are that have played in La Liga this season.
There are a couple of surprising selections from both Ben and Jack, so let us know what you think of the selections that are made! Definitely worth a listen.
Today we offer a jampacked show full of previews, previews of the Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga as well as offering our thoughts on three of the latest transfer rumours from the Premier League, in the latest round of Gibberish to Done Deal.
Good one this one - so enjoy!
This week we discuss our all time Premier League captains XI, with a lot of similarities, but some surprising differences as well...
6th June: Episode 10 PUBLISHED
Today we talk about the latest results from the Bundesliga, we rank seven of the top football dynasties from the last twenty years, and we dissect the latest transfer rumours, as well as seeing the return of our favourite game Lies.
Good episode this, hope you enjoy it!
Unrestricted World XI of all time. Need any more be said?
This is a must listen for any football fan, as we talk about the best XI players that we think have ever played the game.
During today's episode, we talk about the Premier League being started up again on the 17th June. We also dissect the latest from the Bundesliga, as well as the latest transfer rumours from around Europe.
Good one this...
During this episode we give our latest thoughts on the Bundesliga, Project Restart and a very honest evaluation of some of Europe's most upcoming wonderkids across the top 5 leagues.
As usual, we also dissect some of the latest transfer rumours going on around Europe.
During this episode, Ben and Jack both give their current World XIs in the world of football. Very interesting episode this one!
During this episode, we talk about:
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The start of the Bundesliga
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The latest news from Project Restart🖊📰
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Two fascinating transfer rumours from Europe🗣🗣
Not to be missed this one!
The first episode of our new feature - we give our One Club One Nation XIs from the Carra challenge.
Today we talk about the latest news from the Bundesliga, as well as analysing all the latest transfer rumours coming in from around Europe.
We introduce a new feature that is going to feature every midweek for the foreseeable future, and we also have a rematch at the game that Jack is hopeless at - Lies.
Not one to be missed this!
This week we talk about the news from the Eredivisie, Ligue Un and the Premier League regarding the completion of the 19/20 season.
We dissect four of the most recent and hottest transfer rumours in the Premier League, as well as picking our England 23, and making a 1-11 based on our selections.
Not one to be missed this one!
The latest transfer rumours are discussed, along with the top 10 best Premier League careers of players that are still playing in the Prem today! We also introduce our favourite game 'Lies'! Not one to be missed!
Today we are talking to Tranmere Rovers Associate Director Lee McAteer, as well as dissecting the recent news of a potential takeover at St James' Park and the news from the EFL that games are being played behind closed doors.
We also have our latest instalment of 'Gibberish to Done Deal', as we analyse some of the new transfer rumours from the Premier League this week. Enjoy!
Listen to the latest instalment of our podcast with Tranmere Rovers Chairman Mark Palios and writer Theo Squires, as we talk about furloughing, transfer rumours, teams of the season and financial difficulty faced by clubs at this time. Enjoy!
We are also available on Spotify!
Today, we carry out a season review of the Premier League this season, including talking about potential teams of the season. We do this with the help of The Athletic journalist Adam Hurrey, and football writer and broadcaster Daniel Storey.