A Chat About Football Podcast: Recent Episodes
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A Chat About Football is a podcast mainly aimed at showcasing the best footballing stories out of our hometown: Ilford, based in the London Borough of Redbridge, as well as all other surrounding areas of East London. Co-creators and hosts Robbo and Joel will look to bring you a mix of a casual and candid chats with a variety of people from the world of football, such as current and former professional players, coaches, journalists as well as any other notable people from the game. This is our effort to add our unique flavour to the footballing podcast scene, so here’s hoping we can shine a special light on our hometown for everyone to listen to and enjoy! We are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, and you can follow us on both Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast!
Here's the "Second Half" of our Hometown Heroes episode with former Tottenham and Millwall defender Stuart Nethercott!
We discuss:
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Tottenham's eventful 94/95 season
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THAT FA Cup semi-final v Everton at Elland Road
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Favourite Spurs player Stuart played alongside
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Moving on from Spurs to Millwall, and being made captain very quickly
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Surviving an injury scare to lead Millwall out at Wembley as captain in 1999.
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Winning the Division Two title in 00/01 with a club-record 93 points!
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Play-off trouble and heartbreak against Birmingham a year later
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Final thoughts on his career and advice for young players and people from Ilford.
This was a very wonderful episode to record, so we dearly hope you all enjoy it too! We are also available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts, as well as Youtube. You can find us on social media via Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast.
Here's episode two of our Hometown Heroes series with former Premier League defender and ex-Millwall captain Stuart Nethercott!
This episode discusses:
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His childhood growing up in Ilford and Chadwell Heath
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His early footballing career at Fulham, Arsenal and Spurs
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Loans at Maidstone and Barnet, before making his professional debut
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Winning the Toulon Tournament for England U21 in 1994.
Here is Episode Two of our series Hometown Heroes, which looks to hear the stories of notable footballing figures, who come from our hometown Ilford, and the London Borough of Redbridge. And we're joined on the podcast by former Premier League defender Stuart Nethercott!
In this 15-Minute Fan Time episode, Stuart and Joel discuss:
Which team (s) Stuart supported as a youngster? (03:06)
The best player Stuart has seen live in action? (06:32)
The best match Stuart has seen live in action? (07:08)
His memories of watching Paul Gascoigne's goal in Tottenham's 1991 FA Cup semi-final win v Arsenal, as well as his fond memories of that cup-winning Spurs side. (10:17)
His first-hand experiences of Euro 96 and Italia 90' as a teammate to international starts, such as Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne. (15:07)
We dearly hope you enjoy watching this episode! The full interview with Stuart will be out tomorrow, so please stay tuned! We are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, as well as Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast -
We're back! This is our trailer for what we have planned in the months to come for ACAF Podcast! We'll be continuing with our Hometown Heroes series, a project aimed at showcasing and discovering people from our hometown of Ilford and the London Borough of Redbridge who may be involved in the game in various capacities at all levels of the English football pyramid.
We recorded a brilliant pilot episode with Asser Lutu, a former first-team analyst for Birmingham City, whose professional exploits have taken him to Qatar and the Guyana national team, as their Head Scout and Performance Analyst.
And we'll be aiming to bring you many more interesting interviews and anecdotes from notable footballing figures who come from our area.
Stay tuned, new content will be coming very soon.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter on @acaf_podcast to keep updated on the latest news and announcements.
And you can listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts!
Here's the Second Half of our special episode with Hashtag United Reserves Manager: Kiernan Hughes-Mason!
In this episode, we discuss:
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Why things didn't work out for Kiers at Millwall (0:20)
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Why the environment of a first-team changing room can be challenging for some young players (10:00)
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How it felt acclimatising to playing at a lower-level, after leaving Millwall (13:12)
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Happy times at Welling United, where he won the Conference South in the 2012/13 season (16:55)
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His managerial ambitions with Hashtag United and beyond (26:55)
This was a wonderful episode to record, so we dearly hope you all enjoy it too!
We are available to listen to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.
And be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast!
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Here's the First Half of our chat with Hashtag United Reserve Team manager Kiernan Hughes-Mason!
In this episode, we discuss:
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His current role at Hashtag United, and the long-term project and ambitions of the club (1:49)
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His experiences playing at Arsenal's academy, until the age of 14 (6:31), as well as his memories playing alongside a young Jack Wilshere. (9:49)
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The difficulties of being released from Arsenal, and then adjusting to life in Tottenham's academy, (12:04)
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The "make or break" game that determined whether Kiers would gain a contract as a scholar at Millwall, aged 16 (18:43)
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How he managed to break through the youth team at Millwall to earn a professional contract (21:13)
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The hilarious anecdote from the day Kiers made his professional debut for the Lions (24:10)
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Why things didn't work out for Kiers in the long-term at Millwall (37:00)
This was a tremendous episode that we loved recording with our former coach, so we honestly hope you all enjoy listening to this too!
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Ahead of Hashtag United's huge FA Cup match today against Soham Town Rangers, we thought it'd be a perfect day to release our episode with Hashtag United Reserve Team Manager: Kiernan Hughes-Mason!
We will be releasing our full episode with Kiers later today, but this is "Fifteen-Minute Fan Time", where he discusses his favourite memories and experiences, supporting Manchester United.
We honestly loved having a good chat with our former coach, so we do hope you all enjoy it too!
You can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast.
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Here is "Extra Time" of our "Hometown Heroes" episode with Asser Lutu!
In this section of our episode, we discuss:
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Guyana's Gold Cup run and his lasting thoughts about his time there (0:20)
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His thoughts on England U21 coach Michael Johnson (12:45)
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His advice for all people attempting to break into the football industry (16:08)
We really hope you enjoy listening to this episode.
Make sure you stay tuned for more episodes of "Hometown Heroes"!
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It's been a long time coming, but here's the "Second Half" of our Hometown Heroes special with Asser Lutu, currently the London Academy Scout at Norwich City.
And this one is definitely worth the wait!
In this episode, we discuss
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Asser's time working at Birmingham City as their First-Team Performance and Recruitment Analyst in the 2013-14 season. (0:25)
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His experiences working in Qatar as a Performance, Recruitment, and GPS analyst (19:33)
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His spell as Head Scout and Performance Analyst with the Guyanan national team, as they qualified for the Gold Cup for the first time in their history. (33:33)
This episode was a pure delight to record, with Asser providing us with some brilliant insight and wonderful anecdotes from his time in football thus far!
Make sure you check out the "Extra Time" section of this episode for the remainder of this episode.
Remember: We are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts!
And if you love listening to this episode, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast.
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This is the "Added Time" section of our Crystal Palace special episode with The Athletic's Palace correspondent Matt Woosnam.
This section touches upon the appeal of Palace's academy being granted Category One status with the rich vein of young English talent in South London and why the area produces so many high-level football players.(0:17)
We also discuss whether Palace can finally achieve a top-half league finish (20:36), as well as an update on if Palace will build a new stand (23:47).
We really hope you enjoyed this episode! And if you like this episode, go and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @acaf_podcast.
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It's been a while, but we're back! And here's a special episode with us having a chat about Crystal Palace, ahead of the start of the new Premier League season this weekend.
We were lucky enough to be joined by The Athletic's Crystal Palace correspondent Matt Woosnam, as well as Robbie Welch, a season-ticket holder at Selhurst Park and Joel's coursemate at the University of Sheffield.
In this episode, we discussed:
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How Palace have been looking during pre-season (2:50)
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How new signing Eberechi Eze will fit into the team next season (9:33)
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The future of Alexander Sorloth, on loan last season at Trabzonspor (15:16)
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How Palace have changed their recruitment approach this season (18:14)
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Updates on the futures of squad members, including Zaha and Van Aanholt. (24:56)
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Palace's problems upfront, chiefly with Christian Benteke (34:20)
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Details on Crystal Palace's academy being granted Category 1 status (40:51)
This episode was a real joy to record, and check out "Added Time" for the remainder of this episode!
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Here's the "Added Time" section of our episode: "A Chat About Goalkeepers" with special guests Henry Winter and Stuart Botham.
In this part, we discuss whether the footwork of English goalkeepers receives a over-heightened level of scrutiny (2:00), citing the plight of Joe Hart's career after leaving Manchester City in 2016.
We also speak about what was responsible for England producing a great number of excellent goalkeepers in the past and why England have failed to consistently produce world-class goalkeepers in recent years. (7:45)
We take a look at whether the position, as a whole, has been undervalued over the years (13:30), as well as questioning why there seems to be a lack of former goalkeepers that have gone on to become coaches or managers.
Finally, we discuss whether the state of English goalkeeping looks promising in the years to come, (22:52) before the episode comes to a close.
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We’re back with an episode dedicated especially to goalkeepers, so we thought we’d enlist the help of two very special guests for this one.
We were joined by The Times’ chief football writer Henry Winter, a multiple award-winning journalist and an expert on the England national team, who has covered eight World Cups over the length of his accomplished career.
Alongside Henry, we were also joined by Stuart Botham, a former professional goalkeeper, an ex-academy coach at Crystal Palace, and a member of the English Schools’ FA Council for London & the South East. Stuart also holds a UEFA Pro Licence as a football coach, the highest possible coaching qualification that can be earnt within professional football across Europe.
In this episode, we discuss how Henry has found football post-lockdown, (3:47) the standard of goalkeeping post-lockdown (14:23), whilst also having a debate about David Raya’s performance in the Championship play-off final, (which happened the evening before the podcast was recorded).
We also take a look at Nick Pope and Dean Henderson’s form this season, who have emerged as Jordan Pickford’s chief competitors as England’s number one, (27:14) as well as asking whether top-six English clubs have been reticent in recent years to have an English starting goalkeeper. (39:40).
This one was an absolute joy to record, so we really hope you enjoy listening to this episode!
For the remainder of it: Check out the “Added Time” section of this episode!
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It's finally here! The first episode of our Hometown Heroes segment, dedicated to showcasing and discovering people involved in football, who hail from our hometown Ilford and our home borough of Redbridge.
Our first guest for this episode is Asser Lutu, currently the London Academy Scout for Norwich, who has also worked as an analyst at Birmingham City, Dagenham and Redbridge, and Grimsby Town. Asser has also had stints working as a first-team performance analyst in Qatar and Guyana.
The First Half of this episode goes through Asser's footballing experiences growing up in Ilford (3:04), his time playing at Wycombe U19's Development scheme (12:15), his debilitating injury that effectively ended his playing career and how he subsequently managed to land an analyst role at Dagenham and Redbridge (20:44)
He also recalls a story of how a striker that he had played against at 16 later found himself at Dagenham and Redbridge and has now gone to play in the Premier League for several years. (32:52)
We really hope you all enjoy this episode.
The Second Half of this episode will be out soon!
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Ahead of Chelsea's Champions League second leg tie against Bayern, here's a special episode of 45-Minute Fan Time with Chelsea Harper, an excellent writer for The Chelsea Echo and All Things Chelsea!
In this episode, Joel and Chelsea revisit some of her best and worst memories supporting her beloved Blues, as well as getting her take on events over the last decade or so at Stamford Bridge!
This really was a delightful episode to record, so we truly hope you all enjoy it too!
Ahead of the FA Cup Final tomorrow between Arsenal and Chelsea, we thought it'd be a perfect time to give you a taste of our new segment: "Hometown Heroes", where we aim to regularly interview people in football who come from Ilford, our hometown in East London.
Our first guest from Ilford is Asser Lutu, a huge Chelsea fan and the London Academy Scout for Norwich, who has also worked as an analyst at Birmingham City, Dagenham and Redbridge, and Grimsby Town.
This was an absolutely hilarious episode and hopefully, this will whet your appetite for our full "Hometown Heroes" interview with Asser that should be coming out very soon!
Ahead of Manchester United's and Chelsea's crunch fixtures tomorrow in their tussle for the top four, here is the "second half" of our Fan Clash episode between Manchester United and Chelsea.
This episode discusses the long-term prospects for both United and Chelsea, looking at which team is best placed to challenge for major honours as well as whether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer or Frank Lampard are the right men to take their respective teams back to the top.
This was meant to be released last weekend before United and Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final, but this is still very much a great listen.
Ahead of Leeds' final fixture in the Championship tonight against Charlton, we thought we'd provide you with the second edition of our "Table Toppers" segment, looking at the teams atop of each of the four English divisions.
This episode focuses on Leeds United, who have clinched promotion back to the top-flight after 16 years away from the Premier League.
Robert and Joel are joined by special guest Jon Mackenzie, who is a brilliant football journalist and a massive Leeds fan to discuss the Whites' successful campaign.
We look at how Leeds have improved from last season, the wonderful idiosyncrasies of Marcelo Bielsa, both as a manager and a person, as well as taking a deeper look at the key players within the team and the club's recent announcement that their academy has been awarded Category 1 status.
We also discuss Kiko Casilla's return to the side in detail and how this reflects on both Leeds and the FA, especially in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
We dearly hope you enjoy listening to this episode!
We should have the final two of our "Table Toppers" episodes to come in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!
For this edition of 15-Minute Fan Time, Robert and Joel are joined by Jon Mackenzie, who is a brilliant football journalist to discuss his experiences as a long-time fan of Leeds United.
As always, this is a light-hearted, but thoroughly pleasant segment and we hope you get to know a lot more about Jon here before the main episode!
Before Liverpool lift their first league title in 30 years tonight at Anfield against Chelsea, we introduce the first of our "Table Toppers" series, where we have a chat about each of the teams that have finished atop of each of the four English divisions.
For this episode, Robbo and Joel are joined with longtime friend and huge Liverpool fan Bubbles, for an in-depth chat to break down Liverpool's title-winning season as well as what the future holds for the Reds.
It was a genuine pleasure recording this episode with a fellow Ilford mate in Bubbles and it was enjoyable to freely discuss all things Liverpool before their trophy ceremony tonight, so we really hope you all enjoy it too!
This time tomorrow, Manchester United will take on Chelsea in the second of the weekend's FA Cup semi-finals.
And we thought we'd do a special episode to preview what will be an eagerly anticipated encounter with the help of a few friends!
Joel is joined with six other former members of the BCOMS "Diversification of the Sports Media Programme: Toni, Ash, and Keanu: Team United as well as Abbas, Kelechi, and Freddie: Team Chelsea.
Each team of three debate one another about each other's recent form and who' will come out on top tomorrow.
It's our first time doing this segment and the Second Half will be out tomorrow! Hope you all enjoy it!
Before Southampton take on Manchester United tonight at Old Trafford, we thought we'd provide you all with a special episode on the Saints, taking an extensive look onto how things have been going for them this season.
Joel was grateful to be joined by Chris Hutchings, a lifelong Southampton fan and an In-Ground analyst for Opta, who works at St Mary's.
In this episode, we discuss the Saints' recent form after the lockdown, the team's resurgence after their crushing 9-0 loss earlier in this season as well as what has been responsible for their resurgence, as evidenced in their significant 1-0 win over Man City.
We also look at how Ralph Hassenhuttl's philosophy has taken shape at the club; we discuss the current status of the club's famous academy and of course, we talk about what has been responsible for the rise of Southampton's own goal-machine: Danny Ings, who has scored 19 league goals, at the time of writing.
This was a delightful episode that we truly hope you will all enjoy!
This is the second episode of 15-Minute Fan Time: Southampton edition with lifelong Saints fan Chris Hutchings!
Born and bred in Southampton, Chris currently works an In-Ground Analyst for Opta, covering the Saints' matches as well as those of South Coast rivals Portsmouth.
He has also worked as a commentator, who covered the club's matches for local hospital radio.
This was a very enjoyable episode, where we discussed in full his experiences supporting his beloved Saints, before having an extensive chat about Southampton in the following episode.
This segment is intended just to be a lovely trip down Memory Lane, so we dearly hope you enjoy it too!
It's the North London Derby tomorrow, so we thought we'd dedicate a special episode to talk about the game.
Joel is joined by Jordan, a special guest who is a Spurs season-ticket holder and a fellow Journalism student at the University of Sheffield.
In what is a quite light-hearted episode, both men preview the match, discussing Tottenham's recent form and their disappointing season and how José Mourinho is currently faring as well as reminiscing on their best and worst derby-day memories.
It was a pleasure to record this episode before the game, so we really hope you all enjoy it too!
And if you like this episode, please sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at "acaf_podcast" and like, share or retweet this episode to everyone you can.
We're on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts and we'll be planning to be on YouTube in the next few weeks to come!
Ahead of what will be a huge East Midlands Derby on Saturday between Derby and Nottingham Forest, we were fortunate enough to be joined by The Athletic's Derby County correspondent Ryan Conway, along with Liam Warden, a season-ticket holder at Pride Park and a huge Rams fan!
This episode provides a special insight into how Derby County have been preparing for this very important encounter with their local rivals in their sudden push for the play-offs.
We also explore other aspects of the club, such as the substantial impact of Wayne Rooney's signing, Philip Cocu's astute management, as well as the club's flourishing academy.
We can't thank Ryan and Liam enough for blessing us with all of their expertise, and we are sure that if you may have been unaware that Derby were a team worth keeping an eye in the years to come: You certainly will be after this episode!
We really hope you enjoy this episode and the big game on Saturday if you end up tuning in!
Here is the first episode of our "Rising Giants" series, where we have a look at a closer look at teams doing well at the moment and explore their recent success and how they might be well set up for the future.
Sheffield United is the first team we've picked in this series. Robbo and Joel are joined by Richard Sutcliffe, a tremendous writer who covers United for the Athletic as well as Kyle France, a youth pastor at Hope City Sheffield and a huge Blades fan, born and raised just a road away from Bramall Lane.
We look at why recent results haven't gone well since the restart of the Premier League but reflect on what a wonderful season it's been for the club so far back in the top-flight.
We also discuss where the Blades could strengthen in the summer, why and how Wilder has done so well in his time in charge as well as look back at Richard and Kyle's favourite memories in recent years following the club.
It was a genuine pleasure to record this episode and we dearly hope you all enjoy it too!
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This is "The Second Half" of our episode with our special guests: Kiernan Hughes-Mason and Craig Heskey from Newham Dragons - Coach Kiers and Coach Craig.
Here in this section, we discuss Coach Kiers' experiences coaching and playing in New Zealand, and both men provide their insight on the systemic obstacles aspiring coaches face when trying to get their qualifications and advance in the game, particularly coaches from an ethnic minority background.
Finally, both Coach Kiers and Coach Craig reflect upon the impact their time at Dragons had on them and how it has influenced what they've gone on to do in their current respective roles.
We hope that you enjoy this episode and we look forward to having both Coach Kiers and Coach Craig on the show again!
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In this episode, Robbo and I welcome two very special guests on the podcast: Former Millwall player and Hashtag United reserve team manager Kiernan Hughes-Mason and Leyton Orient's Head of Education Craig Heskey, who happen to be our former coaches!
These two men founded their own junior football club: Newham Dragons (later ProPower Dragons) in 2013 during their early 20s, and this episode explores in detail their experiences and emotions from that time.
As well as focusing on building a successful junior football team, which they managed... (Their under 16s won the East London and Essex (ELE) league title undefeated in 2015. Their two under 14s sides also won their respective league championships that year.)
The pair also focused on consciously trying to make their players into better students and mature young men.
This episode was a real joy to record and we hope you all enjoy listening to it too! The Second Half to this episode will be released tomorrow evening.
This episode is one we've made in view to celebrating the return of the Premier League!
And it's a Manchester City special, made before their first game against Arsenal on Wednesday
Here in this episode, Joel is joined with three special guests to discuss City's past decade under the stewardship of the Abu Dhabi based mega-rich City Football Group, revisiting the highs and lows from what has been a momentous era for the club.
We broke this down into two parts to make this an easier listen, so we hope that you enjoy this!
This is the second part of our two-episode special centered around "The Last Dance".
In this episode, Joel is still joined by his three special guests, as they discuss the topic of notable football teams who have completed three-peats. (Three-peat = Three domestic league championships in a row)
Each person picks the team who they feel has completed the best three-peat in European football history; discussing which team they feel to be the strongest before deciding on an overall winner.
On an evening that was originally meant to be the Champions League Final, this passionate, informative, and funny debate certainly goes a long way to filling that absence.
We really hope you enjoy listening to this episode!
Here's the first episode of our two-part special on "The Last Dance".
In this episode, Joel discusses the documentary in full with the help of a few special guests.
Part II will then follow, where the guys discuss the best football teams ever to pull off a three-peat in their domestic league.
We hope you enjoy this! And if you like what you hear, please feel free to follow us and drop us a review!
We are continuing on from the last episode with Part II of "A Chat About Sexy Football".
In this episode, we retain the same format as before, where we each pick a team who we believe have played sexy football in our lifetimes
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However, this time, we each had to select teams that played a notably different style of football from our previous choices.
At the end of the episode, we decide once again which of our three teams played the sexiest football, before also agreeing upon an overall winner from the two rounds.
Be prepared for a lively and intriguing debate!
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For the first episode of our podcast, we thought we'd start things off on a lighter note by talking about sexy football!
Here we discuss each of the club sides that we each felt played the sexiest football in our lifetimes, before deciding on an overall winner.
The teams we picked all vary in their tactical approaches and stature, which we hope made for very interesting and unpredictable debates.
To provide a bit of context, we were all born during the 1998/1999 season, so that admittedly plays a huge part in the teams we've chosen!
All in all though, we hope you have as much pleasure listening to this episode as we had recording it!
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