The Referees a Tanker: Recent Episodes
Michael Berthon
Looking at the best (and worst) of the Scottish and English top flight leagues. We look back on the past weeks results and make a mockery of ourselves by trying to give some sort of clues as to what might happen in the up and coming games. We discuss some of the biggest talking points as well as looking for our “performance of the week”. We are a group of guys who all went to school together, many moons ago, and love the game of football!
This weeks Podcast looks at Clancys performance in the Edinburgh Derby, we have a quick look at the managers who’s jackets are on a wobbly peg and discuss the captaincy at Man United. As usual, we have our quiz, European Road Trip, brain teaser and a round up of all the fixtures in the top flights as well as a preview of the games that are coming up this weekend.
This weeks pod has a look at what VAR brings to the game - or what it takes away! We also discuss the horror challenge from the weekend, our prediction on the league winners and all our usual segments.
Liam and Michael take you through the results over the past week, discuss the managerial merry-go-round and have a look over in Europe at the big 3 leagues. We also look ahead to this weeks games and discuss our choices for the games to bet on.
Welcome back to the referees a tanker! Apologies for going missing for a couple of months but we are back! We have made some slight changes to make the pod a bit more streamlined and we are also giving Liam and Marty a chance to show of their incredible football knowledge with quizzes and brain teasers! This is to go along with our usual European Road Trip, our look across the Scottish and English Premier league, big talking points and another new feature called bookies corner! Drop us a message and let us know what you think of the new format! We are keeping the editing to a minimum so watch out for all Michael’s mistakes!
We look back on the previous weeks results, a few of the talking points from VAR (just for a change) and look ahead to the Scotland games against Georgia and Norway
Covering the last 7 days of football, north and south of the border as well as the big ones over on the continent! We look at more VAR issues as well as the new appointment at McDiarmid Park.
Marty and Bov take you through the results over the last week, from the top flights in Scotland, England, Spain, Italy and Germany as well as Europes top competitions. We discuss the life of a football manager with Saints sacking MacLean after 9 games and we also look at the troubles Man United find themselves in.
Apologies to all of our loyal fans for no podcasts having been published for a few weeks, but with a mix of technical issues and life getting in the way, we are now back! We have decided to strip it right back with minimal editing to ensure a more timely product but a more natural feel around the chat of our beautiful game!
With Shan being away this week, Michael and Marty take you through the results from last week, some big refereeing decisions and a look ahead to the international break. Shan is away doing a trek across Iceland (the country, not the shop - used that joke far too many times already) to raise money for Crisis - a charity that aims to abolish homelessness - if anyone is able to help him reach his target, which he is so close to doing - here is the link https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Liam-Shanley?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=Liam-Shanley&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=387d54c7ba3e4c818a658595ccce7b40
This week we look at results from North and South of the border as well as across the seas! We look at betting in football and some of the grey areas within the rules of this beautiful game. We look ahead to an important week in Europe for the Scottish teams as well as ahead to next weekends fixtures.
Apologies for this pod being out a bit late this week - the good news is that you’ll have two coming out in quick succession AND we might be talking about the Scottish premiership again in the 2nd drop (I might be at least!)
The Referees a Tanker is back for the new season! With new players, new managers and a renewed sense of optimism, TRAT is here to bring you the latest on the top leagues in Scotland, England and the rest of Europe. Enjoy the pod and please give us a follow.
Excitement is brewing in terms of the relegation battles (unless your team is part of it) as the season draws to a close. Still places to be decided and we drill in to all the possibilities. We have our usual trip over to Europe where there could be a changing of the guard in Germany! We also look at out performance of the week and discuss Marty becoming the next Callum Davidson!
No! Not your favourite Saints, they live to fight another day… This weeks pod looks in depth at the relegation battles going on across the top leagues in the UK! We also check our last weeks results, give our thoughts on the up and coming fixtures as well as our weekly trip over the water in to Europe! Bov goes 3 weeks without picking West Ham as his performance of the week, and Marty is no longer referring to the train that kept on chugging!!
This weeks episode delves in to more drama surrounding VAR, lack of role models within the game and adults not being able to share something as simple as water! We also look back at results over the last week as well as ahead to the games this week. Shan and Marty take us on a tour of Europe’s most exciting leagues and as always we discuss our performance of the week! Thanks again for listening to the pod!
This weeks episode discusses the last weeks results, has a look ahead to next weeks fixtures and has a look at the questions over venue choice for semi final cup games - do you keep with tradition for the sake of the romantics of the cup? Or do we look at it logically and make it a better experience for the fans? We also have our weekly trip around Europe and discuss who was worthy of the performance of the week title!
With all the leagues hitting the business end of the season, we look at the leaders, the relegation battles and the fight for the top 6! We also have a look back at last weeks results as well as towards this weekends fixtures. Thanks again for listening and please give us a follow
In this weeks episode, we look at the officials, finally taking retribution, over recent attacks on them. We have another spin on the managerial merry-go-round and we have another look at VAR mishaps! We have our usual jaunt over to the continent for our European Road Trip as well as a review and preview of games from this fine island! Thanks again for listening, please give us a follow and tell your friends about us (only if you reckon we are a decent listen though)
This week we look at the reasons behind why spurs do Hibs things (or is it Hibs doing Spurs things?!?). We discuss who could potentially make up the top 6 in Scotland and who misses out. We also have our usual trip over to the continent to find out what’s been happening in Spain, Germany and Italy as well as discussing our performance of the week.
A shorter pod this week, where we look at the recent Scotland games against Cyprus and Spain. We also look ahead to this weeks games in Scotland and England and also discuss who our performance of the week was. Thanks again for listening and please give us a follow :)
This week we look at Contes rant after their draw with Southampton, VAR issues, raises its ugly head again and international breaks.
This weeks big topics include discussions on where Scottish football would be if Rangers and Celtic were to leave, the latest Scotland squad and discussions on the red card for Casemiro. We have our usual review of the results and a preview of games to come up and have our weekly jaunt over to the continent with our European Road Trip!
On this podcast we review the European action for this week and look ahead to next weeks fixtures. We also look at the 3 games from the SPFL. Everyone at The Referees a Tanker, would like to thank you for listening!
Just a short podcast this week due to the fragility of some of our hosts! We look back at the weekend games, look ahead to this weekends games and get a quick round up of the top European leagues. We also talk about the 7-0 win for Liverpool, look at the thinking behind Goodwin getting back in to the game quickly and who has been the player of the year so far.
We have a look back at the results over the weekend including the league cup finals in both Scotland and England. We also look ahead to next weekends fixtures while also delving in to this weeks big topics! Which manager are we getting sacked this week?? Liverpool and Man Utd doing the Hokey Cokey with regards to selling the clubs and can Potter survive until the end of the season? Or will Ron and Hermoiney save… sorry wrong podcast! We also have a trip over to Europe to check on the Spanish, Italian and German leagues
We check out the results from the last week, and look ahead to this weekends fixtures. We have our usual weekly jaunt over to the continent and have a look at this weeks big talking points! Is VAR just not working in Scotland? Or is there something more sinister about its use? Should Sabitzer be in jail?? Who will win the cups?? We discuss it all! Thanks again for listening and please give us a follow on Anchor, Apple or Spotify!
As always, we have a look back on the results from the last few days, have a look ahead to this weekends games and have a saunter over to Europe to see what happening there! We also discuss some of the big topics on football this week, including the gifted goal from Rangers, the incompetence of the VAR officials in the Premier League and we also take another spin on the managerial merry go round. Last week seen us call the dismissals of two managers correctly - Mystic Meg eat your heart out!
This week we give a roundup of results from the last week of football action in the Scottish and English top leagues. We also discuss the charges brought against Man City, take a spin on the managerial merry go round and discuss which English premiership giants pose the better investment opportunity. We make a quick dash around Europe and look ahead to this weekends games. Thanks again for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date with the latest episodes.
This weeks episode looks at managerial sackings at Aberdeen, managerial appointments at Everton as well as some of the VAR decisions from the weekend. We also look at the financial mess Barcelona find themselves in and what this could mean going forward. We review last weeks games as well as look ahead to the games coming up this week. Another action packed pod! Thanks for listening and please give us a follow! Thank you
This weeks podcast looks at the results from the Scottish cup as well as the English premier League. We also discuss one of the biggest cup shocks of all time, Lampard getting the sack and many more things that have happened in the wonderful world of football over the last week. We have our usual trip around Europe and look ahead to this weekends fixtures before discussing our star performance of the week.
Our first attempt at the podcast - please be gentle with us! We look at the Scottish and English Premier league results over the last week, as well as previewing the games coming up. We look at some of the biggest talking points of the weekend, including that onside/offside Rashford goal, as well as others and look at who we believe, had the “performance of the week”!