The Premier Football Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Premier Football Podcast
Rafe and Joe return for another season following the twists and turns of the English Premier League. On this show they discuss all the big summer transfers and give their predictions for the upcoming season.
For the first time ever, Joe and Rafe look away from football and delve into the story of journalist Michael Scott Moore, who was held ranson for 977 days by Somali Pirates.
Appalling Arsenal, Lively Liverpool. The Race To Not Finish Fourth and Champions League Preview.
International Break Special: Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg, England 2-0 Albania, Slavery in Qatar
In this week's pod, Rafe and Joe analyse the North London Derby, where Arsenal were good value for their 2-1 win over Spurs. Manchester United and Leicester both won, but the race to not finish fourth is hotting up, as Everton, West Ham, Chelsea and Spurs all dropped points.
To mark the return of Europe's Elite Competition, the lads sit down to debate on whether Pep must add one final piece of silverware to his Man City trophy haul to truly be considered a successful in his role. Keeping the spotlight on managers we ask what's next for Jose and Spurs and are Brighton better off without Graham Potter?
On the back of Liverpool's third straight home defeat, Joe and Rafe sit down to examine what is going wrong at Anfield this season.
On today's show we discuss the changing of the guard at Chelsea as Frank Lampard is ruthlessly sacked. We look at where it went wrong for his, ask who is Thomas Tuchel and examine how he might change things at the Blues. Meanwhile Manchester United knock Liverpool out of the FA cup and Arsenal go down to Southampton.
Rafe and Joe react to Liverpool's loss to Burnley and ask where go they go from here? Meanwhile wins for United, City, Spurs and Leicester mean competition heats up at the top. Joe reports on Arsenal and we we look ahead at the big FA Cup clash of the weekend.
Rafe and Joe dissect the big game between Liverpool and Manchester United. We break down all the results and what they mean in an unprecedented season with so many teams close to the top.
In this week's pod Rafe and Joe look at Spurs first then analyse Manchester City's recent form, discuss their title credentials, and look ahead to the top of the table clash between Liverpool and Manchester United this weekend.
Rafe and Joe look back at the action from the first weekend of 2021 as Manchester United draw level with Liverpool and Chelsea lose to a red hot Manchester City. Wins for the North London clubs as Leeds lose again.
Joe and Rafe close out 2020 with a review of the midweek festive fixtures and examine the contenders as the 2021 title race really gets underway.
In this year’s Christmas Special Rafe and Joe are joined by producer Shovy and Spanish Football Expert Stefan to discuss the highlights of the calendar year over a few festive drinks. Liverpool won their first Premier League title, while Arsenal won the FA Cup, before their current season imploded. After Sky released their Team of the Season we discussed their selection, and took a close look at the current state of affairs at Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and West Ham.
Rafe and Joe celebrate the return of cult icon Sam Allardyce and review the mid week action of from the Premier League.
in this week's pod Rafe and Joe take a look at all the big talking points from the weekend's premier league action. Arsenal's poor form continued with a shocking 0-1 home loss to Burnley. Liverpool dropped points away to Fulham, Spurs dropped points away to Crystal Palace, Everton beat Chelsea, Villa won the Midlands Derby away to Wolves, and both Manchester clubs took a point in the Manchester Derby. Southampton continue to impress, as do Leicester.
With so much happening this weekend, the lads go through all the big points; Is there a way back for this dire Arsenal? Are Spurs really contenders? Does Klopp have a right to bemoan scheduling or should his club have prepared more in the summer? Is Cavani the man to fire United to the top and sould the club change his Instagram password? Leeds are the best coached team in the league. Sheffield United are really, really bad... Monday Night Football. Crazy 2020 and a European State of Affairs.
Rafe and Joe get straight into City's problems, of which we think there are a lot. We look at Arsenal who apparently have more. Spurs stay top; is Kane the best player in the league and Liverpool prove to be different quality as they go 64 not out at Anfield.
This week Joe and Rafe are joined by producer Shovy and Irish comedian Killian Sundermann to reflect upon what's been a disappointing International break from and Irish perspective. Serious issues such as dual citizenship and Ireland being really shit get explored through a comedic lens.
Rafe and Joe react to the big results of the weekend, namely Arsenal's defeat to Aston Villa. We look at who's up the top end of the table and how they got there. Finally, is the gulf in quality to the bottom sides bigger then ever?
In this week's pod, Rafe and Joe take a look at all the weekend's action. Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park, in a game marred by controversial VAR decisions, Chelsea drew 3-3 at home to Southampton, and Spurs conceded three goals in the last eight minutes to draw at home to West Ham. Elsewhere Arsenal were beaten 1-0 at the Etihad, in a game more similar to chess than football, Aston Villa continued their 100% record with a 1-0 win at Leicester City, Fulham drew 1-1 at Bramall Lane, Manchester United hammered Newcastle 4-1 at St James' Park, and Crystal Palace and Brighton played out a 1-1 draw in the M23 Derby.
In this week's podcast Rafe and Joe discuss Project Big Picture, a power grab initiated by Liverpool's owners, Fenway Sports Group, and Manchester United's owners, the Glazer Family, the introduction of Premier League pay per view fixtures at £14.95 per game, and round up England and Ireland's recent internationals.
In this week's pod Rafe and Joe take a look at the most bizarre day in Premier League history, with Spurs winning 6-1 at Old Trafford and champions Liverpool hammed 7-2 at Villa Park! The latest done deals and transfer rumours are discussed too.
In this week's podcast, Rafe and Joe take a look at all the big talking points from the weekend's action. Liverpool beat in-form Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield, Manchester City succumbed to a 5-2 home defeat to Leicester City, and Chelsea came from three goals down to salvage a draw away to West Bromwich Albion. There was drama surrounding the new handball law at the Amex Stadium, Selhurst Park and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, while Fulham, Sheffield United and Burnley continued their losing streaks, with each side yet to register even a point.
Joe and Rafe look back at the biggest games of the weekend; Chelsea host Liverpool as a Kepa nightmare gifts Sadio Mane and Jurgen Klopp 3 points; Spurs travel to Southampton as Harry Kane, Heung Min Son and Danny Ings all impress and Manchester United host Crystal Palace as Wilfred Zaha comes back to haunt United as Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes go AWAL. The quiz is back and we've a quick look at the rest of the action too. Remember to subscribe, thanks for watching.
Rafe and Joe take a look at all of the weekend’s action from game week 1 of the 2020/21 Premier League season.
Rafe, Joe and Stefan discuss the huge transfer news coming out of Barcelona, with Lionel Messi having handed in a transfer request and linked with a move to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. The lads discuss all the latest done deals and big rumours in the Premier League as well.
Rafe and Joe get together to preview the first game of the English domestic football season, The FA Community Shield, involving last season's Premier League winners, Liverpool and FA Cup winners Arsenal. The Reds lost a thrilling game to Manchester City in this game last season and despite blowing away most opponents in the league last, were beaten late in the season by Mikel Arteta's men. Jurgen Klopp will be looking to avoid a repeat. We examine pre season results, predicted line ups, transfers in and out of the two clubs and give our predictions as they prepare to face off at Wembley this Saturday.
Sean is back, joined by Joe and Rafe. Newcastle season ticket holder Conor Jennings makes his PFP debut as the lads discuss what's happening this week.
Rafe and Joe discuss the last two weeks’ biggest talking points, with Manchester City banned from European competitions for two years for breaching financial fair play regulations.
Joe and Sean discuss all the New Years Day games as VAR once again provided many talking points.
Rafe Garland is joined by Ozzie O'Farrel and Ethan Costello to discuss this weeks premier league action.
Rafe and Joe take a look at a huge weekend of Premier League action. There were routine wins for Liverpool, Leicester and Spurs, while Manchester United got a huge win at local rivals Manchester City, to dent their title hopes.
Chelsea los to managerless Everton, Duncan Ferguson having a huge impact in his first game in charge as caretaker, while Arsenal finally got back to winning ways against struggling West Ham.
Rafe and Joe discuss the incident between Raheem Sterling and Joe Gomez during Liverpool's 3-1 win over Manchester City, which saw them extend their lead to eight points over second place Leicester, with the Reds now firmly in control of the title race. Gareth Southgate's managerial style is analysed, big money summer signings are rated and as always we go over the weekend's major talking points, with VAR once again rearing its ugly head.
Rafe and Joe discuss the continued misuse of the controversial VAR system, mind games between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp ahead of Sunday's top of the table clash, and preview all of the weekend's fixtures.
On this week’s pod Rafe and Joe discuss the continued fall out between Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka and their fans, and cover the league cup, ethics in football, and as always make predictions for the weekend’s action.
Is VAR ruining football? What do we make of the globalisation of the beautiful game? What's going on at Arsenal? Predictions for gameweek 10? Rafe and Joe take a look on this week's podcast.
Rafe and Joe look back on the recent England and Ireland fixtures, Cristiano Ronaldo's phenomenal achievement of 700 career goals and preview each premier league fixture for the coming weekend. Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe!
Rafe and Joe look at England's loss to the Czech Republic in Prague and preview tonight's game against Bulgaria
Rafe and Joe discuss England and Ireland's International campaigns and focus on Premier League football..