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The Nii Lamptey Show
The Nii Lamptey Show is the biggest and best Coventry City podcast around. Launched at the beginning of the 2012/13 season, it follows the musings of Joey, Paul and Neil, each with their own unique take on the gritty world of being a Sky Blues supporter.
Hello you lovely winners!
This is a bit of alright isn't it? Cov won everything they needed to win, we got to have an endless stream of celebrations, and now we've been able to spend the last month relaxed while everyone else gets their knickers in a twist about binoculars and stuff. We'll look back at this period as the summer of our dreams, I'm sure of it.
Anyway! To wrap up the season the big bad Lampteys got together last week(ish) to chat about the celebration period we've just had, from trophy lifts and Ellis Simms hat-tricks, to party buses and CARL gobbling all the awards.
We love it all. All excellent. Not negative. And if we are, that's just our way for a bit of a laugh sometimes. We love Coventry City Football Club (Company number 07612487) loads and loads! HONEST GUV.
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That's right, we ruddy well did it. We're back!
Not the podcast btw. We were never away. Don't know what you're talking about.
But Cov! We're back in the big time. Promotion winners. Campeones! Premier Leaguers for the first time in 25 years (I'm led to believe).
The Lampteys revel in this moment and contemplate what it means. As you'd expect.
But seriously.
What a joy.
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Oh lovely. What a difference a month makes.
On 31 January some of the Lampteys were a little bit frit shit.
Turns out, February had other ideas. Lots of wins, lots of points, and lots of confidence in our collective pockets.
We return to ruminate on this.
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Hey there sports fans. This lot are back.
Cov are top. That much is wicked. But we're all friends here. We can talk about our fears right?
And some of the Lampteys have those fears. Not all of them. But we should be free to mention them. Because that's what friends do.
You may listen to us do so.
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Deary me, what a whirlwind of a fortnight.
Not content with scoring a million away at Derby, we've only gone and scored a million against QPR, as well as buying a bloody stadium.
Yes, we have since lost to Millwall, but the Carabao Cup was not made for us, so we shan't dwell on that.
Settle back for your second Lamptey of the season with regulars Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom.
All the best to yer.
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Season 14 of the Nii Lamptey Show... COME ON DOWN!
Yes. Ain't no stopping us.
Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom have returned to ease you into the new Championship season and figure out whether the team that made the playoffs last season remains a good team, 3 months on.
Time to relax and enjoy the chit chat.
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Hello good people.
We recorded a podcast last week. It was a day or two after the rawness of the Sunderland defeat, and that is reflected in the variety of thoughts that you will hear in this episode. It's hard to know quite what emotion to feel when you miss out on the playoff final in that fashion, so the Niis had a go at feeling most of them.
It's been an absolute pleasure to serve you for a 13th consecutive season, and we shall be back again next year for more Cov chit chat.
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Joey has done something different and has got together with Graham from the What The Fauk Sunderland Podcast to talk specifically about the big fixture: Coventry vs Sunderland.
So if you want to hear a little bit more about the upcoming playoffs but in conversation with somebody who has a different accent to what you're used to, this is the podcast episode for you.
All the best.
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We are Coventry City - Championship playoff contenders. Again.
What were you worried about?
Joey, Neil and Dom saw us beat Boro and make the playoffs. In this podcast episode they discuss very specific elements of that match, and maybe, if you're lucky, the upcoming game against Sunderland.
GO FOOTBALL!
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We have completed the Easter period and remain, somewhat inexplicably, in as strong a position as we started. 6th place, 3 points clear, with our destiny very much in our own hands.
This merry bunch of sods will talk you through things, and also the general contempt towards the quality of the league this season. Sure, there's some questioning about "how good are we?" but also some "please just get us to the play-offs, we want another adventure".
It's Joey, Neil, Dom and Gav for this one. We asked Paul but he blamed a crossbar for impairing his view at Plymouth, and thus, was unavailable to talk about it.
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They told us these three games would be three big games.
Haji Wright Sunderlanded Sunderland; Gus Hamer Sheffield Uniteded us; and then Liam Kitching and Brad Collins encouraged Burnley to do a Burnley.
Joey, Neil, Dom and Imogen have a go at Lampteyfying those fixtures.
Have a great time with it.
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Hallo. Neil here. I'm not on this week's podcast and yet I demanded full responsibility for uploading it. I'm currently swigging a Friday afternoon pint in a place that's too noisy, so have no idea what the episode is about, but all I know is that it's going to be a national sensation. That's the vibe I get. The good news is we just lost a game for the first time in ages so that always makes for thoughtful discussion. You go ahead and enjoy. I dare ya.
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Welcome back to our podcast. Cov just can't stop winning and your Niis just can't stop acknowledging it (except for the last 3 weeks when we haven't podcasted).
This week we talk about all the good things that have happened, and all of the good haircuts in the current squad.
We also explore the complexities of disagreeing with others around you at football, and not losing your shit when somebody tells you to stop being so loud.
If that's not enough, we also talk about Coventry City IN FULL.
Please note: We have strong love feelings for all the Cov players and many humans in general. While we make a few jokes about haircuts and such like, there's often nothing vicious about it.
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It's been a good couple of weeks, so feel free to shove that "reality check" up your jacksy. Leeds are a good team. What a surprise.
Your favourite fortnightly podcast returns to talk about the stuff you don't want to.
And as an extra special treat, Joey, Neil and Dom are joined this time around by the Football League's anytime goalscorer savant, Mr Gavin Horsfall.
You simply must listen.
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Cov have rattled through January and are now engaging in something closely resembling "form".
The Niis remain coy, though.
Join Joey, Neil and Dom as they discuss what it's like to win two (or three) games in a row.
All the best to yer.
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Happy New Year one and all.
Lots has changed in the last couple of months, but also, not really. The Lampteys investigate.
Best of luck to yer.
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The last time you heard from us they'd just sacked lovely Mark.
Much has been said and done since that episode, so it's high time the Niis got back together to discuss.
Joey is joined this week by Dom and Laurie, and special guest Lew.
Enjoy yourselves.
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In the immortal words of Didier Drogba: it's a disgrace. It's a flipping disgrace.
Even though we podded two days ago, it was absolutely essential for the Nii Lamptey Show to get together and discuss the sacking of the greatest man in history, Coventry City saviour Mark Robins.
Join us for our thoughts and emotions. All the emotions, all the memories.
Thank you Mark. You'll always be our king.
He lost to Sheffield Wednesday, lost to Preston, couldn't beat QPR. They were going, "Well he's definitely sacked now."
He beat Luton 3-2, then Middlesbrough 3-0, pulled over and said "What were you worried about?"
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Oooh, look at the Nii Lamptey Show, taking a relaxed, light-hearted approach to things and going a bit existential. Just trying to be popular as the oldest Cov podcast around. Pathetic.
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Leeds = bad. Blackburn = loads better.
It's been a wonky old fortnight. We lost some games and a few people started to worry. Unfortunately, some of those worriers were also the current set of players and that included a dreadful performance against Leeds.
However, at the point when everyone thought we were bound for the Championship rubbish bin, we turned up again and beat one of the only unbeaten teams in the league, and did so fairly convincingly.
The Niis investigate how this could possible happen.
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Fiddlesticks.
We're getting used to giving Premier League teams a game. Unfortunately we're also getting used to being the plucky losers.
Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom relive another memorable performance against another team full of rich footballers.
Contains acceptable levels of optimism, because apparently that's all you want nowadays.
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Relax...
Yeah we lost to Norwich, and yeah some things haven't gone perfectly so far this season. But let's not go absolutely mad.
Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom attempt to bring some sanity following the indignity of losing a game of football.
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3 games into the season. One bad, one better, and one brilliant. We're probably due a chat.
Joey, Neil, Dom and Imogen discuss Haji Wright, why watching something in person and TV are not the same, and some breaking transfer news involving a photo of a chair.
Enjoy!
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13 seasons. 13 whole seasons of the Nii Lamptey Show, and no matter how much the world tells us to stay away, we keep on coming back!
The 2024/25 season is upon us and things are very different in the world of Coventry City, but not in the house of Lamptey. Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom deliver the same standard of insight and nonsense as always.
Let's preview this thing!
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It's a little late, but the Niis return for the final episode of a crazy 2023/24 season.
This is the one where we start with good intentions to review the season as a whole, but in reality just end up talking at length about all the best bits.
Spoiler alert: We mention some players more than others. This is in no way reflective of their relative importance.
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Christ. That happened.
The greatest football match in history and we were there.
Ultimately they pinched it from us, but let's pretend they didn't. Because that winner was a good football goal.
Come join the Niis as we chat about another epic Wembley adventure.
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It's here you guys. FA Cup fever has well and truly landed at Lamptey towers. We discuss what shirt to wear, Mark Robins masks and avoiding tube carriages with opposition fans.
Joey, Neil and Imogen once again bring joy and Cov related happiness into your life.
Warning: There's a couple of mentions of willies.
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We went mad and beat Wolves in the best way possible, so the Niis felt it only right to continue the madness and record a podcast that focuses almost exclusively on that brilliant FA Cup win.
Joey, Neil, Dom and Imogen (with a special appearance from Laurie) bring the joy.
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A new episode of the Nii Lamptey Show podcast, as I live and breathe.
Joey, Neil and Dom bring you an assessment of the season thus far.
Expect pronunciation and bowling chat.
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Saturday was an experience like no other.
It's difficult to describe how it felt to endure everything the Play-Off Final had to throw at us, and for it to all come down to one kick, but the Niis have convened for the final podcast/group therapy session of the season and will attempt to explain their emotions having gone through all that.
Thanks to ALL the players and the staff for an amazing effort over the last ten months.
Play Up Sky Blues.
Correction from Neil: In this episode I laugh because people seem to be reading too much into Jonathan Panzo's latest IG post. I retract this. You should all be laughing at me as it seems that something might actually be going on there.
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Coventry City have made the Championship playoff final!
This journey just keeps getting better and better.
It's a bumper pre-Wembley podcast this week as Joey, Paul, Neil, Imogen and Dom marvel over the effort needed to get there.. while engaging in some cathartic group therapy thanks to that second half at the Riverside.
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Coventry City have made the playoffs.
This is not a drill. This is real world and we have no idea how to navigate it.
Incredible stuff.
Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom acknowledge what lovely thing has just happened, and to a lesser extent, how.
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March was full of unbeatenness... then the international break came along and made Stoke loads better than us. What a mildly confusing turn of events.
With a month to go and a mighty big Easter weekend looming, Joey, Neil and Imogen offer a loose assessment (and specific percentage prediction) of what the final games might bring us.
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Recorded ahead of the Huddersfield game, your favourite podcast people chat about what was a terrific set of results throughout February, particularly a sweet victory over Sunderland. That's always funny.
Fair warning, entering this podcast we'd just lost all our attacking midfielders so there's a little waffle on that, and unfortunately zero mention of Ryan Howley AKA The Option.
There's also a brand new game and format. What a treat.
Joey, Neil and Dom are your Lampteys for this one. Enjoy.
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It's a new year and after some false starts, the Lampteys are determined to bring regularity back to their podcasting adventures rather than the recent three-a-year average.
The Douglas era is upon us, which is new and mildly inexplicable, while the January transfer window gave us no indication of what the future holds.
Joey, Neil, Paul and Imogen discuss the previous month and where it leaves us in the short, medium and extra-medium term.
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Full-blown takeover alert!
Sometimes when you're preparing to do a podcast your football club gets taken over 15 minutes beforehand so you have to talk about that even though you are not qualified or do not have the information to talk about it in any sort of detail, but you do so and then put it on the internet for judgement and posterity.
We also chat about how great we are at football right now.
All the good chats, as per!
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We can't really get going, can we?
It's a mildly gloomy podcast this time around as the Niis head into yet another break of fixtures, safe in the knowledge that Coventry City still haven't won a game this season.
In the words of Mark - it's embarrassing.
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We can't really get going, can we?
It's a mildly gloomy podcast this time around as the Niis head into yet another break of fixtures, safe in the knowledge that Coventry City still haven't won a game this season.
In the words of Mark - it's embarrassing.
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August was broadly rubbish. The Niis are aware of this.
However, we now have some flat grass to play on and the transfer window has finally SLAMMED SHUT... and we didn't lose any of the fancy players we thought we might.
Although we did lose lovely Dominic Hyam, who actually was one of the fancy players (even if he and many other people didn't realise it). That is ever such a shame. Stupid energy bills.
So, after a few games and an equal amount of losses, things aren't quite perfect. Let's break things down for you.
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August was broadly rubbish. The Niis are aware of this.
However, we now have some flat grass to play on and the transfer window has finally SLAMMED SHUT... and we didn't lose any of the fancy players we thought we might.
Although we did lose lovely Dominic Hyam, who actually was one of the fancy players (even if he and many other people didn't realise it). That is ever such a shame. Stupid energy bills.
So, after a few games and an equal amount of losses, things aren't quite perfect. Let's break things down for you.
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Here we are now, all the people.
Season 11 of The Nii Lamptey Show is upon us. Bet you thought you'd never hear from us again?
Well, you are incorrect. We are back for another season of very excellent Coventry City Football Club action and look forward to having you along for the ride.
Getting us going for 22/23, Joey, Paul, Neil and Dom focus their attentions on the crucial things: how things are shaping up for the squad with the new campaign just days away, and who has the most supporter points.
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Balls to this! One week ago we were about to embark upon a flurry of potential play-off excitement... a week later it all feels pretty impossible again.
Not to worry. Joey, Neil and Dom are here to get you through, with all the great chats about two very different Easter games against Birmingham and Bournemouth.
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Wooooooo. Check us right now. Battering the best in the league again. Nobody really predicted it, but we're going to enjoy it. What a performance. Joey, Paul, Neil and Dom revel away in this latest episode of The Nii Lamptey Show, the greatest Lamptey Show of all time.
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A lot of games have happened. A lot of games that we should/could have won. The chaps are playing very well, and are once again the "best team" everyone seems to have faced.
Joey, Neil, Imogen and Dom dissect the Middlesbrough, Southampton and Blackpool matches and try to figure out why we're not battering everyone a million nil at the moment.
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It wasn't too hot watching us fail to beat QPR, so it was very welcome to see us fail to not win against Stoke. The points are starting to tally up again. Joey, Dom and Imogen discuss. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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Happy New Year, kids and adults, etc. Did you see us the other day, duffing somebody up? Been a while, but that was excellent to see. Specifically because we'd largely forgotten what 3 points (or playing league football) felt like.
Joey, Neil and Dom discuss this feeling alongside some rather eyebrow-raising decisions by Mark, which ultimately worked out wonderfully.
All the best.
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So, he meant it... Really? Yes. We're still talking about Toddy's goal.
We also talk about all those draws, but mainly, we talk about about how to re-establish ourselves in the play-offs, which is a nice little indicator of where we've come.
Also featuring Adi Viveash's bodyslam.
Listen.
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Laurie's got a golden ticket. We also did some ruddy good winning with ten men.
Enjoy your international break with a little bit of Lamptey.
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That's a joke. Paul's back baby! So pleasing. This week the Niis work their way through three similar feeling games. Some ups, some less ups. But we're still 4th and can go and watch football games again. That's all we need and absolutely enough to fill 80 minutes of podcast chat.
Get those headphones on.
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Smashing Peterborough followed by The Big Blip followed by smashing Fulham. It was quite a week for Cov. Let's discuss. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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A draw against Millwall didn't feel too bad. The Niis explain why, and then go on to tackle some of the key issues of today. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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Boro came to the old Ricoh and we calmly dispatched of them. We're all feeling nice and relaxed about the team right now, given their tidy start. Joey, Neil and Dom explain why supporting Cov is the best (at this specific moment in time). Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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A fresh looking Lamptey line up this week with Joey being joined by Imogen and Neil "the new Neil" Beasley. The kids have been out there watching Cov and have some thoughts on a couple of defeats for you. You may also know Neil from his smashing authoring of the book: "Football's Coming Out: Life as a Gay Fan". He's kind enough to give us a little insight into the experiences that led to him writing the book, and life since. Make sure you grab yourself a copy.
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We're celebrating our 250th episode in authentic Lamptey fashion... by not mentioning it at all for the entire show! And who needs to, eh? When the football and a return to real-life stadiums offers such wonderful results and atmosphere. Joey, Neil and Dom are your chaps talking you through a very successful Coventry return as City came back to beat Forest in the 1034th minute*
*Social media estimate.
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Season ten is upon us. How did that happen??
Welcome back to the Lamptey Zone. Joey, Paul and Dom bring you the very best thoughts and views on Coventry City as they head into the new season, back at the Ricoh Coventry Building Society Arena.
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And just like that, the season was complete. Far calmer than any of us predicted, thankfully.
The Niis convene to discuss our ultimately favourable return season to the Championship, featuring the views of Joey, Paul, Dom and Imogen.
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How very lovely it is to be back with a brand new episode of The Nii Lamptey Show for you fine humans. In this one, Joey, Neil and Dom delve into what's been happening on the pitch just lately. Classic Cov podcasting. You know that McFadzean chap? He's mentioned. As is Josh Eccles. And Sam McCallum. Basically the whole crew.
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Happy New Year, Sky Blue babes. Let's get hot and heavy with the first podcast of 2021. Joey, Neil and Dom talk Millwall, and quite how we didn't smash them by loads of goals, given how rubbish they were. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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Hello again. We're the Nii Lamptey Show. You may remember us from such podcasts as "The one where Paul moaned" and "Neil isn't entirely sure". After a mini break, we're back just in time to ruin your Christmas. Enjoy!
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It's been an interesting week. We've put in some good performances and still lost two games. That's a shame. But there's plenty to talk about. Joey, Neil and Dom with the words. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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Picked up from the decks after a rotten little period, the Niis enjoyed beating top of the league Reading and watching Gustavo Hamer raise all of the menace. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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Bit of a bumper chatfest this week as the Niis do their darnedest to understand what's happened in the last three games against Brentford, Swansea and Blackburn. This is how you do football podcasting. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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It's the classic line up. Joey, Paul and Neil chow down on a couple of games against some B teams - Barnsley and Bournemouth. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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We got that precious first league win under our belts and it was tasty. Joey, Paul and Imogen have a chit and a chat about how at all came about.
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League football returns. It's great to be back playing in the almost big time, with the deafening roar of generic sound effects. Joey, Laurie and Imogen are on hand to talk about it all. Do your listening, pod fans.
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Some real-life actual "competitive" football for the Niis to consider, as the Sky Blues get the season underway with a low-key Carabao Cup victory over MK Dons. Join us for some chit-chat, won't you? Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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Well, well, well. A brand new Championship season is soon to be upon us, and Coventry City are involved, meaning your trusty Niis have returned from hibernation to give you their thoughts on the forthcoming weirdness. May be a tad robot-y in places as the podcast machine gets back up to speed.
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Well, after a lot of waiting and a lot of mulling things over, everyone decided what we already knew: Coventry City were the best team in League One this season and were going to win the league anyway... so they might as well just make us bloody champions. Good call. It wasn't how we'd have liked, but by gosh, we are going to mark the occasion with a celebratory pod.
Wacky circumstances call for wacky responses, so the Niis have gone with a mad five-man line up to wrap up the campaign. Joey, Paul, Neil, Laurie and Dom all join the panel to give one big hip-hip hooray for the League One champs, and run through some awards for the season.
Thanks for all your loveliness this year. We hope you enjoy this farewell to League One as much as we did!
Hello team. After a little lockdown interval, we're back with another really special interview. This week the lovely Chris Kirkland has entered Lamptey's virtual house to share his story - from his first stand-in keeper appearance as a kid, to playing for Cov in the Prem, big money moves, and an England debut.
We hope you enjoy.
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It's the one you've been waiting for. Bigi's in the house this week and we couldn't be happier to listen to him open up about his life, career at Cov and beyond, and hopes for the future.
We had an amazing hour or so chatting, and we're delighted to share the unabridged conversation here. It was a pleasure to talk to him. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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It's a lockdown podcast bonanza as the Lamptey boys are joined by promotion rascals Jack Grimmer and Tom Davies!
We talk all sorts, from the wackiness of Bright, to trips to Wembley on public transport...
Download this one to brighten up your weekend. You're gonna love it. The boys are on great form.
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Well, things haven't quite gone to plan just recently, have they?
First things first - us Niis hope you are all doing well, are keeping yourself indoors and are protecting yourself, those close to you, and actually, everyone in the country right now.
We know it's a tricky time so to help alleviate some of that, we've got a very nice treat for you. Sky Blues double-Wembley hero Chris Stokes was incredibly generous with his evening and joined us for this special podcast to talk through his time with Cov - and what an eventful period it was.
And yes, we did ask how that Mowbray team didn't get promoted...
Get this one downloaded and have a listen while you're pottering around the house. Chris is fantastic.
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Cov are five points clear at the top and it's been scientifically proven that they are going up (it hasn't). Joey, Neil and Laurie are joined this week by Imogen Dale who helps talk Ipswich and their particularly toothless attempt at breaking our unbeaten run.
Soz about the confidence you lot. It's hard not to believe in this team.
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We've made it to the summit after a brilliant victory over "rivals" Sunderland. We now have eleven games to stay there. The Niis are enjoying this - so in turn, feel free to enjoy the Niis.
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Oh here he is, the Sky Blues' League Two promotion megastar Marc McNulty (son of Jimmy) has only gone and joined the Lamptey boys for a bit of a chinwag about his time at Cov, japes in Leam, Michael Doyle, Scotland debuts, and everything else in between.
Huge thanks to Marc for sparing the time and being such great company. We hope you enjoy the trip down (recent) memory lane with us.
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You know the drill by now. We won and we're ruddy well going to talk about it. Twitter: @niilampteyshow
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The Niis are up for this. A great run of form continues, and for the first time in the Lamptey Boy's lifetime, a title is there to win. All aboard the brilliant bus.
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It's been a busy few days for City with the big old match against Birmingham in the FA Cup followed swiftly by a cold and blowy midweeker against Fleetwood. There were no goals, but the Niis'll talk you through the best bits.
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This week the Niis are joined by Laurie from out of space, so apologies about some occasional sound issues. But he's still brilliant. That aside there's still lots to talk about from the away win at Donny, while Shippers' plane celebration and Runar Normann's apparently questionable demeanour also draw comment.
There's also another Godden disagreement for no real reason except Neil's unnecessarily protective nature towards his reputation. You can skip past that because nobody is actually slagging him off.
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This week the dream team is reunited for a bumper episode as Paul, Joey and Neil tackle the burning topics of the day AKA are we going to finish top of the league or are we going to finish 13th? Features the very best Coventry City podcast chat, bar none.
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Got both bases covered.
It's been a very beautiful and special festive period for the Sky Blues as they've given two teams very different kinds of 4-1 wallopings. The Niis go 2020 crazy over Matty Godden's hat-tricks and all the other exciting things that happened.
They mention the Bristol Rovers game as well. That was less exciting.
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This week the Sky Blues lost and didn't really do a great job of imposing themselves upon Shrewsbury. Dom was there and brings us the deets.
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The year is 2024. Coventry are playing Ipswich in the final leg of their four year long one-on-one tournament.
The Lampteys are there. Still talking about Baka.
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A real good podcast this week. Goal of the season, miss of the season, last minute goals (for and against). Dream content.
Joey, Paul, Neil and Dom are your panel.
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Hello.
This is the Nii Lamptey Show. It's an honour and a privilege to podcast about this week's 0-0 draw for you. We hope you enjoy.
The last minute is probably the best minute. It certainly seems that way. City remain unbeaten in the league thanks to Baka doing what he does best: unexpected goal.
The Lamptey chaps work through the enjoyable Doncaster game and have a think about how things are looking for us after ten games.
2-0 down against a decent side, and we fixed it. This is exciting.
Joey, Knowl and Neil are reunited for this week's pod and discuss being unbeaten in mid-September and the pronunciation of Dabo.
Yes, that's right - as a special treat we are delighted to bring you a Nii Lamptey Show exclusive podcast, as young superstar Tom Bayliss joins the boys in the "studio" to reminisce about all the lovely times we had together.
Sit back and enjoy as Tom lifts the lid on:
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What makes the Sky Blues Academy so great
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His rise into the first team
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Those play-offs and Wembley
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THAT photo Kevin Nolan
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Playing with Michael Doyle
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The best player he's ever played with at Cov
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His new life at Preston and his goals for this season and beyond
It was a real privilege being able to join Tom for an hour to chat about the good times, and we'd like to thank him for taking the time to indulge us and give such a brilliant insight into his time at the club. We wish him every success for the future - we know he'll make it to the very top!
Having played 19 games in a fortnight, it's been tricky to keep up. So the Niis bin off some of the less interesting games for this podcast and get stuck into that madness from the weekend and yet another 3-3 draw.
The unbeaten start continues for this new City side, and because this game was against full-blown adults, things are more positive this week.
Joey, Neil and Dom work through the 2-0 victory against Bristol Rovers with a regular-tooth comb. Enjoy.
This week there is no Neil so this description is telling you that it's going to be Paul and Joey and Laurie discussing how we were unable to beat a bunch of children.
The season got underway at an unfamiliar home location on Saturday, but despite the difficulties of that situation, City grabbed the win and everyone was basically happy about that.
Dom was there and has his say on the new surrounding as well as the many new faces.
So, we support a football club that plays at St Andrews. It's weird, right?
The Niis are back for an eighth season. Joey is joined by Neil and Dom as they chat daft groundshare, beautiful kits, and funky wingers.
Let's do this.
So, we didn't make the play-offs. Obviously last season was more fun because of that, but on the plus side, we all get a slightly longer summer break this time around.
The Niis run through an 8th place finish and talk through the highs, lows, and controversy from a reasonably OK, if often uneventful, League One campaign.
Thank you for all your listens and questions and general engagement this year. It's much appreciated.
If you like what we do, as a special gift please bung us a rating or review before you head off to Benidorm.
We look forward to seeing you all again next season.
One love.
This week the Niis discuss the Easter matches and Cov's dwindling play-off challenge (that Neil still thinks is a little bit on).
This is a Coventry City podcast that discusses drawing against Barnsley.
Feel free to enjoy it.
This is a really good one. The Niis tackle some really important issues. And the new series of Partridge.
City go back-to-back and bring the play-offs into the equation.
The Niis don't mention promotion or the Championship. Not once.
Bumper pod this week as the guys chat Accrington, Burton, Bright, Burge and the fact that we missed a big opportunity to close the gap over the weekend, and yet still, got away with it. Kind of.
This week the Niis deliver superb analysis of Amadou Bakayoko sticking it up the Walsall fans.
It's opinions central at Lamptey Towers this week as the boys chat about the Rochdale victory in what can only be described as a Valentine's Day special podcast.
PS. Laurie and Tom Davies sitting in a tree.
Cov drew and nobody ain't got no clue what's going on with them at the moment but it's all getting well tiresome.
Joey, Paul and Neil flex their brain muscles trying to figure it out.
Hello pod fans. It's been a while.
Since the last time we spoke, we've dominated more matches but that don't mean nothing when you ain't scoring the football goals.
Lampteys give it some woopy around that very topic.
All of the very best Lamptey boys return for the opening show of 2019.
The festive period brought three wins and that was mega. Let's chat.
Some big talk this week as the Niis attempt to explain why things looked so poor against Luton, as well as hazarding some guesses as to Mark Gordon Robins' ideal tactical approach.
Contains the tackling of some other tough football topics.
There's no FA Cup game to speak of but the Niis instead find time to pick up what happened in the league over the last couple of weeks.
Contains Laurence.
This week the Niis ruminate about losing a league game for the first time in weeks. Burton were better which made it slightly easier to assess.
Features some Laurie, on account of Laurie being on this week.
This week the Niis turn 200 episodes old, which is like 48 in dog years. Thanks for being able to hear us.
The super Sky Blues also managed to lose their winning streak this week, but fortunately made sure that they weren't beaten. This is good football planning.
So all aboard the Lamptey boat for this very special birthday episode.
*Literally nothing special happens.
While the Niis are away, the Coventry will play (fairly averagely but still win all the time).
Great to be on this winning run. Let's chat about it.
Here at the Lamptey show we love last minute winners. We love them even more when they're scored by sweet, smiley people like Amadou Bakayoko, in football games that we have no business winning.
That's what happened this week at Charlton and that's what we talk about in the show.
Sunderland and Portsmouth reviewed with Paul and Ed and Charlton previewed with Dom. Now there's lovely for you isn't it?
This week, Dom and Laurie join JC to talk about the sopping wet lunacy that occurred in Bristol at the weekend.
This week the Niis celebrate back-to-back league wins and the fact that Lee Burge saved some football shots.
Also - Paul's Question makes its debut.
This week Cov won, Conor Chaplin scored, Shipley fouled loads, and JCH gave a strong performance in the not unfamiliar role of "Mega Bastard".
Pleasing.
We haven't coughed up the money for him just yet, but Conor Chaplin has entered the building with a large wad of cash potentially associated with him.
That is noteworthy and the Niis note it as such. But we also lost to Rochdale and that caused some concern and frustration.
Sensational football chat once again ensues.
The last week has been bad, then good, then bad but OK, then Blackpool.
The Niis work through a bumper week of football and come to some pretty MAJOR conclusions about what the fupp is going on.
Public service announcement from Joseph Crone:
FYI: there's a section of this week's show where Skype went a bit mad on about 46mins. I could edit it out but I don't really have time so if you think 'what the fuck happened there?' - that's your answer
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The Sky Blues bored people against Wimbledon. The Niis try to liven that up, as per.
Contains a moment of the week that is actually a thought process.
"OK, it's brilliant that we lost!"
Clearly it's not, but it's only the first game so the Niis dig into the game fully aware that it's only the first game.
Disclaimer: Neil's mic is ~~fucked~~ not functioning correctly and we only became aware after it was recorded. Ironically this has happened in the same week he slags off CWR for microphone misuse. Apologies.
After a summer of indulgence and World Cup semi-finals, the Niis are back for a seventh season to run the rule over Cov City's forthcoming League One campaign. What a thrill.
Please join us once again for what we hope is a wild ride.
Well, we did it! Hopefully you've not calmed down in the slightest.
The Niis are here to celebrate promotion in style with a bumper final pod of the season.
It's a biggy, so get it downloaded and settle down for the final and loveliest pod of the season, because being happy and winning the play-offs is lovely.
🎵 It's Friday, Friday, gotta win play-off semi-finals on Fridayyy.
Everybody's looking forward to the Bank Holiday weekend.🎵
Well that, ladies and gentleman, was flipping mega.
The Niis recall victory against Notts County in all its euphoric detail, and swoon over every single player's ability to play well and make us feel absolutely brilliant.
Wembley, we're bloody well coming for you!
PUSB
OK, this is not a podcast but it is audio.
I got a bit excited by all this play off stuff and wrote a song for Cov fans.
Enjoy!
City take a 1-1 draw to Meadow Lane and the Niis are now really nervous.
They discuss Saturday's swim meet, levels of "Bastard", Davies' foot positioning, and precariously-balanced chips.
PS. Nervous.
How bloody dare they?!? Making the play-offs for the first time in their history, with the result they needed?
You Sky Blues swines, doing that thing.
Contains the effervescent Ed Wilson and delightful Dom Jerams.
A thumping 6-1 has put City on the brink of those lovely play-offs.
Dom joins the Niis for the full whack this week to talk us through the goals, lax stewarding and inflatables from the weekend's all round enjoyable romp against Cheltenham.
The Niis also mentally prepare for the BIG FIXTURE this weekend, and ponder just how "nil-nil" it might potentially be.
Two big games. One pleasing win against St Evenage. One swine of a defeat against a tough old Lincoln team.
But the play-offs are still within our gift.
The Niis dissect a confusing few days in the the race for 7th place in League Two.
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The Niis are joined by Laurie to discuss how Cov managed to beat Crawley. Robins genius, or a total accident? You decide.
Either way, the play-offs are looking dangerously close now. Lamptey be cautious.
The Niis ponder consecutive defeats and whether Robins fiddling and guessing is a good idea at such a crucial stage of the season.
Spoiler: It's not.
The Niis are joined by Laurie to balance their time equally across the Easter fixtures, but naturally focus the majority of their attention on that bad thing that happened on Monday.
standard
Neil is off the grid this week so Dom steps up to provide some positivity to balance Paul's comfortingly curmudgeonly take on a joyful 4-0 win against a desperate Gary McSheffrey toting Grimsby side.
That's a very long sentence but I don't have the energy to cut it down
The Niis discuss wind, Jonson's temper, Bayliss's brilliance, and everything else that contributed to a gosh darn effective performance against Crewe.
Two very different games generate four useful points, but it could have been more. So there's a tinge of disappointment.
However, Carl Baker is back, we're back in the play-offs, and Ryan Haynes treated us to his own mini Nike advert audition. That's all OK.
The Niis salute a mighty fine point in the face of adversity, an absolutely mental tackle by Michael Doyle, and the wondrous stride of Tom Bayliss.
PS. All is forgiven Michael, you absolute lunatic.
The Niis spend time figuring out what went on against Brighton, and even more time figuring out what's going to happen for the rest of this season.
Please note: You are NOT maniacs.
Like a glove you've had for ages that smells awful
A duvet that the corpse was found draped inside
The comfort food that ruins your intestines
Coventry lose three games on the bounce again
We spend most of the podcast paying tribute to the Coventry City legend who sadly passed this week before moving on to the reviewing the Exeter game, previewing the Swindon game and attempting to break the record for the amount of times a person has said 'Beavon' in a row
It's the usual biz for the Lamptey boyz. Talk about a game that's happened. Talk about the game to come. Whinge a bit. Try and flog t shirts (HERE since you asked)
Cov fan, author, and all round top fella Steve Phelps joined us this week to complete a Sky Blue book double feature.
In his second Pod appearance Steve regaled us with the magic of Peter Bodak and what it took to tell a tale that, whilst less well known than the '87 cup win, is still an incredible story of a remarkably talented young Cov team.
Steve and last week's guest Jim Brown will be at Waterstones in Coventry on Wednesday December 13th to sign copies of their respective books with ex-Cov players in tow. If you're in the local area you'd be a fool to miss out.
If you're not in the local area, get yourself a copy of Steve's book 29 Minutes from Wembley and Jim's book Play Up Sky Blues: Coventry City's Rise to the Top
And whether you are in the local area or not, get yourself a rootin' tootin' Nii Lamptey Show tshirt. Remember, any small amount earned from these tshirts just goes towards the cost of hosting this podcast and is super appreciated.
Fare thee well and see you at the Ricoh for the Cheltenham game.
The Lamptey Boyz are joined by club statistician and historian Jim Brown to talk about his latest book, 'Play Up Sky Blues - Coventry's Rise to the Top' which charts the club's title winning 1966/67 season
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For realsies though, it's a nice way to support us doing 6 years of free podcasts and the tiny amount of money that we'd get just goes towards the cost we incur for hosting the pod, so, no pressure...
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49 minutes of good spirited football chat and one Big Hero 6 comparison that will blow your balls off
The Bloody Lads bring you some sunshine in the form of their analysis of the last two games
Paul has taken a vow of silence this week so Dominic Jerams (@SideSammy) of sidewayssammy.wordpress.com joins us for the whole episode.
Neil is in the hot seat this week to talk about Yeovil and Shrewsbury, watched respectively through technology and eyes, and we talk about the Duck (obvs) New Tony (obvs) and Transfer Deadline Day.
Warning - watch out for the best player name conflagration in the history of the podcast.
Normal service is resumed as the Nii's get their teeth into the first league defeat of the season and an incredibly frustrating 90 minutes
They try not to judge players too quickly (but do) try not to bang on about the Duck too much (but do) and try not to want to Carl Baker back (but do) but despite these failures the pod (as usual) is a massive bloody success
Plugs:
'Hallyink' is a chap who makes mega football stuff (pins, mugs, badges) and someone we've helped with some designs in the past. We really like his stuff and want to let you know he's got a half price sale on. Click this link to find his Cov page
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thelonelyseason.club
This week Laurie Kilpatrick (who you may know from previous pods or his blog, The Lonely Season) joins the Lamptey Boiz to talk all things Grimsby, from swimming in the sea to ruefully abusing lovely Russell Slade.
Dominic Jerams (Sideways Sammy) joins us again to preview the Newport County game and we also spend some time mulling over the question: when is an assist really an assist?
Welcome to the Nii Lamptey Show, the only weekly podcast exclusively dedicated to the Haitian Sensation - Duckens Nazon.
Amongst all of the Nazon Gazing, Neil takes the time to talk about our comprehensive victory over Notts County and Paul leads the way on a mixed performance against a superior Blackburn side.
Finally Joey dialled up Dominic who walks us through what we should expect against Grimsby (the clue's in the name)
It's like we've never been away...
The 2017/18 season is upon us. Scientists said that dinosaurs should have eaten us all by now but we've laughed in the face of adversity to bring you a podcast where only special guest Dominic Jerams (@sidesammy on Twitter) brings any actual insight and no one is devoured by a velociraptor (always the GOD DAMN VELOCIRAPTORS)
Go and get 442, World Soccer and When Saturday Comes to read insights by Laurie 'The Lonely Season' Kilpatrick, Neil 'SkyBluesBlog' Allison and Tom 'Furnival' Adams (respectively) give their views on the upcoming season for the Sky Covs
But if you can't read* just listen to us do talk about it.
*Hang on, how are you reading this then?
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https://sidewayssammy.wordpress.com/
Here it is. The bittersweet big one.
Don't forget that Dominic Jerams (Sideways Sammy) has done a print 16/17 season review that you can find on his website here
Have a great Summer everyone!
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Relegation is confirmed as Coventry bow out of League One with a whimper.
The boys talk Charlton and ticket prices and look down to another miserable season, this time in a League we've not seen in over 60 years. What a farce
We're only letting positivity into our lives so this week we glossed over the Sheffield United game and focussed on the Peterborough game.
We've got a competition running to win a t shirt from @art_of_football. You can just buy one by going here
and @sidesammy gave us a brief audio preview ahead of his proper previews on https://sidewayssammy.wordpress.com/
For once no bitterness or cynicism. Just pure, unadulterated joy.
Coventry City, it's so hard to love you most of the time, but thank you so much for yesterday.
If we win 38% of the games Jodi Jones starts and 29% of the games Ruben Lameiras starts, start them together and that's like 66% - that's better than Fergie at United. Probably
We should have been recording a podcast anyway but we weren't going to after an unusually consistent run of them (well, in terms of frequency of output at least) but then a curious Sunday forced our hand.
We share our feelings on Robins coming back (mixed) and Slade leaving (unequivocally positive)
Dider Drogba - 104 PL Goals
Emmanuel Adebayor - 97 PL Goals
Aiyegbeni Yakubu - 95 PL Goals
Paul was right as usual
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It's not about awful owners or stadium woes. It's about matches and the prospect of playing at Wembley and winning a trophy. The Niis couldn't be happier (which is still a pretty low level of relative happiness - they are miserable curmudgeons bear in mind.)
They briefly cover the Millwall game then go on to talk about Wycombe and officially declare the Oldham game and Yakubu 'big'.
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I really feel like if you're reading this it'd be weird if you didn't end up listening to the podcast
Hey Niilovers,
Sorry to leave you again. A mix of Christmas and some trying personal circumstances left us unable to broadcast but we're back with a bang. Sort of
Chesterfield blah blah, we're shit blah blah. It's like we've never been away
It's Christmas! And this year the club have served us up a massive bowl of shit. The Lamptey Boyz don bibs and chow down.
Bon Appe-fucking-tit
The Niis talk Scunthorpe, correct shirt number distribution, life, love and Lee Burge's Karmic Football.
It's sad how regular this has become. Just over 18 months passes, another manager leaves. After a disastrous start to the season Mowbray walks and in Neil's absence the remaining Niis are joined by Laurie '@thelonelyseason' Kilpatrick to dissect the games against Gillingham and MK Dons, err, I mean Wimbledon. (shit)
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Anyway - this week's Pod. I don't actually think anyone reads these blurbs but if you are then know that our minds are connected and I'm looking into your soul. Joey does some more soul searching as he rues a missed 15 minute window to win an otherwise frustrating game and gleefully recounts how a Millwall fan lost his bloody mind
It's voting time again for the Football Blogging Awards and that means we're here begging for votes again! Please click this LINK to generate a tweet to vote for us and if you REALLY want us to love you (or you just don't have Tweeter) click this LINK to vote for us via the website. Hey, while you're there, why not vote for Neil, or Domininc 'Sideways Sammy' Jerams or Laurie 'Lonely Season' Kilpatrick or Matty 'Matty Roper' Roper.
Anyway we did a pod about how bad the transfer window was and hoe bad Fleetwood away was and generally how bad our lives our like Kevin the Teenager EXCEPT ARE LIVES ARE BAD AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU ARE PARENTS AND YOU'RE STUPID AND YOU JUST DON'T GET US
The Niis dissect a frustratingly familiar defeat to Bradford
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It's their Quasquicentennial and the Niis are fired up after no goals in two games. As usual they still manage to bleed an hour of jibber jabber out of it.
Check out Sideways Sammy and The Lonely Season to supplement your Cov fan multimedia experience
Hold onto your hats boys and girls, it's the first Nii Lamptey Show of the 2016/17 season!!!
Have we got a show for you as we sum up Swindon with Laurie 'The Lonely Season' Kilpatrick, pick apart Portsmouth with Neil 'Nutmeg' Allison and broadcast the EFL cup draw LIVE!!!
The Niis treat you to top quality content as they predict the draw outcomes for a number of teams ahead of the big prediction of who Cov will get. The grand finale is the big reveal itself and the only way you can find out who we're playing on 23rd August is to listen in!
No preview this week but go to https://sidewayssammy.wordpress.com and @sidesammy for his mega written previews.
The Niis are joined for the final time by the outgoing head of Comms at Cov, Kieran Crowley.
Paul talks about the Oldham game and and a positive end to an overall frustrating season.
The Niis and Kieran then talk about the retained list and reminisce over times gone by and a particular goal of the month competition
God bless you all, you hardy souls. That you're stilllistening given our relentless misery over the last few months isnothing short of heroic.
We soldier on this week after another (sorry) short gap andbriefly cover our recent home successes and Doncaster trauma.
We then move on to the first part of the season dissection. It's quite long
The Nii's didn't do a pod last week and it was through a sense of nominal obligation that they do one this week.
Paul tries to help Joey remember what happened in the Wigan game and Neil tells us about his gastroenterological anomaly
They're actually still talking now and Joey has hit record without them knowing it. Let's see how this goes...
In a desperate attempt to spice up their relationship the Niis invite another man to join in on their pod shenanigans. Coventry City comms guru and all round nice guy Kieran Crowley joins us for his annual visit like a Brummy Father Christmas; depositing cold, hard insight into your filthy stockings.
We talk Jim O'Brien, Joe Cole, Rice Pudding, Ben Stevenson, Reda's injury, atmosphere on the training ground and all of that stuff. Not to mention getting a frank admission that we caused the death of the official podcast...
We give the Swindon game the amount of attention it deserves for once and take a similar approach to the Peterborough preview
If you want a really good preview Google (or Bing) Sideways Sammy and if you want a really good post game break down Bing (or Alta Vista) The Lonely Season (for some reason it's not letting me put the links in here today.
PS I know the title doesn't work AT ALL. You try naming 119 podcasts, alright?
The Niis are here to talk about the Blackpool game for some reason. It was a game that vanished from memory before the spectators had left the ground and yet Joey still manages to drone on about it for 40 minutes without actually saying anything (and watching the utterly riveting Bayern vs. Juve) game.
We also announce the end of the interminable Art of Football t shirt competition, (sort of) answer your questions and speculate about who might go up
Last week's extended audio suicide note was so enjoyable that we thought we'd do it again.
Neil is back in hizouse talking Rochdale but he can't lift the gloom as he bemoans the inexorable decline of the last few months.
With Laurie presumably having thrown himself off a cliff, under a bus and into a bath tub (while holding a plugged in toaster) we drafted in friend of the pod and the only non original Nii to have appeared in all four seasons of the pod (probably) CJ Joiner to talk about the Shrewsbury game.
Off the field James Maddison's tweet is given the short amount of air time such a non entity of a story deserves and the Niis talk about the reasons for our current malaise, what (if anything can be done) and fan reactions. None of it makes for happy listening
Finally there's one more week to enter the Art of Football t shirt competition. To enter, send an email to niilampteyshow@gmail.com detailing your saddest tale of Coventry supporting woe. The best will be read out next week and the bestest will win the T Shirt. Don't forget to head to Art of Football to check out the awesome Houchen design available as a t shirt or a print. They're proper bo
This week: The Niis reflect on a job well done in the 6-0 pummeling of Bury and ponder how Reece Brown is still employed as a professional footballer. Time is given to Jim O'Brien's departure, Joe Cole's delivery people called Reice/Reece being hit in the face with a football. There's even an opportunity speculate about the shape of Joe Cole's privates. Ooh err
Hey hey,
After a technology enforced absence the Niis are finally back. It's late enough as it is so I won't keep you long here.
Joining us this week to talk about the Port Vale game is Laurie Kilpatrick who you may know better as the man behind 'The Lonely Season' blog http://thelonelyseason.club/ - if you've not already done so then get over and give it a whirl cos it's bloody excellent
We have a competition too! You can win a marvellous t shirt from Art of Football (have a look at the design at http://art-of-football.com/products/coventry) but you'll have to listen in to find out how to enter
Apart from that it's business as usual
Apologies for the enforced hiatus but we should be back now. And sorry for the naughty language from Joey, he was 'tired and emotional' when they recorded
Hi,
Sorry for the delay. We recorded this last week before we'd signed the class of 2007 so there's no talk of Hunt, Ramage etc.
Bye
Hey suckaz!
A tired trio of Lampteyz soldier on to talk about a game that everyone saw and no one needed us to talk about. The general mood is one of grrr as we hold court on the usual topics. You know what the crack is by now.
Love you x
p.s. #ChatFlipGetBopped (© @SkyBluesBlog)
A wet and windy 2-2 draw causes some friction at Lamptey Towers despite us staying top of the league (well, for a couple of days) and the boys come to blows over the impact of missed chances, (ours against them) gifted chances (theirs by us) and the acceptable use of the word 'issues'
Howdy y'all
Sorry we left you for so long but we're back. The Nii's should be well rested but Joey is noticeably tired and brain dead this week and this has resulted in this entry being short and the pod going out unedited. That potentially sounds exciting like you'll get to see behind the curtain but instead you'll just hear Joey fucking up links more than usual and a live discussion about moving Only Covvect to next week
Still it's good to be back. It'll be a bit better next week. Probably...
Hey hey hey,
Two games, one Cole, no goals; it's this week's Nii Lamptey Show! We try not to get too carried away with the Cole signing although it's very much a case of getting back to the stable with your horse pretty much out of sight. We find it pretty easy to not get carried away with two, admittedly very different, 0-0 draws and as usual we cut right through both of them with our laser sharp analysis laser.
Joey actually had time and tried to do a proper Swindon preview. This is the best he could do... God help us.
Oooh, FBAs! You've got 'til 31st October to vote and then I'll stop bugging you. Vote via Twitter (see @NiiLampteyShow for details) and/or go to www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk to register your vote. Get your friend to vote. Get your dog to vote. Just bloody vote. Oh and thanks very much if you already did.
Little note that we only get a certain amount of storage space where we host the podcast and October seems to have been a busy month. That means that this pod and next week's pod will be a little bit lower quality. Hopefully it doesn't ruin your listening experience.
Final word, just an early heads up that we'll be having a week (or so) off at the start of November. Deal with it. All this vote begging has made us tired and we need some winter Sun. We'll be back next week though for some tip top Swindon reviewing action. Cheerio
It seems like years since the joyous experience of Fleetwood's last minute own goal but for anyone who still cares the Niis (well, Joey) blather on about it for a bit. There's some love for Aaron Martin and Radio Controlled Car and we send our best wishes to Ivor Lawton who we hope has a speedy recovery. Neil treats you to a bit of Blackpool preview (we'll probably do a pod on Monday with some Rochdale thoughts) and we partake in the best ever edition of Only Covvect.
Voting in the Football Blogging Awards is still open and we want to thank everyone again for voting for us in the best podcast category. We'd bloody love to win it, we really would. If you've not voted already you can do so via Twitter by visiting @niilampteyshow or by heading to www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk. Hardcore Cov fan Matty Roper is nominated in the young blogger award so don't forget to vote for him too.
First off... THANK YOU!!! Your kind voting has got us to the finals of the Football Blogging Awards in the 'best podcast' category (we narrowly missed out on 'massive-ist legends' and 'naughtiest banter' but we've demanded a re-count of the votes).
You might think that's it but you'd be WRONG!!! We need your votes again people.
You can click this link to vote via Twitter (it creates a tweet for you and takes roughly two seconds) OR you can head to www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk
We're delighted to have made it to the final (especially as it's in Manchester and for two of us we can roll out of bed and into the venue), but also because it's nice to get recognised, innit?
Anyway, enough of that, there's another home win to dissect and on the whole we were pretty pleased. We over-analyse the culture of over-analysing the specific locations of strikers, give our weekly show of love to big Réda, and big up Aaron Martin.
Looking ahead we do a wee bit of Yeovil and Fleetwood preview that is somehow marginalised by extended discussion about Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, and we open up Paul's brain in another addition of Paul's hit game 'listen to these stats I've researched this week'.
WARNING: Contains talk of a certain manager taking over at Fleetwood who has since been confirmed as their manager. Although it was time for us to part SP, there's not a day goes by where I don't think about your cardigan/brown shoe combo xxx
Two of the three Niis (of orient are...) made the short journey home from Bury and are now talking about it in your ears.
There's a mixture of frustration and analysis as usual as they rue a game where the team failed to learn from the mistakes of their most recent victory.
In other news there's a gettable Only Covvect question for once and Neil explains what he thinks is excellent about Shrewsbury's manager.
Warning: Podcast contains no begging to vote for us in the FBAs by going to www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk or by heading to @niilampteyshow and @skybluesblog because we don't do that sort of thing any more
Another week, another win. Being awful is so 1988 to May 2015...
In between speculating about the pronunciation of Tom Soares' surname and Paul's chances of taking over from Brendan Rogers we take the time to celebrate a decent performance and bemoan some questionable decision making in our victory over Chesterfield.
As usual time is spent fawning over Romain Vincelot and (despite his injury, nothing can stop us) James Maddison whilst Marc Antoine Fortune inspires what no-one is calling a 'Classic Knowlian Rant'
Warning: Contains more begging for votes. Speaking of which, please head to www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk to vote for us as best football Podcast at the 2015 FBas and for Neil's www.skybluesblog.co.uk as best club blog in the very same awards. If you're a twitterer then head to @niilampteyshow and @skybluesblog for details of how to vote on there too. (we've made it really easy for you) Thanks to those of you who have voted already, it really means a lot to us
Fresh off the back of our unanimous (and now somewhat hubristic) prediction of a comfortable 3-0 win over Scunthorpe last Saturday the Niis pick the bones out of a boring 1-0 defeat.
Paul's got some super hot Only Covvect questions for us and Neil does the preview which means it's not just plagarised.
Finally, please, please vote for us to win the best Podcast award at the Football Blogging Awards. We give you all these hours of laser sharp insight and very rarely ask for anything in return. It would really mean a lot to us if you'd take a minute to vote for us.
The quickest way is to head to twitter.com/niilampteyshow and click the link that populates a tweet for you. You can also vote via the FBA website www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk. Ooh, and while you're there, how about voting for Sky Blues Blog to win best club blog, Matty Roper to win best young blogger and someone like Sideways Sammy or The Lonely Season to win best new blog.
Thanks!!!
Another week and another excellent victory for the niis to pick the bones out of. It woud be humdrum if it wasn't so bloody exciting
We ruminate on the curious guilt of Romain Vincelot, a couple of misunderstood goals and Paul unveils his hardest Only Covvect question EVER
Warning: Contains hubristically fate-baiting predictions for the Scunthorpe game...
The Nii boys have found time in their busy schedule of coming up with songs featuring the name 'Lateef Elford Alliyu' to rbing you another podcast.
Joey missed the Southend game but Neil and Paul were there to fill him in on what was a topsy turvy game of positives and negatives, positives being that we got to see Lameiras ride on Johnson's back and negatives being Neil nearly drowning in roof water.
In other news we've got a competition on! Head to @NiiLampteyShow on Twitter and look for the tweet headed 'Competition Time' Retweet it and follow @Hallyink for your chance to win a magnificent print featuring four Coventry City legends penned by Mr. H Allyink himself. The closing date is Friday at 7pm but if you can't wait you can head to www.hallyink.com to pick up your own copy
Finally if you're in Manchester or the North West and you want to watch the Burton game with other Cov fans there will be a number of people meetng in Tib Street Tavern in Manchester city centre.
The Nii's are about a bit tired after 5 games in 2 weeks but that doesn't put the dampeners on what turned out to be a late night recording session. News of Maddison's injury did though...
We talk about that injury, that train station and Jordan Willis' sleep attire.
Warning: Contains continued optimism
First off, I know 'mille' means 1000 rather than 100 but it would be such a good title if this was our one thousandth epsiode that I'm using it anyway. I can't believe we've done 1000 episodes. Where has the time gone?
We didn't prepare anything special but fortunately the team did. We talk about a positive display against a strong Rochdale team and a mind-meltingly terrific performance against Millwall
Warning: Contains occasional use of ye olde English
After they confidently predicted an opening day defeat last week the Nii's return in buoyant mood to talk about a jarringly positive result and performance. Neil talks you through the performance of the debutants, Paul fires the bullets in a revamped Only Covvect and Joey copies someone (Dominic Jerams, AKA @SideSammy) else's homework for his Rochdale and Millwall previews
It's football time and the Lamptey crew are back to wreak havoc in a rusty, 'shit, I've forgotten how to podcast after 3 months of hypnotherapy to try and forget about the torment of the football season' kind of way.
We bumble our way through the pressing questions of the day and try to keep our chins up despite having sky blue anvils attached to them.
Warning: Contans frequent and unconvincing use of the word 'optimistic' and a Mila Kunis analogy from Paul that simply screamed 'we're back!'
Also - here are the links to the blogs mentioned in the show:
Sidewayssammy.wordpress.com
mattyroper.wordpress.com
Sam Gayton's blog about Conor Thomas - http://crackingjabulanis.blogspot.co.uk/
Just a wee one to get you revved up for the season preview podcast.
Joey has a word with Wolves Fancast and Leyton Orient's E10 Mess podcast to bring you the lowdown on new Sky Blues signings Sam Ricketts and Romain Vincelot, respectively.
Let's hit you with some knowledge.
This week: Well that's that. Season finito and even though we can all agree it was a complete waste of time, there's plenty to review.
Be warned. This has to last you all summer - don't feel obliged to gobble it all up in one go. There's plenty to go round.
Contains supreme insight once again from special guest CCFC's Head of Communications Keiren Crowley.
This week: The Niis react in a manner any fan should when their team allows itself to feature in a final day relegation shoot out in League One, the shittest of all the leagues. If you're not raging, what is the matter with you?
Contains minimal banter with Marcus.
This week: Super Sky Blues wordsmith Steve (Vanessa) Phelps joins the Niis to discuss the deserved draw at Champions Bristol City, and the speed at which their fans left before the final whistle.
Contains the realisation that we've been in a relegation battle.
This week: A flat back four of Joey, Neil, Andy Powell and Dominic Jerams/Samuel tackle an unbeaten couple of matches at the Ricoh. Settle down, this may never happen again.
Contains multiple references to Maddison, because he's wicked.
This week: The guys are pretty bummed after another home defeat. Should have won. Didn't win. Nice one.
Contains a replacement for Dominic Samuel. Special guest Dominic "Sideways Sammy" Jerams.
This week: It was Retro Day at the Ricoh, and things immediately returned to days of old. In other words, a bit rubbish again.
Contains no Jordan Clarke. He's too famous now.
This week: Nicky P receives a verbal duffing up and Joey discusses his wonderful bath.
Contains some thoughts on our new boss, Tony Zeman.
This week: New boss Tony is here, elderly man persona and all.
Contains new voice Jim Lee in place of Paul.
This week: We're baclk there again. Managerless and attempting to figure out if there is a man out there who is capable of fixing Coventry City.
Contains some discussion about the Sheff Utd catastrophe as well.
This week: Coventry City's very own Head of Communications and friend of the show Kieran Crowley joins the Niis to give his views on the season so far, and much, much more.
Contains loads of stuff that you will never have heard before. And also a decisive answer on just who is the most Indie at the club.
This week: Professional game goer CJ Joiner gets involved and has the uneviable task of finding positivity from the Yeovil game.
Contains four people - ergo more words, and more Only Covect.
This week: The dream team assembles once again to dissect everyone's Sky Blue lunatics.
Contains Marcus Tudgay praise... NAATTTT.
Grrrr
Joey, Paul and special guest Andy Powell (@DrewGypsy) take on the Swindon game and the verdict is less than favourable
Happy New Year!
Sorry we've not been around much lately but any fondness your heart may have accrued will dissipate pretty quickly upon listening.
Paul loosely describes a website he doesn't know the name of, Joey makes AWFUL puns about a singer he doesn't know in lieu of any real analysis and special guest Liam Sutcliffe (@LiamDSutty) attempts to make some sense of a surprise win at Walsall
Contains 100% less Neil than normal
This week: Another solid away victory. The Niis are back. Nice.
Contains some words on immediately obsolete player names on shirts, and immediately empty club shops.
This week: It's been an award-winning week for one of the Niis. Naturally, the team couldn't be bothered to follow suit.
Contains some detail on Steven Pressley's time with us to date.
This week: Football Manager 2015 has just come out as I am uploading this podcast. I may be distracted as I'm writing this, but rest assured the pod is ruddy brilliant.
Contains a fairly relaxed attitude to a 2-2 draw against Leyton Orient.
This week: The Niis are rubbing their thighs about the Peterborough comeback, and in particular Mr Nouble's influence over things.
Contains varied pronunciations of his name during the same sentence.
This week: Lamptey cross. Lamptey sad. Lamptey don't know how things got so bad.
Contains another attempt to debunk football. It's not for debunking.
This week: The Niis are joyous because they've been nominated for an award, but cross because Coventry City are still shit.
Contains the first mention of Adam Barton since 'Nam.
This week: The stadium that was built for Coventry City Football Club has for the most part been sold to a London Rugby Club, instantly usurping our city's own valued Rugby club, while permanently redefining the heart of Wasps for their fanbase and its London core.
As supporters of a club that still has the spectre of permanent relocation looming over it, the Niis sympathise hugely.
Contains everything you would expect from a podcast following the sale of your home stadium to a London Rugby team.
This week: The Not Suitable For Anything performance against Preston gets a pummelling.
Contains some thoughts about £4.50 beers.
This week: The Lamptey reassembly is complete. Newlywed Joey returns to the Nii line up and joins in the dissection of a fairly abject week of results.
Contains rude words for the owners of a certain Rugby club.
This week: The Lamptey saviour squad come through for you, what with Crone and Allison off galavanting.
Reda gets a bit of a telling off.
Contains a hiss. Soz.
This week: It's been a huge week for City fans. We're home, and the Niis are delirious. Joey is off being married, but fear not - podcast regular Andy Powell not only joins the crew, but anchors the good ship Lamptey in marvellous fashion.
Contains some very tricky Only Covect questions. Good luck.
This week: It's season ticket central as the Niis prepare for life as proper football fans again.
Settled down for an ultra pithy 44 minutes of podcast gold. Joey switches mics part way through and the sound quality improves exponentially.
Contains facts.
This week: You know exactly what. We're home!
The excitement is definitely too much for the Niis as they attempt to cram a weekly podcast and all the hoopla about the Ricoh return into a single episode.
This is bumper. So maybe break it up with a cup of tea, trip to the loo, or a jigsaw puzzle.
Contains DELIGHT.
This week: There's been a game, a new formation and another stunning edition of Only Covect.
Go on, treat yourselves.
Contains no mid-pod pen acquisition.
This week: All new Lamptey for the new season. New players, new games, same old opinions.
Contains fat jokes.
This week: The Lampteys close the season with an obligatory round up of everything that's gone on.
Contains a final farewell to Franck Moussa.
This week: The Niis meander to the end of the season in spectacular fashion.
Contains very little detail about the Wolves game. It's still great though.
This week: It's the final stretch and the Niis summon their powers of keenness to bring you another episode of Coventry City chatter.
Includes some thoughts as to just how much of a git Leon Clarke's going to be this weekend.
This week: All sorts has been going on with our club. The Niis discuss it. The government suggests you stay indoors and listen to what they have to say.
Contains sharp intakes of breath.
This week: The Niis discuss a defeat and a victory, and the peculiarities of having a player who believes in the Illuminati.
Contains a slightly robotic Paul sounding voice - don't worry about it.
This week: The Ole Gunnar Solksjaer of the podcasting world does it again - Andy Powell steps in at the last minute to win the Champions League for Manchester United. Or just perform admirably for the Nii Lamptey Show podcast while Neil is unavailable. The boys chat Callum Wilson, Chuba Akpom, weird adverts and Jordan Clarke's return to centre back.
Contains bold predictions.
This week: The Niis spend time recognising a swift resurgence in confidence and results by the team, whilst also enjoying Joe Murphy's arms, legs, face and gob.
Contains some confusion over a spider baby.
This week: After another defeat you could forgive the Niis for going barmy. That doesn't appear to have happened however, and the Tranmere defeat gets a thorough, yet pragmatic going-over.
Contains slightly less Wogan-esque sound quality than usual. Blame anything but us.
This week: The Sky Blues have lost again, ergo - the Niis must investigate. Needless to say they each hold different views on pretty much every possible aspect of what has caused the blip, and how significant it may be.
Contains very little actual Denzel Slager.
This week: In keeping with the match on Saturday where absolutely nothing good happened on the pitch, there is also nothing good about this description. The Niis temporarily discard their natural chirpiness to give the players a ruddy good going over.
Well, not really - but they're not keen on losing like that.
Contains a podcast.
This week: The Niis indulge in a late night foursome as special guest Andy Powell joins the fun to explain just how much rain there was at Bristol. You'll also find some discussion about the new faces to join (and swiftly bugger off from) the club over the last 7 days, as well as plenty of issues attempting to pronounce some of their unconventional names. Consensus was achieved in the end though. It's "Mark Marshall".
Contains a full 45 minutes of content.
This week: There's just not enough time to discuss everything, but the Niis give it a bloody good go. Andy Powell joins in to feedback from the SCG, while Franck Moussa receives the plaudits.
Contains absolutely zero threats.
This week: The dream team re-assemble to bring you your weekly dose of Coventry City waffle. Includes awful research and obligatory round-tabling about a week's worth of Sisu/Council nonsense.
Contains quite a few messages to Leon Clarke.
This week: While Neil's off ensuring the Sky Blues are fantastic for the next update of Football Manager, the Niis discuss yet another terrific victory against Barnsley, take a trip down managerial memory lane, and will have you screaming the answer of Going for Gould at your phone while you listen to this on the bus.
Contains a mention of Mathieu Manset almost as brief as his stay.
This week: Welcome to 2014 you sweethearts! The Niis are back with a bumper New Year special, packed with words and assessment of the christmas period, ranging from Carl Baker's acrobatics and goals from the half-way line, to Leon Clarke speaking his mind and dressing up like Mr Plow (Credit to Ed. Sick reference.)
Contains a seemless guest appearance from podcast newboy Jon Spencer.
This week: The Niis build up to the Christmas period in ponderous fashion, questioning every aspect of football and making an absolute mockery of answering things in a straightforward manner. All apart from the Crewe review, which is spectacular in its succinctness.
Contains a festive Going for Gould which contains just one festive clue. And yet it's still BRILLIANT.
This week: Fresh from a reinvigorating victory over MK Dons, the Niis reconvene to celebrate this return to winning ways.
Contains tongue-in-cheek tellings off and off-stage whispering. Take some of it seriously. Not all of it. Why would you?
This week: The goal difference has been obliterated and it's time for the Niis to investigate. Were we really that bad this week? Is it always Jordan Clarke's fault by default? Is Baker living up to his billing? Will the new guys stroll right into the team and fix it?
Contains old-fashioned haircut discussion. And a reference to everyone's favourite ginger idiot.
This week: It's 50-up for the Lamptey boys, and they celebrate in the only way they know how; with absolutely no mention of the special occasion. Following Joey's meeting with the main men at the Council, it includes a special guest appearance from his partner in crime for that discussion - Andy Powell.
Contains plenty of chit-chat about what happened against Bradford too.
This week: The Niis are back, and they're back fighting. Who cares about technology when the team's keeping everyone keen with their winning ways; Conor Thomas has signed a new contract; and the opportunity to watch Roy Keane's infamous Ireland rant is presenting itself on a daily basis.
Contains a masterclass in comedy timing.
This week: Technical issues still haunt the Niis on this Halloween show, but no such issues are impacting our well-oiled football team, and that's all that really matters. Just 5 points off the play-offs, the chaps discuss the rugged victory over Walsall while fielding some thought-provoking questions.
Contains more John Fleck praise. We can't help it.
Bloody Hell! The Niis fight through a bizarre and unusual set of unrelenting technical difficulties and as a result bring you a somewhat disjointed podcast. Oh well. Special guest Liam Sutcliffe joins us to rip through the Wolves game and Knowler eventually tells you about Jordan Clarke's confidence after technical hitches cause him start the story about five times. Oh and we talk a little bit about beating a certain overachieving unbeaten team...
Contains a few sets of words that Joey had to drop in afterwards, see if you can spot them(!)
This week: The Niis are feeling refreshed following a short break to bask in the success of the previous episode. In an unprecedented twist, each member of the panel was actually able to watch the Sheffield Utd game (in some fashion), so the focus takes a welcome detour back to the world of football. Turns out, that can be quite fun.
Contains an unexplained disappearing act.
This week: It's the one you've been waiting for - Joey's only gone and met with Joy Seppala and Tim Fisher. Here he gives a full and frank round up of those meetings, as well as providing some crucial insight into the personalities behind the decisions.
Let's not beat around the bush - there's a lot to discuss, so prepare yourself for a sitting or two as the Nii Lamptey Show continues its attempts to navigate such a frustratingly complex and emotive issue.
Don't worry, contains post-Brentford waffle, Going for Gould and all the other fun stuff too.
This week: The Niis are re-adjusting to life as supporters of a team that can lose. Turns out it's not that difficult. The team is still good, and the guys make sure to acknowledge that point following the weekend's defeat to Pork Vale.
Contains Franck the Tank love.
This week: Another win, another milestone reached, another reason to believe this team has what it takes. The Niis dig into the detail of the Gillingham victory, say a hopeful hello to Steven Pressley, and discover they're not the only podcast named after a former Ghanaian starlet.
Contains an attraction towards mellifluous names.
This week: The Niis once again tackle the recent, relevant and ridiculous issues from the past seven days. You'll find nattering about another great victory, continued discussion about the Northampton situation, and some ultra-complimentary words about Sergeant Pressley and his impressive wardrobe.
Contains Jordan Clarke recognition.
This week: The Niis attempt to make up for last week by actually recording a show. There's quite a bit to get through, including another mental game at Northampton and a deadline day which kept the crew happy for a range of reasons.
Contains tasty descriptions of John Fleck's passing.
This week: The Niis are delighted to have the resurgent Trampbeater on the show to share his feelings about a wonderfully rampant victory over Carlisle. For the purposes of the tape, we will be calling him Shaun. There's loads of talk about these brilliant kids of ours, a little bit about Andy Thorn's search for a job, and a short period of obligatory swooning over Mr Pressley.
Contains a potentially ruinous use of statistics.
This week: Fresh from the most exciting game of all time, two of the Niis are delighted with the players and manager's response to a difficult situation. The other is upset he's having to miss such exciting games, but is still keen on his team scoring five.
Contains an unusual amount of positivity given the predicament we find ourselves.
Neil also has to use the rickety microphone. Apols for that.
This week: The Lamptey team for 2013/14 are back. Joey, Neil and Paul look over the opening week's football, Carl Baker's fan control, and once again discuss the burning issue of Northampton.
Contains balance and fairness. It really does.
The newly liquidated Nii Lamptey Show makes a poor start to the season with certain key members of the squad unavailable (Neil is on holiday) and some left to look for another club (Ed has decided that the rock and roll lifestyle that comes with being a niche football podcaster isn't for him and has stepped away for the time being) Still they soldier on with just Paul and Joey for this week as they attempt to break the world record for talking without providing any insight on everything from liquidation to their reasons for being 'scabs'.
It'll be better when Neil's back and the season's started... Honest.
This week: The Niis assemble for one final assignment before sodding off on their summer break. In this bumper edition pod they relive the best and worst from the Sky Blues' recent League One campaign - remembering the anticipation, despair and fleeting euphoria from an eventful and topsy-turvy season.
Contains an array of podcast-related stats compiled by superfan - Joey's mum.
This week: It's the penultimate Lamptey of the season and Ed does a fantastic job (even if he says so himself) in eloquently drawing the curtains on the match reports for the campaign. We're also delighted to invite Katy Fancourt from the CCFC ladies team into the house of Nii for a chat about how things are going for them.
Contains Aaron Martin ambivalence. We'd listen right to the very end if we were you.
This week: Neil's not around, but the other Niis have a bloody good time reminiscing about things not going that well. Expect some Simpsons character comparisons, a little research from the Knowles Social Analysis team, and the creation of David Pal.
Includes a dissection of our defensive frailties, and a hefty pinch of salt.
This week: In copycat fashion the Niis have gone with a new-look lineup as Matty Evans is drafted in from the development squad to fill the experienced shoes of Ed and Knowler. Why not join us for some end-of-season japes about a sodden Crawley game, a bit of chit-chat on the progression of Conor Thomas, and a super-tough Going for Gould.
Contains too much Trevor Benjamin.
This week: The guys regale eachother with tales from what's been a particularly tepid seven days. Expect a Crawley preview which raises more questions than answers, a wild John Fleck/Andrea Pirlo comparison, and a continuing (albeit mild) sense of despair as Richard Wood's reign of menace makes an emphatic return.
Contains sound effects.
This week: Back come the Niis with an all-action, fist-pumping, bass-beating, stereotype-enhancing, breakdown-inducing look over the horrific ten days that have been inflicted upon the Sky Blue army.
Contains some choice words about Febian Brandy.
This week: It's a full complement of Lamptey boyz again - hoorah. Main topics consuming the Niis this episode include the treatment of McSheffrey, an improved defensive performance and John Fleck: the running brick wall.
Contains a special guest appearance by Hartlepool's number 8.
This week: The Niis can't work like this. How are you supposed to prepare a cheeky, jaunty podcast, only for the threat of administration to be dropped minutes before you're about to record? This shit's important - so discuss it, we will. Fortunately you can always rely on outrageous Elvis puns (and Ed being in charge of researching the next game) to lighten the mood.
Contains outrageous Elvis puns, lightening the mood.
This week: Another home game and another defeat - this time to an impressive Swindon side. The Niis look over some of the more noticeable individual performances, the influence of Carsley's changes, and the growing understanding between Joe Murphy and that 30 year old ballboy.
Contains a chat about Nathan Cameron, don't worry.
This week: With City continuing to blow hot and cold, the Niis are left to navigate the minefield of emotions that accompanied the Crewe and Bournemouth games. Helping them in their quest is Paul Pritchard who made the trip to the seaside.
Contains dissenting voices about illogical former player hybrids.
This week: Joey's a poorly pup and the Wembley dream is over (for now), but there ain't no stopping these Niis. The show must go on. Let the JPT dissection commence.
Contains completely made up rumours about Czech managers. and some Dan.
It's pretty much about Mark Robins buggering off and what the Niis think about it.
Contains dramatic music.
This week: Little Eddie W is absent from duty, but there's no stopping the Lamptey express. It's been a rotten 7 days, and while Robins vented his frustration after the defeat to Yeovil, this has certainly split the crew.
Contains an unnerving lack of Richard Wood.
This week: It's the day after the night before, and the Niis aren't feeling too good. Can they find a way of rationalising what happened? Is the JPT dream completely over? Will Ed ruin Going for Gould again? There's only one way to find out - by treating yourself to another little slice of Lamptey goodness.
It'll make you feel better, honest.
Contains straw clutching.
This week: It's nearly February, and the Niis are beginning to dream. Next up sees a Friday night match up against fellow play-off hopefuls Sheffield Utd, followed by the big one - a sell out tie against Crewe in the JPT. The crystal balls and calculators are out in force as they attempt to figure out just how things might turn out.
Contains yet more incorrect mathematics.
This week: There are two wins for the podders to swoon over, as well as a timely re-assessment of our centre back pairing, and the function of John Fleck in the squad.
Contains confectionery snobbery.
This week: The Niis reconvene to balance their glee from the Preston game against the frustration of Carlisle. Knowl brings the Knowl-edge. Joey brings the BANTZ. Ed brings the thesaurus. Neil brings the loins.
Contains jip.
This week: Cup fever has hit Lamptey Towers and the boys are looking back at the lessons from Spurs, but more keenly towards potentially the biggest game of the season so far; Thursday's JPT clash with Preston. Billy Edge's new attire has also caught their attention, and Neil has trouble with his left and right.
Contains plenty of myths getting Crone-busted.
This week: The Niis are all Quality Streeted out and return to ponder the work of the team over Christmas. They also try tremendously hard to get excited about the forthcoming trip to Spurs.
Contains nuts.
This week: It's the final Lamptey show before the Christmas period and the Niis are in jovial mood. Ed's otherwise engaged (we think he's a mate of Santa), but this doesn't stop the festive cheer following a phenomenal 4-1 win over Doncaster. The guys also take the chance to review the first half of what's been a topsy turvy campaign thus far.
Contains serious predictions.
This week: Behold - a keen bunch of Niis, talking about the destruction of Walsall, the McSheffrey revival and an emotional farewell to Kevin Kilbane.
Contains a bit of mucky language. Not too much. Don't worry yourselves. It's fine. Swear down.
This week: Everyone was so happy after the cup wins, but you just knew it couldn't last. The Niis desperately try to keep upbeat though, and there's still a lot of joy about the penalty redemption against Sheffield Utd. But obviously with the latest statements from ACL and the club, there's some important stuff to talk about.
Contains financial natterings.
This week: Things return to regularity as the four Niis discuss the frustration of not beating Portsmouth, the importance of the upcoming cup games, and scary Ernie Wise.
Contains an all-too-detailed description of that back-pass.
This week: The Sky Blues have won two on the bounce and everyone's over the moon (even more so than usual). To help discuss these wins, the Niis have recruited some special guests who made the admirable trek to Hartlepool and Colchester, respectively.
Contains the occasional Dalek sound. Do not be alarmed.
This week: It's a party atmosphere in the house of Lamptey as the boys learn about Ratner Effect and Baker uneffect. We talk about the merits of Joe Murphy and his 60 yard conversations, and Richard Wood drops by. Unconvincingly. Several times.
WARNING: Contains 0% actual Richard Wood.
This week: The Lamptinhos describe the kit from the '92 season in some detail, evaluate Fleck's contribution so far and look at everyone else's refusal to pass to Roy O'Donovan.
Contains positive football chat.
This week: Unfortunately Neil's annihilated with illness, so US Matt has come in at short notice to offer his thoughts on the Leyton Orient victory. The Niis also ponder the horridness of football in general right now, and whether they give any sort of monkeys about the Premier League.
Contains a cheeky American twang.
This week: The Lamptey boys are upset. Things aren't going quite to plan with the Robins revolution, and while David McGoldrick continues to keep Ed aroused, the Sky Blues have fallen back into their losing ways and are playing atrociously.
Contains crossness.
This week: It's the triumphant return of Little Eddie W, and the Niis have ever such a lot to catch up on. Richard Shaw's been given the boot, Chris Hussey's actually scored a goal, and Joey's been told off on local radio.
Contains the numbers 7, 8 and 9.
This week: Little Eddie W's meeting with the Pope has overrun, so the three Niis continue to hold the fort. It's been a while since the previous show, so there's a bit to cover, including Cody's phantom "goal", despicable first halves and the illusion of Carl Baker.
Contains Callum Ball tongue-twisters.
This week: Little Eddie W has gone in search of his hero Gino Ginelli, leaving the remaining Niis to mope over an interesting but mostly rotten 10 days, including a right old duffing up at Arsenal.
Contains a distinct lack of enthusiasm towards heavy defeats.
This week: The house of Nii is excited. The final managerial interviews are afoot, and this can mean only one thing. Richard Shaw's temporary reign is coming to an end (unless Andy Turner is to believed, which he is not). Here, they run the rule over the supposed candidates.
Contains Barry banter.
This week: It's a full quota of Lamptey boys to discuss the impending managerial appointment, David McGoldrick's World Player of the Year odds and Adam Barton's inherent softness.
Contains the hardest ever Going for Gould.
This week: Knowler's otherwise engaged, but being the consummate pros they are, the three other Niis truck on regardless, desperately plucking out moments of note from the abominable Burton game.
Contains colourful language and impromptu jingles.
This week: Still high from Billy Edge's debut against Birmingham, the boys are left to bask in the glory of the League Cup without Knowler. Expect plenty of Carl Baker and even more inane word play.
This week: Following an unbeaten (yet frustrating) start to the campaign, the Nii Lamptey crew are back to run the rule over the three opening games of the season. (Contains copious amounts of Kevin Malaga.)
This week: The boys discuss the Championship relegation, hopes for the new season, and desperately struggle to answer the question - just who is the club's figurehead?