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The knockout stages began with a banger of a match between the studious Louis van Gaal and his Netherlands side against the brashness of youth that was the United States. The evening fixture saw Lionel Messi celebrate his 1,000th professional senior appearance in style, dragging Argentina to a quarter final showdown with the Dutch in a win over Australia.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It wasn’t quite the revenge they had hoped to exact over Luis Suarez and Uruguay, but Ghana can be pleased in the knowledge that they will be sharing the stage of elimination as the South Americans. Meanwhile, South Korea stunned Portugal and Cameroon did the same to Brazil as the shocks of the 2022 FIFA World Cup just kept on coming and no group stage team gained 9 points!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If there had been shocks sprinkled in and amongst the 2022 FIFA World Cup, then certainly Day 12 provided the killer blows with not only Belgium’s Golden Generation falling at the first hurdle but Germany bouncing out at the first round again, whilst Spain could count themselves lucky they didn’t go either! All that and more on a historic night of World Cup football.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Life isn’t fair in the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Tunisia and Mexico recorded great victories but found themselves ending their World Cup journey whilst Poland just about clawed their way into the last 16. Meanwhile, Denmark underwhelmed, Argentina were back to their best and France’s reserves stumbled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
England demolished Wales, and their hopes of qualifying for the knockouts, with the United States swooping in to take the glory with victory over Iran. Meanwhile in Group A, Netherlands qualified with a lethargic win over Qatar and Senegal pipped Ecuador to the last 16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brazil and Portugal became the second and third teams to book their place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup knockout phases with victories over Switzerland and Uruguay respectively. Meanwhile, we were treated to a couple of high stakes pieces of drama for the first games, where Cameroon and Serbia shared six goals and Ghana snuck a 3-2 victory past an unfortunate South Korea team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Day 8 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup saw the elimination of our second team whilst nobody was able to join France in the last 16. Japan toiled to defeat at the hands of Costa Rica, moving from shock to shock, Canada were hit for four by Croatia in a comeback defeat whilst Belgium were stunned yet again by Morocco. Before finally, the showdown of the groups as Spain and Germany went nose to nose and drew 1-1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With a shock elimination on the horizon for Argentina who else but Lionel Messi to provide a piece of magic to help them through a tough Mexico fixture. Elsewhere in Group C, Poland defeated Saudi Arabia to take top spot whilst France confirmed their spot in the last 16 with a win over Denmark and Australia earned their first World Cup triumph in 12 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
England met the United States in the biggest clash between the two nations since 1776 or 1812 or perhaps 1950 or 2010 in FIFA World Cup circles. Elsewhere, we were treated to a Group A showdown between two potential qualifiers in Netherlands and Ecuador, Qatar being the first nation eliminated at the hands of Senegal and a poor Welsh showing against Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brazil finally entered the 2022 FIFA World Cup and provided perhaps the best performance yet in a victory against Serbia thanks to Richarlison. Joining them as winners from Group G were Switzerland who overcame Cameroon whilst Uruguay were unable to break down South Korea and a stunning end to Portugal vs Ghana almost saw Cristiano Ronaldo’s team throw away 2 points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Day 4 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup saw the introduction to the tournament of Spain, Germany and Belgium: with varying results. Germany, as Argentina the day prior were stunned, thanks to a late Japanese comeback whilst Spain fared better against Costa Rica. Meanwhile, Group F appears anybody’s game between Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia, after just one goal and a surprise performance from Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Day three of the 2022 FIFA World Cup was crammed full of incredible football, bookended with the greatest shock in World Cup history when Saudi Arabia stunned Argentina and France beginning the defence of their trophy perfectly against Australia. In between: intriguing goalless draws between Denmark and Tunisia as well as Mexico and Poland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
England smashed Iran 6-2, proving that Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions might actually be alright, the Netherlands left it late to secure the points against Senegal whilst Gareth Bale rescued Wales once again, earning the tournament’s first draw versus United States. All this, plus today’s games (Argentina v Saudi Arabia, Mexico v Poland, France v Australia, Denmark v Tunisia) previewed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The first day of 2022 FIFA World Cup action was lit up by Enner Valencia and Ecuador, as they humbled the hosts Qatar 2-0! We also preview England's match this afternoon with Iran, Wales' return to the biggest stage in 64 years and Group A's marquee clash between the Netherlands and Senegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Portugal or Uruguay? Are Brazil deserving favourites? Are Serbia dark horses? Jake will attempt to reveal all this and more on the fourth of four 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage previews in the 2022 World Cup Daily Podcast from What if Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spain or Germany? Is Belgium's Golden Generation over? Can Canada spring a surprise? Jake will attempt to reveal all this and more on the third of four 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage previews in the 2022 World Cup Daily Podcast from What if Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are Argentina the favourites? Will France bow to the World Cup curse? Mexico or Poland? Jake will attempt to reveal all this and more on the second of four 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage previews in the 2022 World Cup Daily Podcast from What if Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will Qatar crash and burn? Will the Netherlands bounce back? What can we expect from England? Jake will attempt to reveal all this and more on the first of four 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage previews in the inaugural episode of the 2022 World Cup Daily Podcast from What if Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To whet your whistle ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and ahead of England vs Wales in a few weeks' time, we've got time to tell you a story that has been available on our Patreon page since the summer. The tale of England, Wales, Gareth Bale and Daniel Sturridge at EURO 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup mere days away now, we're starting our countdown to the greatest football tournament on planet Earth. Through the rose-tinted spectacles of the Noughties, we're delving into the decade's greatest players at the tournament from the surprise packages of Rustu Recber, Asamoah Gyan and El Hadji Diouf to the living legends that are Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Fabio Cannavaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back for our final Premier League season review of the year! In the 2006-07 episode, we'll cover the travails of Sheffield United and West Ham in a fight to stay out of the drop zone and an enticing title battle between Chelsea and Manchester United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back for our penultimate Premier League season review of the year! In the 2005-06 episode, we'll cover the travails of Birmingham, Portsmouth, West Brom and Sunderland in a fight to stay out of the drop zone, the North London derby for the final Champions League spot and another season of Jose Mourinho and the Premier League trophy at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League is back, and so are we! Another episode of Les Grandes Equipes, as England continue to dominate European football. However, there is a significant managerial change in Catalonia that will upset that dichotomy for some time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League returns, so does Les Grandes Equipes on today's episode of the What if Football Podcast! Today is the turn of our jog down memory lane of the 2007-08 Champions League season. It's Barcelona on the temporary wane, it's English dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to the Premier League season reviews of THE BARCLAYS. Arsenal are still invincible, The Special One is here and we've got an incredible relegation battle between Norwich, West Brom, Southampton and Crystal Palace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is the international break, so we're breaking from schedules of Premier League and Champions League reviews to assess your obscure footballers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League is back, so are we. We've got another nostalgic trip down memory lane, discussing another Champions League season of old: the 2006-07 edition. Milan were the frontrunners again, Barcelona were the holders and favourites and Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United were all back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The UEFA Champions League has returned for the 2022-23 season and as a result we are back with the return of the Les Grandes Equipes podcast! We pick up where we left off in May: the mid-2000s and we sub out Liverpool as finalists and bring in Arsenal, as they attempt to win the Champions League in the 2005-06 season for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the Premier League this month, we're dedicating the month of August to season reviews of the Premier League. Noughties Nostalgia at its absolute peak. This is the 2003/04 season, Manchester United are the holders and the new boys in the division are Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City and Portsmouth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the Premier League this month, we're dedicating the month of August to season reviews of the Premier League. Noughties Nostalgia at its absolute peak. It's the 2002/03 season, the Englilsh champions are Arsenal and the newly promoted teams are Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the Premier League this month, we're dedicating the month of August to season reviews of the Premier League. Noughties Nostalgia at its absolute peak. The season is 2001/02, Manchester United are the holders once more and your newly promoted teams are Bolton Wanderers, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the Premier League this month, we're dedicating the month of August to season reviews of the Premier League. Noughties Nostalgia at its absolute peak. This time it's the 2000/01 season. Manchester United are the holders (again) and your new teams in the division are their neighbours Manchester City as well as Ipswich Town and Charlton Athletic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back and better than ever! To celebrate the return of the Premier League this month, we're dedicating the month of August to season reviews of the Premier League. Noughties Nostalgia at its absolute peak. This time it's the 1999/00 season, Manchester United are the champions, Bradford City, Watford and Sunderland are the new teams in the division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Another week, another Patreon teaser since we're still on our holidays and preparing for the new season! Here's one of our very first SOMS podcasts, taking a look at one of the greatest Italian seasons in history: Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan of 2009-2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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For more of our Patreon exclusive content, please visit: patreon.com/whatiffootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For more of our Patreon exclusive content, please visit: patreon.com/whatiffootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For more of our Patreon exclusive content, please visit: patreon.com/whatiffootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For more of our Patreon exclusive content, please visit: patreon.com/whatiffootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Porto were the holders of the Champions League, but Jose Mourinho wouldn't follow them into the 2004-05 season of the Champions League: he'd join freshly minted Chelsea, and the likes of the new top 4 of English football: Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. Would European silverware finally return to England, or would it be reserved for those on the continent, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Juventus or Bayern Munich? This is the 2004-05 Champions League season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Arsene Wenger had broken the spell of Manchester United by winning the double in 1998. Could Arsenal go one better and retain the trophy? We had new faces in the dugouts: David O'Leary with Leeds, Gerard Houllier with Liverpool and Ruud Gullit with Newcastle. We had both new and returning faces on the pitch: Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest were promoted. This is the 1998-99 season of the Premier League. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who will join Frode Grodas and A Trialist in the obscure hall of fame? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Milan stunned the world with their sixth European Cup in a spectacular shootout against Juventus at Old Trafford. They had to defend their crown in a new format in the Champions League; gone are the perilous double group phases and now we finally receive the format we are all so well used to: the knockout phase. Would it produce even more obvious winners, or would there be a shock afoot? This is the 2003-04 Champions League. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Real Madrid were the holders, they were the favourites and they had added one more Galactico: Ronaldo. How could they possibly be stopped? Newcastle completed the English interest alongside Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal whilst the usual frontrunners of Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Juventus all returned, with yet more names to upset the applecart: FC Basel anyone? This is the 2002-03 Champions League. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's obscure time! Who will join names like Orpheo Keizerweerd, Frode Grodas and A Trialist? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bayern Munich are the holders, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona the frontrunners and, after 16 years in the dark, Liverpool are the returning giants: who will make the final in Glasgow? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League returns for the quarter finals, we return to take a look at the Millennium's second European Champions: Bayern Munich. Valencia were back in the final, but lost once more. But what of Manchester United and Real Madrid? What of Leeds United and Arsenal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we prepare for this weekend's return of the Premier League, join Jake as he charters the rise of Arsene Wenger's double winners of '98 and the fall of Alex Ferguson's Manchester United. As well as Barnsley's first season in the big time, a resurgent Leicester City and freescorers in Michael Owen, Dion Dublin and Marc Overmars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Like Jigsaw, we wanna play a game. That game is Obscure Footballer! Obscure Footballer is where you try and suggest footballers you think might be too obscure for my football knowledge. At the end of it, we add three players to a legendary obscure hall of fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New millennium, new format, new champions? Join Jake from What if Football where he discusses the 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League season. Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Real Madrid were the frontrunners, Valencia, Lazio and Chelsea just some of the dark horses as well as (of course!) everyone's boys: Rosenborg! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League is back, so are we - with a beautiful, less warmongering name change! One of the more dramatic seasons in Champions League history as we bid goodbye to the 24-team format! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League takes a break for a week, therefore we return home and return to the Barclays. Can anybody stop Manchester United's dominance? Should Arsene Wenger stick to Japanese football? Who will go down to the Football League? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our second episode of our Gazprom review podcast is here - can Borussia Dortmund retain the Champions League? Will Juventus continue to populate the final? Can English clubs in Manchester United and Newcastle United return the country to prominence? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've got something new, something fresh, something breathless for you on this week's What if Football Podcast! The Champions League has returned, so we'll be profiling that with our new series: The Gazprom. To run it concurrently with our Premier League series (The Barclays) we will have the same start point: 1996. Juventus are champions, Ajax and Milan are also frontrunners, with a heavy dose of underdogs thrown in for good measure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Like Jigsaw, we wanna play a game. That game is Obscure Footballer! Obscure Footballer is where you try and suggest footballers you think might be too obscure for my football knowledge. At the end of it, we add three players to a legendary obscure hall of fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Could Blackburn Rovers retain the Premier League?Could Newcastle crash the party?Or could it be Manchester United, with a blend of Eric Cantona's return, the class of '92 and the spine of '94?We celebrate the number 10 with the signings of Juninho, Bergkamp and Kinkladze and welcome Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers to the Premier League in a return to The Barclays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Manchester United were on for a three-peat, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United were the monied challengers, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leeds and Tottenham all geared up for memorable seasons and we welcomed back Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Leicester City for the third-ever Premier League season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 68th episode of the What if Football Podcast, join us as we delve into the best that the FA Cup has had to offer: from your cupsets courtesy of Hereford, Oldham and Sutton to your miraculous semi-finals won by Alan Pardew, Ryan Giggs and Mark Bright and of course the classic finals featuring Stanley Matthews, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back in black, it's 2022 but does that mean we're putting a halt to the Christmas games? Not a chance. We're back with a fourth instalment of Obscure Footballer. Who will make the January hall of fame? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back in black, it's 2022 but does that mean we're putting a halt to the Christmas games? Not a chance. We're back with a fourth instalment of Obscure Footballer. Who will make the January hall of fame? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This was originally recorded for the What if Football Patreon Page, if you wish to help the channel out and join the team: subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/whatiffootball to receive 5 bonus podcasts a week from £1/month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This was originally recorded for the What if Football Patreon Page, if you wish to help the channel out and join the team: subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/whatiffootball to receive 5 bonus podcasts a week from £1/month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back by popular demand, we play the best podcast game on the Sports Social Podcast Network! OBSCURE FOOTBALLER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Since we're close to Christmas, we thought we'd play another game on Noughties Nostalgia Podcast this week. Underrated-Overrated, where you give me players you think is overrated or underrated and I decide what they are! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What makes a club a sleeping giant? How far do you have to fall to become a sleeping giant? What do you have to have done in the first place to constitute becoming a sleeping giant? We try to answer all of these questions in the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is the very worst Premier League player to play a single minute? With the help of our listeners we decide! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Only Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea can stop Manchester United from winning the league and cup double, can they? Will they? With Swindon seemingly down, who will join them? It's anybody's guess, from Southampton, Sheffield United and Oldham, right the way up to Tottenham, Manchester City and Everton! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back by popular demand, we play another round of Obscure Footballer where our listeners give us the most obscure footballers that they know! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will the wheels come off Manchester United's title bid, after a first home loss of the season and away draws to promoted teams? Who can catch them? Andy Cole and Newcastle? Alan Shearer and Blackburn? Or the duo of Paul Merson and Ian Wright at Arsenal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So many ingredients are needed to make a great FIFA World Cup. Is it the players? It is the iconic moments? Is it the goals? Or is it simply just your team doing very well, or even if it was just the first World Cup you can remember. On the 60th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we look at fan suggestions for the best World Cups ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are Manchester United inevitable Premier League winners?Are Swindon Town and Oldham Athletic inevitably doomed to relegation?Will Alan Shearer win the golden boot? Find out, or get a little closer to finding out on episode 3, season 2 of the Barclays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 59 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast details the very best centre back partnerships in Premier League history. From the title winners of Ferdinand and Vidic to the nearly men of Carragher and Hyypia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 45 of Ranked details the very best German players that have played in the Premier League, in its storied 29-year history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join the team for the second episode of the 1993-94 season of the Premier League. Some of the league's legends are really bubbling away now with great goals scored by Matt le Tissier and some great goalscoring tallies by the likes of Andy Cole, Alan Shearer and Robbie Fowler! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 58th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia we're playing a game I like to play called Obscure Footballers. You tell me a footballer that is hugely forgettable and I tell you if I know them or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On episode 44: we'll be looking at the greatest French footballers to play their football in the Premier League, from the obvious standouts of N'Golo Kante, Eric Cantona and Thierry Henry - to the long-tenured stars of Sylvain Distin, Nicolas Anelka and Steed Malbranque - they're all in there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join the team for the season two premiere of The Barclays, a series where Jake delves into the Premier League, from the very first kick, to the last, from 1992 to present day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just who is the best England midfielder ever? On the 57th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast we find out - and potentially open up the debate of Scholes-Gerrard-Lampard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On episode 43 of Ranked, we take a look at the absolute best that the (arguably) absolute biggest club in English football have produced: of course - the 50 greatest Manchester United players of all-time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 56 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast takes a look at fan suggestions of the most underachieving goalkeepers in history - ranging from those without too many trophies in the bank (David de Gea and Hugo Lloris) to England #1's who couldn't live up to the hype (David James, Joe Hart & Paul Robinson) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 42nd episode of Ranked, we take a look at the best players to pull on the Argentina shirt in the history of football. We're ranking the 20 players based on what they achieved for Argentina - which unfortunately rules Alfredo di Stefano out, but does cause certain discussions about who #1 and #2 are on this list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On episode 55 we deduce what is the worst FIFA World Cup in living memory, whilst Jake makes his case for 2006 World Cup, with a brief snapshot of what it was like in Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brazil have won the lot: from the likes of Pele, Garrincha and Vava of 1958 and 1962, to Rivelino, Jarizinho and Carlos Alberto of 1970 as well as Cafu, Romario and Dunga of 1994 and Rivaldo, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho of 2002 - Brazil have won 5 World Cups (a record) and somehow we've got to whittle them down to 30 great players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We call time on our first season of the Premier League with a ton of relegation six pointers, a survival Sunday on the final day and Manchester United winning the Premier League! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 54th episode of Noughties Nostalgia, we take a look back fondly at some of the greatest shocks in Champions League history: from Bayern's 8-2 win over Barcelona, to Liverpool's 4-0 win over Barcelona and to Roma's 3-0 win over Barcelona - practically any Barcelona loss in the last 6 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 40th episode of Ranked, we continue to take a look at the greatest players of certain clubs and continuing this theme means Arsenal: the winners of so much - under Herbert Chapman, Bertie Mee, George Graham and Arsene Wenger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There's some Bangers on display here, mainly Nicky Banger of Southampton. But more importantly, we have slugfests for survival between the likes of Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest and Oldham, as well as a three-pronged title race including Manchester United, Norwich City and Aston Villa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On episode 53 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we delve into fan suggestions of the Most Overrated Premier League strikers and ponder the difference between failed potential, injuries hampering those potentials and actually whether or not Premier League strikers who have scored 260 goals can be overrated. We'll also take a look at the highs, the lows and the higher lows of West Ham in the 2000s: from the top half finishes of Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew, the 2006 FA Cup final and the relegations in 2003 and 2010.01:00 - Most overrated Premier League Strikers30:25 - West Ham United in the 2000s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The big boys are back in the Carabao Cup tonight and that means that we're going to skip ahead to the finals to decide which is the Greatest Ever League Cup final - from 20 down to 1!DISCLAIMER - I now know Arsenal have in fact won 2 League Cups! (still shameful) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're halfway through the first Premier League season here on The Barclays and what do we know so far? We know we've got four teams in the first-ever title race as the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool drop like a stone, joining champions Leeds United in mid-table hell whilst Aston Villa, Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers all challenge title rivals Manchester United, with a brand new signing of Eric Cantona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast we make it all about the UEFA Champions League, as we welcome back the return of Europe's premier competition with a look back on some of the greatest matches in the competitions history.From 2019's assortment of high-end drama pulled out of nowhere by Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, to Cristiano Ronaldo's classic individual displays of the 2010s, Chelsea and Liverpool tussles in the 2000s and finals that will live long in the memory from Barcelona, Istanbul and Munich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chelsea won their first league title in 1955, they had an extremely good cup team with Bonetti, Harris and Osgood in the 1960s and 70s and won plenty of silverware under Vialli and Gullit in the 90s. That is until the explosion of success and trophies in the 21st century, funded by new owner Roman Abramovich. We celebrate Chelsea players from all eras in the '50 GREATEST CHELSEA FOOTBALLERS', ranked today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Let's hop back in time to the embryonic Premier League once more, shall we? Andy Townsend was firing Chelsea up the table, Anders Limpar and Ian Wright doing likewise for Arsenal and Liverpool were hitting their stride and pulling away from the relegation zone. Coventry, Oldham and Everton were dropping like a stone, Manchester United couldn't buy a goal and Alan Shearer was keeping Blackburn Rovers in a title race, with a surprisingly leader after 4 months of Premier League football! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On episode 51 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we discuss just who is the best Premier League Goalkeeper Ever, suggested by you - was yours Peter Schmeichel or Petr Cech? David Seaman or Edwin van der Sar? Or do you prefer a comfortable, mid-table loyal goalkeeper like a Jaaskelainen, Hislop or Sorensen? Either way - we've got them all covered. We're also discussing the best teams to fail to qualify for a World Cup, taking a lovely European tour through the shambles of England in 1994, Portugal in 1998, the Netherlands in 2002 and Italy in 2018 - among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One World Cup trophy.One European Championship final.Two World Cup semi-finals.Two European Championship semi-finals. These are largely the barometers of England’s successes. 1966, 1968, 1990, 1996, 2018, 2020. Caps and goals might not necessarily matter, although ofc it does help. This is the 50 Greatest England footballers: for their service, their longevity and their success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BSkyB had come to save us all from the pit of despair that we called the late 1980s in football. Valley Parade, Hillsborough, Heysel, Hooliganism and Racism all cast a bad shadow on the game and the rights to the Old First Division were burning a hole in ITV's pocket. So they ceded control of the TV rights, 22 clubs broke away and formed the Premier League and English football - and football on the whole - hasn't looked back. We start our journey in the first months of the Premier League's 1992-93 season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 50th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia is the OVERRATED SPECTACULAR! I delve into your suggestions for the most overrated Premier League players of all-time - from Steven Gerrard and Gianfranco Zola to Dennis Bergkamp and Gareth Bale. Are they overrated or just good? Speaking of overrated, we discuss Sven-Goran Eriksson's England - as quarter finals, penalties and Portuguese speaking nations as well as the 442 were Sven and England's kryptonite - failiing to end all the years of hurt, which still stretches back to 1966.01:20 - Most overrated Premier League players of all-time23:00 - Sven's England (2001-2006) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yes. Ranked is now on your Podcast Feed! Our first episode audio-only is a biggie and it is the 50 Greatest Footballers to have played for Liverpool. Join us for a stroll down memory lane to the fantastic team that delved into Europe for the first time under Bill Shankly, the all-conquering Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan sides and of course the mercilessly successful tenure of Kenny Dalglish - right through to the contemporary entries of Jurgen Klopp's team. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thankfully the transfer season is almost over! I'm not a fan - but we will be covering the best and the worst of deadline day in this episode. Think Peter Odemwingie driving to QPR, think purple sexy toys in a presenter's ear and think the flops of Andy Carroll and the dizzying heights of Luis Suarez. Also, we've a quick player profile on Andriy Shevchenko to close things out today!01:30 - The best and worst deals in Deadline Day history!31:40 - Andriy Shevchenko See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is the best player to never play in the Premier League? In contemporary times, especially with Cristiano Ronaldo having spent 6 years at Manchester United, we can safely say it is Lionel Messi. We also look to other names, suggested by you, from the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona to names like Paolo Maldini and Ferenc Puskas. Also, we charter the rise and fall and rise of the Galacticos era of Real Madrid under Florentino Perez.01:30 - The best players to never play in the Premier League20:00 - Real Madrid's Galacticos See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who are the most underrated Premier League strikers? We go through your suggestions! Can Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand and Sergio Aguero be deemed underrated? Are Jon Stead, Dean Ashton and Rob Husle good enough to be labelled underrated? We also charter Arsenal's downward slope from the three league titles in 6 years, a Champions League final to fourth becoming a trophy and nine trophyless seasons.01:20 - The most underrated Premier League strikers28:00 - Arsenal's trophyless 9 years (2005-2014) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode 46 we discuss Ruud van Nistelrooy, is he the greatest forgotten marksmen in Premier League history? Did his lack of longevity in England stop him becoming a legend in England and a legend at Manchester United? We also charter the rise of Fulham from the double promotions of the late 90s into becoming European finalists at the back end of the decade in easily the brightest time in club history.01:30 - Ruud van Nistelrooy18:05 - Fulham in the 2000s See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Noughties Nostalgia is back baby! It's transfer season so we will be discussing your suggestions for the Worst Ever Transfers in Premier League history! And not to link the two, we shall be discussing Robbie Keane, what his impact is, how consistent and how great he truly was in the Premier League in the 2000s.01:30 - Worst Ever Premier League Summer Transfers27:10 - Robbie Keane See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Euros are over. Italy won, deservingly. England's pain continues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you excited? Are you nervous? Today is the day many England fans have waited for since July 30, 1966 - a tournament final. So we've got one day spare to cover on the podcast. We've watched and reviewed all 50 games, all the tournaments from 1960 that came before this day. We've previewed the final. So today we're going to look back on the tournament that has just transpired. Who wins it, though? England or Italy?01:00 - Group Stages00:00 - 2021 Trivial Teaser00:00 - Knockout Phase See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
UEFA have some bad ideas and some worse ideas. Where does the 24-team tournament rank for you? Well, like it or not - it was here. Would the football be diluted or would it be exciting? Should third-place teams even be considered for knockout stage football? These questions we still ask today. Regardless, the football wasn't great and arguably the winner of the tournament were even poorer. Who was the shock winner? Was it Roy Hodgson's England? NO.01:00 - Group Stages13:55 - 2021 Trivial Teaser15:25 - Knockout Stage See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
England were back, baby! But after the tumultuous Fabio Capello spell ended, Roy Hodgson was appointed just 6 weeks out from the tournament. They weren't big favourites to win in Poland and Ukraine, neither were their Group D bedfellows France, similarly recoiling after the horrors of Raymond Domenech's spell in charge. The big names and favourites here though, were Germany and Portugal - of Group B's group of death, as well as Italy and Spain - in a similarly deathly Group C! Would Spain retain? Well, you already know that!01:00 - Group Stages17:30 - 2021 Trivial Teaser19:15 - Knockout Stage See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone seemed to know they score,They had seen it all before,They just knew,They were so sure,That England were gonna throw it away,Gonna blow it away.And it turns out: THEY CAN PLAY. ENGLAND THROUGH TO A FIRST FINAL SINCE 1966!01:00 - England 2-1 Denmark23:20 - 2021 Trivial Teaser24:40 - Final Preview: England vs Italy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Federico Chiesa curled a beautiful goal in at Wembley for Italy against Spain. Alvaro Morata and Dani Olmo combined for an equaliser 10 minutes from time. The game went deep into the London night, into extra time. Into penalties where Morata turned from hero to villain, missing the crucial kick. Italy will play at Wembley on Sunday. Who will they face? Well, we preview that as well.01:00 - Italy 1-1 Spain (4-2 on penalties)27:00 - 2021 Trivial Teaser28:20 - Preview: England vs Denmark See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We had to come to it sooner or later: the tournament that England failed to qualify for. Outside of that shock that featured Croatia, a depleted England and a Wally with a Brolly, we had a group of death that served up both 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France as well as the Netherlands in the same half of the draw as a Spanish side. Spain remained the neutral's favourite and were finally cobbling together an identity. Portugal and Germany were the big hitters in the top half of the draw, but both would be inextricably linked to a quarter final. Could there be a dark horse in the final?01:00 - Group Stages16:00 - 2021 Trivial Teaser17:00 - Knockout Stages See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The year was 2004. Portugal hosted the European Championships and had an exciting young talent in Cristiano Ronaldo. They occupied a group with Spain - among the favourites, Russia - who had fallen dramatically since the Soviet Union dissolution, and Greece - the absolute no-hopers. Two of these four occupied the final three weeks after Greece stunned Portugal in the opening night. Germany were hoping to build on a World Cup final, they were in a group of death with Netherlands, Czech Republic and minnows Latvia. Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney would burst into life in a group containing France and Zinedine Zidane as well as a Scandinavian affair between Denmark and Sweden - alongside Italy. 01:00 - Group Stages12:30 - 2021 Trivial Teaser13:40 - Knockout Stages See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
England break all sorts of records to make a third-ever European Championships semi-final, with a 4-0 hammering of Ukraine in Rome. Meanwhile in Asia, Denmark get over the line despite a fightback from Czech Republic, as Patrik Schick, Thomas Delaney and Kasper Dolberg traded goals.01:00 - England 4-0 Ukraine15:05 - 2021 Trivial Teaser16:10 - Denmark 2-1 Czech Republic24:45 - Semi-Final Previews: England vs Denmark, Italy vs Spain See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Bobby M derby was settled in Munich as Italy book their place at Wembley in the semi-finals. Switzerland’s summer, or SOMMER, is over after their eventual elimination at the hands of Spanish penalties. We also preview the mammoth fixtures from Saturday: England vs Ukraine and Denmark vs Czech Republic.01:00 - Belgium 1-2 Italy20:15 - 2021 Trivial Teaser21:40 - Spain 1-1 Switzerland (3-1 on penalties)35:30 - Quarter Final Previews See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our Euro rewinds continue ahead of the quarter finals turning up tonight. This time we have potentially one of the best tournaments ever. Euro 2000 had the indomitable world champions in France, an Italy side full of attacking talents and a co-host in the Netherlands who looked to entertain. Meanwhile, Germany, England and Spain were looking to bounce back from a poor World Cup in France two years prior.01:00 - Group Stages14:50 - 2021 Trivial Teaser16:15 - Knockout Stages See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1996 was the year that football was supposed to have come home. England were imbued by the confidence of hosting Euro 96, they had Paul Gascoigne back, they had a fresh new manager in Terry Venables. Preparation was hardly the best: Venables' court cases saw him announce his resignation for after the tournament, the Dentist Chair cast shame on the players and Alan Shearer hadn't scored in an England shirt for 2 years. All of those character arcs would be completed by the end of the tournament. Meanwhile, you had a divided Netherlands, a transitional France and the dark horses of Czech Republic, as well as the 1994 World Cup surprise packages in Romania and Bulgaria thrown in with a less than impressive Spain and a returning Portugal to tournament football as well as Italy struggling to cope in the group of death.01:00 - Group Stages11:50 - 2021 Trivial Teasr13:00 - Knockout Stages See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Football is on the motorway – OR AUTOBAHN – it doesn’t need its SatNav to come home now! England were utterly STERLING and overcome a hoodoo by beating Germany for the first time in 55 years in knockout football. Oh, and there was another match: Ukraine won out thanks to a 122nd minute winner in a grisly game of football.01:00 - England 2-0 Germany21:25 - 2021 Trivial Teaser22:35 - Sweden 1-2 Ukraine (aet)33:30 - Quarter Final Previews See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spain and Croatia served up the game of the tournament. It had it all: bizarre own goals, dramatic late comebacks and a redemption story in the form of Alvaro Morata. Meanwhile in Romania, France – like Spain – were sent to the brink of extra time after shipping 3 to Switzerland, but ultimately lost out on penalties in another that could be classed as ‘game of the tournament’. 01:00 - Spain 5-3 Croatia16:35 - 2021 Trivial Teaser17:45 - France 3-3 Switzerland (4-5 on penalties)35:00 - Previews: England vs Germany, Sweden vs Ukraine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Belgium’s GOLDEN GENERATION made it one step closer to the success they have craved for almost a generation, knocking out Portugal in Seville. They call it tournament football. Matthijs de Ligt saw red for a handball and saw Czech Republic pick them apart in the second half to confirm a repeat of the 2004 quarter final with Denmark. Is it time for Frank de Boer to leave the national post?01:00 - Belgium 1-0 Portugal14:55 - 2021 Trivial Teaser15:55 - Netherlands 0-2 Czech Republic31:30 - Previews: Croatia vs Spain, France vs Switzerland See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Danes were dominant in their last 16 demolition over the Welsh in Amsterdam, to ensure that a repeat of the previous tournament wouldn’t happen for Gareth Bale and co. Italy needed extra time to take care of Austria and progress to meet the winner of Portugal and Belgium on Friday night. In the process, Federico + Enrico Chiesa become the first father-son to score in a Euros in England!01:00 - Wales 0-4 Denmark16:30 - 2021 Trivial Teaser17:45 - Italy 2-1 Austria (aet)31:20 - Previews: Netherlands vs Czech Republic, Portugal vs Belgium See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Could the European Championships be saved? In quite possibly the most tumultuous period of its history, the Euros goes through some teething problems with the 8-team format in 1980 before becoming great in 1984 before the great wins of Netherlands in 1988 and Denmark in 1992 were impinged by off-field controversies. 01:00 - Euro 198007:45 - Euro 198416:45 - 2021 Trivial Teaser18:05 - Euro 198824:20 - Euro 1992 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Remember when the Euros was a 4-team tournament extravaganza? Let's delve into it. The players may not be playing, ahead of the knockout phase, but we are: from the early days of Henri Delaunay and the Soviets in 1960, right through to Antonin Panenka and Czechoslovakia in 1976.01:30 - Euro 196006:20 - Euro 196410:35 - Euro 196813:55 - 2021 Trivial Teaser15:00 - Euro 197220:25 - Euro 1976 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Germany escaped Munich with a 2-2 draw against Hungary after being 6 minutes away from elimination. They will now face England at Wembley in the last 16. Portugal and France was penalty mania in Budapest. In perhaps the greatest advert for the 24-team format. France top the group, Portugal finish third. Spain finally made all of their chances count, but did they all come at once in a 5-0 demolition of Slovakia? A topsy-turvy game in Saint Petersburg between Sweden and Poland saw Lewandowski almost save Poland. However, both Poland and Slovakia join Hungary on the first plane home.01:30 - Portugal 2-2 France11:30 - Germany 2-2 Hungary22:35 - 2021 Trivial Teaser24:10 - Spain 5-0 Slovakia31:30 - Sweden 3-2 Poland38:55 - Last 16 Previews: Belgium vs Portugal, Italy vs Austria, France vs Switzerland, Croatia vs Spain, Sweden vs Ukraine, England vs Germany, Netherlands vs Czech Republic, Wales vs Denmark See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In an absolutely drab night at Wembley, England sauntered through, winning 1-0 again thanks to Raheem Sterling again and against a team beginning with ‘C’… again. Events in Hampden meant that Czech Republic wouldn’t finish in the top two and will have to wait until tomorrow to find out their last 16 opponents. The fates of Croatia and Scotland were decided at Hampden as the genius of Luka Modric shone through to eliminate Scotland and take Croatia into the tough half of the draw.01:30 - England 1-0 Czech Republic15:40 - 2021 Trivial Teaser16:40 - Croatia 3-1 Scotland25:45 - Group E Previews: Sweden v Poland, Spain v Slovakia30:00 - Group F Previews: Portugal v France, Hungary v Germany See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karma finally hit correctly for Denmark in one of the games of the tournament, as they hammer Russia 4-1 in one of the more cathartic moments this summer. Belgium confirmed top spot with a routine 2-0 win over Finland, which has the Fins awaiting today's result between Scotland and Croatia to see if they hang in there. Similarly looking over their shoulder is Ukraine, who will face a similar wait tomorrow to see if the Group E contests will qualify them. Meanwhile, Netherlands confirmed a third straight 100% record for the group winners after thrashing North Macedonia 3-0.01:30 - Russia 1-4 Denmark10:05 - Finland 0-2 Belgium21:00 - 2021 Trivial Teaser22:25 - Austria 1-0 Ukraine32:30 - North Macedonia 0-3 Netherlands40:25 - Group D Previews: England vs Czech Republic, Scotland vs Croatia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Italy became only the fourth team in European Championships history to sail through the group stages and not concede any goals and only the second, behind Germany in 1996, to do so by winning all three games. Wales followed them into the last 16 and will be paired off with the runner-up of Group B, after Switzerland couldn't find two more goals in Baku against Turkey to leapfrog Wales. Turkey, with their 3 losses and 8 goals conceded, end the tournament with one of the worst records in the tournament's 61-year history. Not bad for dark horses.01:30 - Italy 1-0 Wales21:05 - 2021 Trivial Teaser22:15 - Switzerland 3-1 Turkey32:15 - Previews: Netherlands vs North Macedonia, Austria vs Ukraine, Belgium vs Denmark, Finland vs Russia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a direct contrast to the games the previous day: the European Championships delivered by the bucket load on Saturday night. We started off with a Magical performance by the Magyars in front of 60,000 strong in Budapest, as France were seemingly spooked and wasteful in front of goal. Later on, we perhaps had the biggest and best game of the tournament as Germany and Portugal shared six goals in Munich. Spain and Poland didn't disappoint either, even if Spain disappointed again. They are yet to record their first win at the tournament and winning the group is now out of their hands after another draw. Meanwhile, Poland cling onto their participation at the tournament.01:30 - Portugal 2-4 Germany15:50 - 2021 Trivial Teaser16:50 - Hungary 1-1 France30:10 - Spain 1-1 Poland41:00 - Group A Previews: Wales vs Italy, Switzerland vs Turkey See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The great big battle from Euro 96 failed to live up to expectations as toothless England faced the stoic Scottish at Wembley, 25 years on from the great clash. Czech Republic all but confirmed their last 16 place with a draw at their new home of Hampden against Croatia. Meanwhile Sweden, entertaining as ever, get the win they needed to all but book their place in the last 16. 01:30 – England 0-0 Scotland14:30 – 2021 Trivial Teaser16:00 – Czech Republic 1-1 Croatia23:05 – Sweden 1-0 Slovakia30:00 – Previews: Spain vs Poland, Hungary vs France, Portugal vs Germany See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Belgium became the first team to come from behind to win a game at Euro 2020 in a match dedicated to Christian Eriksen, as Kevin De Bruyne showed his class. Netherlands joined them, sauntering to a win over a poor Austrian side to win Group C. But more importantly: Roman Yaremchuk golden boot train is officially on the tracks, scoring in a 2-1 win as North Macedonia packed their bags for home.01:30 - Belgium 2-1 Denmark13:00 - 2021 Trivial Teaser14:15 - Netherlands 2-0 Austria27:00 - Ukraine 2-1 North Macedonia33:10 - Previews: England vs Scotland, Croatia vs Czech Republic, Sweden vs Slovakia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Italy wait eternally for 3 goals in a European Championship game and two games of 3-0 wins come within 5 days. They now sit one behind the 30-match unbeaten record of Vittorio Pozzo from the 1930s. Wales and Turkey was the most important match of Group A thus far and Gareth Bale turned in a superb performance in a win against Turkey that all but sees them through to the last 16. Meanwhile in Group B, a moment of quality from Aleksei Miranchuk against Finland leaves the Finns hopes hanging by a thread.01:30 - Wales 2-0 Turkey14:40 - 2021 Trivial Teaser15:40 - Italy 3-0 Switzerland28:15 - Finland 0-1 Russia37:30 - Previews: Denmark vs Belgium, Ukraine vs North Macedonia, Austria vs Netherlands See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We have now seen all 24 teams at the European Championships. Who will win it? We saw three of the big hitters yesterday as France and Germany met in Munich in the biggest match of the group stages. Kylian Mbappe was superb, as was the midfield 3 of France which could quite possibly be the best in the tournament. Germany were slightly better than what we thought but France barely needed to break a sweat. Meanwhile, in Budapest, Portugal escaped with a cruel 3-0 win over Hungary, scoring all their goals in the final 6 minutes after a disallowed Hungarian goal. 01:30 - France 1-0 Germany20:15 - 2021 Trivial Teaser21:35 - Hungary 0-3 Portugal30:15 - Wednesday's game previews See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The drama continued as Group D became Group E at EURO 2020. Patrik Schick took the game by the scruff of its neck at Hampden Park, first by scoring a superb header and second by scoring the longest goal in European Championships history. Czech Republic move onto Croatia on Friday having wrapped up the Puskas Goal Award and the EURO 2020 goal of the tournament. In Saint Petersburg, Poland's tournament woes continued as Robert Lewandowski failed to find the net in a 2-1 loss, Slovakia creating one of the shocks of the tournament so far. Finally in Seville, Spain couldn't blow the Swedish house down - and Alexander Isak was superb, wasn't he?01:30 - Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic15:40 - 2021 Trivial Teaser17:05 - Spain 0-0 Sweden30:55 - Poland 1-2 Slovakia37:40 - Group F Previews: France vs Germany, Portugal vs Hungary See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Football's just switched its SatNav on and it's ready to come home as Kalvin Phillips stars in England's 1-0 win over Croatia, England's first ever European Championships opening game victory at the 10th attempt! Also, Jake covers the game of the tournament thus far between Netherlands and Ukraine in a five-goal thriller that had all of the tactical nous of an under-9s game. The filling in that sandwich was a decent game between Austria and North Macedonia which featured Austria's first-ever European Championships win, sprinkled with the quality of their three star players: David Alaba, Marcel Sabitzer and Marko Arnautovic.01:30 - England 1-0 Croatia15:35 - 2021 Trivial Teaser16:45 - Netherlands 3-2 Ukraine26:00 - Austria 3-1 North Macedonia30:05 - Previews for Scotland vs Czech Republic, Poland vs Slovakia and Spain vs Sweden See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Football, more than ever, appeared irrelevant yesterday. As a result, we will celebrate the career of Christian Eriksen as opposed to covering Denmark's match with Finland, before previewing England's start to the tournament and other games - featuring Austria and Macedonia as well as Netherlands and Ukraine. Of course, we cover Belgium and Russia's tie as well as Wales vs Switzerland to the best of our ability. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's finally here! Euros fever as Turkey are gobbled up by Italy in a 3-0 damning display for the supposed dark horses Turks. Meanwhile, as Roberto Mancini looks to the last 16 and potentially beyond, Turkey's next game against Wales, with a slight home advantage in Baku, is a must-win. We charter the chances of Wales, Scotland and England and discuss how far they can go, whilst previewing today's contests in Group B: Denmark vs Finland and Belgium vs Russia.01:30 - Turkey vs Italy19:10 - 2021 Trivial Teaser20:20 - Home Nations Chances, Previews for Denmark v Finland, Belgium v Russia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We all love picking out a fresh-faced young talent and being proved right when they deliver the goods. In the final of five previews before the opening of UEFA EURO 2020 tonight in Rome, Jake takes a look at a player from each team to look out for this summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will England finally end 55 years of hurt? Will France be ominous and win the entire thing again? Or will Belgium's Golden Generation finally be rewarded?Who is the best dark horse out of Ukraine, Denmark or Turkey?Do Spain, Italy or the Netherlands stand a chance?Can Portugal retain the trophy?Will Jogi Low receive a good send-off as Germany manager?Will Scotland qualify for a knockout phase for once?Can Austria finally win a game at the European Championships?How will Finland and North Macedonia celebrate their debut tournaments?Are Slovakia the forgotten team of the tournament?Sweden or Poland? Switzerland or Wales? Croatia or Czech Republic?Are Russia good anymore? Can Hungary get anything out of the group of death?All of these questions will be answered as Jake from What if Football predicts the entirety of UEFA EURO 2020! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The third episode of the Euro Daily podcast features the final of three group stage previews and of course the final two groups. One features Spain in what appears an easy group - against Sweden, Slovakia and Poland - but they've faltered early before, as they have experienced in the last three tournaments. Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Marek Hamsik of Slovakia will be hoping to have other ideas. Group F, alternatively, couldn't be set up any more differently. Whilst it contains Hungary as a middling European team, it also contains France, Portugal and Germany - who hold 6 European Championships between them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the second of 3 group previews for UEFA EURO 2020. Today we will be previewing Groups C and D which means the big boys of the Netherlands and England - will they rue the injuries of Liverpool superstars? We've got the dark horses of Croatia and Ukraine, Austria who are out of their first win at a Euros, Scotland looking to make a mark at their first tournament in 23 years, North Macedonia at their first-ever tournament and we cannot forget about the 1976 winners Czech Republic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the very first Euro Daily podcast! From now until July 12th, we will cover everthing Euro 2020! Today, we're discussing the first two groups at the Championships. Will Italy and Belgium saunter through to the knockout phase? Are Turkey and Denmark dark horses in the tournament? Who will be the unlucky fourth place out of Switzerland and Wales? Are Finland just happy to be here? Can Russia return to the knockout phase? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the final Noughties Nostalgia show before our break for the European Championships, we discuss all things international tournament football. We charter the shocks of Greece at Euro 2004 as well as Portugal and Greece’s efforts in tournament football in the 21st century. Is Greece’s Euro 2004 win the biggest shock in football history? Or is Leicester’s Premier League a bigger achievement? We also charter how well Germany started the 2000s, after group stage exits in the first two European Championships and reaching the finals of the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2008. How did they change things around to become almost as dominant as their all-conquering team from the 1970s?01:00 - Portugal and Greece at Euro 200423:35 - Germany in the 2000s40:05 - 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 43rd episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we are firmly entrenched in European Championships fever! With the games just a matter of weeks away, we dissect England's time at the Championships and see how well they did in 2000 - spoiler: it wasn't great. We take a look back, with help from our listeners to the best international tournament shocks throughout the 2000s as well as going to England and the Premier League for the Table Never Lies and a re-surgent Manchester United team in 2007. 01:00 - Best International Tournament Shocks17:20 - England at Euro 200033:25 - The 2006-07 Premier League season46:25 - 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Europe is fractured. Perez and Agnelli are in the mud. But amid speculation of a ‘SUPER’ League in the backdrop of a global pandemic – the European leagues were largely more competitive than ever. Was it because of the truncated season? Is the gap shrinking between the elite and the also-rans? Or was it a freak season! 01:00 – La Liga14:05 – Serie A25:30 – Bundesliga33:00 – Ligue 1 + a whistle stop tour of European league winners See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Well. That was some season. 380 games, close to zero fans, one crippling pandemic. We’ve had a record breaking amount of Premier League leaders, we were promised shocks and we did get them: Aston Villa 7, Liverpool 2, Man Utd 1, Tottenham 6 as well as Callum Robinson and West Brom tormenting Chelsea. We’ve had the threat of a breakaway across a tumultuous 72 hours in April, in a season where the Big 6 were shaken again. Chelsea and Spurs lost their managers in Lampard and Mourinho, Arsenal fans were told to trust the process, Liverpool fans cried foul of injuries,West Ham, Leicester, Aston Villa + Everton were ‘SUPER’ in their attempts to dislodge the 6,And feint whispers of an all-Manchester title race. We’ve had Sheffield United suffer second season syndrome, Fulham and West Brom struggle to adapt to a new division,And Steve Bruce survive by the skin of his teeth with Newcastle. The Southampton red bull press amidst another 9-0 catastrophe, Brighton’s continuous battle with xG,And Burnley’s insistence under Sean Dyche that they actually are a Premier League club. Crystal Palace might be entering a new era with players + managers out of contract,Leeds impressed massively under Bielsa and look likely to push on,And Wolves might not have had the disastrous season you think – especially missing their talisman. That was the 20 encapsulated in a microcosm, this is the 2020-21 Premier League season in review.01:30 - The title race19:45 - The fight for European places44:30 - The teams that went down See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It is Champions League final season, Business End of the Season season and therefore we are discussing two Champions League final classics: first from 2004 as Jose Mourinho won his first Champions League with Porto against Monaco in Gelsenkirchen. And then perhaps one of the best Champions League finals ever: Istanbul, 2005, Liverpool, AC Milan. Which is the best Champions League final ever? In The Table Never Lies: we go to Italy and to the 2006-07 Serie A season, a season where Juventus were out of the top flight. Who would ascend to the Scudetto in their absence? Timestamps01:00 2004 UEFA Champions League final, Porto vs Monaco11:40 2005 UEFA Champions League final, Liverpool vs AC Milan31:30 Table Never Lies, 2006-07 Serie A season44:40 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Don't you know pump it up, is your team going up?Yes, it's time for one of the greatest weeks of the English footballing calendar: the play-offs return tonight! Jake discusses each of the 12 teams that have made the play-offs this season from the Championship, League 1 and League 2. 12 will enter, 3 will climb the Football League ladder and 1 will join Norwich and Watford in the Premier League. Who will go up? Will Brentford and Oxford bounce back from last year's heartbreaks? Will Bournemouth and Tranmere bounce back at the first time of asking? Will we have shock promotions of Barnsley, Morecambe and Lincoln? Jake previews it all, and discusses how likely those promotions are.01:00 Championship: Brentford, Barnsley, Swansea and Bournemouth20:10 League One: Blackpool, Sunderland, Lincoln, Oxford39:00 League Two: Morecambe, Tranmere, Newport, Forest Green56:30 Some play-off stats to end on! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to episode 41, where Jake discusses the three-way fight for Champions League football in 2001 between Liverpool, Leeds and Ipswich – which happened 20 years ago today on the final day of the season. Also, we remember Porto vs Celtic in the 2003 UEFA Cup final and discuss just how good Jose Mourinho is. The Table Never Lies throws up one of the best title races in football history and the twist in the tale that was the Tamudazo in the 2006-07 La Liga season. 01:30 – 2003 UEFA Cup final20:55 – The fight for 2001 Champions League football29:10 – Table Never Lies, 2006-07 La Liga40:05 – 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the Big 4-0 episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast and we have a cup final extravaganza for you today! We’re covering the fantastic FA Cup final of 2001 where Liverpool beat Arsenal, we’ll also be discussing the best FA Cup finals in history. Jake discusses the fantastic Fulham run to the Europa League final of 2010 and their European heritage. The Table Never Lies is in the Bundesliga for a season where Bayern Munich didn’t actually win it! Who did? Jump into the podcast and find out! 01:00 2001 FA Cup final16:20 Fulham’s run to the 2010 UEFA Europa League final34:50 Table Never Lies, 2006-07 Bundesliga43:20 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Episode 39, Jake discusses all things Arsenal. Namely being their best stabs at the Champions League – first with the 2006 run to the final against Barcelona and then – 3 years later – bowing out at the semi-finals to Manchester United. We remain in England for the Table Never Lies, this time we document a less successful Arsenal side – in the 2005-06 season where Chelsea and Jose Mourinho reigned supreme. Timestamps01:20 Arsenal in the 2005-06 Champions League19:40 Arsenal vs Manchester United in the 2009 Champions League semi-final43:05 Table Never Lies, 2005-06 Premier League58:20 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 38th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia, Jake tackles the state of Manchester City prior to the Sheikh takeover in 2008, were they as bad as they get made fun of now? Also, we tackle what Jake deems as THE English rivalry of the 2000s – Chelsea vs Liverpool – and their numerous skirmishes in the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League. Elsewhere, we have another teaser for you, and the Table Never Lies goes to the Calciopoli-stricken Serie A season of 2005-06.Timestamps01:20 - Manchester City pre-takeover17:05 - Chelsea vs Liverpool rivalry32:45 - Serie A 2005-0639:40 - 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 37th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast is here. Jake discusses perhaps the most vitriolic transfer in Premier League history and the changing fates of Sol Campbell, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the turn of the millennium. Elsewhere, Jake charters the domestic dominance of Olympique Lyonnais in the 2000s and their attempts to succeed in Europe. The Table Never Lies goes to La Liga and the 2005-06 season, where Jake talks of Barcelona’s double winners – is there 2006 European Cup winning team their least glamorous? And of course, we have Espanyol’s Copa winners and subsequent European final as well as the fight for relegation between Alaves and Espanyol and the fight between Sevilla and Osasuna for Champions League football. Timestamps02:30 Sol Campbell’s transfer to Arsenal18:25 Lyon in the 2000s36:30 La Liga 2005-0655:00 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the 36th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Jake is here once more to discuss your favourite FA Cup semi-finals - if you wish to contribute to the show and to any topic, hit him up at @WhatIf_YouTube. Jake also takes a look at the Sheffield United and West Ham rivalry that was spawned in and amongst the Carlos Tevez transfer saga of 2006. The inevitability of Bayern Munich is looked at in the Table Never Lies, and how they retained their Bundesliga title in 2006, as well as looking at the fortunes (or misfortunes) of Werder Bremen, Hamburg, Kaiserslautern and Wolfsburg.Timestamps01:00 FA Cup semi-finals17:20 Sheffield United vs West Ham rivalry36:50 2005-06 Bundesliga season46:10 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the Noughties Nostalgia Football Podcast we delve into all things Champions League since we’re a week away from the quarter finals. We charter the rise and fall of Leeds United from successive European semi-finalists to League One in the space of a decade, as well as the best Champions League comebacks – as we look to Milan vs Deportivo from 2004. The Table Never Lies goes to the Premier League in the 2004-05 season, that means the great Jose Mourinho team that won 95 points, the end of Arsenal’s Invincibles and the greatest Survival Sunday involving West Brom, Crystal Palace, Southampton and Norwich as well as an understated battle for a UEFA Cup spot between Manchester City and Middlesbrough which had huge ramifications. Timestamps01:30 Leeds United in Europe23:50 AC Milan vs Deportivo, 2004 and other Champions League comebacks33:25 Premier League 2004-05 season56:40 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 34th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast the international break is finally back which means that we’ll looking at some of the best qualification shocks in the 2000s from the FIFA World Cup. This means Ireland vs Netherlands, England vs Germany and other matches not on September 1st, 2001! Jake also charters the rise, fall and rise of Tottenham Hotspur in the 2000s before Harry Redknapp’s appointment in October 2008. Also, the Table Never Lies segment goes to the 2003-04 Serie A season and a relatively simple Scudetto win for Milan, but a minefield of a relegation dogfight. Timestamps01:00 – World Cup qualification shocks15:53 – Tottenham Hotspur before Harry Redknapp36:25 – The 2003-04 Serie A season45:42 – 2000s Trivial Teaser and Goodbyes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the first week of the rest of Noughties Nostalgia Podcast's life! Right here in proper podcast form. To mark it: we're celebrating the magician that is Alvaro Recoba, as it is his 45th birthday today - was he a case of wasted potential? We're going to take a deep dive in the 2007-08 FA Cup season which threw up a number of surprises with the likes of Barnsley, Havant & Waterlooville and Chasetown making it deep in the tournament. It remains the only time where the representation of the top flight was dwarfed by those from below - with three Championship clubs making up the field. The Table Never Lies goes to La Liga and the 2003-04 season where we have a set of double winners to celebrate - no, not Barcelona or Real Madrid - but Rafael Benitez's Valencia. Timestamps01:30 - The 2007-08 FA Cup season16:00 - The mythology of Alvaro Recoba24:00 - The Table Never Lies, 2003-04 La Liga season37:00 - 2000s Trivial Teaser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to the second What if Weekly Pilot and welcome to our launch of the podcast feed! Ahead of the weekly football podcast's launch in the 2021-22 season, I'm doing a few pilots between now and the season's end. What if Weekly will be a podcast focusing on the top 5 European leagues. On today's show, Jake discusses the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur which featured a potential Mourinho masterclass, a goal of the season contender and a red card! It had it all! What didn't have it all was the 7.15pm kick-off later that day between two in-form teams: Manchester United and West Ham - a match settled by an own goal from a set-piece.Jake also looks to the Bundesliga and to a top of the table clash between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt, as Leipzig looked to revert the gap at the top behind Bayern Munich. Timestamps01:00 Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur11:05 Manchester United v West Ham21:45 RB Leipzig v Eintracht Frankfurt31:55 Results from Europe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast we are 20 years removed from a Premier League instant classic. On November 4, 2000, Leeds beat Liverpool 4-3 with four goals from Mark Viduka as they attempted to juggle winning the Premier League with the Champions League. They would finish outside the Champions League places and lose to Valencia in the Champions League semi-final. Elsewhere on the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we look at Manchester United's failures to win a second Champions League under Sir Alex Ferguson from between 2000 and 2006. We return to 2000 with The Table Never Lies to look at La Liga in the 2000-01 season and Jake returns with another 2000s Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a nostalgic moment from Alex's heart, we discuss Bradford City's time in the Premier League, that lasted from 1999 to 2001, with a great escape in the middle of it all. David Wetherall scored the only goal of the game against Liverpool to leapfrog Wimbledon and survive, a Liverpool team that were still fighting to get into the Champions League. On this day 14 years ago, the 2006-07 Premier League season opened up with a bang: Liverpool edged a point at Sheffield United, Reading got their first Premier League season off with a bang and there were wins for Bolton and Newcastle. We discuss how Jose Mourinho's legacy lives on, what the greatest Premier League side is and who was the best of the rest outside of the top 4 in the 2000s. Of course, there's Jake's 2000s Trivial Teaser and some musings from Alex, where the lads' away days are ranked. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's transfer season, it's 2021 so we best get back on the bandwagon of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast and examine some of the best January Transfer Window signings. We also take a look at Terry Venables managerial and playing career and the 2001-02 Bundesliga season - which features the fortunes of Schalke, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and the 3 relegated clubs in Freiburg, FC Koln and St. Pauli. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s Manchester derby day this weekend! So in celebration we’re gonna take a look at the Manchester derbies of the 2000s. From your Michael Owen winners, your Shaun Goater doubles and your Carlos Tevez Welcome to Manchesters – we’ve got you covered. We also take a look at Wigan’s time in the Premier League, when they threatened a Champions League qualification in 2006! We remain in England in the Table Never Lies, for a champagne year of the Barclays – the Arsenal invincibles of the 2003-04 season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to another episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Today in our time machine, we go back to the Alan Curbishley era at Charlton Athletic. Was Curbishley's Charlton the greatest era in the club's history in their near decade in the top flight? We also discuss Middlesbrough's magical UEFA Cup run in 2006 where they beat Stuttgart, Roma, Basel and Steaua Bucharest before losing to Sevilla, who in turn won their first of five Europa League titles. Is Middlesbrough's UEFA Cup run the most dramatic cup run in history? Our new feature called The Table Never Lies charts the 2000-01 Premier League season whilst Jake has another midfielder for you in today's 2000's Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to Episode 17 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Within, we discuss the 2000-01 Serie A winners, Roma, their third ever Scudetto. Also, it is 13 years to the day that Tim Cahill scored an exquisite overhead kick against Chelsea for Everton - we talk about the missed opportunities for Chelsea in the 2007-08 Premier League title race. We go to the Bundesliga 20 years ago in The Table Never Lies and we have another 2000s Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join us for Episode 24 where we discuss Bobby Robson’s time at Newcastle, where he dragged The Toon Army back into the title picture with an excellent attacking line-up of Craig Bellamy and Alan Shearer among a supporting cast that reads Shay Given, Olivier Bernard, Lauren Robert, Gary Speed, Kieron Dyer and Jermaine Jenas. Also, we’ll be talking about Emmanuel Adebayor’s time at Arsenal, and obviously mentioning THAT celebration for Manchester City, as well as the Lyon and Lens teams of the 2001-02 season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Birthdays all week! Mine yesterday and Salif Diao’s today! We remember Salif Diao’s career and the famous Senegal team of 2002, that made an African Nations Cup final and a FIFA World Cup quarter final. Elsewhere, we charter Carlo Ancelotti’s time at Stamford Bridge, and decide on his legacy - is he one of the best modern day football managers? We go to the Serie A in 2002-03 and an Italian-dominated Champions League, and all tease you with another 2000s trivial teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 26th edition of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast reflects on whether Neil Warnock was the greatest Sheffield United manager of all-time. Warnock, in the 2002-03 season, led Sheffield United on the ‘Triple Assault’ of the play-off final and the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup. We also discuss memories of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which includes Ahn Jung-Hwan and his winner against Italy in the last 16 - Happy Birthday to Ahn Jung-Hwan, who is 45 today. We take a deep dive onto the 2002-03 La Liga title race, which went to the wire between Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we discuss – surprise, surprise, England losing on penalties whilst also delving into whether Super Cups and Community Shields should exist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 19th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia details two fantastic Arsenal wins, the first courtesy of two Fabien Barthez howlers in a 2001-02 Premier League match which finished 3-1 to Arsenal. Arsenal would later win the Premier League that season, clinched in the reverse fixture against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Was Barthez the biggest Premier League flop of all-time? Arsenal's second victory we'll be speaking of today is that famous night in the San Siro. 17 years ago today, Arsenal won 5-1 at the San Siro against Inter Milan. We discuss the best wins for Premier League teams away in the Champions League. Also, we have another teaser, as well as a dive into the Scottish Premiership in the 2001-02 season, where Celtic won the league with 103 points and Rangers beat Celtic on the way to both cup competitions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast takes a deep dive into the life and times of Jimmy Bullard. Was he underrated or was he just a joker? We look back on Petr Cech's life-changing skull fracture, which he suffered away at Reading whilst playing for Chelsea in 2006, and ask is he amongst the best goalkeepers the Premier League has ever seen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast we spark the huge debate that is PES vs FIFA. Does sheer gameplay and fluid football trump authenticity and licensing? Is the Master League better than Manager Mode? Jake’s got another Trivial Teaser, this time featuring the likes of David Beckham and Raul whilst we celebrate Djibril Cisse’s birthday, who will be 39 today, and we charter his career that has claimed a Champions League and an FA Cup with Liverpool, a Coupe de France with Auxerre as well as a League and Cup double with Panathinaikos, among spells in Italy and Russia as well as a couple of World Cup tournaments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The lads are back with episode 9 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Alex speaks all things Phil Brown, after his team talk on the pitch in Hull’s 5-1 defeat to Manchester City on Boxing Day 2008. We reveal our most hated Premier League teams, discuss Porto’s run to the 2004 Champions League final and decide who’s had a better Champions League career out of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho. Jake’s got another teaser and we review Blackburn Rovers as an away day town. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In an extremely Newcastle United heavy podcast this week, the boys discuss Joe Kinnear’s managerial career, especially his colourful time at St. James’ Park both as a manager and as a director of football. Is he a dinosaur? Also, the Goal! franchise is reviewed, is Santiago Munez a good footballer? Is Goal! 3 pure art? And just what is the best football film ever made? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Champions League is back baby! And after the likes of Leipzig, Liverpool, Barcelona and PSG kicked off their knockout stage campaign last night, we revisit some of the best Champions League knockout matches. Elsewhere on Episode 29 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we look at the best performances from the FA Cup by lower league teams – celebrating Wycombe Wanderers’ run to the 2001 FA Cup semi-finals. The Table Never Lies goes to France in 2003 as the Lyon juggernaut keeps chugging along, whilst we have another 2000s Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s the North London derby this weekend so it’s only right that we discuss the battles between Arsenal and Tottenham in the 2000s today. Have Spurs finally emerged from Arsenal’s shadow? What colour is North London? Red or White? Elsewhere on the show we discuss Liverpool’s magical win over Real Madrid in 2009 – and magical European nights at Anfield, as well as Werder Bremen’s Bundesliga winning side from 2004. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 15 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast is here! Within, we discuss the Calciopoli fallout in the Serie A and the team that filled the void of Juventus with Roberto Mancini taking charge of Inter Milan to three Scudetti and a couple of Coppa Italia titles. Then, Jose Mourinho's special two years at Inter Milan. Mourinho would win the Treble of the Serie A, Champions League and Coppa Italia with Inter - we discuss if it is his most enjoyable time as a manager. We also chart the career of Obafemi Martins both in an Inter and a Newcastle shirt, as well as his international career and a club career take has taken him from Russia to China to the States. Also, on the Table Never Lies, we go to the Serie A in November 2000. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 20th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia podcast is here and it includes the Arsenal invincibles, a look back on the greatest Premier League teams, Harry Redknapp's trials and tribulations on the south coast, going from Portsmouth to Southampton and back to Portsmouth as manager before moving on, winning the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The final Noughties Nostalgia Podcast of 2020 takes us to the corporate concept of Super Sunday to keep us excited for the football, but also we head to Italy and the Serie A season of 2001-02 for the Flying Donkeys of Chievo who almost stunned Italian football, as well as Inter Milan’s bottling of the Scudetto. We also go to Valencia for their supreme success under Hector Cuper and Rafael Benitez between 2000 and 2004. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Big 3-0! The Noughties Nostalgia remembers the 2007 League Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea – one club about to win it all – and Arsenal, at the start of their 9-year trophy drought. We also remember the great Blackburn Rovers side of the 2000s, who threatened a Champions League place, after bouncing back from relegation in the aftermath of their Premier League title win in 1995. We also discuss the 2003-04 Portuguese league season – which means Porto and Jose Mourinho in a magical season – as well as a 2000s Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’ve got a Germany and Managerial mash-up today! Jose Mourinho was not one of the bottle, his Chelsea team were a special one - but is Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2004-05 the best ever Premier League team? We go to Germany for the second half of Episode 27, celebrating Jogi Low’s career as well as discussing the highs and lows of the 2002-03 Bundesliga season and the fate of Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the Noughties Nostalgia podcast we would like to wish Graham Poll a happy 57th birthday as we dive into his two biggest mistakes: his infamous three yellow cards in Croatia's match with Australia at the 2006 World Cup and that Don Hutchison disallowed goal in the Merseyside derby. We celebrate celebrity referees, ask if referees are normal people and also discuss whether Rafael Benitez was suckered in by mind games. Rafa Benitez wanted to talk about facts in January 2009 and so do we: did his rant against Sir Alex Ferguson cost Liverpool the league at a time where Liverpool were top of the pile and chasing their first league title for 19 years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A quarter of the way to a century of podcast episodes! Jake takes us through the biggest FA Cup upsets, with the help of listener suggestions and asks: “Can a Cup final upset be a cup upset?” We also review Theo Walcott’s career, should he have gone to the 2006 World Cup? If not, who should have gone? Darren Bent, Jermain Defoe? Marlon Harewood?! In The Table Never Lies, we return home to England and the 2002-03 Premier League season to discuss Sunderland’s record-breaking points tally, Leeds United’s demise, Liverpool’s missing out on Champions League football and Manchester United getting their trophy back from Arsenal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The lads discuss the England and Portugal World Cup quarter final from 2006, and that wink from Cristiano Ronaldo after he had got Wayne Rooney sent off. Has there been a more optimistic time for the England national team? We also talk about Peter Reid’s Sunderland team, as he was sacked as Sunderland manager 18 years ago today. Are Sunderland a big club? How funny are crying supporters? Found out on Episode 12 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the very first edition of What if Football's new podcast. This is the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, where each week myself and my esteemed pal Alex Rhodes select a footballing moment from the 2000s to dive into and discuss. Today, Alex has chosen a moment, whilst not strictly from the 2000s, but in November 2010, but is still enshrouded in nostalgia. Johan Elmander's silky finish against Wolverhampton Wanderers for Bolton Wanderers was voted The Premier League's best goal in December 2011 by readers of The Guardian. We discuss whether or not we would laud it if the likes of Lionel Messi or Dennis Bergkamp scored it. Also, on this day, Rio Ferdinand signed for Manchester United for a record-breaking £30 million for a defender. We discuss how crucial he was in stitching together the Treble winning team of the late 90s to the Rooney, Ronaldo et al United team of the late 2000s. And did his missed drugs test postpone that dominance? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode six, the lads take a regretful look back at the Steve McClaren reign as England manager, that ended on a wet night at Wembley in November 2007 with a loss to Croatia and a failure to qualify for the European Championships. We ask whether Fabio Capello was the right successor and discuss the similarities between McClaren’s reign and Gareth Southgate’s. Also, it is the 14th anniversary of the 2005 UEFA Super Cup final, we discuss the Liverpool team under Rafael Benitez whilst also asking whether or not the UEFA Europa League means anything these days. Also, Jake has a trivial teaser as usual and we rate Accrington Stanley as an away day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Episode 18 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we charter Bayer Leverkusen's history, with a microscope on Michael Ballack and their anti-treble in 2002, when they finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the finals of the DFB-Pokal against Schalke and the Champions League against Real Madrid. We also look at France and Ireland in a 2010 World Cup qualifying play-off, the second leg of which happened 11 years ago today. With the aggregate at 1-1 and going to a penalty shootout, the match lapsed into controversy with Thierry Henry's handball. Elsewhere, The Table Never Lies goes to Ligue 1 and we have another 2000's Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The boys are back for episode 7 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Alex has picked a cracker of a Champions League final, the first all-English final between Chelsea and Manchester United, played out in the Moscow rain. We discuss which was the better team: Manchester United in 1999 or 2008 and whether Avram Grant would've been a good Champions League winning coach. On this day 14 years ago, qualification began for the Euro 2008 championships in Austria and Switzerland. We look at Scotland and Northern Ireland's close calls to qualification and ask the question: does it matter how you qualify? Also: Jake has another trivial teaser and we discuss Barnsley for an away day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The boys are back with episode 8 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, brought to you again by the Teammates App, available on the App Store. There's nostalgia aplenty as we discuss the Manchester United and Arsenal rivalry, John O'Shea's beautiful goal, England qualifying for the 2010 World Cup by thrashing Croatia 5-1 and whether or not Roy Hodgson was the correct England manager. Jake's got a Trivial Teaser and Alex reviews York City for a football away day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On episode 21 we discuss the best non-elite European teams in the 2000s and who else but Sevilla, who managed not one but two UEFA Europa League titles in 2006 and 2007. Elsewhere, it has been 20 years since Ledley King scored the Premier League’s fastest goal for Tottenham against Bradford City. Was Ledley King stunted by his persistent injuries? We go to Spain for The Table Never Lies and we have another Trivial Teaser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yes, we're finally moving into the world of proper podcasting by getting ourselves an RSS feed!What will be on our podcast feed? Well: The Noughties Nostalgia Podcast will be premiering audio-only from Wednesday. From the summer, we'll be shifting a few things around and introducing some new series - so keep your eyes peeled!S'thee!Check out more content on our social channels here:Twitter: http://twitter.com/Whatif_YouTubeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeYmeDpDJnYPN2AEdBIy3KwWhat If Football is a form of footballing storytelling that takes the audience down a different path to our current reality. What If Football covers football in all forms, from the Premier League to the Champions League, European football and the EFL as well as international tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championships. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices