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Spurs sunk at home by Leicester (and what is going on with Bournemouth?) Jan 26, 2025

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The mood at Tottenham is pretty bleak right now. Defeat at home to Leicester was not what anyone was expecting. The fans are absolutely furious and understandably so. Jay Harris reports back for us.

Laurie Whitwell was at the Manchester United game and he has our full sympathy for that. Jacob Tanswell tells us about a tired looking Aston Villa. And, after the first hat trick of his Real Madrid career, Dermot Corrigan tells us why he thinks that Kylian Mbappe has finally settled at Real Madrid.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Jay Harris, Laurie Whitwell, Jacob Tanswell, Dermot Corrigan

Producer: Si Watts

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Man Utd catch a break (and Spurs nearly squander one) Jan 23, 2025

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Finally, there’s a smile on Ruben Amorim’s face. He thought, as indeed we all did, that Man Utd had chucked away a perfectly good win with an entirely preventable mistake. He was wrong, Bruno Fernandes saved the day and poor old Ranger, depleted by injuries, went home empty handed. Laurie Whitwell was there.

Spurs could so easily have done the same. They dominated the first half in Hoffenheim, fell away completely in the second and scrambled out with a crucial 3-2 win. Seb Stafford Bloor was watching.

And if that’s not enough, we also had Richard Sutcliffe at the much heralded Wrexham - Birmingham game. Listen here.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Laurie Whitwell, Seb Stafford Bloor, Richard Sutcliffe

Producer: Si Watts

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PSG’s teamwork makes the dream work (and what happened to Bayern?) Jan 22, 2025

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Manchester City aren’t out of it yet, but they were taught a lesson in Paris by a young side that have none of their predecessor’s traits. PSG fought as a team to come back from 0-2 down and, in many ways, this is sad because we can no longer laugh at them.

We can laugh at Bayern, if that’s something you’d like to do. They were beaten by Feyenoord and may not get one of those nice automatic passes. Arsenal probably will do though, they beat Zagreb comfortably enough.

We’ve got Sam Lee in Paris, Jordan Campbell in London. Seb Stafford Bloor and Alexander Barker join us too. Listen now.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Sam Lee, Jordan Campbell, Seb Stafford Bloor, Alexander Barker.

Producer: Si Watts

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Barca win nine goal thriller (and Atletico do Atletico things) Jan 21, 2025

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What a night of Champions League football. If you were smart enough to choose the Benfica - Barcelona game as your match of the night, well done. Pol Ballus was there and he’s still in shock.

If you were watching some sort of Champions League highlights show, you may not have kept up with all the goals going in, there were 34 in total. James Pearce was at Anfield, Jacob Tanswell was in Monaco and Dermot Corrigan was in Madrid, we’ve got all the scores from elsewhere and if this was a busy night, imagine what next Wednesday is going to be like…

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: James Pearce, Pol Ballus, Dermot Corrigan, Jacob Tanswell

Producer: Tom Fuller

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Chelsea end their barren run (and what’s coming up in the Champions League) Jan 20, 2025

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Chelsea are back in business after five Premier League games without a win, but their 3-1 victory over Wolves wasn’t always convincing. Simon Johnson was at Stamford Bridge, he tells us more.

And is this really the worst Manchester United team ever? We check in with the Talk of the Devils team to find out.

And what’s going on with the Champions League again? Who’s playing who? Who’s going through? And what does it all mean?

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Simon Johnson and the Talk of the Devils team.

Producer: Si Watts

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Spurs lose at hands of free-scoring Everton (Man Utd lose too, but that’s hardly news) Jan 19, 2025

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Did anyone expect David Moyes’ second coming to be quite this much fun? They tore Spurs to shreds in the first hour of their clash at Goodison Park, blotting their copybook only slightly by allowing Ange Postecoglu’s side to pull back two late goals. Jack Pitt Brooke was there.

Paul Taylor was watching Nottingham Forest adjusting to a day of being overwhelming favourites. Carl Anka was at Old Trafford, presumably because he upset someone in the office. And Mark Carey was at Portman Road to see City hit six.

We’ve also got Seb Stafford Bloor on a freefalling Dortmund side and all the big scores from all the big leagues.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Jack Pitt Brooke, Paul Taylor, Carl Anka, Mark Carey and Seb Stafford Bloor

Producer: Si Watts

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Haaland signs new nine-and-a-half-year Manchester City contract Jan 17, 2025

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Erling Haaland has committed the vast majority of his career to Manchester City by signing an extraordinary new contract that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until the summer of 2034.

Abi Paterson is joined by David Ornstein who broke the story exclusively on The Athletic.

The Athletic's Senior Data Analyst shares his thoughts on how Manchester City will no look to build a team around him.

Host: Abi Paterson

Producer: Abi Paterson

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Amad Diallo spares United humiliation (and Brighton win for the first time in ages) Jan 16, 2025

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With eight minutes to go at Old Trafford, the question of Manchester United’s relegation was pertinent and appropriate. They were losing to a broken team with just six points on the board. And then Amad Diallo, again, saved United. Laurie Whitwell tries to make sense of an extraordinary night.

Elsewhere, Brighton won a league game for the first time since November 23, Ipswich don’t look good though. We’ve got some Spurs reaction from Jack Pitt Brooke, we’ve got Seb Stafford Bloor on a highly prized young talent in Germany and we’ve got Manchester City news from David Ornstein

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Laurie Whitwell, Jack Pitt Brooke, Seb Stafford Bloor and David Ornstein

Producer: Tom Fuller

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Arsenal edge past Spurs (and Moyes’ return ends in defeat) Jan 15, 2025

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Arsenal shook off their fears and just about edged their way past Spurs at The Emirates. Amy Lawrence was there to watch it all and pass comment, Jay Harris was there to quite rightly defend the honour of Spurs’ keeper Antonin Kinsky.

There was no dream return for David Moyes at Everton, his side were beaten at home by Aston Villa and, goodness me, he has a lot of work to do.

George Caulkin saw Newcastle win AGAIN and Alexander Isak score AGAIN, twice in fact. But can they keep him? Isak, not George?

And we’ve got all the other big results from around Europe too.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Amy Lawrence, Jay Harris, George Caulkin

Producer: John Rogers

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Liverpool held by Forest (and will Man City ever be good again?) Jan 14, 2025

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What a fantastic night of football for everyone apart from the people trying to put out a compact, results heavy, ten minute football podcast by 10.30pm. Liverpool (and Leicester fans) were given a real scare by Nottingham Forest, but they worked their socks off to come back and save a point. Chelsea saved a point at home to Bournemouth, Man City lost two at Brentford and Graham Potter’s West Ham won 3-2 with four shots and I don’t think Marco Silva will ever speak to him again.

Plus we’ve got all the other big scores from around Europe, so dig in and have a listen.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: James Pearce, Sam Lee, Liam Twomey, Roshane Thomas and Seb Stafford Bloor.

Producer: Tom Fuller

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