Stay ConnectedA twice weekly show dedicated to all things Championship, League One and League Two. Join Matt Davies-Adams, Sam Parkin, Adrian Clarke and friends with the latest news, interviews, and tactical insights from the EFL.
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This week: we take our Hatters off to Luton, try to work out what Bristol City are, big up Swansea, and worry with Worrall about Forest. In League One there's praise for Shrewsbury and Steve Cotterill, concern for Mrs Gary Johnson at Christmas, and talk about toothless, but only literally, Wigan. And in League Two it's all about the double sackings at Bradford and Barrow.
Plus there's the time Sam went to Pontins, the time Sam lost his teeth, and tales of Sam's birthday parties.
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Performance of the Weekend (02.00)
PART 2a - Cardiff 0-2 Swansea (06.00)
PART 2b - Blackburn 1-2 Norwich (11.30)
PART 2c - Rotherham 2-0 Bristol City (18.00)
PART 2d - Forest 1-3 Brentford (24.00)
PART 2e - Sam’s Pontins story (28.30)
PART 2f - Paddy Power acca (29.00)
PART 3a - Hull 0-1 Shrewsbury (32.00)
PART 3b - What it’s like when a new manager comes in (35.00)
PART 3c - Lincoln 0-4 Sunderland and Lee Johnson’s quotes (36.00)
PART 3d - Wigan 4-3 Accrington and the night Sam lost his teeth (41.00
PART 3e - Paddy Power acca (45.00)
PART 4a - Bradford sack McCall and David’s Dunn at Barrow (49.00)
PART 4b - Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport (54 .00)
PART 4c - Southend 1-0 Scunthorpe (57.00)
PART 4d - Paddy Power acca (58.30)
PART 5 - Moments of mirth (60.30)
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George & Ali bring you the standout performances from all the midweek action in the EFL and give their take on this weekend's stand out fixtures.
The Athletic's Stuart James joins the lads to talk about the appointment of Trevor Birch as the EFL's new chief executive and his column on why the Championship may have lost some of its sparkle this season.
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This week: Warnock's whines, Pompey's Jackett required, and McCall's call for help.
Plus we discuss Rya-dona Yates, Apple-ball at Lincoln, and the unsavoury scenes at The Den,
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Performance of the Weekend (02.00)
PART 2a - Millwall 0-1 Derby - bleak return of fans (06.00)
PART 2b - Reading 2-0 Forest (11.30)
PART 2c - Norwich 2-1 Owls (15.00)
PART 2d - Bristol City 0-1 Birmingham (20.00)
PART 2e - Watford 0-1 Cardiff (23.30)
PART 2f - Paddy Power acca (29.00)
PART 3a - Sunderland appoint Lee Johnson and lose to Wigan (33.00)
PART 3b - Rochdale 0-2 Lincoln (37.00)
PART 3c - Pompey 2-0 Posh (39.30)
PART 4a - Bradford 0-1 Carlisle (45.00)
PART 4b - Cheltenham 5-3 Exeter (48.00)
PART 4c - Bolton 3-6 Port Vale (50.00)
PART 4d - Paddy Power acca (53.00)
PART 5 - Moments of mirth (51.30)
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You know how it starts, George & Ali get things going by picking their team, player and manager of the week in each division in the EFL.
We speak to The Athletic's Michael Bailey who pounds the Norwich City beat. The Canaries are top of the tree but did defeat at Luton highlight a lack of squad depth in the midst of an injury crisis?
Plus there's all the usual weekend preview and predictions - do you agree with their selections?
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On the show this week we get the inside scoop from Paul Cook about Wigan and how it was managing at the time the Latics went into administration, what he'd like as his next job, and his thoughts on the Eisner family.
Plus there's all the usual reviews from the three tiers, managerial changes in League One, and some FA Cup memories too.
PART 1a - Grilling Paul Cook
PART 2a - Reading 3-1 Bristol City (09.00)
PART 2b - Derby 1-1 Wycombe (14.30)
PART 2c - Watford 4-1 PNE (20.00)
PART 2d - Cardiff 4-0 Luton (25.00)
PART 2e - Brentford 2-1 QPR (30.00)
PART 2f - Paddy Power acca (34.00)
PART 3a - Sunderland sack Parky (40.40)
PART 3b - Steve Cotterill heads to Shrewsbury (45.00)
PART 3c - Ipswich 0-2 Charlton - praise for Bowyer (46.30)
PART 3d - Oxford 1-2 Swindon (48.00)
PART 3e - Bolton 3-0 Salford (53.00)
PART 3f - Paddy Power acca (55.00)
PART 4 - Moments of mirth (57.30)
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On this week's show we look back on another breathless load of midweek matches, revealing our team, player and manager of the week in each division.
We speak to The Athletic's Philip Buckingham who gives us the lowdown on Kyril Louis Dreyfus the 23 year old who is understood to be considering taking on majority shareholding in Sunderland.
Plus there's all the usual weekend previews too - do you agree with George & Ali's predictions?
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This week we ask: Is Jason Tindall worst dressed manager in Champ? Are we going to have to start being nice about Joey Barton now? And where do Grimsby go from here?
Plus which Premier League team do Blackpool remind Adrian of? Is this Stoke's season? And can the Scottish Lyndon Dykes please stand up?
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Performance of the Weekend (02.00)
PART 1b - You get a sub, you get a sub - 5 subs in the EFL (04.00)
PART 2a - Bournemouth 4-2 Reading (09.00)
PART 2b - Stoke 4-3 Huddersfield (14.30)
PART 2c - Bristol City 1-0 Derby (20.00)
PART 2d - Boro 0-1 Norwich (24.00)
PART 2e - Paddy Power acca cracker (26.20)
PART 3a - Peterborough 1-2 Blackpool (28.40)
PART 3b - Ipswich 2-1 Shrewsbury (34.00)
PART 3c - Fleetwood 5-1 Plymouth (38.40)
PART 3d - Paul Tisdale to Rovers (42.00)
PART 3e - Paddy Power acca cracker (45.00)
PART 4a - Tranmere 5-0 Grimsby - and Keith Hill to Rovers (46.00)
PART 4b - Newport 1-0 Port Vale (51.00)
PART 4c - Exeter 1-2 Oldham (55.40)
PART 4d - Paddy Power acca cracker (58.00)
PART 5 - Moments of mirth (59.30)
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On this week's show we speak with Wycombe's Joe Jacobson all about how he's finding life back in the Championship, whether he's in favour of five subs coming back to the EFL, and we ask him all about his podcast with his dad!
The team of the moment seems to be MK Dons, so it's only right that we get their manager Russell Martin on to tell all on his unique style of play, and how he became a manager.
Plus there's all the usual goodness of the weekend previews too.
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Intro and welcome (00.30)
PART 1b - Balotelli to Barnsley? (2.30)
PART 2a - Interview with Wycombe’s Joe Jacobson (09.00)
PART 3a - Russell Martin, MK Dons manager, joins the show (20.40)
PART 4a - Weekend preview (34.00)
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In the week that Cocu left Derby we speak with The Athletic's Ryan Conway to get the lowdown on what happened, Exeter City boss Matt Taylor joins to tell us about life in the South West, and we reflect on the biggest results of Leagues One and Two
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Performance of the Weekend (02.00)
PART 1b - Financial help to Leagues 1 and 2 (04.00)
PART 2a - Cocu Out with The Athletic’s Ryan Conway (07.00)
PART 2b - Tony Pulis in at Sheffield Wednesday (14.00)
PART 3a - Shrewsbury 3-3 Swindon (17.40)
PART 3b - Sunderland 1-2 MK Dons (22.00)
PART 3c - Garner gone (27.40)
PART 3d - Crewe 2-0 Peterborough (32.00)
PART 3e - League One odds with Paddy Power (36.00)
PART 4a - Life at Exeter City with Matt Taylor (37.00)
PART 4b - Port Vale 3-4 Tranmere (46.00)
PART 4c - Walsall 0-1 Southend (48.40)
PART 4d - FGR 1-2 Mansfield (53.00)
PART 4e - League Two odds with Paddy Power (57.00)
PART 5 - Moments of mirth (57.30)
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George Elek & Ali Maxwell round-up all the big stories from the EFL and preview this weekend's fixtures in League One & Two.
This week: The lads speak to The Athletic’s Nancy Frostick on Garry Monk sacking – what went wrong and what happens next?
We also speak to Lincoln Chairman Clive Nates, who have had an excellent start to the season under Michael Appleton in League One , but like most EFL clubs are facing a COVID induced financial battle.
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