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VARce, Arsenal’s atrophication, and the battle of the bottom Mar 01, 2018

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Snow, VAR, and a bleak future for Arsenal are on the agenda today as Jimbo, Matt Scott, Football 365’s Daniel Storey and James Horncastle chew over Tottenham’s FA Cup win over Rochdale and look ahead to all the weekend’s action in the Premier League and beyondRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Spurs 6 - 1 Rochdale and the inevitable spread of VAR (02m 00s)• PART 2: Wenger Out…again; a bleak future for Arsenal (10m 35s) • PART 3a: Liverpool v Newcastle preview (24m 00s)• PART 3b: City v Chelsea preview; Conte back to Italy?; Morata’s misery (25m 40s) • PART 3c: Palace v United preview (31m 10s) • PART 4a: Announcements; Neymar needs surgery; Nasri’s drip-induced ban (33m 00s)• PART 4b: The PL's battle of the bottom (37m 30s)• PART 5: Serie A, La Liga and Europa League chats (49m 00s) • PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers & Shakers with Lee Price (57m 40s) • PART 7: When the fun stops.. (60m 40s)LIVE NEWS:• The last batch of tickets for our gig at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March** are available at [ticketmaster.ie](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module). [](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module)Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Pat Nevin - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set.PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone,** who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook**, - home of the **Totally Football Quiz** every Friday at 1230 GMT](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Arsenal’s new nadir, McTominay dominates, and the ballad of Royston Drenthe Feb 26, 2018

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City picked up their first trophy under Pep, United knocked Chelsea down to fifth, Liverpool were out of this world, and West Brom need Tony Pulis. It was, as they say, quite the weekend and your Totally Football Show gang - AC Jimbo, Opta’s Duncan Alexander, Ian Irving from PLTV and Chelsea TV commentator Matt Davies - are here to analyse it all and much, much moreRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Same old Arsenal as City win the League Cup (01m 40s)• PART 2: United get the better of Chelsea; why Morata needs John Terry (13m 10s) • PART 3a: More Top Four talk (24m 00s)• PART 3b: West Brom need a miracle (or Tony Pulis); Alan Pardew’s wonky logic (25m 50s) • PART 3c: Eddie Howe receives more middle disappointing news; Jack Butland’s blunder; Glenn Murray’s hot-streak; Royston Drenthe’s second act (28m 00s) • PART 4a: Pizza with Pat Nevin (37m 40s)• PART 4b: Liverpool’s dirty crosses and Firmino’s no-look finishes (39m 50s)• PART 4c: England’s starting XI (44m 10s) • PART 5a: Championship news (48m 20s) • PART 5b: European round-up, Chinese transfer news, and Diego Costa niceness (51m 40s)• PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers & Shakers with Lee Price (61m 30s) • PART 8: Fantasy football news and adios (63m 30s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **[Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module)**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Pat Nevin - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now!](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module)LISTEN TO US ON ALEXA:• ask Alexa to 'enable the Totally Football Show skill' to hear us on your Amazon dot or echoPARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook**, - home of the Totally Football Quiz every Friday at 1230 GMT](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Shot-stoppers, fisticuffs and an apology to Depeche Mode (and Rod Fanni) Feb 22, 2018

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Pat Nevin is our special guest on today’s Totally Football Show, and he joins James Richardson, Julien Laurens and James Horncastle to review all the Champions League and FA Cup business, look ahead to the weekend’s football, and wax lyrical about his favourite bands and more…RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Chelsea 1 - 1 Barcelona; Hazard as a (false) 9; is it enough for the second leg?; (01m 30s)• PART 1b: Sevilla 0 - 0 Man U - another Mou borefest, but that De Gea save!, Pogba problems (09m 10s)• PART 2a: Pat on New Order, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode and more (17m 30s)• PART 2b: Wigan stun City; the exceptional Paul Cook (25m 00s)• PART 2c: Arsenal v City League Cup final preview (30m 30s)• PART 3a: Announcements, and more Pat musical tales (34m 45s)• PART 3b: More CL chat; youth development (39m 10s)• PART 4a: The Big Questions; Man U v Chelsea - any chance of it getting tasty? (44m 50s)• PART 4b: Liverpool v West Ham preview; memories of a young David Moyes; more 80s bands you probably don’t remember (49m 10s)• PART 4c: West Brom’s race to the bottom and other PL previews (52m 30s)• PART 5a: Serie A news (54m 00s)• PART 5b: Ligue 1’s Super Sunday; St Etienne ’76; Neymar fallout (55m 10s)• PART 6a: Scottish news (61m 40s)• PART 6b: Pat’s thoughts on Big Sam’s Everton; Palace v Spurs (63m 40s)• PART 6c: Pat’s film and music picks (66m 00s)• PART 7: Paddy Power’s Movers & Shakers (68m 20s)• PART 8: The Big Answers and adios (71m 10s)PAT’S PICKS• [**Heleno**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHO53hsdRDQ)• **[The Miracle of Bern](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wQLKpgAmWQ)**• [**British Sea Power**](https://www.britishseapower.co.uk/Home?ProdTitle=HOME)LIVE NEWS:• Enjoyed what you heard today? Jimbo, Pat and co will be live at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March**. It's the only place you can hear Pat's Morrissey story and hear him spin some discs, so get your tickets now!PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook** - home of the Totally Football Quiz every Friday at 1230 GMT](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Rifts, replays and robbery Feb 19, 2018

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Jimbo returns to the helm as he, Leroy Rosenior, Kelly Cates and Rafa Honigstein look back on the FA Cup weekend and ahead to Chelsea v Barcelona and Sevilla v Man U in the Champions League, and plenty more - including that splendid story about the West Brom FourRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: From Juve to Rochdale, Spurs get Extra Spursy; Swans need another replay (01m 30s)• PART 1b: West Brom - stealin’ taxis and crashin’ out the FA Cup; Pardews’ PL record (07m 40s) • PART 1c: Huddersfield 0 - 2 United; memories of 1983; Leicester and Chelsea to meet in the other QF? (10m 50s)• PART 2a: A storied history of Chelsea and Barcelona (15m 30s) • PART 2b: United head to Sevilla; Pogba v Mou (21m 00s)• PART 3a: NASL news; Football League update, with a lot of love for Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon (31m 00s)• PART 3b: Bayern v Besiktas and Bundesliga state of play (38m 00s) • PART 4a: Shakhtar v Roma; Serie A update (48m 00s) • PART 4b: Where next for Zidane and Joachim Löwe? (52m 10s)• PART 4c: A belated VAR discussion (57m 30s)• PART 5: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (61 m 00s)• PART 6: Adios (63m 00s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Pat Nevin - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now!](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module)PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) - home of the Totally Football Quiz every Friday at 1230 GMT• send us a [**tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Hard hands, Pards goes deep and Old Trafford worms Feb 15, 2018

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It was a stunning week for the English sides in the Champions League, with goals and guts galore. Caroline Barker, David Preece, Julien Laurens and Jame Horncastle review all of those games - and an entirely expected stumble by PSG in Madrid - and lookahead to the return of the FA Cup. All of that, and….RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Spurs fight back at Juventus; a year too many for Buffon?; Dembélé runs the show - again (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Liverpool put 5 past Porto; Van Dijk’s calmness spreads (10m 00s)• PART 2a: City brush Basel aside; why are the English sides doing so well? (16m 00s)• PART 2b: PSG falter again as Real take control; Areola’s hard hands; a fair and balanced view on Unai Emery (19m 30s)• PART 3: FA Cup 5th round previews: Sheff W v Swansea; Brighton v Coventry; the Hard Hands scale; au revoir Julien (28m 50s)• PART 4a: More FA Cup: Leicester v Sheff U; Huddersfield v Man U; (38m 20s)• PART 4b: Golazzo teaser (43m 30s)• PART 4c: [David Preece’s FA Cup nightmare](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZhgBwwZK0) (45m 40s)• PART 5a: Rochdale host Spurs (47m 30s)• PART 5b: Wigan on the rise, West Brom’s race for the bottom (50m 00s)• PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (55m 00s)• PART 7: Adios (57m 10s)[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZhgBwwZK0)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Pat Nevin - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now!](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Totally-Football-Show-Live-tickets/artist/5242479?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module)PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on **Facebook**, where we're having a quiz every Friday at 1230 GMT• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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The Mousa Dembélé appreciation society and Jesé’s hot breath on Charlie Adam’s neck Feb 12, 2018

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If you’re looking for a 60 minute digest of what went down in the Premier League at the weekend, you’re in the right place. Caroline Barker sits in for the holidaying AC Jimbo and she’s joined by Football 365’s Daniel Storey, Ian Irving from PLTV and the one and only Sasha Goryunov to reflect on Spurs’ win over Arsenal, Man United’s loss at Newcastle and Southampton’s slide to oblivion. Plus, Champions League previews and yet more amazing club nicknames from around the globeRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Arsenal stay so Arsenal as Spurs win another derby; Dembélé, Sanchez and Davies boss it (01m 10s)• PART 2a: City 5 - 1 Leicester; Agüero’s swagger; KDB for the Ballon d’Or - the first red head to win it since… (11m 30s) • PART 2b: Liverpool swat Saints aside; Karius improving; Saints on the slide (21m 40s)• PART 2c: Hurrah for Newcastle; Jamaal Lascelles for England?; the Sanchez conundrum (26m 00s) • PART 3a: Russian nicknames; Juventus v Spurs CL preview (31m 30s)• PART 3b: Porto v Liverpool; ticket price nonsense (36m 50s)• PART 3c: Basel v City and the return of Ricky van Wolfswinkel (40m 30s) • PART 3d: The Big One - Real Madrid v PSG (41m 10s)• PART 4a: Championship round-up (46m 00s)• PART 4b: The bottom of the Premier League (48m 40s)• PART 5: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (59m 40s)• PART 6 : Adios (62m 00s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Pat Nevin - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/5242479?_ga=2.222615771.1598756149.1518448946-1603489818.1517499837)!PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)**, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Conte on the rocks, cucumbers, and an ox on the brink of extinction Feb 08, 2018

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With Chelsea imploding once again, your Totally Football Team - AC Jimbo, ably assisted by David Preece, Jame Horncastle and Tom Williams - look at the problems at Stamford Bridge, preview all the big games in the Premier League and beyond, and talk more about club nicknames and international footballing idioms:RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Conte’s unravelling at Chelsea; Abdoulaye Doucouré v Tiémoué Bakayoko; the Hawthornes Triangle (02m 00s)• PART 1b: West Ham sign Patrice Evra (09m 50s)• PART 2a: Facebook Live quiz details (13m 00s)• PART 2b: Swansea’s flying under CC (13m 50s)• PART 2c: Spurs v Arsenal preview; GegenX; “football is about tricking your opponent”; how to defeat VAR (17m 45s)• PART 3a: Correspondence; all change at Leeds(27m 30s)• PART 3b: Ligue 1 news: Lemar, Dani Alves in goal (31m 00s)• PART 3c: Favourite own goals; La Liga news; Serie A round-up (33m 40s)• PART 4: Man City v Leicester and the Mahrez subtext; belated Brighton love; the Karius metamorphosis?; the rest of the PL weekend (38m 10s)• PART 5: More footballing nicknames from around the world (51m 50s)• PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (55m 15s)• PART 7: More footballing idioms and adios (55m 00s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and **Pat Nevin** - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now!](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/5242479?_ga=2.123132811.1872718434.1517842994-1603489818.1517499837)PARISH NOTICES:• join[** Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)**• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Karma, mystery tours and the Lepers v the Scoundrels Feb 05, 2018

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Big decisions, big balls, big misses, big scorelines, big questions - there was a bit of everything in the Premier League and around Europe this weekend, and on your brand new Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Jack Lang and Julien Laurens to analyse it all. Specifically:RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Neymar’s birthday bash (01m 00s)• PART 1b: When Harry met Salah: analysis of amazing draw at Anfield (02m 40s)• PART 2a: A new dawn at Arsenal, a bleak horizon for Everton (12m 45s)• PART 2b: Ademola Lookman at Leipzig; Michy Batshuayi at Dortmund (21m 00s)• PART 2c: Burnley hold City (25m 00s)• PART 3a: Ligue 1 and La Liga round-ups (30m 00s)• PART 3b: The third-most competitive title race in Europe; The Big Question; Championship update (35m 20s)• PART 3c: National League news; Non-League Mystery Tours; more from Middelfart (38m 00s)• PART 4: The best nicknames in football (43m 00s)• PART 5: The rest of the PL weekend (46m 00s)• PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (56m 00s)• PART 7: The Big Answer and Adios (59m 20s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street** in Dublin on **Monday 19 March**. Jimbo will be joined by James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and **Pat Nevin** - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set. [Get your tickets now!](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/5242479?_ga=2.123132811.1872718434.1517842994-1603489818.1517499837)PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)**• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Swoops, swaps and resurgent Swans Feb 01, 2018

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The transfer window’s slammed shut, there were all sorts of shocks in the Premier League’s midweek games - and Liverpool host Spurs at the weekend. What else is on the minds of Jimbo, James Horncastle, Adam Hurrey, Michael Cox and our special guest Simon Wilson, a former big cheese at Man City and Sunderland? This: RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Spurs tear Man U apart (02m 25s)• PART 2a: Transfer window winners(10m 20s) • PART 2b: Transfer window losers (20m 00s)• PART 2c: Adam’s transfer window jargon (22m 00s)• PART 3a: Resurgent Swans; Arsenal’s new line-up; Theo Walcott makes his mark at Everton (24m 10s)• PART 3b: Bournemouth stun Chelsea; Conte’s end game? (33m 00s)• PART 4: Announcements; Scandi-English puns; European round-up; African Nations nickname generator (40m 40s) • PART 5: Liverpool v Spurs preview; the official Liverpool calendar (46m 40s)• PART 6: City v Burnley and the rest of the PL weekend (51m 10s)• PART 7: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (61m 20s)• PART 8: Adios (64m 40s)LIVE NEWS:• we’re live at **Vicar Street in Dublin on Monday 19 March**. **Jimbo** will be joined by **James Horncastle**, **Julien Laurens** and **Pat Nevin** - who’ll also be doing an exclusive DJ set! [Get your tickets now](http://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/5242479?_ga=2.93722970.655224466.1517499838-1603489818.1517499837).CHARITY NEWS:• we’re delighted to be working with **Mind** and their new new campaign to raise awareness about mental health and get kids readings. Visit [**www.strikerboy.com**](http://www.strikerboy.com) to find out more.PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with [our friends **Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/), where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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FA cup levellers, Jurgen and Dave’s wild night out, and Middelfart memories Jan 29, 2018

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After a cracking weekend in the FA Cup and a midweek round of Premier League games to come, your Totally Football team have plenty to chew over. Here’s what Jimbo, David Preece, Dr Tom Markham and Football 365’s Daniel Storey are discussing:RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: The Newcastle (non) takeover (01m 40s)• PART 1b: West Brom do Liverpool; Klopp and Wagner’s big night out; too much VAR? (04m 30s)• PART 2a: Newport head to Wembley; bravo, Coventry; Will Grigg fires Wigan in to the 5th round (15m 30s)• PART 2b: Leicester wallop the Posh; Carlos Kaiser (22m 00s)• PART 3a: That big Pat Nevin-based TFS announcement again; Spurs v Man U preview (28m 00s)• PART 3b: Memories of Middelfart; whatever happened to Martin Ødegaard?; Pietro Pellegri moves to Monaco; the rise of the super agent (32m 00s)• PART 4: Swansea v Arsenal and more PL previews (49m 10s)• PART 5: Tevez back at Boca; European round-up (60m 20s)• PART 6: FA Cup 4th round previews (47m 00s)• PART 7: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers (65m 00s)• PART 8: Adios (67m 30s)CHARITY NEWS:• we’re delighted to be working with [**Mind**](https://www.mind.org.uk/) to promote their new campaign raising awareness about mental health and getting kids readings. Visit [www.strikerboy.com](http://www.strikerboy.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAqbvTBRAPEiwANEkyCN5ov68oMPJS-kXXkcpGmjiwqmGwUd8O9RRYCON6fXanCCutO5ClNxoCrk4QAvD_BwE) to find out more.PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• check out our latest videos and keep up to date with quizzes and events on our **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) page**• send us a [tweet: **@TheTotallyShow**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)

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