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Are Chelsea falling apart? Spurs improve & Marco Rose to Bournemouth? Apr 21, 2026

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Chelsea’s loss to Manchester United and the severe blow dealt to their Champions League qualification hopes, Tottenham’s dropping of two precious points at the death against Brighton in the race for survival and the potential appointment of Marco Rose at AFC Bournemouth were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Seb Stafford-Bloor, JJ Bull & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - a familiar intro

05:09 - Chelsea lose yet again

09:40 - A crow attacked Joe’s wife!

12:30 - Back to Chelsea

18:10 - Chelsea fan protest

21:33 - The difficulties Liam Rosenior faces

27:00 - promising times for Man Utd

30:10 - a break

30:12 - THE RONDO

39:26 - Two precious points dropped for Tottenham

49:26 - Will the Cherries soon be receiving a Rose?

54:40 - Coventry City are back in the Premier League!

1:00:25 - Reuben’s European holiday and befriending Villa fans

1:01:37 - Points Are Bad

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LIVE: Have Arsenal lost control of the title race? Apr 19, 2026

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Joe, Jon and Kaya are once again live in the studio to once again discuss this weekend's title race permutations

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Ring for Analysis: Why referees hate VAR Apr 17, 2026

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Graham Scott refereed in the Premier League for a decade before retiring in 2025 to return to his previous career as a journalist. He was a video assistant referee more than 100 times and brings a unique insight into how officials operate, both on the pitch and in the video booth.

On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through this fascinating insight into the mind of a referee, written by Graham Scott.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7183601/2026/04/10/referees-var-video-review/

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Atletico Madrid's revolution & Where should Iraola manage next? Apr 16, 2026

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Atletico Madrid’s progress against Barcelona in the Champions League, their evolution under Diego Simeone and what the future holds for departing AFC Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola were all discussed on this episode of the Tifo football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Kaya Kaynak & Colin Millar and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - An intro

08:50 - Atletico Madrid knock out Barcelona

19:30 - Atletico's evolution & Kaya’s quotes

27:08 - CL permutations without full knowledge of results

32:10 - strongest CL winning narrative?

37:28 - a break

37:30 - THE RONDO

45:10 - Andoni Iraola will leave AFC Bournemouth

53:18 - Where should Iraola go next?

1:04:17 - a recent media acquisition

1:18:18 - should football games be shorter?

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De Zerbi's first Spurs game, West Ham's huge improvement & how good is Rio Ngumoha? Apr 14, 2026

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Yet another damaging defeat for Tottenham under new boss Roberto De Zerbi, a resurgent West Ham United and Liverpool’s rising star Rio Ngumoha were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jack Pitt-Brooke, JJ Bull & Kaya Kaynak and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - an absolutely fine intro

05:40 - More relegation strife for Tottenham

24:28 - Impressive Granit Xhaka & Sunderland

28:14 - Would De Zerbi stay in the Championship?

31:15 - a break

31:17 - THE RONDO

37:43 - Resurgent West Ham!

48:44 - Who’s going to go down? Who knows?!

52:03 - Rio Ngumoha is great

57:50 - Kaya’s film review

1:07:25 - Points Are Bad

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LIVE: The title race is back! Man City win, Arsenal lose Apr 13, 2026

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Joe, Jon and Kaya are live in the studio to discuss this weekend's title race permutations

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Ring for Analysis: Part Two of The greatest Brian Clough story Apr 10, 2026

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On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through the second and final part of this remarkable Brian Clough tale, written by Daniel Taylor https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1289971/2019/10/15/the-remarkable-tale-of-two-boys-who-went-begging-for-pennies-and-ended-up-living-with-brian-clough/

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Brilliant Bayern and can Man City really catch Arsenal? Apr 08, 2026

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Today Reuben Pinder is joined by Jon Mackenzie and Kaya Kaynak to discuss the latest results in the Champions League, the gang play a couple of quizzes, and with the run-in looming, they chat Arsenal and Man City.

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Ring for Analysis: The greatest Brian Clough story Apr 02, 2026

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On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through Part One of this remarkable Brian Clough tale, written by Daniel Taylor https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1289971/2019/10/15/the-remarkable-tale-of-two-boys-who-went-begging-for-pennies-and-ended-up-living-with-brian-clough/

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De Zerbi & Ranking 2025’s Biggest Transfers Apr 01, 2026

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On Today's episode, Joe welcomes back Amitai Winehouse, Kaya Kaynak and Jon Mackenzie to chat all things Roberto De Zerbi, Italys international woes, and to take a look back at the season so far to decide who really won the 2025 summer transfer window?

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