Podcast Episodes

Weekend Preview: Resting Ronaldo, Mane Under The Radar + Set Piece-Savvy West Ham

Hosts Dan Bardell and George Elek are joined by bet365's Steve Freeth, to preview Liverpool's trip to Old Trafford - could defeat really spell the end for United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Plus, how …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Business of Sport: Inside the 'incredible' Premier League meeting

Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Dan Sheldon to take you inside the extraordinary meeting that saw Premier League clubs vote to block potential Newcastle United sponsorship deals. Sports Lawy…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Kyrie Irving, Jurgen Klopp & The Premier League's Vaccination Fight

Hosts Dan Bardell and Flo Lloyd-Hughes are joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton and Tas Melas (of NBA podcast 'No Dunks' fame) to dive into sport's global vaccination effort... Why the Premier Leagu…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Rashford camp upset over Solskjaer comments & Premier League clubs seething about Newcastle takeover

Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & Simon Johnson to discuss issues involving Manchester United, Newcastle United & Chelsea.

After a shambolic defeat at the start o…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Weekend Preview: Ranieri's Rough Start, Lukaku Teething & Vieira's Shadow

Hosts George Elek and Ian Irving (standing in for Dan this week) are joined by bet365's Steve Freeth to preview the return of Premier League football...

The trio discuss Claudio Ranieri's tough start …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Business of Sport: Les Ferdinand offers fans chance to invest in club's future

The Athletic's Matt Slater visits Championship club Queens Park Rangers to speak to club legend Les Ferdinand who is now director of football at the club & Ruben Gnanalingam, QPR vice-chairman to dis…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Never-mind Newcastle Or Ronaldo, There's Something Going On In Non-League...

Hosts Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Athletic Editor Dan Barnes (filling in for our usual Dan this week) are joined by reporter Michael Walker, to discuss his article on increasing attendances at non-league fo…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

The key decisions for Newcastle owners & English football's moral maze

Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton, Chris Waugh & Oli Kay to discuss the takeover of Newcastle United ending Mike Ashley's 14-year ownership of the club.

We’ll discuss the big d…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Weekend Preview: Will Kane find his scoring boots for England? Salah for golden boot? Brentford for top 6?

The Athletic's George Elek is joined by Bet 365's Steve Freeth to look ahead to England's world cup qualifiers against Andorra and Hungary, games which are surely the perfect opportunity for Harry Ka…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Newcastle takeover confirmed, West Ham bid still on table & Football Index update

The Athletic's Matt Slater & George Caulkin react to the takeover of Newcastle United by The Saudi Arabia-financed consortium.

Then Mark Chapman & Matt Slater speak to Nasib Piriyev, the man who is th…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago