Just Look At His Face
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to Just Look at His Face - talking about football, but not as we know it. This podcast is all about football, as we remember it. This is a retro football chit chat – talking about the highs, the lows, the greats, the worst of the past. Join us; you know it makes sense
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Episodes
The European Cup: From knock-out to lock-out
May 25, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBChris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler prepare for the 2021 Champions League Final by looking back at the history of the competition, starting with the year Chelsea were banned and Hibernian pulled a fast one, and why the League format isn't for them. Analysing the tactical pathways built by many of the former winners, we also bemoan our absence from the 1960 final - possibly football's finest ever match - while explaining why the likes of Steaua Bucharest and Malmo might need to wait a while for ...
Up for the Cup: Why the greatest knock-out competition means FA these days
May 11, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBChris Lepkowski & Dave Bowler (@MagicOfFACup book author) swap the humdrum of League football for the excitement of the Cup, and wish others would do the same. From West Bromwich town hall, to Chas N Dave singalongs: everyone has their earliest, favourite and least welcome memories of England's oldest football knock-out. We're up for the Cup; so why is nobody else?
Racism in football: Discrimination, social media boycotts and what happens next
May 04, 2021 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBIn the latest Just Look At His Face we talk about football's on-going struggle with racism and why the well-intended social media boycott feels like no more than a token gesture. Samba In The Smethwick End co-author Dave Bowler is joined by Chris Lepkowski, who explains why he opted to keep his social media account active during the three-day protest - despite being in agreement that action was needed. We also look at how discrimination has blighted football and discuss what happens next.
What next? The Super League and all that
April 20, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBDave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski discuss the ramifications of the proposed European Super League and how the seeds were sown many years ago, with barely a whimper of complaint.
Under the radar: The understated glory days of the West Midlands, and all that
April 13, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBFor an eight year period from the mid-1970s, the West Midlands was to become an English football hotbed - not that many people realised. While Liverpool dominated home and overseas, and Cloughie hogged the back pages, a new wave of footballers and managers were to bring success and swagger to the Birmingham and the Black Country, along with several record transfer fees. And yet the apex of glory was to be short-lived as political and societal upheaval crept in. West Midlanders Chris Lepko...
Aztec Gold - Pele, Diego, dislocated shoulders, stolen bracelets & all that
March 30, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBChris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler head for the Aztecs as they re-live two of the most enthralling World Cups - Mexico 70 and 86. From Pele to Maradona, we look at the iconic mundials and the personalities that shaped those winning sides. We also discuss the journey of the England side at the respective tournaments - from captains throwing the ball at referees, to goalkeepers being struck down by food poisoning.
Leeds United: Lorimer's goals, Revie's superstitions and all that
March 23, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBDave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski stick their boots on and tackle the great Leeds United team of the 1960s and 70s. From Jack Charlton's little black book, to John Giles's Rabona and Don Revie's superstitions, we ask whether Leeds should have won more during their period of dominance. JLAHF also pays tribute to Peter Lorimer, one of Elland Road's finest sons, and reflects on the Yorkshire club's supreme dominance of English football.
The Battle of Bramall Lane: Santos, Suffo, Warnock and all that
March 16, 2021 19:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBChris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler revisit Sheffield United's infamous clash with West Bromwich Albion in March 2002. The second-tier fixture descended into farce after three Sheffield players were sent off, with a further two leaving the field injured - leaving referee Eddie Wolstenholme with no other option than to end the fixture due to an insufficient number of United players. Chris and Dave, then working for the Birmingham Mail and WBA respectively, give their insight into an extraordin...
Brian Clough: King of the East Midlands, a six-weeker in Leeds, and all that
March 09, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBDave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski take a journey through the phenomenal managerial career of Brian Clough. From driving the team bus at Hartlepools, to delivering League and European success in the East Midlands - we analyse the career of a man many feel was the best England manager that never was. But would he have suited international management? We also look at the 44 days at Leeds, a seaside trip to Brighton and the sad demise of a managerial whirlwind.
Trophies and political unrest: Merseyside in the 1980s, and all that
March 02, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBAuthor Dave Bowler & journalist Chris Lepkowski take a look back at the dominance of Liverpool and Everton in the 1980s, against the backdrop of societal breakdown and political warfare. Separated by Stanley Park, Just Look At His Face explores the relationship between its two football clubs and a city crippled by a managed decline imposed by Margaret Thatcher's Government. ***This episode was recorded before Ian St John's passing ***
The greatest sides we've ever seen (and all that)
February 23, 2021 21:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBDave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski pick through the greatest elevens they've seen in the English top flight. Dave, slightly older, tackles a team from the 1960s and 70s. Chris, obviously younger, goes with the 1980s and 90s.
Sir Alex Ferguson: A story of a sacking, supreme success and sold-out souvenirs (and all that)
February 16, 2021 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week we look back on the life and managerial career of the great Sir Alex Ferguson. From his sacking at St Mirren, right through to his retirement. We take the scenic journey from Paisley to Manchester, via Aberdeen and Mexico - against the backdrop of football's evolution. This is look back on the glorious and inglorious moments of a brilliant career, pausing to reflect on those milestones that shaped and created one of football's greatest and most influential managers. From a m...
Football: Where did it all go so badly wrong (and all that...)?
February 09, 2021 23:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBThis week we go in search of football's soul. Where has it gone? How do we get it back? Answers on a postcard, to the usual address. In the meantime, let's put football straight...
Do I not like that: Graham Taylor and all that
February 03, 2021 00:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBWe look back at Graham Taylor's mission to tackle the Impossible Job. This is a story of qualification misery, tabloid heckling, Gazza's gut, Carlton Palmer and much more. And we might even mention a somewhat brutal fly-on-the-wall documentary.
Going Dutch: 1992 and all that
January 26, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBFootball is dead; long live football. The story of 1992 - Maastricht, fireworks, cheer-leaders and the birth of a global monster.
The Foreign Legion: 1978 and all that
January 19, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBThis week we head back to 1978, when English football clubs were given the green light to push their shopping trolleys into the continental markets. But while some football folks rolled out the red carpet, others simply didn't approve. Was it good for English football or not? We analyse the impact of those first foreign imports of the late 1970s. We also touch on some of the near-misses that would have seen some of the greatest players of the 1980s heading for the British isles...had it not...
Just Look At His Face: 1985, and all that
January 12, 2021 15:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBAs the UK settles into life outside of the EU, we look back at a time English clubs were banished from Europe for other reasons. Chris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler discuss May 1985 and the few weeks that were to define English football in the short term and beyond...