Not The Top 20 Podcast
672 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsA podcast about the Football League from George and Ali, two keen observers. Outside of the dizzying Premier League spin-cycle, there are 72 other clubs in three professional leagues. The storylines are interesting and funny, and their results just as important for fans. We'll be uncovering it all, and treating the Football League with the podcasting coverage it deserves.
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Episodes
Betting Show #17
November 21, 2019 22:09 - 29 minutesSelections from the EFL this weekend. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Most Successful EFL Managers of the Decade?
November 19, 2019 11:34 - 50 minutesLoads of questions, some answers & some fence-sitting. Biggest surprises of the season so far? Which managers are/could be most under pressure, seems to be a quite a few chairman pulling the trigger recently. Why over the past few years have teams found it increasingly difficult to bounce back from relegation to the championship at the first time of asking, there don’t seem to be many "yo-yo" teams anymore like there were 10 years ago. Last few years have seen some formations become in vo...
Betting Show #16
November 14, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutesSelections from the EFL this weekend with League One & Two on the agenda. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tons of Championship Talking Points, L1/L2 Questions & Warnock Leaves Cardiff
November 11, 2019 17:15 - 1 hourAs we finished this pod, we got wind of Warnock leaving Cardiff which is as live a reaction as you'll ever hear from us! We had to touch on loads of Championship results and storylines after a fantastic weekend. We also answered some of your League One & League Two. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #15
November 07, 2019 18:00 - 28 minutesSelections from the Championship and FA Cup ahead of the weekend. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shrimps, Shrimpers, Oysters.
November 05, 2019 15:30 - 1 hourA day late, but twice as good! In this episode, we talk about literally LOADS of things. Stoke & West Brom, Hull & Huddersfield & Reading, concerns for Fulham & Boro, Unmissable Spectacles at Elland Road... In League One: Tisdale OUT, Russell Martin IN at MK Dons, Bolton - could they do it? - Rotherham and wonder who the best team actually is. In League Two, two away wins in derby matches, Colchester, Salford, Morecambe and a young gem at Carlisle. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic...
Betting Show #14
October 31, 2019 12:49 - 26 minutesSelections from all three EFL divisions ahead of the weekend. A great start to our Oddschecker picks - 5pts profit in the first two selections. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our pick👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dan, Jarrod, Jed
October 28, 2019 16:24 - 58 minutesWe talk about the biggest and best winners from the EFL weekend, plus the departure of its longest-serving manager. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #13
October 24, 2019 15:01 - 27 minutesSelections from all three EFL divisions ahead of the weekend! We're excited to be working with Oddschecker to provide an exclusive weekly EFL selection. This week: a 1st goalscorer pick. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our pick👇🏻 http://bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Things You Love To See
October 21, 2019 15:04 - 1 hourThis podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Mega weekend in the EFL - mega topics covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #12
October 17, 2019 14:36 - 25 minutesThe Championship returns and George is all over it for his betting selections ahead of the weekend. This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Royal Rumbles & Inside Jobs - Answering Your Questions
October 14, 2019 15:13 - 1 hourThis podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Here are the questions tackled on the pod - it was great fun! Lochlan: After realising that George may not have a bias against Reading I would like to know who he thinks would be the best manager to appoint with our current situation. James: Sunderland managerial candidates, how many do you consider an upgrade on Ross? And which ones might actually get #safc playing the attacking...
Betting Show #11
October 10, 2019 14:46 - 25 minutesGeorge rides again with a team he's backed twice in a row without success. Ali is all about the over/unders. We ask - how can a team top of the league be 4/1 to win? And we reveal who you, the listeners, think will win the three leagues, This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Quarter Through The Season - The State of Play
October 07, 2019 14:19 - 50 minutesWith the Championship pausing for internationals, and League One & League also approaching the quarter-way stage, it's time to zoom out and look at the three divisions as a whole. Looking at the top & bottom of the leagues specifically, which teams are set to maintain their position, which teams might drop off or pick up. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Let us know your thoughts on Twitter @NTT20Pod. Learn more...
Betting Show #10
October 03, 2019 11:54 - 24 minutesBetting selections ahead of the EFL weekend! This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Boing, Boing, Bonne
September 30, 2019 15:22 - 1 hourAs the lads pack their bags on another EFL Midweeker - taking in Leeds vs WBA and Brentford vs Bristol City - they whistle through the big talking points from a lively weekend across the EFL. New leaders in the Championship (twice!), a stronf whiff of Cod near the top of League One and away performances to die for in League Two. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Follow us on Instagram.com/NTT20 to follow our Midw...
Betting Show #9
September 26, 2019 16:43 - 29 minutesSelections ahead of the EFL weekend - includes George'= going against an unbeaten team, Ali going down the 'mug double' route, and much more. This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dubious Brown Substance
September 23, 2019 15:44 - 1 hourAhhhh we had to talk about it. We simply had to. Phil Hay wrote a piece for The Athletic with a quite remarkable suggestion about last season's Play-Off Semi-Final between Leeds & Derby and we couldn't ignore it. Elsewhere, some quite tidy away wins in the Championship - in League One we wonder about Ipswich and Donny, we discuss fan manager pressure at Sunderland and Pompey, and League Two is about Miniesta at Crewe, Argyle concerns, manager news at Oldham and Leyton Orient. There's much ...
Betting Show #8
September 19, 2019 17:04 - 28 minutesThe EFL went mad last week and our selections suffered. Looking to get back in business this week we're talking about: Cardiff v Middlesbrough Reading v Blackburn Rotherham v Shrewsbury Lincoln v Oxford Walsall v Scunthorpe Bradford v Carlisle Port Vale v Mansfield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tony Mowbray's Bed & Breakfast
September 16, 2019 17:58 - 58 minutesWe start with a group of away wins in the Championship, then run through the home wins, before finishing with a longer chat on the new managers at Huddersfield and Sheff Wed. In League One, Posh & Rotherham both scored 6, and there were some impressive away wins. In League Two, some of the early frontrunners got upset... and Swindon are just really, really good. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about...
Betting Show #7
September 12, 2019 03:00 - 30 minutesThe Championship returns and we're back in business after a 2/2 NAP week last week. Will Ali finally get a CB FGS up, after two of his previous five picks scored first last week? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Maamria, Cowley - L1/L2 Extravaganza
September 09, 2019 11:56 - 1 hourQuite simply a League One & League Two extravaganza. With the added expertise of Oli Walker and Ed Walker. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #6
September 05, 2019 09:45 - 32 minutesInternational Break - but still L1/L2 action to punt on. We start by asking the question: when is a good time to attack the long term betting markets again, perhaps using performance data as a guide for value, or even where data is misleading the markets? We then each select a NAP, a NB, a bonus & two 'season bets' looking at the long terms markets. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
No Luck Beating Them Swans, Then
September 02, 2019 14:54 - 1 hourWeekend EFL reaction includes three unbeaten teams in the Championship, a 16-year-old wonderkid, tasty Warburton, Marcus Maddison, “Flynnedine Zidownes”, Poch-dale and five trains at the top of League Two. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #5
August 29, 2019 21:18 - 30 minutesWe select: 1x NAP (best bet) 2x NB (next best) 1x bonus Last week: Ali: NAP: Wycombe - won Burton: DNB - stake back Cheltenham - lost Vassell FGS - lost NAP: Reading - won NB: Leeds - won NB: QPR - won Bonus: Fulham -2 - lost Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gary Lineker was busy
August 27, 2019 18:18 - 1 hourGeorge is joined by a very special guest in Ali's absence. David Jones, Presenter of MNF and former Oxford United Director, is alongside him as they run through the biggest stories from the EFL this week. Paul Taylor, Nottingham Forest writer for The Athletic, is also on the phone to talk though their win at Craven Cottage last week, whilst the current situations as Bury and Bolton are discussed in the hope of a positive outcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...
Betting Show #4
August 22, 2019 16:41 - 29 minutesWe select: 1x NAP (best bet) 2x NB (next best) 1x bonus Last week: NAPs: Lincoln ✅ Leeds ✅ NBs: Fleetwood ❌ Bradford ✅ Cardiff ❌ Portsmouth ❌ Bonus: Crawley -1 ❌ Cooper FGS ❌ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ancestry & Crossed Swords
August 19, 2019 15:11 - 1 hourAli Maxwell and George Elek discuss the weekend EFL action, before heading off on their midweek road trip. In the Championship - George talks about Reading being incredible. Jan Siewert is sacked, and we rattle through some key results. In League One - it was a great weekend with some interesting results. Here about the right-back from Duke University, the strikers from Leamington and the prodigal son returning to Oxford (not George). In League Two - Sol's gone. Big strikers are scoring bi...
Betting Show #3
August 15, 2019 03:00 - 25 minutesWe select: 1x NAP (best bet) 2x NB (next best) 1x bonus Last week: NAPs: Plymouth✅ Bristol City❌ NBs: Swindon✅ Gillingham❌ Fleetwood✅ Exeter✅ Bonus: Ipswich/Sunderland draw & u2.5✅ Preston FGS❌ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Paul Cook - Holidaymaker
August 12, 2019 16:20 - 1 hourAli dials up George to discuss the weekend's EFL action. In the Championship - 2x teams on 6 points, and a whole lot of teams getting off the mark. In League One - 3x teams on 6 points, some Yellows and some Young Wanderers. In League Two - some unexpectedly big wins, 3x teams on 6 points, and more. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #2
August 08, 2019 13:46 - 24 minutesIn this Betting Show, we pick: 1x NAP (best bet) 2x NB (next best) 1x bonus Enjoy, and please share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Winners And Losers Of Opening Weekend
August 05, 2019 18:25 - 1 hourRecapping the Opening Weekend via the tried and tested structure of 'Winners and Losers' and talking to Phil Hay about Leeds United & his move to the Athletic. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Betting Show #1
August 01, 2019 14:56 - 26 minutesA busy week previewing the season wouldn't have been complete with a Betting Show. A bit different from last season, which is explained at the top of the show. We're looking for your suggestions/feedback, so please get in touch, and please share the pod where possible! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Championship 1-24 Predictions 2019/20
July 29, 2019 22:51 - 1 hourWe predict the Championship table from 24th to 1st. This podcast is kindly sponsored by Fitzdares: www.fitzdares.com/ Let us know what you think on Twitter: twitter.com/NTT20Pod Intro Music: 'Where Do You Wanna Go?' by New Carnival itunes.apple.com/gb/album/where-d…453?i=1048907676 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
League One 1-24 Predictions 2019/20
July 29, 2019 22:49 - 1 hourLeague One table predicted, from 24th to 1st. This podcast is kindly sponsored by Fitzdares: https://www.fitzdares.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/NTT20Pod Intro Music: 'Where Do You Wanna Go?' by New Carnival itunes.apple.com/gb/album/where-d…453?i=1048907676 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
League Two 1-24 Predictions 2019/20
July 29, 2019 22:47 - 56 minutesThe boys go through their predicted League Two table, from 24th to 1st. This podcast is kindly sponsored by Fitzdares: https://www.fitzdares.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/NTT20Pod Intro Music: 'Where Do You Wanna Go?' by New Carnival itunes.apple.com/gb/album/where-d…453?i=1048907676 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Taking The Temperature Of Teams, Transfers From Scotland
July 24, 2019 03:30 - 1 hourWith George away, Ali dialled up some pure INSIGHT for your consumption. With the prediction podcasts looming, we need to get an idea of how the three relegated PL teams are shaping up. With Fulham 2nd in the betting, Cardiff 3rd and Huddersfield 9th, many think they’ll be right in the mix, but we know it's not that easy. Steven Chicken, Sammy James and Scott Salter help us get up to speed. We also know very little about the many players that have joined EFL Clubs from Scottish Fitba this su...
A Pod of Opinions
July 17, 2019 14:50 - 1 hourThis is a pod in which we talk about some opinions, and make a few predictions. You can see what the format/topics of discussion are below. Sheff Wed and Steve Bruce. 1x each 'Don’t believe the hype' team. (One for the whole EFL) 1x way better than expected team. (One for the whole EFL) Last season's top half teams that will finish in the bottom half? (One for each div) Last season's bottom half teams that will finish in the top half? (One for each div) Pick a team in each league who wi...
"Thoughts on...?"
July 10, 2019 14:49 - 1 hourConsider this our first pre-season friendly! We asked you what you wanted us to give our thoughts on, and you responded with literally tens of topics. Get in touch with us at @NTT20Pod on Twitter with your thoughts. If you'd like to sponsor the podcast for the new season, please get in touch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transfers We Like! Manager News!
June 19, 2019 17:06 - 1 hourJoin us as we run through some of the major talking points from the last few weeks in the EFL. Managers - some have joined, some have left. Transfers - we pick our favourite transfers so far across the divisions and touch on the teams that have been busy early in the window: Posh, MK Dons, Coventry, Northampton, Bradford. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NTT20 Pod Meets: Nigel Pearson (Part Two)
June 11, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutesMake sure you catch Part One first! In Part Two, we go through Nigel's transition from player to manager and his managerial career - with plenty to discuss from spells at Southampton, Leicester, Hull & Derby, as well as time spent as an assistant manager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NTT20 Pod Meets: Nigel Pearson (Part One)
June 09, 2019 19:00 - 46 minutesIt was great to get to know - and chat football with - Nigel Pearson, a man who has had quite the life in football. In Part One, we discuss his experiences working in Belgium, and a fascinating playing career with Shrewsbury, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NTT20 Pod Meets: Chris Powell (Part Two)
June 04, 2019 04:00 - 55 minutesMake sure you catch Part One first! In Part Two, we go through Chris' transition from player to manager and his managerial career - with plenty to discuss from spells at Charlton, Huddersfield and Southend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NTT20 Pod Meets: Chris Powell (Part One)
June 02, 2019 19:00 - 43 minutesAli sat down with Chris Powell to get to know him, to discuss his playing and management career. This is part one, in which Ali and Chris discuss other options for him in the future, and run through his early life in football as a player with Crystal Palace, Southend, Derby, Charlton among others, and ending in 5 England caps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Team(s) of the Season Special
May 30, 2019 18:05 - 55 minutesIn this podcast George reveals our Official Team of the Season for each division in the EFL, and Ali presents an alternative Team of the Season, made up of individuals who had impressive campaigns in teams that did not win promotion or make the Play-Offs. Who would you have in your team? Tweet us @NTT20Pod if you like... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Championship Play-Off Final Recap
May 27, 2019 17:12 - 29 minutesThe Championship Play-Off Final was between Aston Villa and Derby. We're not going to give away what happened in this description, but we broke it down on this lovely podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
League One Play-Off Final Recap
May 26, 2019 17:07 - 21 minutesWe found a quiet spot to record a breakdown of another late late late winner in an EFL Play-Off game - this one was between Charlton vs Sunderland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
League Two Play-Off Final Recap - Tranmere 1-0 Newport (AET)
May 25, 2019 17:21 - 22 minutesWe went to Wembley to watch the Play-Off Final between Tranmere and Newport. Here's what we made of the match, which saw Tranmere promoted to League One - back-to-back promotions for the Super White Army! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
PLAY-OFF FINALS! PREVIEWED!
May 22, 2019 18:20 - 44 minutesI'm not sure anyone reads this description thing... but if you decided you needed to know more info aside from the title 'PLAY-OFF FINALS! PREVIEWED!' then I'm worried about you. Follow us on Twitter @NTT20Pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Play-Off Story So Far
May 13, 2019 21:05 - 46 minutesReviewing the first legs of the Championship and League One play-off semi-finals, and the full ties from League Two. Follow us @ntt20pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices