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THE BARCLAYS: A Whole New Ball Game - August and September 1992
What if Football - September 03, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutesBSkyB had come to save us all from the pit of despair that we called the late 1980s in football. Valley Parade, Hillsborough, Heysel, Hooliganism and Racism all cast a bad shadow on the game and the rights to the Old First Division were burning a hole in ITV's pocket. So they ceded control of the...
NOUGHTIES NOSTALGIA: Most Overrated Premier League Players, Sven's England
What if Football - September 01, 2021 04:00 - 37 minutesThe 50th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia is the OVERRATED SPECTACULAR! I delve into your suggestions for the most overrated Premier League players of all-time - from Steven Gerrard and Gianfranco Zola to Dennis Bergkamp and Gareth Bale. Are they overrated or just good? Speaking of overrated, w...
RANKED: 50 Greatest Liverpool footballers
What if Football - August 31, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutesYes. Ranked is now on your Podcast Feed! Our first episode audio-only is a biggie and it is the 50 Greatest Footballers to have played for Liverpool. Join us for a stroll down memory lane to the fantastic team that delved into Europe for the first time under Bill Shankly, the all-conquering Bob P...
Noughties Nostalgia: The best and worst of deadline day & Andriy Shevchenko
What if Football - August 25, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutesThankfully the transfer season is almost over! I'm not a fan - but we will be covering the best and the worst of deadline day in this episode. Think Peter Odemwingie driving to QPR, think purple sexy toys in a presenter's ear and think the flops of Andy Carroll and the dizzying heights of Luis Su...
Noughties Nostalgia: Best Players to Never Play in Premier League and The Real Madrid's Galacticos
What if Football - August 18, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutesWho is the best player to never play in the Premier League? In contemporary times, especially with Cristiano Ronaldo having spent 6 years at Manchester United, we can safely say it is Lionel Messi. We also look to other names, suggested by you, from the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruyff and ...
Noughties Nostalgia: The most underrated Premier League strikers & Arsenal's trophyless 9 years
What if Football - August 11, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutesWho are the most underrated Premier League strikers? We go through your suggestions! Can Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand and Sergio Aguero be deemed underrated? Are Jon Stead, Dean Ashton and Rob Husle good enough to be labelled underrated? We also charter Arsenal's downward slope from the three league ...
Noughties Nostalgia: Ruud van Nistelrooy and Fulham
What if Football - August 04, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutesIn episode 46 we discuss Ruud van Nistelrooy, is he the greatest forgotten marksmen in Premier League history? Did his lack of longevity in England stop him becoming a legend in England and a legend at Manchester United? We also charter the rise of Fulham from the double promotions of the late 90...
Noughties Nostalgia: The worst summer transfers ever & Robbie Keane
What if Football - July 28, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutesThe Noughties Nostalgia is back baby! It's transfer season so we will be discussing your suggestions for the Worst Ever Transfers in Premier League history! And not to link the two, we shall be discussing Robbie Keane, what his impact is, how consistent and how great he truly was in the Premier L...
Euro Daily: Football's texted - it's staying at a mates for a bit
What if Football - July 12, 2021 10:37 - 34 minutesThe Euros are over. Italy won, deservingly. England's pain continues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Euro Daily: REWIND - 55 years of hurt over? (2020)
What if Football - July 11, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesAre you excited? Are you nervous? Today is the day many England fans have waited for since July 30, 1966 - a tournament final. So we've got one day spare to cover on the podcast. We've watched and reviewed all 50 games, all the tournaments from 1960 that came before this day. We've previewed the ...
Euro Daily: REWIND - Another shocking winner? (2016)
What if Football - July 10, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutesUEFA have some bad ideas and some worse ideas. Where does the 24-team tournament rank for you? Well, like it or not - it was here. Would the football be diluted or would it be exciting? Should third-place teams even be considered for knockout stage football? These questions we still ask today. Re...
Euro Daily: REWIND - Spain retain! (2012)
What if Football - July 09, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutesEngland were back, baby! But after the tumultuous Fabio Capello spell ended, Roy Hodgson was appointed just 6 weeks out from the tournament. They weren't big favourites to win in Poland and Ukraine, neither were their Group D bedfellows France, similarly recoiling after the horrors of Raymond Dom...
Euro Daily: England. In a major tournament final.
What if Football - July 08, 2021 11:30 - 40 minutesEveryone seemed to know they score,They had seen it all before,They just knew,They were so sure,That England were gonna throw it away,Gonna blow it away.And it turns out: THEY CAN PLAY. ENGLAND THROUGH TO A FIRST FINAL SINCE 1966!01:00 - England 2-1 Denmark23:20 - 2021 Trivial Teaser24:40 - Final...
Euro Daily: Italy and Spain go right down to the Wembley wire!
What if Football - July 07, 2021 09:40 - 42 minutesFederico Chiesa curled a beautiful goal in at Wembley for Italy against Spain. Alvaro Morata and Dani Olmo combined for an equaliser 10 minutes from time. The game went deep into the London night, into extra time. Into penalties where Morata turned from hero to villain, missing the crucial kick. ...
Euro Daily: REWIND - 44 years of hurt over! (2008)
What if Football - July 06, 2021 10:36 - 27 minutesWe had to come to it sooner or later: the tournament that England failed to qualify for. Outside of that shock that featured Croatia, a depleted England and a Wally with a Brolly, we had a group of death that served up both 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France as well as the Netherlands in t...
Euro Daily: REWIND - Greece stun Europe! (2004)
What if Football - July 05, 2021 09:37 - 28 minutesThe year was 2004. Portugal hosted the European Championships and had an exciting young talent in Cristiano Ronaldo. They occupied a group with Spain - among the favourites, Russia - who had fallen dramatically since the Soviet Union dissolution, and Greece - the absolute no-hopers. Two of these ...
Euro Daily: Football’s almost home, semi-final with Denmark confirmed
What if Football - July 04, 2021 10:14 - 34 minutesEngland break all sorts of records to make a third-ever European Championships semi-final, with a 4-0 hammering of Ukraine in Rome. Meanwhile in Asia, Denmark get over the line despite a fightback from Czech Republic, as Patrik Schick, Thomas Delaney and Kasper Dolberg traded goals.01:00 - Englan...
Euro Daily: Golden Generation fails again, Swiss Sommer Over
What if Football - July 03, 2021 10:35 - 45 minutesThe Bobby M derby was settled in Munich as Italy book their place at Wembley in the semi-finals. Switzerland’s summer, or SOMMER, is over after their eventual elimination at the hands of Spanish penalties. We also preview the mammoth fixtures from Saturday: England vs Ukraine and Denmark vs Czech...
Euro Daily: REWIND - The best tournament ever? (2000)
What if Football - July 02, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutesOur Euro rewinds continue ahead of the quarter finals turning up tonight. This time we have potentially one of the best tournaments ever. Euro 2000 had the indomitable world champions in France, an Italy side full of attacking talents and a co-host in the Netherlands who looked to entertain. Mean...
Euro Daily: REWIND - The year football came home (1996)
What if Football - July 01, 2021 09:04 - 27 minutes1996 was the year that football was supposed to have come home. England were imbued by the confidence of hosting Euro 96, they had Paul Gascoigne back, they had a fresh new manager in Terry Venables. Preparation was hardly the best: Venables' court cases saw him announce his resignation for after...
Euro Daily: England end 55 years of hurt vs Germany in knockout football
What if Football - June 30, 2021 10:47 - 49 minutesFootball is on the motorway – OR AUTOBAHN – it doesn’t need its SatNav to come home now! England were utterly STERLING and overcome a hoodoo by beating Germany for the first time in 55 years in knockout football. Oh, and there was another match: Ukraine won out thanks to a 122nd minute winner in ...
Euro Daily: A Copenhagen Cracker and A Bucharest Belter
What if Football - June 29, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutesSpain and Croatia served up the game of the tournament. It had it all: bizarre own goals, dramatic late comebacks and a redemption story in the form of Alvaro Morata. Meanwhile in Romania, France – like Spain – were sent to the brink of extra time after shipping 3 to Switzerland, but ultimately l...
Euros Daily: Pragmatic Belgium, Ronaldo plays final Euros match, Czechs bounce into Quarter Finals
What if Football - June 28, 2021 07:39 - 34 minutesBelgium’s GOLDEN GENERATION made it one step closer to the success they have craved for almost a generation, knocking out Portugal in Seville. They call it tournament football. Matthijs de Ligt saw red for a handball and saw Czech Republic pick them apart in the second half to confirm a repeat of...
Euro Daily: Dominant Danes and Austria take Italy to the brink!
What if Football - June 27, 2021 10:09 - 36 minutesThe Danes were dominant in their last 16 demolition over the Welsh in Amsterdam, to ensure that a repeat of the previous tournament wouldn’t happen for Gareth Bale and co. Italy needed extra time to take care of Austria and progress to meet the winner of Portugal and Belgium on Friday night. In t...
Euro Daily: REWIND - The 8-team format (1980 - 1992)
What if Football - June 26, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutesCould the European Championships be saved? In quite possibly the most tumultuous period of its history, the Euros goes through some teething problems with the 8-team format in 1980 before becoming great in 1984 before the great wins of Netherlands in 1988 and Denmark in 1992 were impinged by off-...
Euro Daily: REWIND - The early days of the Euros (1960 - 1976)
What if Football - June 25, 2021 09:26 - 27 minutesRemember when the Euros was a 4-team tournament extravaganza? Let's delve into it. The players may not be playing, ahead of the knockout phase, but we are: from the early days of Henri Delaunay and the Soviets in 1960, right through to Antonin Panenka and Czechoslovakia in 1976.01:30 - Euro 19600...
Euro Daily: A great advert for the 24-team format, or England vs Germany
What if Football - June 24, 2021 11:06 - 57 minutesGermany escaped Munich with a 2-2 draw against Hungary after being 6 minutes away from elimination. They will now face England at Wembley in the last 16. Portugal and France was penalty mania in Budapest. In perhaps the greatest advert for the 24-team format. France top the group, Portugal finish...
Euro Daily: Superb Saka, Majestic Modric and an 11th group stage exit for Scotland
What if Football - June 23, 2021 09:26 - 37 minutesIn an absolutely drab night at Wembley, England sauntered through, winning 1-0 again thanks to Raheem Sterling again and against a team beginning with ‘C’… again. Events in Hampden meant that Czech Republic wouldn’t finish in the top two and will have to wait until tomorrow to find out their last...
Euro Daily: The Roman Yaremchuk golden boot train derailed?
What if Football - June 22, 2021 10:43 - 55 minutesKarma finally hit correctly for Denmark in one of the games of the tournament, as they hammer Russia 4-1 in one of the more cathartic moments this summer. Belgium confirmed top spot with a routine 2-0 win over Finland, which has the Fins awaiting today's result between Scotland and Croatia to see...
Euro Daily: Immaculate Italy, Sublime Swiss and Wales win second place
What if Football - June 21, 2021 09:58 - 41 minutesItaly became only the fourth team in European Championships history to sail through the group stages and not concede any goals and only the second, behind Germany in 1996, to do so by winning all three games. Wales followed them into the last 16 and will be paired off with the runner-up of Group ...
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