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Noughties Nostalgia #10: Ipswich in the Premier League and Federico Macheda
What if Football - March 15, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutesSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What if Weekly Pilot #2
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:05 - 37 minutesWelcome to the second What if Weekly Pilot and welcome to our launch of the podcast feed! Ahead of the weekly football podcast's launch in the 2021-22 season, I'm doing a few pilots between now and the season's end. What if Weekly will be a podcast focusing on the top 5 European leagues. On today...
Noughties Nostalgia #16: Leeds 4-3 Liverpool, Man Utd Champions League failures
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutesThis week on the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast we are 20 years removed from a Premier League instant classic. On November 4, 2000, Leeds beat Liverpool 4-3 with four goals from Mark Viduka as they attempted to juggle winning the Premier League with the Champions League. They would finish outside th...
Noughties Nostalgia #31: Manchester derbies, Wigan Athletic, Arsenal Invincibles
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutesIt’s Manchester derby day this weekend! So in celebration we’re gonna take a look at the Manchester derbies of the 2000s. From your Michael Owen winners, your Shaun Goater doubles and your Carlos Tevez Welcome to Manchesters – we’ve got you covered. We also take a look at Wigan’s time in the Prem...
Noughties Nostalgia #5: Bradford’s Premier League Great Escape, 2006-07 Premier League season
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutesIn a nostalgic moment from Alex's heart, we discuss Bradford City's time in the Premier League, that lasted from 1999 to 2001, with a great escape in the middle of it all. David Wetherall scored the only goal of the game against Liverpool to leapfrog Wimbledon and survive, a Liverpool team that w...
Noughties Nostalgia #23: Best January window transfers, Terry Venables, 2001-02 Bundesliga
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutesIt's transfer season, it's 2021 so we best get back on the bandwagon of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast and examine some of the best January Transfer Window signings. We also take a look at Terry Venables managerial and playing career and the 2001-02 Bundesliga season - which features the fortune...
Noughties Nostalgia #14: Charlton in the Premier League, Middlesbrough in the 2006 UEFA Cup final
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutesWelcome to another episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Today in our time machine, we go back to the Alan Curbishley era at Charlton Athletic. Was Curbishley's Charlton the greatest era in the club's history in their near decade in the top flight? We also discuss Middlesbrough's magical ...
Noughties Nostalgia #17: Roma Scudetto Winners and Tim Cahill
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutesWelcome to Episode 17 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Within, we discuss the 2000-01 Serie A winners, Roma, their third ever Scudetto. Also, it is 13 years to the day that Tim Cahill scored an exquisite overhead kick against Chelsea for Everton - we talk about the missed opportunities for Che...
Noughties Nostalgia #24: Bobby Robson’s Newcastle, Emmanuel Adebayor, Lyon 2002
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutesJoin us for Episode 24 where we discuss Bobby Robson’s time at Newcastle, where he dragged The Toon Army back into the title picture with an excellent attacking line-up of Craig Bellamy and Alan Shearer among a supporting cast that reads Shay Given, Olivier Bernard, Lauren Robert, Gary Speed, Kie...
Noughties Nostalgia #28: Carlo Ancelotti, Senegal, Juventus
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutesBirthdays all week! Mine yesterday and Salif Diao’s today! We remember Salif Diao’s career and the famous Senegal team of 2002, that made an African Nations Cup final and a FIFA World Cup quarter final. Elsewhere, we charter Carlo Ancelotti’s time at Stamford Bridge, and decide on his legacy - is...
Noughties Nostalgia #26: Neil Warnock, Real Sociedad, Ahn-Jung Hwan
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutesThe 26th edition of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast reflects on whether Neil Warnock was the greatest Sheffield United manager of all-time. Warnock, in the 2002-03 season, led Sheffield United on the ‘Triple Assault’ of the play-off final and the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup. We also ...
Noughties Nostalgia #3: England lose on penalties, Community Shields and Super Cups
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutesOn this episode of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we discuss – surprise, surprise, England losing on penalties whilst also delving into whether Super Cups and Community Shields should exist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Noughties Nostalgia #19: Big Premier League flops, Best English Wins in Champions League
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutesThe 19th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia details two fantastic Arsenal wins, the first courtesy of two Fabien Barthez howlers in a 2001-02 Premier League match which finished 3-1 to Arsenal. Arsenal would later win the Premier League that season, clinched in the reverse fixture against Manches...
Noughties Nostalgia #13: The life and times of Jimmy Bullard and Petr Cech’s skull fracture
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutesThis week the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast takes a deep dive into the life and times of Jimmy Bullard. Was he underrated or was he just a joker? We look back on Petr Cech's life-changing skull fracture, which he suffered away at Reading whilst playing for Chelsea in 2006, and ask is he amongst the...
Noughties Nostalgia #4: Pro Evolution Soccer v FIFA, Happy Birthday Djibril Cisse
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutesToday on the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast we spark the huge debate that is PES vs FIFA. Does sheer gameplay and fluid football trump authenticity and licensing? Is the Master League better than Manager Mode? Jake’s got another Trivial Teaser, this time featuring the likes of David Beckham and Raul...
Noughties Nostalgia #9: Phil Brown team talk, Porto in the 2003-04 Champions League
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutesThe lads are back with episode 9 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast. Alex speaks all things Phil Brown, after his team talk on the pitch in Hull’s 5-1 defeat to Manchester City on Boxing Day 2008. We reveal our most hated Premier League teams, discuss Porto’s run to the 2004 Champions League fi...
Noughties Nostalgia #11: Joe Kinnear and the Goal! Franchise
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutesIn an extremely Newcastle United heavy podcast this week, the boys discuss Joe Kinnear’s managerial career, especially his colourful time at St. James’ Park both as a manager and as a director of football. Is he a dinosaur? Also, the Goal! franchise is reviewed, is Santiago Munez a good footballe...
Noughties Nostalgia #29: Best Champions League knockout matches, Wycombe, Lyon
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutesThe Champions League is back baby! And after the likes of Leipzig, Liverpool, Barcelona and PSG kicked off their knockout stage campaign last night, we revisit some of the best Champions League knockout matches. Elsewhere on Episode 29 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we look at the best perfo...
Noughties Nostalgia #32: North London derbies, Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid, Werder Bremen
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutesIt’s the North London derby this weekend so it’s only right that we discuss the battles between Arsenal and Tottenham in the 2000s today. Have Spurs finally emerged from Arsenal’s shadow? What colour is North London? Red or White? Elsewhere on the show we discuss Liverpool’s magical win over Real...
Noughties Nostalgia #15: Inter Milan, Obafemi Martins and the 2000-01 Serie A season
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutesEpisode 15 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast is here! Within, we discuss the Calciopoli fallout in the Serie A and the team that filled the void of Juventus with Roberto Mancini taking charge of Inter Milan to three Scudetti and a couple of Coppa Italia titles. Then, Jose Mourinho's special two ...
Noughties Nostalgia #22: Valencia, Super Sundays, The Flying Donkeys of Chievo
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutesThe final Noughties Nostalgia Podcast of 2020 takes us to the corporate concept of Super Sunday to keep us excited for the football, but also we head to Italy and the Serie A season of 2001-02 for the Flying Donkeys of Chievo who almost stunned Italian football, as well as Inter Milan’s bottling ...
Noughties Nostalgia #20: Arsenal Invincibles, Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutesThe 20th episode of the Noughties Nostalgia podcast is here and it includes the Arsenal invincibles, a look back on the greatest Premier League teams, Harry Redknapp's trials and tribulations on the south coast, going from Portsmouth to Southampton and back to Portsmouth as manager before moving ...
Noughties Nostalgia #30: Blackburn Rovers, FC Porto, 2007 League Cup final
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutesThe Big 3-0! The Noughties Nostalgia remembers the 2007 League Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea – one club about to win it all – and Arsenal, at the start of their 9-year trophy drought. We also remember the great Blackburn Rovers side of the 2000s, who threatened a Champions League place, a...
Noughties Nostalgia #2: Rafa wants to talk about facts, Happy Birthday Graham Poll
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutesAt the Noughties Nostalgia podcast we would like to wish Graham Poll a happy 57th birthday as we dive into his two biggest mistakes: his infamous three yellow cards in Croatia's match with Australia at the 2006 World Cup and that Don Hutchison disallowed goal in the Merseyside derby. We celebrate...
Noughties Nostalgia #27: Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea, Jogi Low’s Germany, Energie Cottbus
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutesWe’ve got a Germany and Managerial mash-up today! Jose Mourinho was not one of the bottle, his Chelsea team were a special one - but is Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2004-05 the best ever Premier League team? We go to Germany for the second half of Episode 27, celebrating Jogi Low’s career as well as dis...
Noughties Nostalgia #25: Biggest FA Cup Upsets, Theo Walcott, Sunderland’s record points
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutesA quarter of the way to a century of podcast episodes! Jake takes us through the biggest FA Cup upsets, with the help of listener suggestions and asks: “Can a Cup final upset be a cup upset?” We also review Theo Walcott’s career, should he have gone to the 2006 World Cup? If not, who should have ...
Noughties Nostalgia #12: Ronaldo’s Wink and Peter Reid’s Sunderland
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutesThe lads discuss the England and Portugal World Cup quarter final from 2006, and that wink from Cristiano Ronaldo after he had got Wayne Rooney sent off. Has there been a more optimistic time for the England national team? We also talk about Peter Reid’s Sunderland team, as he was sacked as Sunde...
Noughties Nostalgia #1: Rio Ferdinand signs for Man Utd, Johan Elmander goal v Wolves
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutesWelcome to the very first edition of What if Football's new podcast. This is the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, where each week myself and my esteemed pal Alex Rhodes select a footballing moment from the 2000s to dive into and discuss. Today, Alex has chosen a moment, whilst not strictly from the 2...
Noughties Nostalgia #6: England miss Euro 2008, Liverpool win the 2005 Super Cup
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutesIn episode six, the lads take a regretful look back at the Steve McClaren reign as England manager, that ended on a wet night at Wembley in November 2007 with a loss to Croatia and a failure to qualify for the European Championships. We ask whether Fabio Capello was the right successor and discus...
Noughties Nostalgia #18: Bayer Leverkusen’s Anti-Treble, Theirry Henry’s handball
What if Football - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutesIn Episode 18 of the Noughties Nostalgia Podcast, we charter Bayer Leverkusen's history, with a microscope on Michael Ballack and their anti-treble in 2002, when they finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the finals of the DFB-Pokal against Schalke and the Champions League against Real Ma...
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