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Championship: Stoke 2-1 Leeds Norwich comfortable win against Birmingham to go 1pt behind Sheff Utd had chances but lose to Swans to lose ground on top 2... Swansea - dark horses for Play-Offs? Nottingham Forest 0-1 Bristol City Preston’s perfect away day Solid wins for Derby vs Reading, Blackburn vs Ipswich, Sheff Wed vs Wigan and Rotherham vs Brentford. Draws in Villa v Hull & Boro v Millwall. L1: Yellows 2-1 Portsmouth. Discussion on the tightness at the top. Relegation battle better than ever with Yellows win, Plymouth three in a row, Bradford and Bristol Rovers losing. Shoutout Southend 4-0 at Bradford with great goals from Cox & Humphrys. L2: Lincoln beat Grimsby - nailed on for promotion? Mansfield win game of the day 3-2 after 0-2 down, new signings Ajose and Grant involved. Bury smashing it, 4 in a row and 2nd. MK Dons lose to Crewe though, Alex look like they've cracked it. Can Steven Pressley take Carlisle up? Big wins for Yeovil & Macc at the bottom, Notts Co gone? Scholes current favourite for Oldham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Tammi 20191h 2min

The Match in Focus game is Nottingham Forest v Bristol City this week. Season stats: G: -2.89 A: -18.24 Sign up for Black Type online at www.blacktype.bet or via the BlackType app. Use the offer code 'NTT20' on the sign-up page for a £10 free bet - this must be used on a football selection. Get involved with #ScoreBore by tweeting us with your 0-0 pick and a game with 5 goals or more, from this weekend's EFL games. You can find all of our weekend picks listed on www.blacktype.bet/sportsbook/SOCCER/NTT20/ Use that link to add whichever bets you like the sound of! All bets are listed at the end of the podcast. Follow us on Social Media: @NTT20Pod @blacktypebet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Tammi 201937min

A bit of a different one today as Ali started to cobble together a few interviews with interesting people and some league round-ups and ended up with almost 90 minutes of EFL content. Running order below: 00:00 - Intro & Championship Round-Up 12:00 - Gab Sutton on Birmingham vs Middlesbrough 28:00 - David Anderson on Brentford & Nathan Jones at Stoke. 50:15 - League One Round-Up 55:45- League One Relegation Battle with George Elek 1:04:10 - Bury 4-2 MK Dons with Gregor Robertson 1:19:00 - League Two Round-Up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Tammi 20191h 26min

The Match in Focus game is Sunderland v Luton this week. Season stats: G: -3.49 A: -15.04 Sign up for Black Type online at www.blacktype.bet or via the BlackType app. Use the offer code 'NTT20' on the sign-up page for a £10 free bet - this must be used on a football selection. Get involved with #ScoreBore by tweeting us with your 0-0 pick and a game with 5 goals or more, from this weekend's EFL games. You can find all of our weekend picks listed on www.blacktype.bet/sportsbook/SOCCER/NTT20/ Use that link to add whichever bets you like the sound of! All bets are listed at the end of the podcast. Follow us on Social Media: @NTT20Pod @blacktypebet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Tammi 201943min

Running Order: FA Cup - what a Third Round! Oldham beat Fulham. Newport beat Leicester. Gillingham beat Cardiff. Other big EFL winners: Doncaster. Portsmouth. AFC Wimbledon. Accrington. Nod to Barnet too, not EFL but lovely stuff. L1: Scunthorpe 2-1 Coventry - 3 wins in a row for Iron. Scunthorpe have signed van Veen, McMahon, Hammill and CBs Byron Webster and Harrison McGahey. Rochdale 0-4 Burton - 13 goals conceded, 0 scored in last 3 for Dale. Burton up against Man City this week. Charlton 1-1 Sunderland draw & Q on Charlton: what is Charlton’s potential this season? Any more than just preparing for play-offs? Josh Maja update. L2: Sheridan leaves Carlisle. Carlisle beat Mansfield on the weekend for 6 in a row, only a point behind 3rd placed Bury. Yeovil 0-1 Bury - Bury into top 3. Manager news: Bristol Rovers announced Graham Coughlan. Steve Bruce will join Sheffield Wednesday. Main transfer news: Tammy leaving Villa - teams holding onto loanees (or not) a real theme of the window. Preston sign Stockley and Potts and Ginnelly. Forest Green - Doidge and McCoulsky. Gary Madine to Sheff Utd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Tammi 201947min

Many of you will know that @RowdenJRSG - aka Connor Rowden - is the go-to guy when it comes to youth football in England. Here's part two of a two-part interview with him & Ali discussing specific clubs with academies to be proud of, as well as some wider issues surrounding the topic. You can find a running order below: Ipswich and Norwich spur each-other on to produce high quality footballers. Bristol City - a Championship version of Monaco - Tyreeq Bakinson. Derby County - a new wave of talent Brentford - shutting down the academy. Leeds United, West Brom, Reading & Wigan Athletic. Luton & James Justin. Coventry & Tom Bayliss. Sunderland & Josh Maja. Crewe Alexandra - the blueprint. Colchester - prioritising promotion from within EPPP, its benefits and its problems. The proposed changes to the loan system. Europe as a loan destination for PL players instead of the EFL. Checkatrade Trophy - has it benefited the academy teams involved? B Teams in the EFL - is it likely, and is it feasible? Problems with the current youth league structure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Tammi 20191h 23min

Many of you will know that @RowdenJRSG - aka Connor Rowden - is the go-to guy when it comes to youth football in England. Here's part one of a two-part interview with him & Ali discussing the EFL & England, youth development & specific clubs with academies to be proud of. You can find a running order below: England National Team & The EFL. Do other nations have the same relationship between non top tier teams & the national team? The rise of the young, British full-back and why CBs and CMs have it tough. England U21s in EFL - Dael Fry (Middlesbrough) & Ezri Konsa (Brentford). England U20s in EFL - Easah Suliman (Aston Villa) & Trevoh Chalobah (Ipswich/Chelsea) & Andre Dozzell (Ipswich) & Sam Field (WBA) & Ebere Eze (QPR) The George Hirst situation. England U19s in EFL - Danny Loader (Reading). England U18s in EFL - Daniel Adshead (Rochdale) & Bali Mumba (Sunderland) & Arvin Appiah (Nottingham Forest) England C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Joulu 201856min

The Match in Focus game is Millwall v Nottingham Forest this week. Season stats: A: -10.14 G -6.99 Sign up for Black Type online at www.blacktype.bet or via the BlackType app. Use the offer code 'NTT20' on the sign-up page for a £10 free bet - this must be used on a football selection. Get involved with #ScoreBore by tweeting us with your 0-0 pick and a game with 5 goals or more, from this weekend's EFL games. You can find all of our weekend picks listed on www.blacktype.bet/sportsbook/SOCCER/NTT20/ Use that link to add whichever bets you like the sound of! All bets are listed at the end of the podcast. Follow us on Social Media: @NTT20Pod @blacktypebet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Joulu 201833min