Could Maradona do it at Barnsley in the wind?

On the Press Box Simon Jordan boots football’s neutral venue idea into row Z, Belgium manager Roberto Martinez joins Drive and talks about the ‘calculated risk’ sport must take to get back to action, Danny Murphy tells Natalie Sawyer why he’d be happy to ‘play tomorrow’ if he was still a professional footballer, on the Breakfast show Ally McCoist takes us behinds the scenes to an Old Firm game when he had a dressing-room bust-up with hard-man Graeme Souness and Freddie Flintoff is massively unimpressed after the Australian captain Tim Paine confessed to doing a ‘Gary Lineker’ during last year’s Ashes. Newcastle’s Jonjo Shelvey speaks to talkSPORT’S James Savundra about living in the Coronavirus ‘nightmare’ and life under Steve Bruce at St James’ Park, former Magpies’ striker Les Ferdinand admits their ‘gung-ho’ tactics cost them the title in 1996, after losing the FA Cup Final in the same year the Liverpool captain John Barnes reveals what happened to Eric Cantona’s Manchester United shirt and the Sports Bar pick their Fruit XI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Mai 202019min

On the Final Word Simon Jordan delivers his idea for the ‘financial resetting’ of English football, Arsene Wenger tells Jim White why Liverpool are ‘already champions’, Ray Parlour reveals how a ‘wind-up’ led to Wenger signing Igor Stepanovs, former Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy admits that his infamous World Cup bust-up with Roy Keane led to his loneliest moment, Stuart Pearce picks the best goalkeeper he ever played with on the Saturday Sessions and Max Rushden & Barry Glendenning reminisce over an old Ian Culverhouse game from 2015. Former Communications Director of the FA Adrian Bevington advocates salary caps in England, on Jack Charlton’s 85th birthday Tony Cascarino picks some of the funniest moments playing under the world cup winner and Johnny Nelson tells Fight Night why he’d have beaten Oleksandr Usyk in his prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 Mai 202019min

We bring you another Up Front With... This week we have a man who's scored goals in Bulgaria, France, Germany as well as the Premier League with clubs Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Fulham. Sam Matterface sits down with the great man himself to discuss Berbatov's childhood, career defining goals, the Manchester United dressing room, his first meeting with former Spurs boss Martin Jol and how it felt to be left out of a Champions league final. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Mai 202048min

GameDay brings you a new series! Along with your normal instalments of Sam Matterface and Danny Kelly talkSPORT brings you Up Front With...Hosted by Sam Matterface we bring you a podcast which takes a look into the art of goal scoring, speaking to some of the best strikers in the game. We've got some real legends lined up this series and it all kicks off in this episode with the one and only Gary Lineker!We hear about Lineker's career defining goals, the pressures of being a top flight striker, his biggest disappointment and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Mai 202048min

As he bids to become the new PFA Chief Executive Dave Kitson is challenged by Hugh Woozencroft, Emile Heskey & Darren Lewis about his previous comments on abuse directed at Raheem Sterling, Neil Warnock raises his concerns over the Premier League’s Project Restart, Sir Rod Stewart confronts Ally McCoist on Breakfast over their on-running dispute over the conclusion of the SPL and President of World Athletics Lord Sebastian Coe tells Drive that the suspension of Tokyo 2020 is a shame but it gives them the chance to make the games even better next year. Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren admits that despite the reports he hasn’t made contact with Matchroom about a unification fight between Anthony Joshua and the Gypsy King, Crystal Palace forward Christian Benteke reveals on Drive why he has Kevin De Bruyne to thank for his move to England and on the Sports Bar Premier League winner Danny Simpson takes us back to 2016 when Leicester won the title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Mai 202019min

On a day of exclusive interviews across the talkSPORT network Jim White grills Gordon Taylor over the PFA hiring an accountancy firm to look into clubs' finances, Rangers boss Steven Gerrard talks about battling Celtic ‘until the end’ for the title as well as ‘bumping into Jurgen Klopp’ during lockdown, former Manchester United Champions League winner Wes Brown admits that he would carry on playing despite the Covid-19 pandemic and Aston Villa chief executive Christian Purslow tells Breakfast he’s against finishing the Premier League season at neutral venues. German football expert Kev Hatchard tells Drive there’s no guarantee of the season being completed despite Angela Merkel giving the Bundesliga the green light to return later this month, Freddie Flintoff reveals all about his night out with Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Elton John on Breakfast, Laura Woods divulges a sensational story about Andy Goldstein and a caller celebrating her birthday gets barred from the Sports Bar after getting overexcited on the Midnight Train to Madness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Mai 202019min

talkSPORT’s Drive host Adrian Durham slams PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor for suggesting that Premier League matches should be less than 90 minutes once football returns, Ally McCoist takes aim at Rock singer Rod Stewart after he suggested that Rangers should concede the title to Celtic, former Football Association chairman Greg Dyke criticises the organisation for failing to become a global power when the Premier League was in its infancy and Freddie Flintoff tells a ‘ghost’ story on Breakfast. EFL chief executive Rick Parry talks about the ‘evil that needs to be eradicated from the game’, Everton defender Lucas Digne chats about playing in the Merseyside derby and playing under Carlo Ancelotti with talkSPORT’s James Savundra and in a Goodfellas film quiz, a slight error leads to pandemonium on the Sports Bar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Mai 202019min

Freddie Flintoff & Ally McCoist tell Laura Woods on Breakfast why they’re both opposed to sport returning during the Covid-19 crisis but their Drive counterparts Adrian Durham & Darren Gough disagree and put their support behind Project Restart. Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen reveals why his old teammate Jamie Carragher inadvertently helped him join Spanish giants Real Madrid, seven-time Ryder Cup winner Lee Westwood voices his concerns about competing for the famous trophy in front of no fans, Ravel Morrison admits he was ‘upset’ by Wayne Rooney’s comments about him in the Sunday Times and also admitted to his own career regrets in a rare and frank interview with Jim White & Natalie Sawyer, Sir Rod Stewart slams Rangers for not conceding the title to Celtic in Scotland and Liverpool legend David Fairclough reveals the frustrations Jurgen Klopp’s going through as the Reds manager prepares for all outcomes with the Premier League season. Freddie Flintoff argues with Ally McCoist why there is the potential existence of Dodos, former England Rugby World Cup winner Matt Dawson discussed the financial impact the sport is going through and a caller has huge problems trying to complete a sentence without saying a specific word on the Midnight Train to Madness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Mai 202019min