Nottingham Forest Stutter; Arsenal Drop More Points & Sheffield United Lose Again!

On this episode of Up Front With... Sam Matterface brings you the former Newcastle, QPR, Spurs and England striker Sir Les Ferdinand.We take a look at this striker's outstanding career with 215 goals, a winner of the Turkish Cup, Football League Cup, scorer of the 10,000th goal in the Premier League and member of the Premier League 100 club. Les opens up about giving the number nine shirt to Alan Shearer, why Newcastle lost the title and why David Beckham's red card against Argentina cost him at the 1998 World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Mai 202048min

Sam Matterface brings you another Up Front With... This week we hear from the Watford Captain Troy Deeney! We get under the skin of Watford's leading Premier League goal scorer and learn about the many sacrifices he and his family have had to make. From the early years, how he got his chance in professional football, the ups and downs of Watford FC, the impact Gianfranco Zola had on his game and why that goal against Leicester was not his defining moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Mai 202048min

On the Breakfast show Alan Brazil suggests that footballers should get back to work but his co-host Jamie O’Hara argues that Premier League stars must only return when it’s ‘100% safe’, super-agent Kia Joorabchian blasts Gary Neville after the pundit’s comments about Carlos Tevez, Middlesbrough’s Adam Clayton heaps praise on the NHS after his father left hospital having spent 51-days in intensive care, Dereck Chisora tells Oleksandr Usyk he’ll ‘fight him tomorrow’ if he could, Bournemouth’s Adam Smith reveals the secret that’s galvanised the Cherries during a difficult season, Jamie O’Hara looks back at his penalty miss when Spurs lost the 2009 League Cup Final to Manchester United, the 1988 FA Cup winning manager Bobby Gould reminisces about the late great Laurie Cunningham and the Crazy Gang beating Liverpool 32 years ago at Wembley and on the Sports Bar there’s another dose of Play Your Cards Wrong with Andy Goldstein & Jason Cundy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Mai 202019min

On Breakfast Darren Bent backs Danny Rose for being outspoken over Project Restart, Rock legend Noel Gallagher relives the incredible final day of the Premier League season in 2012 when Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero scored that goal against QPR, The Times’ Matthew Syed tells Jim White why it’s ‘fair for footballers to risk their lives’ for the game to return in England and Shaun Wright-Phillips reveals how he deals with racist abuse on social media. On Drive Owen Hargreaves looks back at Manchester United’s dramatic penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in the Champions League Final in 2008 and how Germany is getting ready for the return of the Bundesliga, Darren Gough admits his heartbreak at being biffed for a hair gel advert, Pep Guardiola may be headed back to Barcelona according to Trevor Sinclair and on the Sports Bar Jason Cundy plays the new quiz, Play Your Cards Wrong, with quizmaster Rufus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Mai 202019min

Ally McCoist tells the Breakfast show why Danny Rose was wrong to say he ‘doesn’t give a f***’ about the nation's morale, Freddie Flintoff compared the situation Rose and other footballers find themselves in right now to a time when he felt pressured to play in Zimbabwe during the Robert Mugabe reign, Australian captain Tim Paine gives his side of the story after his admission over a mishap on the field in the 2019 Ashes at Old Trafford, in the same series Jofra Archer admits his concerns after hitting Steve Smith in the neck at Lord’s, Class of ’92 member Ben Thornley talks about the cruel way his career was brought to an early end at Manchester United, after Ian Wright suffered racial abuse on Instagram earlier this week Simon Jordan believes the only way to get the big social media companies to change their policies is to boycott them, Charlton boss Lee Bowyer urges the EFL not to implement a points-per-game system to end the season and on Drive Darren Gough reveals all about his relationship with a parrot on tour in the West Indies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Mai 202019min

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