Getting "in and around" with Doc Brown
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by rapper, comedian, actor and writer Ben Bailey Smith, aka Doc Brown, for another edition of 'Mesut Haaland Dicks'.Among the things Ben ca...
25 Mar 20211h 12min
Pele, Zlatan and the small matter of global thermonuclear war
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller convene for an extended meeting of the Adjudication Panel, in which they try and untangle the statistical chaos of Pele vs Cristiano Rona...
18 Mar 202151min
Tom Rosenthal on World Cup balls and celebrating goals that didn't actually go in
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Jack Pitt-Brooke are joined by actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal for the latest edition of 'Mesut Haaland Dicks'.Tom's gloriously niche picks for his loves and hates of m...
11 Mar 20211h 7min
Expected goals and the unexpected sounds of empty stadiums
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by the Mirror's chief football writer John Cross for the latest edition of 'Mesut Haaland Dicks'.John's picks for his loves and hates of mo...
4 Mar 20211h 13min
How to be a Co-Commentator
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Amitai Winehouse examine the art of co-commentary, from the relaxing chattiness of Ally McCoist to the A-list authority of Gary Neville and Jamie Car...
25 Feb 20211h 2min
The Pure Champions League XI
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke celebrate the return of the European action by selecting their all-time Pure Champions League XI: a lineup of players who encapsulat...
18 Feb 202155min
The Game's Gone!
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and George Caulkin examine the evolution of footballing outrage: from the backpass law to the 39th Game, from expected goals to players swapping shirts a...
11 Feb 202156min
Football Magazines
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, James Maw and Michael Cox flick through a brief history of football magazines, including glossy adverts for shinpads, dissecting every quickfire footballer interview ever, ...
4 Feb 202151min
