Messi, Ronaldo & a pig's head: How did El Clasico become the world’s biggest club match? - How It All Played Out
From General Franco to Johan Cruyff, and from a pig's head to the Messi v Ronaldo rivalry - Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague joins Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward to explain how El Clasico b...
22 Okt 202534min
Amorim's Anfield statement, Dyche boards Marinakis merry-go-round & football's '2000's revival' with Andy Cole
Gabby and Mark are joined by the Premier League's fifth top goal scorer of all-time and winner of eight major trophies with Manchester United, Andy Cole. Was Andy surprised to see Ruben Amorim become ...
21 Okt 202533min
Weekend Edition: Has British Gymnastics cleaned up its act?
British Gymnastics has been on a journey of root and branch reform since the damning 2022 ‘Whyte Review’ exposed systemic abuse and cultural failings.We are now three years into its "Reform 25" plan, ...
17 Okt 202516min
Ritual, Rice & Reinforced toilets: Sumo comes to London
You might have spotted the world’s best sumo wrestlers riding around on Lime bikes and posing for pictures on Abbey Road - that's because for the first time in 34 years, the thunderous spectacle of G...
16 Okt 202534min
From hooligans to heroes: How Italia 90 changed English football - How It All Played Out
In the 1980s English football was at an all time low. Attendances down, stadia crumbling, hooliganism all too prevalent, and then three horrific disasters - Bradford, Heysel and Hillsborough.Then almo...
15 Okt 202529min
Andy Farrell: Leading the Lions & being the ultimate 'rugby dad'
Gabby and Mark are joined by Andy Farrell, who led the British & Irish Lions to a series win this summer and guided Ireland to world number one. From his Wigan rugby league roots when he had his son a...
14 Okt 202537min
Weekend Edition: Q&A - MOTD moments, rowdy Ryder Cup & sheepdog shows
Gabby and Mark answer all of your questions from building their 'dream athlete' and their favourite Match of The Day moment so far, to England winning a home Rugby World Cup and the Ryder Cup crowds.P...
10 Okt 202520min
Riding for Ratcliffe's INEOS & will protests change Tour de France forever?
Did Sir Jim Ratcliffe's clunky Amorim vs. Arteta comparison make sense? Is England manager Thomas Tuchel right to put team cohesion ahead of individual talent in a World Cup year and could you win a p...
9 Okt 202536min
