A decade of 80s football: 1983/84
The midway point in our series, and not much changes as Liverpool win a third straight First Division title and a fourth League Cup in a row. But a new, blue presence is emerging at the bottom of Stan...
25 Jan 20242h 11min
FA Cup giant-killers: Hereford vs Newcastle, 1972
The greatest FA Cup game of all time according to many, Hereford’s third-round replay win over Newcastle in 1972 helped build the iconography of the FA Cup in the television era. Locked out fans climb...
23 Jan 202457min
The open veins of South American football
In the past, the European powers mercilessly exploited South America for its raw materials, making them wealthier and locking the indigenous people of the continent into poverty. Is there a similar tr...
22 Jan 20241h 21min
A decade of 80s football: 1982/83
As Ron Atkinson would have doubtless said, it was a case of déjà vu all over again in 1982/83, with Liverpool romping to the league title and retaining the League Cup. But there was change elsewhere, ...
18 Jan 20241h 59min
Grim days at Reading, better days at Coventry, and the Mbappé saga
The podcast rules over the grim goings-on at Reading, better days for Coventry , an attempt to work out where Kylian Mbappé will be hanging his hat this summer, and plenty more.
14 Jan 202458min
A decade of 80s football: 1981/82
According to Steven Scragg, Stu Horsfield and Aidan Williams, this is the "Stingray" season – anything can happen in the next nine months. Ron Saunders walks out on Aston Villa, joins Birmingham and ...
12 Jan 20242h 5min
Twilight of the Gods: Remembering Zagallo x Beckenbauer
Following the sad passing of Franz Beckenbauer and Mário Zagallo, Steven Scragg and Dave Bowler assess the legacy of football’s greatest names, men whose place in the World Cup pantheon will be foreve...
9 Jan 202447min
A decade of 80s football: 1980/81
Was 1980/81 really the final year of the 1970s, the decade when the level playing field threw up all kinds of title winners? With Aston Villa taking the First Division and Ipswich in hot pursuit, it c...
4 Jan 20242h 2min
