Fatawu shocks the world, Cov & Boro pull clear; Cardiff win a ding dong v Donny; Darrell Clarke sacked by Bristol Rovers

Ali sat down to get to know Paul Hurst and hear about his experiences in football. Below is a list of topics with timecodes: 1:45 - How Paul has filled his time after first experience of being sacked by Ipswich in October 3:15 - How difficult is it psychologically to lose your job? 5:10 - How does the relationship between a Manager and his long-term assistant change after departure from a club? 7:15 - Can you stay a fan of a club (E.G. Sheffield Wednesday) while working in the game as a player or manager? 13:00 - Reflections from a playing career with Rotherham United 1993-2008. 17:45 - Memories from a double promotion with Rotherham United 1999-2001. 20:30 - The team-mates who are now managers. 22:30 - How has the game changed & developed in terms of tactics? 25:30 - The use of stats in football and in football media. 30:15 - First steps in management with Ilkeston & Boston United, as joint-manager with Rob Scott. 37:00 - Move to full-time management with Grimsby Town & the difficulties of getting back into the Football League. 47:00 - Reflections on 6 yrs with Grimsby - relationship with the fans & board and reasons for leaving for Shrewsbury. 52:15 - Joining Shrewsbury when they were bottom of League One. 55:00 - Discussion about Shrewsbury’s 2017/18 season - at what point did Paul realise it could be a special team? 59:15 - The playing style and systems behind the 2017/18 Shrewsbury team. 1:06:00 - Shrewsbury’s defeat to Rotherham in the Play-Off Final. 1:11:15 - Departing Shrewsbury for Ipswich after the Play-Off Final - Paul’s perspective. 1:14:45 - Recruitment at Ipswich Town in the Summer of 2018 - the intentions and difficulties of that period. 1:20:00 - Dealing with a tough start at Ipswich, the reasons behind the # of changes being made game by game. 1:22:00 - The group of young players at Ipswich, how talented are they and are any destined for the top? 1:24:00 - Next steps for Paul Hurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Feb 20191h 28min

Running order: Football Index chat FA Cup - Millwall and Swans go through! Championship chat - Norwich and Sheff Utd batter lowly Bolton & Reading. West Brom and Boro putting the pressure on. League One - can anyone catch Luton and Barnsley? Southend 3-3 Portsmouth Coventry 3-0 Walsall Gillingham 1-0 Scunthorpe Oxford 0-1 Peterborough League Two Great weekend for Bury, worries for Lincoln or Mansfield? Grimsby four in a row. Morecambe do the usual! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Feb 201959min

The Match in Focus game is Carlisle v MK Dons this week. Season stats: AM: -16.38 GE: -6.805 Sign up for Black Type online at www.blacktype.bet or via the BlackType app. Use the offer code 'NTT20' on the sign-up page for a £10 free bet - this must be used on a football selection. Get involved with #ScoreBore by tweeting us with your 0-0 pick and a game with 5 goals or more, from this weekend's EFL games. You can find all of our weekend picks listed on www.blacktype.bet/sportsbook/SOCCER/NTT20/ Use that link to add whichever bets you like the sound of! All bets are listed at the end of the podcast. Follow us on Social Media: @NTT20Pod @blacktypebet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Feb 201935min

Sign up to Football Index using referral code 'NTT20': https://www.footballindex.co.uk/ A £20 deposit will be doubled by Football Index and can be used on any players - but we reckon we can do well out of the rising stars of the EFL! In this podcast, we talked about the usual stuff - matters at the top and bottom of the three EFL divisions. We appreciate any shares you give the podcast and thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Feb 20191h 1min

The Match in Focus game is Oxford v Sunderland this week. Season stats: GE: -10.815 AM: -22.47 Sign up for Black Type online at www.blacktype.bet or via the BlackType app. Use the offer code 'NTT20' on the sign-up page for a £10 free bet - this must be used on a football selection. Get involved with #ScoreBore by tweeting us with your 0-0 pick and a game with 5 goals or more, from this weekend's EFL games. You can find all of our weekend picks listed on www.blacktype.bet/sportsbook/SOCCER/NTT20/ Use that link to add whichever bets you like the sound of! All bets are listed at the end of the podcast. Follow us on Social Media: @NTT20Pod @blacktypebet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Feb 201933min

Championship: Leeds 1-3 Norwich WBA 2-3 Boro Bristol City 5 in a row - moving into the Play-Offs. Peter - any wildcard picks to reach the playoffs in any of the three divisions? Dan: Which current mid-pack championship club do you think are getting themselves is order to be in the mix for promotion next season? Tim: What is the reason that the big-spending clubs aren’t doing well on the whole in the Championship and does having a bigger budget lead to less inspired recruitment? Oliver: Are we beginning to see clubs take advantage of the foreign market more in the EFL? Thinking Norwich/Barnsley/Oldham as examples. League One: Barnsley, Luton, Sunderland won. Pompey drew. Charlton lost. Massive wins for Rochdale, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth. Gab - Can any team below DRFC reach the playoffs? Richard - are Accrington an outside bet to go down? League Two: Colchester - performance of the weekend in the EFL. Impressive - Grimsby, Exeter, Mansfield. Dale - who gets promotion/playoffs? John - name your top 3 from the top 8. Andrew - what’s the cut off in League Two for relegation battlers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Feb 201958min

The Match in Focus game is Leeds v Norwich this week. Season stats: GE: -13.19 AM: -25.57 Sign up for Black Type online at www.blacktype.bet or via the BlackType app. Use the offer code 'NTT20' on the sign-up page for a £10 free bet - this must be used on a football selection. Get involved with #ScoreBore by tweeting us with your 0-0 pick and a game with 5 goals or more, from this weekend's EFL games. You can find all of our weekend picks listed on www.blacktype.bet/sportsbook/SOCCER/NTT20/ Use that link to add whichever bets you like the sound of! All bets are listed at the end of the podcast. Follow us on Social Media: @NTT20Pod @blacktypebet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Jan 201934min

The EFL owns the FA Cup! Wimbledon 4-2 West Ham Millwall 3-2 Everton Shrewsbury 2-2 Wolves Middlesbrough 1-1 Newport County Derby beat Accrington. Doncaster 2-1 Oldham. Swansea also through, Pompey and QPR going to a replay, West Brom could do the same and Bees v Bees is post recording. Championship: Norwich 2-2 Sheff Utd Rotherham 1-2 Leeds Preston Lovely Away Day at Stoke! Blackburn end Hull run, on good form. First win for MON at Forest. L1: Steve Evans sacked. Darren Ferguson in. Luton top 1-0 vs Southend. Barnsley poor but win 2-1 from behind. Scunthorpe win again (without a shot on target), Wycombe vs Plymouth shit-house derby. Maja off to Bordeaux, Karlan Grant seemingly off too. How bad is that for those teams? Is Grant a good signing for Hudds? L2: Bury 3-3 Lincoln Pretty wild weekend for Notts Co without even playing. Mansfield, Carlisle, Forest Green winning, Exeter into last play-off spot. WHAT’S WRONG WITH MK DONS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Jan 201958min