Shadows on the Pitch: 6. A Dirty Game?
Patronage and power: lessons from an Italian footballing scandal. From the pitch of the San Siro to a pre-dawn FBI raid of a luxury hotel in Geneva, James gathers a new understanding of the mechanics ...
21 Aug 32min
Shadows on the Pitch: 5. All the Presidents Men
As the FIFA draw takes place in Washington DC and the great and the good of the footballing world convene in the US capital, spies come out of the woodwork to speak to James. Former CIA operatives and...
14 Aug 34min
Shadows on the Pitch: 4. The Agony of Doha
World Cup qualifiers return to Doha in 2025, and so does football conspiracy, but can James see through the controversy to get to the bottom of what happened on similar pitches over thirty years ago?P...
7 Aug 39min
Shadows on the Pitch: 3. Spy Games
The world of spies and sports collide as James speaks to security specialists and those who lived to tell the tale about rumours of America’s shadowy past. From claims of secret mass surveillance of ...
31 Juli 42min
Shadows on the Pitch: 2. Son of Anarchy
A political powder-keg World Cup qualifying tournament held in Doha. American security on the line. James tries to make sense of what went down in the desert shadows.Thirty years on he reviews the mat...
24 Juli 45min
Shadows on the Pitch: 1. No Terrorists in America
Can an ex-referee with a cryptic message help James unravel an explosive conspiracy about the build-up to World Cup USA 1994? James travels to Bucharest to find out more … Presented by James Montague...
17 Juli 43min
Shadows on the Pitch: Trailer
Conspiracy theories and the football World Cup seem to go hand in hand. Football writer James Montague is digging into one that refuses to fade; a story that takes us back to the first time America...
16 Juli 3min
Confessions of a Super Bowl Streaker: 6. The Fallout
The streak is over but the chaos is just beginning.Mark Roberts has danced naked at the centre of the Super Bowl, been tackled by an NFL linebacker, and carried off the field. What he doesn’t realise ...
13 Mars 37min
