Do managers need more time? Ally McCoist on Russell Martin's future! 💙🫣

Teddy Sheringham and Denis Irwin look back at Manchester United’s famous treble victory on the anniversary of the dramatic late comeback against Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp, former Rangers player Gareth McAuley stands by his comments over Celtic’s recent SPL title being ‘hollow’, Simon Jordan once again demands a salary cap in football, Barry Hearn exclusively reveals on the Sports Bar why the World Snooker Championship won’t go ahead this year if they don’t get underway by the July deadline, the three-time NBA Champion BJ Armstrong and star of Netflix’s Last Dance reminisces about sharing a dressing with Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman at the Chicago Bulls, former Arsenal defender David O’Leary recalls the incredible finish to the season in 1989 when the Gunners won the league at Anfield, Freddie Flintoff and Ally McCoist try to pick their favourite British comedy characters and Jason Cundy excels in a quiz on the Wizard of Oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Maj 202018min

Freddie Flintoff & Ally McCoist launch a twitter campaign on talkSPORT Breakfast to get Newcastle United fans to support manager Steve Bruce as rumours circulate over his future as the Magpies boss, Southampton’s Danny Ings admits he ‘feels safe’ returning to training as Project Restart continues, Huddersfield owner Phil Hodgkinson pleads for English football’s governing bodies to get together or scores of clubs could face extinction and former Palace chairman Simon Jordan tells the Press Box how football must learn from the Coronavirus hiatus as the current structure is ‘unsustainable’. On the Jim White & Natalie Sawyer show Danny Murphy reveals why Mauricio Pochettino might not be the solution for ‘top-six’ clubs in the Premier League, the former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann looks back at the ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ 15 years ago, Freddie Flintoff reveals his love for Paul Weller, Charlie Baker attempts another round of Don’t Ask Me on Hawksbee & Jacobs, Darren Gough picks Francesco Totti as his best ever one-club footballer and Jason Cundy takes on Andy Goldstein in Play Your Cards Wrong on the Sports Bar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Maj 202019min

Former England forward Dean Ashton slams Tom Cleverley after the Watford midfielder suggested that it’s ‘safe’ for football to return, on the Final Word Simon Jordan criticises the Premier League for not looking after the EFL in helping out with funding for Covid-19 testing, Mani from the Stones Roses takes aim at the Gallagher brothers on Jonny Owen & Friends, Bob Arum tells Fight Night that the third bout in the Wilder v Fury Trilogy may happen in Australasia, on The Weekend Breakfast Tony Cascarino reminisces over some of his favourite FA Cup Finals of all time, Andy Brassell takes a forensic look at the weekend’s action in the Bundesliga on the Trans Euro Express, Netflix star and Sunderland co-owner Charlie Methven reveals why he’s created a blueprint for supporters to have part-ownership of their clubs like they do in Germany and there’s another nostalgic game of Culverhouse on Barry Glendenning’s Warm-Up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Maj 202019min

A brand new show for you now, The Dive!Jarrod Kimber and Jon Norman will seek to answer one big sporting question each week. This week they are asking 'Does Sport Really Matter' and to help them they've called upon a priest, a psychologist, a university lecturer as well as a couple of familiar super fans in Danny Kelly and Andy Jacobs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Maj 202050min

On this edition of Up front With... We have Manchester City striker and England's top goal scorer during the 2019 World Cup, Ellen White!Our own Sam Matterface joins Ellen as they chat about her early days at Arsenal, representing Team GB at the Olympics, the experience of the 2019 World Cup, why the Round of 16 tie with Cameroon was the 'craziest' game of her career and how the former Spurs and Netherlands midfielder Edgar Davids is one of her childhood heroes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Maj 202048min

Adrian Durham slams the EFL for ‘sticking a dagger through football’s heart’ as Tranmere Rovers looks set to be relegated to League Two, former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher takes us behind the scenes to the Champions League Final in 2008 and a rousing Sir Alex Ferguson speech, Jamie O’Hara tells the talkSPORT Breakfast show that Premier League footballers should return to training or not get paid, on the Sports Bar Keith Lemon reveals how sleeping in his garden is helping him cope during lockdown, Glen Johnson discloses who were the most superstitious players he shared a dressing room with and former Burton boss Nigel Clough gives his first interview since leaving the Brewers. On Jim White & Natalie Sawyer’s show ex-France and Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse announces he wants to come out of retirement at the age of 38 and score four more times to reach a century of goals in Ligue 1, John Barnes reveals how the England Italia ‘90 squad missed out on a fortune with the New Order World in Motion song and Newcastle winger Matt Ritchie admits the players ‘have taken’ to boss Steve Bruce as rumours continue about his future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 Maj 202019min

Darren Bent & Clinton Morrison both offer their support of Troy Deeney after the Watford skipper didn’t attend training due to fears the Coronavirus may affect the health of his family, meanwhile the QPR Chief Executive Lee Hoos tells Jim White & Natalie Sawyer that his medical team believe it’s ‘safe’ for football to return, Freddie Flintoff reveals all on Breakfast about the week he spent camping in Botswana for a TV show with lions for company, former England fast bowler Darren Gough tells Drive that the ban on saliva on cricket balls won’t have any bearing on the sport, Ipswich legend John Wark looks back at the club’s famous UEFA Cup win in 1981 with some complimentary words for talkSPORT’s Alan Brazil and there’s another sample of Hawksbee & Jacobs’ Clips of the Week, Wheel of Fortune. Homeland & Supergirl actor David Harewood talks about the positives he’s drawn from life in lockdown and in the Sports Bar Cup there’s news from Graham Beecroft on the massive local derby as the Soft Drink XI take on the Beer XI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Maj 202019min

Ally McCoist leaps to the defence of Watford’s Troy Deeney on the Breakfast show after the Hornets’ captain refused to train due to his fears over the Coronavirus and the wellbeing of his family, meanwhile the former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan tells Jim White & Natalie Sawyer that Deeney must now take a pay cut if he’s unwilling to train, Lee Hendrie opens up about his own depression while encouraging listeners to talk about their problems, former world champion Ricky Hatton urges Mike Tyson not to return to the ring to fight Evander Holyfield but David Haye thinks that the third bout of the trilogy should happen, Hawksbee & Jacobs take us back to some Clips of the Week from 2012 plus they discuss the text topic of ‘German’ cockney rhyming slang, Freddie Flintoff tells Breakfast how he duped the producers of I’m a Celebrity Down Under into thinking he had a certain phobia and on the Sports Bar there’s another Titanic battle between Andy Goldstein & Jason Cundy in Play Your Cards Wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Maj 202018min