Not The Top 20 Podcast

Happy Christmas! The NTT20 Podcast Christmas Party involves going through RE-PREDICTIONS for the Championship table, from 24th to 1st, with a few beers. Twitter: twitter.com/NTT20Pod Soundcloud: @ntt20pod iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/not-t…d1112915286?mt=2 Intro Music: 'Where Do You Wanna Go?' by New Carnival itunes.apple.com/gb/album/where-d…453?i=1048907676 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Dec 20181h 2min

Ali sat down to get to know Paul Heckingbottom and hear about his experiences in football. Below is a list of topics with timecodes. 03:00 - Being out of work. How he’s dealt with it, how he spends his time. 7:10 - Falling out of love with the game. 8:15 - Youth team player at Manchester United 9:45 - Barnsley when he first became manager 15:30 - Sales of key players (Hourihane, Bree, Winnall) in January of 16/17 season with the team close to play-offs. 18:30 - Issues in the second half of that 16/17 season with contracts expiring… 21:25 - First 5 months as Barnsley Head Coach - winning at Wembley twice, winning promotion. 25:00 - His philosophy and teams he studied. 26:30 - Tactical discussion - how he set the team up in League One & adapting to the Championship. 30:30 - Many of the players from that squad are Championship & even Premier League players - Paul discusses Conor Hourihane and his development. 33:30 - Other former players Paul has enjoyed watching develop further. 37:45 - Why did Paul leave Barnsley for Leeds having just signed a new contract? 42:00 - Why he felt he had to move on. 42:50 - Was the call from Leeds a surprise? 43:50 - The different types of owners he’s worked under. 45:00 - Moving to Leeds. 46:15 - Did he know what he was getting himself into at Leeds? 48:00 - His remit at Leeds at things he felt needed sorting. 50:15 - The Leeds squad and recruitment strategy of the last few years. 53:00 - Leaving Leeds. 55:15 - Being replaced by Marcelo Bielsa - what’s he made of Bielsa’s Leeds? 58:00 - Championship tactics, is there time to plan a specific game-plan with so little time between games? 59:00 - How to set up against teams like Wolves (3-4-2-1) & Sheffield United (3-4-1-2) 1:05:00 - Working with a Set-Piece Coach at Leeds. 1:07:15 - What’s next for Paul. 1:08:30 - How do managers apply for jobs? 1:09:30 - Working in a structure with a Director of Football as a Head Coach and the difference in interpretation. 1:11:30 - Charity Work and having something else aside from football 1:13:30 - What is Myanmar like? 1:14:30 - Quiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Dec 20181h 19min

The Match in Focus game is Grimsby v Notts County this week. Season stats: G: 2.94 A: -10.46 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

20 Dec 201831min

Just talking about the EFL from the weekend. Hope you enjoy it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Dec 201856min

The Match in Focus game is Barnsley v Portsmouth this week. Season stats: G: +0.85 A: -11.14 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 and FA Cup 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 Dec 201832min

Welcome to NTT20 Remembers: The Battle of Bramall Lane, where George and Ali - with contributions from Patrick Suffo and Alan Biggs - look back at the infamous game between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion in March 2002, the first professional football match in England ever to be abandoned due to lack of players. This episode is sponsored by Blacktype Bet. They are giving away a West Brom and Sheffield United kit from the Battle of Bramall Lane era. Head to twitter.com/NTT20Pod to find out more. You can sign up for a Black Type account 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. This is the first 'NTT20 Remembers' - a series in which George and Ali will review, recollect and present memories of iconic Football League games, teams, players or managers of the past, with contributions from those directly involved - in this instance: Patrick Suffo, who was sent off in the Battle of Bramall Lane, and Alan Biggs, the Sheffield sports guru and key performer in the aftermath, the lads sift through quotes and old footage to remind the listeners the characters, the incidents and the aftermath that made this day so special. Please feel free to get in touch to suggest any other potential topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Dec 20181h

Championship: Norwich & Leeds pull clear with wins. 5 pt gap now to Sheff Utd who beat Reading. WBA 2-2 Villa Forest 0-1 Preston Birmingham 0-1 Bristol City Brentford 2-3 Swansea L1: Wally Downes appointed at Wimbledon. 1-1 vs Rochdale. Sam Ricketts loses first Shrewsbury game. Big games in battle for play-off places - Blackpool beating Charlton and Donny smashing BRFC to go 6th. Gillingham beat Scunny. Ref Plymouth come back 3 times v Bradford and mad xG numbers & Payne being king. L2: Tough start for Ardley - 0-2 vs Mansfield. Tough start for Sol Campbell - 0-1 Colchester Yeovil 1-2 Forest Green Swindon under Wellens… 0-4 first game, lost to Woking in Cup but three wins in a row now in the league. TEAM OF THE WEEK - ??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Dec 20181h 6min

The Match in Focus game is Plymouth v Bradford this week. Season stats: George: +1.15 Ali: -11.47 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 and FA Cup 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

6 Dec 201835min