These Football Times

Award-winning author Michael Calvin joins the panel to discuss subjects from his outstanding new book State of Play, which explores football beneath its skin, from morality and mental health to its so...

27 Aug 20181h 15min

With Cristiano Ronaldo now leading the Juventus charge but their rivals also strengthening, how will Serie A - slowly returning to glories of old - play out this season? And can a Ronaldo-less Real Ma...

20 Aug 20181h 35min

The Premier League season is upon us, and a raft of questions and queries surround each team. Whose made the best signings? Who has gone backwards? Can anybody topple Manchester City and who'll be lan...

6 Aug 20181h 3min

Football is an ever-evolving sport, often shaped by the minds of a few. The dreamers. The thinkers. What we have today is the result of systems that have transcended borders and time to give us the gr...

24 Juli 201856min

It's a fickle business, that of predicting football; even more so when it's the World Cup in question. So how did panellists from The Lob fare during Russia 2018? We reconvene to review the finals and...

19 Juli 20181h 3min

It's that time again: the 2018 FIFA World Cup is upon us, so join hosts Jim Hart and Steven Scragg along with guests Stuart Horsfield and Gary Thacker as we wrap up a series that's covered every final...

14 Juni 20181h 27min

As Spain shook off their demons playing a brand of football as good as anything in World Cup history in 2010, Germany emulated them with a devastating blend of power and skill in 2014. These are the k...

6 Juni 20181h 31min

We review senior writer Gary Thacker's brilliant new book, Cheers, Tears and Jeers: A History of England and the World Cup, chronicling the story of the Three Lions and the planet’s biggest football t...

28 Maj 20181h 4min