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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
James Richardson and Team Totally are with you four times a week with all the football news and chat you need - and plenty that you don’t too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonSo it was all Pogba
Juventus win their 9th title in a row, a Scudetto that’s received more criticism than celebration. Are we wrong to be underwhelmed by Maurizio Sarri, the coach…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonWho’s laughing now?
Bournemouth are victorious but go down with Watford as Villa stay up. Was it Grealish’s last game at Villa? Was it Howe’s final match as Bournemouth boss? And…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonOh Kepa!
The Champions League chase goes down to the wire as Leicester take on Man Utd. Big game for the Foxes – and for Brendan Rodgers.The battle to beat the drop is…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonFort Boyard
RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: No Ballon d’Or! (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Juventus 2 - 1 Lazio (05m 00s)• PART 2b: Real’s 34th title and ZZ love (11m 20s)• PART 3a: Niko…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonCulturally notorious
It’s an Arsenal Chelsea final in the FA Cup as London reigns over Manchester.Did Solskjaer prioritise the league over the cup with his selection? And after…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonLike Sammy Kuffour
Arsenal defy the odds and the stats to beat Klopp and co at the Emirates. They may be champions but are this Liverpool side damaging their legacy?From an…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonNo camaraderie, no sweetness either
The Champions League quarter-finals look lopsided with some big names on one side of the draw. So could this finally be PSG’s year?Man City will be in the…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonBackup for wooden barns
Norwich are relegated but the other 4 in the bottom 5 are all victorious, including an incredible turnaround as Bournemouth batter Leicester. What has happened…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonControl of the Stokenchurch bypass
It’s the North London derby on Sunday as Tottenham and Arsenal compete for bragging rights and not much else? And how much are the Amazon film crew to credit…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonThey want a name on that bench
Bayern complete the double with victory in the Pokal. Will Lewandowski win the Ballon D’Or? Will Thiago be at Liverpool next season?The title race could well…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonDispensing tactical justice
Southampton stun Man City as Liverpool labour to victory over Villa. Brighton seem safe but it looks like bye-bye Bournemouth. All because of the…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonPep might wash his jet
West Ham shock Chelsea in a thrilling London derby. The Hammers move up to 30 points – could that be enough to stay up? And how worried should Frank Lampard be…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonSusceptible to a bit of flattery
It was a terrible week for Barcelona in La Liga as they lose ground and Messi loses respect. But everyone’s talking about those assists from Benzema and…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonPied Piper march
It was a weekend of quarter-final football, as well as Premier League action, where we possibly learnt more about the losers than the winners. Could declining…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonAnd now it’s there
With the help of Duncan Alexander, Rory Smith and devoted Red Sasha Goryunov, we react to the end of one of the most famous sporting droughts. What will it…
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson60 million pounds of nothing
Liverpool wipe the floor with Palace and could be champions by Thursday night. Man City’s game with Burnley was overshadowed by a White Lives Matter banner…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonEmotion escaping from somebody’s body
No doubt that it was a dour derby on Merseyside but the weekend prompted plenty of questions. Did Mourinho get it wrong with his tactics? Are Arsenal done as a…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonBeginning to age disgracefully
It’s an evening of firsts in England with the first Premier League games behind closed doors and the first failure of goal-line technology. Hawk-eye denies…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonBlurry masses
With the 2019/20 season set to get back underway on Wednesday, we look at the key talking points still to be resolved. What records can Liverpool break? Is it…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonClassic embarrassing move
2004/05 saw a Champions League winner that finished level on points with Bolton. Rafa Benitez’s Liverpool went on an incredible journey to Istanbul. But Carlo…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonLet’s just use teletext
The pod travels back 20 years, giving us a chance to bang the Marcus Stewart for England drum, reminisce about Wycombe’s FA Cup run and discuss Daniel’s…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonIntellectual doping
03/04 was the making of Mourinho on the world stage and the unravelling of Ranieri at Chelsea. We look back at a campaign that featured a goal-crazy Monaco…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonThe clang of modern football
The last Premier League season of the century. A time when Roy Keane was player of the year and Phillips and Bridges were banging in them in.The Dons met their…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonGrass art maniac
The 2002-03 Champions League campaign saw Serie A come roaring back after a few seasons out of the spotlight. Carlo Ancelotti claimed his first Champions…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonMatching pink Ferraris
98/99 brought us the highest quality of title races, John Gregory’s big mouth, and Van Hooijdonk and Di Canio behaving badly.We look back at the second week of…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonSausage factory owner
The 01/02 campaign saw Real Madrid win their 9th European Cup at the expense of Bayer Leverkusen, who knocked out all three English clubs on the way to the…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonConglomerate striker
The panel look back at the 97/98 season. Home to one of the best individual performances of the Premier League era. And the most bizarre managerial unveiling…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonMore centimetres to score
The panel look back at Bayern’s first European Cup win in 25 years. It was the final with all the penalties, so naturally the Germans won it. Featuring Oliver…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonFootball with broccoli
Back in 1996/97, there was an Italian influx, Manchester United were the worst champions ever and Leeds experienced peak George Graham. Plus there was Arsene…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonAfter 90 minutes of sheer hell
The Champions League season at the turn of the century was lit up by Batistuta’s Fiorentina, Mihajlovic’s Lazio and Flo’s Chelsea.The whole thing was won by…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonGet a Wim Jonk while you’re at it
The 94/95 season saw Shearer and Sutton fire Blackburn to their first title in 81 years. And Forest finished 3rd! The panel look back on a game-changing…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonAirplanes in the belly
98/99 is defined by Man United’s treble success. We force Rafa to relive the United Bayern final - the substitutions that went right and the substitutions that…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonBlobby In, Branfoot Out
United’s second season in the Premier League wasn’t so difficult as they crushed all opposition in 93/94. Were they better than the United side of 98/99?Plus…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonClub of the humble
Jupp Heynckes’s Real, thanks to the heroics of Predrag Mijatovic and Christian Karembeu, turned over Juve in the final, at the end of a scintillating campaign…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonCurrent wine importer
The 2011/12 Premier League campaign saw Manchester City pip rivals United to the title on goal difference on the last day. You might remember how it ended. But…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonThe human can opener
The panel travel back to 96/97 when Dortmund and Schalke did a European double. Dortmund’s only Champions League success powered by Sammer, Ricken and Paul…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonEight more votes than Theo Zagorakis
Roman Abramovich arrived in England but nobody could beat Arsenal in the Premier League in 03/04. Do they – or indeed Thierry Henry – get enough love?This is…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonSnake power rankings
We travel back in time to the 95/96 season of the Champions League which gives us a chance to rave about Raul. It was a disastrous campaign for Blackburn and a…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonDivision One rolled in glitter
Today, the panel look back to 92-93, the very first Premier League campaign that saw Manchester United’s dominance commence and Clough’s last knockings at…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonLike a luxury Stewart Downing
Flicks and Kicks sees the team review United Passions – the FIFA-funded film about FIFA with Tim Roth starring as Saint Sepp Blatter.With Kane’s future up in…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonDie Hard henchman
PSG had a team to drool over, Milan were permanent fixtures in the final. But 94/95 was arguably Louis Van Gaal’s finest season as a manager, leading his Ajax…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonDawn of the dour
The 04/05 season saw Chelsea end Arsenal and United’s dominance of English football, plus the greatest relegation battle ever. Also big that season - David…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonBaked bean cake
Today we take on the film Escape To Victory, where football and POW camps collide. Starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pele, John Wark and that bloke…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonVolcanic characters
The panel look back at the 93-94 Champions League, a place in which was turned down by PSG!Featuring Capello’s Milan, Cruyff’s Barcelona, Wenger’s Monaco. And…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonI’m a butterfly, you’re worker ants
Keegan’s entertainers up against Fergie’s fledglings. We review one of the great title races in a campaign where English clubs were rubbish in Europe. Except…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonPat Jennings’s oil filters
Rory Smith is back to bring us an update on the latest moves within UEFA, as to how to salvage the season.On the agenda today, we offer up a Ronaldinho…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonA few transfusions
We look back at the first Champions League final in 1993, which pitted Berlusconi against the Berlusconi who got busted. Milan versus Bernard Tapie’s…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonCouldn’t defend for butter
With all major European leagues suspending football amid the coronavirus pandemic, we discuss with Rory Smith where the authorities go from here and when we…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonElongated Lionel Messi
Last year’s Champions League finalists Liverpool and Tottenham are both knocked out at the last 16 stage. Where did it go wrong for the Reds? And are we…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonQatar karma
Like many games this week, PSG v Dortmund will be behind closed doors. Can the Parisians end their knock-out stage hoodoo? And will Atletico upset holders…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonClown running through a minefield
It’s another man of the match display from the boy wonder Billy Gilmour at Stamford Bridge. Are Man City missing Arteta?We recognise Roy Hodgson’s achievements…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonSiegfried Sassoon vibe
Tottenham head out of the cup as Eric Dier heads into the stands to confront a fan. We ask if Spurs should be expecting a bit more from the rather expensive…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonI’m not the midfielder you’re looking for
Real Madrid win the Clasico, leading many to assume Barcelona – and Lionel Messi – are in decline.Lazio are top of Serie A but is the Italian season in danger…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonDefence and justice
The bottom 3 all taste victory in the Premier League. Emma Saunders pops in to discuss whether Watford’s win over the champions elect is the greatest in their…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonDriving through the smoke
Man City make a statement in Europe with their win at the Bernabeu – next up Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup Final.Chelsea are embarrassed by Bayern and the…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonThe most important of the least important things
Will Bayern and Juve show they deserve to be among the favourites for the Champions League this week? Can a resurgent Napoli upset Barca? And will Real get one…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonAn abject lack of responsibility
There’s refereeing controversy in Burnley, Nottingham and Inverness, to name but a few. In the Premier League, there are plaudits aplenty for Saka, Fernandes…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonNiche beef
Liverpool and Tottenham are both undone in Europe, both posing very little goal threat. The same can’t be said of Erling Haaland at Dortmund. Just how good can…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonFull gas
Will Dortmund v PSG deliver the goal-fest we all expect? Do Leipzig have the experience to progress? And what are the prospects for Atalanta and Atleti?Plus…
The Totally Football Show with James RichardsonVery particular about his black Diadoras
Kieran Maguire from the Price of Football helps us discuss the ramifications of Manchester City’s two-year ban from the Champions League, with 5th becoming the…