EFL Unfiltered with David Prutton

It's been a week of managerial headline makers in the EFL, with record breaking tenures celebrated, short lived appointment shockers, and exciting new appointments such as Paul Warne's move to Derby County. Paul describes to Mark Clemmit how leaving Rotherham after so long at the club was one of the hardest decisions he's ever had to make, but how he simply couldn't turn down the chance to manage a club the size of Derby County. And casting his insightful eyes on all the week's big news is the one and only Phil Brown, who entertains and educates in equal measures as always!

On this week’s official EFL podcast, it does exactly what it says on the tin! Clem is joined by top pundit Jobi McAnuff for a full review of the season so far as we enter the international break, and Plymouth manager Steven Schumacher discusses his side’s great start and how much he’s enjoying life in the sunny southwest!

In the week that has seen the EFL and sport in this country as a whole pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth the second, David Prutton sits in for Mark Clemmit who is away for a week. Prutton’s guest is his Sky Sports colleague and Sheffield United Women’s forward Courtney Sweetman-Kirk, who provides some expert analysis on all the big ties across all three divisions, as the leagues return to normal this weekend.

This week on the official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit is joined by Dutch superstar keeper Tim Krul, to discuss his Norwich side's push for promotion back to the premier league, and what they've learnt from the past few seasons. Clem also welcomes Exeter City's brilliant head coach Matt Taylor, in a week that has seen the emotional return to the club on loan of young forward Jay Stansfield, who's regained the formerly retired No.9 shirt of his father Adam Stansfield, who tragically lost his battle with cancer in 2010.

On this week's official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit is joined by Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley, who knows a thing or two about winning promotion during his impressive career alongside brother Nicky. Clem wants to dig down on the secrets to their high flying success, in terms of man management, team bonding and instilling that winning mentality, as well as getting Danny's expert opinion on all the major issues across the EFL, and his thoughts on all this weekend's top ties in the Skybet Championship, League One and League Two!

On this week's official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit talks to Sheffield United's Ollie Norwood about how they plan to make promotion a priority this season, and the EFL's head of EDI David McArdle, explains the league's new initiative which encompasses a 5 year plan to improve equality, diversity and inclusivity within football in this country. Also joining Clem, is the brilliant Steve Evans who explains his Stevenage side's strong start to their Skybet League Two campaign, as well as providing some expert punditry on this weekend's games and all of the major talking points of the last week.

On this week’s official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit is joined by Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe, to talk about his side’s impressive start to the season in the Skybet Championship, as well as all the major talking points across all three Skybet leagues. And to highlight the launch of the EFL’s new equality, diversity and inclusion initiative ‘Together’, Clem sits down with Jarnail Singh, the league’s first Sikh referee, who’s now retired and the proud father of Sunny Singh Gill, who became the EFL’s first British south Asian referee for over a decade and since his father’s days, when he took charge of Northampton Town versus Hartlepool United in Skybet League Two last weekend.

On this week’s official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit has the pleasure of catching up with Reading’s Tom Ince, after he scored that worldie last weekend to make his dad super proud, and Mike Flynn’s Walsall sit top of Skybet League Two, with a maximum 6 points from their first two games! 

On this week’s official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit has pulled out all the stops as he sits down with new Watford boss Rob Edwards about his big step up from Skybet division two to the championship. He also hears from Blackburn Rovers Ladies manager Gemma Donnelly, about proudly bringing through some of the Lionesses stars on their fantastic Euro winning successes last weekend, and sticking in the north west, Clem catches up with Barrow’s exciting new young manager Pete Wild, who hopes he’s found his perfect fit with the Cumbrian club.

The summer break is over in the football world, and Mark Clemmit returns for a brand new full EFL season preview with Derby County captain Curtis Davies!