Four At The Back

Sometimes defeats hide more than they reveal. This week Four at the Back looks at the runners-up in the 1993 League and FA Cup finals to pay tribute to what was a remarkable Sheffield Wednesday side. Join us as we talk Chris Waddle, Mark Bright, the injuries of David Hirst and the versatility of Paul Warhurst!

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Could a side win honours in the 1990s playing with five attackers? Maybe not, but this 1994/95 Spurs side certainly won their fair share of hearts. Adding international stars Jurgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu, and Gica Popescu to a talented batch of English players, all of the eyes of the footballing world were on this corner of North London. If anything it was all too brief....

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How hard is it to go an entire season unbeaten? Well, no one had done it for 115 years in the English top flight before this Arsenal team came along in the 2003/04 season. Maz, Neil and Pete get together to talk about Thierry Henry, Sol Campbell, Robert Pires and all the rest, and just what it was that made them capable of this once in a lifetime achievement....

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It's been a while but we're glad to be back, and what better way to come back than getting a little bit crazy? Series 3 kicks off with our look at the underdogs of the early Premier League, and how they went from being the crazy gang to actually playing a bit of good football along the way....

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Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce are out at Newcastle, the Saudi's and Eddie Howe are in. There's a lot going on in the North East, but how much are things actually going to change? And how great is this really for Eddie Howe? Can he do it outside of Bournemouth? Joe and Pete are here to unpack the revolution at one of England's oldest and biggest clubs.

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After the chaos of the summer, an early exit for Nuno seems completely predictable, but Antonio Conte taking over months after turning Daniel Levy down is a more surprising development. Neil and Pete get together to discuss the latest happenings in N17 and what the future holds under the highly-rated Italian coach.

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Neil, Pete, and Maz get together as the new Premier League season looms to take a look at all that's coming up between now and next May.

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England took an early lead but a fairly sorry stretch in the second half surrendered the initiative and led to yet more shootout heartbreak. Joe, Maz and Pete look back at the final and choose their team of the tournament. The catch? They can only take one player from each squad. Verratti or Chiellini? Stirling or Maguire? Stephen O'Donnell or Lyndon Dykes? There's some tough choices to be made.....

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England got through.... but was it a penalty? The Four at the Back crowd aren't sure. And exactly what is Mason Mount's role in this England team? These are two things on our mind as we talk through England's progress to their first major men's final in 55 years, and there's also time enough to discuss what was a minor classic in the other semi between Italy and Spain.

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England are growing into the tournament and, a couple of dodgy moments aside, did a very professional job of getting past Ukraine. All four of the boys are back to talk through what Southgate is getting right, how good it is to follow an England team that inspires enthusiasm, and where back-to-back Semi-Finals puts Southgate in the pantheon of England managers. They also wax lyrical about Italy, take a look at England's opponents in the next round in Denmark, and revisit Spain squeaking their way past tournament surprise package, Switzerland.

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