Lockdown Football Commentators

Lockdown Football Commentators

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Lockdown Football Commentators episodes

  • Athletics Torun 2021 - Sean Tobin SAT
    A brilliant Saturday morning in Torun at the European Indoors for Ireland's Sarah Lavin and Sean Tobin.
    Lavin is through to the semi-finals of the 60m hurdles, another lifetime best of 8.06 seconds, beating the mark of 8.13 set in Madrid a couple of weeks ago.
    Tobin, who were regularly see competing on the Grand Prix circuit in the vest of his club Clonmel AC, is through to Sunday's final of the men's 3000m, fifth in his semi-final in a lifetime best 7:47.71 - qualifying among the fastest losers.
    He's been telling Will Downing about his path to Sunday's big decider:
    5 min
  • Lockdown Football 25: Yann Kermorgant - the King of Comebacks
    French striker Yann Kermorgant found fame and played most of his football career in the EFL Championship, but his career almost never happened at all.
    Kermorgant won the Championship with Bournemouth and League One at Charlton, reaching the Championship play-off final with Reading and the semis with Leicester - but serious illness only saw him turn professional at the age of 24.
    In an in-depth interview with Lockdown Football, Kermorgant speaks about -
    - losing four years of his teenage life to leukemia
    - being frozen out during his first six months in England with Leicester City and *that* Panenka penalty in the play-offs
    - winning League One with Charlton but seeing the club hit the buffers under disastrous owner Roland Duchatelet
    - his Championship-winning season at Bournemouth and the non-start of his Premier League career
    - playing under Nigel Pearson, Chris Powell, Eddie Howe and Jaap Stam
    - his premature retirement due to the French football lockdown
    With Will Downing, Stephane Jauny and Mark Rodden
    1 hr 15 min
  • Lockdown Football 23: Gerry Armstrong - The Man with the Goalscoring Touch
    On June 25th 1982, Northern Ireland scored their famous victory over Spain at the World Cup in Valencia.
    38 years on, Gerry Armstrong reflects on the famous night on the Med, Northern Ireland's run to the second phase, his playing days at the top of the First Division with Watford and in Spain with Real Mallorca, plus the La Liga greats he commentated on with Sky Sports.
    With Will Downing, Mark Rodden and Dmytro Dzhulai (Дмитро Джулай)
    50 min
  • Lockdown Football 21: Turkey's exciting title race, Bayern's title trot
    As the Turkish SuperLig comes to British and Irish television for the first time in the throes of a thrilling four-way title race, Emre Sarigul of Turkish-Football.com joins us to run the rule over this season's Championship contenders.
    And with Bayern Munich claiming their eighth Bundesliga title in a row, how healthy is that for German football?
    With Will Downing, Mark Rodden, Stephane Jauny and Dmytro Dzhulai (Дмитро Джулай)
    59 min
  • Lockdown Football 20: Curtis Fleming's Indian job
    Former St Patrick's Athletic, Middlesbrough and Ireland defender Curtis Fleming talks at length about his new role as Punjab FC boss in India's I-League, how life has been like during the recent shutdown, and openings for black managers in England.
    With Will Downing, Mark Rodden and Stephane Jauny.
    51 min
  • Lockdown Football 19: LaLiga's big kick-off, Talking Turkey, Pep's new genius
    It's the big kick-off in Spain's La Liga as Barcelona resume two points clear of Real Madrid, and there's discussion of Sevilla's win over Real Betis in El Gran Derby.
    Turkey's star-studded SuperLig is back - a thorough look at all the runners and riders.
    There's a profile of Pep Guardiola's new assistant manager at Manchester City, Juanma Lillo - considered to be one of the best football coaches in the world.
    Plus the most detailed discussion of Therese Johaug that there has ever been in a football podcast.
    With Will Downing, Mark Rodden, Stephane Jauny and Dmytro Dzhulai (Дмитро Джулай)
    55 min
  • Lockdown Extra: Conor McGregor's French biography
    Conor McGregor is the subject of a new biography just released in France.
    "Conor McGregor: Obsessions" is written by Irish-based French journalist Charles Thiallier, who has previously reported on McGregor for L'Equipe.
    On the eve of the announcement of McGregor's third retirement, Thallier has been speaking to Will Downing about how the project came about, the many interviews performed for the book, and what picture emerges of the man himself.
    31 min
  • Lockdown Football 18: Not "the Greatest League in the World Podcast", with Con Murphy
    Portuguese Liga commentator Con Murphy joins the crew at the end of the first week back in the Primeira, ponders the future of Irish clubs in the League of Ireland including his beloved Shamrock Rovers, and recalls the dynamic 90s radio football coverage of Century Radio and Capital Gold, with a look at Poland's Ekstraklasa too.
    With Will Downing, Mark Rodden, Stephane Jauny and Dmytro Dzhulai (Дмитро Джулай).
    1 hr 4 min

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European football news, interviews, retro and whimsy from football commentators Will Downing, Mark Rodden, Stephane Jauny and Dmytro Dzhulai, plus regular guests looking at the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Belgian Pro League, Eredivisie, League of Ireland, women's football, the world game... and even the Premier League.