This week, Tom and Juliet talk to Momentum co-founder and Progressive International comms director James Schneider about his relationship with football, and especially with Arsenal – showcasing his true ambition to become a Gunners tactics YouTuber. They also discussed potential socialist and social democratic reforms to English football, including TV revenue taxes for grassroots sport, and increasing fan ownership, and the relationship between financial precarity and prevailing styles of football.

In the News section, we discussed the fallout from Aston Villa’s 2-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League and from Mary Earps’ book, David Beckham’s knighthood, a conflict of interest around Labour’s Football Regulator, and the agonising wait to see who will win the inaugural FIFA World Peace Prize.

In our football weekends, James is excited about Arsenal, Tom hates international breaks, and Juliet hates everyone involved in running Norwich City.

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Podcast version of our interview with Franck Magennis and Tasnima Uddin from ELSC on the silencing of advocates for Palestine, Gary Lineker, and Zionism's weaponising of the beautiful game.

Podcast version of the full interview with Ian Byrne on the Public Office Accountability Bill, aka the Hillsborough Law, plus Juliet snd Tom catching up at the end.

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In this episode of Pro Revolution Soccer, writer and Stadio co-host Musa Okwonga returns to talk about what’s been happening in English and international football over the summer. None of us cared about the FIFA Club World Cup, but we talked about the Lionesses’ surprise win at Euro 2025, the meaning of Michelle Agyemang being the Young Player of the Tournament, and the racist abuse aimed at defender Jess Carter. We also discussed the death of Suleiman al-Obeid, ‘the Palestinian Pelé’, in an aid queue in Gaza, and Mohamed Salah’s response to UEFA’s non-descript tweet about his murder. We also looked at Villarreal’s weasel-worded statement about their condemnation of gender-based violence after signing Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey, days after he was charged with sexual assault, and at the FA’s decision to end the Rainbow Laces campaign and what might replace it.

In Our Football Summers, Musa talked about the simple pleasure of returning to 7-a-side, Juliet spoke about Tamil Eelam’s triumph in the CONIFA Asia Cup in Surrey in July and football’s ability to keep communities together, and looking ahead to the new season, Tom talked of the new to avoid fatalism and remain hopeful in the face of bleak circumstances, be it for your own club, or football as a whole.

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In this all-trans episode, Juliet talks to trans writers, activists and footballers Natalie Washington and Arthur Webber about the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on gender identity, and the English and Scottish FA's effective bans on trans and non-binary people playing in their competitions. They discuss the all-channels media campaign against trans people that led to both decisions, the long-term efforts to overturn the Stockholm Consensus of 2004 that allowed for trans participation in sex-segregated sports, the parallels with the English FA banning women's football in 1921, where trans and non-binary people might play now, and how the Court ruling and its consequences might be challenged.

In the News, we touched on Donald Trump keeping the FIFA World Club Cup orb, and in our football weekends, Arthur and Natalie discussed their face-off in the annual Transmasc vs. Transfem match held by trans club TRUK United.

This week, Tom and Juliet talk to writer and Stadio co-host Musa Okwonga about the 2024-25 season. They discuss Qatar Sports Investments finally buying the Champions League, and the disconnection between PSG's beautiful football and ugly ownership; why the Abu Dhabi United Group's project at Manchester City floundered this season; Juliet's interest in grass-roots vs. Musa's fascination with the highest levels; how football has failed Palestine; and the great Ugandan international footballer and poet Okot p'Bitek.

In Our Football Weekends, Juliet has been to a lot of Cup Finals, standing in for Jim Ratcliffe at the Women's FA Cup Final, enjoying Nigeria's Unity Cup triumph, and invading the pitch after FK Vardar's historic victory in the North Macedonian Cup Final. Musa was part of a record crowd at Union Berlin's women, and discusses youth coaching with Tom, who is preparing himself for his son's team's end of season presentation while lamenting Russell Martin's decision to manage Rangers.

In this preview of our latest bonus episode about what it means to have a footballing hero, Tom discusses what made Matt Le Tissier so special, and why he was so idolised by Southampton fans (and anyone else who supported a mid-sized provincial club) in the 1990s. To hear the full episode, including Juliet's reflections on Grant Holt as a "working-class hero" and on the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/ProRevolutionSoccer/home to subscribe for as little as £3.50 per month.

Tom and Juliet talk to former Labour Party leader and independent MP Jeremy Corbyn and his son Ben about their relationship with football – in Ben’s case as a coach, in Jeremy’s as a local and national politician, and in both cases as Arsenal fans and football enthusiasts. Why should people on the left care about football, and the grass roots in particular? What are the challenges facing youth football, and how can community organising and other political action overcome them? Who won when Militant played Labour Briefing in the 1980s, and does Jeremy own any Football Casual gear? Find out about all this and more in our wide-ranging conversation – and subscribe for bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/c/ProRevolutionSoccer.

Recorded by Ilia Rogatchevski at the Resonance 104.4fm in London, and produced by Oliver Kealey.

In this preview of the latest bonus episode of Pro Revolution Soccer about the various culture clashes as English football changed in the 2000s, Tom, Juliet and guest Joe Kennedy (author of Games Without Frontiers and Authentocrats) consider the pivotal figure of 'Big' Sam Allardyce, who went from managing Blackpool in the mid-90s to negotiating deals with a 'fake Sheikh' over a pint of wine in a Chinese restaurant as England manager, twenty years later. What impact did Big Sam's persona and footballing style (and especially his Bolton Wanderers team) have on English football? How much did he feed into changes that have apparently professionalised the Premier League, making it far less personality-driven?

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