Route One

By Route One

Welcome to Route One! It’s football. Fast. No faff.

On Monday, we'll tell you everything you need to know from the weekend just gone.

On Friday, we'll tell you everything you need ... more

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The podcast currently has 96 episodes available.

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January 09, 2026 Fulham are three points off a Champions League place…
Seriously. They were on the fringes of the relegation battle five minutes ago, but an astonishing run of form has left them to the brink of the Champions League. And have you seen their next four fixtures? How long can this last? We’ve got Sammy James in from the Fulhamish podcast.
And speaking of small clubs doing outlandish things in big leagues, look at Villarreal in Spain. They’re third with two games in hand and they could conceivably beat Real Madrid to second place. Feargal Brennan joins us to tell us more.
And what’s on this weekend? Find a full preview here.
Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle
Guests: Sammy James, Feargal Brennan
Check out Feargal on Twitter: https://x.com/FeargalBren
Check out Fulhamish: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/red-head-reedemption/id1152978569?i=1000743844315
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January 07, 2026 West Ham Surely Doomed
That’s it now, isn’t it? West Ham haven’t won in ten, they’re seven adrift, they’ve only won three all season and they’ve shipped nearly as many goals from set pieces alone as Arsenal have conceded all season. But who’s to blame? We sift through the wreckage.
And speaking of blame, wreckage and teams beginning with the word ‘west’, we’re also chatting about West Bromwich Albion, who sacked their manager Ryan Mason on Tuesday. Chris Lepkowski joins us for that.
Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle
Guests: Benji Lanyado, Chris Lepkowski
Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org
Check out Slum Sport: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-slum-sport/chris-lepkowski//9781068570780
Check out WBA podcast The Liquidator:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-liquidator/id1506558908
Check out Picfair here: https://www.picfair.com/
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19min
January 05, 2026 Hastily Cobbled Together Man Utd Special
Well, we did have a big West Ham show for you today. We’d recorded it and everything. But Ruben Amorim just had to shout his mouth off, didn’t he? Sigh. Sorry West Ham fans….

But there’s still time after United to bravely ask Jim Burke of the RGC podcast how he’s feeling after the weekend. From a safe distance…

Plus, we’ve got loads of interesting bits and bobs from around Europe, included Lens and their continued leadership of Ligue Ungh!

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle

Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

Check out RGC here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rgc-a-celtic-podcast/id1781046320
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17min
December 19, 2025 Arsenal are fine…right? Right?
Welcome to the last episode of Route One in 2025 and the last in our current format. We’re returning to three episodes a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we’ve got all sorts of exciting plans lined up for audio, video and written content, we really can’t wait to tell you about them.
But we’re going to have to because we also need to tell you about all the games coming up this weekend, we need to tell you about terrible Celtic are all of a sudden and we need to let you know about Slow Football too. So let’s get started. One last time, footbal, fast, no faff. See you in 2026.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Producer: Helena Fremantle

Links:

Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

Check out Slow Football: https://slowfootball.club/

Check out RGC Celtic Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rgc-a-celtic-podcast/id1781046320
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16min
December 15, 2025 Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s a threeway.
Yes, we have ourselves a threeway title race, it appears. Aston Villa fought back three times to beat West Ham away and that is a thing that title challengers do. Manchester City have dropped careless points, but it’s a careless season and they’re still better than most other teams. And Arsenal, as we learned, are not unstoppable.
Also, what’s going on in Spain, in Germany, in Italy, in France and, go on then, Scotland too. Find out in this episode of Route One, the most concise yet comprehensive football podcast in town.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle

Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

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17min
December 12, 2025 How hard are Arsenal going to hurt Wolves?
There is a dark corner in the psyche of every Arsenal fan where all of their fears and anxieties lurk and it is here where you will find the thought, “Oh God, we’re not going to somehow lose to Wolves, are we?”
Listener, I am certain they will not. Indeed, it could be a bit messy. It’s not the game of the week though, that’s West Ham vs Aston Villa, we just put Arsenal in the headline because the last time we put Villa in the headline we lost 20% of the audience. Seriously. Don’t hate the player, hate the game etc etc

Anyway, a full and comprehensive preview of the weekend awaits, so get stuck in and have a very lovely weekend.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Producer: Helena Fremantle

Links:

Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

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16min
December 08, 2025 Salah throws Liverpool under a bus
Liverpool were in enough trouble already having thrown away two points at Elland Road. Mo Salah decided to make everything much, much worse. That story is so big that it’s obscured Aston Villa entering the title race with an late win over Arsenal. But was anything as big this weekend as Thierno Barry’s smile?
Route One is here with everything you need to know from another massive weekend of football.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle

Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

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December 05, 2025 Can Villa topple Arsenal?
It’s a big, but curiously low key weekend in the Premier League. Aston Villa’s clash with Arsenal will, we suspect, be more intruiging than exciting, but after three games in a week, the same could be said for most of the division.
Listen now for the most concise, but comprehensive round-up of the biggest games in Europe.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Producer: Helena Fremantle

Links:

And check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

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14min
December 01, 2025 Ten Man Chelsea Hold Arsenal at Bay
Chelsea fans must have feared the worst when they were reduced to ten men early in their clash with Arsenal, but their players were equal to the task. This was an excellent point for the Blues.
Elsewhere, it was a good day for struggling giants as Liverpool and Manchester United both won, Barcelona won in La Liga, but Hansi Flick didn’t seem to happy at the end. And Paris St Germain lost in France, but Marseille fluffed the chance to go top. Find out more here.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle

Check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

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15min
November 28, 2025 How much worse can it get for Liverpool?
Liverpool have lost again. It’s getting weird now. That’s nine in 12, that’s worse than any run since 1953. Lola Katz Roberts join us to weep quietly while rocking backwards and forwards. Adrian Clarke is much happier though and why not? Arsenal look impregnable right now, not even Bayern Munich can get through their armour.
This is a fifteen minute podcast, but we’ve packed absolutely everything you need to know inside it. Don’t thank us. It’s just what we do.

Presenter: Iain Macintosh
Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle
Guests: Lola Katz Roberts, Adrian Clarke

Links:

Check out Lola’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/goal-difference/id1813885413

Check out Picfair here: https://www.picfair.com/

Check out Adrian’s YouTube page here: https://youtu.be/jWpWK9v4VBo?si=8TjKhJZzHTrGtCA-

Check out Joe Cole’s book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/joe-cole-luxury-player/joe-cole/jason-flemyng/9781399638203

And check out our website: trackrecordmedia.org

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FAQs about Route One:

How many episodes does Route One have?

The podcast currently has 96 episodes available.

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