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  • Talking the Blues Podcast – Sunderland (h) FA Cup 3rd Round – the thrill has gone!

    Welcome to the post Sunderland, third round FA Cup edition of Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We go through the terribly disappointing events of the day and do a deep examination of what the causes might be. Interesting contributions all round!

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast, Wolves (h)…. absurdity & carelessness reaches new levels

    Welcome to the post Wolves (h) Talking the Blues podcast with Andy & George Costigan. We talk about the match but focus also on all the stuff around the game at present and Everton specifically. A very passionate yet frustrated conversation.

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    0 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast – Brentford (h), we explore the inconsistencies of this current Everton

    Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues. After another terrible result (and performance) we get together to try and make some sense of the inconsistencies befalling Everton at present. With Andy and George Costigan.

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    0 min
  • Talking the (Jolly) Blues Podcast – Nottingham Forest (a), what a way to finish the year!

    Welcome to the post Nottingham Forest (a) Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan.

    Simply, unbridled joy, and now expectation!

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    Thanks to everyone for listening through 2025 – wishing everyone the very best for 2026!

    Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    50 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast – Burnley (a), fixture list compilation, its impact, the Friedkins and the role of money

    Welcome to the post Christmas, post Burnley (a) Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We skate over the Burnley match as quickly as possible for linking VAR, the fixture lists, the behaviour of investors and the Friedkins together as impactors on football.

    A very wide and varied conversation

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast – post Arsenal and catch up

    Welcome to the pre-Christmas Talking the Blues Podcast, in which we catch up on the two defeats to Chelsea and Arsenal, before reflecting more widely on progress.

    Unfortunately, I had to leave the podcast just as we were getting into talking about the Friedkin one year anniversary. We will return to the subject immediately after Christmas. Apologies to all

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    We’d like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their support this year, and to wish everyone a happy, joyous Christmas!

    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    49 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast – Nottingham Forest (h), a catch up, confusion from the host but plenty of fun

    Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan, in which we catch up on recent games including Saturday’s tremendous victory against Nottingham Forest. Paul get’s into a pickle and had there been any subs would have been off before half time.

    As always, good natured discussion from the three of us – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. I’m off to get my medication checked

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Manchester United (a) version II – the football regulator and City of Liverpool infrastructure

    Welcome to a re-recorded edition of Talking the Blues, with Andy and George Costigan in fine and joyous form following our victory earlier this week at Old Trafford.

    We look at the game, Moyes management, the sending off and what this means for the team and Barry in particular. We talk about Beto, the Independent Football Regulator and finish on the contrast between the Hill Dickinson stadium winning mandates for additional events and the continued absence of future infrastructure planning in the North of the city.

    A joyous podcast – hope you enjoy it!

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    1 hr 19 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast – another international break, Pickford, bad pitches from the past

    Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan.

    It’s another international break so after a little bit of chat regarding Everton we turn to a variety of subjects, including Pickford, dipsticks, the attraction of international football and quite a few other random topics.

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    As ever, thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    1 hr 8 min
  • Talking the Blues Podcast – Fulham (h) & what is happening with transport infrastructure?

    Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on our 2-0 home win against Fulham – a result which lowered the blood pressure in the Costigan households.

    We then ask serious questions of the club, local politicians and the Government as to why we are not hearing of future transport & infrastructure developments around Bramley-Moore.

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    As ever thanks for listening. Talking the Blues is available subscription and advert free on all major podcast platforms.

    We look forward to speaking to you during the international break next week

    59 min

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