The Final Countdown - Football History's stories of glory and heartbreak in the biggest finals

It's the 1980/1981 English First Division and a tussle at the top for two new heavyweights! Aston Villa and Ipswich take each other on in a race for the title and Sir Bobby Robson has his hands full as Ipswich attempt a historic treble!!

We somehow discuss the England Manager's job as well as John Wark's heroic goalscoring exploits!

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We're back to our regular schedule as we look at the 1979/1980 English First Division and its more glory for Liverpool. We learn about all the drama and have some big mentions for Andy Gray, Kevin Keegan, and even Dixie Dean!

Adam also looks at the great goalkeeping rivalry of the decade between Ray Clemence and Peter Shilton.

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Normal business will resume next week with a review of the 79/80 English First Division but we couldn't ignore the sad news of the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton.

A footballing giant, a statesman of the game and arguably the greatest English player of all time has passed away and it only felt right to devote a brief 30 minutes to discussing a career and a man that was one of a kind.

If you'd like to learn more about Charlton's and Manchester United's European win listen to our episode on the 1968 European Cup here: https://bit.ly/1968final

Our final countdown this week is the 1978/1979 English First Division. We see the arrival of Trevor Francis, the first Million-pound man, the first shirt sponsor, a tussle at the top between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool and a discussion on who's better ITV or BBC?

Join us for our new season as we review the final days of the English top flight and the stories that led to the drama.

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We're back baby! With a final countdown of the 1977/1978 English First Division. The Premier League wasn't yet a twinkle in the FA's eye, we hadn't had a Million pound player yet and Brian Clough was taking his shot at being the main man in English football.

Join us on our new season as we review the final days of the English top flight and the stories that led to the drama.

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It's the informal conclusion to our Women's FIFA World Cup series and it ends in heartbreak (for us Lioness fans anyway!)

Lewis and Adam recap a tremendous tournament as they discuss the Colombian wunderkind, Linda Caicedo, the USWNT bombing out, Mary Earps being Mary Earps and of course, the understated triumph of Spain.

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Listen along as we discuss the USWNT attempting to win their 4th World Cup but standing in their way are the reigning European Champions, the Netherlands - led by the one and only Sarina Weigman!

It was a fantastic World Cup final that didn't disappoint, yet we found time to digress and discuss whether Wiegman should be named as Southgate's successor, how elite is too elite and whether Phil Neville can become "Big Phil" if he grows a moustache!

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In the famous words of Staind..."It's been awhile".

Back from our hols, we're continuing our series on the FIFA Women's World Cup with the 2015 final between Japan & the USWNT.

So many records are broken in this historic final but we still find a way to talk about Ceefax & Teletext!

As England didn't win, we're keeping the 2023 Women's World Cup final for the end but let's focus on Germany's attempt at an unprecedented World Cup hat-trick. Standing in their way were the underdogs Japan, trying to bring some joy to a country suffering from a national catastrophe.

It was an epic world cup that didn't disappoint, yet we somehow found time to give the USA a good-natured ribbing, especially their disgraceful soccer team names!

Brazil whimpered out the 2023 Women's World Cup but they hit their peak in 2007 with Marta stealing the show. It was the immovable object of Germany that was tasked with stopping the unstoppable force of Brazil but could they do it?

Listen in as we somehow digress and talk about the Olympics, WWF legends Gorilla Monsson, Earthquake and Tugboat and of course, Birgit Prinz - again!!