The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Sasha Goryunov and special guest filmmaker and Liverpool fanatic Asif Kapadia, as they open up the Totally Extra almanac on Fernando Torres.

A boyhood Atletico Madrid fan turned hometown hero at his local club, Torres' lightning pace and prolific goalscoring earned him a move to Anfield where he quickly won the hearts of the Liverpool faithful and forged a special bond with Steven Gerrard.

A World Cup and Euros winner with Spain in arguably their greatest ever era, but injuries held him back as he he made the controversial move to Chelsea, before finishing his career back at Atletico and finally in Japan.

The panel ponder why despite not winning anything at Anfield and moving to a rival, El Niño is so loved on Merseyside.

Plus, Jimbo flicks through the Totally Almanac on this week and there's a Torres themed quiz question.

Produced by Charlie Jones, Lucy OIiva and Jesse Howard.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: The panel discuss Asif’s recent film Dalglish and why they love Torres (00.40)

• PART 1b: Torres themed quiz question (06.30)

• PART 1c: The Totally Extra Almanac (07.20)

• PART 2a: Torres’ beginnings in Madrid (12.30)

• PART 2b: El Niño at Anfield (15.00)

• PART 3: Torres at Chelsea (42.30)

• PART 4a: A return to Madrid (54.00)

• PART 4b: The final farewell in Japan (58.00)

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Jimbo assembles Benji Lanyado, Jay Harris and Duncan Alexander for a feast of footballing chatter ahead of an enticing MD17 in the Premier League.

We begin with events in the three midweek League Cup quarter-final ties - which saw Chelsea, Manchester City and Newcastle progress to the semi's, soon to be joined by either Arsenal or Crystal Palace. There was Cherki's outrageous strike, Garnacho showing his class - and more injury woes for Eddie Howe to navigate.

Then it's full steam ahead with the weekend's PL action. How will Manchester United fare at form side Aston Villa after their bonkers 4-4 draw with Bournemouth on Monday night? Can the Gunners arrest their poor away form when they make the trip to take on Everton on Saturday evening? And will Tottenham v Liverpool live up to its chaotic and free-scoring reputation?!

We get ourselves tied in xG knots, discover shocking connections to supermodels - and rank elite bazaars.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Lucy Oliva.

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RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Hellos, top tier Christmas presents - and a big Peter Odemwingie shirt update (00.45)

• PART 1b: League Cup QFs round up (07.15)

• PART 2a: Premier League MD17 fixtures rundown (19.10)

• PART 2b: Aston Villa v Manchester United preview (20.30)

• PART 3a: Manchester City v West Ham preview (31.00)

• PART 3b: Everton v Arsenal preview (33.10)

• PART 4a: PSG win the Intercontinental Cup, UWCL knockouts await & Celtic's plight (36.40)

• PART 4b: Tottenham v Liverpool preview (40.05)

• PART 4c: Brighton v Sunderland preview (48.15)

• PART 5a: The battle down at the bottom (51.15)

• PART 5b: Looking forward to AFCON (59.30)

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Jimbo’s got the Euro crew alongside him for a dive into the wild and wonderful world of football from across the continent… 

We start in Italy, where the title race took yet more twists and turns as Milan and Napoli both dropped points to allow Inter to take top spot. Plus - Fiorentina’s plight deepens after their latest defeat leaves them eight points from safety in Serie A.  

Over in Germany, Bayern had a scare as they were staring down the barrel of defeat to bottom of the table Mainz, before - of course - Harry Kane stepped up to convert a penalty and take a point back to Munich… and somehow still manage to extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table! 

And in La Liga - Real Madrid picked up a precious three points at Alaves with Xabi Alonso’s job reportedly on the line. But Barcelona stay four points clear after Raphinha’s double made it seven wins in a row for the league leaders. 

All that plus ground-hopping recommendations, favourite insults, private emails - and emotional goodbyes. 

Produced by Lucy Oliva. 

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moments of the weekend - but first, an announcement (00.35)

• PART 2: Serie A review - Inter take advantage as Fiorentina despair deepens (14.30)

• PART 3: Bundesliga review - Kane strikes late, Jobe sees red (30.50)

• PART 4: Ligue 1 review - Lens top for Christmas, not so nice for Nice (42.50)

• PART 5: La Liga review - Alonso safe… for now - while Espanyol impress (44.30)

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Jimbo invites Daniel Storey, Reuben Pinder and Colin Millar for a Sunday night scour through the Premier League weekend.

In the title race, Man City dispose admirably of Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, while Villa make it a remarkable 10 wins from 11 league matches by beating West Ham. But it's a far more nervy victory for leaders Arsenal who survive an almighty scare in stoppage time from basement boys Wolves.

The first Premier League Wear-Tyne derby in a decade is decided by a Nick Woltemade own goal as Sunderland's sensational season just gets better and better. But why are Newcastle so feeble going forward?

But Tottenham's campaign takes a turn for the worse as they're thrashed 3-0 by Forest at the City Ground. Was this a performance that gets managers sacked?

Plus Mo Salah's off to AFCON, Dominic Calvert-Lewin's on fire and Enzo Maresca is very unhappy with someone.

Produced by Charlie Jones

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Brentford 1-1 Leeds and a congested table (01.30)

• PART 2a: Crystal Palace 0-3 Man City (08.30) 

• PART 2b: West Ham 2-3 Aston Villa (15.00)

• PART 3a: Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle with Michael Walker (25.00)

• PART 3b: Nottingham Forest 3-0 Spurs (35.00)

• PART 4a: Arsenal 2-1 Wolves (45.00)

• PART 4b: Liverpool 2-0 Brighton (51.00)

• PART 4c: Chelsea 2-0 Everton (58.00)

• PART 4d: Burnley 2-3 Fulham (66.00)

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Jimbo's got Jay Harris, Jack Lang and Mark Carey in tow for a round up of all of Wednesday night's Champions League action - and a look ahead to the weekend's Premier League festivities.

We've got the fallout from Manchester City's 2-1 win at Real Madrid - who are now on a run of just two wins in their last eight matches in all competitions. So is Xabi Alonso's job still well and truly under threat? Plus, Madueke shines as Arsenal maintain their perfect UCL campaign so far in their 3-0 win at Club Brugge - while it's the curse of the late goal again for Newcastle as they were held to a 2-2 draw out in Leverkusen.

Plenty to look forward to this weekend in *our* league - including the first Premier League Wear-Tyne derby at the Stadium of Light in just over 10 years! Chris Weatherspoon is with us to gauge the excitement in and around Sunderland ahead of the game.

Elsewhere - can Palace finally beat Pep at Selhurst? Will Villa show they're serious title contenders when they travel to West Ham? And can Everton beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1994?!

All that plus Tom Hanks films, manager WhatsApp groups and poorly-timed water breaks.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Lucy Oliva.

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RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Hellos, novelty Christmas presents & league phase ire (00.45)

• PART 1b: Wednesday night’s results rundown (07.00)

• PART 2a: Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City (09.50)

• PART 2b: Club Brugge 0-3 Arsenal (17.30)

• PART 3a: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Newcastle (23.20)

• PART 3b: The rest of Wednesday's action (28.45)

• PART 4a: Premier League MD16 fixtures rundown (31.40)

• PART 4b: A look ahead to AFCON (33.55)

• PART 4c: Crystal Palace v Manchester City preview (37.00)

• PART 4d: West Ham v Aston Villa preview (39.30)

• PART 5a: Sunderland v Newcastle preview with Chris Weatherspoon (44.05)

• PART 5b: The rest of the weekend's action (52.15)

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Jimbo is joined by Michael Cox, Charlie Eccleshare and Tom Williams to discuss Tuesday night's Champions League action.

Slot eases the pressure with a late win in San Siro courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai's penalty, Atalanta came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 in Bergamo and Spurs beat Czech champions Slavia Prague 3-0.

Atletico Madrid and Marseille both win 3-2 away, wunderkind Lennart Karl scores again as Bayern beat Sporting 3-0 and Barcelona are back in Camp Nou and beat Frankfurt 2-1.

Plus 'On this day' and Man Utd beat Wolves 4-1 at Molineux.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Tuesday night’s results rundown (05.52)

• PART 2: Inter 0-1 Liverpool (09.50)

• PART 3a: Atalanta 2-1 Chelsea (24.10)

• PART 3b: Spurs 3-0 Slavia Prague (30.45)

• PART 3c: The rest of the Champions League games (37.00)

• PART 4a: On this day… (40.50)

• PART 4b: Wolves 1-4 Man Utd (42.45)

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Jimbo’s got Seb Stafford-Bloor, Pol Ballús & James Horncastle along for the usual European fun and games with MD6 in the Champions League on the horizon. 

We begin with the increasingly loud rumblings of discontent in Madrid - as Xabi Alonso’s Real were stunned in a 2-0 defeat by Celta Vigo on Sunday night. How disastrous could it be for the Los Blancos boss if they were to be beaten by Pep’s City on Wednesday night? 

In Italy, it was an unhappy return to Naples for Luciano Spalletti as his Juve side were beaten 2-1 by Napoli. Elsewhere, Inter put four past a Como side which had been unbeaten in 11 Serie A games. Next up for Cristian Chivu’s side? Liverpool in an even deeper Mo Salah induced crisis. 

There may be no Jules but we’ve got a quick look at how things panned out in Ligue 1 over the weekend, with Lens still top, PSG putting five past Rennes and Marseille falling off the pace after their defeat at Lille. How will Luis Enrique’s men fare in their midweek trip to Bilbao to take on Athletic Club?

And over in the Bundesliga, Leipzig’s Yan Diomande stole the show with a hat-trick in their 6-0 demolition of Frankfurt on Saturday. Plus - the extraordinary tale of the Vušković brothers at Hamburg. 

Produced by Lucy Oliva. 

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Hellos, World Cup group fallout - and moments of the weekend (00.55)

• PART 2: La Liga review - Real crisis talks deepen ahead of City visit (12.30) 

• PART 3: Serie A review - Napoli better Juve as Vardy shines (32.45)

• PART 4: Quickfire Ligue 1 round up - and PSG at Athletic Club(49.30)

• PART 5: Bundesliga review - Yan Diomande in the spotlight & ‘Free Vušković’ (51.40)

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Matt Davies-Adams is in the hot seat to pick apart the Premier League weekend with Daniel Storey, Reuben Pinder and Colin Millar.

Leeds fight back against Liverpool in a scintillating 3-3 draw at Elland Road. But the headlines are all about Mo Salah who voiced his discontent about being on the bench for the last 3 matches. And how. What does the future hold for Salah and Slot?

Aston Villa shake up the Premier League title race with a last-gasp victory over Arsenal, ending the leaders' 18 game unbeaten run. Can Unai Emery mastermind a championship challenge?

Crystal Palace go 4th in the table after Marc Guehi's late winner at Craven Cottage, as Oliver Glasner continues to raise the ceiling for the Eagles.

Elsewhere Everton are flying high after a 3-0 win over Forest, their 4th victory in 5 matches. Europe anyone?

Plus one of the goals of the season from Harry Wilson and one of the assists of the season from Rayan Cherki.

Produced by Charlie Jones

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal (02.30)

• PART 1b: Leeds 3-3 Liverpool (16.00) 

• PART 1c: Mo Salah’s public discontent (21.00)

• PART 2a: Man City 3-0 Sunderland (34.00)

• PART 2b: Bournemouth 0-0 Chelsea (41.00)

• PART 3a: Fulham 1-2 Crystal Palace (45.00)

• PART 3b: All square at the Amex while Spurs finally win at home (50.00)

• PART 3c: Everton win again, Burnley lose again (55.00)

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Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Natalie Gedra and a host of guests from around the world for a special Totally Extra reacting to the 2026 World Cup Draw.

Are England in the 'Group of death'? They face Ghana, Croatia and Panama in Group L. Scotland face Brazil and Morocco in Group C as they did back at France 98 and it's Mbappe vs Haaland in Group I.

Plus Paul Tenorio drops in from snowy Washington to tell us what the draw means for USMNT, Maher Mezahi joins from Algeria to discuss the draw from an African perspective and Lee Wingate from The Sweeper pod talks us through the fate of some of the smaller nations.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Initial reactions to the draw (00.40)

• PART 2: England’s Group L draw (06.45)

• PART 3a: Groups A, B and C (14.40)

• PART 3b: Maher Mehazi drops in (22.30)

• PART 4a: Groups D, E, F and G (34.30)

• PART 4b: Paul Tenorio drops in (37.20)

• PART 5a: Groups H, I, J and K (42.05)

• PART 5b: Lee Wingate drops in (46.00)

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Jimbo's got Charlie Eccleshare, Dan Kilpatrick and Duncan Alexander for company after a rather ludicrous midweek of action in the Premier League.

We begin with events at Elland Road on Wednesday night, where Leeds condemned Chelsea to a 3-1 defeat to well and truly quell any talks of the Blues being serious title challengers. The Athletic's Beren Cross joins us to discuss a great night for Daniel Farke's side - and ponder their chances of dishing out a similar beating to Liverpool on Saturday evening.

We've got of the fallout from across Tuesday and Wednesday night including fortress Anfield once again lacking fortification against the Black Cats, Man City's second-half collapse but eventual three points against Fulham - and the marvel of Mikel Merino as Arsenal got the better of Brentford.

Amongst all that there's plenty of chatter ahead of the weekend's MD15 fixtures which include Villa v Arsenal, Tottenham v Brentford and Man City v Sunderland.

Plus - party etiquette, reunions with exes and fights at the Christmas dinner table.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Hellos, The Soccer 100 - and the World Cup draw (00.45)

• PART 1b: A bonkers midweek of Premier League action (07.30)

• PART 2a: Leeds 3-1 Chelsea with Beren Cross (09.15)

• PART 2b: Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland (17.05)

• PART 3a: Arsenal 2-0 Brentford (24.00)

• PART 3b: The rest of Wednesday's action (31.15)

• PART 4a: Fulham 4-5 Manchester City (34.00)

• PART 4b: Newcastle 2-2 Tottenham (41.30)

• PART 4c: MD15's other standout fixtures (49.30)

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