The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo is joined by James Horncastle, Tom Williams, Pol Ballus and Seb Stafford-Bloor after another busy weekend of football on the Continent. There’s late disaster in Serie A for Juventus as their own loanee Vasilije Adžić scores a stoppage time winner against them for Sassuolo. 

But the good news for the Old Lady is that they’re joint favourites to win the Europa League this season, along with AC Milan who are still unbeaten under Ruben Amorim. Will it be an Italian side who lifts the trophy, or might we see Bournemouth, Sunderland or Crystal Palace upsetting the odds?

Lamine Yamal keeps scoring for Barcelona, who’re averaging more than four goals a game at the top of La Liga: three points above Real Madrid who are back to winning ways under Jose Mourinho.

Elsewhere in Germany, Freiburg are top of the Bundesliga, despite Bayern beating new boys Elversberg on Sunday. And in France, PSG win for the first time domestically this season.

Producer: Xavi Bird

TIME CODES:

5:00 - Moments of the week

11:30 - Europa League Preview

22:00 - Bundesliga with Seb

32:00 - Barcelona & Xavi Espart with Pol

35:00 - Who’s going to win the Ballon d’Or?

42:30 - Juventus can’t score goals

57:00 - Ligue 1 with Tom

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It’s a big win for Enzo Maresca and for Man City’s title credentials as they come away from Old Trafford with all three points.

Jimbo, Tom Williams, Colin Millar and Stuart James review a dramatic Matchday 4 in the Premier League.

Champions Arsenal come through a stern test at Sunderland but make it 4 wins out of 4 this season with Bruno Guimaraes scoring a fabulous first Gunners goal.

Hull City preserve their unbeaten start to this season with a stellar display at Chelsea, drawing 2-2.

Ipswich are also victorious at Crystal Palace but it’s not going so well for the other promoted side Coventry. No goals and no points after a 5-0 drubbing at home to Brighton.

Speaking of no goals, Tottenham draw 0-0 with Everton to make it four blanks at the start of the season for the first time in club history.

Producers: Charlie Jones and Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 Stuart James is watching every single PL game

05:03 Best Brazilians and the results

07:57 Man United 0-1 Man City

21:47 Coventry 0-5 Brighton

29:10 Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal

32:33 Chelsea 2-2 Hull

41:18 Goalless draws for Liverpool and Spurs

49:43 Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest

51:40 Crazy goings on in the Championship

54:36 The rest of the Premier League weekend

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More big wins for the big guns in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Daniel Storey and Adrian Clarke to reflect on the action and preview a big Premier League weekend.

Liverpool come from behind to see off Atletico at Anfield. Has Iraola restored the spirit amongst the Reds? And can Barcola play on the right?

Arsenal smash Napoli on xG but claim a narrow 1-0 win in Naples. Martin Odegaard with another 9/10 performance. Next up a trip to defensively solid Sunderland on Saturday.

Elsewhere PSG and Barcelona turn on the style, scoring 11 goals between them.

Sunday’s Manchester derby brings back happy memories for Michael Carrick. Are goals guaranteed at Old Trafford?

Can the impenetrable Hull withstand Chelsea’s rampant attack? Especially after a six goal second half for the Blues in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

Can Spurs score a goal against Everton? Will Emery be undone by Glasner again?

Plus cats versus dogs and tackles versus true tackles.

Producers: Charlie Jones and Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 Andy Gray and cats v dogs

03:27 Moment of the night

05:32 Liverpool 2-1 Atletico

12:21 Napoli 0-1 Arsenal

20:10 Big wins for Barca and PSG

24:39 Looking ahead to the Premier League weekend

26:41 Man Utd v Man City preview

30:24 Chelsea face Hull (after winning 6-3!)

35:46 Spurs v Everton preview

38:39 The rest of the Premier League weekend

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Jimbo welcomes Julien Laurens, Duncan Alexander and Pol Ballús onto the pod after night 1 of the Champions League.

Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid don't have much of the ball and are outshot by Inter but they get the 3 points. Is it enough to satisfy the fans at the Bernabeu?

The Ballon d’Or nominees are also announced. Could we have an English winner for the first time in 25 years?

The English are winners on the continent on Tuesday with Aston Villa getting their first goals of the season in Bruges and Erling Haaland making it 59 goals in 59 Champions League appearances in Porto.

It's a great night for Troy Parrott, a bad one for Ethan Mbappe, and Serhou Guirassy makes strange history.

Plus Carabao Cup and the first of the 92 to wield the axe.

Producers: Charlie Jones and Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 Moment of the night

05:51 Real Madrid 2-1 Inter + who will win the Ballon d'Or?

21:06 Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa

27:26 Porto 0-2 Man City

31:23 Lille 2-3 Real Betis

37:54 Dortmund 3-2 Villarreal

43:11 AEK Athens 1-0 LASK

43:57 Carabao Cup goings on

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The Champions League is back and it’s time for a Euro Show preview.

Pol Ballus is back on the pod alongside James Richardson, James Horncastle and Tom Williams as Real Madrid go into Matchweek 1 of the Champions League having lost for the first time since the return of Jose Mourinho. Troy Parrott scores the only goal for Real Betis to leave Barcelona three points clear at the top of La Liga. 

Their Champions League opponents Inter Milan are one of three teams near the top of Serie A to profit from late goals at the weekend, but it’s not good news for Fabio Grosso who’s become the first manager casualty of the season: sacked after just three games in charge of Fiorentina.

PSG take on Yaya Toure’s Slovan Bratislava, who’ll hope to continue the Parisians’ domestic misery after Monaco win 2-1 at the Parc des Princes. 

In Germany, Bayern Munich fail to score in a competitive game for the first time in 59 matches. And what’s going on with Julian Alvarez at Atletico Madrid? They’ve got a trip to Anfield next.

Producer: Xavi Bird

TIME CODES:

4:00 - Moments of the Week

12:00 - Champions League Matchweek 1 preview

31:00 - Serie A with James Horncastle

41:00 - Ligue 1 with Tom Williams

49:00 - Famous sons in Eredivisie

52:00 - La Liga with Pol Ballus

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It’s a packed studio with Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Adrian Clarke and Matt Davies-Adams in attendance after a stellar Sunday of action.

Champions Arsenal went behind early to Morgan Rogers’ Chelsea but the Gunners battled back to make it 3 wins out of 3 in the Premier League this season, along with Manchester City.

Dramatic scenes at the Hill Dickinson, where after a week of fan unrest, a Deadline Day signing rescues a point for Everton. Ainsley Maitland-Niles firing a last-minute equaliser against Man United.

There are a record three teams that are yet to score a goal this season, namely Coventry, Spurs and Aston Villa who are held by unbeaten Hull. The Tigers the only team yet to concede.

Andoni Iraola earned his first win as Liverpool manager against Ipswich on Friday night. Alexander Isak in the goals again for the Reds.

And Crystal Palace get their first win under Pierre Sage at Craven Cottage but it’s three defeats out of three for new Fulham manager Alvaro Arbeloa.

Producers: Charlie Jones and Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 Who will move the furthest from their current position?

06:18 The weekend's results

07:22 Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

14:54 Everton 2-2 Man United

20:00 Vardy to Burnley while Leicester lose 4-0 in League One

23:17 Man City 1-0 Coventry

26:38 Forest 0-0 Spurs

30:34 Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool

35:02 The return of the WSL

36:05 Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace

39:45 Newcastle 2-2 Bournemouth

43:04 Hull 0-0 Aston Villa

48:02 Brighton 1-1 Leeds

49:23 Brentford 1-1 Sunderland

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James and the panel open up the Totally Extra almanac on one of the Premier League's greatest goalscorers, Andy Cole.

Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Tom Williams and special guest Andy Mitten, who brings some personal insight and some great stories, having just been on a talking tour of Ireland with the man himself.

A legend at Man Utd and Newcastle, only four players have scored more Premier League goals than his 187, but is he in some ways the forgotten striker?

Born in Nottinghamshire, his Jamaican born father was a coal miner who wanted Andy to play cricket. He got his break at Bristol City before Newcastle snapped him up, where he formed a deadly partnership with Peter Beardsley amid a record-breaking debut Premier League campaign.

Ferguson then signed him and he enjoyed a hugely succesful period at Man Utd alongside his striker partner Dwight Yorke. He scored great goals and important goals, helping Man Utd to win the treble in 99.

But is is he still underappreciated?

Plus, a strike duo quiz question from producer Charlie.

Produced by Charlie Jones, Xavi Bird and Jesse Howard.

•Part 1a - Andy’s trip around Ireland with Andrew Cole (00.40)

•Part 1b - Andrew Cole the man (04.00)

•Part 1c - The forgotten striker? (05.20)

•Part 1d - Producer Charlie’s strike duo quiz question (09.25)

•Part 1e - The Totally Extra Almanac (09.50)

•Part 2a - Cole’s road to success (13.55)

•Part 2b - Cole at the Toon (16.30)

•Part 2c - The move to Man Utd (19.30)

•Part 2d - A difficult start at Old Trafford (25.50)

•Part 3a - Yorke and Cole (35.10)

•Part 3b - The road to the 99 Champions League (40.00)

•Part 4a - After 99… (45.40)

•Part 4b - Cole’s post Man Utd career (47.30)

•Part 4c - Cole’s England career (50.30)

•Part 4d - The answer to the quiz question (01.00.00)

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The craziest transfer window ever has been shut - now it’s time for the football / podcasters to do the talking.

Jimbo welcomes Natalie Gedra, Nick Miller and Julien Laurens into the studio ahead of a Premier League weekend headlined by Arsenal against Chelsea.

Arteta and Alonso have both managed two victories out of two in very different ways. Which will win out this Sunday? The control of the champions or the chaos of the Blues?

Everton host Man United and a mutinous home crowd after a disastrous Deadline Day that leaves them with only 18 outfield players. Could David Moyes walk away?

Man City broke records with their expenditure, bringing in Ndiaye and Fernandez on Deadline Day. Do they almost have too much talent for Maresca to handle?

Spurs reunite Mykhailo Mudryk with Roberto De Zerbi as they seek a first point or goal of the season away at Forest.

Plus Fofana, Fernandez-Pardo, food phobia and a Ballon d’Or winner playing in England.

Producer: Charlie Jones

Video Producer: Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 Hello!

01:48 Balogun, private jets and a crazy end to the transfer window

08:18 Ranking the transfers

11:39 Arsenal v Chelsea preview

16:30 Everton v Man United preview

21:22 Enzo Fernandez + Man City v Coventry preview

26:35 Ipswich v Liverpool preview

30:10 Mykhailo Mudryk +Nottingham Forest v Spurs preview

35:18 Newcastle v Bournemouth preview

39:25 The WSL returns

40:40 The rest of the Premier League weekend

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The Three Lions are roaring on the Continent, and the Euro team are here to talk about it.

The Bundesliga is back and with it comes another potential record-breaking season for Harry Kane at Bayern Munich. The England captain has spoken to Seb Stafford-Bloor, who joins Jimbo, James Horncastle and Tom Williams. Can anyone stop Bayern from a 14th title in 15 seasons? And what’s going on with Elversberg? The Bundesliga debutants shock the nation by beating Bayer Leverkusen in Matchweek 1.

Jude Bellingham is doing Jude Bellingham things at Real Madrid, and PSG are making another stuttering start in France.

And in Italy, Juventus, Milan and Inter have all won both their opening games, but it’s Fiorentina’s worst ever start to a top-flight season.

Producer: Xavi Bird

TIME CODES:

15:00 – Bundesliga with Seb

37:00 – Serie A with James H

55:00 – Ligue 1 with Tom

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It’s an LA reunion as Jimbo, Tom Williams, Tim Spiers and Felipe Cardenas react to Matchday 2 in the Premier League.

Having lost at Hull, Man United went behind to Ipswich at Old Trafford. But then Bruno Fernandes got involved with the first hat-trick of this PL season. Did the Red Devils get lucky with their second goal though?

Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea look to be the most entertaining side in the division as they make it two wins out of two by beating Brighton 4-3. Could Palmer, Pedro and co lead a title charge for the Blues?

It’s been a record-breaking window but two defeats out of two for Spurs. They lose at home again to resurgent Newcastle. Roberto De Zerbi looks to be getting another new player in the form of Iliman Ndiaye.

Andoni Iraola is still awaiting his first Liverpool win but his side come from behind twice again to rescue a point against Forest.

And what’s going on at Everton? Ndiaye is out. Richarlison is in. Armstrong is out, then in. Will there be fan fury come Deadline Day?

Producer: Charlie Jones

Video Producer: Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 An LA reunion!

02:27 Transfer craziness

07:17 Matchday 2 results

08:51 Man United 5-2 Ipswich

18:48 Chelsea 4-3 Brighton

27:49 Leeds 1-1 Brentford

31:15 Sunderland 1-0 Fulham

33:33 Crystal Palace 1-4 Man City

40:01 Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle

49:23 Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest

01:01:20 Coventry 0-1 Hull

01:04:53 Bournemouth 1-1 Everton

01:07:06 Felipe looking forward to Villa v Arsenal

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