The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo is joined by James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein and Alvaro Romeo as continental club football signs off for the international break.

Jude Bellingham is matching and perhaps surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo with every week in a Real Madrid shirt. Elsewhere in Spain, Sevilla have just sacked their Europa League winning manager.

Stuttgart continue to surprise in the Bundesliga with Serhou Guirassy having a record-breaking campaign in front of goal. Bayern keep winning on the pitch as their supporters make their voice heard over the potential signing of Jerome Boateng.

Milan go top of Serie A in front of the watching Kanye West at Genoa, with Olivier Giroud ending the match in goal. And Fiorentina are into the top 4 after winning at champions Napoli.

Plus Pogba, Lewis Ferguson and Luis Enrique giving it back to the journalists.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.00)

• PART 2: Napoli lose again and Giroud goes in goal (06.30)

• PART 3a: Paul Pogba’s B sample comes back positive (26.00)

• PART 3b: Stuttgart continue to surprise (30.00)

• PART 4a: Sevilla’s search for a manager and Bellingham’s brilliance (43.00)

• PART 4b: The latest from Ligue 1 (55.00)

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Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Jay Harris and James Maw after a potentially pivotal Premier League weekend.

A late deflected goal sees Arsenal finally best Man City after 12 consecutive defeats against them. James McNicholas tells us why this is emblematic of a new Arsenal in the title race.

Tottenham are top heading into the international break after victory at Luton. Hear why this is more than just good vibes.

We discuss the battle - or lack of - at the bottom of the Premier League table. Which is where Brentford are close to finding themselves after an incredible late turnaround at Old Trafford. But Man United’s problems are far from solved.

Plus Kudus, Adingra and the Premier League’s most efficient striker.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Arsenal 1-0 Man City with James McNicholas (02.45)

• PART 1b: Luton 0-1 Tottenham (11.30)

• PART 2a: West Ham 2-2 Newcastle (21.00)

• PART 2b: Brighton 2-2 Liverpool (26.00)

• PART 3a: Man Utd 2-1 Brentford (33.00)

• PART 3b: Burnley 1-4 Chelsea (41.00)

• PART 4: The battle - or lack of - at the bottom (44.00)

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In a week that’s literally bursting with football, Jimbo is joined by Michael Cox, Raphael Honigstein and Duncan Alexander to try and make sense of it all.

Newcastle channel the crowd to beat PSG 4-1 in the Champions League. Did the Parisians underestimate the Toon Army and will the Magpies be putting all their emotional energy into these European nights?

It’s back-to-back Champions League defeats for the first time ever for Man United. Where has their confidence gone?

Contrasting fortunes for Arsenal and Man City as they prepare to face off in the Premier League on Sunday. Could Rico Lewis be the key to victory as he was in Leipzig?

Off the field, there’s the 2030 World Cup announcement and the most exciting audio release of the season so far, the PGMOL Luis Diaz drama.

Plus moral offsides, Luka Modric and can Tottenham top the table?

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Newcastle 4-1 PSG (03.30)

• PART 1b: The rest of Wednesday’s Champions League action (11.30)

• PART 2a: Man Utd 2-3 Galatasaray (17.00)

• PART 2b: The rest of Tuesday’s Champions League action (29.00)

• PART 3a: PGMOL release the Diaz audio (38.00)

• PART 3b: Six nation World Cup? (48.00)

• PART 4a: Can Tottenham go top? (55.00)

• PART 4b: Arsenal v Man City preview (59.00)

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Jimbo brings in the continental big guns - James Horncastle, Raphael Hongstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo - as the Champions League returns.

Napoli have scored 8 goals in their last 2 matches, with Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia seemingly back to their best. A fine time for Jude Bellingham’s Real Madrid to be visiting.

PSG head to Newcastle after another 0-0 at Clermont. Leipzig host Man City after losing their sporting director last week. And Thomas Tuchel is starting to wonder whether he’s the problem at Bayern.

Domestically, it’s a good time for Genoa and a bad time for Andrea Pirlo’s Sampdoria. Leverkusen make their best start ever while Lyon are in as much bother as the Nantes mascot.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03.30)

• PART 2: Champions League Tuesday preview (09.30)

• PART 3: Champions League Wednesday preview (27.00)

• PART 4: Bundesliga - Leipzig and Bayern have issues (38.00)

• PART 5: A look around France and the Europa League (47.00)

• PART 6: Contrasting fortunes for Genoa & Sampdoria (57.00)

• PART 7: Relations remain frosty between Barca and Sevilla (64.00)

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Jimbo convenes with Carl Anka, Tim Spiers and Sasha Goryunov after a Premier League weekend full of shocks and surprises.

Tottenham leave it extremely late to continue their unbeaten run and defeat 9-man Liverpool. But the post-match talk is dominated by the officiating error that led to Luis Diaz’s goal being incorrectly disallowed for the Reds. Which way would you vote now in the VAR referendum?

The champions are beaten as Man City lose their 100% record at Molineux. Steve Madeley tells us how a Neto and Dawson inspired Wolves did it.

Villa press the life out of Brighton as they win 6-1 while Luton give a truly Dychian performance to secure their first ever Premier League victory at Goodison.

Plus player fatigue and welfare, and Roy Hodgson makes history at Old Trafford.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool (03.45)

• PART 2a: Wolves 2-1 Man City, with Steve Madeley (26.00)

• PART 2b: Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal (36.00)

• PART 3a: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton (38.00)

• PART 3b: Everton 1-2 Luton (42.00)

• PART 4a: Player fatigue and welfare (47.00)

• PART 4b: Man United 0-1 Crystal Palace (50.00)

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Jimbo welcomes Duncan Alexander, Caoimhe O’Neill and Tom Williams into The Athletic’s studios ahead of another packed weekend of football.

Man City are knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle while Liverpool progress past Leicester thanks to a screamer from Szoboszlai. Now it’s time for Tottenham as Jurgen Klopp tries to tackle Ange-ball on Saturday.

James Horncastle joins us to discuss the remarkable turn of events in Italy that has led to the league’s star striker Victor Osimhen deleting all pictures involving Napoli from his Instagram.

The WSL is back this weekend as we ask if the Big Fish can help propel Chelsea to a 5th successive title.

Plus golf, the reason Kevin Keegan resigned from Newcastle and what happened to all the stats from the first 10 years of the Premier League?

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Carabao Cup round up (01.30)

• PART 2: Napoli mock Osimhen, with James Horncastle (15.00)

• PART 3: Tottenham v Liverpool preview (25.00)

• PART 4: The WSL returns this weekend (40.00)

• PART 5: The rest of the Premier League weekend (46.00)

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Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo are back with your continental catch-up on all the weekend’s football.

Alvaro Morata inspires Atleti to a derby win over Real Madrid. But it’s Barcelona and Girona that sit top of La Liga. Hear why the Gironistes are like a Spanish Brighton.

PSG don’t even need Kylian Mbappe to beat up a Marseille side in turmoil. But Luis Enrique’s side are below Brest and Nice in the table.

Inter make it 6 wins out of 6 in Serie A while Juventus suffer their first defeat of the season in shambolic circumstances at Sassuolo.

The Bundesliga is the home of the striker with Kane, Boniface and Guirassy all in red-hot form.

Plus Michiel Jongsma gives us the latest from Ajax after Der Klassieker is abandoned. Plus the panel are freaked out by Count Cancelo 

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01.45)

• PART 2: Barca and Girona top the table after Real derby defeat (08.45)

• PART 3: PSG thrash Marseille while but Brest and Nice are the top two (25.00)

• PART 4: Chaos at Der Klassieker with Michiel Jongsma (37.00)

• PART 5: Kane, Boniface and Guirassy firing in the Bundesliga (43.00)

• PART 6: Juve’s comedy of errors (52.00)

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Jimbo’s joined by Charlie Eccleshare, Adrian Clarke and Daniel Storey after the most super of Sundays in the Premier League.

Tottenham twice come from behind to take a point from Arsenal in the North London derby. A hugely impressive performance from Postecoglou’s side with Bissouma and Udogie catching our panel’s eye.

Not so impressive from Sheffield United who suffer their record home defeat, 8-0 to Newcastle, giving Paul Heckingbottom cause to worry about his future.

Jacob Tanswell tells us about Villa’s win at Chelsea as Mauricio Pochettino’s lemons analogy comes back to haunt him at Stamford Bridge. And Everton’s attack clicks at last as they win at Brentford.

Plus Brighton’s 3-1s, Burnley’s lack of firepower and that Luton penalty.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Sheffield United 0-8 Newcastle (01.30)

• PART 1b: Arsenal 2-2 Spurs (05.00)

• PART 1c: Man City 2-0 Nottingham Forest (22.45)

• PART 2: Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa with Jacob Tanswell (28.00)

• PART 3a: Brentford 1-3 Everton (40.00)

• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (44.00)

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Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Raphael Honigstein and Duncan Alexander into the studio after the conclusion of Champions League Matchday 1.

A sloppy, yet dominant Bayern see off Man United 4-3 in Munich. Hear why United - and Chelsea - aren’t actually playing that badly at the moment.

Elsewhere in the Champions League, an overawed Newcastle, an on-fire Joao Felix and goalscoring goalkeepers.

Arsenal and Tottenham are in great nick ahead of a fixture that always seems to deliver - the North London derby in the Premier League this weekend.

Plus Jurgen Klopp’s future and the best goals scored at Selhurst Park.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Bayern 4-3 Man Utd (02.30)

• PART 1b: Goings on in Group F (12.00)

• PART 1c: Barca battering and goalkeeper goals (16.30)

• PART 2a: North London derby preview (23.00)

• PART 2b: The rest of Sunday’s football (32.00)

• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (44.00)

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It’s Champions League matchday 1, as Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo preview a big week on the continent.

Milan and PSG host Newcastle and Dortmund respectively after big defeats at the weekend. PSG at the hands of Nice, Milan thrashed by rivals Inter in the derby.

Elsewhere in Italy, Roma win 7-0, Vlahovic stars for Juve while Paul Pogba is provisionally suspended after a drugs test.

Leverkusen rescue a point in the top of the table clash against Bayern who host Man United next. Is Xabi Alonso next on Real Madrid’s wish list? 

Plus Joselu does it again for Real Madrid. And will Louis Van Gaal soon be doing it for Germany?

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.00)

• PART 2: Champions League matchday 1 preview (05.45)

• PART 3a: Inter and Roma hand out the hidings (25.00)

• PART 3b: Paul Pogba suspended (35.00)

• PART 4: Leverkusen’s passed test and Germany’s manager hunt (40.00)

• PART 5: Ligue 1 gets set for two big derbies (54.00)

• PART 6: Real maintain 100% record while Barca win big (62.00)

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