The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

It's Jimbo joined by Charlie Eccleshare, Duncan Alexander, and all the way from Brazil, Tim Vickery!

And it's a Brazilian flair to the show today as we discuss favourite Brazilian footballers, club swapping Brazilian players (see Raphinha, Gabriel Jesus, Richarlison), and we talk all about the 1950 World Cup which was hosted in, that's right, Brazil - but devastatingly, not won by them. Spoilers!

It's not all about the South American continent though, we have some Adebayor nostalgia as The Athletic's Premier League Golden Games reaches number 34. We talk Alfie Devine and the England U19s, and On This Day there was a rather famous commentator's curse moment...

RUNNING ORDER

PART 1a - Favourite Brazilian players (01.00)

PART 1b - Transfers (04.30)

PART 2a- England U19s (24.00)

PART 2b - Listener questions (26.00)

PART 2c - Quickly Kevin, will he score? (37.00)

PART 3a - Premier League 50: no.34 (44.00)

PART 3b - 1950 World Cup (49.00)

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It’s Jimbo. It’s James Horncastle. It’s Dom Fifield. It’s Tom Williams. It’s the Totally Football Show.

It’s transfers, transfers, transfers as rumours start to become fact. Gareth Bale is heading to Los Angeles FC, but is a move to the MLS the best preparation for his World Cup with Wales?

Gossip is still all around though and some salacious talk links Cristiano Ronaldo to both Roma and Chelsea. Will it be either, or neither?

On This Day were two of England’s more recent international humiliations, and Dom Fifield was at both. 

James Horncastle tells us all about his favourite World Cup, USA 94.

And we discuss Neymar’s film career…

Plus Carlos Tevez is a manager, Todd Boehly is giving it a go as a Sporting Director and Phil Jagielka once put a hell of a shift in as a goalkeeper.

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It’s Jimbo. It’s Duncan Alexander. It’s Carl Anka, It’s Flo Lloyd-Hughes. It’s the Totally Football Show.

The transfer rumour mill is beginning to spin at an alarming rate. Do Arsenal just buy the same players over and over again? Will Man United try to sign a player that hasn’t been at Ajax? How many of Marina Granovskaia’s signings at Chelsea have been successes? And how do Liverpool keep making money?

Flo has been with the England women’s team ahead of their friendly with the Netherlands as their preparations for Euro 2022 hot up.

Duncan tells Flo and Carl all about his favourite World Cup, Italia 90. And we discuss why we don’t get team anthems anymore. Is it James Corden or Peter Beardsley’s fault?

Plus Ian Wright lobbing Neville Southall, Landon Donovan inspiring civil protest and managers that made you feel old.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Rabonas and fixtures (01m 30s)

• PART 1b: Transfer dealings at Arsenal, Chelsea, United and Forest (04m 00s) 

• PART 2: England prepare for the Euros (28m 00s)

• PART 3a: Ian Wright v Everton in 1993 and your questions (42m 00s)

• PART 3b: On This Day – Poborsky, Donovan, Scotland (46m 00s)

• PART 3c: Duncan’s favourite World Cup – Italia 90 (53m 00s)

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Jimbo’s back with another Totally in the company of Charlie Eccleshare, Colin Millar and Adrian Clarke.

The big transfer rumours revolve around Raheem Sterling and a potential move to Stamford Bridge. Would he be a better fit at Chelsea than at Man City? Gabriel Jesus might also be heading to London from Manchester. Is Arteta assembling a rotating cast of wide forwards at Arsenal, a la City?

Meanwhile with additions like Bissouma, and possibly Alfie Devine, will next season see Spurs finish 3rd? And what’s going on with Barcelona’s finances?

The Paul Pogba documentary is out now. The panel discuss the style of the piece and what behind the scenes football programmes are worth watching.

And on the anniversary of Dennis Bergkamp becoming a Premier League player, Adrian describes how his former team-mate changed the culture at Arsenal.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Back to school (01m 30s)

• PART 1b: Sterling, Lukaku, Jesus, Nketiah (04m 00s) 

• PART 2a: Spurs strengthening and Barca’s business structure (17m 00s)

• PART 2b: The Pogmentary (33m 00s)

• PART 3a: Shearer, Panenka and the brilliance of Bergkamp (46m 00s)

• PART 3b: The best individual PL performances ever (56m 00s)

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Jimbo’s joined by Daniel Storey, Jay Harris and Matt Davies-Adams sweeping up all the football across the globe.

The England fans turn on the England manager after a 4-0 defeat to Hungary in the Nations League. Has Southgate been shafted by this flurry of end-of-season fixtures?

Costa Rica and Australia take the last two World Cup spots with Aussie goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne providing vital content with his penalty shootout antics.

There’s thoughts on Steph Houghton’s England omission and some of the best performances in Premier League history.

Plus Tomasson and Kompany rock up in Lancashire, where next for Christian Eriksen and the incredibly dubious opinions of Bryan Roy.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Premier League fixtures ahoy (01m 30s)

• PART 1b: England 0-4 Hungary (07m 30s) 

• PART 2a: Redmayne’s Australia qualify for the World Cup (19m 00s)

• PART 2b: On This Day & the best age to enjoy a World Cup (26m 00s)

• PART 3a: Your questions (32m 00s)

• PART 3b: The best individual PL performances ever (43m 00s)

• PART 3c: Houghton misses out for England (49m 00s)

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Jimbo is back and so too are Raphael Honigstein, Duncan Alexander and Tom Williams for the Totally Football Show.

The panel address some Nations League fatigue and explain why Gareth Southgate shouldn’t be overly concerned about England’s reliance on Harry Kane for goals.

The transfer window is open and active. We can look forward to the start of the Haaland-Nuñez Twitter wars. Will Liverpool’s excellent transfer track record continue? Is Robert Lewandowski in danger of irritating Bayern into keeping him? And why the Premier League should be happy Tchouameni’s gone to Real Madrid.

We also look back at another time Real Madrid won the European Cup in Paris. Plus PSG’s managerial search, pizza-related content, and what Mr Honigstein’s been up to this last 6 months.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Wales at the World Cup and Nations League fatigue (01m 30s)

• PART 1b: The goings on in Group A3 (09m 00s) 

• PART 2: Raphael and Ralf at Old Trafford (19m 00s)

• PART 3a: On This Day – the first ever European Cup final (33m 00s)

• PART 3b: The Nuñez, Mane and Lewandowski merry-go-round (40m 00s)

• PART 3c: PSG’s managerial search (53m 00s)

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The domestic season comes to a close and rounding up all the drama, it’s Matt Davies-Adams, Michael Cox, Sasha Goryunov and Daniel Storey.

Real Madrid win a 14th European Cup but that story is secondary to the treatment of Liverpool fans prior to the final at the Stade De France. Sasha and Daniel relay their own personal experiences of an uncomfortable night in Paris.

On the pitch, we praise Ancelotti, Courtois and reflect on where Liverpool go from here, particularly as the frontline may need bolstering with Sadio Mane seemingly on the way out.

Forest are promoted to the Premier League after 23 years away as Huddersfield feel aggrieved with decisions not going their way. But is the gap between the 17 Premier League teams and the teams coming up bigger than ever?

Andrew Todos tells us about Ukraine’s preparations for their World Cup play-off with Scotland on Wednesday.

Plus the panel try to make sense of Ralf Rangnick’s brief time at Old Trafford.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Busy weekend for all (01m 30s)

• PART 1b: The Champions League final chaos (04m 00s) 

• PART 1c: Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool (14m 30s)

• PART 2: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Huddersfield (32m 00s)

• PART 3: Ralf Rangnick leaves Man Utd (44m 00s)

• PART 4a: Scotland v Ukraine preview with Andrew Todos (52m 00s)

• PART 4b: Thoughts ahead of next season (58m 00s)

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Champions League final ahoy. Matt Davies-Adams, Carl Anka, Rory Smith and Duncan Alexander look ahead to the marquee match of the club season in European football.

Real Madrid face Liverpool in Paris with revenge in the air. Is Mo Salah in danger of going full Gazza 91? And would the absence of Thiago make Real favourites?

The appetiser for Saturday sees Roma claim the first ever Conference League trophy with victory over Feyenoord. A great moment for Rome, Mourinho and Smalling.

The Championship play-off final rounds off the weekend on Sunday. Steven Chicken joins us to fill us in on Huddersfield and redress the rampant Nottingham Forest bias on the podcast.

Plus some love for Fikayo Tomori, more on Boehly buying Chelsea and Erik ten Hag – the new Dave Bassett?

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Grealish, ten Hag and Kompany (02m 00s)

• PART 2: Roma win the Conference League (13m 00s) 

• PART 3: Real Madrid v Liverpool preview (23m 00s)

• PART 4a: Chelsea’s takeover complete (36m 00s)

• PART 4b: Southgate’s England squad (40m 00s)

• PART 5: Huddersfield v Forest preview with Steven Chicken (47m 00s)

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It’s the last European edition of the season, with Matt Davies-Adams standing in for Jimbo, alongside James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo.

One story dominating the news across the continent and that’s Kylian Mbappe’s decision to snub Real Madrid and stay at PSG. We discuss the 4-year obsession with Mbappe, the feeling of betrayal and the very impressive young man at the centre of it all.

At the end of one of the best Serie A seasons in years, Milan breeze past Sassuolo to claim their first Scudetto in 11 years, all thanks to their recruitment model.

Michiel Jongsma tells us about the threat Feyenoord pose to Roma in the Conference League final. But ultimately the Giallorossi trust in Mourinho.

Plus Karanka’s Granada go down, another Lille exodus and could Pogba and Di Maria rejuvenate Juve?

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01m 00s)

• PART 2: Mbappe stays at PSG (04m 30s) 

• PART 3: Milan win the Scudetto and Salernitana stay up (20m 00s)

• PART 4: Conference League Final preview with Michiel Jongsma (32m 00s)

• PART 5: Final day drama in Ligue 1 (41m 00s)

• PART 6a: Leipzig win the Pokal (48m 00s)

• PART 6b: Joy for Emery, despair for Karanka (50m 00s)

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That’s a wrap on the Premier League season. Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Tom Williams and Adrian Clarke look back on a great final day and a great campaign.

The title race is on a knife edge for a couple of hours but Man City eventually come from 2-0 down against Villa to retain the title. The Athletic’s Sam Lee recounts a fuzzy afternoon at the Etihad where City show their character and personality.

Leeds survive but how will they fare next season? Is Jesse Marsch too manic? Will they struggle along with Southampton?

Burnley exit the Premier League so we look back on some of our favourite Clarets memories from the last 5 seasons.

Spurs finish 4th with Kane, Kulusevski and Son on fire and with Cristian Romero arguably one of the players of the season.

Kylian Mbappe is staying at PSG as Tom brings us the latest from a seismic weekend in Paris.

Plus the pitch invasion problem, the first half invincibles, our highlights of the season and ranking Dean, Moss and Atkinson

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: What a final day (02m 00s)

• PART 1b: Sam Lee on City’s triumph (09m 00s) 

• PART 1c: Liverpool 3-1 Wolves & the pitch invasion problem (17m 30s)

• PART 2: Leeds stay up, Burnley go down (29m 00s)

• PART 3a: Kylian Mbappe stays at PSG (40m 00s)

• PART 3b: Spurs pip Arsenal to 4th (49m 00s)

• PART 3c: The rest of the Premier League weekend (54m 00s)

• PART 4: Highlights of the season (63m 00s)

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