The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo is joined by Michael Cox, Duncan Alexander and Tom Williams as the 2021 Champions League final becomes set in stone.

Chelsea and Man City both overcome Real Madrid and PSG with relative ease in the semi-finals. Are they the two best clubs in Europe? And should the final be happening in England?

James Horncastle joins us for his take on Roma’s shock move for Mourinho as their new manager and the size of the task at hand.

We look ahead to a Premier League weekend where Arsenal could relegate Allardyce, while City and Chelsea could engage in a phoney war.

Defending champion Michael takes on Sasha Goryunov in the first semi-final of the Inter Totally Cup.

Plus tears in football and why Leeds v Spurs will be like a tennis match.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: An all English final…abroad? (01m 30s)

• PART 2: Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid (08m 00s)

• PART 3: Man City 2-0 PSG (22m 00s)

• PART 4: Roma appoint Mourinho, with James Horncastle (33m 00s)

• PART 5: Premier League preview – the race for the top 4 (40m 00s)

• PART 6: Premier League preview – the soon to be sorted bottom 3 (48m 30s)

• PART 7: Inter Totally Cup – Cox v Goryunov (56m 30s)

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Jimbo meets up with Euro pals James Horncastle, Rafa Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens to look ahead to the Champions League semi-final second legs.

Inter are champions for the first time in 11 years as Antonio Conte overthrows Juventus from the Italian throne. Now he just has to sort out their new club anthem.

The top 3 in La Liga are hanging on in the title race while Monaco slip out of the running in Ligue 1 after a five-goal and five-dismissal thriller. 

Dortmund and Leipzig will meet in the German Cup final, with Jesse Marsch the man to try and fill Julian Nagelsmann’s shoes 

Plus Donnarumma and some dubious Dzyuba behaviour.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 45s)

• PART 2a: Man City v PSG preview (06m 30s)

• PART 2b: Chelsea v Real Madrid preview (12m 30s)

• PART 2c: Europa League preview (17m 00s)

• PART 3: Inter are the champions (23m 00s)

• PART 4: Dortmund & Leipzig through to the Pokal final (31m 30s)

• PART 5: 5 goals and 5 red cards in Monaco (40m 30s)

• PART 6: La Liga title race update (46m 00s)

• PART 7: The chase for the top 4 in Serie A (52m 30s)

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Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Adrian Clarke and Sasha Goryunov into the pod on another weekend where off the field issues overshadow the action.

Manchester United v Liverpool becomes the first Premier League game ever to be called off due to fan protests. Can we expect to see more of this as the Super League backlash continues?

Everton look to have blown their hopes of a top 4 finish. Is it time Ancelotti came in for some criticism? Also we praise Ollie Watkins, proof of the power of the pyramid.

Chelsea Women make history by reaching their first ever Champions League final. Are Chelsea Men the best coached team in the Premier League?

Man City edge closer to the title. Julien Laurens tells us why PSG could overturn the deficit in their Champions League semi-final.

Plus bigging up Brighton, Martin Tyler re-records and the final Inter Totally Cup quarter-final between Sasha and Duncan Alexander.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Protesters postpone Man Utd v Liverpool, with Carl Anka (01m 00s)

• PART 2a: Spurs 4-0 Sheff Utd (17m 00s)

• PART 2b: Southampton 1-1 Leicester (21m 30s)

• PART 2c: Everton 1-2 Aston Villa (25m 30s)

• PART 3a: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (31m 00s)

• PART 3b: Julien Laurens on PSG’s hopes of a comeback against City (35m 00s)

• PART 3c: Matt Davies-Adams on Chelsea Women’s Champions League semi win (40m 30s)

• PART 3d: Chelsea 2-0 Fulham (45m 30s)

• PART 4a: On This Day – Tony Adams & the ghost goal (51m 30s)

• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (55m 30s)

• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Alexander v Goryunov (62m 30s)

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Jimbo, Jack Lang, Duncan Alexander and David Preece dissect a big old week for English football teams.

Man City deliver one of their best ever away performances to turn the Champions League semi-final against PSG in their favour. We pay tribute to the non-panicking Pep.

Chelsea are in a similarly strong position after a 1-1 draw in Madrid, featuring Ngolo Kante and the strongest squad left in the Champions League.

Looking ahead to the Premier League weekend, we’re not promising goals between Man United and Liverpool, whereas Newcastle v Arsenal tends to deliver those.

There’s Leicester’s first trip to Southampton since a well-documented visit, plus the positives of Potter’s possible move to Spurs.

James Horncastle and Julien Laurens do battle in an epic Inter Totally Cup encounter.

Plus Kevin Keegan, David Icke and the song that used to soundtrack David Preece’s nightmares.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: PSG 1-2 Man City (04m 30s)

• PART 2: Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (21m 00s)

• PART 3a: Southampton v Leicester preview (32m 00s)

• PART 3b: Man Utd v Liverpool preview (40m 00s)

• PART 3c: Tottenham’s manager hunt and Everton’s top 4 hopes (44m 00s)

• PART 4: On This Day – Keegan and Icke make headlines (48m 00s)

• PART 5: Newcastle v Arsenal preview (55m 30s)

• PART 6: Inter Totally Cup – Laurens v Horncastle (61m 00s)

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Jimbo welcomes Rafa Honigstein, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo as we look ahead to the Champions League semi-finals and some exhilarating title races.

Lille come from 2-0 down to win a thriller at Lyon, a statement victory in their pursuit of the title. But how different will Les Dogues look next season?

We look ahead to the Champions League and Europa League semi-finals, with most of them looking like 50-50 calls.

The fall-out from the failed European Super League continues. We hear how it was an act of desperation from the Spanish and Italian clubs. Are we on the verge of some huge clubs going under?

Julian Nagelsmann appears to be on his way to Bayern Munich as their new manager. Who will replace him at Leipzig?

Credit is due to Koeman as Barcelona have the destiny of La Liga in their own hands.

And will Andrea Pirlo get a second season at Juve, regardless of whether they finish in the top 4?

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 00s)

• PART 2a: Lille’s stunning comeback at Lyon (06m 00s)

• PART 2b: PSG v Man City preview (15m 00s)

• PART 3: Real Madrid v Chelsea preview (22m 30s)

• PART 4: The damage done to Perez and Agnelli (30m 00s)

• PART 5: La Liga title race (40m 30s)

• PART 6: Europa League semi-final preview (52m 30s)

• PART 7: Bayern lose again but gain Nagelsmann? (60m 00s)

• PART 8: The race for the top 4 in Serie A (66m 30s)

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Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Dom Fifield and Tom Williams, as the first major silverware of the season in England is dished out.

Manchester City win the Carabao Cup for the 4th year in a row in an incredibly one-sided but narrow win. Would Mourinho have been brave enough to take off Harry Kane? And did Spurs ruin their chances of winning this final by ditching their former manager? 

It’s a big weekend in the race for Champions League football. How long will it take to fix Liverpool? And do they need a break from each other? 

Can Arsenal fans trust the process? Can Everton still make the top 4? Would West Ham settle for 6th?

Wolves are blown away by bullies Burnley. Is it time for Nuno to go?

Plus Tom’s right to reply, the trouble with slow motion and Leeds becoming normal.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: Man City win the Carabao Cup again (05m 00s)

• PART 1b: Watford promoted to the Premier League (16m 00s)

• PART 2a: Football’s social media blackout & ESL fall-out (20m 00s)

• PART 2b: Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle (29m 00s)

• PART 2c: West Ham 0-1 Chelsea (33m 30s)

• PART 2d: Alvaro Romeo on Real Madrid & Villarreal (40m 30s)

• PART 2e: Arsenal 0-1 Everton (46m 00s)

• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (51m 30s)

• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Lang v Lanyado (62m 00s)

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Jimbo is joined by the elite line-up of Michael Cox, Charlie Eccleshare and Duncan Alexander.

The European Super League appears to have collapsed as quickly as it was formed with the Big Six in England all pulling out. What killed the ESL? Should the owners have been more patient? Did England save football? Or with the new Champions League reforms, are we actually worse off than we were a week ago?

The League Cup final beckons with Manchester City taking on Tottenham, managed by Ryan Mason, the antidote to Mourinho.

The Premier League brings West Ham v Chelsea, Leeds v Man Utd and memories of Nigel Pearson wrestling James McArthur.

Chelsea Women retain the title initiative in the WSL in one of the games of the season against Man City.

And in the first Inter Totally quarter-final, defending champion Michael takes on Matt Davies-Adams.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: The Super League is dead (01m 00s)

• PART 1b: The Athletic’s Adam Crafton tells us what killed it (07m 30s)

• PART 2a: League Cup final preview (30m 00s)

• PART 2b: Man City & Chelsea’s WSL decider (40m 30s)

• PART 3a: On This Day (43m 00s)

• PART 3b: Previewing the Premier League weekend (47m 00s)

• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Cox v Davies-Adams (57m 30s)

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Jimbo assembles his own elite European line-up of Rafa Honigstein, James Horncastle and Alvaro Romeo.

With the European Super League now a fully proposed project, the panel discuss if there’s any demand from broadcasters and sponsors for this unproven commodity?

Pedro Pinto gives us the UEFA perspective on the dirty dozen, and the extent to which the clubs could be punished.

Agnelli’s Juventus might be missing out on Champions League qualification after defeat to Atalanta in Serie A

Jose Mourinho is sacked by Tottenham after 17 months. Who next for Spurs? Nagelsmann? Allegri? Sarri?

Plus Barcelona and Lionel Messi look like their old selves in a thrashing of Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: The European Super League is a thing (01m 00s)

• PART 1b: Pedro Pinto with the UEFA perspective (12m 30s) 

• PART 1c: Moment of the weekend (28m 00s)

• PART 2: Mourinho sacked by Spurs + Flick leaving Bayern (30m 45s)

• PART 3: Barcelona thrash Athletic to win the Copa Del Rey (42m 00s)

• PART 4: Juventus’ top 4 hopes in the balance + Europa League semis (49m 45s)

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Jimbo, Carl Anka, Daniel Storey and Matt Davies-Adams discuss a weekend that could be seismic for football in this country and around the continent.

The Premier League’s “Big Six” clubs announce their intentions to start a new European Super League. We discuss how this could be calamitous for English football, and to what extent the clubs should be punished for this deplorable act. 

On the pitch, Leicester will play Chelsea in the FA Cup final, as Thomas Tuchel ends Man City’s quadruple hopes. 

In the Premier League, West Ham are beaten at St James Park as injuries threaten to damage their top 4 hopes. And the same could be true for Spurs with Harry Kane limping off. Would Kane be able to engineer the transfer he reportedly desires?

Plus Redondo and Rashford’s nutmegs, Lyon out of Europe and Tammy Abraham out of favour.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Clubs announce plans for the European Super League – with Tariq Panja (01m 00s)

• PART 2a: FA Cup semi-final reviews (24m 00s)

• PART 2b: Lyon out of the Women’s Champions League (35m 00s)

• PART 3a: Norwich promoted, Sheffield Utd relegated (37m 00s)

• PART 3b: Newcastle 3-2 West Ham (41m 00s)

• PART 3c: Arsenal 1-1 Fulham (45m 00s)

• PART 4a: Man Utd 3-1 Burnley (49m 00s)

• PART 4b: Everton 2-2 Tottenham (56m 30s)

• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Horncastle v Fifield (60m 30s)

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Jimbo welcomes Pat Nevin, Duncan Alexander and Sasha Goryunov for an in-depth discussion on the Champions league quarter-finals.

It’s elimination for the holders Bayern and a triumph for PSG and for Neymar – the Prince Charles of football.

Up next for them, Manchester City, who finally reach the semi-finals under Pep Guardiola as Foden (and Bellingham) show exactly what they’re made of.

Liverpool are snuffed out by Real Madrid at Anfield. Has Klopp been found tactically lacking this season? And was that the end of the famed front three?

West Ham have the chance to go 3rd in the Premier League this weekend. Was everyone wrong about David Moyes regressing? And can Allardyce actually steer West Brom to safety?

Lynsey Hooper faces Julien Laurens in the last 16 of the Inter Totally Cup.

And as the FA Cup semi-finals beckon, Pat remembers the day when he scored the winner in one semi, while tragedy struck at the other.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1a: PSG knock out Bayern (03m 00s)

• PART 1b: City knock out Dortmund (09m 00s) 

• PART 2a: Chelsea knock out Porto / great goals that didn’t matter (18m 30s)

• PART 2b: Real Madrid knock out Liverpool (24m 00s)

• PART 3a: Remembering 15th April 1989 (33m 00s)

• PART 3b: FA Cup semi-finals preview (38m 00s)

• PART 3b: Kudela banned for 10 matches (42m 30s)

• PART 4a: West Brom’s transformation with Joseph Masi (47m 30s)

• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (54m 00s)

• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Hooper v Laurens (63m 30s)

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