Ultimate XI

All hail the genius jokester Glenn Moore as he gives us his Sheffield Wednesday Ultimate XI. With quite a unique journey to becoming a Wednesday fan, we shouldn't be surprised that Glenn's maverick side features a myriad of playing styles and moral attitudes from players that mostly toiled outside of the Premier League for his beloved Owls. Packed with quality, criminals, and the best shirt sponsor in history, immerse yourself in this hilarious episode.

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Many of the Anfield faithful will know my next guest on the podcast, as he is one of the most well-respected and revered contributors to Liverpool fan content around at the moment - the expert Dave O'Connell, owner of DaveOCKop.com, joins us to pick his Liverpool Ultimate XI. A blend of old and new, Dave's side follows the tradition of Reds Ultimate XIs but also features an unprecedented first for the podcast, a set-piece taking twelfth man, and overall captures the true spirit of the Kop.

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In this laugh-filled episode I chatted to stand up comedian and podcaster Liam Withnail. Originally from the East End of London, but now residing in comedy mecca Edinburgh, Liam is not going to apologise for his Hammers Ultimate XI which, we discover as it reveals itself, contains a core spine of Irons stereotypes; genuine and hard as nails, often criminal but always entertaining. His love for West Ham is evident in the mixture of eras and playing styles he blends tastefully to create a side that is true to his and West Ham's heritage, provides a nod to his Scottish allegiances, and unashamedly head-butts anyone who gets near them. Absolute perfection.

Liam is going on tour around the UK with his hilarious show "Chronic Boom" - for tickets please visit www.berksnest.com/liam

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This time up it's the genius behind the funniest football videos online, Andy Cantwell. Best known for hilariously imagining the reactions of football commentators like Martin Tyler as they voice some of football's most exciting moments, Andy takes us through his all-time favourite Liverpool players. His YouTube channel tends to look at the lighter moments of his beloved Reds but there's nothing funny about the time and thought that has gone into picking his side. The left-hand side of his 4-4-2 will have Premier League cult hero worshippers frothing with excitement, and throughout his side are dotted some of the peerless names and faces that have blessed Anfield over the years.

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A different kind of episode this week, but this one is less novelty and more novel-y as I chat with James, Jack and Tash of the Football Book Club Podcast, and they pore over the words of some of football's finest authors to select who they want to represent the Ultimate Football Book Club XI. Picking from the pool of players turned writers whose books they have reviewed for their own exquisite podcast, the guys try to fairly reflect the wide array of careers that these ex-pros have had before venturing into literature, choosing a side that boasts some incredible stories and opinions on the game, even if their on-field achievements were less than memorable. But a fine mixture of top-shelf players and bargain bin biographies combine to create the most unique side we've ever had on Ultimate XI.

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WE'RE BACK! Now that the summer transfer window is out the way, Ultimate XI managers can begin working with their squad day in day out and confidently start naming the players that will make it in to their starting elevens, and this week it was the turn of Ash Rose. Ash is famously a passionate football nostalgist, he co-hosts the terrific "Alive and Kicking: The 90s Football Podcast", and as a QPR fan is certainly prone to a fond look back at simpler and perhaps better times. In his selections though we see shine through the overwhelming excitement and pride that can only come from playing in front of a home crowd at Loftus Road, as he picks football royalty up front, an iconic "the streets will never forget" playmaker and scorer of, unquestionably, the greatest overhead kick of all time.

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SPECIAL EPISODE! Top tier comedy partnership Anthony Richardson and Mark Davison - better known as The Exploding Heads - are loved by supporters far and wide for their witty and irreverent takes on modern football and fan culture, and today the Sports Horn podcast creators are giving the treatment to Ultimate XI with a particularly unique episode. Mark and Anthony put forward their suggestions for England's best worst team, in the Ultimate England Flop XI - those players with the great honour of having represented their country at International level, but who were evidently pretty crap in an England shirt. Chosen independently of each other, both their sides boast some exceptional footballing talent, and in some ways are probably harshly included in a squad celebrating underachievement; but in other ways they were all terrible and as England fans we have earned the right to belittle their careers and personal lives aggressively until they are forced in to a public apology. It is eventually my duty to pick the starting eleven from their nominations, and despite that burden this episode gave all three of us time to reflect lovingly on what it means to be an England fan and how any player, whether raw or experienced, flashy or solid, legend or rival, is only one mistimed tackle away from making it in to the England Flop XI.

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Just after Sunderland had cruelly missed out on a spot in the Championship play-off final to eventual winners Luton, I spoke with football broadcaster and content creator Dougie Critchley about his favourite Mackems' players. Despite the semi-final heartbreak fresh in the memory, Dougie comes out strongly with a brilliant line up of Premier League stalwarts sprinkled with some of the shining lights of their EFL era, and moulds them expertly into an attacking force to be reckoned with. Those who aren't Black Cats fans may be surprised at the length of service for some of the players that make into Dougie's all-time Sunderland XI, but no one can argue with the selections themselves as he mixes youth and experience to create a side that has goalscoring options to spare. Wearing what until recently was Dougie's lucky Sunderland home kit, get ready to uncover an average Manchester United Reserves side / pitch-perfect Sunderland Ultimate XI.

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Here we go again, the Ultimate XI bandwagon rolls on... in this episode, the brilliant football presenter and reporter Dan Bardell is up and running as manager of Aston Villa and his first duty is to pick his Ultimate XI. No mean feat considering some of the iconic players to have played for the Midlands' side over the years, but Dan charges fearlessly into picking his squad and, as is becoming custom for Ultimate XI managers, tries to hide a largely attack-minded team behind a traditional formation. Navigating the one personally-imposed selection criteria that could see his team of favourite Villains change in the next 3 to 5 years, listen as Dan's eleven reveals itself to include many club heroes; including one who is supposedly still playing football in his home country into his 50s (source: Wikipedia), another who is officially the smallest Premier League player ever (source: Wikipedia), and someone who has been dubbed the best footballer to ever don the claret and blue of Aston Villa (source: Dan's dad).

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On the show this time round is universally adored comic Nathan Caton, stand-up legend and host of That's My Team podcast. He's used to hearing his guests talk passionately about their football clubs, but for Ultimate XI Nathan himself is in the spotlight as manager of his boyhood club Brentford. Along with many other Bees fans, Nathan remembers the times before their Premier League achievements where Brentford were forced to wallow in the doldrums of League Two, but the side he picks reflects the years of transition and highlights the development of talent and transfer market savviness that took the west London side to their current heights. Featuring an obscenely attacking line-up from front to back, but particularly at the front, it was a true pleasure to hear the joy in Nathan's voice as he describes some of the heroes he's watched grace the turf at Griffin Park, and listening to him talk you can't help but get swept up in the buzz surrounding the Brentford story.

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