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These Football Times

These Football Times

Traversing the world of football in search of the stories that matter, brought to you by expert journalists and guests. Check out our print magazine.

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102:20

A decade of 1970s football: the 1973/74 season

These Football Times ·

2023/08/01

In a packed programme, Brian Clough resigns from Derby and calls a Polish goalkeeper a clown within the same week, England miss out on the World Cup, Leeds go 29 games unbeaten from the start of the season to carry off the First Division and Manchester United are relegated. And that’s only the start of it …

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93:55

A decade of 1970s football: the 1972/73 season

These Football Times ·

2023/07/25

1972/73 arrives and gives us a glimpse of the First Division to come as Liverpool march to the title and carry off the UEFA Cup to boot. At Wembley, there’s an FA Cup final for the ages as Sunderland defy Leeds while one of Wembley’s legends, Gordon Banks, sees his career end in a car crash. Tommy Docherty arrives at Old Trafford, Malcolm Allison walks out on Manchester City and second-placed Arsenal miss out on European football thanks to UEFA’s archaic rulebook ...

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60:38

The Red Card: Episode 1

These Football Times ·

2023/07/21

Nothing stirs the emotions quite like football does - for good and for bad. In this new series, Chris Lepkowski invites two guests to offer up three of their footballing pet hates before selecting which topic gets an early bath. Stu Horsfield and Aidan Williams do their best to earn a straight red card ...

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115:47

A decade of 1970s football: the 1971/72 season

These Football Times ·

2023/07/17

We reach 1971/72 in the third part of our 1970s odyssey, an epic title race that ends with the First Division won by a team sitting on a beach in Majorca while the other clubs fall over their feet. Leeds just miss out on the double, Stoke win their first major trophy and there’s all-English UEFA Cup final. Meanwhile, West Germany give England a footballing lesson as storm clouds gather around Sir Alf.

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80:25

The Mount Rushmore Debates: England

These Football Times ·

2023/07/12

Introducing a twist on our popular Mount Rushmore series. Steven Scragg, Stu Horsfield and Dave Bowler are called to the witness box to each make the case for which goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, striker and manager should make it onto England’s Mount Rushmore. Gary “Solomon” Thacker sits in judgement, chisel in hand.

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105:56

A decade of 1970s football: the 1970/71 season

These Football Times ·

2023/07/09

Picking up our trawl through the 1970s, the team alight upon 1970/71, a season where Arsenal re-emerged from Tottenham’s shadow to do the double (though Spurs did at least win the League Cup as consolation). There’s a power shift on Merseyside, Manchester United remain in the dumps, and Don Revie wonders just what he did to upset the footballing gods.

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85:17

A decade of 1970s football: the 1969/70 season

These Football Times ·

2023/07/06

In the first of a new series that will cover the ten seasons of the 1970s, Steven Scragg guides Paul McParlan and Dave Bowler through the twists and turns that see the School of Science setting the pace, an FA Cup final for the ages, Derby entering the national conversation and the chilly winds of a failed re-election bidding blowing through Bradford.

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80:02

The South America Files: São Paulo

These Football Times ·

2023/06/28

Rounding out our South American odyssey, we visit São Paulo in Brazil, where we look through the myriad of clubs and great names that makes up Brazilian football in the continent’s most populous city. Plus, there’s news of our next project ...

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92:38

Silver Linings: Bobby Robson’s England

These Football Times ·

2023/06/22

Another pod from the literary Centre Circle, in which we welcome David Hartrick to discuss his book Silver Linings, covering the tumultuous times that faced England during Bobby Robson’s stint as national team manager.

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83:39

The South America Files: Santiago

These Football Times ·

2023/06/19

On our penultimate city stop on the tour of South America, we've skipped over the Andes to Santiago where the team guide you through the intricacies of football in the capital of Chile.

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78:31

1992: the birth of modern football

These Football Times ·

2023/06/16

We're back in the Centre Circle. This time, we're chatting with Rob Fletcher about his excellent new book 1992: The Birth of Modern Football. Join us as we explore how Rob's book covers some of the massive football events of the year.

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94:56

Reviewing the European finals

These Football Times ·

2023/06/13

Bringing the season’s weekly podcasts to an end, the team look at a week of European finals and assess Manchester City’s achievements, ponder the state of David Moyes’ knees, and ask if Jose Mourinho has outdone himself this time by getting red carded in a car park.

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104:17

The final word on 2022/23 across Europe

These Football Times ·

2023/06/07

With seasons coming to a halt all over Europe, the intrepid team take a lingering look at matters both domestic and continental as we offer the final word on the uppers, the downers and the just hanging-arounders across Europe’s leagues.

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79:41

The Magic of the FA Cup: Final

These Football Times ·

2023/05/30

The FA Cup reaches its climax with the Manchester derby at Wembley. In preparation, the team look at how the FA Cup final launched golden ages for both Manchester United and Chelsea and paved the way for a coronation, as well as unveiling the ‘Lovett final’ and carbon dating a cup winner ...

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69:23

David Begg, the doyen of Scottish commentary, join us...

These Football Times ·

2023/05/25

The team are joined by David Begg, the doyen of radio commentators across his long and successful career with BBC Radio Scotland. We reminisce about covering Aberdeen’s Cup Winners' Cup final success over Real Madrid in 1983, Scotland’s trip to the World Cup in 1982, and "Glory, glory James McFadden ..."

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60:14

Reviewing an extraordinary National League season

These Football Times ·

2023/05/23

It’s been an extraordinary campaign in the National League, from first day to the final penalty kick. The team is joined by BT Sport’s Adam Summerton, who has commentated on all its ups and downs, from Wrexham to Scunthorpe and all points in between, to reflect on a seismic season.

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77:44

Dutch Masters: when Ajax's Totaalvoetbal conquered...

These Football Times ·

2023/05/14

We're back in the Centre Circle talking with Gary Thacker about his book Dutch Masters: When Ajax's Totaalvoetbal Conquered Europe. Find out more about one of European football's iconic teams that set standards of innovative play that few, if any, have been able to match since.

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69:23

The South America Files: Rosario

These Football Times ·

2023/05/12

Rosario is Argentina’s third most populous city and the list of the country’s great players born there reads like a veritable Who’s Who of footballing stars. Yet their clubs have probably underperformed, both nationally and continentally. The team discuss why.

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87:45

Who'll be the winners and losers of this season?

These Football Times ·

2023/05/09

With title, promotion and relegation issues all coming to a climax as the season’s end hurtles towards us, the team try to find the winners and losers amongst it all, both at home and abroad.

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66:23

Ipswich, Napoli, refunding fans and Premier...

These Football Times ·

2023/05/02

With a huge Bank Holiday Monday fixture list in the post-Coronation offing, we debate who will be swapping places between the Premier League and the Championship, explain why we expect Ipswich to be tearing up the second tier next term, see Napoli put the celebratory pizzas on hold, and ask if failing players refunding fans is such a good thing after all.

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