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The Football Weekend

Jack Holmes & KICKOFF PRESS

Sharp conversations with the big names and great minds of the world"s game.Every week, a special guest joins host Jack Holmes to preview the biggest match of the coming weekend. It might be the Superclásico or the North London Derby, the Champions League final or a Premier League title-decider. This show is about the history of a rivalry, a behind-the-scenes look at a club and its culture, or just some thoughtful commentary before the ball gets rolling.You"ll also find classic clips featuring some

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All Episodes

43:40

MAN UNITED vs CHELSEA (Feat. Usmaan Akhtar)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/11/01

MANCHESTER UNITED host CHELSEA in a vintage Barclays encounter that happens to be the first Premier League match since Erik ten Hag's dismissal as United manager. The Dutchman is the latest casualty of the club's disorder and decline since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure a decade ago, but how much is down to his poor decision-making? How much is down to the players? And will the new ownership and football executive structure be the platform new manager Rúben Amorim needs to change the plot? Of course,

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1:03:38

El Clásico (Feat. Paco Polit)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/10/25

Arsenal-Liverpool, the Derby d’Italia, Le Classique…it’s a serious Football Weekend. But all that takes a back seat to the big one: El Clásico, REAL MADRID vs BARCELONA, the premier grudge match in world football. Nobody does technical quality and steaming spite quite like these two, and the storylines abound heading into this 258th meeting of Spain's great powers.One Brazilian from each side—Vinicius Jr. for Madrid, Raphinha for Barça—scored a hat trick in the Champions League in midweek. They're

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51:30

LIVERPOOL vs CHELSEA (Feat. Beth Lindop)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/10/18

LIVERPOOL vs CHELSEA is a modern classic, a rivalry born when Roman Abramovich bought the Blues into prominence and kicked off 20 years of tumultuous encounters: The Slip, the Ghost Goal, the feud between José Mourinho and Rafa Benitez, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, Jamie Carragher and John Terry, Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba. There were transfer sagas, wars of words, Champions League semifinals.But most of all, this one is an argument about what's important in football. For years,

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1:07:34

MEXICO vs USA (Feat. Kasey Keller)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/10/11

It's a meeting of two old enemies in Guadalajara, two years before they co-host a World Cup, but this international friendly wouldn't mean much without big news on the American side: the U.S. Men's National Team has a new coach with serious pedigree at the top of the European game. Mauricio Pochettino took Tottenham to a Champions League final, he's coached Chelsea and PSG, and now he'll try to lead this young USMNT squad to the promised land—or at least a World Cup quarterfinal.One man who knows a

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35:08

The Derby dell'Emilia (Feat. Christine Cupo)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/10/03

This one's named for a region named after a road—the Via Aemilia—that the Romans built after they took this chunk of northern Italy off some Celtic tribes back in 189 BC. A bunch of towns grew up along the new thoroughfare, and now there are a number of football clubs scrapping over this turf. The two biggest and most decorated are BOLOGNA, from the medieval masterpiece known for its food, architecture, and the world’s oldest university; and PARMA, another ancient town that’s…known for its food

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56:39

Champagne Bundesliga (Feat. Derek Rae)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/09/27

We’re headed over to Germany for an early Bundesliga title clash, and Derek Rae is our guide before he calls the game for ESPN. It’s BAYERN MUNICH vs BAYER LEVERKUSEN in a meeting of the perennial powers and the fresh-faced upstarts, with Bayern looking for a return to the normal order of things after Leverkusen posted a scintillating unbeaten domestic double last term, taking the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal without losing a match. They nearly won the Europa League, too, but Atalanta was a step too far

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40:46

The North London Derby (Feat. Arseblog)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/09/13

There are few feuds like the 111-year-old dispute between Arsenal and Tottenham over who exactly owns North London. These two first met in 1896, but that was when Arsenal were in Woolwich, south of the River Thames. It wasn’t until the Gunners crossed the waterway in 1913 and set up shop in Tottenham’s neighborhood that the trouble began, and it hasn’t let up since. Though as an Arsenal fan, I feel obligated to weigh in on who owns what: the red side may be seeking a first league title in two

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1:03:18

The Old Firm (Feat. Chris McLaughlin)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/08/29

It's the battle of Glasgow, one of the most combustible matches in world football. CELTIC vs RANGERS is a fixture like no other, a vehicle for ancient blood feuds and sectarian strife. In the beginning of the 20th century, these two sets of fans marked the final whistle of a cup final by attempting to burn down Scotland's famed Hampden Park. After the 1980 final, supporters from both sides rioted on the pitch, fighting hand-to-hand and flinging bottles and more at each other until mounted police

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1:01:24

The Nico Williams Derby (Feat. Graham Hunter)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/08/23

La Liga is back and so is one of its true classics. BARCELONA and ATHLETIC CLUB have been duking it out in this division for as long as it's been around. Along with Real Madrid, they're the only clubs who've never been relegated. Like Barça, Athletic represents a part of Spain—the Basque region—with a serious independent streak, but that hasn't always made them allies off or on the pitch. In the 1980s, especially, these two clubs entered an explosive feud, one that culminated with none other than

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45:36

CHELSEA vs MAN CITY (Feat. Sanny Rudravajhala)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/08/16

The Premier League is back following a breathless summer where we scarcely had any break from football at all. Still, it's a new season brimming with possibilities, and CHELSEA vs MAN CITY is a fine marquee fixture for the opening weekend. These are two teams making considerable news off the pitch, with Chelsea's freewheeling—some would say "chaotic"—transfer spending and City finally (maybe) facing the music on those 115 charges. Could this be Pep Guardiola's last season in Manchester regardless of

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50:08

The EURO 2024 Final (Feat. Dan Bardell)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/07/12

The EURO 2024 final is upon us, and DAN BARDELL of Sky Sports and TalkSPORT returns to the show this week to preview ENGLAND vs SPAIN. Together we make the case that Gareth Southgate is among the very best England managers of all time, and Dan describes the unique joy of watching Ollie Watkins’ winner in the semifinal as a lifelong Aston Villa fan. We also discuss the stress of watching players from your club team play international tournaments, Xavi Simons' wondergoal and the Netherlands' fine

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1:07:50

The EURO Quarterfinals (Feat. Carl Anka)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/07/05

The quarterfinals kick off at EURO 2024 on Friday with SPAIN vs GERMANY and FRANCE vs PORTUGAL, before ENGLAND and SWITZERLAND meet Saturday and the NETHERLANDS face TÜRKIYE shortly after to round out the last eight. Joining us to preview this sweet schedule of seismic sporting encounters is CARL ANKA, a staff writer for The Athletic. He covers Manchester United during the club season but was deployed to Germany for the group stage of this competition and has some wonderful stories to tell from on

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52:30

The Copa Quarterfinals (Feat. Alexis Guerreros)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/07/04

The Copa América quarterfinals kick off Thursday with Lionel Messi's ARGENTINA against ECUADOR, while the marquee match of the round comes last: BRAZIL vs URUGUAY. Joining the show to preview both—and the two other matches in between—is ALEXIS GUERREROS of The Cooligans podcast and Morning Footy on CBS Sports Golazo Network. We also spared some time for the USA's disastrous group-stage exit from the tournament and Gregg Berhalter's future with the U.S. Men's National Team, COLOMBIA's fine

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51:40

The Round of 16 (Feat. @RoryTalksFootball)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/06/28

The EURO 2024 group stage is done and dusted, and the tournament's sudden-death phase is upon us. It's the Round of 16, with SWITZERLAND vs ITALY and GERMANY vs DENMARK on Saturday, ENGLAND-SLOVAKIA and SPAIN vs GEORGIA on Sunday, FRANCE vs BELGIUM and PORTUGAL vs SLOVENIA on Monday, and finally, ROMANIA vs the NETHERLANDS and AUSTRIA-TURKIYE on Tuesday.Joining us this week to preview the knockout rounds is @RoryTalksFootball, who returns to the show to offer some of the same insight he serves up to

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29:49

Copa América (Feat. Stu Holden)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/06/20

What a time to be alive as a football fan, as COPA AMÉRICA joins EURO 2024 on our television screens. Here to preview the Western Hemisphere's championship is STU HOLDEN, who played for the U.S. Men’s National Team and was one of the first Americans I ever saw play in a Premier League midfield. Now he’s a co-commentator and analyst for FOX Sports, which will be broadcasting the Copa América here in the United States along with the EUROs.We touched on how American players have gone to a new level in

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44:33

EURO 2024 (Feat. Dan Bardell)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/06/13

It's EURO 2024, the European Championships, and it all blasts off on this opening weekend with GERMANY vs SCOTLAND, CROATIA vs SPAIN, and ENGLAND vs SERBIA. Dan Bardell of Sky Sports and TalkSport joins the show to preview these matches and the tournament in general, and as a devout Aston Villa fan, he found a way to get John McGinn and Andres Iniesta into the same sentence!If you're enjoying The Football Weekend, please give us a rating and leave a review! It will help spread the word to more fans

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32:47

How to Invent a Football Club (Feat. Max Mansfield)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/06/07

With men's football in a very brief offseason, it's time for a change of pace. How does a football club get started in the first place? Maximilian Mansfield can tell you first hand. He's the CEO of Brooklyn FC, a startup club that's sprouting out of the asphalt not far from TFW HQ here in New York. Max joins the show to chat about where BKFC fits in a football ecosystem that already boasts two MLS teams, finding a home court in the borough—they've signed up to share the Brooklyn Cyclones' Maimonides

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34:45

The Champions League Final (Feat. Clive Tyldesley)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/05/30

It's the Champions League final on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, where REAL MADRID will seek a preposterous 15th title and BORUSSIA DORTMUND will play the unlikely underdogs.CLIVE TYLDESLEY will call his 30th final in this competition for CBS and Paramount+ in the United States, but first he joins the show to run through some of the biggest moments to which he's borne witness—from Manchester United's last-gasp treble win over Bayern Munich in 1999 to Zinedine Zidane's wondervolley to defeat Bayer

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50:47

The FA Cup Final (Feat. Jon Champion)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/05/23

MANCHESTER UNITED and MANCHESTER CITY will contest the FA Cup final on Saturday at 10am Eastern, and Jon Champion will be calling the game for U.S. audiences on ESPN. He also graciously joined the show this week to preview the match, look back on the Premier League season just passed, and offer his favorite stadiums to commentate from—including Goodison Park, where you've got to navigate multiple ladders to get to the commentary position.If you're enjoying The Football Weekend, please give us a

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46:02

Championship Sunday (Feat. Robbie Earle)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/05/17

It's the Premier League's final day, and the title is still on the line. Arsenal have won 15 of their last 17 league games, but it may not be enough to topple mighty Manchester City.The Gunners must win at home to Everton and hope West Ham can get a result at the Etihad Stadium.The last time City and Arsenal went head-to-head, Robbie Earle joined the show to preview the match and mentioned he might like to come back at the end of the season.He’s on location in London, where NBC will provide

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