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Sound of Football Podcast 577 - Euro 2024: The preview

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2024/06/11

Euro 2024 kicks off this week in Germany so here's our run through of each of the six groups - it's a bit like a wallchart, only in sound form. Who will shine and who will have a tournament to forget? Can England really be considered favourites?And how will Scotland fair against the hosts and sides who are largely made up of German-based players? For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show Notes on our

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Sound of Football Podcast 576 - The surprisingly...

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2024/05/28

It's our last podcast of the season and, after a surprisingly entertaining FA Cup Final, we're in a mood to celebrate.But it's not all good news, the Prime Minister's decision to call an early election has halted progress of the legislation that was to bring in an independent regulator for football. Will the new government be too busy to pick it up again? For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show Notes on our

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Sound of Football Podcast 575 - Lone Wolves

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2024/05/21

Wolverhampton Wanderers have tabled a motion to scrap VAR in the Premier League. It's very unlikely they will get the number of votes they require to succeed but what would a narrow defeat say about confidence in the system and the PGMOL?Also this week, we congratulate Manchester City on getting away with yet another Premier League title. For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show Notes on our blog. What's in the Weekend Boxset? Our

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Sound of Football Podcast 574 - To the wire

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2024/05/14

It's the final week of the season for the Premier League and the Bundesliga. Only Arsenal can stop Manchester City claiming an unprecedented fourth successive title, but they'll need help from Spurs or West Ham to do it. Meanwhile in Germany, one by one the coaches on Bayern's wishlist to replace Thomas Tuchel are ruling themselves out. Could Erik ten Hag swap Old Trafford for the Allianz in the summer? For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the

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Sound of Football Podcast 573 - Who's the anchor?

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2024/04/30

Eager to find an alternative to the current, unsatisfactory profit and sustainability rules, the Premier League has this week agreed to introduce new rules that limit the money a club can spend to a multiple of the lowest club’s TV revenue. Will this “anchoring” be an effective way of controlling finances, or will it become just something else to circumvent?While the Premier League has been quite open of its opposition to the introduction of the Independent Regulator for

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Sound of Football Podcast 572 - No context VAR

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2024/04/23

This weekend, technology robbed us of the greatest FA Cup comeback in living memory, with the unforgiving VAR offside lines denying Coventry City a 121st minute winner in their semi-final against Manchester United after being 3-0 down. And when it wasn't shattering dreams, the objectivity of those using it to officiate was being called into quesion. Nottingham Forest have demanded that referees who admit a fondness for clubs they believe are “contextual rivals” should recuse themselves

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Sound of Football Podcast 571 - The more things change

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2024/04/16

There's an adage that at the end of the season the table never lies, but with so much affecting this season's Premier League placings does it still hold true?Is it possible to understand everything that's going on in football? From financial regulations to club and country coefficients, from law changes to competition restructing, from new metrics to constantly evolving tactics, there's always something new to get your head around. Is that a bug of modern game or a feature? For more information

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Sound of Football Podcast 570 - Luxury popcorn

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2024/04/09

Across Europe the major league titles are already almost won; in Germany, Leverkusen should seal the championship this weekend. The English top flight is the exception with a three way race that could provide the most exciting climax to a Premier League season.It's not all good news for the “Best League in the World”. This week, around the time it was announced that Everton have been deducted a further two points for breaching PSR rules again, it was revealed that clubs are looking at

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Sound of Football Podcast 569 - Harry Kein

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2024/04/02

The games across the congested Easter weekend can often define what remains of a season. In England the lead changed in both the Premier League and the Championship. In women's football, Arsenal won the the first (and almost certainly their only) silverware of the season, beating Chelsea and denying Emma Hayes the quadruple in her final season at the club.In Germany, the title race is as good as done. Bayern's defeat to Dortmund has opened a 13 point gap between themselves and Xabi Alonso's

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Sound of Football Podcast 568 - All in the details

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2024/03/26

The international break often leaves football news outlets scratching around for content. It's a good thing they had Ben White declining to join the England squad and Nike's cross of St George design faux pas to whip up some outrage.Trying not to dwell on such matters, we move on to discuss options for improvements to the qualification process for international tournaments. Starting next week, the qualification phase for the next women's Euros will use the Nations League model. Could that same

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Sound of Football Podcast 567 - Forest felled

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2024/03/19

Nottingham Forest have been hit with a four point deduction for breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. The loss of points has dropped them into the relegation zone but they're still ahead of the two best teams in last season's Championship, Burnley and Sheffield United. With the gap between the top flight and the EFL growing ever larger, how else can the clubs coming up from the Championship compete?Today, the Football Governance Bill got its first reading in Parliament,

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Sound of Football Podcast 566 - Mad as a March hare

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2024/03/05

Like March hares, right now there a lot of people who are hopping mad. This weekend Jude Bellingham saw red for having a difference of opinion with referee over timekeeping, while in Germany a Darmstadt fan was allowed on the pitch to let the players know how terrible they are.If that wasn't enough, this weekend we also had a former top level Premier League referee, Mark Clattenburg, throw a former colleague under the bus in his new role as an adviser for Nottingham Forest. It must be getting to

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Sound of Football Podcast 565 - Magic of the midweek Cup

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2024/02/27

It's been four years since the FA Cup became a replay-less midweek round, but it still feels a bit weird. With a new domestic broadcaster taking over the competition in 2025, could more changes be on the horizon?If there are changes to be made, maybe the powers that be should consult with the fans first. The recent victory of ultras in Germany in their action against unpopular financing plans from the German league should be an example for fan groups everywhere. But could similar action even

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Sound of Football Podcast 564 - Beale is out and Roy...

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2024/02/20

Sunderland are looking for a new manager, just two months after hiring the last one, Michael Beale. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace have appointed a new manager, and this time it's an interesting choice. 2022 Europa League winning head coach Oliver Glasner comes in to replace Roy Hodgson. In Germany, pressure is mounting on Thomas Tuchel, whose Bayern side have lost three games in the space of a week. For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show

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Sound of Football Podcast 563 - Blue cards

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2024/02/13

Last week, the football laws body IFAB announced an idea they were looking to trial - the introduction of blue cards for offences punishable by a visit to a ten minute sin bin. Why, in England at least, has the idea almost universally gone down like a lead balloon? Are the decisions-makers at IFAB fixing problems that no one has asked them to fix? For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show Notes on our

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Sound of Football Podcast 562 - It's grim down south

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2024/02/06

After bruising defeats at the weekend both Roy Hodgson and Mauricio Pochettino are under pressure before they face each other next Monday. Are they safe all the time no one else would touch their respective clubs? Also this week we discuss a couple of controversial off-field decision with some VAR chaos in Belgium and, closer to home, the problems of cup-tying players in league-based knockout competitions after Aston Villa avoided being kicked out of the Women's League Cup. For more information on

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Sound of Football Podcast 561 - The long goodbye

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2024/01/30

At the end of last week it was announced that Jurgen Klopp will be leaving Liverpool, but not until the end of the season. And he wasn't the only one. The following day, Xavi confirmed that he would be leaving his role as head coach of Barcelona, meaning that two of the biggest jobs in world football will be vacant in the summer. With four months of the season still remaining, have these two become "lame duck" managers? Who is likely to replace them? Is Xabi Alonso really the natural choice for

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Sound of Football Podcast 560 - Tossing coins

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2024/01/23

This weekend games across Germany have been disrupted by fans throwing chocolate coins on the pitch as a mark of protest against plans to encourage investment in the Bundesliga, plans they feel weaken their traditional fan-ownership models. As fans groups in England look toward 50+1 as a potential future to safeguard the game, the system as it stands in Germany could be at its most vulnerable. For more information on the podcast and links related to the subjects discussed, check out the Show

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Sound of Football Podcast 559 - Double jeopardy

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2024/01/16

Having already been deducted ten points for breaching Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules, Everton could now face more sanctions; and Nottingham Forest could be punished too. The charges come on the same day as the EFL sent a letter to the Reading owner, Dai Yongge, demanding that he either put money into the club or sell-up, and just a day before the leaders of England's top leagues were due to face questions from the Culture, Media and Sport committee. For more information on the

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Sound of Football Podcast 558 - Super freaking

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2024/01/09

Just before Christmas, the European Court of Justice ruled that UEFA had acted illegally in sanctioning clubs looking to form a European Super League. For the clubs that lead the breakaway attempt, the ruling seems to mean that UEFA's control of football has been broken and they can push ahead with plans to restructure international club football. But how will their plans fit with FIFA's expanded Club World Cup, which starts in 2025? Also this week we take a moment to reflect on the life and

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