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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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47:38

UNITED vs ARSENAL (Feat. Chris Wittyngham)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/05/10

Arsenal head to Manchester United on Sunday, and only victory will suffice. Mikel Arteta’s side are locked in a title race with Manchester City, and even a draw here will mean their race is run.Manchester United are in dire straits: they’ve crashed down to 8th in the Premier League table after a 4-0 thumping from Crystal Palace on Monday night, and the calls for manager Erik ten Hag to be sent packing are growing louder.Still, United always seem to show up against the Arsenal: of their last 16

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48:34

Bayer Neverlosin' (Feat. Derek Rae)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/05/03

Bayer Leverkusen are six matches from immortality. The German champions have won 39 games of their 47 played. They’ve drawn eight. They’ve lost zero. This young team led by Xabi Alonso has already won the Bundesliga, and they’re in the final of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup. They’re also locked in a Europa League semifinal with Roma, two matches away from a European crown.In the end, they could go farther than Arsenal’s famous Invincibles of 2004 and play an entire season—53 matches across all

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31:22

The North London Derby (Feat. Rory Talks Football)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/04/26

The loathing and disgust that Tottenham and Arsenal have for one another is truly uncommon. It all began in 1913, when the Gunners moved across the Thames to Tottenham's neighborhood. The locals never forgave them for it. Through the years, Arsenal have enjoyed far more success, but this rivalry has always simmered beneath the surface. At times—like when Sol Campbell made a shocking move from Spurs to Arsenal on a free transfer—it's bubbled over. Here to discuss the North London Derby this Sunday is

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46:22

El Clásico (Feat. Graham Hunter)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/04/19

This is the glamor match of world football, the grandest stage for the biggest stars. This was Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane vs. Ronaldinho, Raúl vs. Carles Puyol. And then there was Luís Figo. It's a fixture known for its legendary names and a consistently exquisite level of technical play, but the disagreement between Real Madrid and Barcelona has roots that run deep into modern Spanish social and political history. These are two outfits from different regions with clashing

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40:59

The Derby della Capitale (Feat. Patrick Kendrick)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/04/05

Roma vs. Lazio is not often a contest for silverware, but the locals aren't fussed. This is a battle to determine who controls Rome, and fans are often more concerned with who takes this game than who takes the Scudetto. These two share a stadium, the Stadio Olimpico, and a history tied up in the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.This one is known for the colorful signage and tifos that rise up in the Curva Nord (Lazio) and Curva Sud (Roma) of their shared home, but it's also gotten ugly through

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35:23

Master and Apprentice (Feat. Robbie Earle)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/03/29

The Etihad Stadium has not been a place that Arsenal like to go in recent years, but they travel there on Sunday with an opportunity to strike a massive blow against a fellow title contender. Manchester City will fear no one at their citadel, but Pep Guardiola's respect for his former assistant coach has surely grown this season as Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has twice defeated his former employers. This will be a complex tactical encounter and—more than likely—a match decided by the smallest

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55:26

Ukraine Chases the EUROs (Feat. Andrew Todos)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/03/21

It's the EURO 2024 playoff round, where teams that failed to finish first or second in their qualifying groups (but made it to this stage through a very complicated formula involving the UEFA Nations League) must win two more matches to earn a ticket to Germany this summer.One of those teams is Ukraine. More than two years on from Russia's full-scale invasion, qualifying for the EUROs—and lining up next to the Germans, the French, the Czechs, and the rest of Europe—could be deeply symbolic and bring

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55:37

El Clásico Nacional (Feat. Ramses Sandoval)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/03/14

Mexico's most historic rivalry features the two most supported teams in Liga MX. Chivas de Guadalajara — the team from a quintessentially Mexican city known for Mariachi and located in the state of Jalisco, the home of tequila — has a policy of only fielding Mexican nationals. Club América, from the swanky and cosmopolitan capital of Mexico City, rose to prominence spending big money on foreign players, a master plan from the club's TV magnate owners not just to compete but to create a football

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43:48

The Citizens Come to Anfield (Feat. John Williams)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/03/08

Liverpool host Manchester City on Sunday in what could be a Premier League title-decider. But what impact will Anfield, the Reds' famous citadel, have on the proceedings? John Williams, author of Liverpool histories Red Men and Red Men Reborn, joins the show to trace the history of the ground from the birth of the Kop as a cultural force in the 1920s through the days of Bill Shankly and The Beatles in the '60s to that famous Champions League night against Lionel Messi and Barcelona. Hosted on Acast

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44:52

The Manchester Derby (Feat. Colin Shindler)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/03/02

Manchester United will travel to Manchester City this Sunday without much hope they can a result, but things weren't always this way. There was a time when City did not triumph over United in any competition for over a decade. They lived in United's shadow, and Colin Shindler remembers. He wrote the bestselling memoir Manchester United Ruined My Life—and hosts the podcast Football Ruined My Life—and he joins the show to look back on the years when City went to hell and United rose to the top of

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49:33

The Superclásico (Feat. Nico Cantor)

The Football Weekend ·

2024/02/23

Nico Cantor joins the show to discuss River Plate vs. Boca Juniors, the Superclásico, a derby match out of Buenos Aires that may well constitute the world's most explosive rivalry. Nico is a panelist for Morning Footy on Paramount+ and hosts The Golazo Show, the network's NFL RedZone-style whiparound show for the Champions League and Europa League. He's also a lifelong fan of Boca Juniors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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