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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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46:30

Euro 2024 predictions

These Football Times ·

2024/06/15

The European Championship is finally upon us and a month of magical moments and shattered dreams lie ahead. Will Gareth Southgate lead England to tournament victory or will M&S be awash with returned cardigans from disenchanted fans before the group stages are over? Matthew Gibbs, Rob Fletcher and Gary Thacker may have the answers.

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37:35

Euros Revision: France 3-2 Portugal, 1984

These Football Times ·

2024/06/12

Aidan Williams takes Gary Thacker on a rollercoaster ride through what he considers to be the greatest match in European Championship history, France’s 3-2 win over Portugal in the semi-final of Euro 84. Iconic venue, iconic kit, Michel Platini at his peak and John Motson going all boy soprano. What’s not to love?

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31:31

Euros Revision: David Trezeguet and the Golden Goal

These Football Times ·

2024/06/11

Many methods of deciding drawn cup ties have been tried done the years, from drawing lots and tossing coins to penalty shootouts and the golden goal, which was a part of the Euros in 1996 and 2000.In the latter tournament, France rescued themselves from seemingly certain defeat, equalising against Italy in the 93rd minute of normal time before going on to win it with David Trezeguet’s extra-time golden goal. But what would VAR say about such shenanigans these days? Rob Fletcher and Gary Thacker

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32:52

Euros Revision: Michels, Netherlands and 1988

These Football Times ·

2024/06/10

The European Championship final of 1988 will always be remembered for that goal by Marco van Basten, but beyond that, it was the day when Rinus Michels, architect of the Total Football that took the Netherlands so close to the summit in 1974, finally won a major international tournament. Dr David Turner relives that day, that goal and that trophy.

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74:30

Everton: the grand old club

These Football Times ·

2024/06/10

It’s a grand old team to write about and These Football Times is proving the point with a special magazine dedicated to Everton. Aidan Williams, Chris Lepkowski and true blue Evertonian Paul Mc Parlan talk you through some of the contents of the magazine, covering league and cup wins, great players and managers, and Goodison Park itself, and ruminate on Everton’s place in the wider scheme of English football, past and present.

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27:01

Euros Revision: Stuart Pearce, 1996

These Football Times ·

2024/06/10

It might not have been a Panenka, but when Stuart Pearce blasted his penalty into the Spanish net during the quarter-final shootout at Euro 96, he produced a penalty, and certainly a celebration, every bit as iconic. Dave Bowler and Gary Thacker debate the stones of steel shown by Pearce on a day when, after his penalty nightmare at Italia 90, lesser men might have found their way to the back of the bus queue.

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31:41

Euros Revision: Hal Robson-Kanu outdoes Cruyff, 2016

These Football Times ·

2024/06/09

Johan and his famous Cruyff turn at the 1974 World Cup was all very well, but did it end up with the ball in the back of the net? It did not. Some 42 years later, Hal Robson-Kanu showed how it should be done in the white heat of the 2016 Euros quarter-final, sending the Belgian defence for a bag of chips - mayonnaise optional - and then bludgeoning the ball past Thibault Courtois. Matthew Gibbs points out to Gary Thacker that the Welsh are therefore better than the Dutch. Popcorn all round.

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25:34

Euros Revision: England 4-2 Croatia, Euro 2004

These Football Times ·

2024/06/08

Joining Gary Thacker today is Dr David Turner who takes us back 20 years to a day when England looked to be emerging as genuine contenders for the Euros in 2004, only to have those hopes dashed by injury. It’s all about England v Croatia and it’s mostly about Wayne Rooney.

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33:57

Euros Revision: Panenka, 1976

These Football Times ·

2024/06/06

Fresh from being chiselled into the European Championships’ Mount Rushmore, Antonín Panenka takes centre stage as Aidan Williams brings us chapter and verse on perhaps the most iconic penalty ever taken.

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26:12

Euros Revision: Šuker vs Schmeichel, Euro 96

These Football Times ·

2024/06/05

A goal of beauty is a joy forever as the old saying almost goes. Proving the old adage true in 1996 was Davor Šuker who produced one of the tournament’s immortal moments with his goal for Croatia against Denmark. Rob Fletcher tells Gary Thacker all about it.

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24:59

Euros Revision: Greece 2004

These Football Times ·

2024/06/04

In a tournament dominated by the usual heavyweight suspects of European football, nobody saw Greece’s title winning tournament of 2004 coming. Matthew Gibbs talks to Gary Thacker about the ultimate underdog story.

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25:49

Euros Revision: England 1-3 West Germany, 1972

These Football Times ·

2024/06/03

Ahead of this summer’s European Championship, Gary Thacker invites members of the team to talk about some of their most indelible memories of the competition. In this first episode, Dave Bowler recalls the night in 1972 when Günter Netzer and West Germany handed out a footballing lesson at Wembley.

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48:12

FA Cup giant-killers: Southampton v Manchester...

These Football Times ·

2024/05/27

The 1970s provided fertile fare for the lower division teams in the FA Cup, from the early round exploits of Hereford and Colchester to latter stage glory for Second Division Sunderland and Southampton. It’s the latter we concentrate on here, as 5-1 shot Southampton see off Manchester United to win the FA Cup for the first and only time.

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67:39

A review of the 2023/24 Championship season

These Football Times ·

2024/05/10

With the dust settling on the Championship season ahead of the playoffs, John Dunn, Matthew Gibbs and Dave Bowler gather together for a post-mortem on the campaign, which includes debating the age old wisdom of a Martin Jol quote and the presentation of some fairly robust views on Wayne Rooney.

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54:29

Behind the curtain of the beautiful game

These Football Times ·

2024/05/06

We’re joined in the Centre Circle today by Callum McFadden, author of Behind The Curtain Of The Beautiful Game. Callum’s first book features a string of fascinating interviews with characters involved in football, from players, coaches and managers through to referees, commentators and TV producers. Interviewees include Roy Hodgson, Martin O’Neill, Norman Whiteside, Matt Le Tissier, Les Ferdinand, Martin Tyler, Jeff Stelling and many more. Callum has generously donated the profits from the book

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65:07

Seasons in the Sun: West Brom 1930/31

These Football Times ·

2024/05/01

It’s football’s greatest achievement that you’ve probably never heard of. In 1930/31, West Bromwich Albion won promotion from the Second Division and, if that wasn’t enough, they won the FA Cup as well. It was the first time that double had ever been done, it hasn’t been done since, and I think we can safely wager the TFT family silver on it never being done again.We’re joined by members of Albion’s extended royal family, Paul and Ben Wood, who are, respectively, grandson and great-grandson of

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74:42

A Tale of Two Decades: the 1970s and 80s

These Football Times ·

2024/04/28

Our epic trawls through the 1970s and 80s are finally at an end, so in one final effort to keep the franchise going, Steven Scragg and Dave Bowler meet to debate the merits and otherwise of the two decades. Alex Ireland bravely takes on the Jack Taylor/Keith Hackett role. Maggie Thatcher, you took one hell of a beating.

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86:11

A decade of 80s football: sins and omissions

These Football Times ·

2024/04/24

In the decade that will never die, the 1980s team reunite one last time (probably) for a bit of whataboutery? Some listeners have pointed out a few of the stones that were left unturned in the course of the series, so everyone has reconvened to debate Aberdeen, Chelsea, the legendary summit between Keith Burkinshaw and César Luis Menotti. Thoughts eventually turn, of course, to Peter Hucker, Gary Bailey and Mirandinha.

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50:06

FA Cup giant-killers: QPR vs West Brom, 1982

These Football Times ·

2024/04/21

Second Division played First at Highbury in 1982, and it was the lower tier side who came out on top, Terry Venables piloting a way to the FA Cup final for his side in a game where West Brom simply couldn’t get going. Dave Bowler relives a teenage nightmare in the company of Steven Scragg and Bill Hern.

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132:10

Euro 84: the greatest tournament you never saw

These Football Times ·

2024/04/18

Join us as we talk to TFT’s very own Aidan Williams about his new book, Euro 1984: The Greatest Tournament You Never Saw. As the title suggests, here in the UK we missed most of the tournament when the TV companies chose to ignore it after none of the home nations qualified. So let us fill you in on just what happened 40 years ago.

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