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Sound of Football Podcast 632 - A perfect England

The Sound of Football ·

2025/11/18

England have completed a perfect World Cup qualifying campaign; winning all eight games in their group without conceding a goal. In fact, the national side are so good right now even Jude Bellingham is struggling to hold down a place in Thomas Tuchel's starting eleven. Are we as good as the results suggest or are we in for a rude awakening next summer in North America?Also this week, we discuss the plans for MLS to become a winter league from 2027. For more information on the podcast and links

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Sound of Football Podcast 631 - Red flag

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2025/11/11

This weekend, the end of Arsenal's winning run at the Stadium of Light allowed an opportunity for those in the chasing pack to close the gap at the top. One team that didn't take advantage of that opportunity was Liverpool who were comfortably beaten by Manchester City (who did). After their fifth defeat in six games, is Liverpool's title defence already over?Also this week we discuss the calls to introduce VAR into the WSL after a series of questionable decisions affected the outcome of a season

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Sound of Football Podcast 630 - Turning a corner

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2025/11/04

The first quarter of this Premier League season hasn't been short of surprises and drama, but some people have still found cause for complaint. Goals from set-pieces and long balls are back but are we really reverting back to the tactical dark ages of the 1980s?Clubs in the mid-table are making a virtue of using analytics to buy the players they need to level the playing field against sides with much bigger budgets, while Arsenal's success at scoring from corner kicks is making a cult figure of

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Sound of Football Podcast 629 - We must protest

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2025/10/28

For months now Celtic fans have coordinated to disrupt games, showing their displeasure at the way the club is being run by pelting the pitch with soft fruit and multi-coloured balls. Sheffield Wednesday fans have gone further, boycotting the club until owner Dejphon Chansiri relinquished control of the club - which he did last week by putting the club into administration. This week we discuss the effectiveness of protest, including La Liga players' novel way of showing displeasure at the decision

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Sound of Football Podcast 628 - Manager of a month

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2025/10/21

Ange Postecoglou’s short time as Nottingham Forest manager came to an end on Saturday, just 39 days after it started. Will the more pragmatic Sean Dyche fare better?Meanwhile, one of the other Premier League managers to have been fired this season, Graham Potter, has a new job - trying to secure an unlikely World Cup qualification for a floundering Sweden side. 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 627 - Far from home

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2025/10/14

After being lobbied for years, UEFA has reluctantly given the green light for Villarreal to play Barcelona in Miami, Florida, and Como to play AC Milan in Perth, Western Australia. Now that this is being allowed to happen, can the governing body keep control of it in future?Also, as it’s the international break we discuss plans to introduce the Swiss model into international qualification. We also decide who should - and shouldn't - be on Rangers’ shortlist for their next manager. For

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Sound of Football Podcast 626 - Fortune's always hiding

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2025/09/30

On Saturday morning, Graham Potter became the second managerial casualty of the still new Premier League season, and was almost immediately replaced by the first, Nuno Espirito Santo.Of course, while some managers struggle, others thrive. Andoni Iraola and Oliver Glasner's on-going achievements at their clubs have put them in line for some of the best jobs, if and when they become available. The Crystal Palace head coach's contract is up at the end of the season. If he could keep the Eagles where

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Sound of Football Podcast 625 - Golden balls

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2025/09/23

It's a feature of modern fandom that some lovers of the game are followers of players rather than clubs. For these fans, is the Ballon d'Or their World Cup?Based almost entirely on vibes, speculation regarding potential winners of the venerable, journalist-voted award is perfect fodder for very online fans and those who are convinced they know better. Also this week, we speculate on a potential future of coverage of football matches for the TikTok generation: Vertical Format Football. For more

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Sound of Football Podcast 624 - Sold as seen

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2025/09/16

There are plenty of things to have opinions on right now. This week we ask important questions, such as: “is Chris Wilder the new Barry Fry?”, “is one long international break better or worse than two normal ones?” and “what would happen if Manchester United were relegated?”Also this week, we ask whether or not it’s right to punish the new owners of Chelsea for misdemeanours perpetrated by the previous ownership, after the club was charged by the FA with

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Sound of Football Podcast 623 - Levy's Legacy

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2025/09/09

Daniel Levy's 24 year reign as executive chairman of Tottenham Hotspur has come to an end. Despite overseeing the construction of one of the finest stadiums in the world, in recent times he became the sharp focus of dissatisfaction for many fans. So what does the future hold for the club now he is no longer pulling all the strings?Also this week, we discuss the newest club in the WSL, the London City Lionesses. In their six seasons, despite their name, they have yet to play a home game in a

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Sound of Football Podcast 622 - An apology of a system

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2025/09/02

We didn't even make it out of August before VAR messed up enough to warrant the PGMOL to issue yet another apology for the flawed system. Fulham fans should rightly be incensed that the system chalked off a perfectly good goal at Stamford Bridge, and all football fans should be equally as angry that VAR is allowed to continue to do this kind of thing. Also this week, we look at how, within the space of five days three former Manchester United managers were sacked from their latest jobs. Erik ten

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Sound of Football Podcast 621 - All these years

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2025/08/26

This week we reached an important milestone for the podcast when Max Dowman made his Arsenal debut, coming on as a substitute against Leeds. The 15-year-old became the first player born after the release of our first podcast to play in the Premier League. We take a moment to feel very old.And in another busy week for Crystal Palace, Terry reports back from his visit to see the club’s first match in European competition and gives his reaction to the departure of Eberechi Eze. For more information

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Sound of Football Podcast 620 - The lone striker

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2025/08/19

The Premier League is back. Newly-promoted Sunderland defied the doomsayers (for a week at least) by winning their opening fixture at home to West Ham in one of the standout results in a weekend of surprises, exciting new signings and, of course, a few VAR controversies. But not all the stories are taking place on the pitch. After failing to get a move away from Newcastle, Alexander Isak has vowed to never again play for the club. Effectively, he's now on strike. After the landmark victory for

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Sound of Football Podcast 619 - Sore like an eagle

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2025/08/12

Our 17th season starts after a successful summer for England with both the Lionesses and the Young Lions retaining their European crowns.It's a bittersweet start of the season for Crystal Palace. After taking part in their first ever Community Shield on Sunday (and winning on penalties) the following day they lost their appeal to remain in this season's Europa League, confirming their place in the Conference League. Palace's first ever European campaign should be a cause for celebration, but many

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Sound of Football Podcast 618 - Women's Euro 2025...

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2025/07/01

The Women's Euros kicks off in Switzerland tomorrow, we're here to give you the low down on who to look out for and who might prove to be the darkest of horses.To help us out with perhaps the toughest Euros to predict, we're delighted to be joined by Clare McEwen, author of She Can Kick It, The History of Football Across the World via a Girl in Love with the Beautiful Game. 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 617 - Everyone's a winner

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2025/05/29

Everyone on the pod is in jubilant mood at the end of what's been a particularly memorable season. Jan has still yet to come back down to earth after Sunderland won promotion back to the top flight in the play-off final, while Graham is giddy having returned from Lisbon, where he watched Arsenal secure a famous win in the Women's Champions League final against Barcelona. Having missed last week's podcast, Terry returns to give his thoughts on Crystal Palace's history making FA Cup win. Next

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Sound of Football Podcast 616 - Glad all over

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2025/05/20

Crystal Palace have won the FA Cup, with their goalkeeper Dean Henderson being a one-man narrative machine. Whether he should have been sent off or not (he probably should have) will be forever woven into the mythology of a rare, memorable FA Cup final.We also look ahead to the upcoming play-off finals and what is still to play for on the final weekend of the Premier League. 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 615 - After Wembley

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2025/05/13

We spent our Sunday at Wembley, cheering on our non-league side AFC Whyteleafe in the final of the FA Vase. Sadly, for us, the result didn't go our way with Whitstable Town winning 2-1. Despite the result it was an unforgetable day at the home the football.Also this week, we talk about the play-off between the worst non-relegated Premier League teams, otherwise known as the Europa League final. 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 614 - Champions Legion

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2025/05/06

It's rare that we get to the month of May with all of us on the podcast supporting clubs that are still chasing prizes. Terry's Crystal Palace are in the FA Cup final, Jan's Sunderland are in the Championship play-offs, and Graham's Arsenal are still in with a (slim) chance of winning the men's and the women's Champions Leagues. Perhaps more notable though is the side that we all follow, AFC Whyteleafe, who make their Wembley debut this weekend in the FA Vase final against Whitstable

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Sound of Football Podcast 613 - Coming, going or staying

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2025/04/22

As the end of the season approaches we're starting to get a clearer idea of who'll be where next season. After a hectic Easter weekend, Leeds United and Burnley have secured their return to the Premier League, but how will they get on next season?Also in the last week, Virgil van Dijk confirmed that he will be staying at Liverpool, just a few days after Mo Salah confirmed he had signed a new two year deal to stay. Speculation still hangs over the future of Trent Alexander-Arnold. Meanwhile, after

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