Tottenham Hotspur have made themselves talk of the town by sacking Mauricio Pochettino and rapidly replacing him with Jose Mourinho. John Gibbons spoke to Rory Smith, who has written a piece for the New York Times about the situation at Spurs and their former...
The Athletic’s David Ornstein this week reports that Dirk Kuyt is part of an all-star consortium of former players looking to take over Wycombe Wanderers. David joins John Gibbons to go into detail about the story behind this story and what effect it could have...
Neil Atkinson is joined by African football expert Jonty Mark to talk about this years African Cup Of Nations. The tournament, which is being held in Egypt, has recently been moved into a new summer slot in the football calendar having previously been held earlier in...
Neil Atkinson speaks to Rory Smith on the topic of retaining the Championship. No side has managed it since Manchester United in 2009. Why is that? Has something changed? And are Manchester City the closest to it in the last five years? If you're already subscribed,...
Neil Atkinson and Rory Smith have a nice chat about the Copa Libertadores de América, what went wrong and what the way it is perceived says about football and its coverage. What are facts, what is storytelling and what is the actual purpose of the enterprise. This...
With the World Cup in full flow, the big story around the England football team is the publishing of training ground notes which appeared to give the team away for England’s upcoming game against Panama. Several British newspapers printed the pictures, but were...
The situation at Sporting Clube de Portugal has had football fans worldwide scratching their heads, and it seems like there are more twists to come after their former goalkeeper Rui Patricio signed for Wolves this week. What does the future hold for Sporting and could...
In a fascinating Midnight Caller Neil Atkinson speaks to former Radio City and current La Liga commentator Kevin Keatings about the similarities he sees between great Liverpool sides of the past and this Real Madrid team. Kevin explains what sort of threat Madrid will...
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A long chat with Steve Goldsmith about where it has gone wrong for Sunderland makes up this Midnight Caller. Steve’s understandably upset and angry about a football club and a region being decimated and ignored. The club has been dreadfully run and this is the...
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John Gibbons is joined for another one of our infrequent ‘Midnight Caller’ shows by Rory Smith of The New York Times to talk about Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson and how the low-key transfer of the Scottish International from Hull City could prove to...