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...
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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...
John Gibbons and Mo Stewart are joined by Neil Fairchild for an in-depth discussion on recent events at West Ham. Saturday saw pitch invasions, owners fearing their safety and a thumping by Burnley. Neil describes the reasons for the protests, the background to a...
While we completely understandably obsess over the top of the Premier League up and down the country football clubs are going through their own trials and tribulations. One was brought to The Anfield Wrap’s attention on Monday night when the excellent Amber...
It’s always interesting in the Scottish Premier League, and it’s rarely dull at Glasgow Rangers. Five years to the day since they went into administration I spoke to Colin Armstrong, founder of The Lower Third website, about another eventful week at Ibrox,...
