We start with Next Goal Wins, a look at American Samoa, the side defeated 31-0 by Australia and their path towards scoring their first goal as a nation and perhaps even winning a game. It brings three or four fantastic characters into focus and is a true human story....
The return of Well Read just in time for Christmas sees Neil Atkinson host Anna Walsh, Gerry Donaldson and Steve Graves as they go through three football books. These are: The return of Well Read just in time for Christmas sees Neil Atkinson host Anna Walsh, Gerry...
Well Read or Well Watched — our strand which looks at football in literature or cinema and finds those books and films which tell us more about the game, ourselves or, ideally, both. In the latest Well Read, Neil Atkinson is joined by Gerry Donaldson, Steve...
TO celebrate ‘World Book Day’ we’re releasing a special free episode of our TAW Player show ‘Well Read’ with this edition focussing just on one book: Reading The Game: A Year In Black And Yellow This is collection of pieces of writing...
ANOTHER WEEK, more fascinating texts. What do we have? My Father And Other Working Class Heroes by Gary Imlach. A look at grief through chasing a father’s career. Both Imlachs come across as fascinating characters – Gary trying to understand the man who has gone...
NEIL ATKINSON is joined by Gerry Donaldson, Steve Graves and Gareth Roberts to talk about another three books for Well Read. These books are Thirty One Nil – On The Road With Football’s Outsiders by James Montague – his look at football’s...
ANOTHER Well Read. Well, it makes 2 anyway. The three books are crackers this month, all discussed influenced by events in a sense. All have current talking points attached. Living On The Volcano by Michael Calvin A Life Too Short by Ronald Reng The Damned United by...
A NEW SHOW! Neil Atkinson is joined by Jon Birchall, Gerry Donaldson and Simon Hughes to discuss three books related to football: The Game Of Our Lives – David Goldblatt Brilliant Orange – David Winner The Spies – Luis Fernando...
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‘Two Of Us’ – Lennon, McCartney And A Scouse Play: TAW Special
Andy Heaton joins Director Scot Williams, actors Barry Sloane and Jay Johnson alongside Watford Palace Theatre Director Steve Marmion to talk about ‘The Two Of Us’, a play based the last meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.