The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

It’s an eclectic line-up for this episode of the Totally Football Show, with AC Jimbo joined in the pod by James Horncastle, Michael Cox, football finance expert Dr Tom Markham and former Monaco sporting director, Tor-Kristian Karlsen. We begin by wrapping up the events of the international break, with World Cup joy for Denmark, Sweden, Australia and Peru, tears for Ireland and Italy, and - perhaps most shockingly of all - signs of life from England in their two (goalless) glamour friendlies. After that post mortem, we turn our attention to the return of the Premier League, where the North London derby takes centre stage this weekend, hotly followed by the first meeting in a decade for José Mourinho and Rafa Benitez, and, just as excitingly, David Moyes’ debut in the West Ham dugout. Plus: a big Serie A preview; the World Crap; and a requiem for the fax machine. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • Just a fortnight to go until our London live show on Wednesday 29 November, and not that many tickets left, either. Kevin Bridges is our very special guest. Join him and Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain Macintosh and Producer Ben at the O2 Indigo: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW PARISH NOTICES: • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • and get your vote on at the FSF Awards. All sorts of categories, all sorts of awkwardness: http://bit.ly/2yy6a0s GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ • send us a tweet:  @thetotallyshow

AC Jimbo welcomes James Horncastle, David Preece and Duncan Alexander to the pod for an international edition of the The Totally Football Show in which we lament the poor refereeing decision that ultimately cost Northern Ireland a place at Russia 2018 and wonder whether Italy will show up in their return leg against Sweden. They might need to. Also up for discussion: reassessing David Silva; brighter days ahead for Blackpool; and a taste of the Opta quiz. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • Get your tickets for our upcoming London live show on Wednesday 29 November. Kevin Bridges is our very special guest. Join Kevin and Jimbo, Rafa, Iain Macintosh and Producer Ben at the O2 Indigo: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW PARISH NOTICES: • Christine Seddon from the Blackpool Supporters’ Trust mentioned the Fans Not Numbers campaign. Get involved here: http://bit.ly/2eFCqKz • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • and get your vote on at the FSF Awards. All sorts of categories, all sorts of awkwardness: http://bit.ly/2yy6a0s GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow

AC Jimbo is joined by Matt Scott, Rafa Honigstein, and Michael Cox for your brand new Totally Football Show, where we’re busy looking ahead to the friendly between England B and Germany, and far more important World Cup qualifiers such as Denmark v Ireland, Sweden v Italy and New Zealand’s double-header with Peru. Also on our menu: Pirlo retires; West Ham’s appointment of David Moyes; the FIFA trail begins; Amy Lawrence’s fab new Arsenal doc; and some of the worst pronunciation of Greek names you’ll ever here. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • thanks to everyone who came to see us kick off the Totally World Tour in Birmingham last night: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbRjnNCA_FR/?taken-at=227933296 • Next stop: London on Wednesday 29 November, where Kevin Bridges is our very special guest. Join Kevin and Jimbo, Rafa, Iain Macintosh and Producer Ben at the O2 Indigo: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW PARISH NOTICES: • pre-order Rafa’s new book on Jurgen Klopp: http://amzn.eu/ijRYCxA • read Matt’s proper journalism: http://bit.ly/2jc0JS3 
 • 89: https://www.facebook.com/89thefilm/ • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/ GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow

Football 365’s Daniel Storey makes his long-awaited debut on The Totally Football Show as he joins AC Jimbo, Iain Macintosh and Sasha Goryunov to marvel yet again at City, who put Arsenal to the sword and left United, Chelsea and Spurs in their dust. Elsewhere, Liverpool’s 4-1 win at the London Stadium meant it was Slaven Bilic’s turn to exit stage left. Also up for discussion: Celtic make history; Northern Ireland on the brink of the World Cup; and why you should never cross a seagull LIVE EVENT NEWS: • we’re looking forward to seeing you in Birmingham on Wednesday for our first live show. Still some tickets left:  http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Kevin Bridges is our very special guest as Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain Macintosh and Producer Ben head to the O2 Indigo on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ PARISH NOTICES: • get yourself a copy of Daniel’s book - a great read and an even better cause: http://bit.ly/2uftUUf • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/

On your band new Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo is joined by James Horncastle, Michael Cox and Julien Laurens to review another excellent midweek in the Champions League featuring two stunning performances by Spurs and Man City and a stunningly inept performance by Chelsea. Will Tottenham follow up their win against Real Madrid with defeat at home to Palace? Can City continue their exceptional start Arsenal visit the Etihad? And who will do the more shushing when Conte and Mou clash on the touchline as Chelsea face Man U? Also on our agenda: Sunderland hunt for yet another new manager; the problem with Comic Sans; and Joe Allen - he ain’t no chicken. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • The Totally Football Totally Live Totally World Tour kicks off in Birmingham next week. Jules, James H and Iain Macintosh will be joining Jimbo and Producer Ben on stage at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  There might be singing too. Get your tickets here:  http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Kevin Bridges is our very special guest as Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain and Ben head to the O2 Indigo on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ PARISH NOTICES: • it’s an especially good episode of The Totally Football League Show this week, all about the birth of AFC Wimbledon: https://t.co/DigC42eVYz • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/


On the latest episode of The Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo has Iain Macintosh, Rafa Honigstein and C4 News sports reporter and general polymath Jordan Jarrett-Bryan for company to look back on a triumphant weekend in the Premier League and far, far beyond. We discuss Man United’s victory over a Harry Kane-less Tottenham and ask what sort of challenge Spurs will put up when Real come to town in the Champions League? Plus, we turn out attention to Crystal Palace’s dramatic draw against West Ham, and analyse Claude Puel’s surprisingly entertaining start for Leicester against hapless Everton. And of course, there are World Champions to celebrate. We hear from Football 365’s Daniel Storey after England won the U17 World Cup to cap off a remarkable few months for the Three Lions. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • The Totally Football Totally Live Totally World Tour kicks off in Birmingham next month. Julien Laurens, James Horncastle and Iain Macintosh will be joining Jimbo and Producer Ben on stage at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  There might be singing too. Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Kevin Bridges - y’know, the comedian - is our very special guest as Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain and Ben head to the O2 Indigo on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ PARISH NOTICES: • want to hear more red hot soccer chat, but focusing on the Championship and League One and Two? The Totally Football League Show is out every Tuesday: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-totally-football-league-show • want to hear more of Jordan? His Football Fans Podcast lives here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-football-fans-podcast • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/

On today’s Totally Football Show, Iain Macintosh, James Horncastle and Carrie Dunn join AC Jimbo in the pod to ponder West Ham’s remarkable(ish) comeback in the League Cup, Leicester’s shock(ish) appointment of Claude Puel, and some tasty(ish) encounters in the Premier League. Next up, we applaud the progress of the England U17s as they reach the World Cup final in India. But while Carrie fills us in on the positive news about the growth women’s game, James H has only bad things to say about events off the field in Italy. Finally, there’s some hot chat about a Star Trek-like encounter at Liverpool, and a fair bit of Luton Town- and Ardiles era Tottenham-tinged nostalgia. Ask your parents, kids. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • The Totally Football Totally Live Totally World Tour kicks off in Birmingham next month. Julien Laurens, James Horncastle and Iain Macintosh will be joining Jimbo and Producer Ben on stage at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  There might be singing too. Get your tickets here:  http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Kevin Bridges - y’know, the comedian - is our very special guest as Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain and Ben head to the O2 Indigo on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ PARISH NOTICES: • want to hear more red hot soccer chat, but focusing on the Championship and League One and Two? Behold - it’s The Totally Football League Show: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-totally-football-league-show • want to hear more of Carrie, but this time talking about wrasslin’? She joins Producer Ben on the Parts Unknown wrestling podcast: https://www.acast.com/partsunknown • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/

On today’s Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo is joined by Michael Cox, Leroy Rosenior and comedian Matt Forde to look back on what could prove to be a pivotal weekend in the Premier League. Arsenal’s 5-2 demolition of Everton turned out to be the final straw as the Toffees finally dispensed with the services of Ronald Koeman. Elsewhere, Dejan Lovren and Victor Lindelof put on two of the worst defensive displays, like, *ever* as Tottenham hammered Liverpool 4-1 and Huddersfield shocked Manchester United. Meanwhile, West Ham and Stoke sunk further into relegation trouble. Also on our agenda: Mezut Özil’s eyes; Boufal’s worldy; and the reinvention of Tom Cleverley. LIVE EVENT NEWS: • The Totally Football Totally Live Totally World Tour kicks off in Birmingham next month. Julien Laurens, James Horncastle and Iain Macintosh will be joining Jimbo and Producer Ben on stage at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here:  http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Kevin Bridges - yes, the Kevin Bridges - will be joining Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain and Ben at the O2 Indigo on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ PARISH NOTICES: • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/


On your brand new Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo is joined by Michael Cox, Julien Laurens and James Horncastle to review a full throttle midweek in the Champions League and elsewhere. We begin with Liverpool, who warmed up for their trip to Wembley and a clash with Spurs with a 7-0 spanking of Maribor in what was another fine European week for the English sides. Next, Carrie Dunn joins us to discuss the FA, whose shameful handling of Eni Aluko affair was this week made embarrassingly public. Also up for discussion: Pamela Anderson’s latest flame; the Rolling Stones help out PSG; and the curse of the Baggies LIVE EVENT NEWS: • The Totally Football Totally Live Totally World Tour kicks off in Birmingham next month. Julien, James H and Iain Macintosh will be joining Jimbo and Producer Ben on stage at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Kevin Bridges - yes, the Kevin Bridges - will be joining Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, Iain and Ben on stage at the O2 Indigo on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW PARISH NOTICES: • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/ GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find videos, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/


On today’s edition of The Totally Football Show, James Richardson is joined by Rafa Honigstein, Kelly Cates and David Preece to analyse a stonking weekend in the Premier League and beyond. City were simply sensational against Stoke - but can they do it against Napoli on (a rainy) Tuesday (night)? Crystal Palace finally got their first win - but can Mr Roy build on this momentum? And Spurs beat Bournemouth at Wembley - but can they do the business against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu? Also up for discussion: Bayern turn back the clock; Icardi wins the Milan derby; and a remarkable tower block in Slovenia BREAKING NEWS: • we’re delighted to say that top comedian Kevin Bridges - yes, the Kevin Bridges - will be joining Jimbo, Rafa, Iain Macintosh and Producer Ben us on stage for Totally Football Live in London on Wednesday 29 November. Make sure you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW PARISH NOTICES: • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order:  https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally •Totally Football Live in Birmingham is 3 and a bit weeks away. We’re at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/

There’s a doctor in the house for today’s edition of The Totally Football Show, and not just any doctor: Dr Tom Markham, the first person in the UK to receive a doctorate in football finance. Tom joins James Richardson, James Horncastle and Julien Laurens to reflect on the remarkable conclusion to the international break, before getting stuck into the return of the Premier League et al. Will United’s trip to Liverpool be even less entertaining than last year’s encounter at Anfield? Can City continue their hot streak against Stoke ? Will Crystal Palace ever score again? Also discussed: more on the Newcastle takeover; rhubarb v gooseberry v apple and blackcurrant crumble; and President George Weah PARISH NOTICES: • we spoke to Chris Powell, aka The Nicest Man in Football™, on The Totally Football League Show this week: http://bit.ly/2i2PmuX • Football Manager 2018 comes out on November 10. In the meantime, have a listen to the podcast series we made with them, The Football Manager Files: http://apple.co/2yffdnq • keep up to date with Dr Tom’s Carlos Kaiser movie here: @kaiserfilm • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order: https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally • Totally Football Live in Birmingham is 3 and a bit week away. We’re at the Glee Club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  • Totally Football Live in London is coming to the Indigo at the O2 on Wednesday 29 November: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW 
 GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff:  https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/

On the second of three special and indeed unavoidable international editions of The Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo has Michael Cox, Jack Lange and Rafa Honigstein for company to gloss over two stunningly dull England games in order to discuss Gordon Strachan’s bizarre comments about genetics and Dick Advocaat’s unfortunate attempts to tempt the hand of fate. We’re also joined by George Quraishi - editor of the extremely fine Howler magazine - about USA’s 4-0 hammering of Panama, and Stefán Ágústsson tells us about the excitement in downtown Reykjavík as Iceland stand on the brink of qualification for their first ever World Cup. Also discussed: the backlash against the Messi backlash; why German club sides are having such a rough time of it in Europe this season; and Ravel Morrison makes his mark in Mexico. PARISH NOTICES: • Follow Stefán Ágústsson on twitter: @stebbisnaer • check out George Quraishi’s wonderful Howler magazine: http://www.whatahowler.com/ •Totally Football Live in Birmingham is happening at the Glee club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  •TFS Live in London is coming to the Indigo at the O2 on Wednesday 29 November: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW   
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The Dutch demise, Hackney Wick v Clapton FC, and is the end of heading nigh? 
On the first of three international editions of The Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo welcomes Matt Scott, Michael Cox and James Horncastle to the pod to look ahead to the last round of European World Cup qualifiers. And never mind Wales and Ireland tussling over second place, what about Holland, who find themselves on the brink of missing out on their second major tournament in a row? Simon Kuper joins us to discuss the demise of Dutch football on the pitch and on the touchline. 
 Also on our agenda: the St Pauli of East London; the Uefa Nations League, and the end of heading (maybe). PARISH NOTICES: •Totally Football Live in Birmingham is happening at the Glee club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  •TFS Live in London is coming to the Indigo at the O2 on Wednesday 29 November: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW   • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order: https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally 
 GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff: https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/

On your brand new edition of The Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo is joined by Iain Macintosh, Sasha Goryunov and Jack Lang to gaze back on yet another show of strength by the Manchester clubs in the Premier League. Meanwhile, the Merseyside teams both disappointed, while there were yet more goals for Harry Kane - but absolutely none for Crystal Palace.  Again.

Plus: Scotland’s make-or-break double header with Slovenia and Slovakia, and why the greatest kit in world football looks set to make a return to the grandest stage of all. 
 PARISH NOTICES: •Totally Football Live in Birmingham is happening at the Glee club on Wednesday 8 November.  Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7  •TFS Live in London is coming to the Indigo at the O2 on Wednesday 29 November: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW   • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order: https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally 
 GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff: https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/

On today’s episode of The Totally Football Show, AC Jimbo welcomes James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Michael Cox to the pod to analyse the fallout from the midweek Champions League games, not least Bayern’s defeat to PSG which saw the Bavarians say auf Wiedersehen to Big Carlo. Also up for discussion: a preview of City’s top o’ the table clash with Chelsea, Liverpool’s new narrative, and Italy’s witchiest team. PARISH NOTICES: • Totally Football Live in Birmingham is happening at the Glee club on Wednesday 8 November. Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/2fkzsb7 • TFS Live in London is coming to the Indigo at the O2 on Wednesday 29 November. Tickets gone on general sale on Friday: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiW • get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order: https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally GET IN TOUCH: • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff: https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/