Set Piece Menu Football Podcast

This is Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Nerves. How nervous do players get? Is it healthy? And what does that mean for life after football? Andy Hinchcliffe gives us a fascinating insight into what it's like to have your playing career dominated by fear. The food: an anti-Steve lunch, featuring everything he wouldn't eat - quiche, salad and coleslaw - while he's away in NYC. Thanks for all your comments following our VAR episode, and do keep them coming on all our subjects! @setpiecemenu setpiecemenu@gmail.com

This week's Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: VAR. But more the how than the why. If we accept the new technology is here to stay, how can it be applied more successfully? And is its introduction proof that football cares more about its TV audience than its match-going fans? (This episode is brought to you in association with a referee putting his finger to his ear for an infuriatingly long amount of time, with no explanation whatsoever.) The food: Rory's mushrooms on toast, appreciated by all except Steve, who doesn't like mushrooms, so has a meat substitute. Plus a soccer story from Chinch that ALL Everton fans should listen to... Get in touch via twitter @setpiecemenu or email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com Your homework assignments - five star reviews on iTunes and comments too please! And Chinch obits: he loves them, honestly.

A special bonus edition of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: some number crunching after your gracious involvement in our discussion about pressing reset on English football. If we were to construct a 20 team top flight that best represented the history, achievement, current status and, importantly, geographical spread of football in England, how might it look? Includes disagreements, facts (& fiction) and a little massaging of the data. The food: A plate full of danish pastries & pots containing caffeine. Thank you ever so much for entering the spirit of debate, this is very nearly democracy in action. Twitter: @setpiecemenu setpiecemenu@gmail.com Do keep the reviews on iTunes etc coming!

The latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Have politics and football become irreversibly intertwined? The game has rules preventing the two from mixing, but it seems there's no keeping them apart. The food: gingerbread biscuits (made by Rory), and orange cake (made by Hugh, although the others don't believe it). Get in touch via twitter @setpiecemenu and email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com STAND BY for an extra pod about the 20 team SPMPL later in the week too!

The latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Chinch on... corners. A masterclass from our former England international about the set piece that made him (kinda) famous. The food: pasta and meatballs. Not at all a masterclass from our former England international as they are microwave meals from M&S and he got his mother in law to cook them. Get in touch: @setpiecemenu setpiecemenu@gmail.com Keep your suggestions for our 20-team SPMPL coming in... they are creating quite the stir!

Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: What happened to some of the traditional 'big clubs'? Why are previously successful and illustrious names in football languishing outside the elite? The food: is actually a drink. To reduce washing up, Hugh blends our meal - a Granola, Yogurt, Banana, Berry and Pomegranate Smoothie that was surprisingly satisfying. Thanks for your input on this week's podcast. Please continue to get in touch via twitter @setpiecemenu and email setpiecemenu@gmail.com. Your ratings and reviews are also very much appreciated.

This is Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: What's the best goal? Simple question, no simple answers (because there's a podcast to fill...)Do you like a team goal, a long range belter, an overhead kick or dainty chip? The food: paninis, including a tuna one, which offends most of the group. Plus a soccer story that reveals why Chinch didn't join Spurs, and more of your unsung heroes. Thanks for all your tweets and emails! Get in touch with what you think is the 'best goal': @setpiecemenu or setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football - Which is better for a domestic league: one dominant club, or a cartel of up to six? Do you prefer knowing who's going to win the title or who's going to make up the European places? The food: lent-defying chocolates, courtesy of Hugh's uncle's trip to the House of Lords. Plus, if Set Piece Menu was a football club, which club would we be? Get in touch with your suggestions via twitter @setpiecemenu, or on email setpiecemenu@gmail.com

This is the latest edition of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: the Honesty Episode - how much cheating should be allowed, and who's fault is it there's any in the first place? The food: American-style pancakes, provided (eventually) by Rory, after he realises quantity is much more important than quality. Get in touch with the team on twitter @setpiecemenu or email setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest episode of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Unsung Heroes. Whose efforts do the team suggest should be trumpeted, while they go under the radar elsewhere? The food: poached everything, a delightful healthy lunch presented by Steven Wyeth. Follow us on twitter @setpiecemenu to see how you changed our 'Don't You Forget About Me XI' - thanks for all your suggestions! Get in touch on email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com And if you haven't yet we'd be super grateful if you could rate us on iTunes!!!

The latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk about football over food. The football: The Set Piece Menu 'Don't You Forget About Me' XI (aka the bickering episode). We pick a team from those players forgotten, ignored or cast out from the Premier League's top six, and wonder if they might be good enough to get into the top six. The food: commemorative Donald Trump-endorsed* chocolates, bought with great thought, and little cost, from duty free at Kansas City airport. Get in touch with your 'Don't You Forget About Me' teams! @setpiecemenu on twitter, and setpiecemenu@gmail.com *probably.

This is the latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Does 'parking the bus' ever work, and is the tactic actually as nihilistic as many think? The food: roast chicken salad, revealed (to major acclaim) during the pod, eaten just after. Plus - what point does Steve make that Rory calls the best in the history of Set Piece Menu? Thanks for all your correspondence, we'd love to hear from you on twitter: @setpiecemenu Or email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com

This is Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends discuss football over food. The football: This week, overwhelmed by your response to the issues raised in our series on The Media, we thought it only right to properly address as many contributions as possible in The Media: a follow-up edition. The food: basically anything we had left over from the festivities. Pate, crackers, chutney, Christmas cake, the fudge Rory got instead of the books he asked for... Thanks for all the feedback, this one is very much down to you. Please keep them coming, we're @setpiecemenu on twitter and email setpiecemenu@gmail.com

Happy New Year from Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. This week part three of our seasonal series on The Media. The football: the changing football media landscape. What impact has social and club media made and is the truth now harder to come by? The food: a sensational cheesecake made in Chinch's home, but thankfully not homemade by Chinch... Please keep the feedback coming via @setpiecemenu on twitter and our email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com and don't forget to review and rate via iTunes or your usual podcast provider.

Merry Christmas from Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. We continue the seasonal cheer with part two of our series on the media. The football: how the media uses football, and how football uses the media. The food: 'dirty' breakfast barms, which form part two of the Mrs N. Hinchcliffe triptych. Thanks to all those who have got in touch about part one of our media special. We'd love you all to join the conversation: @setpiecemenu on twitter setpiecemenu@gmail.com Part three to come next week! Happy New Year everyone!