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Route One

Route One

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 Welcome to Route One! It’s football. Fast. No faff. Give us 15mins, we’ll give you the top stories, we’ll give you great analysis, we’ll give you a few stats and we’ll shine a spotlight on some of the non big six stories that go unnoticed elsewhere. We like world football, we like experts, and we don’t like wasting time. Route One. It’s Football. Fast. No Faff.
Episodes
  • The Ballon d’Or is a meaningless trinket (...and what’s going on at Villa?)

    The Ballon d’Or is a meaningless trinket (...and what’s going on at Villa?)
    Sep 23 2025
    Why does everyone get so obsessed with the Ballon d’Or? It’s an individual award in a team sport, it’s not logical to afford it so much importance. It’s like taking the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year seriously. You’re all mad.

    And what’s going on at Aston Villa? They look absolutely awful this season. Jacob Tanswell is on to explain more.

    Presenter: Iain Macintosh
    Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle
    Video Editor: Deane Thrussell
    Video Producer: Shaun Nickless
    Writers’ Room: Chris Smith
    Social & Web: Lola Katz Roberts, Sophie Manners
    Guests: Jacob Tanswell

    Check out Jacob's work here: TheAthletic.com
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    10 mins
  • West Ham’s troubles deepen (...and do we appreciate Kane enough?)

    West Ham’s troubles deepen (...and do we appreciate Kane enough?)
    Sep 22 2025
    West Ham really are in trouble now. They’ve lost four of their first five games and the fans are mutinous. Is it all Graham Potter’s fault? Probably not, but it’s hard to see how he can survive now.

    Vitor Pereira should be fine. The Wolves manager signed a new three year contract shortly before losing 3-1 at home to Leeds. That’s five defeats from five for them now.

    We’ve got a full round up of all the games in all the big leagues, including a chat with Seb Stafford Bloor about Harry Kane and his Ballon D’or numbers that won’t win him a Ballon D’or. Do they appreciate him more in Germany than they do in England?


    Presenter: Iain Macintosh
    Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle
    Writers’ Room: Chris Smith
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    14 mins
  • Will Chelsea beat Man Utd and imperil Amorim? (...and can Arsenal beat City AGAIN?)

    Will Chelsea beat Man Utd and imperil Amorim? (...and can Arsenal beat City AGAIN?)
    Sep 19 2025
    It’s Friday, you know what that means - we preview the pick of the weekend’s action, and this is one hell of a weekend to preview.

    Adrian Clarke is with us again to discuss the biggest game of the weekend, Arsenal vs Man City.

    We take a look at Ruben Amorim’s future in light of the mysterious Indy Kaila’s latest revelations.

    And we’ll both bring you up to speed with the final night of this week’s Champions League football and point you in the direction of every match worth watching this weekend.

    Presenter: Iain Macintosh
    Audio Producer: Helena Fremantle
    Video Editor: Deane Thrussell
    Video Producer: Shaun Nickless
    Writers’ Room: Chris Smith
    Social & Web: Lola Katz Roberts, Sophie Manners
    Guests: Adrian Clarke

    Adrian Clarke’s YouTube page is here: https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianClarke-29
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    12 mins
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