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The Good, The Bad & The Football

The Good, The Bad & The Football

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 Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Football – the new show from Manchester United legends Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt and comedic superfan Paddy McGuinness. Every week, they dive into the conversations fans are really having - on WhatsApp groups, building sites and in barbershops across the country - served up with the humour and honesty only real Northern lads can deliver. Across the season, they’ll be joined by some of football’s biggest names, sharing stories, debates and behind-the-scenes insights from years at the heart of one of the game’s most successful teams. No executive boxes. No croissant-laden tables. Just real football, real talk, and real laughs. Straight from the heart of the game. New episodes every Monday. Football (Soccer)
Episodes
  • Scholes on Failed Everton Move, Butt's England Admission & Gary Neville's Lost Fortune

    Scholes on Failed Everton Move, Butt's England Admission & Gary Neville's Lost Fortune
    Oct 13 2025
    This week on The Good, The Bad & The Football, Paddy McGuinness, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt serve up a belter. The lads reveal the day Eric Cantona once helped them win a pile of money and how the Nevilles missed out, give their thoughts on Steven Gerrard turning down the Rangers job and Scholesey has a surprising revelation about who could take it next. Scholesy also opens up on the Premier League rival he nearly joined when he came out of retirement, while Nicky shares his biggest England regret and how it could have helped the team land the biggest prize of them all. They also discuss Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s claim that Ruben Amorim should be judged after 3 years and why today’s players don’t understand what it really means to wear the United shirt. Nicky recalls the infamous fight between Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer and the aftermath in the Newcastle dressing room, and the time he gave out a mouthful to a Millwall fan and very nearly paid for it after the game. If you want to ask the guys anything about football email them at: questions@goodbadfootball.co.uk. Follow The Good, The Bad & The Football: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@goodbadfootballpod Instagram: @goodbadfootballpod X/Twitter: @goodbadftblpod TikTok: goodbadfootballpod Facebook: www.facebook.com/goodbadfootballpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Liverpool’s Salah problem, the moment Ronaldo clicked and Becks’s candles | The Good, The Bad & The Football

    Liverpool’s Salah problem, the moment Ronaldo clicked and Becks’s candles | The Good, The Bad & The Football
    Oct 6 2025
    Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Paddy McGuinness are back with another chaotic mix of football discussion, stories and laughs. The lads debate Liverpool — is Isak trying to do too much? Does Salah need a rest? And did Andy Robertson just have his ‘Gary Neville at West Brom' moment? Scholesy reveals how he tapped up Wayne Rooney (and how others players made it known they wanted a move to United), while Nicky recalls the day he found out Sir Alex wanted Michael Owen, much to his own dismay. They also recall the moment they realised how good Crstiano Ronaldo was and reveal his secret talent…for impressions. There’s also some England chat: should Bellingham, Foden, Grealish have been left out? Did Sir Alex really ask them to pull out of England squads and what they made of Glenn Hoddle’s faith healer Eileen Drewery. Plus, Scholesy and Nicky explain why they were terrible roommates, reveal who was the biggest swot when doing their coaching badges, remember how Becks’s room always smelled nice and Paddy recalls a day out in London that began with a shopping trip with Jason McAteer and ended with him playing credit card roulette. If you want to ask the guys anything about football email them at: questions@goodbadfootball.co.uk. Follow The Good, The Bad & The Football: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@goodbadfootballpod Instagram: @goodbadfootballpod X/Twitter: @goodbadftblpod TikTok: goodbadfootballpodFacebook: www.facebook.com/goodbadfootballpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Paul Merson: Arsenal’s title charge, Man Utd’s problems and living with Gazza

    Paul Merson: Arsenal’s title charge, Man Utd’s problems and living with Gazza
    Sep 29 2025
    Scholesy, Nicky and Paddy are joined this week by former Arsenal, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa and Portsmouth favourite Paul Merson. They discuss what winning at Newcastle has done for Arsenal’s title challenge and whether the Gunners are favourites for the Premier League. Merse reveals the surprise name Chelsea shouldn’t have allowed to leave and the lads discuss whether defeat to Sunderland could finally mean the end for Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford. Plus Merse remembers what it was like living with Paul Gascoigne in Boro and Nicky recalls the sad flight home after they were both left out of England’s squad for the 1998 World Cup. Merse also names the best striker he ever played with and explains why Steve Staunton probably won’t invite a football squad to his house again. To see the video Paddy and Merse discuss at the end of the show, go here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NKsdohCuqfk If you want to ask the guys anything about football email them at: questions@goodbadfootball.co.uk. Follow The Good, The Bad & The Football: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@goodbadfootballpod Instagram: @goodbadfootballpod X/Twitter: @goodbadftblpod TikTok: goodbadfootballpod Facebook: www.facebook.com/goodbadfootballpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 22 mins
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