Episodes

  • A celebration of all things Aston Villa

    A celebration of all things Aston Villa
    May 18 2025
    The latest club magazine from These Football Times explores Aston Villa, from the days when they were central to forming the Football League through trials and tribulations in the third tier, on to winning the European Cup, and the current resurgence piloted by Unai Emery. TFT’s resident Villan, Ivan McDouall, joins Aidan Williams to discuss all the goodies you’ll find inside.
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    1 hr
  • Us x Them: Liverpool and Aston Villa

    Us x Them: Liverpool and Aston Villa
    May 12 2025
    Continuing our series where members of the team look at the relationships between their teams, Steven Scragg and Ivan McDouall discuss Liverpool against Aston Villa. Covering favourite games between the sides, nightmare afternoons, players for both teams guilty pleasures and otherwise, just how does these two teams rub up against each other?
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    52 mins
  • Goodbye to Goodison

    Goodbye to Goodison
    May 5 2025
    Everton prepare to leave their home of 133 years, Goodison Park, later this month, so we felt that we had to pay tribute to this venerable institution, one of the great cathedrals of English football. Dave Bowler is joined by Paul McParlan, a Goodison regular since the 1960s, to recall the Holy Trinity, the Boys’ Pen, Pele and Eusebio and plenty more in our farewell to the grand old ground.
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    58 mins
  • Us x Them: Liverpool and West Brom

    Us x Them: Liverpool and West Brom
    Apr 22 2025
    Kicking off a new series where members of the team look at the relationships between their teams, Steven Scragg and Dave Bowler discuss Liverpool against West Brom. Covering favourite games between the sides, nightmare afternoons, players for both teams, guilty pleasures and otherwise, just how do these teams rub up against each other?
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    46 mins
  • A decade of 60s football: the mission statement

    A decade of 60s football: the mission statement
    Apr 10 2025
    Coming soon to a podcast outlet near you. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, These Football Times brings you a new series, covering the glories of the 1960s. Steven Scragg, Paul McParlan and Dave Bowler will be your spirit guides through a remarkable decade. As a teaser, here are the kinds of things you can expect to hear all about.
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    35 mins
  • Gary Lineker: a portrait of a football icon

    Gary Lineker: a portrait of a football icon
    Apr 3 2025
    Author Chris Evans is in the Centre Circle to talk with Aidan Willians and Chris Lepkowski about his new biography of Gary Lineker. From Filbert Street to the J League and all points in between and beyond, we discuss the impact of one of the game’s great goalscorers.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Shades of Green: a journey into Irish football

    Shades of Green: a journey into Irish football
    Mar 27 2025
    We talk with Chris Lee about his new book Shades Of Green, a journey of discovery around Ireland to learn about one of the world’s oldest football cultures. Along the way, Chris talks to fans, historians and academics. He uncovers a complex story of politics, identity and division, but also one of hope, reconciliation and glory.
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    58 mins
  • Is austerity the solution at Manchester United?

    Is austerity the solution at Manchester United?
    Mar 23 2025
    There’s cost cutting aplenty at Manchester United as Jim Ratcliffe ushers in a period of austerity, especially if you are a former player, a staff member without a packed lunch or, indeed, one without a job anymore. And yet, at the same time, United are trumpeting plans for a new stadium, albeit one that barely nods in the direction of their history. Is Ratcliffe’s tin-eared PR sustainable or is cutting spending to the bine the only way to see the club prosper again? Alex Ireland and Rob Fletcher delve deep.
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    38 mins