The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo, Carl Anka, Duncan Alexander and Matt Davies-Adams discuss a midweek short of goals and a weekend full of drama. Probably.Manchester United put in their most impressive performance, possibly in years, as they ease past Spurs. And while results have been good, why does the football under Antonio Conte have to be so uninspiring? And what do Graham Potter’s Chelsea have in store for United on Saturday?This weekend it’s Nottingham Forest v Liverpool, a fixture that throws up memories of Edward Sheringham, Robin Hood and could be decided by agent of chaos Darwin Nuñez.Wolves have approached – and since been rejected – by QPR’s Michael Beale. What was it about Steven Gerrard’s former assistant that made the Molineux hierarchy alter their usual approach?Goals galore in the Women’s Champions League. Charlotte Harpur joins us from Lyon as Arsenal dismantle the eight-time European champions.Plus 5-a-side in a swimming pool, Trevor Ford, and Palace in the Bundesliga.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Man Utd beat Spurs – next up Chelsea (04.00)• PART 2a: Forest v Liverpool preview (via Brighton and West Ham) (21.00)• PART 2b: Elsewhere in midweek in the PL (31.00) • PART 2c: Wolves’ pursuit of Mick Beale (35.00)• PART 3a: Lyon 1-5 Arsenal with Charlotte Harpur (40.00)• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (46.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo and the continental crew of James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens cast their eyes over a huge weekend in Europe.Karim Benzema wins the Ballon d’Or and scores in El Clasico as Real Madrid assert their dominance over Barcelona. Questions start to be asked of Xavi as elimination from the Champions League looms for Barca.It’s been a bad seven days for Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen after two thrashings but Union Berlin defeat Dortmund to stay top of the Bundesliga. Can they go all the way?Can Napoli or an Ademola Lookman-inspired Atalanta go all the way in Serie A?And in France, Laurent Blanc returns and Kylian Mbappe U-turns. Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Benzema wins the Ballon d’Or (02.00)• PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (06.00)• PART 2: La Liga – a rough week for Barca (10.30) • PART 3: Ligue 1 – Mbappe u-turn and Blanc is back (25.00)• PART 4: Bundesliga – Union stay strong, Alonso’s Leverkusen crumble (35.00)• PART 5: Serie A – can Atalanta go all the way? (45.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here’s Jimbo, in the company of Tom Williams, Amitai Winehouse and Sasha Goryunov after a big weekend at both ends of the Premier League table.Man City suffer their first defeat of the season as Liverpool and Mo Salah get their mojo back. Which allows Arsenal to go 4 points clear at the top of the table, with some belated assistance from VAR at Elland Road.Chelsea make it 5 wins in a row and 4 clean sheets in a row as the resurrection of Kepa under Graham Potter continues.We revisit the most famous of Darren Bent’s 106 Premier League goals.Plus Nuno, Solly March, the Forest social media team and the Ivan Toney penalty. Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Liverpool 1-0 Man City (03.30)• PART 2a: Leeds 0-1 Arsenal (19.00)• PART 2b: Spurs 2-0 Everton & Man Utd 0-0 Newcastle (27.00) • PART 3a: Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea (32.00)• PART 3b: Brentford 2-0 Brighton (40.00)• PART 4a: On This Day – Bent and the beachball (45.00)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (48.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raphael Honigstein, Rory Smith and Duncan Alexander join Jimbo on a voyage across the Champions League, Premier League and beyond.Barcelona and Inter produce one of the best group stage games of all time while Club Brugge and Juventus continue to wow us all, but in very different ways.Tuesday’s drama is all off the field with suggestions that Kylian Mbappe wants to leave Paris in January. Julien Laurens describes what this might mean for PSG and for France at the World Cup.Liverpool are 7-1 winners at Rangers, ideal preparation for their meeting with Man City at Anfield on Sunday. Have Klopp’s men got their mojo back or is this another Bournemouth false dawn?Plus Mikel Arteta’s signature, Steven Gerrard’s lack of philosophy and Graham Taylor’s Impossible Job.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Some book plugging (01.30)• PART 1b: Barcelona 3-3 Inter (05.30)• PART 1c: Brugge, Juve and the myth of predictability (09.00) • PART 1d: The rest of the Champions League midweek (15.00)• PART 2: Even more Mbappe melodrama with Julien Laurens (24.00)• PART 3a: Liverpool v Man City preview (37.00)• PART 3a: Leeds v Arsenal preview (48.00)• PART 4a: On This Day – Koeman KO's Taylor (51.00)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (55.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo and the continental panel of Raphael Honigstein, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo shine a light on the big stories in European football this week.Bayern throw away a 2-0 lead in Dortmund, with questions starting to be asked of whether Julian Nagelsmann is the long-term future of the club. But it’s the perfect start for Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen.Bayern’s former striker Robert Lewandowski is a bit starved of service at Barca as they face Inter in a huge Champions League clash.In France, there’s more Mbappe melodrama at PSG with the star striker criticising Christophe Galtier’s tactics on Instagram.Elsewhere, Kristof Terreur gives us the lowdown on the perfect Club Brugge and Jules purrs over the perfect Enzo Fernandez. Plus some harsh red cards and some not so harsh red cards.Produced by Charlie JonesRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01.30)• PART 2: Germany – Klassiker classic and a not too Xabi start (06.00)• PART 3: Spain – big weeks for Barca and Real (18.00) • PART 4: Kristof Terreur on the remarkable Club Brugge (29.00)• PART 5: France - more Mbappe melodrama (37.00)• PART 6: Italy – champions Milan stay on Napoli’s tail (49.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo’s joined by Natalie Gedra, Jay Harris and Daniel Storey after a potentially pivotal Premier League weekend.Arsenal stay top with a thrilling 3-2 win over Liverpool. What does it say about the state of the Reds under Klopp and should they have taken the money for Salah and rebuilt?It was a good weekend for Natalie’s compatriots Martinelli, Antony, Paqueta and Guimaraes. Can Bruno lead Newcastle into the Champions League?Also Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 700th club goal while Phil Foden continues to fly under the radar. And how big a job might Julen Lopetegui have on his hands if he takes the vacancy at Wolves?Plus we go inside Paul Pogba’s house and into the mind of the goalkeeper sent off for urinating.Produced by Charlie JonesRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool (03.20)• PART 1b: Man City 4-0 Southampton (16.00)• PART 2a: Everton 1-2 Man Utd (20.00) • PART 2b: Newcastle 5-1 Brentford (26.00)• PART 3a: The Euro draw and Brazil’s World Cup hopes (35.00)• PART 3b: Chelsea 3-0 Wolves (40.00)• PART 3c: Brighton 0-1 Spurs (44.00)• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (49.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A maze of football this week. No better collective than Jimbo, Michael Cox, Jack Lang and Duncan Alexander to help you navigate your way through it.Some impressive performances in the Champions League but none more so than Napoli’s 6-1 win in Amsterdam.Chelsea waltz past Milan but actually don’t play very well. Sevilla lose their manager and their dinner money.Arsenal v Liverpool is the headline fixture on Sunday with the Gunners favourites to torment the Reds down the flanks. And hear why Brighton v Spurs could be the game of the weekend, with or without Kulusevski.Plus what could be Hasenhuttl’s last match, the brilliance of Maddison, Beckham v Greece, Gunnersaurus and what are the best kick-off times?Produced by Charlie JonesRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Best of the Champions League – Napoli on fire (02.00)• PART 2a: Arsenal v Liverpool preview (12.00)• PART 2b: Man City v Southampton preview (20.00) • PART 3a: Chelsea v Wolves preview (26.00)• PART 3b: Brighton v Spurs preview (32.00)• PART 3c: Everton v Man Utd preview (36.00)• PART 4a: On This Day – Beckham and Gunnersaurus (42.00)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (50.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Jimbo, Raphael Honigstein, James Horncastle, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens in effect ahead of matchday 3 of the Champions League.Simone Inzaghi’s Inter can’t stop losing. They host a Barcelona side who have just gone top of La Liga.It was another disappointing weekend for Sevilla and Dortmund who also go head to head this week. And then it’s Der Klassiker for Dortmund.We take our hats off to Lorient, Udinese and Athletic Bilbao, flying high in their respective leagues.Plus Higuain’s retirement, Smalling for England and the quality of bread in France.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03.00)• PART 2a: Trouble for Inter as Barca visit (08.00)• PART 2b: Ajax v Napoli and Chelsea v Milan (19.30) • PART 3a: Disappointment for Dortmund with Der Klassiker looming (23.30)• PART 3b: Frankfurt v Spurs & Leipzig v Celtic (30.00)• PART 4a: Spain qualify for the Nations League finals (35.00)• PART 4b: The Lorient fairytale and Benfica v PSG (38.00)• PART 5a: Real Madrid stuttering, Athletic flying (46.00)• PART 5b: Goodbye Gonzalo (56.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Tim Spiers and Adrian Clarke back into the pod after a pulsating Premier League weekend.We bear witness to the highest scoring Manchester derby of all time. Is it impossible to stop City at their best? Is Erling Haaland a genius? And did ten Hag score the biggest own goal post-match?But it’s Arsenal who stay top after they see off Spurs at the Emirates. Hear how this young team has been punched in the face but keeps getting back up.Geeky PE teacher Bruno Lage is sacked as Wolves manager on Sunday. But which Portuguese Jorge Mendes client will they go for next?Plus the problem with Liverpool, non-celebrations and why Everton have nailed it. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Man City 6-3 Man Utd (02.30)• PART 2: Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (16.30)• PART 3a: Liverpool 3-3 Brighton (29.00) • PART 3b: Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea (35.00)• PART 4a: West Ham 2-0 Wolves – bye bye Bruno (40.00)• PART 4b: Southampton 1-2 Everton (49.00)• PART 4c: The rest of the Premier League weekend (52.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Premier League is back with a bang and here to light the fuse are Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Dom Fifield and Laurie Whitwell.The North London derby kicks off the weekend. Can Spurs unseat Arsenal from the top of the table, with Son and Richarlison in red-hot form? And in Manchester, will it be another unhappy outing for Erling Haaland against ten Hag, Martinez and Antony?Roberto De Zerbi makes his managerial bow at Brighton with the formidable task of a trip to Anfield, while Graham Potter welcomes back all his Chelsea players from around the globe ahead of a trip to Selhurst Park.Will there be any respite for the bottom 4 who all face each other this weekend?Plus Watford being Watford, why clubs are called what they’re called and why losing 9-0 is fine.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: International round-up (02.00)• PART 2: Arsenal v Spurs preview (07.00)• PART 3a: Liverpool v Brighton preview (17.00) • PART 3b: Crystal Palace v Chelsea preview (21.00)• PART 3c: The bottom 4 all face each other (25.00)• PART 3d: Events at Bournemouth, Fulham, Southampton and Leeds (28.30)• PART 4a: Watford sack another manager (36.00)• PART 4b: Man City v Man Utd preview (39.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.