The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Premier League does not let you down. And nor do Jimbo, Natalie Gedra, Charlie Eccleshare and Daniel Storey.Brentford batter Man United 4-0 in West London, after a masterclass of pressing and set-piece routine work from Thomas Frank’s Bees. Plenty of problems for Erik ten Hag but hear why Ronaldo must go.After an absorbing affair, and a handshake for the ages, the spoils are shared between Chelsea and Spurs on Sunday, thanks to Antonio Conte finally having a bench to call upon.Only Man City and Arsenal have 2 wins out of 2. How far can Jesus take the Gunners? And Forest get lucky at the City Ground but a very promising midfield partnership is blooming.Plus Werner, Willian and Brighton playing Jenga.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Moment of the weekend (01.00)• PART 1b: Brentford 4-0 Man United (05.00) • PART 2a: Chelsea 2-2 Spurs (25.30)• PART 2b: Arsenal 4-2 Leicester (33.30)• PART 3a: Forest 1-0 West Ham (41.00)• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (47.00)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.

Thirty years ago today, the Premier League kicked off for the first time, so who better for Jimbo to look back on three decades of the Best League in the World™ with than Alan Shearer? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Premier League matchday 2 in view, Jimbo, Michael Cox, Jay Harris and Duncan Alexander peruse an intriguing fixture list.Tottenham travel to Chelsea with both sides looking to lay down a marker for who are the kings of London. But is the bigger capital game on Saturday as Brentford host struggling Manchester United?It’s the first ever managerial meeting of Gerrard and Lampard this weekend. Who’s had a better coaching career and are both already under pressure? The City Ground will host Premier League football for the first time in 23 years but we can’t shake the feeling that Forest might be making too many signings. Plus Qatar, Bernardo Silva’s future and why are we seeing more goals from the halfway line?RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: The World Cup start date changes (02.00)• PART 1b: Chelsea v Spurs, Brentford v Man Utd and Arsenal v Leicester (05.30) • PART 2a: Aston Villa v Everton – Gerrard v Lampard (18.00)• PART 2b: Nottingham Forest v West Ham (23.30)• PART 3a: Sarr and Pinell go viral (30.00)• PART 3b: Man City v Bournemouth & Liverpool v Palace (35.00)• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (42.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the first Euro pod of the season as Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo cast their eyes across the continent.PSG are 5-0 winners at Clermont with Lionel Messi scoring the first overhead kick of his career. Hear why he’s happy and why this could be his last season in Paris.The Bundesliga kicks off with a 6-1 win for Bayern at Eintracht Frankfurt. After being so reliant on their Polish icon, why don’t Nagelsmann’s men miss Robert Lewandowski?Speaking of Lewandowski, Barcelona are a confusing financial mess ahead of the new La Liga season. Will they be ready for the big kick-off this weekend?After a summer of hype, are Jose Mourinho’s Roma set to launch a title challenge?Plus Rabiot’s move to Man United and the Ramsey curse strikes again.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Moment of the weekend (02.00)• PART 1b: Bayern win big in the Bundesliga (05.30) • PART 2: The mess at Barcelona and the return of La Liga (17.00)• PART 3: Happy Messi and the return of Ligue 1 (30.00)• PART 4: Rabiot to Man Utd and can Roma challenge for the title? (41.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Premier League is back and so are the quartet of Jimbo, Carl Anka, Daniel Storey and Sasha Goryunov on the Totally Football Show.Man City stroll to an opening day victory at the London Stadium. Who can stop the latent threat of Erling Haaland? And have Liverpool already given City an advantage they won’t claw back?Brighton claim their first ever win at Old Trafford in classy style. We sing the Seagulls’ praises and ask why do United keep signing centre-backs?Elsewhere, William Saliba owns his Premier League debut and Dejan Kulusevski makes all the top clubs in Europe wonder what they missed out on.Plus Scott Parker’s suit, which game was unwatchable and which player resembled a Victorian child ghost?RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Hasty predictions (02.00)• PART 1b: Man City win, Liverpool don’t (05.30) • PART 2a: Man Utd 1-2 Brighton (21.00)• PART 2b: Daniel went to Leeds and Leicester (29.30)• PART 3a: Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea are victorious (37.00)• PART 3b: Bournemouth win and Forest lose (47.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Premier League matchday 1 sees Jimbo assemble a pod squad of Tom Williams, Laurie Whitwell and Adrian Clarke.Will Erling Haaland score another debut hat-trick? Will Aleksandar Mitrovic finally step up to the Premier League? Who will be sadder this weekend – Brendan Rodgers or the Spanish Brendan Rodgers?Laurie gives us the lowdown on how Erik ten Hag is trying to instill discipline at Old Trafford. And how Cristiano Ronaldo is proving an obstacle to that.Inspired by Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, which players just looked wrong in a different jersey?Plus opening day memories, Adrian’s holiday with Luke Ayling, and unfortunately for us all, Forest are trying to sign someone called Jizz Hornkamp. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: All or Nothing musings (03.00)• PART 1b: Opening weekend memories (06.30) • PART 1c: West Ham v Man City & Fulham v Liverpool previews (11.00)• PART 2a: PL players no longer taking the knee (20.00)• PART 2b: Everton v Chelsea, Palace v Arsenal and players that look weird in another shirt (23.00)• PART 3: Man Utd v Brighton preview (36.00)• PART 4: Newcastle v Forest and the rest of the Premier League weekend (47.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new Premier League season is upon us and you can’t say fairer than Jimbo, James Horncastle, Charlie Eccleshare and Daniel Storey to preview it for you.Are Liverpool motivated to right some wrongs and win the title? Are City worse than last season? Can Spurs insert themselves into the title race after a full pre-season under Conte?4th place looks up for grabs. Is a meltdown imminent at Chelsea after a summer in which they might have gone backwards? Can Arsenal or even Man United capitalise?At the other end, is it curtains for Everton or Brentford? Or will all 3 promoted clubs go straight back down?Plus the best performance of the last 30 years, the best objects of the last 30 years and Jimbo’s Richard Keys revelation. And a quiz!RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Things to look forward to and a trip back to ‘92 (01.00)• PART 1b: Who will win the title? (08.30) • PART 2: Who will finish 4th? (25.00)• PART 3a: Favourite stats and the best performance in PL history (36.00)• PART 3b: Who’s going down? (40.00)• PART 3c: Let’s end with a quiz (54.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reacting to a historic day for English football, Jimbo is joined by Raphael Honigstein, Charlotte Harpur, Daniel Storey and Nick Miller.England are European champions, defeating Germany at Wembley after extra-time. The Lionesses were grafting years before Sunday’s final. Can this be a landmark moment, not just in England but in Germany and around the world?Less significantly, Liverpool claim the Community Shield beating title rivals Man City 3-1. Is Darwin Nuñez more vital to the Reds than Erling Haaland is to City? And might Pep regret letting Raheem Sterling go?Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo is never far away from the headlines as we debate where his next destination might be.Plus the majesty of Musiala and the brilliance of Burnley.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: England win the Euros (01.30)• PART 2a: Liverpool win the Community Shield (26.00) • PART 2b: Bayern win the Super Cup & other Bundesliga goings on (36.00)• PART 3: Ronaldo on his way and the return of the EFL (45.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Duncan Alexander, Tim Spiers and Matt Davies-Adams into the pod ahead of a bumper weekend of football action.England look to make history as they face Germany at Wembley in the Euro 22 final. Can the Lionesses stop Popp? And should super-sub Russo start?The Community Shield isn’t really exciting our panel, so we discuss some alternative curtain-raisers instead.The return of the EFL is a lot more exciting as Kompany and Bellamy take charge at Turf Moor, Wilder looks to bring Boro up and Derby prepare for life in the third tier.Plus Dybala, McNeil and our favourite back-heel goals.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Wolves’ adventures in Benidorm (02.00)• PART 1b: England v Germany preview (04.00) • PART 2a: Alternatives to the Community Shield (19.00)• PART 2b: Differing fortunes for Pogba & Dybala (23.00)• PART 2c: McNeil on the move, so too Kounde (26.00)• PART 3: The big kick-off in the EFL (33.00)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 Lionesses are ready for the Euro semi with the Swedes, as are Jimbo, Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Daniel Storey and Tom Williams.Frida Fagerlund joins us to give us the inside scoop on Swedish preparations, who might just fancy playing against a team that will attack them a bit. Can England end their semi-final hoodoo?Daniel has his say on the great Jesse Lingard debate while we also ask whether it reflects badly on Leicester that they’re the only Premier League team yet to make a summer signing.Should we draw too many conclusions from pre-season results? Like Arsenal finishing in the top 4 at the expense of Chelsea?Plus Mourinho proposals, Lego and the Ben Mee character arc.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Locked in with heat and lego (01.00)• PART 1b: England v Sweden preview with Frida Fagerlund (05.00) • PART 2a: France v Germany preview (23.00)• PART 2b: The great Jesse Lingard debate continued (28.00)• PART 2c: Leicester growing stale? (36.00)• PART 3: Should we be interested in pre-season results? (42.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.