The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo’s joined by Daniel Storey, Jay Harris and Matt Davies-Adams sweeping up all the football across the globe.The England fans turn on the England manager after a 4-0 defeat to Hungary in the Nations League. Has Southgate been shafted by this flurry of end-of-season fixtures? Costa Rica and Australia take the last two World Cup spots with Aussie goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne providing vital content with his penalty shootout antics.There’s thoughts on Steph Houghton’s England omission and some of the best performances in Premier League history.Plus Tomasson and Kompany rock up in Lancashire, where next for Christian Eriksen and the incredibly dubious opinions of Bryan Roy.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Premier League fixtures ahoy (01m 30s)• PART 1b: England 0-4 Hungary (07m 30s) • PART 2a: Redmayne’s Australia qualify for the World Cup (19m 00s)• PART 2b: On This Day & the best age to enjoy a World Cup (26m 00s)• PART 3a: Your questions (32m 00s)• PART 3b: The best individual PL performances ever (43m 00s)• PART 3c: Houghton misses out for England (49m 00s)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 is back and so too are Raphael Honigstein, Duncan Alexander and Tom Williams for the Totally Football Show.The panel address some Nations League fatigue and explain why Gareth Southgate shouldn’t be overly concerned about England’s reliance on Harry Kane for goals.The transfer window is open and active. We can look forward to the start of the Haaland-Nuñez Twitter wars. Will Liverpool’s excellent transfer track record continue? Is Robert Lewandowski in danger of irritating Bayern into keeping him? And why the Premier League should be happy Tchouameni’s gone to Real Madrid.We also look back at another time Real Madrid won the European Cup in Paris. Plus PSG’s managerial search, pizza-related content, and what Mr Honigstein’s been up to this last 6 months.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Wales at the World Cup and Nations League fatigue (01m 30s)• PART 1b: The goings on in Group A3 (09m 00s) • PART 2: Raphael and Ralf at Old Trafford (19m 00s)• PART 3a: On This Day – the first ever European Cup final (33m 00s)• PART 3b: The Nuñez, Mane and Lewandowski merry-go-round (40m 00s)• PART 3c: PSG’s managerial search (53m 00s)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 domestic season comes to a close and rounding up all the drama, it’s Matt Davies-Adams, Michael Cox, Sasha Goryunov and Daniel Storey.Real Madrid win a 14th European Cup but that story is secondary to the treatment of Liverpool fans prior to the final at the Stade De France. Sasha and Daniel relay their own personal experiences of an uncomfortable night in Paris.On the pitch, we praise Ancelotti, Courtois and reflect on where Liverpool go from here, particularly as the frontline may need bolstering with Sadio Mane seemingly on the way out.Forest are promoted to the Premier League after 23 years away as Huddersfield feel aggrieved with decisions not going their way. But is the gap between the 17 Premier League teams and the teams coming up bigger than ever?Andrew Todos tells us about Ukraine’s preparations for their World Cup play-off with Scotland on Wednesday.Plus the panel try to make sense of Ralf Rangnick’s brief time at Old Trafford.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Busy weekend for all (01m 30s)• PART 1b: The Champions League final chaos (04m 00s) • PART 1c: Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool (14m 30s)• PART 2: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Huddersfield (32m 00s)• PART 3: Ralf Rangnick leaves Man Utd (44m 00s)• PART 4a: Scotland v Ukraine preview with Andrew Todos (52m 00s)• PART 4b: Thoughts ahead of next season (58m 00s)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.

Champions League final ahoy. Matt Davies-Adams, Carl Anka, Rory Smith and Duncan Alexander look ahead to the marquee match of the club season in European football.Real Madrid face Liverpool in Paris with revenge in the air. Is Mo Salah in danger of going full Gazza 91? And would the absence of Thiago make Real favourites?The appetiser for Saturday sees Roma claim the first ever Conference League trophy with victory over Feyenoord. A great moment for Rome, Mourinho and Smalling.The Championship play-off final rounds off the weekend on Sunday. Steven Chicken joins us to fill us in on Huddersfield and redress the rampant Nottingham Forest bias on the podcast.Plus some love for Fikayo Tomori, more on Boehly buying Chelsea and Erik ten Hag – the new Dave Bassett?RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Grealish, ten Hag and Kompany (02m 00s)• PART 2: Roma win the Conference League (13m 00s) • PART 3: Real Madrid v Liverpool preview (23m 00s)• PART 4a: Chelsea’s takeover complete (36m 00s)• PART 4b: Southgate’s England squad (40m 00s)• PART 5: Huddersfield v Forest preview with Steven Chicken (47m 00s)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 last European edition of the season, with Matt Davies-Adams standing in for Jimbo, alongside James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo.One story dominating the news across the continent and that’s Kylian Mbappe’s decision to snub Real Madrid and stay at PSG. We discuss the 4-year obsession with Mbappe, the feeling of betrayal and the very impressive young man at the centre of it all.At the end of one of the best Serie A seasons in years, Milan breeze past Sassuolo to claim their first Scudetto in 11 years, all thanks to their recruitment model.Michiel Jongsma tells us about the threat Feyenoord pose to Roma in the Conference League final. But ultimately the Giallorossi trust in Mourinho.Plus Karanka’s Granada go down, another Lille exodus and could Pogba and Di Maria rejuvenate Juve?RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01m 00s)• PART 2: Mbappe stays at PSG (04m 30s) • PART 3: Milan win the Scudetto and Salernitana stay up (20m 00s)• PART 4: Conference League Final preview with Michiel Jongsma (32m 00s)• PART 5: Final day drama in Ligue 1 (41m 00s)• PART 6a: Leipzig win the Pokal (48m 00s)• PART 6b: Joy for Emery, despair for Karanka (50m 00s)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.

That’s a wrap on the Premier League season. Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Tom Williams and Adrian Clarke look back on a great final day and a great campaign.The title race is on a knife edge for a couple of hours but Man City eventually come from 2-0 down against Villa to retain the title. The Athletic’s Sam Lee recounts a fuzzy afternoon at the Etihad where City show their character and personality.Leeds survive but how will they fare next season? Is Jesse Marsch too manic? Will they struggle along with Southampton?Burnley exit the Premier League so we look back on some of our favourite Clarets memories from the last 5 seasons.Spurs finish 4th with Kane, Kulusevski and Son on fire and with Cristian Romero arguably one of the players of the season.Kylian Mbappe is staying at PSG as Tom brings us the latest from a seismic weekend in Paris.Plus the pitch invasion problem, the first half invincibles, our highlights of the season and ranking Dean, Moss and Atkinson RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: What a final day (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Sam Lee on City’s triumph (09m 00s) • PART 1c: Liverpool 3-1 Wolves & the pitch invasion problem (17m 30s)• PART 2: Leeds stay up, Burnley go down (29m 00s)• PART 3a: Kylian Mbappe stays at PSG (40m 00s)• PART 3b: Spurs pip Arsenal to 4th (49m 00s)• PART 3c: The rest of the Premier League weekend (54m 00s)• PART 4: Highlights of the season (63m 00s)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, Duncan Alexander and Charlie Eccleshare tackle the final weekend of the Premier League season.Everton survive after an incredible comeback against Palace on Thursday night. Former Toffee Don Hutchison talks to us about their escape and the growing problem of pitch invading fan altercations.The final day promises perhaps more drama than we’ve ever seen in Premier League history. Who will win the title? Who will go down? Will Man United be consigned to the Conference League where they belong?Charlotte Harpur joins us ahead of a seismic Women’s Champions League final in Turin – Barcelona v Lyon.Plus classic commentary and a fond farewell for Mike Dean.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Everton 3-2 Crystal Palace (03m 00s)• PART 1b: Who will stay up? Burnley or Leeds (14m 00s) • PART 2a: Classic commentary (23m 00s)• PART 2b: The title race goes to the last day (29m 00s)• PART 2c: The top 4 race sort of goes to the last day (36m 00s)• PART 3a: Barcelona v Lyon preview (45m 00s)• PART 3b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (50m 00s)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 is alongside Colin Millar, Jordan Campbell and Christoph Biermann as the first major European silverware of the season is decided.It’s the biggest day in Eintracht Frankfurt’s history as they overcome Rangers on penalties in Seville to win the Europa League. A victory for German football fans, redemption for Trapp and more misery for Ramsey. Will we see the Eagles doing a Dortmund in the near future?Forest also need penalties to reach their first ever play-off final. Matt Davies-Adams talks to us about a nerve-shredding night in Nottingham.Blackpool’s Jake Daniels becomes the only openly gay male professional footballer in Britain. The Athletic’s editor-in-chief Alex Kay-Jelski discusses Daniels and the ongoing Idrissa Gueye situation.And last – and definitely in no way least – Tim Spiers brings us the latest from the Rebekah Vardy libel trial.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Frankfurt win the Europa League (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Matt Davies-Adams on Forest heading to Wembley (21m 00s) • PART 2b: Alex Kay-Jelski on Jake Daniels coming out (28m 00s)• PART 3: Tim Spiers on the Rebekah Vardy libel trial (35m 00s)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 James Horncastle, Julien Laurens, Alvaro Romeo and Christoph Biermann into the pod for the closing stages of continental football.The Bundesliga season finishes with a send-off for Erling Haaland, and perhaps to Robert Lewandowski. The Pole indicates he wants to leave Bayern. Does that give hope to the rest of the Bundesliga?Germany’s favourite team Eintracht Frankfurt are preparing for their Europa League final on Wednesday. Can Rangers overcome the best team in the competition season?The Serie A title race is going right down to the wire with Milan two points of Inter clear heading into the final day. All thanks to a wonder goal from Theo Hernandez and the heroics of the man who should be France’s number 1.Kylian Mbappe is footballer of the year in France but looks set to be on the move to Real Madrid.And in Spain, Sevilla will be in the Champions League season but potentially without Julen Lopetegui. And will Gareth Bale bid a proper farewell at the Bernabeu?RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)• PART 2a: Europa League final preview (07m 00s) • PART 2b: Bye bye Bundesliga for Haaland…and Lewandowski? (15m 00s)• PART 3: The Serie A title race goes to the wire (28m 00s)• PART 4: Awards season in France (43m 00s)• PART 5: Sevilla in the Champions League next season…without Lopetegui? (52m 00s)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 is joined by Daniel Storey, Dom Fifield and Sasha Goryunov after Liverpool hoover up yet more silverware.It’s another shootout victory for Liverpool in the FA Cup final as their squad players step up again and Chelsea’s season turns into an anti-climax.Liverpool’s title hopes are given a boost by the brilliant Bowen who will surely be making his England debut very soon, as Mahrez misses the chance to put Man City on the verge of the title.Leeds are the big winners at the bottom after their last-gasp point against Brighton. Are Everton playing too many games like they’re cup finals and is too much hoopla before matches causing them to lose control?And what alternatives can we find to penalties after Burnley are punished particularly harshly by a spot-kick awarded in their match with Tottenham.Plus Mark Noble, Prince Albert and the Roy Hodgson debacle at Vicarage Road.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Liverpool win the FA Cup (02m 30s)• PART 2: West Ham 2-2 Man City (18m 00s) • PART 3: The battle at the bottom (33m 00s)• PART 4: Noble, Forest and the rest of the Premier League weekend (49m 00s)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.