The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic
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May 24, 2021 • 1h 11min

Virtual fireplace

The Premier League season comes to a close with Jimbo, Michael Cox, Daniel Storey and Sasha Goryunov here to soak up the drama.It’s Liverpool and Chelsea who make the top 4 as Leicester miss out, the Foxes’ poor performances of the last month finally catching up with them.The Blues are beaten at Villa but aren’t punished for their feeble finishing. Are their hopes of winning the Champions League over if they concede first?West Ham qualify for the Europa League, while Man United prepare for this year’s final. Alvaro Romeo tells us what we can expect from the fairy-tale that is Villarreal.Plus where next for Nuno, Ings and Lampard? The mystery that is Arsenal. And who the writers vote for as player of the year, compared to the players.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Reliving that final day drama (03m 30s)• PART 1b: Leicester 2-4 Tottenham (07m 00s)• PART 1c: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea (12m 30s)• PART 2a: Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace (20m 30s)• PART 2b: West Ham 3-0 Southampton (24m 30s)• PART 2c: Man City 5-0 Everton (28m 00s)• PART 3a: The rest of the Premier League weekend (34m 30s)• PART 3b: Man Utd v Villarreal preview with Alvaro Romeo (50m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (57m 45s)• PART 5: Remembering things that happened this season (60m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 20, 2021 • 1h 17min

Five different goalkeeper kits

Jimbo is joined by Adam Crafton, Duncan Alexander and David Preece ahead of the final weekend of the Premier League season.Three teams are battling it out for the one remaining place in the Champions League. Will losing out on the top 4 mean Leicester lose players? Will Harry Kane actually be allowed to leave Tottenham? And how misjudged was the Mason appointment?Roy Hodgson WILL be leaving Crystal Palace. We relive some of his finest moments as David has Scandinavian stories of Roy and his cigars.Also Marcelo Bielsa for manager of the year? Joe Willock for England? And what happens when outfield players go in goal?Plus it’s the prestigious 3rd/4th place play-off in the Inter Totally Cup as Julien Laurens takes on Sasha Goryunov.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Kane leaving the Lane? (03m 00s)• PART 2: The race for the top 4 (07m 30s)• PART 3a: Hodgson’s goodbye (24m 00s)• PART 3b: The Conference League + Brighton beat Man City (34m 30s)• PART 3c: Cavani, Willock and the rest of the PL picture (39m 00s)• PART 4a: Headlines around Europe and Sunderland (49m 00s)• PART 4b: Outfield players in goal (51m 30s)• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Laurens v Goryunov (63m 00s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 17, 2021 • 51min

Mosh pit ready

Checking into a continental football hotel, it’s Jimbo, James Horncastle, Rafa Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo.The title races in Spain and France are going right down to the wire as Lille slip up but are still a point ahead while Atletico strike late to stay 2 points clear heading into the final day.Dortmund secure silverware and a top 4 finish which might be enough to hang on to their stars. Sporting are champions of Portugal for the first time in 19 years, with a young team and a very young and talented manager.Juventus remain outside the top 4 heading into the last day of the season, despite a bizarre Derby d’Italia victory over Inter.Plus Andre Silva to Man City, Zinedine Zidane’s future and the runners and riders in Eurovision this Saturday.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03m 00s)• PART 2: Are Lille about to throw away the Ligue 1 title? (07m 30s)• PART 3: A wonderful week for Dortmund (13m 00s)• PART 4: Sporting Lisbon, champions of Portugal with David Novo (21m 00s)• PART 5: Atletico on the verge of the title in Spain (29m 00s)• PART 6: The top 4 race in Italy goes right to the wire (39m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follows us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 17, 2021 • 1h 7min

Tumbled down that escalator

It’s a weekend that reminds us why we love football, relived by Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Charlie Eccleshare and Adrian Clarke.Leicester win their first ever FA Cup. A classic cup final by dint of having one of the great cup final goals and cup final saves. How many clubs are feeling silly for turning their nose up at Brendan Rodgers? And are Chelsea in danger of being over-coached by Thomas Tuchel?It’s a horrible weekend for Chelsea as they lose the Women’s Champions League final 4-0 to Barcelona. Like Tuchel, which selections did Emma Hayes get wrong?Alisson becomes the first goalkeeper to score a winning goal in the Premier League, as we remember some of our favourite goalie goals. He keeps Liverpool’s top 4 hopes alive. And there’s the race to avoid the Conference League.Plus why can’t Ancelotti fix Everton’s home form? Will England select Grealish? And should Arsenal cash in on Willock?RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: How does anyone not like football? (01m 00s)• PART 2: Leicester win the FA Cup, with Joe Brewin (05m 30s)• PART 3a: Alisson’s last-minute winner (27m 00s)• PART 3b: Everton 0-1 Sheffield United (38m 00s)• PART 4a: The rest of the Premier League weekend (43m 00s)• PART 4b: Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona in the WCL final, with Matt Davies-Adams (54m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (58m 00s)• PART 6: Who’s winning the Championship play-offs? (60m 00s)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 13, 2021 • 1h 12min

You can’t outrun maths

Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Dominic Fifield and Duncan Alexander into the pod to preview some big cup finals.Chelsea face Leicester in the FA Cup final, with both sides experiencing contrasting fortunes in midweek in the Premier League. Joe Brewin tells us how winning this competition would mean more to Foxes fans than a top 4 finish. Speaking of the Blues, Katie Whyatt helps us preview the Champions League final with the finest WSL team ever assembled, against heavy favourites Barcelona. Perhaps an exciting new dawn for the sport. We salute Man City - champions of England, a team that made esteemed opposition look like idiots.We chat Palace with Dom, who says fans should be prepared to bid farewell to Roy Hodgson and we get an overdue bigging up of Benteke.Michael finds out who he will face in the Inter Totally Cup final as Julien Laurens takes on Benji Lanyado in the semi-final.Plus Greenwood for England, Ings for City and remembering that Aguero goal 9 years on.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Manchester City are champions (04m 30s)• PART 2: FA Cup final preview with Joe Brewin (10m 30s)• PART 3: Women’s Champions League final preview with Katie Whyatt (29m 00s)• PART 4a: On This Day - Agueroooooooo (39m 00s)• PART 4b: Premier League weekend preview (42m 00s)• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Laurens v Lanyado (54m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 10, 2021 • 55min

The most beautiful club in the world

Jimbo and the Euro crew of James Horncastle, Rafa Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo take apart another dramatic weekend across the continent.Lille are closing in on a first title in 10 years as we pay tribute to their recruitment. Meanwhile PSG are purchasing Prince vinyl.Bayern Munich are champions of Germany again and have their eyes on 10 in a row. Can Lewandowski break Gerd Muller’s Bundesliga goals record this season?Dortmund are back in the top 4 thanks to their saviour Sancho. Is he still underrated outside of Germany?Milan destroy a Juventus team who are jaded and playing without purpose. Will they miss out on the top 4 and lose Ronaldo? Or could they even be thrown out of Serie A?And the top 4 in Spain all go head to head. But will it be head to head that decides the title?RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 30s)• PART 2: Bayern are champions, Dortmund are back in the top 4 (05m 30s)• PART 3: Juventus 0-3 Milan (13m 00s)• PART 4: Lille close in on the Ligue 1 title (26m 00s)• PART 5: As you were in the La Liga title race (33m 30s)• PART 6: Serie A round-up + promoted clubs around Europe (45m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 10, 2021 • 1h 4min

Table read

Jimbo, Adam Hurrey, Carl Anka and Daniel Storey are back as the race for Champions League football takes more twists and turns.Leicester suffer a shock defeat at home to Newcastle. Are they set to slip out of the top 4 again? And how much blame would come Brendan Rodgers’ way?His old club Liverpool are back in the mix. Should the Reds be chasing the top 4? Or do they risk missing out and ending up in the Conference League by mistake?West Ham are beaten by Everton as Calvert-Lewin enters Harry Kane territory. The Ryan Mason experiment appears to be over. Plus Man City are beaten by Chelsea as both managers seem to be trying to throw the other off the scent ahead of the Champions League final.Plus Nayim from the halfway line, geese and rock, paper, scissors with Marcus Rashford.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: The Championship + Emma Hayes (01m 30s)• PART 2: Man City 1-2 Chelsea (05m 30s)• PART 3a: Leicester 2-4 Newcastle (16m 00s)• PART 3b: Liverpool 2-0 Southampton (24m 00s)• PART 4a: West Ham 0-1 Everton (31m 00s)• PART 4b: Leeds 3-1 Tottenham (34m 30s)• PART 5: Nayim, Big Sam and the rest of the Premier League weekend (41m 00s)• PART 6: The odds with Paddy Power (54m 30s)• PART 7: Rock, paper, scissors with Marcus Rashford (56m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 6, 2021 • 1h 12min

Transfers are the philosophy

Jimbo is joined by Michael Cox, Duncan Alexander and Tom Williams as the 2021 Champions League final becomes set in stone.Chelsea and Man City both overcome Real Madrid and PSG with relative ease in the semi-finals. Are they the two best clubs in Europe? And should the final be happening in England?James Horncastle joins us for his take on Roma’s shock move for Mourinho as their new manager and the size of the task at hand.We look ahead to a Premier League weekend where Arsenal could relegate Allardyce, while City and Chelsea could engage in a phoney war.Defending champion Michael takes on Sasha Goryunov in the first semi-final of the Inter Totally Cup.Plus tears in football and why Leeds v Spurs will be like a tennis match.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: An all English final…abroad? (01m 30s)• PART 2: Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid (08m 00s)• PART 3: Man City 2-0 PSG (22m 00s)• PART 4: Roma appoint Mourinho, with James Horncastle (33m 00s)• PART 5: Premier League preview – the race for the top 4 (40m 00s)• PART 6: Premier League preview – the soon to be sorted bottom 3 (48m 30s)• PART 7: Inter Totally Cup – Cox v Goryunov (56m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 3, 2021 • 1h 3min

Beef Cherki

Jimbo meets up with Euro pals James Horncastle, Rafa Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens to look ahead to the Champions League semi-final second legs.Inter are champions for the first time in 11 years as Antonio Conte overthrows Juventus from the Italian throne. Now he just has to sort out their new club anthem.The top 3 in La Liga are hanging on in the title race while Monaco slip out of the running in Ligue 1 after a five-goal and five-dismissal thriller. Dortmund and Leipzig will meet in the German Cup final, with Jesse Marsch the man to try and fill Julian Nagelsmann’s shoes Plus Donnarumma and some dubious Dzyuba behaviour.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 45s)• PART 2a: Man City v PSG preview (06m 30s)• PART 2b: Chelsea v Real Madrid preview (12m 30s)• PART 2c: Europa League preview (17m 00s)• PART 3: Inter are the champions (23m 00s)• PART 4: Dortmund & Leipzig through to the Pokal final (31m 30s)• PART 5: 5 goals and 5 red cards in Monaco (40m 30s)• PART 6: La Liga title race update (46m 00s)• PART 7: The chase for the top 4 in Serie A (52m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 3, 2021 • 1h 17min

Assembling the airplane in mid-air

Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Adrian Clarke and Sasha Goryunov into the pod on another weekend where off the field issues overshadow the action.Manchester United v Liverpool becomes the first Premier League game ever to be called off due to fan protests. Can we expect to see more of this as the Super League backlash continues?Everton look to have blown their hopes of a top 4 finish. Is it time Ancelotti came in for some criticism? Also we praise Ollie Watkins, proof of the power of the pyramid.Chelsea Women make history by reaching their first ever Champions League final. Are Chelsea Men the best coached team in the Premier League?Man City edge closer to the title. Julien Laurens tells us why PSG could overturn the deficit in their Champions League semi-final.Plus bigging up Brighton, Martin Tyler re-records and the final Inter Totally Cup quarter-final between Sasha and Duncan Alexander.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Protesters postpone Man Utd v Liverpool, with Carl Anka (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Spurs 4-0 Sheff Utd (17m 00s)• PART 2b: Southampton 1-1 Leicester (21m 30s)• PART 2c: Everton 1-2 Aston Villa (25m 30s)• PART 3a: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (31m 00s)• PART 3b: Julien Laurens on PSG’s hopes of a comeback against City (35m 00s)• PART 3c: Matt Davies-Adams on Chelsea Women’s Champions League semi win (40m 30s)• PART 3d: Chelsea 2-0 Fulham (45m 30s)• PART 4a: On This Day – Tony Adams & the ghost goal (51m 30s)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (55m 30s)• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Alexander v Goryunov (62m 30s)  SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH:• theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram• find us on Facebook• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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