The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo, Jack Lang, Duncan Alexander and David Preece dissect a big old week for English football teams.Man City deliver one of their best ever away performances to turn the Champions League semi-final against PSG in their favour. We pay tribute to the non-panicking Pep.Chelsea are in a similarly strong position after a 1-1 draw in Madrid, featuring Ngolo Kante and the strongest squad left in the Champions League.Looking ahead to the Premier League weekend, we’re not promising goals between Man United and Liverpool, whereas Newcastle v Arsenal tends to deliver those.There’s Leicester’s first trip to Southampton since a well-documented visit, plus the positives of Potter’s possible move to Spurs.James Horncastle and Julien Laurens do battle in an epic Inter Totally Cup encounter.Plus Kevin Keegan, David Icke and the song that used to soundtrack David Preece’s nightmares.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: PSG 1-2 Man City (04m 30s)• PART 2: Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (21m 00s)• PART 3a: Southampton v Leicester preview (32m 00s)• PART 3b: Man Utd v Liverpool preview (40m 00s)• PART 3c: Tottenham’s manager hunt and Everton’s top 4 hopes (44m 00s)• PART 4: On This Day – Keegan and Icke make headlines (48m 00s)• PART 5: Newcastle v Arsenal preview (55m 30s)• PART 6: Inter Totally Cup – Laurens v Horncastle (61m 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.

Jimbo welcomes Rafa Honigstein, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo as we look ahead to the Champions League semi-finals and some exhilarating title races.Lille come from 2-0 down to win a thriller at Lyon, a statement victory in their pursuit of the title. But how different will Les Dogues look next season?We look ahead to the Champions League and Europa League semi-finals, with most of them looking like 50-50 calls.The fall-out from the failed European Super League continues. We hear how it was an act of desperation from the Spanish and Italian clubs. Are we on the verge of some huge clubs going under?Julian Nagelsmann appears to be on his way to Bayern Munich as their new manager. Who will replace him at Leipzig?Credit is due to Koeman as Barcelona have the destiny of La Liga in their own hands.And will Andrea Pirlo get a second season at Juve, regardless of whether they finish in the top 4?RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 00s)• PART 2a: Lille’s stunning comeback at Lyon (06m 00s)• PART 2b: PSG v Man City preview (15m 00s)• PART 3: Real Madrid v Chelsea preview (22m 30s)• PART 4: The damage done to Perez and Agnelli (30m 00s)• PART 5: La Liga title race (40m 30s)• PART 6: Europa League semi-final preview (52m 30s)• PART 7: Bayern lose again but gain Nagelsmann? (60m 00s)• PART 8: The race for the top 4 in Serie A (66m 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.

Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Dom Fifield and Tom Williams, as the first major silverware of the season in England is dished out.Manchester City win the Carabao Cup for the 4th year in a row in an incredibly one-sided but narrow win. Would Mourinho have been brave enough to take off Harry Kane? And did Spurs ruin their chances of winning this final by ditching their former manager? It’s a big weekend in the race for Champions League football. How long will it take to fix Liverpool? And do they need a break from each other? Can Arsenal fans trust the process? Can Everton still make the top 4? Would West Ham settle for 6th?Wolves are blown away by bullies Burnley. Is it time for Nuno to go?Plus Tom’s right to reply, the trouble with slow motion and Leeds becoming normal.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Man City win the Carabao Cup again (05m 00s)• PART 1b: Watford promoted to the Premier League (16m 00s)• PART 2a: Football’s social media blackout & ESL fall-out (20m 00s)• PART 2b: Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle (29m 00s)• PART 2c: West Ham 0-1 Chelsea (33m 30s)• PART 2d: Alvaro Romeo on Real Madrid & Villarreal (40m 30s)• PART 2e: Arsenal 0-1 Everton (46m 00s)• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (51m 30s)• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Lang v Lanyado (62m 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.

Jimbo is joined by the elite line-up of Michael Cox, Charlie Eccleshare and Duncan Alexander.The European Super League appears to have collapsed as quickly as it was formed with the Big Six in England all pulling out. What killed the ESL? Should the owners have been more patient? Did England save football? Or with the new Champions League reforms, are we actually worse off than we were a week ago?The League Cup final beckons with Manchester City taking on Tottenham, managed by Ryan Mason, the antidote to Mourinho.The Premier League brings West Ham v Chelsea, Leeds v Man Utd and memories of Nigel Pearson wrestling James McArthur.Chelsea Women retain the title initiative in the WSL in one of the games of the season against Man City.And in the first Inter Totally quarter-final, defending champion Michael takes on Matt Davies-Adams.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: The Super League is dead (01m 00s)• PART 1b: The Athletic’s Adam Crafton tells us what killed it (07m 30s)• PART 2a: League Cup final preview (30m 00s)• PART 2b: Man City & Chelsea’s WSL decider (40m 30s)• PART 3a: On This Day (43m 00s)• PART 3b: Previewing the Premier League weekend (47m 00s)• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Cox v Davies-Adams (57m 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.

Jimbo assembles his own elite European line-up of Rafa Honigstein, James Horncastle and Alvaro Romeo.With the European Super League now a fully proposed project, the panel discuss if there’s any demand from broadcasters and sponsors for this unproven commodity?Pedro Pinto gives us the UEFA perspective on the dirty dozen, and the extent to which the clubs could be punished.Agnelli’s Juventus might be missing out on Champions League qualification after defeat to Atalanta in Serie AJose Mourinho is sacked by Tottenham after 17 months. Who next for Spurs? Nagelsmann? Allegri? Sarri?Plus Barcelona and Lionel Messi look like their old selves in a thrashing of Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: The European Super League is a thing (01m 00s)• PART 1b: Pedro Pinto with the UEFA perspective (12m 30s) • PART 1c: Moment of the weekend (28m 00s)• PART 2: Mourinho sacked by Spurs + Flick leaving Bayern (30m 45s)• PART 3: Barcelona thrash Athletic to win the Copa Del Rey (42m 00s)• PART 4: Juventus’ top 4 hopes in the balance + Europa League semis (49m 45s)  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.

Jimbo, Carl Anka, Daniel Storey and Matt Davies-Adams discuss a weekend that could be seismic for football in this country and around the continent.The Premier League’s “Big Six” clubs announce their intentions to start a new European Super League. We discuss how this could be calamitous for English football, and to what extent the clubs should be punished for this deplorable act. On the pitch, Leicester will play Chelsea in the FA Cup final, as Thomas Tuchel ends Man City’s quadruple hopes. In the Premier League, West Ham are beaten at St James Park as injuries threaten to damage their top 4 hopes. And the same could be true for Spurs with Harry Kane limping off. Would Kane be able to engineer the transfer he reportedly desires?Plus Redondo and Rashford’s nutmegs, Lyon out of Europe and Tammy Abraham out of favour.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Clubs announce plans for the European Super League – with Tariq Panja (01m 00s)• PART 2a: FA Cup semi-final reviews (24m 00s)• PART 2b: Lyon out of the Women’s Champions League (35m 00s)• PART 3a: Norwich promoted, Sheffield Utd relegated (37m 00s)• PART 3b: Newcastle 3-2 West Ham (41m 00s)• PART 3c: Arsenal 1-1 Fulham (45m 00s)• PART 4a: Man Utd 3-1 Burnley (49m 00s)• PART 4b: Everton 2-2 Tottenham (56m 30s)• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Horncastle v Fifield (60m 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.

Jimbo welcomes Pat Nevin, Duncan Alexander and Sasha Goryunov for an in-depth discussion on the Champions league quarter-finals.It’s elimination for the holders Bayern and a triumph for PSG and for Neymar – the Prince Charles of football.Up next for them, Manchester City, who finally reach the semi-finals under Pep Guardiola as Foden (and Bellingham) show exactly what they’re made of.Liverpool are snuffed out by Real Madrid at Anfield. Has Klopp been found tactically lacking this season? And was that the end of the famed front three?West Ham have the chance to go 3rd in the Premier League this weekend. Was everyone wrong about David Moyes regressing? And can Allardyce actually steer West Brom to safety?Lynsey Hooper faces Julien Laurens in the last 16 of the Inter Totally Cup.And as the FA Cup semi-finals beckon, Pat remembers the day when he scored the winner in one semi, while tragedy struck at the other.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: PSG knock out Bayern (03m 00s)• PART 1b: City knock out Dortmund (09m 00s) • PART 2a: Chelsea knock out Porto / great goals that didn’t matter (18m 30s)• PART 2b: Real Madrid knock out Liverpool (24m 00s)• PART 3a: Remembering 15th April 1989 (33m 00s)• PART 3b: FA Cup semi-finals preview (38m 00s)• PART 3b: Kudela banned for 10 matches (42m 30s)• PART 4a: West Brom’s transformation with Joseph Masi (47m 30s)• PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (54m 00s)• PART 5: Inter Totally Cup – Hooper v Laurens (63m 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.

Jimbo, Rafa Honigstein, James Horncastle, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens cast their eyes over the Champions League quarter-final second legs.PSG have the advantage over Bayern and are on the verge of knocking the holders out. Will PSG falter at home again? And has civil war broken out at Bayern between Flick and Salihamidzic?Will Man City show they’re not a heroic team and once again fall at the quarter-final hurdle against Dortmund?Zinedine Zidane continues to lose players but find solutions as Real Madrid win El Clasico. Can Los Blancos control Liverpool again?Plus the Europa League, the Copa Del Rey, Ronaldo’s frustrated and Zlatan’s moving towards a movie career.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Moment of the weekend (01m 30s)• PART 1b: PSG v Bayern preview (05m 00s) • PART 2: Real Madrid v Liverpool preview (13m 40s)• PART 3: Europa League and Serie A latest (27m 30s)• PART 4: Dortmund v Man City preview (41m 30s)• PART 5: Copa Del Rey final preview & your questions (48m 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.

Jimbo, Michael Cox, Adam Hurrey and Daniel Storey take in an enthralling Premier League weekend.West Ham take another step towards Champions League football thanks to that man Jesse Lingard, as Leicester look like a bunch of school children in trouble.Man United come from behind yet again to win at Spurs as Mourinho tries a new diversion technique. Is Solskjaer better than we thought he’d be?Man City are beaten at home by 10-man Leeds as we enjoy how mad football can be sometimes. But is the Champions League City’s to lose?Alvaro Romeo takes on Benji Lanyado in the latest last 16 tie in the Inter Totally Cup.Plus Football Focus and which Totally pundits would make a great 5-a-side team.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: West Ham 2-3 Leicester (02m 45s)• PART 1b: Spurs 1-3 Man Utd (12m 00s) • PART 2a: Man City 1-2 Leeds (22m 00s)• PART 2b: Champions League corner – City, Liverpool and Chelsea (26m 00s)• PART 3a: Clubs engage in social media boycott (40m 00s)• PART 3b: The good old days of Football Focus (43m 00s)• PART 3c: The Totally 5-a-side team (46m 30s)• PART 3d: The rest of the Premier League weekend (48m 30s)• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Romeo v Lanyado (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.

Jimbo welcomes Duncan Alexander, Natalie Gedra and Dominic Fifield into the pod as the Champions League quarter-finals deliver on entertainment.An Mbappe-inspired PSG win 3-2 in Munich. Have they overcome their mental problems in this competition? Or are Bayern still favourites?Real Madrid are also victorious as makeshift Liverpool are exposed against high-level opposition. And Gareth Southgate will have been the most excited man watching City beat Dortmund, with Foden and Bellingham on song.West Ham take on Leicester in a future Champions League final this weekend. The Athletic’s Roshane Thomas tells us about Lingard and the band of brothers that David Moyes has assembled.And this weekend sees the reverse fixtures of the craziest day in Premier League history – when Manchester United conceded six and Liverpool conceded seven. Will this Spurs United clash boil down to Kane v Fernandes?Natalie takes on the notorious Jack Lang in the latest Inter Totally Cup tie.Plus playing at altitude and the Premier League building materials goal scorer chart.RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Footballing jargon (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Bayern 2-3 PSG (05m 00s) • PART 1c: Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool (12m 00s)• PART 2a: 4th October 2020 – the craziest day in Premier League history (23m 00s)• PART 2b: West Ham v Leicester preview with Roshane Thomas (29m 30s)• PART 2c: Porto 0-2 Chelsea (39m 00s)• PART 2d: Man City 2-1 Dortmund (44m 00s)• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (55m 00s)• PART 4: Inter Totally Cup – Lang v Gedra (65m 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.