My Best Eleven

Actor and writer, Tom Watt talks about his love of 'The Arsenal' and how his love turns to frustration, anger and then back to love as all football fans do with their team. He talks about the 80's onwards and working on Eastenders, writing David Beckham's autobiography as well as the sports journalism/writing he is doing now Tom spent a lot of time with the players in the 80's and 90's, so he has...

The midfielder who was known for playing at Crystal Palace and Tottenham (amongst others), talks about his time at these clubs as well as the call up for England that came and went Andy was one of the most honest podcasts yet and speaks about how he saw each of the players as well as what it was like coming through and proving yourself as a non league player to Palace in a few weeks He also talks...

Winger/Striker Adrian Forbes joins the guys this week to discuss his playing career as well as the best players he was with at clubs such as Swansea City, Norwich City and Luton Town. He chats about his famous goal at Vetch Field (last ever game at old Swansea City ground) as well as coming through the ranks at Norwich City Adrian is currently working at Luton Town as Youth Development Coach and h...

Journalist and pundit Faye joins the boys this week to talk all things Luton Town. Faye is well known for being on TalkSport and the Guardian (as well as other media outlets) and talking and publicising 'The Town'.  Faye talks about her love of Luton, how she came to work in football and how she struggled to create a best eleven using solely her head or heart   Contact Us: Website:  https://www.my...

Biran Horton, midfield enforcer and underrated flair player joins the lads this week. Brian, ex Port Vale, Brighton, Luton and Hull City player talks about his reputation as a hard tackling and high standards captain everywhere he goes.  Brian also talks about his management career at clubs such as Hull City, Manchester City, Huddersfield Town and Port Vale. How he used his career as a player, lea...

The famed and notorious full back Kirk Stephens is our guest this week. He talks about time at Luton, his home club Coventry as well as coming through at Nuneaton Borough.  'Kirk' as he was known by David Pleat, talks about his nickname Basher, how he ensured he stuck up for those who could not on the football pitch as well as how he had to have a few chances and bites at the cherry to become a pr...

Carlos, the ex Trinidad and Tobago winger/midfielder joins us this week to discuss players from clubs such as Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Luton Town and Wrexham He talks about playing under different managers including Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane. He also explains how he went from being in the army to playing professional football and being a wanted man by so many clubs in England Contact Us: Websit...

Nathan talks about goalkeeping for a number of clubs in his career including Chesterfield, Boston, Luton and Torquay He speaks about the fun he had at the Den against Milwall as well as how he felt his role changed as he got older with more of a mentor role, which led him into his new career post football **APOLOGIES FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF ANDREW'S MICROPHONE. HE FIXED THIS AFTER THE PODCAST WAS...

Super striker Kim Grant is our guest this week to talk all things Charlton, Millwall, Luton and Ghana Kim played multiple times for Ghana playing with players from some of Europe's top teams. This was also at a time when he had to balance playing for Luton, keep Lennie Lawrence happy and playing in the African qualifiers Kim also talks about his frustrations as a player and how he often got going...

Simon Pitts, known by Luton Fans as Statto, speaks and names his best ever Luton team which he has seen.  Simon goes back to his childhood and talks about falling in love with Luton and how he keeps all of the statistics available. Unsurprisingly, he uses statistics to decide on who should be in the team as well as who can qualify to be eligible in the team too A great listen for all fans but  esp...

This week we have the man dubbed 'The Limping Physio'. John worked at numerous clubs under managers such as David Pleat and Terry Venables. Most famously, John worked with Paul Gascoigne to help his rehab in the early 90's following his transfer to Lazio John talks of how he gained trust of players and managers alike as well as some stories from the physio room from Tottenham and Luton, often a pl...

Central defender Julian Watts joins the boys to discuss his best 11 players as well as times at Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday, Leicester, Luton and in Australia.  Julian talks about signing for the clubs, what made him leave each club to take on a new challenge as well as how the banter in the dressing room is so important to a clubs success.   Contact Us: Website:  https://www.mybestelevenpodcas...

Midfielder and Torquay legend, Lee Mansell joins us to talk about his career at Torquay, Oxford, Bristol Rovers and Luton. Lee is also manager of Gloucester City and talks passionately about managing and how the transition occurred. He talks about the QPR FA Cup game/goal, his greatest honour in the game and why he moved to Torquay and his love for the West Country. Contact Us: Website:  https://w...

Wonder winger David Moss joins us to talk about his career at clubs such as Swindon, Luton and Tampa Bay David talks about breaking through the non youth team way, his reputation as a non header of the ball and also playing in the USA in his off season. As you would expect, David has some great stories and a funny man throughout! We apologise for the sound in this podcast   Contact Us: Website:  h...

The amazing midfielder Gary Waddock joins Marv & Andrew this week to discuss players from QPR, Luton, Charloi, Bristol Rovers and Luton. He talks through what happened in the build up to the 1990 World Cup Finals and why he missed out on the Jack Charlton's Ireland squad for the tournament. Gary talks through his favourite players and types of players, his love for management and how that was part...

Recently appointed and current Doncaster Rovers manager Gary McSheffrey talks about his playing days and also offers some words of wisdom about his management style going into his new role Gary is fondly remembered for goals at Coventry, Luton, Birmingham, Leeds, Scunthorpe and Doncaster Rovers.  He recounts his time of being the trainee and working his way up at Coventry to spending the latter pa...

This episode, Marv and Andrew look back on some of the best guests we have heard from (with some hilarious extracts from episodes gone by. They call (try to), future guests to give you an idea of who we have coming up in Season 3 as well as have a random/unplanned chat with a past guest whilst he is preparing for his next top flight match!   Sponsored: We have reopened our sponsorship opportunitie...

This week, ex Bradford, Luton and Stoke (amongst others) defender joins us to talk about his career on and off the pitch. John finds a number of players and talks about Luton and promotion to the Premier League with Bradford so fondly and has some great stories including how he had to play against Mitchell Thomas hungover! Sponsored: We have reopened our sponsorship opportunities for Christmas. We...

Alan Nielson is an ex Newcastle, Luton, Southampton and Fulham Welsh international defender. He has also has 3 spells as caretaker manager of Luton Town and now works as U23 Norwich manager. Alan talks about coming through with an excellent crop of Newcastle youngsters, playing under Kevin Keegan a number of times and also his experience at Southampton with Ali Dia who came on as a 'fake'   Sponso...

Joe Allon's My Best Eleven is one of the funniest and best for stories both from the pitch and behind the scenes. The ex Newcastle, Swansea, Hartlepool, Chelsea and Brentford striker names the best 11 players he has ever played with. The man is a true Geordie and speaks also about the takeover and what he loves and loathes about football in 2021.   Sponsored: Dasslers Craft ( www.dasslerscraft.co....

This week we have ex US international goalkeeper Juergen Sommer on. He played for clubs including Luton, QPR, New England Revolution and Colombus Crew Juergen does something different as a one off by selecting the best 11 players he ever played against in a competitive game. This covers lots of countries, competitions and eras We also apologise for the poor audio for some of this podcast   Sponsor...

Ex Northern Irish international, Spurs, Sunderland, Luton, Burnley and Nancy striker Phil Gray joins us to tell us the best 11 players he has played with. He opens up on his time at Sunderland and also his moves to Nancy (Fra) as well as Fortuna Sittard (Ned).  Phil also explains how and why he always seems to find himself in the middle of mischief, even some which meant he had to swap North Londo...

This week, we are joined by Marv's ex boss (at Kettering), Lee Harper who played for Arsenal, QPR, Northampton, Walsall, MK Dons and Kettering Town. Lee talks through the move from non league football straight to Arsenal and playing with the likes of Seaman, Adams and Wright.  He recounts the challenging times at QPR and then Northampton but how it made him a better player and leader. Then how he...

Ex England international Paul Walsh played for teams such as Liverpool, Tottenham, Luton, Portsmouth and Man City. He was a striker that many a manager loved and relied upon to get goals and make those memorable runs.  Paul talks through some amazing team mates to make his Best 11 (as well as a number of honourable mentions).  He talks through his England caps, moves between clubs as well as his l...

David talks about the best 11 players he has ever managed at teams such as Luton, Leicester, Tottenham and Sheffield Wednesday. He has some great stories about buying and selling players plus his opinion on football being played the right way. David Pleat is a man who loves to talk about football and it is clear that the passion and pride is there for all the players he helped in their careers (in...