The Mervyn League Podcast

It's time to wave goodbye to 2024! In our last episode of the year, we take a stroll down memory lane and look back at our favourite sporting moments from 2024. We reflect on the Olympics, the Euros, cricket, cycling, darts and more. We also dive into the festive footballing schedule and lament with Pep at Man City's form and make a few predictions for 2025. Merry Christmas and a Happy N...

Sackings and spin. It's been a busy week. We sink our teeth into the news that the Manchester United manager, Eric ten Hag, has been sacked, which means one of our predictions has come true! Well done Jon... We also discuss the state of flux England found themselves in at the end of the Pakistan series thanks to two spin bowlers whose names we can't remember. Ash levels our expectations...

We're back! Thomas Tuchel is the new England manager and we breakdown the important questions, such as, "will he sing the national anthem?" And is our anthem, to quote Tuchel, "moving?" We look at England's encounter with Pakistan in the cricket and try to work out who Ben Stokes would be if he were a footballer. Alfie also gives Ben a great breakdown on what a flat p...

It's the end of the Summer and we've had an international break! We chat about our class trip to the cricket to see England and Sri Lanka battle the English weather, which leads us to ponder the state of test cricket and if everything is about the Ashes. Meanwhile, in the football, we ask ourselves if we should be excited by "Carsball" or should England be beating the ROI and F...

On this week's pod we dive into everyone's favourite play-along; Fantasy Football. We discuss the unique approach we've taken regarding FPL, Ben shares some punny team names and Ash confesses all! We can't work out if the chaos at Chelsea is good or bad and we join in with the footballing world to say our goodbyes to Sven.  If you've enjoyed this, or any, episode of The Me...

The Summer of Sport continues and we are all over it. We say goodbye to the Olympics and discuss the bizarre closing ceremony and we say hello to the Premier League.  It wouldn't be an episode without us getting our cojones out and this one is no different. We make our bold predictions for who's winning the league and who's coming in the top four. We pick who will be relegated and w...

We're back with a brand new pod, so join us as we take a 10m synchro dive into the greatest show on earth, The Olympic Games! We discuss the opening ceremony and take a look at some of the highlights from the opening few days. Ash gives us a 1-0-1 on how to hold a table tennis bat and explains why this year's competition is so exciting. We ponder on the thought of Jon beating Simone Bile...

As we disembark the Euro Express we take one final look at the Euro 2024. We discuss the heartbreaking final, who could replace Gareth Southgate and try to share three words to sum up the tournament. We also discover who is the "Who am I?" champion!  We then look to whats next for The Mervyn League. We talk Ben's new favourite sport, cricket(!), we ponder on whether Mark Cavendish a...

The Euro Express is pulling into it's final stop, all change please! In this week's bitesize pod, Ash and Jon buddy up, just like England's penalty heroes, and lead us through a lot of hypotheticals as they try and map out how the Three Lions can make it to the final and who they'll be facing. Ash makes sweeping statements about the rest of Europe not understand British humour...

Its knockout time! As the Euros enter the next stages we discuss the importance of Jude Bellingham's cojones, what Slovenia's national animal should be and which player resembles an old Elvis. We also see the return of "Who Am I?" and discover that a certain player is a big nerd.  Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review and share this with your mates. All aboard! If you&...

The Euro Express keeps on rolling and this week we pull in for a watch along! Relive England's first half performance against Slovenia with us, if you dare... During this week's pod you'll hear our moans and groans, Ben struggles to read names and we all try to get our heads around who might be England's next opponents. We hope you enjoy the fresh take on this week's pod....

We're one week into Euro 2024 and its been a belter. We discuss the onerous opening ceremony, culinary culture wars and oh yes, the football! Does Jordan Pickford need to chill? Why do we love Romania, Georgia, Turkey and Switzerland and how did Thomas Muller get on? We're one game week down and there's no slowing this Euro train. If you've enjoyed this, or any, episode of The...

Welcome to The Mervyn League Podcast! In our very first episode we get Euro fever as we look at Euro 2024. We take a look at each group, each team and pick our favourites. Are Slovenia players on the world stage? Does having size 6 feet make you a great player and is it right to compare Thomas Muller, Jordan Henderson and Cristiano Ronaldo?  This is your guide to Euro 2024. All aboard The Euro Exp...