Alive and Kicking: The 90s Football Podcast

The boys travel back to 1991 to relive the 'classic' 90s Danny Baker vehicle The Game. Set around the Sunday League run-in in the East London League Division Four, Ash, Joel and Matthew revel in the endearing nature of the show and the characters that make up the six-episode of the series. There's burley strikers, fashion nightmares and a referee who deserves his own spin-off even all these years...

In our second instalment of our new series the boys return to for more unplanned nattering on their favourite decade. Ash, Joel and Matthew chew the fat over the best bargain buys of the nineties, recall when Danny Baker was at the centre of football in that era and look back at some memorable April Fools related gags. There's also chat on football phone-ins, gameshows and we answer your questions...

The boys are back in town with a brand new weekly look at 1990s football, this is 90s Natter - Unplanned! Ash, Joel and Matthew are tasked with bringing two topics to the table unbeknownst to the others to dissect. On this debut episode the boys get stuck into forgotten goals, forgotten games and the forgotten goal nets of 1990s football plus chat on FA Cup semi-finals, Fever Pitch and Harry's Her...

1992 didn't just see the birth of the Premier League and Champions League but it saw the return of Match of the Day to our TV screens for the first time in four years. On this latest episode we get the inside track on MOTD in the 90s, as Ash and Joel are joined by former editor on the show Paul Armstrong. The boys chat through football coverage in the 1990s, Des Lynam, Motty vs. Barry and even bea...

After a year of This Week In The 90s, we've reached the twelve month mark and the final episode in our (almost) week-to-week look back at 90s football. In this finale Ash, Joel and Matthew look back at Michael Owen's England debut being ruined by Marcelo Salas, and discuss the goal that never was on Kanu's Arsenal debut. Plus as it's the last day of term, Joel has two quizzes for you to play along...

After last week got all heated in the Alive and Kicking kitchen, normal service is resumed this episode with more 90s goodness. Not before we finally settle the debate on the ultimate 90s Premier League - thanks to first class research from our new friend and listener. Away from that Ash, Joel and Matthew look back at Kevin Keegan's first arrival at Newcastle, Man Utd thrashing Nottingham Forest a...

Having missed a week the Alive and Kicking team use what was rather a quiet January in the 90s to look back on one of the most infamous moments of the decade, Cantona's kung-fu kick on Matthew Simmons. Ash and Joel get an eyewitness account from Matthew who was in attendance that night and the boys delve deep into Eric's moment of madness. Things also get heated in the AK90s studio as we debate an...

Get warmed up this cold January week with another dose of This Week in the 90s. On the agenda this week for Ash, Joel and Matthew is the return of King Kenny Dalglish as he takes over at Newcastle, Big Ron's blunder on day one at The City Ground and the moment Temur Ketsbaia went bonkers against Bolton. All that plus favourite goal celebrations, the delights of Blackpool and a new challenge is lai...

Fresh off the back of last weekend's FA Cup Third Round, Alive and Kicking looks back at the big stories from Round Three in the 1990s. Ash, Joel and Matthew are joined by regular Greg Lansdowne and the boys chat through Alex Ferguson's Sliding Doors moment in 1990, Tim Buzaglo's five minutes of fame plus the troubles Arsenal had with lower league opposition throughout the decade. Plus there's a l...

Happy New Year! The boys are back for your first dose of 90s football this year in This Week in the 90s. On the agenda this week is QPR's famous win at Old Trafford which Ash revels in, a 3-3 thriller from Anfield as Matthew's Man Utd meet Liverpool and Joel looks back at Bryan Robson's playing swangsong at Middlesbrough. All that plus memories of ITV's The Match, football on TV and even some natt...

It's the final show of the year and the final dose of This Week of the 90s. On the agenda for Ash, Joel and Matthew in a festive inspired episode is Middlesbrough's winter woe as they no-show at Blackburn, Chelsea's all overseas XI from 1999 and the boys chat over their 90s festive football memories. We also delve back in time to 1985, forward in time to talk Man Utd (because who isn't) and there'...

It's This Week in the 90s back once again like a renegade master. Ash, Joel and(live from Barcelona)Matthew this week discuss the showreel of Matt Le Tissier on the anniversary of THAT goal against Blackburn and look back at the torrid transfer tale of Jean-Marc Bosman. The boys also chat through Harry Redknapp's I'm A Celebrity win, Christmas drinks and the merits of Las Ramblas. Keep it 90s! Fin...

Seconds out it's round two in our rivalries series as look back at best and the worst of the 1990s Merseyside derbies. Ash Rose is your referee as he welcomes back journalist Richard Buxton championing Liverpool and author Simon Hart who's in Everton's blue corner. The boys chat through the famous FA Cup 4-4, Joe Royle's first game, Robbie Fowler eating some grass and everything in-between. Plus t...

It's more of a this week and last week in the 90s as the boys look back on the big talking points from the last week of November. Ash, Joel and especially Matthew celebrate Eric Cantona day with a chat over his best United goals, plus there's a look back at Christian Gross' arrival at Spurs (tube ticket and all), Ali Dia fooling Graeme Souness and the memorable clash between Mabbutt and Fashanu. A...

The band is back together for another slice of 90s natter in This Week In The 90s. With it being the international break Ash, Joel and Matthew look back at three big crucial England qualifiers from the decade. The Scotland play-offs in 99, their trip to Poland in 1991 and of course the San Marino game that went wrong after 8.3 seconds. Plus we also recall Paul Bodin's penalty nightmare, moan about...

Back once again looking at all things 1990s, it's This Week In The 90s from the original 90s football podcast, Alive and Kicking. Ash Rose and Matthew Crist this week chew the fat over Rangers vs. Leeds in the 'Battle of Britain', relive Ossie Ardiles departure from Spurs and look back at Manchester United's trip to 'Hell' and Galatasaray! All that and loads more on your favourite source to natter...

Seconds out for round one of our rivalries themed shows! To kick things off we've picked a rivalry that bookend the decade between of the biggest teams of the 90s, Arsenal vs. Manchester United. Ash Rose is the ref as he chairs a debate that sees Matthew Crist representing The Red Devils and Greg Lansdowne championing The Gunners. They boys chat through the infamous brawl of Old Trafford, Cantona...

It's another international week, so the boys look make at two massive England moments from This Week In The 90s. Ash, Joel and Matthew go back to 1993 (when Ash was on holiday in the New Forest) to recall Graham Taylor giving birth to 'Do I Not Like That' and Ronald Koeman robbing England of a USA 94 place. Then on the flip side the boys look back at Glenn Hoddle's warriors of Rome as the Three Li...

Your weekly dose of 90s football is back again with This Week in the 90s. On today's show Ash Rose, Joel Young and birthday boy Matthew Crist look back at Peter Schmeichel's soaring header in Europe, Arsenal's Wembley woes and all the fun of Di Canio vs. Alcock. That plus Matthew's birthday shenanigans with Roy Evans, Middlesbrough taking the blame for modern stadiums and famous people you've tink...

With it being international week, we thought we did into the England theme once again for a new full-length slice of 90s Football action. Ash Rose is joined by Joel Young and the returning Andrew Raeburn as each pick an XI of the best players to never win an England cap during the 1990s. Steve Bruce leads the way as the standard bearer for the unlucky club, but who else made the cut in the boy's t...

There's lots to discuss on the latest episode of This Week in the 90s. Ash Rose, Joel Young and Matthew Crist dive into Dennis Bergkamp's wonder goals during the classic thriller with Leicester, review the somewhat harsh treatment of Taibi the terrible and relive Hoddle's, Becks' and Hincliffe's England bow. All that plus classic TV game shows, goal nets, Robbie Fowler and the BT Cellnet Riverside...

The boys are back once again to chat through all the big talking points on This Week In the 90s. We take in our last piece of World Cup nostalgia as we look back on 1994's disappointing final, before switching to domestic memories and chatting through Evans and Houllier at Liverpool as well as delve into the bonkers world of 1995's launch of the Intertoto Cup. All that, plus Matthew's World Cup di...

IT'S COMING HOME, IT'S COMING HOME, FOOTBALL'S COMING HOME! Twenty-two years after Three Lions was first released, the song is back in the charts and being sung up and down the country thanks to England's exploits in Russia. So who better to talk to about it than one of the co-writes of the iconic tune Mr David Baddiel. In an exclusive interview David chats to our own Joel Young about the origin's...

With Gareth Southgate having picked his England squad for the World Club, the Alive and Kicking team put a 90s twist on it by choosing an England squad of their own made up of Three Lions players of the 1990s. The only rule is that have to have been capped by England at some point during the decade! Ash Rose is joined by Joel Young and Sid Lambert and they combine to pick the ultimate England 1990...

The boys are back after a short break to once again cast their minds back to This Week in the 90s. On the agenda for Ash, Joel and Matthew this week is Manchester United's 1991 Cup Winners Cup win, King Eric sensationally quitting Old Trafford and a rundown of FA Cup winners who were celebrating this week twenty odd years ago. All that plus Blackburn's title win, a tour of the newsagents of Plumst...