Audio Football Club

On the podcast this week, an exciting end to proceedings at Anfield as Liverpool go top of the Premier League, scandal as Cardiff City are very unlucky against Chelsea and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gets the job permanently at Manchester United. Plus the Old Firm derby, Checkatrade Trophy final and football’s greatest acts of sportsmanship. Subscribe to Audio Football Club to make sure you never miss an...

On the podcast this week, is this a better England side than the one we saw at the World Cup? We analyse their 5-0 win over the Czech Republic and look at their wealth of options. Wales and Northern Ireland start their campaigns well while Scotland starts theirs not so well, what went wrong for Scotland and what can be done to change things? Plus a preview of the Premier League run in and the grea...

On the podcast this week, just about every competition gets some airtime as we cover the FA Cup, the Premier League, the Championship, the Champions League and the upcoming England internationals. Somehow there's still time to praise Messi, try to figure out what happened to Paul Scholes at Oldham and debate the greatest atmospheres in football. Subscribe to Audio Football Club to make sure you ne...

On the podcast this week, we assess Unai Emery’s tactics in Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat of Manchester United and De Gea’s supposedly disappointing season. Plus a potential 'mini-crisis' at Spurs, a flattering win for Liverpool and the Jack Grealish incident are all covered. Subscribe to Audio Football Club to make sure you never miss an episode and email us at afcpodcast@telegraph.co.uk Links:Birmingham...

On the podcast this week, Liverpool fail to beat Everton in the Merseyside derby helping Manchester City move closer to the title. Arsenal miss a chance to beat Spurs, but are starting to look quite flexible Emery. Plus, we bid farewell to Ranieri, say hello to Rodgers, take a whistle stop tour around Europe and spend a long time talking about footballing statues. Subscribe to Audio Football Club...

On the podcast this week, there’s a dramatic conclusion to the Carabao Cup we unpick what happened and what this means for Maurizio Sarri’s future. Plus there’s transfer bans, boring matches and the possible return of Brendan Rodgers to the Premier League. Subscribe to Audio Football Club to make sure you never miss an episode and email us at afcpodcast@telegraph.co.uk Links:Kepa Arrizabalaga: How...

On the podcast this week, the biggest shock in the FA Cup is that there were no shocks, there’s praise for Phil Foden and Ashley Cole and we look ahead to Chelsea vs Manchester United. Elsewhere we preview the upcoming Champions League fixtures, discuss a soap opera at Inter Milan and then get serious as we debate the best beards in football. Subscribe to Audio Football Club to make sure you never...

On the podcast this week, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City thrash Chelsea at the Etihad and what this means for the future of Sarri-ball, we dissect Cardiff City's season so far and there's praise once more for the enduring competence of Spurs, Ole's Manchester United and a resurgent Liverpool. Plus we preview the upcoming Champions League round of 16, take a quick trip around Europe with Mina Rzou...

This week on the Audio Football Club, Man City keep the pressure on Liverpool at the top with a convincing win over an unconvincing Arsenal. We look at the decline at the Emirates under Stan Kroenke while across North London Spurs keep on winning despite a threadbare squad, Manchester United stand-in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wins again and it was a strange week for Chelsea. Plus, it’s a battle at the...

Audio Football Club takes to the audio recording facility to unpick the weekend's action. There were plenty of shocks in the FA Cup to dissect including West Ham's defeat to AFC Wimbledon, Everton's loss away at Millwall and Spurs not showing up against Crystal Palace. Plus what happened to Thierry Henry at Monaco, why are Arsenal so keen on Perisic and what will happen in the last few days of the...

Another busy week in the world of football including two lesser seen 4-3 results in the same day. We assess whether Liverpool rode their luck or have improved when it comes to handling the pressure of a title race, how Spurs will replace Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Son Hueng-Min without signing anyone and we take a look at how Maurizio Sarri's stubbornness seems to be costing Chelsea points. Plus we...

Manchester United continue their winning streak under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. Sam Dean updates us on the intriguing Mesut Özil situation at Arsenal and we review their 1-0 loss to West Ham United at the weekend. Plus we hear how Ramsey will be received at Juventus and assess the fortunes of clubs at the bottom, namely Fulham , Southampton and NewcastleSub...

It was a weekend of upsets in the FA Cup with Newport County, Barnet, Oldham and Gillingham all beating superior opposition. We review the best (and worst) of the third round as well as debating Fabregas’ status as a Premier League legend and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s promising start as Manchester United boss. Subscribe to Audio Football Club to make sure you never miss an episode and email us at afc...

It's been a packed and unpredictable period since we last brought you an episode and we're trying our very best to digest the entire football festive feast in just fifty minutes. Sit tight. We cover Man City's stumble, Tottenham's 72 hour title challenge and Liverpool's quite incredible defensive record. Plus there's the Old Firm, VAR controversy in Italy and New Year's resolutions for a few playe...

It's a festive extravaganza today as the team dish out the first ever Telegraph AFC end of year awards. It's been an eventful year in football and it can be easy to forget the highs and lows of the last 12 months, we had a fantastic World Cup (football almost came home), Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Italy and made Real Madrid rubbish and Jose Mourinho was sacked and replaced with a manager whose las...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Matt LawThere’s shock as we learn that Liverpool are much better than Manchester United, we’re in awe of the new found heading prowess of Southampton and a Champions League draw arrives midway through proceedings to liven up proceedings. There’s plenty of ire left for the Bundesliga and heaps of praise f...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Jason BurtToday, rescind the premature league title, as Manchester City come undone against a well-organised Chelsea side but some fans in the Chelsea end rather ruin the evening by behaving like total idiots to Raheem Sterling.  Elsewhere Liverpool top the table thanks to a rampant Mo Salah. They face N...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Matt LawToday we react to the news that Mark Hughes has been aggressively volleyed through the exit door at Southampton. Who will come in to replace him in Hampshire and what is the next chapter in the increasingly repetitive story of Sparky? We also talk about a derby-tastic Sunday in the Premier League...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs today it's Mina Rzouki, Charlie Eccleshare and Matt LawOn the show this week there's a thorough assessment of a thrilling London derby at Wembley and the immediate impact made by Claudio Ranieri as his new team overcame the might of SouthamptonLiverpool and Arsenal get gritty, Manchester City bring home the bacon as they roll over We...

Hello podcast fans and welcome to a special bonus episode of Telegraph Audio Football ClubToday we’re taking a brief break from our usual routine to talk to a TV presenter, writer and, most famously the singer for Madness. Yes, it’s proper Chelsea fan Suggs. Suggs reminisces on his early visits to Stamford Bridge in the 70s through to recording an FA Cup final single with Dennis Wise and Gianluca...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs today it's Jason Burt, JJ Bull and Matt Law. There's reaction to the the mighty footballing nation of England, and their greatest year since 1966. Ruminations on the mighty Nations League, the greatest football competition since the ICC.We come crashing down to earth with a summary of the rest of the UK and Ireland’s national footbal...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs today it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Matt Law. Today we painstakingly dissect the Manchester derby, praise Spurs and Chelsea and debate whether or not it’s time for Slavisa Jokanovic to take the next boat out of Craven Cottage. Our now customary whistlestop tour around Europe takes in a thrilling Der Klassiker, an emotional match betw...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs today it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Matt Law. On the podcast today: flying goalkeepers and a last gasp equaliser at Ashburton Grove as Arsenal took on Liverpool, the evolution of Chelsea’s sensitive striking sensation Alvaro Morata, and when is it correct to show Mark Hughes the Southampton exit door. There's a European round-up, exa...

Welcome to the Telegraph Audio Football Club, joining Thom Gibbs today it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Jim WhiteOn the podcast today: Arsenal stop winning, but does that mean we need to disembark from the Unai Emery excitement train?  An audio trip to Merseyside as Liverpool continue to impress and Manchester United stake their claim for a hallowed Europa League spot. Plus a look ahead, at the time...

It was a reasonably eventful weekend in the Premier League but with Jose Mourinho returning to Stamford Bridge what did you expect? Joining Thom Gibbs on AFC it's Mina Rzouki, JJ Bull and Sam Dean. We dissect events both on and off the pitch at Chelsea, failings across West London at Fulham and spend an appropriate amount of time waxing lyrical about the Manchester City footballing supermen. Plus...