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This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 02/11/24. This Podcast welcomes a number of guests and friends of the pod: Terry, Xavier, Michael and Ray. As it is the final episode of Season 3, it was decided that a 1990s football quiz would be a fitting end to this current season and also to test the knowledge of some of my most faithful followers of the pod. There are 6 rounds i...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 26/10/24. This Podcast welcomes my new guest, Ray. We reflect on some wonderful playmakers that graced football in the 1990s. Having come up with 10 of the best playmakers together (in our opinion), we order the players from 10-1, who, in our opinion, could be regarded as the best playmaker.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 20/10/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend, Neil. Neil and I discuss the magic of a cup competition. We draw upon our own experiences as fans, of the clubs that we support. We also identify significant cup shocks that happened in the 1990s. Finally, we comment and give our opinions on the decisions to remove replays for domestic c...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 13/10/24. This Podcast welcomes my new guest, Michael. We reflect on International Cult Teams that played in the 1990s. Having come up with 10 of the best International Cult Teams together (in our opinion), we order the teams from 10-1, who, in our opinion, could be described as the team that deserves the biggest cult status.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 06/10/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Tom. Tom and I discuss football computer games from the 1990s. We offer opinions on a range of computer games that we played growing up. We talk about the game play, the impact it had on us and how much we enjoyed playing football computer games from that period.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 28/09/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Xavier. Xavier and I discuss football shirts. We reflect on our own experiences of buying football shirts both as children and as adults. We chose ten football shirts to talk about that we thought were iconic in the 1990s, including club shirts from: England, Italy, Spain, France and The...

S3: E4: The American Dream: Soccer Special. This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 22/09/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Kieron. Kieron and I discuss some history and the growing popularity of soccer in America from the 1990s. Kieron reflects on what his experiences were like living in America in the early noughties. He delves into his experience of both coaching...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 19/08/24. This Podcast welcomes my dad Terry and my Uncle Danny. Terry and Danny reflect on what football was like back in the 1960s and 1970s. They discuss their own experiences growing up, both playing and watching football. Also, they discuss the coverage of football as well as the matchday experience and teams and players. We also...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 11/08/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Paul. We reflect on cult teams that played in the Premier League in the 1990s. Having come up with 10 of the best cult teams together (in our opinion), we order the teams from 10-1, who, in our opinion, could be described as the team that deserves the biggest cult status.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 01/08/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Yohance. We reflect on some wonderful foreign footballers that graced the Premier League in the 1990s. Having come up with 10 of the best imports together (in our opinion), we order the players from 10-1, who, in our opinion, had the most impact on the English game.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 20/07/24. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Andy. We discuss Euro 2024 and navigate our way through England’s tournament from beginning to end. We also discuss Gareth Southgate’s tenure as England manager and our opinion on who should be offered the job next.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 11/06/23. This Podcast welcomes Heather as host, who interviews my dad and I about our new book titled: THE WEST HAM UNITED JOURNEY: FATHER & SON - OUR MOST MEMORABLE GAMES. If you listen and are interested in ordering a copy, you can email me at: gpittybooks@gmail.com. Also please follow on Twitter: @GPittybooks and Instagram: gp...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 20/02/21. This Podcast welcomes my good friend James. We take a trip down memory lane and discuss a range of topics as to why the 90’s was great for a fan. We talk about the introduction of Sky Sports to Fantasy Football; computer games to kits and many other topics.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 16/02/21. This Podcast welcomes Mark and Yohance. We discuss the England National Team in the 1990’s with Mark and Yohance picking their best England XI of the 1990’s. We discuss and debate and leave it up to the listeners: Which team do you prefer? Also, what England XI would you choose?

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 07/02/21. This Podcast welcomes Paul. We discuss a range of changes to the beautiful game from the offside rule to Kit technology: Predators, even the length of football shorts. We also discuss and debate about the impact these changes have had on players since the 1990’s.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 31/01/21. This Podcast welcomes Sam. We discuss rule changes in the beautiful game. We look at controversial decisions both in the 90’s and in modern day football.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 24/01/21. This Podcast welcomes both Paul and Louise. We discuss 1999, a significant year for my guests both personally and in football terms. We also discuss a 1-11 looking at a 1999 and 2008 team.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 16/01/21. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Carl. We discuss Carl’s experiences of being coached as a footballer, then becoming a coach himself. Also, we discuss a new venture into a traditional football pastime: Subbuteo now in the 21st Century.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 10/01/21. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Xavier. We discuss Xavier’s experiences of growing up in Paris, France and supporting PSG, French football in the 1990’s and the influence of French Managers and players on the Premier League in mid to late 90’s.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 02/01/21. It was then sent out to family, friends and new listeners, who commented on it. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Sam. We discuss Sam’s experiences, growing up playing and watching football and his experiences of watching West Ham in an up and down period in the early noughties.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 27/12/20. It was then sent out to family, friends and new listeners, who commented on it. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Tom. We discuss Tom’s experiences of supporting Tottenham Hotspur throughout the 1990’s and we discuss a football tour to Germany in 1994, which has a link to Jurgen Klinsmann.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 23/12/20. It was then sent out to family, friends and new listeners, who commented on it. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Andy (who appeared in both Episode 2 and 10 of Season 1). We discuss Italia 90. My first real World Cup experience. We discuss players, goals, music and of course Gazza and England’s journey to the Semi-Finals...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 26/07/20. It was then sent out to family, friends and new listeners, who commented on it. This Podcast welcomes back guests from the previous 9 episodes. This was the final episode of Season 1 of the Back In The Day Podcast. We discuss each guest’s experience of appearing as a guest and feedback that they received. Also, you find out...

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 19/07/20. It was then sent out to family, friends and new listeners, who commented on it. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Mark. We discuss and debate in this episode, choosing an Alternative XI during the 1992-1999 Premier League Years. We also conduct a voting system for listeners.

This episode of the Back In The Day Podcast was recorded on the 11/07/20. It was then sent out to family, friends and new listeners, who commented on it. This Podcast welcomes my good friend Dan. We discuss our experiences of watching West Ham United as teenagers in the Bobby Moore Lower Stand at Upton Park and discuss the ‘West Ham Way.’