Comedians Talking About Football

"Winning Euro 2024 would be like the ending to an incredible movie... Which is why it probably won't happen" As England's Euro 2024 campaign kicks-off, comedian and football funny-man Jim Daly discusses Southgate's 8 year reign as England manager... Has it been a success...? From missed penalties, to Pizza Hut, to managing England to their first major tournament final - How will the Southgate stor...

"So I was standing in Wales wearing an England shirt..." Comedian's Talking About Football Episode 34 with Lynsey Smart talking about the Scotland National Team With Euro 2024 upon us, Scottish comedian Lynsey Smart talks all things Tartan Army. From how to guess a Scottish person's pin number to re-living De Amitri's 'Don't come home too soon' Lynsey shares what it's really like to be a Scot marr...

"I've never known a fantasy Arsenal team to include Danny DeVito..." Comedian Katie Price, who recently made the final of the LGBTQ Comedian of the Year talks all things Arsenal FC From visiting Highbury with her Mum as a child to attending regular games at the Emirates Stadium with fellow-comic and previous ComTalkFootyPod guest Jamie D'Souza As usual, Katie picks her own, personal, fantasy team...

"Ali Dia has the biggest brag of all time, blagging his way on to a premier league pitch..." Comedian and football coach, Lee Hudson talks all things Southampton FC From a non-football family, the busiest man Sam Michael knows on the circuit talks about coordinating comedy gigs with football fixtures (once getting to watch 3 games within 24 hours!) with tales of his best and worst Southampton away...

"My team on FIFA were called Young Boys... Then I found out there was a team called Young Boys... I also think I invented the Mini..." Ollie Young is a young comedian who despite not remembering the 'Invincibles' talks all things (post 2007) Arsenal Football Club  A very funny chat with this up and coming star of the UK comedy circuit, Ollie gives us his brutal opinion of Arsenal Fan TV and his in...

"So... my mum pulls out a knife" Bristol based comedian Phil Wathern talks about his Bristol based team... Rovers! A life-long fan of the Gas, Phil talks about the highs and the lows of supporting the City's underdog and reflects on their rivalry with City. Phil also relives some of the worst away days and some of the best, including his mum brining a 'foreign object' into the stands... - Follow u...

"I tried to catch a packet of peanuts and nearly fell through the roof of the Gallowgate End stand..." Comedian and award-winning actor, as seen in Fisherman's Friends and I, Daniel Blake talks all things Newcastle United FC. Born and Bread, Tyneside Dave has been going to watch the Mighty Toon for over 60 years and in this fantastic episode of the podcast, he talks us through his experience as a...

"I went to school with the chairman of Bristol City but didn't realise it was him until he knew a bit too much about the Leroy Lita transfer move to Reading..." Comedian, elite football shirt collector and Robins fan, Matt Hobbs talks all things Bristol City FC A proper Bristolian Boy (but from North Brizzle, shh...) the club runs through Hobs veins from playing along side (but never speaking to)...

Comedian and Para Lions' partially-sighted player Josh Pugh talks about representing England at international Futsal We take a look back at our chat with Josh, where he shared his experience of losing his vision at an early age and being introduced to the Men's Partially Sighted England Team. He talks of his successes as a player, his teammates who inspired him and how the FA are really getting be...

"So tell us what happened on Adrian Chiles's stag do..." Kicking off a new series of the podcast for the 2023/2024 season is comedy circuit legend Karen Bayley chatting all things West Bromwich Albion  A follower of the Albion since having a childhood crush on Brian Robson, Karen takes us through her many years supporting the club, from the glory era to the yo-yo area to the (in her words) the 'we...

Who will win the 2023/2024 Premier League Title? Who will get relegated? Who will make the jump from the EFL? To help answer the questions every football fan is pondering pre-season, stand up comedian and 'gambling industry insider' Ed Pownall joins Sam Michael to share his predictions and tips for the 2023/2024 Premier League and EFL Football League Season. Although a veteran on the UK Comedy Cir...

Social media and stand up comedy star Andrew Mensah talks all things Fantasy Football League. The second coming of 'Statto' talks about filling the boots of Angus Loughran in the rebooted hit football comedy show from the 90's and shares stories from behind the scenes working with his comedy heroes Matt Lucas and Ellis James. A Palace fan, he discusses his cousin EBERECHI EZE's rise to the Premier...

Comedian and online cabbie star Trevor Bickles is a proper East End Geezer talking about a proper East End club... West Ham Utd From growing up a stones throw away to the Boleyn Ground and working at the old home of the Hammers, Trev shares his experiences of bumping into legendary players on a daily basis and the time he mistook one Scottish legend for something out of the Jurassic Park! We also...

This week Sam Michael is joined by comedian, social media star and Sky Blues fan Harvey Hawkins who talking all things... Dion Dublin! From kicking Birmingham City out of their own ground to having Coventry City legend deliver your post, Harvey talks about his early memory of 'the Premiership years' a fall from grace and Cov's recent return to the second flight of English Football. Harvey also pro...

Comedian, co-host of the Dead Men Talking podcast and official Good Morning Britain boomer-basher, Freddy Quinne talks about Manchester United. At last, a United fan on the podcast who lives above London! After a turbulent decade for the Red Devils, Freddy talks about the most frustrating moments of being a fan and why he thinks the club is being held back. We discuss each managerial period since...

Pass and move - it's the Liverpool Groove! Series 3 kicks off with comedian Dave Bibby reliving 30 years of hurt waiting for Liverpool FC to lift the Premier League. Welcome to a new series of the Comedians Talking About Podcast, and as season 3 takes place during the 30th anniversary of the Premier League, where better to start than with Dave Bibby and host Sam Michael getting nostalgic over 90's...

Before the 2022/2023 Premier League season kicks off, Sam Michael speaks to comedians, podcasters and fantasy football fanatics Tom Glover and Daniel Fitzhenry. Join the Comedians Talking About Football Fantasy Football League here: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/7phymdWho's the first pick of the season? Who's the best bargain to net 20+ goals this season? Who in god's name sh...

Comedian and England Fusal International Josh Pugh talks 55 Years years of hurt and England's Euro 2020 journey in this Euros Special! In what should have been Sam Michael and Josh zoom calling each other live from a 48 hour bender celebrating football coming home, a slightly worse-for-wear pair of comics come to terms with England's Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy.  They discuss what was an amazi...

The Gaffer himself, comedian and Twitch streamer Bilal Zafar talks all things PES United. Since lockdown came along in 2020 and live comedy ended up as null and voided just as League 1 & League 2; Bilal Zafar took to Twitch where he started the new interactive-improvised-comedy Hot Peppsy, where he plays the slightly disturbed football manager of PES United on the PlayStation classic, PES 5. Along...

Comedian and Gunners fan Jamie D'Souza got into football at the age of 11 and as the 'The Invincible' came to the end of their reign... So Jamie talks about how it's all been downhill for Arsenal ever since. We talk Saka's chances of making an impression for England at the Euros, if Arteta is the man to bring home the Premier League title (or even the Papa Johns Cup) home to The Emirates and why J...

Comedian and highly regarded MC of comedy nights/Richard Cresswell after dinner speeches Jonathan Elston talks all things Rotherham Utd. A fan of The Millers since he was a child, which was natural growing up in the streets of *checks notes* Croydon... Jonathan looks back on what has sadly been a not-so-successful year for Rotherham, whilst reminiscing on the heroes from his youth in his all-time...

Comedian Andrew White grew up in a family of Cherries fans, including his Nan (AKA Nan Kermorgant!) a Vitality Stadium legend. A fan since childhood, Andrew has seen his club go from a relegation battle in League 2 to 4 seasons in the Premier League, even finishing as high as 9th in the top flight. We also talk about bizarre job of football mascots in lockdown and why the AFC Bournemouth badge has...

North Yorkshire's own Maisie Adam talks about all things LEEDS! LEEDS! LEEDS! As seen on Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, Would I Lie To You and many other TV comedy shows, Maisie Adam is one of the hottest acts in the UK at the moment, so it's only natural she supports one of the hottest teams in England right now, the mighty whites! We talk everything Leeds Utd from 16 years in the limbo...

In this special episode of Sam Michael is joined by comedians Jamie D'Souza, Dan Fitzhenry and Lee Hudson and discuss the craziest 48 hours in English football since the Three Lions won a penalty shootout at World Cup 2018. How did football change for the worse and how, now the fiasco is over, will English and European football change going forward...Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComTa...

Comedian, former Ice Cream Seller and CAPS LOCK lover Martin Wratten talks all things Pompey FC. As Portsmouth's youngest 'life time season ticket holder' - Martin has pretty much seen it all at Fratton Park, from League 1 and League Trophy campaigns to FA Cup glory and Europe. We also talk about the time we gigged for the Michael family off Gogglebox. The last ever '10 question sudden death quiz'...