Doing The 92

Club 24 of 92 is Millwall FC. Hosts James Gray and Daniel Storey converge on 'the Den' for a live recording of Doing The 92! They take in the delights of a 1-0 victory over Burnley, including bespoke carpets, Scott Parker's hair, and a linesman pulling a hamstring. You can read Daniel Storey's write-up of his trip to Millwall here . Hosts: James Gray, Daniel Storey Producer: John Rogers Learn more...

Club 23 of 92 in Burnley. Burnley is one of the oldest clubs in England, playing professional football as early as the 19th century, and one with FA Cup and First Division titles under their belts. In more recent years however, they've been the ultimate yo-yo club; too good for the Championship, too bad for the Premier League. In this episode, Daniel, James and guest Andrew Greaves (of From The Be...

Club 22 of 92 is AFC Bournemouth. Bournemouth are flying high these days under progressive Basque coach Andoni Iraola, but if you go back a couple of decades their entire existence was under threat, with administration and points deductions plunging the club down the football pyramid. The years of recovery have turned into years of Premier League stability. In this episode, Daniel sits down with o...

Club 21 of 92 is Cheltenham Town FC. Fresh from dropping into League 2 this year, the Robins aren't having the best couple of seasons. Sitting lower-midtable, they are struggling on the pitch - looking to avoid the dreaded double relegation - and off the pitch to engage punters. In this episode, James and Daniel speak to James Young, head of Cheltenham's supporters trust about some of the problems...

Club 20 of 92 is Walsall FC. Tucked away in the West Midlands, the Sadlers fly somewhat under the radar, surrounded as they are by the likes of Aston Villa, West Brom, and Wolves. Now in League 2, they find themselves looking upwards at a potential promotion push, but their best work might actually come away from the match day.  In this episode, James and Daniel discuss Walsall’s ‘Beat The Block’...

Club 19 of 92 is Fleetwood Town.  Known as ‘the Fishermen’, the coastal Fleetwood Town FC are one of the smallest clubs in the EFL by crowd size - their home at the Highbury Stadium barely gets 5,000 through the doors. Nevertheless, in the last few years, they are a club that has fought above their weight, climbing out of non-League to League 1 (before relegation to their current place in League 2...

Club 18 of 92 is Preston North End. The original 'Invincibles', PNE started life in the 19th century as one of England's elite clubs, doing the league and cup double without losing a game in 1888/89. However, this kind of success didn't quite make it to the 20th or 21st century. Preston have now been ensconced in the middle of the Championship for over a decade, finishing between 10th and 14th sev...

Club 17 of 92 is Birmingham City. Birmingham City are flying high at the top of League 1, fresh off a summer where they spent more money than Manchester City. The club's new American ownership group, including former NFL star Tom Brady, opened the chequebook to ensure a quick return to the Championship, and it seems to be working. But how ambitious is the club beyond that? James Gray and Daniel St...

Club 16 of 92 is Tottenham Hotspur. We enter the Premier League for the first time on Doing The 92 for a trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and a north London derby. It doesn't go well. In this episode James, Daniel and special guest Kat Lucas (assistant sports editor at the i paper and author of 'Tottenham, From the Lane: The Story of Spurs in N17'), to try and make heads or tails of the enig...

Club 15 of 92 is AFC Wimbledon. AFC Wimbledon rose from the ashes of Wimbledon FC, the club stolen from the community and airlifted to Milton Keynes. A couple of decades later, they're playing each other in League 2, with the Wombles having undergone a remarkable journey back to the EFL in record time. In this episode we hear about the 'not a derby' derby that Daniel takes in at Plough Lanes again...

Club 14 of 92 is Chesterfield. North Derbyshire's Chesterfield has a storied history of League football, but back-to-back relegations saw them slip into non-League for the first time in nearly 100 years in 2018. And it's not been smooth sailing off the pitch either. The recent decades have seen financial difficulties, an imprisoned former owner, and heroic fan-led organisations bailing the club ou...

Harrogate Town are club 13 of 92. Tucked away in North Yorkshire, Harrogate Town are arguably the smallest club in the EFL - at the very least they claim the smallest stadium, with Wetherby Road holding a mere 5000 people. Daniel takes the trip up to shadow manager Simon Weaver for the day. He gets more than he bargained for. From pre-match meal to squad tactical meeting to dressing room team talk...

Club 12 of 92 is Sheffield United. Daniel Storey makes his second trip of the season to Sheffield, this time to United rather than Wednesday. This podcast focuses on their history as one of the oldest clubs in England, and the latest iteration of the team under Chris Wilder. Is another promotion push on the cards? Early signs suggest they’ll be in and about the top six.  Daniel also manages to get...

Club 11 of 92 is Watford FC. Tom Cleverley is a familiar name in the football world. The former Manchester United and England midfielder found a home in his latter playing days at Vicarage Road, and has now risen through the club to take over as manager. And the early impressions are excellent. Hosts James and Daniel are joined by guest David Walker of From The Rookery End podcast, to get a fans-e...

Club 10 of Doing the 92 is Colchester United. Daniel talks us through his experience at Colchester United's Jobserve Community Stadium, where they lost 1-0 to Premier League Brentford in the EFL Cup. Despite the loss, Colchester held their own against top-tier opposition. Then we hear from Danny Cowley, who has returned to his roots in Essex. Known for his positive attitude and successful tenures...

Club 9 of Doing The 92 is Swansea City. James Gray and Daniel Storey discuss the unique South Wales derby between Swansea City and Cardiff City. Daniel recounts attending the "bubble match", where fans must travel on official coaches, leading to a long, arduous day. The conversation touches on the rivalry's deep-seated animosity and the challenges of balancing stability with ambition. They also de...

Club 8 of 92 is Exeter City. Exeter has just celebrated 20 years of fan ownership, but it's lucky to be alive at all. Before the fans took over, the club was on the brink of oblivion, in a scandal culminating in criminal charges being brought towards the former owners. In this episode, Daniel recalls one of his longest trips of the year to the south coast, to be with the Exeter faithful in the Big...

Club 7 of 92 is the oldest association football club in the world: Notts County. Founded in 1862, Notts County have been around for a while. They helped found the Football League as we know it today in 1888, gave their shirt colours to Juventus, and launched the career of Neil Warnock (among others!), but some of their best work is being done now, in 2024, off the pitch. In this episode, Daniel re...

Bolton Wanderers are club number 6 of 92 for Daniel Storey. In August 2019, Bolton Wanderers was days away from going out of existence. Now, under new ownership and management, the club is slowly rebuilding itself as a stalwart of the EFL once again. In this episode, hosts James Gray and Daniel Storey talk through Bolton's dramatic fall to the edge of extinction, and chart their ongoing recovery....

Coventry City are club 5 of 92 in Daniel Storey's tour of the EFL. A club with a troubled recent history of financial difficulty, stadium upheaval and underachievement, Coventry City nonetheless has one of the biggest followings in the Championship. And under new owner Doug King, they are a club with a fanbase looking up rather than down. James and Daniel are joined by guest Dominic Jerams, writer...

The newest members of the football league are… Bromley FC. For the first time in their 132-year history, the club on the outskirts of Greater London has made it into the football league. And for Daniel Storey, a trip to Hayes Lane is matchday 4 of Doing The 92. In this episode, we break down Bromley’s rise from a perennial non-league club to promotion from the National League, and their first-ever...

Daniel Storey’s third matchday sees him take a trip to Elland Road to see one of the fallen giants of English football: Leeds United. Rob Conlon from The Square Ball, a leading Leeds United fanzine, joins the pod to discuss both the past, present and future of Leeds United. How does their history of underachievement, chaos and near misses influence the psyche of the fans today? Can Leeds go one be...

Welcome to 'Doing the 92', a new podcast from the i newspaper. Over the course of the 2024/25 football season, we are following chief football writer Daniel Storey’s attempt to complete English football, by visiting all 92 clubs in the top four leagues of English football. For matchday two, Daniel travels another 176 miles down to Kenilworth Road and Luton Town FC. Host James Gray and Daniel discu...

Welcome to Doing The 92, a new podcast from the i newspaper. Over the course of the 2024/25 football season, we are following chief football writer Daniel Storey’s attempt to complete English football by visiting all 92 clubs in the top four leagues of English football. The first club up is Sheffield Wednesday, with Daniel heading to Hillsborough for the opening day of the season. We discuss the m...

Welcome to 'Doing The 92,' the podcast that shines a light on the unique stories, characters and traditions that make up the beating heart of the national game, by visiting every single stadium in English league football. In this introductory episode, Chief Football Writer for The i Paper, Daniel Storey, is joined by Sports News Correspondent, James Gray, to talk about the how's and why's of Danie...