Essential EFL

Simeon Gholam is joined by Curtis Davies and David Stowell for the League One & Two Review on the Essential EFL podcast. The panel take a look at back at a madcap EFL weekend, which saw 40 goals scored across 12 games on Saturday - assessing the two games in League One which saw Peterborough fight back to draw 3-3 with Rotherham and Shrewsbury win 5-3 at Crawley. Onto League Two and it is Port...

Joining Simeon Gholam on this week’s EFL interviews: Morecambe's Rhys Williams talks about his Liverpool whirlwind, Bradford's Olly Sanderson on breaking into the game and his hopes for the future and Grimsby's Charles Vernam on his Goal of the Month exploits. Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You can also listen to Essential EFL on y...

Simeon Gholam is joined by Andy Hinchcliffe and Gary Weaver to look back on all the latest action from the Championship.  The panel look back on an incredible game between Sunderland and Leeds, Sheffield United's surge up the table and whether Wayne Rooney is starting to prove the doubters wrong at Plymouth. Attention then turns to whether VAR should be introduced to the Championship after the con...

Joining Simeon Gholam on this week’s EFL interviews: Portsmouth’s Josh Murphy says he’s confident Pompey can turn their season around; Hull City’s Canadian import Liam Millar on playing against Lionel Messi; and Chelsea goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina discusses his loan spell at Barnsley. Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You can also list...

Simeon Gholam is joined by Curtis Davies and David Stowell for the League One & Two Review on the Essential EFL podcast. The panel take a look at the flying start made by Birmingham in League One, and the starts made by Wrexham and Lincoln near the top of the table. Davies then assesses the fine start made by his former boss Steve Bruce at Blackpool, before analysing the poor start of Cambridg...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek Seven of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Plymouth vs Luton  Blackburn vs QPR  Derby vs Norwich  Sheff Wed vs West Brom  Swansea vs Bristol City Rest of the Saturday 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You c...

West Brom's Tom Fellows, Stockport's Louie Barry and Oxford's Mark Harris feature on the latest episode of The EFL Interviews. Simeon Gholam speaks to each of the three young forwards about their strong starts to the season and their hopes for the rest of the campaign. Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You can also listen to Essential...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek Six of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Stoke vs Hull Sunderland vs Middlesbrough  Norwich vs Watford  QPR vs Millwall  Preston vs Blackburn  Preamble and results review Rest of the Saturday 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You can...

Simeon Gholam speaks to three managers on the latest episode of 'The EFL Interviews' on the Essential EFL podcast. First up is the Championship's manager of the month for August, Sunderland's Regis Le Bris. He's followed by Phil Parkinson from Wrexham who took home the League One award. Finally, Lincoln City boss Michael Skubala speaks to Simeon after a positive start to the season for the Imps. D...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek Five of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Hull vs Sheff Utd Millwall vs Luton Leeds vs Burnley Oxford vs Stoke Portsmouth vs WBA Rest of the Saturday 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You can also listen to...

Sky Sports EFL Editor Simeon Gholam is joined by pundits Andy Hinchcliffe and David Prutton for the Championship Catch-up. The guests look back on the opening few weeks of the season, Sunderland's perfect start, the fate so far of the relegated trio as well as West Brom, Watford and Leeds. Hinchcliffe and Prutton then pay a touching tribute to Sol Bamba, the EFL legend, Sky Sports pundit and forme...

Simeon Gholam speaks to three more EFL players on the latest episode of The EFL Interviews. Sheffield United striker Kieffer Moore talks about settling in at Bramall Lane after getting a transfer sorted ahead of the new season. MK Dons midfielder Liam Kelly discusses what attracted him to play for the club in League Two despite winning promotion out of the division last season. And Salford striker...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek Four of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Luton vs QPR Burnley vs Blackburn Cardiff vs Middlesbrough  Coventry vs Norwich  Sheff Utd vs Watford (Sun 3pm) Rest of the Saturday 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-e...

Simeon Gholam speaks to Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl and Notts County striker David McGoldrick on this episode of The EFL Interviews. Rohl talks about his side's up and down start to the Championship season and also about his role as a TV pundit during Euro 2024. McGoldrick explains how he's enjoying being back in his home city of Nottingham and how he has managed to sustain a two decade...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek Three of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Sheff Wed vs Leeds QPR vs Plymouth  Hull vs Millwall Bristol City vs Coventry  Swansea vs Cardiff Rest of the Saturday 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essential-efl You can al...

Simeon Gholam presents the first episode of our new series on the Essential EFL podcast - The EFL Interviews. There's a Welsh theme to our first episode as Sim speaks to Swansea striker Liam Cullen ahead of Sunday's South Wales derby against Cardiff. Dan James tells us how he hopes Leeds can get over their playoff final defeat to Southampton at the end of last season, and Wrexham's Jack Marriott t...

Sky Sports Championship Predictions: Gameweek Two Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek Two of the 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble Coventry vs Oxford  West Brom vs Leeds  Derby vs Middlesbrough  Portsmouth vs Luton  Sunderland vs Sheff Wed  Rest of the Sat 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode h...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 46 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and season review Promotion race! Ipswich or Leeds? Relegation battle! Who will go down? Play-off race! Who will complete the top six? Rest of the final day games Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/essenti...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 45 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review QPR vs Leeds Hull vs Ipswich  Preston vs Leicester  Huddersfield vs Birmingham Sheff Wed vs West Brom Blackburn vs Coventry Rest of the Sat 3pms/weekend games Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skyspo...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 44 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Leicester vs West Brom Cardiff vs Southampton Huddersfield vs Swansea QPR vs Preston  Blackburn vs Sheff Wed  Middlesbrough vs Leeds Rest of the Sat 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.c...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 43 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Plymouth vs Leicester Leeds vs Blackburn Ipswich vs Middlesbrough Preston vs Norwich Birmingham vs Coventry Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Rest of the Sat 3pm games Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysport...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 41 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Rotherham vs Plymouth Norwich vs Ipswich  Coventry vs Leeds Leicester vs Birmingham Huddersfield vs Millwall QPR vs Sheff Wed Rest of the Sat 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports.com/esse...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at the Good Friday fixtures in the latest round of Sky Bet Championship matches. Running order… Preamble and results review Bristol City vs Leicester  Blackburn vs Ipswich Watford vs Leeds Huddersfield vs Coventry QPR vs Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea Rest of the Good Friday games Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcas...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 38 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Swansea vs Cardiff Birmingham vs Watford Ipswich vs Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland vs QPR West Brom vs Bristol City Leeds vs Millwall  Rest of the Sat 3pms Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:  skysports...

Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 37 of the Sky Bet Championship season. Running order… Preamble and results review Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Cardiff vs Ipswich Hull vs Leicester Millwall vs Birmingham Southampton vs Sunderland Huddersfield vs West Brom Rest of the weekend games Outro Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here:...