Football Talk - The Yorkshire Post

On this week's show, host Mark Singleton is joined by The YP's chief football writer Stuart Rayner and YP football reporter Tom Coates, the three of them starting by saluting the heroics of England in their magnificent 3-2 win over co-hosts Mexico on Sunday night – against all the odds.  They then turn their attentions to closer to home and the latest transfer news involving Yorkshire’s clubs – st...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to pick over England’s progression in the World Cup, topping the group with a 2-0 win over Panama before edging out the Demorcratic Republic of Congo 2-1 on Wednesday night, setting up a last 16 encounter with co-hosts Mexico on Sunday night.  Closer to home, the panel discusses the impact of Pascal Struijk’s departure...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to assess the latest World Cup action, focussing on England’s 0-0 draw with Ghana in Boston in their second group game.  Given their two performances so far, what are the chances of England going all the way in North America and ending that 60 years of hurt?  Elsewhere, the panel discuss recent transfer moves involving...

In this edition of the FootballTalk Podcast, we take out first look at the 2026 World Cup, the winners and losers in the first week, while assessing England’s promising performance in their 4-2 win over Croatia on Wednesday night in Dallas.  Closer to home, Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton turn their attention to Sheffield Wednesday and the appointment of new sporting director...

On this week’s show, The YP’s chief football writer Stuart Rayner joins host Mark Singleton to reflect on the all-Yorkshire Championship play-off final between Hull City and Middlesbrough at Wembley last Saturday – a game that was settled by a late Oli McBurnie goal which took the Tigers back to the Premier League for the first time since 2017. Leeds United lost their final game of the Premier Lea...

This week marks 10 years since Sheffield Wednesday were 90 minutes away from ending what was back then a 16-year absence from the Premier League. But it was Hull City who got over the line and on to the riches promised by the English game's top-flight. Last weekend, the Tigers booked their own return to the Premier League by beating Middlesbrough, but the Owls' fate had long been sealed wi...

Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton once again, this week starting the chat by reviewing Bradford City’s 2025-26 campaign, having come up just short in the League One play-off semi-finals when losing out to Bolton Wanderers. Leeds United continued their strong finish to the season with a 1-0 win at home to Brighton & Hove Albion, proving a strong platform for when they re...

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to applaud Leeds United following a campaign which has seen them all but confirm their Premier League status for the 2026-27 season. Last week’s 3-1 win at home to Burnley – combined with subsequent results elsewhere – left Daniel Farke’s team seven points clear of the drop zone with three games to play. Leeds...

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join Mark Singleton again, starting off the discussion with Leeds United’s latest Wembley outing, which saw them lose 1-0 to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final. By contrast, the tears of heartache at Wembley were a far cry from the previous day’s events at Spotland, when York City clinched promotion back to the EFL for the first time in...

On this week’s podcast we start in the Premier League and the massive step towards safety that Leeds United took with a convincing 3-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, while also looking forward – BEFORE news came out of Liam Rosenior’s sacking at Stamford Bridge  – to their FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley this Sunday.  There’s a review of the Yorkshire derby at Oakwell between...

YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join FootballTalk host Mark Singleton to cast an eye over the latest events in and around the Yorkshire football scene. They start off at Old Trafford where, on Monday night, Leeds United took a huge step to securing their Premier League status for a second season after beating Manchester United 2-1 – the win moving them six points clear of the...

The Yorkshire Post’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join FootballTalk host Mark Singleton once again and start by casting an eye over Middlesbrough’s chances of automatic promotion to the Premiership – chances that took a knock when they lost 2-1 to Millwall and then drop further points in a 2-2 draw with Swansea City. Hull City remain in with an outside chance of gatecrashing the top two but ar...

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, to assess where each of Premier League and EFL clubs lie ahead of the last few weeks of the 2025-26 season.  They start at Harrogate Town, Yorkshire’s sole League Two representative and who are almost starting into the abyss after a 2-0 defeat at home to Notts County combined with pos...

On this week’s show, Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner join host Mark Singleton and start off by assessing the Yorkshire derby between Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday – when the Tigers came from behind to win 3-1, maintaining their push for automatic promotion while piling on the agony for the beleagured Owls. In another Yorkshire derby, Doncaster Rovers took the points in a 1-0 win over Barnsley...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton and start at the Riverside with promotion-chasing Middlesbrough - currently gunning for automatic promotion from the Championship.  This week saw them fall to a 1-0 defeat against Charlton Athletic before behind held to a 1-1 draw by Bristol City, a result which leaves them in the top t...

The YP’s football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner join host Mark Singleton once again to cast their eyes over the last few days of the Yorkshire footballing landscape.  This week, they start with the League One Yorkshire derby between Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United, one which saw the Terriers edge to a 1-0 win and maintain their play-off hopes, while making life more difficult dow...

On this week’s show, YP football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner join host Mark Singleton to discuss whether there are any genuine causes for concern at Leeds United – following 1-0 defeats to Manchester City and Sunderland, both at Elland Road. Sheffield Wednesday’s takeover saga rumbles on, with the panel looking at the work that needs to be done when the club is eventually taken over –...

The FootballTalk panel start this week’s podcast off at the Steel City derby, which saw Sheffield United come out on top with a 3-1 victory and in the process confirm Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation to League One.  What are the implications for the Owls and how long will it take for them to get back up to the Championship? The Yorkshire derby between Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United also com...

On this week’s show, The Yorkshire Post’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton once again to go through the latest action involving Yorkshire’s leading clubs.  They start by casting an eye over events at the MKM Stadium last Friday in the FA Cup fourth round when Hull City hosted Premier League Chelsea, now managed by former Tigers manager, Liam Rosenior, who led his players t...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton and begin by analysing Hull City’s defeat at home to Championship rivals Bristol City and where it leaves a promotion push which, at the start of the season, was not predicted by many.  Huddersfield Town continue to impress under Liam Manning, strengthening their play-off claims after coming fr...

This week's show sees our panel assess Leeds United's 4-0 home defeat by Premier League Arsenal and what impact it will have on their ability to beat the drop.  How much of a lift will Sheffield United's 3-1 come-from-behind win over Oxford United give their outside chances of making the play-offs and can Bradford City's ability to snap a three-game losing streak with a 1-0 derby w...

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to sift through the latest action on and off the pitch involving Yorkshire’s leading clubs.  They start in the Premier League and Leeds United’s 1-1 draw at Everton on Monday night which, while keeping them clear of the bottom three, could have been more having taken the lead at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. Next...

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by YP football writer Leon Wobschall to cast an eye over the latest action on and off the pitch involving Yorkshire’s Premier League and EFL clubs. They start off by analysing Leeds United’s 1-0 win over Fulham and its impact on their survival chances in the top-flight – the victory stretching their unbeaten run at home to five games. Then they tu...

The FA Cup third round took up the weekend, with Hull City and Leeds United Yorkshire’s only remaining representatives in the next round, after their respective wins over Blackburn Rovers and Derby County. Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the ties, as well as focussing on Hull’s fourth round opponents, which brings them up against former Tigers’ manager, Liam Ro...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner join host Mark Singleton to discuss the respective festive fortunes of Yorkshire’s Premier League and EFL clubs.  In the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday – seemingly condemned to relegation due to the points deductions – claimed draws against Hull City and Blackburn Rovers, while Middlesbrough and Hull City enjoyed mi...