Football Talk - The Yorkshire Post

The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to cast an eye over all ELEVEN of Yorkshire’s Premier League and EFL clubs and how their respective 2025-26 campaigns have gone so far.  Have Leeds United laid the foundation to help them survive their first season back in the top-flight, are Middlesbrough and Hull City realistic candidates for automatic promotio...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Tom Coates join host Mark Singleton to discuss Leeds United’s continued promise in the Premier League after gaining a vital point at Brentford. They discuss whether there are any positive signs for Sheffield Wednesdady, before switching to League One to focus on Bradford City’s continued good form, the kind that means they head into this weekend second in the...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look at the Championship clash between Hull City and Middlesbrough and how new head coach Kim Hellberg has hit the ground running at the Riverside. It’s also time to reflect on a positive weekend for Leeds United, who took took four points from their three games against Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool.  Sheffi...

On this week’s show, Yorkshire Post football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news on the White Rose football scene. Recorded ahead of Leeds United’s 3-1 win at home to Chelsea on Wednesday night, they start with Leeds’ visit on Saturday to the Etihad Stadium to take on Manchester City which ended in another frustrating defeat when they lost 3...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleston and start off by celebrating the promise shown by Barnsley in their 5-0 thrashing of Luton Town – a result which left them just three points outside of the play-off places.  Bradford City had to settle for a point at in-form Bolton Wanderers, enough to move them up to second in the standings and give them confidence go...

On this week’s show, Yorkshire Post football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the end of England’s near-perfect World Cup qualifying campaign and who is likely to be on the plane sat behind head coach Thomas Tuchel when the squad heads to North America next summer.  Despite the international break, several Yorkshire teams were still in action, with the p...

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by Yorkshire Post football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall to discuss the latest issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene.  They start in the Premier League and Leeds United and how much cause for concern there should be for their survival following their 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest – their fourth loss in five games. The team a...

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by The YP's chief football writer Stuart Rayner and football reporter Tom Coates.  They start by delving into how realistic a relegation battle may be for Sheffield United as they remain rooted in the Championship’s  bottom three following back-to-back losses to Derby County and leaders Coventry City.  They also cast an eye over any causes for...

On this week’s show we get to find out what English football’s new regulator David Kogan hopoes to achieve at crisi-torn Sheffield Wednesday, who continue to be held back by the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri. Rotherham United picked up just their third win of a so-far disappointing League One campaign but, even more crucially, it was an all-too-rare away triumph, goals from Joe Rafferty and Josh B...

On this week’s show, the latest international break seems the ideal time to assess the story so far for Leeds United on their return to the Premier League and whether dropped points in three of their last four games will come back to haunt them at the business end of the season It was another week for important Yorkshire derbies with Hull City getting the better of Sheffield United to pile on the...

On this week’s show we consider another valuable point towards survival gained by Leeds United but was it another opportunity missed having conceded so late at home to Bournemouth. In the Championship, Sheffield United enjoyed a brief glimmer of hope with a narrow victory at Chris Wilder’s former club OXford United, only to be brought crashing back down to earth with a 2-1 defeat to Southampton at...

On this week’s show, the YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Phil Harrison to salute the gallant efforts of our League One clubs as they took on Premier League opposition in the third round of the League Cup. Barnsley, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City all had giant-killing opportunities but, ultimately, it proved beyond them, despite some i...

On this week's show, The YP football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Phil Harrison to discuss the latest White Rose football news . This includes: Sheffield United rewind 90 days to bring back Chris Wilder ... Middlesbrough’s storming start to the 2025-26 season ... Sheffield Wednesday’s Cup positives ... Leeds United’s firepower concerns AND dissecting the latest Yorksh...

In this week’s show, we look at the loss of Yorkshire’s last remaining unbeaten record in League One after Bradford City went down 3-1 at Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers.  We reflect on a good news/bad news week for Rotherham United who ended their wait for a second win of the season only to then be hit by some cruelly-timed news on the injury front.  Thomas Tuchel’s England team took another bi...

On this week’s show we look back over the summer transfer window and determine who Yorkshire’s winners and losers were when it came to making deals, holding on to prized assets and missing out on desired targets. Before that, we also look back at a weekend which brought us THREE Yorkshire derbies - Middlesbrough versus Sheffield United in the Championship and League One tussles between Barnsley an...

On this week's show, host Phil Harrison is joined by The YP's football writing team of Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner. They kick off by discussing Leeds United's reality check with defeats at Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, the Owls finally enjoying some positives with their League Cup triumph over their Yorkshire rivals and their come-from-behind first league point at Wrexham. Stil...

On this week’s show host Phil harrison is joined by Yorkshire Post football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall. They reflect on Leeds United’s positive return to the Premier League with victory over Everton at Elland Road, while contrasting the early Championship fortunes of troubled Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday with those of unbeaten Middlesbrough and Hull City. 

On this week's show Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschalljoin host Phil Harrison to reflect on a perfect opening weekend in League One and league Two which brought wins for every Yorkshire club - Barnsley, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United in League One, and Harrogate Town in League Two. PLUS the team also look ahead to this weekend which sees our FOUR Champion...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writer, Leon Wobschall, joins host Mark Singleton to preview the 2025-26 season for League One hopefuls Barnsley, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United as well as our sole League Two representative in League Two, Harrogate Town.  They also assess the news this week that Danny Rohl’s long-expected departure from Sheffield Wedn...

It is time for The Yorkshire Post to bring you a summer update for some of our White Rose clubs and how well – or otherwise – they are preparing for the 2025-26 EFL campaign.  This week, Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner join host Mark Singleton to focus on the NINE Championship and League One teams that will be in action next season.  It has been a messy summer for a number of our clubs, most nota...

The FootballTalk team assess the big change at Bramall Lane which sees Chris Wilder depart before the Blades board appoint former Hull City boss Ruben Selles as his replacement Recorded: June 19, 2025

The FootballTalk Podcast team assess the appointment of Lee Grant as manager by Huddersfield Town Recorded: June 2, 2025

On this week’s show, - the last one covering the 2024-25 season for Yorkshire's clubs - The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Tom Coates join host Mark Singleton to pick over the agonising 2-1 loss for Sheffield United in Saturday’s Championship play-off final against Sunderland at Wembley and how they bounce back to ensure an automatic promotion spot come the end of the 2025-26 season.  It is also time...

Sheffield United plan for their date with destiny as they prepare to take on Sunderland in the Championship play-off final at Wembley, with our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton assessing the Blades’ chances of securing a return to the Premier League.  They also ponder what is next for Hull City after the sacking of head coach Ruben Selles, who despite keeping the Tige...

On this week’s show, our panel start by looking at Sheffield United clinching their place in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday, May 24 with a convincing 6-0 aggregate win over Bristol City. They will face Sunderland, who beat Coventry City over two legs. Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton also cast their eyes over the retained lists released by Yorkshire’s c...