Football Talk - The Yorkshire Post

On this week's show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the respective promotion chances in the Championship of both Leeds United and Sheffield United, a few days after the two teams met at Elland Road. The panel also cast an eye over Sheffield Wednesday's stop-start season, with a winning run difficult to come by PLUS they analyse Hull City's performance against Champions...

On this week's show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the reasons behind Sheffield United’s stunning start to the Championship season and how close they and Yorkshire rivals Leeds United will push each other this season – the two sides face each other after the international break on Friday, October 18, with the second-placed Blades ahead of...

In this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss why Barnsley might be glad to hit the road for this weekend’s derby clash at League One rivals Huddersfield Town, given their struggles so far this season at Oakwell.  How satisfied will Leeds United be in the Championship after they followed up a resounding 3-0 win at home to Coventry City ahead of a 1-1 draw at man...

On this week’s episode, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton zone in on Sheffield United’s promising start to the Championship season, following their 1-0 win over Derby County at Bramall Lane.  But, one tier below, there are frustrations for Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town – the Millers suffering a stop-start campaign so far in 2024-25, while the Terriers have...

On this week’s show, Harrogate Town hit the rwind button with yet more Yorkshire derby success, this time over League Two rivals, Doncaster Rovers – will the 2-0 win spark their season into life.  In the Championship, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton assess the contrasting starts to the 24-25 campaign for Sheffield United and Hull City after their derby date, plus...

Lee Carsley had a promising start to life as England’s interim manager as the national team moved on from the Gareth Southgate era. Stuart Rayner was at Wembley for the Nations League over Finland and, along with Leon Wobschall, assesses both that performance and the win in Dublin over the Republic of Ireland on Saturday. The team then turn their attention to the EFL and the handful of Yorkshire t...

With Leeds United having got the better of Hull City in their Elland Road Yorkshire derby, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the season so far for both teams as we head into the first international break of the 2024-25 campaign.  Another derby battle provides the material for the next discussion as Rotherham United finally got off the mark in terms of both goals and point...

As we near the end of the first month of action in the EFL, football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the story so far for a number of our teams, starting with Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, whose meeting last weekend produced a comfortable win for the Whites. They also turn their attention to a tough start to the season for Hull City under Tim Walter, contrasted by the 100 p...

On this week's show, there was a bit of a reality check for Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough - the FootballTalk team of Mark Singleton, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the implications. The panel also cast an eye over the start of what Rotherham United hope will be a promotion campaign in League One.

On this week's show, we assess Barnsley's continuing struggles at home and Hull City's struggles to find a win, while Leeds United followed up a thrilling 3-3 draw with Portsmouth with defeat to Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup. What can be read into Sheffield Wednesday's 4-0 thrashing of newly-promoted Plymouth Argyle and should Sheffield United fans temper their expectations despite...

In the last podcast of the 2023-24 campaign, YP football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner get together with host Mark Singleton to discuss the final talking points of the season.  They start at Wembley and yet more play-off heartache for Leeds United who were edged out by Southampton in the Championship play-off final, missing out on an immediate return to the Premier League in the process...

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look forward to Sunday’s Championship play-off final clash between Leeds United and Southampton at Wembley.  They also reflect on the end of Sheffield United’s miserable return to the Premier League, a campaign which saw them suffer an immediate relegation back to the Championship and leaves Chris...

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the latest few days of the Yorkshire football scene.  They start in the Championship and Huddersfield Town where, soon after Andrew Breitenreiter’s passing through the exit door following the Terriers’ relegation to League One, former Barnsley boss Michael Duff was heading in the other way to repl...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the closing of the Championship regular season and the onset of the League One and Two play-offs. Not surprisingly, they start with the shock sacking of Liam Rosenior by Hull City after the Tigers missed out on the play-offs by three points and one place.  Will the Tigers live to regret their decision to g...

On this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the relegation of Sheffield United – confirmed with a 5-1 defeat at Newcastle United. Where did it go wrong for the Blades and where do they go from here?  On a similar theme, Huddersfield Town are also heading down – save for some goalscoring miracle – after a 1-1 draw at home to Birmi...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news from around the Yorkshire football scene.  They discuss the shock sacking of Neill Collins by Barnsley, the Reds in a poor run of form, but still in the play-off places with just one game to go.  Huddersfield Town’s 4-0 defeat by Swansea City dealt their survival ho...

In this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss Hull City’s chances of making the Championship play-offs. With Just three games to go, they remain six points adrift of sixth spot.  Leeds United’s hopes of clinching a top-two automatic spot took a hit at the weekend with a home defeat to Blackburn Rovers – but results elsewhere meant they didn’t lose too mu...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. They start at the New York Stadium and what needs to happen next at Rotherham United after relegation after just two seasons in the Championship was confirmed and how they avoid being a yo-yo club between the second and thi...

Sheffield United looked to have found the winning formula only to be denied by Fulham in a 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane meaning they now sit 10 points from safety with nine games remaining and ahead of Thuesday’s trip to Anfield to take on Premier League high-fliers, Liverpool. Is there any hope of survival? Continuing the theme of those teams from the White Rose struggling down the bottom of the stan...

On this week’s podcast, Yorkshire Post football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to cast their eye over the latest news and issues surrounding Yorkshire’s leading football clubs.  They look at the fallout for both Harrogate Town and Bradford City following their latest derby meeting, as well as looking at Hull City’s chances of making the Championship play-offs....

On this week’s YP football writer Leon Wobschall joins host Mark Singleton to discuss the rise of Leeds United to the top of the Championship, what has got them there and whether they can cement a top two space and earn an immediate return to the Premier League.  They also reflect on the fallout from the 0-0 Yorkshire derby draw between Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town and how likely it is t...

On this week’s podcast, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news and issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. This week, they start at Hillsborough and the Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and the implications for each team’s respective fight at the opposite end of the table. They discuss th...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, pick over the bones of another surrender at Bramall Lane by Sheffield United – a ‘dreadful’ performance against Arsenal seeing them crash to a 6-0 defeat on Monday.  Also, they discuss why Leeds are so well-positioned for their push for automatic promotion from the Championship and how Sheffield Wednesday – under the...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss everything from Premier League to League Two football.  They start off in the top-flight and assessing the further dent to Sheffield United’s already-slim hopes of avoiding relegation following their 1-0 defeat to Wolves.  In the Championship, Leeds United now find themselves in a...

On this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss whether the point of no return has now arrived for Sheffield United in the Premier League, following their 5-0 defeat to Brighton.  They also look at what the future holds for Rotherham United who suffered two one-goal defeats this week, the second a last-gasp loss at Ipswich Town.  Wha...