For Footies Sake Podcast

We delve into the financial side of football and look into why clubs qualifying for European competition are being fined heavily and whether or not it's worth it with the imbalance of PSR nation to nation.

In a brand new season of the FFS Podcast, Izaak is joined by two new co-hosts in Jon and Harry. The trio talk all things World Cup so far and take part in a forfeit quiz to wrap things up.

With 8 games left in the Premier League this season, we take a look at who could be facing the drop, or if we are going to be seeing a great escape to go alongside Leicester, West Brom and Sunderland, are just a few we take a look at.

With many talks about who should go to the World Cup, we take a look at who shouldn't be on the plane to America in the summer.

We take a look at three new changes in football, that could revolutionise or destroy the game.

We take a look into mental health struggles in the professional game and how players have been affected by their status, despite it usually being a dream job.

With the League Phase for all three European competitions coming to a close, we take a look back at how the league has panned out, the shocks, the disappointments.

With the abrupt end to a handful of Premier League managers we look into what went wrong and who could be on the chopping block next.

We take a look back at the weekend's FA Cup Third Round. The shocks, the records, the away fans and all the goals.

Join us as Izaak and Jason compete in a quiz expertly hosted by Sam Cumiskey, as they battle it out to be crowned Big Fat Quiz of The Footballing Year 2025 Champion.

As the group stage draws to a close in Morocco we look at some of the highlights of the AFCON group stages and take a look at the players involved in this year's tournament.

We summon our inner Warwick Davis and put each other to the test in 3 rounds of 'Tenable'.

We take a deep dive into how the EFL season is playing out and what clubs are currently on unexpected journeys or perhaps tossing and turning at night for how poorly it's going. We also ask the question of whether the EFL is more ruthless and cutthroat than the Premier League?

With all spots almost full for next year's World Cup, we take a look at the play off format and what we could be looking forward to see in the US, Canada and Mexico.

We take a look at the weird and wonderful side of football that not everyone talks about. From superstitions, odd injuries, and funny stories from the world of football, you can't believe are true.

We look at how youth football has changed and how opportunities for young players have shifted for players trying to avoid the loan carousel.

We go into detail on VAR and how it has worked since its introduction into football in 2018 and the Premier League in 2019.

Going north of the border, we take a look at how Scottish football is going this year, but also take a look at previous seasons and how previous events have impacted the state of the league and country's footballing antics.

We revisit our managerial sacking predictions after seeing the first managerial departures of the season and reflect on how we have done and what decisions and events have caught our eye in the opening months of the season.

We have the privilege of being joined by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Cambridge United Co-commentator Doug Shulman. He give us a great insight into what it means to work in local radio and how the world of digital media is developing.

We gather a shortlist of players, managers, and clubs for different categories and name our top 5 lists for each.

We are joined by the great Matthew Nathan-Pepple, who helped England to an 8th place finish as part of the coaching team. He brings so much positive energy and "flavour" to this episode, discussing what happens behind the scenes between tournaments, as well as what they try to do to make the Homeless World Cup an everlasting memory for everyone involved.

We are once again lucky to be joined by a guest on this episode. Matthew Williams is the Marketing and PR Manager of the Homeless World Cup Foundation and shines a light on all the hard work that goes into creating this sporting spectacle, but also what goes on behind the scenes and between tournaments that keeps the train chugging throughout the year and since 2003.

We have the pleasure of talking to Michael Boyd OBE on this weeks episode. We discuss how football can be used as a tool to bring people together, end segregation and improve lives.

We talk through some of the footballing headlines of the last couple weeks, giving our own opinions on the subjects.