Going the Match Podcast

It's honest, it's transparent, it's emotional and it's the final episode of Going the Match with special guest Keith Salmon. With a very powerful message at the end. We talk 21/22 season, events in Paris Final, Tragedy Chanting, The Super League, VAR, Saudi Arabia's impact and Keith's new book. Thank you to all who've supported the podcast since day one!

We are delighted to be joined by Euan Burns from Total Italian Football to discuss Napoli ending their 33 year wait for a Scudetto.

We are delighted to welcome back to the podcast Dan Clubbe from The Redmen TV, as we dive deep into what’s gone wrong at Liverpool Football Club this season?

In light of the 21/22 Champions League Quarter Final Draw, we gathered up 14 individual reviews from all 8 teams to give us their perspectives on strengths and weakness and how they think it’ll play out over 2 legs! Credit and thanks to our guests for their reviews: Atletico - Alan Feehley City - Harry Siddall - Amos Murphy - Charlie Gordon LFC - Keith Salmon - Dan Clubbe - Phil McCullogh - Ian Yo...

We are delighted to welcome to the podcast all the way from Buenos Aires Argentina, Sam Kelly host of ‘Hand of Pod’ the worlds only Argentine Football Podcast. We discuss the highs, the lows and everything in between of the icon, legend and arguably worlds greatest, Diego Maradona. Sam tells us about Maradona’s upbringing, his early years at Boca Juniors, why the move to Barcelona didn’t quite wor...

We are delighted to welcome to the podcast Peter Kenny Jones, Liverpool Historian and Author of Liddell at One Hundred : A Family Portrait of a Liverpool Icon, Billy Liddell. We discuss how Peter begun following Liverpool Football Club, some of his stories following The Reds over the years, he talks about his book ‘Liddell at One Hundred’ and what gave him the drive to write it, what it was like f...

We are delighted to welcome to the podcast Lorenzo a lifelong Palermo FC fan and founder of ‘Ultra Palermo’. We find out what really happened to the Sicilian club? We discuss Lorenzo background supporting Palermo FC, the fantastic talent they had in the early 2000’s with the likes of Cavani, Dybala, Pastore, Belotti etc, almost making the Champions League, the late President Zamparine known as ‘Ma...

We are delighted to re-welcome back to the podcast Karan Tejwani, Author of ‘Glorious Reinvention’ a book telling the story of how Ajax rediscovered their mojo to compete again with Europe’s best. We discuss how exactly Ajax managed to rebuild their on-field and off-field standards that they are noutourisly known for, the impact individuals such as Cruyff, Van Der Sar and Overmars have had in the...

Newcastle United have now officially had the takeover completed by the ownership of Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. To discuss this, we are delighted to be joined by Keg of Magpie Channel to go through his emotions and reactions to this historic moment. We discuss having to endure the ownership of Mike Ashley and that now coming to an end, how it’ll impact the atmosphere at St James Park, po...

The Red Bull model sees the ownership of 4 clubs in RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg, New York Red Bull and Red Bull Bragantino. We are delighted to be joined by Karan Tejwani, Author of ‘Wings of Change’ a book telling the story of how the worlds biggest energy drink made its mark in the world of football. We discuss how the model works, the style of play implemented, the personal behind the scenes,...

With the recent news of Lionel Messi now officially leaving Barcelona and not signing a new contract with the Catalan club. We thought this was too historic of a moment not to do an episode on. We’ll be diving into the how, why and what’s next for the Barca legend and arguably, greatest player of all time. We have 5 fantastic perspectives on this and once concluded I give my own personal thoughts...

Now Euro 2020 has been finalised and concluded. We thought after the great feedback on the ‘End of Season Special’ it would be worthwhile to evaluate Euro 2020. What we enjoyed, who over performed, who underperformed, who surprised us and who disappointed? We go through every country and their players respectively and discuss our thoughts on their performance. Delighted to be joined by Dan Clubbe...

To conclude the 2020/21 Premier League Season, we thought what better than to get a review from a fan of each individual club on their thoughts on how the season went from their perspective. What went well? What could have been better? And looking forward to next season! Credit and thanks below for our individuals covering their respective clubs: Man City - Harry Siddall (City Xtra) Man Utd - Tomm...

Jordi Holden is a matchgoing Liverpool fan and season ticket holder. He is also part of the Spion Kop, a dedicated group who put the banners and flags on The Kop. We talk about his time growing up following The Reds, his matchday experiences, away days, the difference between domestic and European aways, how he got involved in Spion Kop and how they enhance the matchgoing fans experience and his t...

Harry Siddall is a matchgoing Man City fan and season ticket holder. He is also a content provider for City Xtra and Over the Line Football. We talk about his time growing up following City, his matchday experiences, away days, The Eithad, what he thinks of how people perceive City fans today with regards to attendance in the ground, that iconic Aguero moment to win their first title, his favourit...

Champions League Quarter Finals Special We’ve been wanting to do something a little different with the Podcast and thought in light of the Champions League Quarter Final Draw we’d gather 16 different individual reviews from their respective clubs on the recent draw and how they’ve seen the campaign go so far for their club! Credit and thanks below for our individuals covering their respective club...

Sammy James is a matchgoing Fulham fan and the Founder and Host of ‘Fulhamish’ a dedicated Fulham Football Club Podcast. We talk about his time growing up following Fulham, his matchday experiences, away days, Craven Cottage and why away fans enjoy that experience, his view on last few seasons becoming a ‘Yo-Yo Club’ and the emotions that brings, the Europa League run under Hodgson in the 09/10 se...

Matt Addison is a Journalist at the Liverpool Echo and one of the Hosts of the Blood Red Podcast. We talk about his time growing up following The Reds, his matchday experiences, how the culture of the matchday has changed in our generation, we discuss Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool team and the journeys and emotional rollercoaster they have took us on, ending the hurt of the 30 year wait of a Leagu...

Raphael Honigstein is an Football Journalist for The Athletic and German Football expert on BT Sport. He also wrote a book “Bring the Noise” published in 2017 on Jurgen Klopp, he is also a member of Bayern Munich. We talk about his time growing up following Bayern Munich, his matchday experiences, the difference between the Olympic Stadium and the Allianz Arena, the contrast in atmosphere and matc...

James Jones is a matchgoing West Ham United fan and one of the hosts of ‘We are West Ham Podcast’. We talk about his time growing up following The Hammers, his matchday experiences, favourite away days, moving to their new ground ‘The London Stadium’, the current ownership of the club, putting an end to the 40 year trophy draught, the current form under David Moyes and his thoughts on the talent t...

Martyn Ramsay is a matchgoing Rangers fan and one of the hosts of ‘Hand & Heart Podcast’. He’s also the Author of the book ‘The 50 Greatest Rangers Games’. We talk about his time growing up following Rangers, his matchday experiences, favourite away days, his thoughts on the club entering administration in 2012, Steven Gerrard and this current Rangers team stopping Celtic winning a famous 10 i...

Luke and Michael are matchgoing Everton fans and hosts of ‘The Tenth Pint Podcast’. We talk about their time growing up following The Blues, their matchday experiences, favourite away days, their thoughts on leaving Goodison to their new ground, the mentality of the club, the future under Ancelotti and setting up ‘The Tenth Pint Podcast’. Ending, with their top 3 favourite matchdays. Great insight...

Keifer MacDonald is a matchgoing Liverpool fan and an Premier League accredited Football Writer. We talk about his time growing up following The Reds, his matchday experiences, favourite away days, his thoughts on the improvement in atmosphere around the club in the last 5 years, discussion on touting of tickets, his experience in Madrid watching Liverpool lifting the European Cup and ending the 3...

Paul John Dykes is a matchgoing Celtic fan and the host of the award winning ‘A Celtic State of Mind’ Podcast and Youtube Channel. He has also written multiple books on Celtic over the years and has some fantastic stories! We talk about his time as a young fan following Celtic, his matchday experiences, favourite away days, safe standing at Celtic Park and the Green Brigade, his thoughts on the SP...

Julien Laurens is a Football Expert and massive PSG fan. He’s worked in football media for many years including BT Sport, ESPN, 5Live and the Totally Football Show. We talk about his time as a young fan following PSG, his hero’s for the club in the 90’s, my own experience doing PSG away in 2018 with Liverpool in the Champions League, Julien’s thoughts on the financial backing from Qatar into the c...